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>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 

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JUNE 3rd, 

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2026, LAND USE AND 

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SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING

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WILL COME 

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TO ORDER. IT'S 9:34 A.M. 

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I'M EDDIE LIN, CHAIR OF 

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THE LAND USE AND SUSTAINABILITY 

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COMMITTEE. 

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WILL THE COMMITTEE CLERK CALL 

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THE ROLL. 

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>> VICE- CHAIR STRAUSS. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

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HOLLANDSWORTH? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER 

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RINCK? 

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>> PRESENT. 

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>> CHAIR LIN? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION 

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THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 

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GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING 

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TO THIS WEDNESDAY 

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MORNING MEETING TO DISCUSS LAND 

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USE. 

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AS ALWAYS THANK YOU TO OUR 

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CITY CLERK, STAFF, THE MAYOR'S 

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OFFICE, OPCD, SEATTLE CITY 

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LIGHT FOR HELPING US PREPARE FOR

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MEETING. WE'LL NOW OPEN THE 

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HYBRID PUBLIC 

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COMMENT PERIOD. 

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PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE 

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WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE 

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COMMITTEE. 

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CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS 

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ARE SIGNED UP FOR TODAY? 

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>> WE HAVE 30 SPEAKERS SIGNED 

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>> OKAY. 

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PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST. 

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CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ 

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THE PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS.

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>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL 

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BE MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING 

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MANNER, UP TO 60 MINUTES. 

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TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THE 

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TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT 

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THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 

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EMILY JOHNSON. 

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>> HI THERE. 

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 

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TOO, AND SO I'M RUNNING OUT OF 

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THINGS 

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SAY. I WANTED TO SAY 

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VERY SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF 

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LAND USE THAT WE NEED TO BE 

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COSTS. NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, WOULD

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THESE PROJECTS TAKE UP SPACE IN 

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CITY OF SEATTLE THAT THEN COULD 

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NEARBY HOUSING OR BUSINESSES IN 

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TERMS OF LOTS OF SOUND 

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MAJOR ISSUE FOR DATA CENTERS. 

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SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT 

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HOW YOU'RE RUINING THE 

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NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OTHER USES, NOT

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THAT ONE VERY SPECIFIC PLACE BUT

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WELL. 

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ABOUT WHAT WE'RE STUCK WITH 

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 

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>> THANK YOU. 

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>> NEXT UP WE HAVE 

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GOSLING. 

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>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU. 

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MY NAME IS REBECCA YOUNG. 

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I'M A VOTER AND RESIDENT IN 

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DISTRICT 3 AND HERE TO EXPRESS 

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MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR 

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THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER 

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MORATORIUM. 

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THESE DATA CENTERS COVERED 

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FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM 

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EXISTING DATA 

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CENTERS IN SEATTLE, AS I'M 

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SURE YOU ALL KNOW. 

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THEY CONSUME FAR MORE WATER AND 

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ENERGY THAN THE SMALLER CENTERS 

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I BELIEVE THIS YEAR 

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LONG MORATORIUM WILL GIVE THE 

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FULL POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THESE 

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RESOURCES, THE COMMUNITIES WHERE

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AND OUR CLIMATE COMMITMENTS. 

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BEGIN TIME I'LL FOCUS ON WATER.

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WASHINGTON IS NOW IN THE 

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FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF 

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WATER NEEDS AND PRIORITIZE OUR 

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COMMUNITIES, OUR TREATY WITH THE

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TRIBES AND OUR ECOSYSTEMS. 

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THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK 

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YOU. 

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>> NEXT UP WE HAVE LAURA BIRD. 

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>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 

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LAURA BIRD AND I'M 

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A BUSINESS OWNER LIVING 

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AND WORKING IN PINEHURST SQUARE.

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I'M HERE TO ASK THE COUNCIL 

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TO PASS A MORATORIUM ON THE 

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DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION. 

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REASONS TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT 

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THE OVERWHELMING PUSH TO 

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FORCEFORCE A.I. 

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OF THE REASONS HERE AND 

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PREVIOUSLY. 

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I CAME HERE TODAY AS AN ARTIST 

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AND A HUMAN BEING TO ASK YOU 

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TO THINK OF THE WORLD THAT 

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YOUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE LEFT 

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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IN THE 

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SAME PEOPLE WHO HAVE US IN 

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THE CURRENT UNDENIABLE 

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DECLINE. THERE IS A FUTURE WE 

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THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR OUR 

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ENVIRONMENT 

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PLEASE BE PART OF THE RIGHT SIDE

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OF HISTORY BY PASSING 

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A MORATORIUM ON THE DATA CENTER 

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AND ENACT POLICY 

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THAT PRIORITIZES PEOPLE OVER BIG

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TECH. THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU. 

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>> NEXT UP WE HAVE LISA 

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WINGUARD. 

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>> HI, I'M A SENIOR 

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SOFTWARE ENGINEER AND MEMBER OF 

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AMAZON 

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YOUTH FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE. 

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I LIVE IN A CITY WHERE 

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PEOPLE ARE LEGALLY PROTECTED 

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AGAINST 

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RETALIATION BY THEIR EMPLOYERS. 

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IN MY JOB I SEE THE 

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CONSEQUENCES OF ALL COSTS 

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JUSTIFIED A.I. 

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BUILDOUT. THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS A

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SOLVE EVERYTHING WHILE IGNORING 

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RESOURCES THAT IT COSTS. 

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THAT'S WHY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 

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IN COLLABORATION WITH 

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COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS SHOULD BE

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SETTING THE TERMS FOR DATA 

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CENTER 

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BUILDOUT. OUR CITY COUNCIL 

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MAKE SURE  SURE DATA ARE BUILT 

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THE 

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RIGHT WAY AND OFFER VALUE TO 

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CITY. THIS MEANS RENEWABLE 

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ENERGY, 

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JOB PROTECTION, CLIMATE 

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MITIGATION AND A.I. SAFETY 

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COMMITTEE. 

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SUSTAINABILITY CONCERNING 

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TECH WORKERS LIKE ME HAVE 

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LEARNED ABOUT RESPONSIBLY 

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BUILT DATA CENTERS AROUND THE 

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WORLD, BUT 

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AS A CITY WE DON'T HOLD 

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TECH COMPANIES TO THE STANDARD. 

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LET'S NOT LET BIG TECH 

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BURN SEATTLE TO WIN THE A.I. 

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RACE. 

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THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU. 

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NEXT UP WE HAVE PATRICK 

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SCHULZ FOLLOWED BY 

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AUDREY, SARAH, PAUL AND BEN. 

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>> HI, MY NAME IS PATRICK. 

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I'M A SOFTWARE ENGINEER AND 

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AMAM 

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PROUD TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE 

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EMPLOYEES WHO SPEAK UP 

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POLITICALLY ARE PROJECTED 

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AGAINST RETALIATION BY THEIR 

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EMPLOYERS. 

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IT'S BEEN REPORTED THIS 

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YEAR AMAZON IS SPENDING $200 

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BILLION ON CAPITAL WITH MOST OF 

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IT GOING 

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TO DATA CENTERS AND 

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A.I. MICROSOFT IS SPENDING $190 

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BILLION. 

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THE LEADERS AT MY COMPANY HAVE 

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LAID OFF 30,000 CORPORATE 

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EMPLOYEES IN THE LAST EIGHT 

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MONTHS. THAT TELLS ME BIG TECH 

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IS DESPERATE TO BUILD AS MUCH 

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COMPUTE CAPACITY AS FAST AS IT 

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CAN. 

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THAT DESPERATION GIVES OUR CITY 

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LEVERAGE. 

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OUR CITY GOVERNMENT SHOULD TELL 

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DEVELOPERS IF YOU WANT TO BUILD 

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HERE YOU'VE GOT TO STOP HIDING 

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ON NDAs AND SHELL 

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COMPANIES, PROVIDE 100% 

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RENEWABLE ENERGY 

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TO OUR GRID, PROVIDE GOOD JOBS 

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BUILDING THESE THINGS. 

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YOU HAVE TO PAY A NEW TAX THAT 

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FUNDS CITY JOBS WHEN YOU CONDUCT

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LAYOFF, 

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HAVE WORKER-LED SAFETY 

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COMMITTEES THAT REPORT 

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TO THE CITY ANY A.I. DEVELOPED 

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IN YOUR CITY BECOMING A RISK TO 

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THE 

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CITY THE CITY CAN INTERVENE IF 

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NECESSARY. 

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THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU. 

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>> NEXT UP WE 

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HAVE AUDREY FOLLOWED BY SARAH, 

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PAUL, 

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BEN, AND JODIE. 

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>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.

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MY NAME IS AUDREY. 

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I'M AN ELECTRICAL NGINEER AND 

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I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2. 

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I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO 

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APPROVE THE MORATORIUM ON DATA 

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CENTERS. 

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BIG 

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TECH IS PUSHING THE DEVELOPMENT 

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OF A.I. AND 

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DATA CENTERS AT BREAK NECK 

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SPEED FOR A SIMPLE REASON. 

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THEY WANT TO BYPASS LEGISLATION 

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AND REGULATION. 

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THEY DO NOT WANT TO DO THINGS 

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DEMOCRATICALLY. 

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OUR POWER GRID IS 

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ALREADY EXPERIENCING EXTREME 

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STRAIN PRIOR TO THE ADVENT OF 

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A.I. 

334
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DATA CENTERS DUE TO 

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GROWING ELECTRICITY DEMANDS, 

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EXTREME WEATHER AND AGING 

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INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE HYPER 

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SCALE DATA CENTERS 

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WILL TAKE US ONE BILLION STEPS 

340
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BACKWARDS. 

341
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OUR SUSTAINABILITY AND 

342
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RELIABILITY GOALS AND I SAY 

343
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A BILLION BECAUSE THAT'S THE 

344
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SCALE OF A GIGAWATT. 

345
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A MORATORIUM WILL GIVE US 

346
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TIME TO ENSURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT

347
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SAFEGUARDS, PROTECT OUR 

348
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CITY FROM THE 

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ENVIRONMENTAL AND FINANCIAL RISK

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OF LARGE LOAD 

351
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DATA CENTERS. 

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IS THAT ACCURATE? 

353
00:09:03,442 --> 00:09:06,479
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

354
00:09:06,612 --> 00:09:07,747
>> THANK YOU. 

355
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>> NEXT UP WE HAVE SARAH. 

356
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>> HI, CHAIR LIN. 

357
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I'M WITH TREE ACTION SEATTLE 

358
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AND I AM HERE IN ADAMANT 

359
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OPPOSITION. 

360
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THE OPAQUE TITLE OF THIS 

361
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BILL HIDES THE ACTUAL IMPACT 

362
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WHICH 

363
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IS TO CONCENTRATE CITY POWER AND

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ELIMINATE CITY AND 

365
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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. 

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ON EARTH DAY THIS YEAR 

367
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FOLLOWING A RECORD- BREAKING 

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APRIL HEAT 

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WAVE I WAS IN YOUR 

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DISTRICT PREPPING THE GROUND FOR

371
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A POCKET 

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FOREST NEAR RAINIER 

373
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BEACH. THAT SAME DAY, EARTH DAY,

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YOUR STAFF ATTENDED A CLOSED 

375
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DOOR MEETING WITH THE MAYOR AND 

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DEVELOPERS IN WHICH LOBBYISTS 

377
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IDENTIFIED SIPA AS MAJOR PLAN. 

378
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NOW A BILL THAT WOULD REMOVE 

379
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OUR CITIZEN RIGHTS TO SEPA 

380
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RELATED TO THE COMP PLAN. 

381
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STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT 

382
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DEREGULATION DOES NOT INCREASE 

383
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HOUSING 

384
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AFFORDABILITY. THERE IS NO 

385
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EVIDENCE TO SHOW 

386
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THIS BILL WOULD INCREASE 

387
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AFFORDABILITY EVEN 

388
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THOUGH IT WOULD INCREASE PROFITS

389
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FOR DEVELOPERS AND THE PRIVATE 

390
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EQUITY FIRMS THAT BACK THEM. 

391
00:10:01,300 --> 00:10:03,369
YOUR DISTRICT HAS SUFFERED A 

392
00:10:03,369 --> 00:10:04,337
DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH COST OF 

393
00:10:04,337 --> 00:10:05,471
THE PUBLIC HEALTH 

394
00:10:05,471 --> 00:10:07,173
AND ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE THAT 

395
00:10:07,173 --> 00:10:08,074
COMES FROM CORPORATE PROFITS 

396
00:10:08,074 --> 00:10:08,341
AHEAD 

397
00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:09,408
OF THE PUBLIC GOOD. 

398
00:10:09,408 --> 00:10:11,210
THIS BILL EXACERBATES THAT 

399
00:10:11,210 --> 00:10:12,945
INEQUITY AND WE OPPOSE IT. 

400
00:10:12,945 --> 00:10:14,814
THANK YOU. 

401
00:10:14,947 --> 00:10:15,548
>> THANK YOU. 

402
00:10:15,681 --> 00:10:17,450
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE PAUL AND 

403
00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:20,886
THEN FOLLOWED BY BEN AND JODIE. 

404
00:10:21,020 --> 00:10:23,022
>> SO THIS IS THE SOUND OF A 

405
00:10:23,022 --> 00:10:24,523
DATA CENTER. 

406
00:10:24,523 --> 00:10:29,862
THIS IS 60 DISBELLS UP TO 

407
00:10:29,862 --> 00:10:30,930
93 DECIBELS IN ASHBURN, 

408
00:10:30,930 --> 00:10:31,197
VIRGINIA. 

409
00:10:31,197 --> 00:10:33,232
THIS IS AUDIBLE UP TO TWO MILES 

410
00:10:33,366 --> 00:10:35,601
AWAY. AND ACCORDING TO THE CDC, 

411
00:10:35,601 --> 00:10:38,938
THIS CONSTANT NOISE CAN CAUSE 

412
00:10:38,938 --> 00:10:39,171
STRESS, 

413
00:10:39,171 --> 00:10:39,839
ANXIETY, HEART DISEASE, AND 

414
00:10:39,839 --> 00:10:41,307
THAT'S NOT THE WORST, 

415
00:10:41,307 --> 00:10:43,442
ACTUALLY, BECAUSE AFTER THAT YOU

416
00:10:43,442 --> 00:10:43,709
HAVE A 

417
00:10:43,709 --> 00:10:45,144
SOUND THAT GOES WAY FARTHER 

418
00:10:45,144 --> 00:10:47,446
INCLUDING IN THE CITY UP TO FIVE

419
00:10:47,446 --> 00:10:48,347
MILES AWAY. 

420
00:10:48,347 --> 00:10:50,916
A CONSTANT HUM, A CONSTANT 

421
00:10:50,916 --> 00:10:54,520
BUZZ THAT YOU FEEL AND HAS ANDAN

422
00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:58,024
IMPACT ON OUR HEALTH AND IT IS 

423
00:10:58,024 --> 00:10:59,759
NOT COVERED BY ZONING LAWS 

424
00:10:59,759 --> 00:10:59,992
BECAUSE 

425
00:10:59,992 --> 00:11:04,330
IT IS NOT IN THE STANDARD SOUND 

426
00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:07,733
RANGE. 

427
00:11:07,733 --> 00:11:09,869
3. 6 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT 

428
00:11:09,869 --> 00:11:15,641
ON AVERAGE GOES UP TO -- 

429
00:11:15,641 --> 00:11:16,342
FAHRENHEIT 

430
00:11:16,342 --> 00:11:16,976
OF INCREASE AS FAR AS SIX MILES 

431
00:11:16,976 --> 00:11:19,545
AWAY. 

432
00:11:19,545 --> 00:11:25,051
SO SAY NO. 

433
00:11:25,184 --> 00:11:25,584
>> THANK YOU. 

434
00:11:25,718 --> 00:11:34,427
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE BEN. 

435
00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:34,927
>> GOOD 

436
00:11:34,927 --> 00:11:37,163
MORNING. MY NAME IS BEN JONES. 

437
00:11:37,163 --> 00:11:39,165
I'M A DIGITAL AND 

438
00:11:39,165 --> 00:11:39,532
COMMUNICATIONS 

439
00:11:39,532 --> 00:11:40,299
DIRECTOR TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT 

440
00:11:40,299 --> 00:11:43,235
OF THE DATA CENTER 

441
00:11:43,235 --> 00:11:43,869
MORATORIUM. TODAY I'D LIKE TO 

442
00:11:43,869 --> 00:11:44,236
UNDERSCORE THE 

443
00:11:44,236 --> 00:11:45,471
URGENCY OF THIS MORATORIUM. 

444
00:11:45,471 --> 00:11:47,907
ON MAY 19th, THE DAY BEFORE THIS

445
00:11:47,907 --> 00:11:49,608
COMMITTEE'S LAST MEETING, 

446
00:11:49,608 --> 00:11:50,910
THE PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM FILED 

447
00:11:50,910 --> 00:11:52,611
AN APPLICATION FOR A NINE- STORY

448
00:11:52,611 --> 00:11:54,947
DATA CENTER AT 3625 FIRST AVENUE

449
00:11:54,947 --> 00:11:56,015
SOUTH, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER 

450
00:11:56,015 --> 00:11:59,118
OF HIGHWAY 99 AND THE WEST 

451
00:11:59,118 --> 00:12:01,654
SEATTLE 

452
00:12:01,654 --> 00:12:01,887
BRIDGE. 

453
00:12:01,887 --> 00:12:02,321
THE SITE PERMITS A 

454
00:12:02,321 --> 00:12:03,489
QUARTER MILLION FEET TO STORAGE,

455
00:12:03,489 --> 00:12:04,990
WITH TALKING TO FRIENDS WHO 

456
00:12:04,990 --> 00:12:06,559
ARE ELECTRICIANS CALCULATES 

457
00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:09,528
A MINIMUM OF 25 GIGAWATTS, 

458
00:12:09,528 --> 00:12:11,530
OVER THE AMENDED IN AMENDED 

459
00:12:11,530 --> 00:12:13,666
THREE OF 

460
00:12:13,666 --> 00:12:14,667
ADDITIONAL 20 MVA. 

461
00:12:14,667 --> 00:12:18,370
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I HOPE 

462
00:12:18,370 --> 00:12:19,271
THIS MORATORIUM ALSO INCLUDES 

463
00:12:19,271 --> 00:12:19,505
THAT 

464
00:12:19,505 --> 00:12:19,872
BUILDING. 

465
00:12:19,872 --> 00:12:22,241
BUT, ON THE OTHER 

466
00:12:22,241 --> 00:12:24,710
HAND, YESTERDAY THERE WAS A DATA

467
00:12:24,710 --> 00:12:26,078
CENTER MORATORIUM APPROVED, THIS

468
00:12:26,078 --> 00:12:27,179
COUNCIL LEADING ON 

469
00:12:27,179 --> 00:12:28,047
THE COUNTY LEVEL AND THE STATE 

470
00:12:28,047 --> 00:12:28,681
LEVEL AND I 

471
00:12:28,681 --> 00:12:29,949
APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON 

472
00:12:29,949 --> 00:12:30,282
THE DATA 

473
00:12:30,282 --> 00:12:30,750
CENTER MORATORIUM SO 

474
00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:30,950
FAR. 

475
00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:31,250
THANK YOU. 

476
00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:33,552
>> THANK YOU. 

477
00:12:33,686 --> 00:12:35,054
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE 

478
00:12:35,054 --> 00:12:40,659
JODIE FOLLOWED BY STEVE, ELENA, 

479
00:12:40,659 --> 00:12:41,193
ELAN 

480
00:12:41,193 --> 00:12:48,134
AND STEVE. 

481
00:12:48,267 --> 00:12:48,734
JODIE? 

482
00:12:48,734 --> 00:12:50,102
>> DID YOU SAY JODIE? 

483
00:12:50,236 --> 00:12:51,437
>> I DID. 

484
00:12:51,570 --> 00:12:52,738
>> I'M SORRY. 

485
00:12:52,872 --> 00:12:53,572
IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO HEAR

486
00:12:53,572 --> 00:12:57,977
YOU. 

487
00:12:57,977 --> 00:12:59,778
OKAY, SO MY NAME IS JODIE AND 

488
00:12:59,778 --> 00:13:01,680
I'M A FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER, 

489
00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:03,082
AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I 

490
00:13:03,082 --> 00:13:05,584
WANTED TO COME HERE IS I 

491
00:13:05,584 --> 00:13:08,087
WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE 

492
00:13:08,087 --> 00:13:09,822
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS WITH THESE 

493
00:13:09,822 --> 00:13:10,756
DATA CENTERS AND A.I. 

494
00:13:10,756 --> 00:13:12,892
MY DAUGHTER HAS GRADUATED TWICE 

495
00:13:12,892 --> 00:13:14,326
FROM THE UNIVERSITY 

496
00:13:14,326 --> 00:13:17,163
OF WASHINGTON WITH HONORS UNABLE

497
00:13:17,163 --> 00:13:17,363
TO 

498
00:13:17,363 --> 00:13:18,898
GET A JOB, THEREFORE, DOES NOT 

499
00:13:18,898 --> 00:13:19,398
HAVE HEALTH CARE. 

500
00:13:19,398 --> 00:13:21,267
HER FRIENDS ARE IN THE SAME 

501
00:13:21,267 --> 00:13:21,734
SITUATION. 

502
00:13:21,734 --> 00:13:24,637
THE ENVIRONMENT IS JUST AS BAD. 

503
00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:26,305
THESE DATA CENTERS, I HAVE 

504
00:13:26,305 --> 00:13:29,275
SEEN VIDEO AFTER VIDEO OF REAL 

505
00:13:29,275 --> 00:13:30,242
PEOPLE WITH SLUDGE, YELLOW 

506
00:13:30,242 --> 00:13:32,344
WATER, COMING OUT OF THEIR 

507
00:13:32,344 --> 00:13:32,978
FAUCETS 

508
00:13:32,978 --> 00:13:34,914
WHEN A DATA CENTER HAS BEEN 

509
00:13:34,914 --> 00:13:35,114
BUILT 

510
00:13:35,114 --> 00:13:36,115
JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM THEM. 

511
00:13:36,115 --> 00:13:38,117
I HAVE RESEARCHED OTHER 

512
00:13:38,117 --> 00:13:40,119
COUNTRIES TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE 

513
00:13:40,252 --> 00:13:43,022
DOING. THEY WERE PUTTING 

514
00:13:43,022 --> 00:13:44,723
REGULATIONS, GOING IN SLOWLY, 

515
00:13:44,723 --> 00:13:45,090
LOOKING AT 

516
00:13:45,090 --> 00:13:46,425
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE HUMAN 

517
00:13:46,425 --> 00:13:46,659
BEINGS 

518
00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:48,027
AND HUMAN LIFE. 

519
00:13:48,027 --> 00:13:50,429
AND, FINALLY, I WANT TO TELL 

520
00:13:50,429 --> 00:13:52,431
YOU A PERSONAL STORY, MY 

521
00:13:52,431 --> 00:13:53,866
GRANDMOTHER DIED 15 YEARS AGO, 

522
00:13:53,866 --> 00:13:54,533
ONE OF THE 

523
00:13:54,533 --> 00:13:56,168
LAST THINGS SHE SAID TO ME 

524
00:13:56,168 --> 00:13:57,403
IS DON'T EVER 

525
00:13:57,403 --> 00:13:58,237
FORGETFORGET THE MIRACLE OF A 

526
00:13:58,237 --> 00:13:59,672
GLASS OF WATER. 

527
00:13:59,672 --> 00:14:02,141
WE ARE FORGETTING THAT MIRACLE. 

528
00:14:02,274 --> 00:14:02,875
PLEASE VOTE FOR A MORATORIUM. 

529
00:14:02,875 --> 00:14:03,509
THANK YOU. 

530
00:14:03,642 --> 00:14:06,512
>> THANK YOU. 

531
00:14:06,645 --> 00:14:08,547
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE 

532
00:14:08,547 --> 00:14:09,615
STEVE FOLLOWED BY 

533
00:14:09,615 --> 00:14:16,021
ELENA, ELAN AND STEVE. 

534
00:14:16,155 --> 00:14:18,357
>> WE NEED A BETTER SEATTLE. 

535
00:14:18,357 --> 00:14:19,925
WE NEED A SEATTLE THAT 

536
00:14:19,925 --> 00:14:24,330
REALLY CARES ABOUT THAT MIDDLE 

537
00:14:24,330 --> 00:14:24,530
80% 

538
00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:24,897
PLUS. 

539
00:14:24,897 --> 00:14:28,200
CARROTS FOR THE VERY, VERY 

540
00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:29,335
TOP, AND OFTENTIMES FOR THE 

541
00:14:29,335 --> 00:14:32,504
VERY, VERY BOTTOM, ALTHOUGH 

542
00:14:32,504 --> 00:14:33,572
YOU'VE ALMOST DESTROYED THE 

543
00:14:33,572 --> 00:14:33,772
IMAGE 

544
00:14:33,772 --> 00:14:36,308
IF YOU CAN'T GET A BLOOD OUT OF

545
00:14:36,308 --> 00:14:37,610
THE TURNIP WITH YOUR SUGAR TAX. 

546
00:14:37,610 --> 00:14:39,411
I THINK WE NEED TIME TO LOOK AT 

547
00:14:39,411 --> 00:14:41,046
THE ELECTRIC RATES, LOOK AT 

548
00:14:41,046 --> 00:14:44,116
THE WATER RATES BEFORE YOU 

549
00:14:44,116 --> 00:14:45,484
ALLOW ANY MORE GROWTH, AND WE 

550
00:14:45,484 --> 00:14:48,854
SHOULD PROTECT THE CITIZENS. 

551
00:14:48,854 --> 00:14:49,421
AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT 

552
00:14:49,421 --> 00:14:49,688
WHAT'S 

553
00:14:49,688 --> 00:14:51,790
REALLY HAPPENING ON YOUR APPEAL 

554
00:14:51,790 --> 00:14:52,024
SYSTEM. 

555
00:14:52,024 --> 00:14:53,559
YOU'RE DOING A FABULOUS JOB 

556
00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:55,894
OF KEEPING THE PUBLIC OUT OF THE

557
00:14:55,894 --> 00:14:56,295
PROCESS. 

558
00:14:56,295 --> 00:14:58,163
DESIGN REVIEW HAS BEEN 

559
00:14:58,297 --> 00:15:01,767
DESTROYED. IT'S HARDER TO 

560
00:15:01,767 --> 00:15:02,001
APPEAL 

561
00:15:02,001 --> 00:15:03,602
FEWER THINGS ARE APPEALABLE AND 

562
00:15:03,602 --> 00:15:06,105
THE CITIZENS MUST PUT UP WITH 

563
00:15:06,105 --> 00:15:07,773
OUR MASTERS WANT US TO HAVE. 

564
00:15:07,773 --> 00:15:09,708
AND SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT 

565
00:15:09,708 --> 00:15:10,809
HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 

566
00:15:10,809 --> 00:15:13,012
WHY DO YOU THINK DONALD TRUMP 

567
00:15:13,012 --> 00:15:13,312
RISES? 

568
00:15:13,312 --> 00:15:15,314
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY. 

569
00:15:15,314 --> 00:15:16,682
WHY DO YOU THINK WE 

570
00:15:16,682 --> 00:15:17,917
HAVE ROTATING CHAIRS IN CITY 

571
00:15:18,050 --> 00:15:18,617
GOVERNMENT? PEOPLE ARE NOT 

572
00:15:18,617 --> 00:15:19,051
HAPPY. 

573
00:15:19,184 --> 00:15:21,587
>> THANK YOU. 

574
00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,189
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE 

575
00:15:24,189 --> 00:15:27,626
ELENA FOLLOWED BY ELON AND 

576
00:15:27,626 --> 00:15:27,893
STEVE. 

577
00:15:28,027 --> 00:15:30,996
>> MY NAME IS ELENA BRIAN. 

578
00:15:30,996 --> 00:15:31,664
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN 

579
00:15:31,664 --> 00:15:31,931
SEATTLE. 

580
00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:33,132
I WORK IN 

581
00:15:33,132 --> 00:15:34,733
TECH AND I WAS LAID OFF DUE TO 

582
00:15:34,733 --> 00:15:36,001
A.I. 

583
00:15:36,001 --> 00:15:37,503
I THINK THAT SEATTLE IS A LEADER

584
00:15:37,503 --> 00:15:39,705
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 

585
00:15:39,705 --> 00:15:41,006
AND NATIONWIDE AND WORLDWIDE 

586
00:15:41,006 --> 00:15:42,508
ON CLIMATE ISSUES, AND WE 

587
00:15:42,508 --> 00:15:44,143
NEED TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN 

588
00:15:44,143 --> 00:15:45,010
IMPLEMENTING POLICIES THAT 

589
00:15:45,010 --> 00:15:45,911
SUPPORT THE 

590
00:15:45,911 --> 00:15:47,546
ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT OF TECH, SO 

591
00:15:47,546 --> 00:15:49,548
I REALLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE

592
00:15:49,548 --> 00:15:50,649
MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS. 

593
00:15:50,649 --> 00:15:52,117
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED 

594
00:15:52,251 --> 00:15:52,818
WORK AND LEADERSHIP ON THIS 

595
00:15:52,818 --> 00:15:53,052
ISSUE. 

596
00:15:53,052 --> 00:15:57,990
>> THANK YOU. 

597
00:16:06,131 --> 00:16:07,032
>> HI. 

598
00:16:07,032 --> 00:16:07,833
MY NAME IS ELON ROBINSON. 

599
00:16:07,833 --> 00:16:09,068
I'M A FREELANCE GRAPHIC 

600
00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:09,668
DESIGNER 

601
00:16:09,668 --> 00:16:11,870
AND A RECENT GRADUATE OF SEATTLE

602
00:16:11,870 --> 00:16:12,137
CENTRAL. 

603
00:16:12,137 --> 00:16:13,839
MY CLASSMATES AND I HAVE HAD A 

604
00:16:13,839 --> 00:16:15,541
VERY, VERY DIFFICULT 

605
00:16:15,541 --> 00:16:17,376
TIME FINDING WORK LARGELY DUE TO

606
00:16:17,376 --> 00:16:17,576
A.I. 

607
00:16:17,576 --> 00:16:19,945
AND A LOT OF THE INSTABILITY 

608
00:16:19,945 --> 00:16:22,848
IN THE TECH INDUSTRY, AND I 

609
00:16:22,848 --> 00:16:24,416
AM ADDITIONALLY DEEPLYDEEPLY 

610
00:16:24,416 --> 00:16:27,686
ABOUT THE ABILITY OF THE STRONG 

611
00:16:27,686 --> 00:16:29,288
INDUSTRY IN SEATTLE TO BE 

612
00:16:29,288 --> 00:16:31,857
ABLE TO DICTATE DECISIONS ABOUT 

613
00:16:31,857 --> 00:16:32,358
HOW 

614
00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:33,258
OUR LAND IS USED. I HAVE A 

615
00:16:33,258 --> 00:16:34,093
BACKGROUND IN 

616
00:16:34,093 --> 00:16:35,627
HOUSING ADVOCACY AND ALL OF 

617
00:16:35,627 --> 00:16:37,763
THESE CONCERNS AROUND LAND USE, 

618
00:16:37,763 --> 00:16:39,198
AND NOISE POLLUTION, THE ABILITY

619
00:16:39,198 --> 00:16:40,833
OF PEOPLE TO FIND A HEALTHY 

620
00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:41,500
SPACE TO LIVE. 

621
00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:44,036
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO 

622
00:16:44,036 --> 00:16:46,572
ME TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL DATA 

623
00:16:46,572 --> 00:16:47,539
CENTER BUILDOUT WITHOUT THE KIND

624
00:16:47,539 --> 00:16:47,806
OF 

625
00:16:47,806 --> 00:16:49,742
RESEARCH THAT THIS MORATORIUM, 

626
00:16:49,742 --> 00:16:50,576
I THINK, WOULD ALLOW. 

627
00:16:50,576 --> 00:16:51,877
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY 

628
00:16:51,877 --> 00:16:52,544
THAT I'M REALLY IN SUPPORT OF 

629
00:16:52,544 --> 00:16:52,811
THAT AND 

630
00:16:52,811 --> 00:16:53,112
THANK YOU. 

631
00:16:53,245 --> 00:16:59,952
>> THANK YOU. 

632
00:17:01,887 --> 00:17:04,523
>> MY NAME IS STEVE ZEMKE, 

633
00:17:04,523 --> 00:17:06,058
SPEAKING FOR TREE PACK AND 

634
00:17:06,058 --> 00:17:06,959
FRIENDS OF SEATTLE'S URBAN 

635
00:17:06,959 --> 00:17:08,794
FOREST, WHICH I CHAIR. 

636
00:17:08,794 --> 00:17:13,766
HOUSE 

637
00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:14,400
BILL 121215. YOU HAVE A BROKEN 

638
00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:14,633
PROCESS 

639
00:17:14,633 --> 00:17:16,201
HERE IN 

640
00:17:16,201 --> 00:17:16,869
PASSING LEGISLATION. YOU WANT US

641
00:17:16,869 --> 00:17:18,137
TO DISCUSS, 

642
00:17:18,137 --> 00:17:19,972
PUT COMMENTS OUT ON WHAT IS JUST

643
00:17:19,972 --> 00:17:20,105
A 

644
00:17:20,105 --> 00:17:22,341
LINE, NO LINK, NO BILL. 

645
00:17:22,341 --> 00:17:24,076
THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS. 

646
00:17:24,076 --> 00:17:25,644
WHY AREN'T YOU PUBLISHING 

647
00:17:25,644 --> 00:17:26,645
AT LEAST YOUR FIRST DRAFT? 

648
00:17:26,645 --> 00:17:28,547
HOW CAN YOU WRITE MEMOS 

649
00:17:28,547 --> 00:17:29,548
ON SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T 

650
00:17:29,548 --> 00:17:31,950
HAVE THE LANGUAGE FOR WHAT 

651
00:17:31,950 --> 00:17:32,217
YOU'RE 

652
00:17:32,217 --> 00:17:34,019
REPEALING, WHAT YOU'RE DEALING 

653
00:17:34,019 --> 00:17:34,453
WITH? 

654
00:17:34,453 --> 00:17:35,554
IS IT JUST MY COMPUTER? 

655
00:17:35,554 --> 00:17:39,792
I CANNOT FIND LINKS TO THIS 

656
00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:41,226
BILL. 

657
00:17:41,226 --> 00:17:43,328
IN THE MEMO THAT YOU HAVE, 

658
00:17:43,328 --> 00:17:45,931
I FOUND SEVERAL ERRORS, I FIND 

659
00:17:45,931 --> 00:17:46,198
27. 

660
00:17:46,198 --> 00:17:52,504
TODAY I FIND 28 APPEALS, NOT 27.

661
00:17:52,504 --> 00:17:56,508
110 DAYS OF DELAY NOT 151. 

662
00:17:56,508 --> 00:18:00,345
I THINK THE DELAY OF A PROCESS 

663
00:18:00,345 --> 00:18:01,413
PEOPLE HAVE TO DEFEND 

664
00:18:01,413 --> 00:18:04,183
YOUR LEGISLATION IS NOT AN 

665
00:18:04,183 --> 00:18:04,450
EXCUSE TO 

666
00:18:04,450 --> 00:18:05,084
VOID APPEALS. 

667
00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:05,417
THANK YOU 

668
00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:05,784
FOR YOUR TIME. 

669
00:18:05,784 --> 00:18:10,856
>> THANK YOU. 

670
00:18:15,594 --> 00:18:19,598
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE SIRAGE 

671
00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:24,770
FOLLOWED BY SCOTT AND MICHELLE. 

672
00:18:24,903 --> 00:18:26,405
>> GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF CITY

673
00:18:26,405 --> 00:18:27,973
HALL, COUNCILMEMBERS. 

674
00:18:27,973 --> 00:18:31,543
I'M RAJ, SCIENTIST, ENGINEER 

675
00:18:31,543 --> 00:18:31,844
AND 

676
00:18:31,977 --> 00:18:32,678
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. I AM HERE 

677
00:18:32,678 --> 00:18:33,045
ASKING YOU TO 

678
00:18:33,045 --> 00:18:34,546
SUPPORT A STRICT MORATORIUM ON 

679
00:18:34,546 --> 00:18:34,746
DATA 

680
00:18:34,746 --> 00:18:35,581
CENTER CONSTRUCTION. 

681
00:18:35,581 --> 00:18:36,181
HERE ARE STRAIGHT 

682
00:18:36,181 --> 00:18:36,982
FACTS YOU MIGHT LIKE TO HEAR. 

683
00:18:36,982 --> 00:18:38,917
I MOVED HERE IN 2021. 

684
00:18:38,917 --> 00:18:41,320
ELECTRICITY PRICES HAVE GONE UP 

685
00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:42,588
38. 1 PERCENTAGE POINTS 

686
00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:43,322
CITING THE DATA SET. 

687
00:18:43,322 --> 00:18:44,723
THIS IS DUE TO THE 

688
00:18:44,723 --> 00:18:46,225
INCREASED POWER TRANSMISSION 

689
00:18:46,225 --> 00:18:47,226
COSTS NECESSITATED BY 

690
00:18:47,226 --> 00:18:49,161
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE DATA CENTERS,

691
00:18:49,161 --> 00:18:51,363
COSTS PASSED TO EVERYDAY FOLKS. 

692
00:18:51,363 --> 00:18:52,264
MORATORIUM NOW. 

693
00:18:52,264 --> 00:18:53,565
PERMITTING A DATA CENTER 

694
00:18:53,565 --> 00:18:55,300
MEANS THE SAME LAND CANNOT BE 

695
00:18:55,300 --> 00:18:55,567
USED FOR 

696
00:18:55,567 --> 00:19:01,006
HOMES UNLESS THEY ARE TINY 

697
00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:02,474
CO-LOCATIONS. WITH DENSE 

698
00:19:02,474 --> 00:19:02,941
HOUSING, 1,000 TO 

699
00:19:02,941 --> 00:19:04,343
3,000 FUTURE 

700
00:19:04,343 --> 00:19:05,777
SEATTLEITES YOU WILL VOTE TO 

701
00:19:05,777 --> 00:19:06,211
UNHOUSE WITH 

702
00:19:06,211 --> 00:19:07,045
EVERY DATA CENTER APPROVED 

703
00:19:07,045 --> 00:19:07,713
TODAY. 

704
00:19:07,713 --> 00:19:08,380
MORATORIUM NOW. 

705
00:19:08,380 --> 00:19:10,349
I'M AN A.I. RESEARCHER WITH 

706
00:19:10,349 --> 00:19:11,116
A SMALL BUSINESS. 

707
00:19:11,116 --> 00:19:12,351
YOU THINK I WANT DATA 

708
00:19:12,351 --> 00:19:13,418
CENTERS, EVEN AS ME, I'M 

709
00:19:13,418 --> 00:19:14,219
TELLING YOU 

710
00:19:14,219 --> 00:19:15,254
PENNY WISE AND POUND 

711
00:19:15,254 --> 00:19:17,055
FOOLISH. ONE PERSON I CAN 

712
00:19:17,055 --> 00:19:18,257
INNOVATE A.I. 

713
00:19:18,257 --> 00:19:19,491
CHATBOTS WITHOUT MASSIVE 

714
00:19:19,491 --> 00:19:20,425
ENVIRONMENTAL KILLER 

715
00:19:20,425 --> 00:19:22,194
COMPUTERS, SO CAN $1 TRILLION 

716
00:19:22,194 --> 00:19:22,528
MARKET CAP, 

717
00:19:22,528 --> 00:19:23,862
MICROSOFT AND AMAZON ISSUE 

718
00:19:23,862 --> 00:19:25,297
A CHALLENGE TO LOCAL TECH 

719
00:19:25,297 --> 00:19:26,698
LEADERS TO INNOVATE. 

720
00:19:26,698 --> 00:19:27,132
MORATORIUM 

721
00:19:27,132 --> 00:19:27,332
NOW. 

722
00:19:27,332 --> 00:19:27,866
THANK YOU IN SOLIDARITY. 

723
00:19:27,866 --> 00:19:32,204
>> THANK YOU. 

724
00:19:37,543 --> 00:19:38,744
>> SO WE HOLD THAT UNTIL WE HAVE

725
00:19:38,744 --> 00:19:43,682
A SEPARATE -- 

726
00:19:47,286 --> 00:19:49,054
HOLD ON ONE SECOND. 

727
00:20:13,412 --> 00:20:15,247
MAY I SPEAK TO THE 

728
00:20:15,247 --> 00:20:16,748
QUASI-JUDICIALJUDICIAL MATTER, I

729
00:20:16,748 --> 00:20:17,049
THINK 

730
00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:18,350
IT WOULD BE BETTER NOT TO 

731
00:20:18,350 --> 00:20:19,885
HAVE THE COMMENT JUST BECAUSE IT

732
00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:21,920
SHOULD BE PART OF THE 

733
00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:23,188
RECORD, AND SO WE SHOULD BE 

734
00:20:23,188 --> 00:20:23,488
MAKING OUR 

735
00:20:23,488 --> 00:20:24,990
DECISION BASED ON WHAT WAS IN 

736
00:20:24,990 --> 00:20:25,724
THE RECORD. 

737
00:20:25,724 --> 00:20:27,893
WE DO HAVE A LETTER THAT I WILL 

738
00:20:27,893 --> 00:20:28,760
DISCLOSING AND PUTTING ON 

739
00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:32,798
THE RECORD A LITTLE BIT LATER, 

740
00:20:32,798 --> 00:20:32,965
AND 

741
00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:33,932
SO -- BUT WE'LL GET TO 

742
00:20:33,932 --> 00:20:38,837
THAT LATER IN THE AGENDA. 

743
00:20:38,837 --> 00:20:41,573
CLERK, DO YOU HAVE 

744
00:20:41,573 --> 00:20:42,074
ANYTHINGANYTHING 

745
00:20:42,207 --> 00:20:42,474
FURTHER? 

746
00:20:42,474 --> 00:20:45,344
>> NEXT UP WE 

747
00:20:45,344 --> 00:20:51,550
HAVE MICHELLE HAASMAN. 

748
00:20:51,683 --> 00:20:52,451
>> HELLO. 

749
00:20:52,451 --> 00:20:53,785
THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY COMMENT 

750
00:20:53,785 --> 00:20:54,286
TODAY. 

751
00:20:54,286 --> 00:20:56,154
MY NAME IS MICHELLE AND I'M 

752
00:20:56,154 --> 00:20:58,390
HERE TO URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON 

753
00:20:58,390 --> 00:20:58,557
THE 

754
00:20:58,557 --> 00:20:59,725
MORATORIUM OF DATA CENTERS. 

755
00:20:59,725 --> 00:21:01,893
WHILE I AM NOT AWARE OF 

756
00:21:01,893 --> 00:21:03,362
YOUR MOTIVATIONS TO BECOME A 

757
00:21:03,362 --> 00:21:03,562
CITY 

758
00:21:03,562 --> 00:21:04,963
COUNCILMEMBER, I AM HOPING 

759
00:21:04,963 --> 00:21:06,365
THAT IT WAS TO SERVE PUBLIC 

760
00:21:06,365 --> 00:21:06,798
GOOD. 

761
00:21:06,798 --> 00:21:09,001
I AM HOPING THAT AS AN 

762
00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:10,269
ELECTED OFFICIAL YOUR INTENTIONS

763
00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:10,669
ARE TO 

764
00:21:10,669 --> 00:21:11,903
IMPROVE OUR CITY, IMPROVE 

765
00:21:11,903 --> 00:21:13,271
THE LIVES OF OUR CONSTITUENTS 

766
00:21:13,271 --> 00:21:13,438
AND 

767
00:21:13,438 --> 00:21:14,106
TO BE 

768
00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:14,706
A GUARDIAN OF THIS BEAUTIFUL 

769
00:21:14,706 --> 00:21:17,442
LAND WE CALL HOME. 

770
00:21:17,442 --> 00:21:19,278
AS A KID I WOULD RETREAT TO 

771
00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:20,946
THE WOODS WHEN I NEEDED TO FIND 

772
00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:21,513
SOME SPACE. 

773
00:21:21,513 --> 00:21:25,217
I COULD CREATE IMAGINARY WORLDS 

774
00:21:25,217 --> 00:21:27,386
AMONG THE DIRT LEAVES, TWIGS AND

775
00:21:27,519 --> 00:21:29,888
TREES. MY LOCAL PARK WOULD HOST 

776
00:21:29,888 --> 00:21:30,022
A 

777
00:21:30,022 --> 00:21:31,023
YEARLY EASTER EGG 

778
00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:32,424
HUNT. AS A TEEN I HUNG OUT AT 

779
00:21:32,424 --> 00:21:33,091
THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 

780
00:21:33,091 --> 00:21:34,860
I PLAYED TENNIS, I SWAM, I 

781
00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:36,194
TOOK DANCE CLASSES, AND I 

782
00:21:36,194 --> 00:21:36,428
WATCHED 

783
00:21:36,428 --> 00:21:38,130
THE OLD GUYS PLAY CARDS. 

784
00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:40,399
IN FACT, I MET MY HUSBAND AT 

785
00:21:40,399 --> 00:21:40,666
THE PARK. 

786
00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:44,436
THESE KINDS OF PLACES MATTER 

787
00:21:44,436 --> 00:21:45,270
TODAY, AND 

788
00:21:45,270 --> 00:21:46,471
TOMORROW. WHY AM I TELLING YOU 

789
00:21:46,471 --> 00:21:46,672
THIS? 

790
00:21:46,672 --> 00:21:48,040
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT 

791
00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,641
THE ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH WE 

792
00:21:49,641 --> 00:21:51,643
LIVE ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO 

793
00:21:51,643 --> 00:21:52,878
OUR HEALTH THROUGHOUT OUR 

794
00:21:52,878 --> 00:21:53,745
LIVES. I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE 

795
00:21:53,745 --> 00:21:53,912
YES 

796
00:21:53,912 --> 00:21:55,547
ON THE MORATORIUM TO TAKE A 

797
00:21:55,547 --> 00:21:57,149
PAUSE TO STUDY THE RISK TO 

798
00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:59,418
OUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, 

799
00:21:59,418 --> 00:21:59,618
TO 

800
00:21:59,618 --> 00:22:02,721
DOCUMENT THE EFFECTS ON POWER --

801
00:22:02,921 --> 00:22:03,555
>> THANK YOU. 

802
00:22:03,689 --> 00:22:07,159
>> THANK YOU. 

803
00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:07,492
>> THANK YOU. 

804
00:22:07,626 --> 00:22:08,427
>> THAT IS OUR LAST IN- PERSON 

805
00:22:08,427 --> 00:22:08,927
SPEAKER. 

806
00:22:08,927 --> 00:22:09,895
WE 

807
00:22:09,895 --> 00:22:10,529
WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR REMOTE 

808
00:22:10,529 --> 00:22:16,868
SPEAKERS. 

809
00:22:16,868 --> 00:22:25,444
FIRST UP WE HAVE SANDY. 

810
00:22:25,577 --> 00:22:26,311
>> HI. 

811
00:22:26,311 --> 00:22:27,412
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

812
00:22:27,412 --> 00:22:31,116
I'M COMMENTING ON CB 121215. 

813
00:22:31,116 --> 00:22:34,086
PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE CITIZEN 

814
00:22:34,086 --> 00:22:35,387
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. 

815
00:22:35,387 --> 00:22:37,589
THIS BILL IS JUSTIFIED AS 

816
00:22:37,589 --> 00:22:38,824
BRINGING SEATTLE INTO 

817
00:22:38,824 --> 00:22:40,625
PARODY WITH CITIES LIKE TACOMA 

818
00:22:40,625 --> 00:22:40,892
AND 

819
00:22:40,892 --> 00:22:42,561
EVERETT, WHICH DON'T 

820
00:22:42,561 --> 00:22:43,929
HAVE CITIZEN ENVIRONMENTAL 

821
00:22:43,929 --> 00:22:44,162
REVIEW. 

822
00:22:44,162 --> 00:22:46,098
THESE ARE NOT CITIES 

823
00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:48,133
WHOSE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES WE 

824
00:22:48,133 --> 00:22:48,533
SHOULD EMULATE. 

825
00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:50,969
THEY'RE BOTH HOME TO MANY SUPER

826
00:22:50,969 --> 00:22:52,871
FUND SITES AND HAVE 

827
00:22:52,871 --> 00:22:53,772
ONGOING INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION. 

828
00:22:53,772 --> 00:22:55,907
IN TACOMA THE STATE 

829
00:22:55,907 --> 00:22:58,210
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY IS 

830
00:22:58,210 --> 00:22:58,643
MONITORING A PLAN 

831
00:22:58,643 --> 00:23:00,479
THAT SPREAD ARSENIC OVER 

832
00:23:00,479 --> 00:23:01,313
1,000 SQUARE MILES. 

833
00:23:01,313 --> 00:23:03,648
IN EVERETT THEY'RE MONITORING 

834
00:23:03,648 --> 00:23:06,284
PCBs THAT CONTAMINATE ALMOST 

835
00:23:06,284 --> 00:23:08,587
3,000 SQUARE FEET OF POWDER 

836
00:23:08,587 --> 00:23:08,787
MILL 

837
00:23:08,787 --> 00:23:11,156
CREEK. FOR PARODY WE SHOULD LOOK

838
00:23:11,156 --> 00:23:11,323
TO 

839
00:23:11,323 --> 00:23:12,157
CITIES WITH ESTABLISHED CHECKS 

840
00:23:12,157 --> 00:23:14,226
AND BALANCES FOR 

841
00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:15,727
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LIKE 

842
00:23:15,727 --> 00:23:16,561
OLYMPIA 

843
00:23:16,561 --> 00:23:17,763
AND SPOKANE WHERE REGULAR PEOPLE

844
00:23:17,763 --> 00:23:19,731
WHO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN 

845
00:23:19,731 --> 00:23:21,066
THEIR COMMUNITIES HAVE A ROLE 

846
00:23:21,066 --> 00:23:21,299
IN 

847
00:23:21,299 --> 00:23:21,967
PROTECTING THEIR LOCAL 

848
00:23:21,967 --> 00:23:24,403
ENVIRONMENTS. THANK YOU. 

849
00:23:24,536 --> 00:23:28,507
>> THANK YOU. 

850
00:23:39,451 --> 00:23:40,218
>> NEXT UP WE 

851
00:23:40,218 --> 00:23:45,023
HAVE ALICE LOCKHART. 

852
00:23:50,829 --> 00:23:52,431
>> GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE 

853
00:23:52,564 --> 00:23:54,399
MEMBERS. THIS IS ALICE LOCKHART 

854
00:23:54,399 --> 00:23:56,001
CALLING IN FROM TWO BLOCKS FROM 

855
00:23:56,001 --> 00:23:59,938
AURORA. 

856
00:23:59,938 --> 00:24:01,540
A LITTLE NOISY LATELY. 

857
00:24:01,540 --> 00:24:04,309
I WANT TO SAY I WOULD 

858
00:24:04,309 --> 00:24:06,411
VASTLY PREFER TO LIVE HERE TO 

859
00:24:06,411 --> 00:24:09,848
LIVING WITHIN ANY NUMBER OF 

860
00:24:09,848 --> 00:24:10,182
BLOCKS OF A 

861
00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:12,784
DATA CENTER, PARTICULARLY ONE OF

862
00:24:12,784 --> 00:24:17,722
THE ONES THAT ARE BUILT IN 

863
00:24:17,856 --> 00:24:18,123
WAREHOUSES. 

864
00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:19,791
MOREOVER -- SO I WANT TO 

865
00:24:19,791 --> 00:24:21,526
COMMEND YOU ALL ON THIS 

866
00:24:21,526 --> 00:24:21,827
MORATORIUM. 

867
00:24:21,827 --> 00:24:22,894
I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE GOING 

868
00:24:22,894 --> 00:24:25,430
TO PASS IT AND KUDOS TO THE 

869
00:24:25,430 --> 00:24:25,797
CHAIR 

870
00:24:25,797 --> 00:24:27,933
OF THIS COMMITTEE FOR 

871
00:24:27,933 --> 00:24:30,802
MOVING QUICKLY ON THIS EXTREMELY

872
00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:31,770
IMPORTANT ISSUE. 

873
00:24:31,770 --> 00:24:34,372
I WOULD LOVE IT IF ADDITIONAL 

874
00:24:34,372 --> 00:24:36,341
MATTERS OF URGENCY ARE TREATED 

875
00:24:36,341 --> 00:24:39,411
WITH EQUAL URGENCY. 

876
00:24:39,411 --> 00:24:45,851
IF MBA -- MVAs COULD BE 

877
00:24:45,851 --> 00:24:47,419
REMOVED SO WE KNOW ANY 

878
00:24:47,419 --> 00:24:50,355
OTHERS THAT ARE PROPOSED. 

879
00:24:50,355 --> 00:24:55,660
AND FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO -- 

880
00:24:55,794 --> 00:24:56,361
>> THANK YOU. 

881
00:24:56,361 --> 00:24:58,263
AND IF YOU WANT TO SEND US THE 

882
00:24:58,263 --> 00:24:59,531
REMAINDER OF YOUR COMMENTS, 

883
00:24:59,531 --> 00:25:01,766
FOR ANYBODY WHO IS UNABLE TO 

884
00:25:01,766 --> 00:25:03,201
PROVIDE THEIR FULL COMMENTS 

885
00:25:03,201 --> 00:25:03,435
WITHIN 

886
00:25:03,435 --> 00:25:05,270
THE ONE MINUTE, SEND THEM BY 

887
00:25:05,270 --> 00:25:05,604
EMAIL 

888
00:25:05,604 --> 00:25:06,438
TO THE COMMITTEE. 

889
00:25:06,438 --> 00:25:07,005
THANK YOU. 

890
00:25:07,138 --> 00:25:14,412
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE JUNE. 

891
00:25:14,546 --> 00:25:15,580
>> HELLO. 

892
00:25:15,580 --> 00:25:17,849
THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS 

893
00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:18,984
ENACTING CHANGES THAT WILL 

894
00:25:18,984 --> 00:25:19,451
AFFECT EVERY 

895
00:25:19,451 --> 00:25:20,986
PERSON IN EVERY ASPECT OF 

896
00:25:20,986 --> 00:25:22,087
THE ENVIRONMENT IN OUR CITY. 

897
00:25:22,087 --> 00:25:24,356
IN 2023 THE COUNCIL 

898
00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:26,057
PASSED A TREE ORDINANCE THAT 

899
00:25:26,057 --> 00:25:27,893
REMOVED PROTECTIONS FOR TREES ON

900
00:25:27,893 --> 00:25:28,426
LOTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT. 

901
00:25:28,426 --> 00:25:32,397
THIS MEASURE ALLOWS 85 

902
00:25:32,397 --> 00:25:34,299
TO 100% LOT COVERAGE IN LOW- 

903
00:25:34,299 --> 00:25:34,499
RISE 

904
00:25:34,499 --> 00:25:36,101
IN HIGHER ZONES LEAVING NO ROOM 

905
00:25:36,101 --> 00:25:36,268
FOR 

906
00:25:36,268 --> 00:25:36,801
MATURE TREES. 

907
00:25:36,801 --> 00:25:39,271
THE NEW COMP PLAN VASTLY EXPANDS

908
00:25:39,271 --> 00:25:41,039
THESE ZONES ACROSS THE CITY. 

909
00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:42,941
THE EIS WAS BASED ON HALF 

910
00:25:42,941 --> 00:25:44,843
AS MANY ADDITIONAL DWELLINGS 

911
00:25:44,843 --> 00:25:46,278
AS WERE EVENTUALLY INCLUDED. 

912
00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:50,615
THERE IS NO QUESTION THESE 

913
00:25:50,615 --> 00:25:51,950
CHANGES WILL HAVE 

914
00:25:51,950 --> 00:25:54,185
ADVERSE EFFECTS ON ORCAS AND 

915
00:25:54,185 --> 00:25:54,920
OTHER 

916
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:55,287
CREATURES. 

917
00:25:55,287 --> 00:25:56,488
THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR. 

918
00:25:56,488 --> 00:25:58,290
COUNCIL SHOULD FOCUS ON 

919
00:25:58,290 --> 00:25:59,958
MEASURING, RECKONING WITH 

920
00:25:59,958 --> 00:26:01,526
AND ACTING TO MITIGATE THESE 

921
00:26:01,526 --> 00:26:04,663
ADVERSE EFFECTS. 

922
00:26:04,663 --> 00:26:08,266
INSTEAD, CB 12115 WOULD 

923
00:26:08,266 --> 00:26:11,136
TAKE AWAY THE ABILITY OF 

924
00:26:11,136 --> 00:26:11,836
CITIZENS 

925
00:26:11,836 --> 00:26:13,371
TO FILE APPEALS. 

926
00:26:13,371 --> 00:26:15,140
THIS IS A BAD IDEA. 

927
00:26:15,140 --> 00:26:18,343
OPPOSE CB 121215. 

928
00:26:18,476 --> 00:26:22,414
>> THANK YOU. 

929
00:26:22,547 --> 00:26:28,954
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE LUCY JOHNSON.

930
00:26:36,561 --> 00:26:38,396
>> HI, MY NAME IS LUCY, 

931
00:26:38,396 --> 00:26:39,998
AND I'M TESTIFYING IN FAVOR OF 

932
00:26:39,998 --> 00:26:41,967
THE MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS. 

933
00:26:41,967 --> 00:26:43,835
I'M A RECENT BIOLOGY 

934
00:26:43,835 --> 00:26:44,436
GRADUATE, AND I'M CONCERNED 

935
00:26:44,436 --> 00:26:45,003
ABOUT THE 

936
00:26:45,003 --> 00:26:46,871
IMPACT OF DATA CENTERS ON 

937
00:26:46,871 --> 00:26:47,939
OUR HUMAN AND WILDLIFE 

938
00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:48,273
COMMUNITIES. 

939
00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:49,374
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT 

940
00:26:49,374 --> 00:26:52,177
THE DOCUMENTED CASES OF DATA 

941
00:26:52,177 --> 00:26:53,878
CENTERS' FOOD AND WATER 

942
00:26:53,878 --> 00:26:55,580
AND CREATING NOISE HEARD TWO 

943
00:26:55,580 --> 00:26:55,780
MILES 

944
00:26:55,914 --> 00:26:58,516
AWAY. AS A YOUNG PERSON AND A 

945
00:26:58,516 --> 00:26:58,750
RECENT 

946
00:26:58,750 --> 00:27:00,585
GRADUATE WHO WAS 

947
00:27:00,585 --> 00:27:01,686
RAISED IN THE BEAUTIFUL 

948
00:27:01,686 --> 00:27:02,454
SEATTLE AREA, I URGE YOU TO 

949
00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:03,588
PRIORITIZE OUR 

950
00:27:03,588 --> 00:27:04,923
HEALTH BY PASSING THIS 

951
00:27:04,923 --> 00:27:06,424
MORATORIUM ON DATA 

952
00:27:06,424 --> 00:27:06,725
CENTERS. 

953
00:27:06,725 --> 00:27:09,527
THANK YOU. 

954
00:27:09,661 --> 00:27:10,895
>> THANK YOU. 

955
00:27:11,029 --> 00:27:16,534
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE JULIA. 

956
00:27:25,944 --> 00:27:29,447
>> HI. I'M ASKING YOU TO REJECT

957
00:27:29,447 --> 00:27:30,382
CB 

958
00:27:30,382 --> 00:27:33,985
121215 AND KEEP OUR RIGHT TO 

959
00:27:33,985 --> 00:27:35,353
PROTECT THROUGH AND -- 

960
00:27:35,353 --> 00:27:36,354
AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT 

961
00:27:36,354 --> 00:27:36,621
THROUGH 

962
00:27:36,621 --> 00:27:38,223
APPEALS. 

963
00:27:38,223 --> 00:27:42,060
THIS PROTECTS DATA CENTERS AND 

964
00:27:42,060 --> 00:27:44,596
THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 

965
00:27:44,596 --> 00:27:44,896
UTAH. 

966
00:27:44,896 --> 00:27:45,964
THIS BILL WOULD 

967
00:27:45,964 --> 00:27:47,132
REMOVE A CRITICAL LAYER OF 

968
00:27:47,132 --> 00:27:48,633
ENVIRONMENTAL 

969
00:27:48,633 --> 00:27:49,567
REVIEW. 

970
00:27:49,567 --> 00:27:50,235
THERE ARE ALREADY CONCERNS THAT 

971
00:27:50,235 --> 00:27:53,004
THE COMP PLAN EIS WAS INCORRECT.

972
00:27:53,004 --> 00:27:54,272
WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS IS THE 

973
00:27:54,272 --> 00:27:57,275
CASE FOR PHASES THREE AND FOUR? 

974
00:27:57,275 --> 00:27:58,510
ONLY THOSE WEALTHY ENOUGH 

975
00:27:58,510 --> 00:27:59,944
TO AFFORD A TEAM OF LAWYERS 

976
00:27:59,944 --> 00:28:01,713
ANDAND COURT LITIGATION COULD 

977
00:28:01,713 --> 00:28:02,080
APPEAL. 

978
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,716
IN THAT WAY THIS IS A DANGEROUS 

979
00:28:04,849 --> 00:28:05,717
CONCENTRATION OF POWER. 

980
00:28:05,717 --> 00:28:07,519
LASTLY, THE APPEALS PROCESS 

981
00:28:07,519 --> 00:28:09,054
ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK IS THE 

982
00:28:09,054 --> 00:28:09,387
ONLY 

983
00:28:09,387 --> 00:28:11,222
APPEAL TOOL THAT OCCURS BEFORE 

984
00:28:11,222 --> 00:28:11,589
IMPLEMENTATION. 

985
00:28:11,589 --> 00:28:12,991
IF THIS BILL PASSES 

986
00:28:12,991 --> 00:28:14,492
AND LEGISLATION TO MAKE OUR 

987
00:28:14,492 --> 00:28:16,628
CITY MORE ATTRACTIVE TO DATA 

988
00:28:16,628 --> 00:28:16,861
CENTERS 

989
00:28:16,861 --> 00:28:18,363
IS PROPOSED, NO ONE WOULD 

990
00:28:18,363 --> 00:28:23,068
BE ABLE TO APPEAL UNTIL THE 

991
00:28:23,201 --> 00:28:25,236
LEGISLATION IS PASSED AND 

992
00:28:25,236 --> 00:28:25,904
FEASIBLY THE PROCESS WOULDN'T BE

993
00:28:25,904 --> 00:28:26,538
COMPLETED UNTIL A DATA CENTER IS

994
00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:27,138
BUILT AND THE DAMAGE IS DONE. 

995
00:28:27,272 --> 00:28:30,875
>> THANK YOU. 

996
00:28:31,009 --> 00:28:34,112
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE PHIL LEWIS. 

997
00:28:40,585 --> 00:28:42,187
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.

998
00:28:42,187 --> 00:28:43,655
MY NAME IS PHIL LEWIS AND I 

999
00:28:43,655 --> 00:28:44,522
SERVE AS A GOVERNMENT 

1000
00:28:44,522 --> 00:28:46,057
RELATIONS CHAIR FOR THE HUMAN 

1001
00:28:46,057 --> 00:28:46,958
RIGHTS 

1002
00:28:47,092 --> 00:28:48,893
COMMISSION. I WANT TO THANK 

1003
00:28:48,893 --> 00:28:51,129
COUNCILMEMBERS LIN AND 

1004
00:28:51,129 --> 00:28:51,463
HOLLANDSWORTH 

1005
00:28:51,463 --> 00:28:55,266
FOR BILLING FORWARD 121214. 

1006
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:56,101
I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT

1007
00:28:56,101 --> 00:28:57,102
THE DATA CENTER MORATORIUM. 

1008
00:28:57,102 --> 00:28:58,770
WE ARE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY

1009
00:28:58,770 --> 00:29:00,138
THE IMPACTS OF RAPID A.I. 

1010
00:29:00,138 --> 00:29:02,874
DATA CENTER EXPANSION ON AIR 

1011
00:29:02,874 --> 00:29:05,009
QUALITY, HEALTH, UTILITY COSTS 

1012
00:29:05,009 --> 00:29:05,310
AND 

1013
00:29:05,310 --> 00:29:07,445
COMMUNITY NATURAL RESOURCES. 

1014
00:29:07,445 --> 00:29:08,179
THE STORY OF A.I. 

1015
00:29:08,179 --> 00:29:09,881
INTELLIGENCE IS TOLD AS ONE OF 

1016
00:29:09,881 --> 00:29:11,015
INNOVATION AND 

1017
00:29:11,015 --> 00:29:13,151
PROGRESS BUT BEHIND EVERY 

1018
00:29:13,151 --> 00:29:15,220
DATA 

1019
00:29:15,220 --> 00:29:15,653
CENTER THE PHYSICAL 

1020
00:29:15,653 --> 00:29:16,254
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT REQUIRES 

1021
00:29:16,254 --> 00:29:16,855
ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF 

1022
00:29:16,855 --> 00:29:17,989
ENERGY, WATER AND LAND OUR 

1023
00:29:17,989 --> 00:29:19,824
COMMUNITIES CANNOT AFFORD. 

1024
00:29:19,824 --> 00:29:23,128
HISTORY TELLS US PRODUCING 

1025
00:29:23,128 --> 00:29:24,696
INFRASTRUCTURE FALLS 

1026
00:29:24,696 --> 00:29:25,497
ON BLACK AND BROWN AND LOW- 

1027
00:29:25,497 --> 00:29:25,763
INCOME 

1028
00:29:25,763 --> 00:29:26,731
COMMUNITIES. 

1029
00:29:26,731 --> 00:29:27,832
ENVIRONMENTAL 

1030
00:29:27,832 --> 00:29:28,666
INJUSTICE ADVOCATES WARN THAT 

1031
00:29:28,666 --> 00:29:28,967
DATA 

1032
00:29:28,967 --> 00:29:30,835
CENTER DEVELOPMENT MAY BE 

1033
00:29:30,835 --> 00:29:31,970
REPEATING THOSE SAME PATTERNS. 

1034
00:29:31,970 --> 00:29:35,039
A MORATORIUM IS NOT 

1035
00:29:35,039 --> 00:29:35,874
ANTI-TECHNOLOGY. 

1036
00:29:35,874 --> 00:29:36,975
IT 

1037
00:29:36,975 --> 00:29:37,509
IS PRO-ACCOUNTABILITY AND 

1038
00:29:37,509 --> 00:29:39,944
SEATTLE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO 

1039
00:29:39,944 --> 00:29:40,512
ASK CRITICAL QUESTIONS FOR 

1040
00:29:40,512 --> 00:29:41,279
THE WELL-BEING OF ALL 

1041
00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:41,613
SEATTLEITES. 

1042
00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:42,547
I ASK YOU TO 

1043
00:29:42,547 --> 00:29:42,881
SUPPORT THIS 

1044
00:29:42,881 --> 00:29:43,181
MORATORIUM. 

1045
00:29:43,181 --> 00:29:43,481
THANK YOU. 

1046
00:29:43,481 --> 00:29:47,585
>> THANK YOU. 

1047
00:29:47,719 --> 00:29:49,287
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE JENNIFER 

1048
00:29:49,287 --> 00:29:52,757
GODFREY. 

1049
00:30:06,004 --> 00:30:10,441
JENNIFER, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. 

1050
00:30:14,913 --> 00:30:17,348
WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT 

1051
00:30:17,348 --> 00:30:21,653
SPEAKER, AND THAT IS RENAISSANCE

1052
00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:23,555
350. 

1053
00:30:33,431 --> 00:30:35,333
RENAISSANCE, I CAN SEE YOU'RE 

1054
00:30:35,333 --> 00:30:40,138
UNMUTED BUT WE CANNOT HEAR YOU. 

1055
00:30:40,338 --> 00:30:40,838
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 

1056
00:30:40,838 --> 00:30:44,342
>> YES. 

1057
00:30:44,475 --> 00:30:46,444
>> 

1058
00:30:46,444 --> 00:30:47,812
LOVELY. RENAISSANCE WITH 350 

1059
00:30:47,812 --> 00:30:48,046
SEATTLE 

1060
00:30:48,046 --> 00:30:49,380
AND I'M IN FAVOR OF THE 

1061
00:30:49,380 --> 00:30:52,183
PASSAGE OF THE MORATORIUM AND 

1062
00:30:52,183 --> 00:30:52,684
WORK PLAN. 

1063
00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:56,521
THE DATA CENTER ISSUE WITH 

1064
00:30:56,521 --> 00:30:58,323
INTEGRITY -- BAD FOR OUR 

1065
00:30:58,323 --> 00:30:58,756
COMMUNITY. 

1066
00:30:58,756 --> 00:30:59,357
SOMETHING I WAS 

1067
00:30:59,357 --> 00:31:00,124
PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH, 

1068
00:31:00,124 --> 00:31:00,658
HOWEVER, SOME 

1069
00:31:00,658 --> 00:31:02,160
OF THE PARTICULAR LANGUAGE IN 

1070
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,362
A PROPOSED LEGISLATION. 

1071
00:31:04,362 --> 00:31:05,697
350 PELT, AMONG 

1072
00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:06,598
OTHERS, SUBMITTED FEEDBACK TO 

1073
00:31:06,598 --> 00:31:07,799
YOUR OFFICE END OF LAST WEEK, 

1074
00:31:07,799 --> 00:31:07,966
BUT 

1075
00:31:07,966 --> 00:31:09,467
I WOULD LIKE TO DEVOTE MY TIME 

1076
00:31:09,467 --> 00:31:10,768
WITH YOU THIS MORNING 

1077
00:31:10,768 --> 00:31:12,804
TO ATTACHMENT A WORK PLAN FOR 

1078
00:31:12,804 --> 00:31:13,905
A DATA CENTER MORATORIUM 

1079
00:31:13,905 --> 00:31:15,807
SECTION THREE ABOUT COMMUNITY 

1080
00:31:15,807 --> 00:31:16,074
BENEFITS 

1081
00:31:16,207 --> 00:31:16,875
AGREEMENT. WE ARE HIGHLY 

1082
00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:17,141
CONCERNED 

1083
00:31:17,141 --> 00:31:18,276
ABOUT THE VOLUNTARY ELEMENT. 

1084
00:31:18,276 --> 00:31:19,877
THERE IS NO GOOD REASON 

1085
00:31:19,877 --> 00:31:22,013
TO SUSPECT ANY CORPORATION 

1086
00:31:22,013 --> 00:31:23,281
WOULD VOLUNTARILY SUBMIT TO 

1087
00:31:23,281 --> 00:31:23,514
PAPER 

1088
00:31:23,514 --> 00:31:24,649
ADDING BENEFITS 

1089
00:31:24,649 --> 00:31:25,250
TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEIR 

1090
00:31:25,250 --> 00:31:25,950
PRIMARY MOTIVATION IS 

1091
00:31:25,950 --> 00:31:29,587
TO MAKE AS MUCH PROFIT 

1092
00:31:29,587 --> 00:31:29,854
AS 

1093
00:31:29,854 --> 00:31:31,256
POSSIBLE. AS AN EXAMPLE ELON 

1094
00:31:31,256 --> 00:31:33,024
MUSK CONSTRUCTED IN MEMPHIS, 

1095
00:31:33,024 --> 00:31:34,058
TENNESSEE, MAKING A 

1096
00:31:34,058 --> 00:31:36,394
COMMITMENT TO CONSTRUCT WATER 

1097
00:31:36,394 --> 00:31:38,896
MAKING FACILITIES SO THEY ARE 

1098
00:31:38,896 --> 00:31:39,564
NOT PUMPING THROUGH. 

1099
00:31:39,564 --> 00:31:42,300
THIS IS YET TO HAPPEN. 

1100
00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:45,503
BUT IF LANGUAGE LIKE VOLUNTARY 

1101
00:31:45,637 --> 00:31:46,904
TO MANDATORY WILL NOT GET THIS 

1102
00:31:46,904 --> 00:31:50,241
PASSED -- 

1103
00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:51,943
>> THANK YOU. 

1104
00:31:52,076 --> 00:31:53,111
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE ALYSSA 

1105
00:31:53,111 --> 00:31:56,681
SUTTON. 

1106
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,690
>> HI. I WORK AS AN ACCOUNTANT 

1107
00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:05,990
ACCOUNTANT 

1108
00:32:05,990 --> 00:32:06,591
MY APARTMENT IN CAPITOL 

1109
00:32:06,591 --> 00:32:07,792
HILL REPRESENTED BY 

1110
00:32:07,792 --> 00:32:08,126
COUNCILMEMBER 

1111
00:32:08,126 --> 00:32:08,526
HOLLANDSWORTH. 

1112
00:32:08,526 --> 00:32:10,161
I'M ASKING YOU VOTE 

1113
00:32:10,161 --> 00:32:12,130
IN FAVOR OF A MORATORIUM ON DATA

1114
00:32:12,130 --> 00:32:12,764
CENTERS IN 

1115
00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:13,898
SEATTLE, ARTIFICIAL 

1116
00:32:13,898 --> 00:32:15,066
INTELLIGENCE IS STEALING MANY 

1117
00:32:15,066 --> 00:32:16,534
OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUMAN 

1118
00:32:16,534 --> 00:32:16,934
CONNECTION WHILE 

1119
00:32:16,934 --> 00:32:19,037
HARMING OUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL 

1120
00:32:19,037 --> 00:32:19,470
HEALTH. 

1121
00:32:19,470 --> 00:32:21,839
WHY WOULD WE CONSIDER GINORMOUS 

1122
00:32:21,839 --> 00:32:23,508
CENTERS THAT SUCK OUR LIMITED 

1123
00:32:23,508 --> 00:32:24,942
RESOURCES INSTEAD OF 

1124
00:32:24,942 --> 00:32:26,244
CREATING SPACES LIKE TRANSIT 

1125
00:32:26,244 --> 00:32:26,511
CENTERS, 

1126
00:32:26,511 --> 00:32:29,447
PARKS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 

1127
00:32:29,447 --> 00:32:30,515
OR OTHER COMMUNAL SPACES THAT 

1128
00:32:30,515 --> 00:32:32,550
FOSTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR 

1129
00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:33,017
HUMAN CONNECTION. 

1130
00:32:33,017 --> 00:32:34,819
PLEASE PASS A 

1131
00:32:34,819 --> 00:32:35,386
MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTER 

1132
00:32:35,386 --> 00:32:36,154
CONSTRUCTION AND WORK 

1133
00:32:36,154 --> 00:32:36,854
TO PRIORITIZE 

1134
00:32:36,854 --> 00:32:37,422
THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE OVER 

1135
00:32:37,422 --> 00:32:37,755
CORPORATION. 

1136
00:32:37,755 --> 00:32:38,456
THANK YOU. 

1137
00:32:38,589 --> 00:32:42,293
>> THANK YOU. 

1138
00:32:42,427 --> 00:32:49,167
>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE BRIAN DENG. 

1139
00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:50,034
>> HI. 

1140
00:32:50,034 --> 00:32:52,136
MY NAME IS BRIAN DENG. 

1141
00:32:52,136 --> 00:32:53,638
I AM A DISPLACED TECH WORKER AND

1142
00:32:53,638 --> 00:32:55,139
A LIFELONG ARTIST. 

1143
00:32:55,139 --> 00:32:56,607
I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORT. 

1144
00:32:56,607 --> 00:32:58,042
I AM URGING THE CITY COUNCIL 

1145
00:32:58,042 --> 00:33:00,511
TO SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM ON 

1146
00:33:00,511 --> 00:33:03,081
DATA 

1147
00:33:03,214 --> 00:33:08,186
>> THANK YOU. 

1148
00:33:08,386 --> 00:33:09,287
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE LAUREN 

1149
00:33:09,287 --> 00:33:12,523
REDFIELD. 

1150
00:33:18,730 --> 00:33:19,897
>> HELLO. 

1151
00:33:19,897 --> 00:33:20,398
CAN YOU HEAR ME? 

1152
00:33:20,531 --> 00:33:22,300
>> YES. 

1153
00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:23,835
>> GREAT. I AM AN ENERGY PROJECT

1154
00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:25,269
MANAGER AND RESIDENT OF DISTRICT

1155
00:33:25,269 --> 00:33:26,270
SIX AND A MEMBER OF THE 

1156
00:33:26,270 --> 00:33:27,105
WASHINGTON A.I. 

1157
00:33:27,105 --> 00:33:27,739
RESISTANCE. 

1158
00:33:27,739 --> 00:33:28,773
I SUPPORT A DATA CENTER 

1159
00:33:28,773 --> 00:33:29,340
MORATORIUM. 

1160
00:33:29,340 --> 00:33:30,742
I RECOMMEND A FEW THINGS 

1161
00:33:30,742 --> 00:33:33,111
WITH THE CITY'S APPROACH TO 

1162
00:33:33,111 --> 00:33:33,311
DATA 

1163
00:33:33,444 --> 00:33:38,783
CENTERS. FIRST MEGAWATTS INSTEAD

1164
00:33:38,783 --> 00:33:40,551
OF 

1165
00:33:40,551 --> 00:33:41,052
MEGAVOLT-AMPERES. 

1166
00:33:41,052 --> 00:33:42,487
MEGAWATT REVEALS 

1167
00:33:42,487 --> 00:33:44,055
ELECTRICITY DEMAND AND FAIL SAFE

1168
00:33:44,055 --> 00:33:44,255
GRID 

1169
00:33:44,255 --> 00:33:46,424
AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, A 

1170
00:33:46,424 --> 00:33:46,791
CLEAR 

1171
00:33:46,791 --> 00:33:49,060
THRESHOLD TO AN EQUIVALENT WOULD

1172
00:33:49,060 --> 00:33:52,797
ALIGN THE REGIONAL FRAMEWORK 

1173
00:33:52,797 --> 00:33:53,664
AND OREGON'S POWER ACT. 

1174
00:33:53,664 --> 00:33:55,299
SECOND, THE MORATORIUM 

1175
00:33:55,299 --> 00:33:56,868
PROCESS SHOULD INCLUDE A 

1176
00:33:56,868 --> 00:33:57,135
COMMUNITY 

1177
00:33:57,135 --> 00:33:58,669
ADVISORY BOARD OF IMPACTED 

1178
00:33:58,669 --> 00:34:00,071
COMMUNITIES, TECHNICAL EXPERTS 

1179
00:34:00,071 --> 00:34:05,076
AND STAKEHOLDERS, NOT INDUSTRY 

1180
00:34:05,076 --> 00:34:05,610
REPRESENTATIVES. 

1181
00:34:05,610 --> 00:34:06,277
COMMUNITY INPUT SHOULD BE IN THE

1182
00:34:06,277 --> 00:34:07,011
PROCESS. 

1183
00:34:07,011 --> 00:34:08,946
DO NOT WEAKEN PROTECTIONS. 

1184
00:34:08,946 --> 00:34:11,482
THERE'S NO PUBLIC CBA -- 

1185
00:34:11,482 --> 00:34:14,185
THE BURDEN SHOULD BE ON THE 

1186
00:34:14,185 --> 00:34:15,186
DEVELOPER FOR DEVELOPMENT 

1187
00:34:15,186 --> 00:34:16,020
GOALS AND PROJECTS 

1188
00:34:16,020 --> 00:34:16,654
THAT DO NOT FURTHER THOSE GOALS 

1189
00:34:16,654 --> 00:34:17,054
SHOULD BE DENIED. 

1190
00:34:17,054 --> 00:34:17,355
THANK YOU. 

1191
00:34:17,488 --> 00:34:20,925
>> THANK YOU. 

1192
00:34:21,059 --> 00:34:25,730
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE PATRICK. 

1193
00:34:31,602 --> 00:34:32,370
>> HI. 

1194
00:34:32,370 --> 00:34:33,304
THANKS FOR GIVING ME 

1195
00:34:33,304 --> 00:34:35,273
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 

1196
00:34:35,273 --> 00:34:36,441
I'M FROM DISTRICT ONE AND 

1197
00:34:36,441 --> 00:34:37,708
I SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM. 

1198
00:34:37,708 --> 00:34:39,977
IT'S GREAT TO SEE A NUMBER OF 

1199
00:34:39,977 --> 00:34:43,114
THE POINTS IN THE ATTACHED 

1200
00:34:43,114 --> 00:34:44,782
WORK SHEET AND FIGURING 

1201
00:34:44,782 --> 00:34:45,883
OUT DEFINITIONS IS PART OF IT. 

1202
00:34:45,883 --> 00:34:47,552
I WANTED TO CALL OUT 

1203
00:34:47,552 --> 00:34:49,253
HOW DIFFERENT THESE NEW A.I. 

1204
00:34:49,253 --> 00:34:49,454
DATA 

1205
00:34:49,454 --> 00:34:50,721
CENTERS ARE THAN THE 

1206
00:34:50,721 --> 00:34:51,923
ONES THAT WE'VE HAD. 

1207
00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:54,725
EXISTING ONES POWERING THE WEB 

1208
00:34:54,725 --> 00:34:58,362
AND SERVICES THAT MAY BEEN 

1209
00:34:58,362 --> 00:35:00,164
ABOUT RETRIEVAL, HYPER SCALE 

1210
00:35:00,164 --> 00:35:03,101
DATA CENTERS FOCUS ON A.I. 

1211
00:35:03,101 --> 00:35:03,334
REQUIRE 

1212
00:35:03,334 --> 00:35:05,770
LOTS OF POWER AND ARE A MASSIVE 

1213
00:35:05,903 --> 00:35:07,438
DRAIN. IT'S LIKE COMPARING A 

1214
00:35:07,438 --> 00:35:08,506
TRUCK OR A 

1215
00:35:08,506 --> 00:35:11,075
SEMITRUCK TO A REGULAR CAR, LIKE

1216
00:35:11,075 --> 00:35:13,010
LITERALLY TAKING TEN TIMES THE 

1217
00:35:13,010 --> 00:35:13,611
POWER. 

1218
00:35:13,611 --> 00:35:17,014
UNLIKE A SEMITRUCK VERSUS A 

1219
00:35:17,014 --> 00:35:19,984
CAR, AN A.I. COMPUTER IS ROUGHLY

1220
00:35:19,984 --> 00:35:21,752
THE SAME SIZE AS REGULAR 

1221
00:35:21,752 --> 00:35:22,653
COMPUTERS AND THE SAME 

1222
00:35:22,653 --> 00:35:22,954
FOOTPRINT. 

1223
00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:24,489
IT IS A MASSIVE LOAD. 

1224
00:35:24,489 --> 00:35:26,023
WE WANT TO MAKE THESE 

1225
00:35:26,023 --> 00:35:28,326
DATA CENTERS ENORMOUS. 

1226
00:35:28,326 --> 00:35:28,860
SO PLEASE VOTE FOR THE 

1227
00:35:28,993 --> 00:35:29,260
MORATORIUM. 

1228
00:35:29,260 --> 00:35:30,828
>> THANK YOU. 

1229
00:35:30,962 --> 00:35:38,603
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE SEDAR. 

1230
00:35:48,946 --> 00:35:50,615
>> HELLO. 

1231
00:35:50,615 --> 00:35:53,851
MY NAME IS SEDAR AND I AM 

1232
00:35:53,851 --> 00:35:58,823
SPEAKING ON SUPPORT OF THE 

1233
00:35:58,823 --> 00:36:00,725
MORATORIUM. 

1234
00:36:00,725 --> 00:36:02,326
DATA CENTERS OR 

1235
00:36:02,326 --> 00:36:03,528
MASS SURVEILLANCE CENTERS HAVE 

1236
00:36:03,528 --> 00:36:06,998
AN EXTREME EFFECT ON THE COST OF

1237
00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:09,133
LOCAL RESIDENTS CAUSING THEIR 

1238
00:36:09,133 --> 00:36:10,468
ELECTRICAL BILLS TO GO WAY UP. 

1239
00:36:10,468 --> 00:36:12,170
WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A 

1240
00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:14,505
FOUR- YEAR DROUGHT. 

1241
00:36:14,505 --> 00:36:17,708
WE HAVE ABOUT SIX WEEKS LEFT 

1242
00:36:17,708 --> 00:36:22,013
OF FOOD BECAUSE FARMERS 

1243
00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:23,714
CANNOT AFFORD WHAT THEY NORMALLY

1244
00:36:23,714 --> 00:36:26,551
COULD, AND THE FACT THAT THE 

1245
00:36:26,551 --> 00:36:28,419
DATA CENTER WOULD BE MORE OF A 

1246
00:36:28,419 --> 00:36:33,190
DRAIN ON THE WATER AND THE ONE 

1247
00:36:33,190 --> 00:36:33,457
THAT'S 

1248
00:36:33,457 --> 00:36:35,193
BEING PROPOSED, FOR INSTANCE, 

1249
00:36:35,193 --> 00:36:36,594
IN UTAH WOULD HAVE THE 

1250
00:36:36,594 --> 00:36:42,066
DAILY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF 23

1251
00:36:42,066 --> 00:36:42,567
ATOM 

1252
00:36:42,567 --> 00:36:43,034
BOMBS. 

1253
00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:45,303
IT WOULD DESTROY MANY OF 

1254
00:36:45,303 --> 00:36:46,971
OUR KEYSTONE SPECIES THAT WE 

1255
00:36:46,971 --> 00:36:47,204
DEPEND 

1256
00:36:47,204 --> 00:36:49,407
ON FOR SURVIVAL AS A SPECIES 

1257
00:36:49,540 --> 00:36:50,775
OURSELVES. THAT IS WHY 

1258
00:36:50,775 --> 00:36:51,275
I'M IN SUPPORT OF -- 

1259
00:36:51,275 --> 00:36:53,277
>> THANK YOU. 

1260
00:36:53,411 --> 00:36:59,183
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE DAVID HAYNES.

1261
00:37:03,854 --> 00:37:05,456
>> TODAY IS A REMINDER THE 

1262
00:37:05,456 --> 00:37:07,425
SMALL-TIME LANDLORDS ON THE 

1263
00:37:07,425 --> 00:37:08,726
CITY COUNCIL THAT ALREADY SELF- 

1264
00:37:08,726 --> 00:37:10,461
DEALT WITH CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

1265
00:37:10,461 --> 00:37:12,663
AND SABOTAGE THE COMPREHENSIVE 

1266
00:37:12,663 --> 00:37:13,731
PLAN IS GETTING AWAY WITH IT AND

1267
00:37:13,731 --> 00:37:15,299
THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO 

1268
00:37:15,299 --> 00:37:15,566
EXPEDITE 

1269
00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:17,368
IT, TAKING AWAY THE REVIEW 

1270
00:37:17,368 --> 00:37:19,704
ON THE 

1271
00:37:19,704 --> 00:37:20,237
INTERPRETATION OF WHAT 

1272
00:37:20,237 --> 00:37:21,572
CONSTITUTES 21st SENTRY 

1273
00:37:21,572 --> 00:37:22,873
FIRST- WORLD QUALITY HOUSING, 

1274
00:37:22,873 --> 00:37:24,242
AND YET THE PEOPLE WHO 

1275
00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:26,310
ARE WEAPONIZING THE CHARACTER 

1276
00:37:26,310 --> 00:37:28,279
OF THEIR DILAPIDATED, INFLATED 

1277
00:37:28,279 --> 00:37:29,847
HOUSE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 

1278
00:37:29,847 --> 00:37:31,649
ARE BLEEDING THEIR HEARTS AS AA 

1279
00:37:31,649 --> 00:37:32,617
SUGAR- COATED WAY 

1280
00:37:32,617 --> 00:37:34,085
OF ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THEY, 

1281
00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:35,586
THEMSELVES, ARE GREEDY 

1282
00:37:35,586 --> 00:37:42,326
AND TRYING TO BACK STAB 

1283
00:37:42,326 --> 00:37:43,027
USING CERTAIN COUNCILMEMBERS WHO

1284
00:37:43,027 --> 00:37:43,628
PUT 

1285
00:37:43,761 --> 00:37:47,098
RESTRICTIONS ON THE 

1286
00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:47,765
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 

1287
00:37:47,765 --> 00:37:50,568
PEOPLE ARE CHEATED OUT OF AND 

1288
00:37:50,568 --> 00:37:50,768
MAKE 

1289
00:37:50,768 --> 00:37:54,271
PEOPLE LIVE ON THE SIDE OF A 

1290
00:37:54,271 --> 00:37:54,538
TOXIC 

1291
00:37:54,538 --> 00:37:57,174
ROAD IN THE MAIN INTERSECTIONS 

1292
00:37:57,174 --> 00:38:01,379
LIKE ONE OF THE WORST PLACES TO 

1293
00:38:01,379 --> 00:38:01,879
LIVE. 

1294
00:38:01,879 --> 00:38:03,280
CERTAIN PEOPLE 

1295
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:04,048
THINK THAT'S SUITABLE FOR 

1296
00:38:04,048 --> 00:38:04,282
SOMEONE 

1297
00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:04,949
ELSE TO LIVE IN BECAUSE IT'S A 

1298
00:38:04,949 --> 00:38:05,216
FORM OF 

1299
00:38:05,216 --> 00:38:06,684
RED LINING AND IT'S 

1300
00:38:06,817 --> 00:38:07,151
UNACCEPTABLE. 

1301
00:38:07,151 --> 00:38:08,552
>> THANK YOU, 

1302
00:38:08,552 --> 00:38:08,853
DAVID. 

1303
00:38:08,853 --> 00:38:14,225
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE DAVE GLUGER. 

1304
00:38:24,335 --> 00:38:25,436
DAVE GLUGER, PLEASE PRESS STAR 

1305
00:38:25,436 --> 00:38:27,071
6. 

1306
00:38:38,049 --> 00:38:39,383
>> HELLO. 

1307
00:38:39,383 --> 00:38:40,184
THIS IS DAVE. 

1308
00:38:40,184 --> 00:38:41,352
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. 

1309
00:38:41,352 --> 00:38:44,822
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 5, AND I'M 

1310
00:38:44,822 --> 00:38:46,957
ASKING YOU TO OPPOSE COUNCIL 

1311
00:38:46,957 --> 00:38:54,732
BILL 121215. 

1312
00:38:54,732 --> 00:38:56,333
COUNCIL CHAIR -- COMMITTEE CHAIR

1313
00:38:56,333 --> 00:38:58,969
LIN SAYS THAT WE NEED TO DO THIS

1314
00:38:58,969 --> 00:39:00,905
TO REDUCE COSTS AND MAKE 

1315
00:39:00,905 --> 00:39:02,506
THINGS MOVE  MOVE FASTER. 

1316
00:39:02,506 --> 00:39:04,075
WELL, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN 

1317
00:39:04,075 --> 00:39:04,442
DEMOCRACIES. 

1318
00:39:04,442 --> 00:39:05,576
WE HAVE TO TAKE TIME TO DO 

1319
00:39:05,576 --> 00:39:05,876
THINGS. 

1320
00:39:05,876 --> 00:39:08,379
IF WE WANTED TO REDUCE COSTS 

1321
00:39:08,379 --> 00:39:10,314
AND MAKE THINGS MOVE FASTER, 

1322
00:39:10,314 --> 00:39:11,515
WE'D GET RID OF ELECTIONS. 

1323
00:39:11,515 --> 00:39:12,883
THEY TAKE TIME AND THEY SLOW 

1324
00:39:12,883 --> 00:39:14,552
THINGS DOWN, BUT THAT'S PART OF

1325
00:39:14,552 --> 00:39:15,319
OUR DEMOCRACY. 

1326
00:39:15,319 --> 00:39:16,387
AND PUBLIC HEARINGS, THAT'S 

1327
00:39:16,387 --> 00:39:16,587
PART 

1328
00:39:16,587 --> 00:39:18,622
OF THE PROCESS, TOO. 

1329
00:39:18,622 --> 00:39:20,524
SO SHOULD WE GET RID OF 

1330
00:39:20,524 --> 00:39:21,759
THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ALONG 

1331
00:39:21,759 --> 00:39:22,660
WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS? 

1332
00:39:22,660 --> 00:39:24,662
I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO 

1333
00:39:24,662 --> 00:39:26,931
OPPOSE THIS ANTI- DEMOCRATIC 

1334
00:39:26,931 --> 00:39:29,233
MEASURE 

1335
00:39:29,233 --> 00:39:29,500
121215. 

1336
00:39:29,633 --> 00:39:29,934
THANK YOU. 

1337
00:39:29,934 --> 00:39:31,902
>> THANK YOU. 

1338
00:39:32,036 --> 00:39:32,937
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE ALBERTO 

1339
00:39:32,937 --> 00:39:38,209
ALVAREZ. 

1340
00:39:44,281 --> 00:39:45,449
>> THANK YOU. 

1341
00:39:45,449 --> 00:39:46,617
THESE NEW DATA CENTERS WOULD BE 

1342
00:39:46,617 --> 00:39:48,586
A BAD DEAL FOR 

1343
00:39:48,586 --> 00:39:50,387
OUR CITY. THE HIGH INCREASE TO 

1344
00:39:50,387 --> 00:39:50,554
OUR 

1345
00:39:50,554 --> 00:39:52,857
UTILITY BILLS WOULD BE 

1346
00:39:52,857 --> 00:39:53,157
PERMANENT. 

1347
00:39:53,157 --> 00:39:56,293
THEY WON'T PROVIDE ENOUGH 

1348
00:39:56,293 --> 00:39:59,930
LONG- TERM JOBS TO OFFSET 

1349
00:39:59,930 --> 00:40:02,032
WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES WILL PAY 

1350
00:40:02,032 --> 00:40:02,333
FOR 

1351
00:40:02,333 --> 00:40:04,468
DECADES TO COME NOT TO MENTION 

1352
00:40:04,468 --> 00:40:06,137
THE SEVERE NEGATIVE IMPACT TO 

1353
00:40:06,137 --> 00:40:09,140
THE HEALTH OF OUR ENVIRONMENT. 

1354
00:40:09,140 --> 00:40:11,575
THESE DATA CENTERS ARE JUST 

1355
00:40:11,575 --> 00:40:14,478
HIGH- TECH MINING OPERATIONS. 

1356
00:40:14,478 --> 00:40:17,381
LEAVING OUR CITY DRAINED AND OUR

1357
00:40:17,381 --> 00:40:18,549
POCKETS EMPTY. 

1358
00:40:18,549 --> 00:40:20,751
BILLIONAIRES AND A.I. 

1359
00:40:20,751 --> 00:40:23,621
COMPANIES WILL TAKE THE 

1360
00:40:23,621 --> 00:40:24,255
PROFITS AND LEAVE THE SCRAPS FOR

1361
00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:26,157
US TO CLEAN UP. 

1362
00:40:26,157 --> 00:40:30,628
NO DATA CENTERS, NOT NOW, 

1363
00:40:30,628 --> 00:40:30,795
NOT 

1364
00:40:30,795 --> 00:40:31,429
EVER. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD 

1365
00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:37,434
DAY. 

1366
00:40:37,635 --> 00:40:38,402
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE JENNIFER 

1367
00:40:38,402 --> 00:40:43,908
GODFREY. 

1368
00:40:44,041 --> 00:40:44,208
>> 

1369
00:40:44,208 --> 00:40:44,842
OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME THIS TIME?

1370
00:40:44,975 --> 00:40:47,311
>> YES. 

1371
00:40:47,511 --> 00:40:49,280
>> OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. 

1372
00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:54,351
SO I FILED THE ORCA APPEAL, 

1373
00:40:54,351 --> 00:40:56,353
121215, PROHIBITION IS IN 

1374
00:40:56,353 --> 00:40:57,154
RESPONSE, TOO. 

1375
00:40:57,154 --> 00:41:03,794
I WONDER IFIF IS A 

1376
00:41:03,794 --> 00:41:06,363
CITY BASED ON 

1377
00:41:06,363 --> 00:41:06,931
SCIENCE, FASHGT AND REASON 

1378
00:41:06,931 --> 00:41:07,364
INSTEAD OF RIGHT- 

1379
00:41:07,364 --> 00:41:08,098
RING SPECIAL INTEREST. 

1380
00:41:08,098 --> 00:41:09,733
INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON 

1381
00:41:09,733 --> 00:41:11,001
ENDING ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT 

1382
00:41:11,001 --> 00:41:12,169
AND PREVENTING COUNCIL 

1383
00:41:12,169 --> 00:41:12,903
FROM HAVING THE BEST INFORMATION

1384
00:41:12,903 --> 00:41:13,437
IN FRONT 

1385
00:41:13,437 --> 00:41:15,539
OF THEM, WHY NOT JUST DO A 

1386
00:41:15,539 --> 00:41:16,440
QUALITY JOB ON ENVIRONMENTAL 

1387
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:16,674
REVIEW 

1388
00:41:16,674 --> 00:41:17,741
IN THE FIRST PLACE? 

1389
00:41:17,741 --> 00:41:19,510
THAT WOULD BE THE FASTEST AND 

1390
00:41:19,510 --> 00:41:22,146
MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO END 

1391
00:41:22,146 --> 00:41:22,413
APPEALS. 

1392
00:41:22,413 --> 00:41:24,481
SEATTLE 

1393
00:41:24,481 --> 00:41:25,349
ROUTINELY COMMITS ERRORS SUCH AS

1394
00:41:25,349 --> 00:41:26,450
CLAIMING ENDANGERS 

1395
00:41:26,450 --> 00:41:27,985
SPECIES NEVER OR RARELY 

1396
00:41:27,985 --> 00:41:29,420
USE SEATTLE AS HABITAT WHICH IS 

1397
00:41:29,420 --> 00:41:30,254
COMPLETELY FALSE. 

1398
00:41:30,254 --> 00:41:31,856
THE STATE ANIMAL IS AN 

1399
00:41:31,856 --> 00:41:34,892
ENDANGERED ORCA THAT PEOPLE PAY 

1400
00:41:34,892 --> 00:41:36,293
MILLIONS TO LOOK AT IN 

1401
00:41:36,293 --> 00:41:38,896
PUGET SOUND SAYING WATER 

1402
00:41:38,896 --> 00:41:41,465
CONTAMINANTS ARE DILUTED TO 

1403
00:41:41,465 --> 00:41:42,199
HARMLESS LEVELS. 

1404
00:41:42,199 --> 00:41:43,767
PLEASE ALSO END PRIVATE 

1405
00:41:43,767 --> 00:41:44,635
MEETINGS WITH DEVELOPERS. 

1406
00:41:44,635 --> 00:41:49,106
THIS 

1407
00:41:49,106 --> 00:41:49,773
IS STILL HAPPENING EVERY 

1408
00:41:49,773 --> 00:41:50,174
MONTH. 

1409
00:41:50,174 --> 00:41:50,774
PLEASE WALK THE EQUITY TALK. 

1410
00:41:50,908 --> 00:41:51,175
THANK YOU. 

1411
00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:55,479
>> THANK YOU. 

1412
00:41:55,479 --> 00:42:00,684
CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES OUR 

1413
00:42:00,684 --> 00:42:01,018
SPEAKERS. 

1414
00:42:05,589 --> 00:42:07,758
>> THANK YOU, CLERK. 

1415
00:42:07,758 --> 00:42:09,593
EARLIER, JUST REGARDING ITEM 

1416
00:42:09,593 --> 00:42:10,928
NUMBER 3, I'M GOING TO 

1417
00:42:10,928 --> 00:42:12,162
READ SOMETHING FOR THE RECORD 

1418
00:42:12,162 --> 00:42:14,732
NOW, JUST IN CASE ANY MEMBER OF 

1419
00:42:14,732 --> 00:42:18,002
THE PUBLIC DOES WANT TO REBUT. 

1420
00:42:18,002 --> 00:42:19,436
CONSISTENT WITH 

1421
00:42:19,436 --> 00:42:20,337
THE QUASI- JUDICIAL RULES 

1422
00:42:20,337 --> 00:42:22,773
OF APPEARANCE AND FAIRNESS 

1423
00:42:22,773 --> 00:42:24,975
DOCTRINE, AN EX- 

1424
00:42:24,975 --> 00:42:26,443
PARTY COMMUNICATION I RECEIVED 

1425
00:42:26,443 --> 00:42:26,610
VIA 

1426
00:42:26,610 --> 00:42:26,877
EMAIL. 

1427
00:42:26,877 --> 00:42:29,246
THE EMAIL IS FROM JARED 

1428
00:42:29,246 --> 00:42:30,881
PECHAUER, THE PROJECT 

1429
00:42:30,881 --> 00:42:33,017
ARCHITECT FOR 5201 RAINIERS 

1430
00:42:33,017 --> 00:42:33,250
SOUTH, 

1431
00:42:33,250 --> 00:42:35,019
IN SUPPORT BY EAGLE ROCK 

1432
00:42:35,019 --> 00:42:38,122
VENTURES AND 5201 RAINIER LLC TO

1433
00:42:38,122 --> 00:42:39,356
EXTEND THE CONTRACT REZONE 

1434
00:42:39,356 --> 00:42:41,158
APPROVED 

1435
00:42:41,158 --> 00:42:43,160
BY ORDINANCE 125122. 

1436
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:45,229
A PRINTED COPY IS AVAILABLE 

1437
00:42:45,229 --> 00:42:46,563
FOR VIEWING AND WILL BE PLACED 

1438
00:42:46,563 --> 00:42:46,764
INTO 

1439
00:42:46,764 --> 00:42:47,464
THE PROCEDURAL RECORD. 

1440
00:42:47,464 --> 00:42:49,166
THOSE ATTENDING IN PERSON 

1441
00:42:49,166 --> 00:42:50,768
HAVE PRINTED COPIES AND A 

1442
00:42:50,768 --> 00:42:52,269
DIGITAL COPY HAS BEEN SHARED 

1443
00:42:52,269 --> 00:42:52,570
WITH REMOTE 

1444
00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:53,003
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 

1445
00:42:53,003 --> 00:42:54,738
I WANT TO PROVIDE AN 

1446
00:42:54,738 --> 00:42:56,540
OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTIES OF 

1447
00:42:56,540 --> 00:42:58,375
RECORD TO 

1448
00:42:58,375 --> 00:43:00,844
REBUT AND INVITE ANYONE HERE TO 

1449
00:43:00,844 --> 00:43:01,145
DO SOSO 

1450
00:43:01,145 --> 00:43:01,545
NOW. 

1451
00:43:01,545 --> 00:43:04,214
AN EX- PARTE 

1452
00:43:04,214 --> 00:43:06,517
COMMUNICATION AT EACH SUBSEQUENT

1453
00:43:06,517 --> 00:43:06,784
HEARING. 

1454
00:43:06,784 --> 00:43:09,253
THIS IS MAY 4, 2026, ONE- 

1455
00:43:09,253 --> 00:43:10,788
PAGE LETTER WE RECEIVED BY 

1456
00:43:10,788 --> 00:43:11,021
EMAIL. 

1457
00:43:11,021 --> 00:43:12,523
I WANT TO DISCLOSE IT FOR 

1458
00:43:12,523 --> 00:43:12,823
THE RECORD. 

1459
00:43:12,823 --> 00:43:14,091
AND THIS RELATES 

1460
00:43:14,091 --> 00:43:14,858
TO ITEM NUMBER 3 ON THE AGENDA 

1461
00:43:14,858 --> 00:43:21,332
TODAY. 

1462
00:43:21,332 --> 00:43:22,533
OKAY. 

1463
00:43:22,533 --> 00:43:28,072
THANK YOU SO MUCH FORFOR ALL 

1464
00:43:28,072 --> 00:43:29,540
PASSIONATE PUBLIC COMMENTS. 

1465
00:43:29,540 --> 00:43:30,574
AS THERE ARE NO 

1466
00:43:30,574 --> 00:43:31,608
ADDITIONAL REGISTERED SPEAKERS, 

1467
00:43:31,608 --> 00:43:31,875
WE WILL 

1468
00:43:31,875 --> 00:43:35,346
NOW PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF 

1469
00:43:35,346 --> 00:43:35,980
BUSINESS. 

1470
00:43:35,980 --> 00:43:38,949
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR -- 

1471
00:43:38,949 --> 00:43:39,750
LET'S SEE -- OUR FIRST ITEM OF 

1472
00:43:39,750 --> 00:43:41,385
BUSINESS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 

1473
00:43:41,385 --> 00:43:45,022
READ AGENDA ITEM 1? 

1474
00:43:45,155 --> 00:43:47,758
>> COUNCIL BILL 121214 ORDINANCE

1475
00:43:47,758 --> 00:43:48,959
THE LAND USE AND ZONING 

1476
00:43:48,959 --> 00:43:51,462
AND REDUCING A NEW DEFINITION 

1477
00:43:51,462 --> 00:43:53,430
FOR DATA CENTERS MORATORIUM ON 

1478
00:43:53,430 --> 00:43:54,064
THE 

1479
00:43:54,064 --> 00:43:55,432
ACCEPTING APPROVAL, 

1480
00:43:55,432 --> 00:43:59,236
THE ESTABLISHMENT OR EXPANSION 

1481
00:43:59,236 --> 00:44:04,742
TO DATA CENTERS, SECTION 23.84A-

1482
00:44:04,742 --> 00:44:05,709
008 

1483
00:44:05,709 --> 00:44:06,944
OF THE CODE AN EFFECTIVE 

1484
00:44:06,944 --> 00:44:08,379
DATEDATE 

1485
00:44:08,379 --> 00:44:10,414
THREE- FOURTH VOTE BY BRINGING A

1486
00:44:10,547 --> 00:44:11,448
POSSIBLE VOTE. 

1487
00:44:11,448 --> 00:44:13,984
>> THANK YOU. 

1488
00:44:13,984 --> 00:44:16,053
JOINING US AT THE TABLE, 

1489
00:44:16,053 --> 00:44:17,287
WHEN YOU'RE READY, 

1490
00:44:17,287 --> 00:44:17,921
COULD YOU PLEASE 

1491
00:44:17,921 --> 00:44:18,422
GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE 

1492
00:44:18,422 --> 00:44:23,127
YOURSELVES. 

1493
00:44:23,260 --> 00:44:30,000
>> HB HARPER, CENTRAL COUNSEL 

1494
00:44:30,134 --> 00:44:32,503
STAFF. 

1495
00:44:32,503 --> 00:44:32,970
>> ERIC McCONAGHY. 

1496
00:44:33,103 --> 00:44:34,171
>> SUNAREE MARSHALL, MANAGER IN 

1497
00:44:34,171 --> 00:44:40,244
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 

1498
00:44:40,377 --> 00:44:41,779
>> GOOD MORNING, CHRISTINE 

1499
00:44:41,779 --> 00:44:45,015
BUNCH, OFFICE OF 

1500
00:44:45,015 --> 00:44:45,482
SUSTAINABILITY 

1501
00:44:45,482 --> 00:44:46,283
AND ENVIRONMENT, STRATEGIC 

1502
00:44:46,283 --> 00:44:46,950
ADVISER. 

1503
00:44:47,084 --> 00:44:47,885
>> GOOD MORNING. 

1504
00:44:47,885 --> 00:44:51,088
ANDY STRONG, SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.

1505
00:44:51,221 --> 00:44:56,560
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

1506
00:44:56,560 --> 00:45:04,668
WE HAVE, LET'S SEE -- DO WE 

1507
00:45:04,668 --> 00:45:05,769
HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR TODAY? 

1508
00:45:05,903 --> 00:45:06,537
>> THERE'S NO 

1509
00:45:06,537 --> 00:45:06,870
PRESENTATION. 

1510
00:45:07,004 --> 00:45:10,774
>> NO PRESENTATION? OKAY. 

1511
00:45:10,774 --> 00:45:12,643
SO JUST ANY QUESTIONS 

1512
00:45:12,643 --> 00:45:16,280
OR COMMENTS FROM COMMITTEE 

1513
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:16,547
MEMBERS, 

1514
00:45:16,547 --> 00:45:18,749
WE WILL HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS THAT

1515
00:45:18,749 --> 00:45:20,384
I'LL BE PROPOSING IN 

1516
00:45:20,384 --> 00:45:22,486
A MOMENT, BUT JUST BEFORE WE GET

1517
00:45:22,486 --> 00:45:22,719
KICKED 

1518
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:26,056
OFF ON AMENDMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS

1519
00:45:26,056 --> 00:45:30,060
OR COMMENTS? 

1520
00:45:30,060 --> 00:45:30,794
OKAY. 

1521
00:45:30,794 --> 00:45:31,395
I MOVE THAT THE 

1522
00:45:31,395 --> 00:45:32,329
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE 

1523
00:45:32,329 --> 00:45:36,300
OF COUNCIL BILL 121 14. 

1524
00:45:36,300 --> 00:45:36,733
IS THERE A SECOND? 

1525
00:45:36,934 --> 00:45:37,234
>> SECOND. 

1526
00:45:37,234 --> 00:45:38,669
>> IT IS MOVED AND 

1527
00:45:38,669 --> 00:45:40,003
SECONDED. PASSAGE OF COUNCIL 

1528
00:45:40,003 --> 00:45:42,172
BILL 121214. 

1529
00:45:42,172 --> 00:45:43,340
ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE TO 

1530
00:45:43,340 --> 00:45:45,776
THE TWO AMENDMENTS? 

1531
00:45:45,776 --> 00:45:46,910
OKAY. 

1532
00:45:46,910 --> 00:45:48,178
SO BEFORE WE VOTE ON THESE 

1533
00:45:48,178 --> 00:45:49,079
AMENDMENTS, WE'LL NEED 

1534
00:45:49,079 --> 00:45:49,746
TO SUSPEND THE RULES. 

1535
00:45:49,746 --> 00:45:51,081
HARD COPIES OF THE 

1536
00:45:51,081 --> 00:45:53,150
AMENDMENTS WERE PROVIDED TO EACH

1537
00:45:53,150 --> 00:45:55,352
COUNCIL OFFICE ON THIS COMMITTEE

1538
00:45:55,352 --> 00:45:56,253
BEFORE THE AMENDMENT DEADLINE. 

1539
00:45:56,253 --> 00:46:00,157
COUNCIL OFFICES WERE PROVIDE 

1540
00:46:00,157 --> 00:46:02,359
D EMAILED COPIES BUT CAME 

1541
00:46:02,359 --> 00:46:03,227
AFTER THE AMENDMENT DEADLINE. 

1542
00:46:03,227 --> 00:46:04,461
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, 

1543
00:46:04,461 --> 00:46:05,929
THE COUNCIL RULES WILL BE 

1544
00:46:05,929 --> 00:46:06,196
SUSPENDED 

1545
00:46:06,196 --> 00:46:07,831
TO ALLOW CONSIDERATION OF 

1546
00:46:07,831 --> 00:46:08,999
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE NOTNOT 

1547
00:46:09,133 --> 00:46:09,700
DISTRIBUTED PER OUR COUNCIL 

1548
00:46:09,700 --> 00:46:14,705
RULES. 

1549
00:46:14,705 --> 00:46:15,038
OKAY. 

1550
00:46:15,172 --> 00:46:16,740
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE RULE 

1551
00:46:16,740 --> 00:46:17,841
IS SUSPENDED. 

1552
00:46:17,841 --> 00:46:22,746
I MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 

1553
00:46:22,746 --> 00:46:27,284
121214 AS PRESENTED. 

1554
00:46:27,417 --> 00:46:28,051
>> SECOND. 

1555
00:46:28,185 --> 00:46:32,156
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED 

1556
00:46:32,156 --> 00:46:33,390
TO AMEND THE BILL. 

1557
00:46:33,390 --> 00:46:36,260
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? 

1558
00:46:36,260 --> 00:46:38,695
BEFORE WE -- YEAH, BEFORE WE 

1559
00:46:38,829 --> 00:46:40,297
MOVE ON TO COMMENTS, I WOULD 

1560
00:46:40,297 --> 00:46:42,533
LIKE TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM

1561
00:46:42,666 --> 00:46:43,167
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. 

1562
00:46:43,167 --> 00:46:43,467
>> SURE. 

1563
00:46:43,467 --> 00:46:44,701
I'M HAPPY TO 

1564
00:46:44,701 --> 00:46:46,904
DESCRIBE THE AMENDMENT THIS 

1565
00:46:46,904 --> 00:46:47,304
MORNING. 

1566
00:46:47,304 --> 00:46:50,807
AMENDMENT ONE ADDS A 

1567
00:46:50,807 --> 00:46:52,643
PROVISION THAT CLARIFIES AND 

1568
00:46:52,643 --> 00:46:55,279
CHANGES THE 

1569
00:46:55,279 --> 00:46:56,513
SUBSTANCE OF THE ORDINANCE 

1570
00:46:56,513 --> 00:46:58,148
SUCH THAT AN EXISTING DATA 

1571
00:46:58,148 --> 00:46:59,917
CENTER FACILITY MAY BE EXPANDED 

1572
00:46:59,917 --> 00:47:00,083
BY 

1573
00:47:00,083 --> 00:47:01,985
UP TO THE THRESHOLD IDENTIFIED 

1574
00:47:01,985 --> 00:47:02,653
IN 

1575
00:47:02,653 --> 00:47:07,324
THE NEW DEFINITIONDEFINITION 

1576
00:47:07,324 --> 00:47:09,126
COUNTING THE MEGAVOLT- AMPERES 

1577
00:47:09,126 --> 00:47:13,363
OF THE EXISTING DATA CENTER AS 

1578
00:47:13,363 --> 00:47:13,564
PART 

1579
00:47:13,564 --> 00:47:13,997
OF THAT EXPANSION. 

1580
00:47:13,997 --> 00:47:15,065
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, 

1581
00:47:15,065 --> 00:47:17,134
A DATA CENTER OF ANY SIZE THAT 

1582
00:47:17,134 --> 00:47:19,570
CURRENTLY EXISTS TODAY 

1583
00:47:19,570 --> 00:47:25,542
CAN EXPAND BY UP TO THAT 

1584
00:47:25,542 --> 00:47:26,243
20 MEGAVOLT-AMPERES THRESHOLD 

1585
00:47:26,243 --> 00:47:27,444
IN THE DEFINITION. 

1586
00:47:27,444 --> 00:47:29,947
SO IT ADDITIONALLY ADDS A 

1587
00:47:29,947 --> 00:47:31,982
RECITAL TO SORT OF EXPLAIN THE 

1588
00:47:31,982 --> 00:47:33,517
WHY OF THAT, WHICH IS 

1589
00:47:33,517 --> 00:47:35,719
ABOUT SUPPORTING EXISTING 

1590
00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:38,088
BUSINESSES THAT RELY ON DATA 

1591
00:47:38,088 --> 00:47:39,723
CENTERS INCLUDING GOVERNMENT 

1592
00:47:39,723 --> 00:47:41,358
ENTITIES, PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH 

1593
00:47:41,358 --> 00:47:41,625
CARE, ALL 

1594
00:47:41,625 --> 00:47:44,094
OF THE THINGS WE KNOW DO RELY 

1595
00:47:44,094 --> 00:47:45,162
ON EXISTING   DATA CENTERS TODAY

1596
00:47:45,162 --> 00:47:46,730
TO ALLOW THOSE FACILITIES TO 

1597
00:47:46,730 --> 00:47:46,997
EXPAND 

1598
00:47:46,997 --> 00:47:48,699
UP TO THAT THRESHOLD WITHOUT 

1599
00:47:48,699 --> 00:47:49,833
COUNTING, AGAIN, 

1600
00:47:49,833 --> 00:47:51,568
THE MEGAVOLT- AMPERES OF THE 

1601
00:47:51,568 --> 00:47:52,769
EXISTING FACILITY TOWARDS THAT 

1602
00:47:52,769 --> 00:47:53,070
THRESHOLD. 

1603
00:47:53,070 --> 00:47:54,671
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER 

1604
00:47:54,671 --> 00:47:56,240
QUESTIONS IF THAT DOESN'T MAKE 

1605
00:47:56,240 --> 00:47:56,473
SENSE. 

1606
00:47:56,473 --> 00:48:00,010
BUT THAT'S THE SUBSTANCE 

1607
00:48:00,010 --> 00:48:01,278
OF AMENDMENT ONE. 

1608
00:48:01,411 --> 00:48:03,046
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 

1609
00:48:03,180 --> 00:48:04,014
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LIN, AND 

1610
00:48:04,014 --> 00:48:05,616
THANK YOU FOR THE OVERVIEW, HB. 

1611
00:48:05,616 --> 00:48:08,485
I WONDER IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHY 

1612
00:48:08,485 --> 00:48:10,153
IT USES MEGAVOLT- AMPERES, 

1613
00:48:10,153 --> 00:48:12,656
I BELIEVE IS THE TERM, UNITS AS 

1614
00:48:12,656 --> 00:48:14,891
A TERM OVER MEGAWATT UNITS. 

1615
00:48:15,025 --> 00:48:16,026
>> I CAN GIVE 

1616
00:48:16,026 --> 00:48:17,961
A TRY. I THINK SOME OF MY 

1617
00:48:17,961 --> 00:48:18,629
COLLEAGUES MAY BE BEST SUITED TO

1618
00:48:18,629 --> 00:48:21,832
DO THAT. 

1619
00:48:21,965 --> 00:48:24,501
>> SO I WILL SAY HOW I'VE BEEN 

1620
00:48:24,635 --> 00:48:26,103
THINKING ABOUT IT AND WORKING 

1621
00:48:26,103 --> 00:48:27,838
WITH FOLKS IN CITY LIGHT TO 

1622
00:48:27,838 --> 00:48:29,573
TRY TO DESCRIBE THIS. 

1623
00:48:29,573 --> 00:48:31,008
MEGAVOLT-AMPERES 

1624
00:48:31,008 --> 00:48:31,608
IS A GOOD UNIT TO DESCRIBE 

1625
00:48:31,608 --> 00:48:31,909
EQUIPMENT. 

1626
00:48:31,909 --> 00:48:33,343
IT'S A WAY TO SCALE 

1627
00:48:33,343 --> 00:48:35,078
THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR DATA

1628
00:48:35,078 --> 00:48:35,545
CENTERS. 

1629
00:48:35,545 --> 00:48:37,648
TO MY RIGHT IS ANDY STRONG, WHO 

1630
00:48:37,648 --> 00:48:39,316
CAN PROBABLY DO A BETTER JOB OF 

1631
00:48:39,316 --> 00:48:41,151
DESCRIBING HOW CITY LIGHT, FOR 

1632
00:48:41,151 --> 00:48:42,252
EXAMPLE, WOULD LOOK AT THIS UNIT

1633
00:48:42,252 --> 00:48:42,886
AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR 

1634
00:48:42,886 --> 00:48:45,656
THE SCALE OF A NEW DATA CENTER. 

1635
00:48:45,656 --> 00:48:47,958
DO YOU MIND, ANDY? 

1636
00:48:48,091 --> 00:48:54,531
>> YEAH, MEGAVOLT- AMPERES OR 

1637
00:48:54,531 --> 00:48:54,698
MVA 

1638
00:48:54,698 --> 00:48:56,733
TYPICALLY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT 

1639
00:48:56,733 --> 00:48:58,402
POWER FACTORS THAT ADJUST THE 

1640
00:48:58,402 --> 00:49:01,872
UNIT FROM A MEGAWATT 

1641
00:49:01,872 --> 00:49:03,840
MEASUREMENT TO AN MVA 

1642
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:04,374
MEASUREMENT. 

1643
00:49:04,374 --> 00:49:05,309
TYPICALLY THEY ARE FAIRLY 

1644
00:49:05,309 --> 00:49:07,511
CLOSE IN SIZE, BUT IT ALLOWS 

1645
00:49:07,511 --> 00:49:08,779
FOR CERTAIN COMPONENTS AND 

1646
00:49:08,779 --> 00:49:12,349
CERTAIN LOSSES ASSOCIATED WITH 

1647
00:49:12,349 --> 00:49:12,616
SERVICE. 

1648
00:49:12,749 --> 00:49:13,183
>> GREAT. 

1649
00:49:13,183 --> 00:49:14,751
THANK YOU FOR 

1650
00:49:14,751 --> 00:49:15,986
CLARIFYING THAT. I KNOW IN A LOT

1651
00:49:15,986 --> 00:49:18,188
OF THE 

1652
00:49:18,188 --> 00:49:19,189
DISCUSSIONS AND JUST 

1653
00:49:19,189 --> 00:49:20,624
BRIEFING DISCUSSIONS ON THIS 

1654
00:49:20,624 --> 00:49:21,391
TOPIC, IT'S BEEN A LEARNING 

1655
00:49:21,391 --> 00:49:22,092
CURVE AS WE'VE 

1656
00:49:22,092 --> 00:49:23,694
COME TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE 

1657
00:49:23,694 --> 00:49:25,529
OF DATA CENTERS THAT EXIST 

1658
00:49:25,529 --> 00:49:27,030
WITHIN OUR CITY, THE 

1659
00:49:27,030 --> 00:49:27,431
PROLIFERATION OF 

1660
00:49:27,431 --> 00:49:28,865
THEM THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND 

1661
00:49:28,865 --> 00:49:30,967
THE COUNTRY NOW, AND EXACTLY HOW

1662
00:49:30,967 --> 00:49:33,103
THEY'RE UTILIZED WITHIN OUR 

1663
00:49:33,236 --> 00:49:34,471
CITY. SO MY FINAL QUESTION IS 

1664
00:49:34,471 --> 00:49:34,671
MORE 

1665
00:49:34,671 --> 00:49:38,008
TO THE SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT.

1666
00:49:38,008 --> 00:49:39,376
YOUR OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING 

1667
00:49:39,376 --> 00:49:40,844
SOME ENGAGEMENT ON THIS TOPIC. 

1668
00:49:40,844 --> 00:49:42,045
I WONDER IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO, 

1669
00:49:42,045 --> 00:49:43,513
AGAIN, WHY THIS IS COMING 

1670
00:49:43,513 --> 00:49:44,448
BEFORE US TODAY. 

1671
00:49:44,448 --> 00:49:46,550
I HEARD HB KIND OF SPEAK TO 

1672
00:49:46,550 --> 00:49:48,285
SOME OF THE POINTS AROUND 

1673
00:49:48,285 --> 00:49:50,587
ALLOWING FOR REASONABLE 

1674
00:49:50,587 --> 00:49:51,154
EXPANSION 

1675
00:49:51,154 --> 00:49:52,022
WITH EXISTING DATA CENTERS 

1676
00:49:52,022 --> 00:49:52,289
BECAUSE 

1677
00:49:52,289 --> 00:49:53,724
OF THE ROLE THEY PLAY IN 

1678
00:49:53,724 --> 00:49:55,258
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES BUT I 

1679
00:49:55,258 --> 00:49:55,559
WONDER 

1680
00:49:55,559 --> 00:49:57,961
IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO SOME OF 

1681
00:49:57,961 --> 00:49:59,096
THE 

1682
00:49:59,096 --> 00:49:59,463
ENGAGEMENT. 

1683
00:49:59,596 --> 00:50:01,298
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1684
00:50:01,298 --> 00:50:01,565
RINCK. 

1685
00:50:01,565 --> 00:50:05,268
PART OF THE REASON FOR THIS 

1686
00:50:05,268 --> 00:50:07,904
AMENDMENT IS WE DO HAVE EXISTING

1687
00:50:07,904 --> 00:50:09,439
DATA CENTERS, AND I THINK AS 

1688
00:50:09,439 --> 00:50:13,343
WE HEARD FROM PUBLIC TESTIMONY, 

1689
00:50:13,343 --> 00:50:13,510
OUR 

1690
00:50:13,510 --> 00:50:17,347
EXISTING   DATA CENTERS PLAY A 

1691
00:50:17,347 --> 00:50:18,582
VERY DIFFERENT ROLE, THIS 

1692
00:50:18,582 --> 00:50:19,783
NEW TYPE OF DATA CENTER, THAT 

1693
00:50:19,783 --> 00:50:22,085
ARE MEANT TO SUPPORT THIS NEW 

1694
00:50:22,085 --> 00:50:23,387
RAPID EXPANSION OF A.I. 

1695
00:50:23,387 --> 00:50:25,922
SOME OF OUR EXISTING DATA 

1696
00:50:25,922 --> 00:50:27,924
CENTERS DO SUPPORT OUR OWN CITY 

1697
00:50:27,924 --> 00:50:30,727
DATA NEEDS, OUR 911 CALL 

1698
00:50:30,727 --> 00:50:32,829
CENTER, SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES 

1699
00:50:32,829 --> 00:50:34,464
THAT HAVE 

1700
00:50:34,464 --> 00:50:37,567
CO- LOCATION NEED, EDUCATIONAL 

1701
00:50:37,567 --> 00:50:39,202
FACILITIES AND FOR BETTER OR 

1702
00:50:39,202 --> 00:50:43,407
WORSE WE DO KNOW THAT OUR DATA 

1703
00:50:43,407 --> 00:50:44,875
NEEDS THROUGHOUT OUR 

1704
00:50:44,875 --> 00:50:46,710
SOCIETY CONTINUE TO GROW, AND SO

1705
00:50:46,710 --> 00:50:49,946
THE IDEA WAS WE DON'T WANT 

1706
00:50:49,946 --> 00:50:52,916
TO PRECLUDE THIS CRITICAL NEED 

1707
00:50:52,916 --> 00:50:53,083
FOR 

1708
00:50:53,083 --> 00:50:54,451
GOVERNMENT, FOR EDUCATION, FOR 

1709
00:50:54,451 --> 00:50:58,789
HEALTH CARE, FOR OUR BUSINESSES 

1710
00:50:58,789 --> 00:51:02,659
WHILE ALSO NOT WANTING 

1711
00:51:02,659 --> 00:51:05,395
TO BASICALLY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN

1712
00:51:05,395 --> 00:51:05,729
AN 

1713
00:51:05,729 --> 00:51:07,097
EXISTING -- SOMEBODY WHO HAS 

1714
00:51:07,097 --> 00:51:08,598
AN EXISTING DATA CENTER UNDER 

1715
00:51:08,598 --> 00:51:09,132
THE 

1716
00:51:09,132 --> 00:51:11,334
MORATORIUM COULD BUILD A 20 -- 

1717
00:51:11,334 --> 00:51:13,603
UP TO 20 MVA. 

1718
00:51:13,603 --> 00:51:15,072
MAYBE A FEW BLOCKS AWAY AND THAT

1719
00:51:15,072 --> 00:51:16,506
WOULD BE CONSIDERED A NEW DATA 

1720
00:51:16,506 --> 00:51:16,940
CENTER. 

1721
00:51:16,940 --> 00:51:19,109
WE DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE 

1722
00:51:19,109 --> 00:51:21,111
THEM FROM DOING THE SAME THING, 

1723
00:51:21,111 --> 00:51:21,411
SORT 

1724
00:51:21,411 --> 00:51:22,779
OF, IN THEIR OWN BUILDING 

1725
00:51:22,779 --> 00:51:26,950
JUST BY ADDING ON. 

1726
00:51:26,950 --> 00:51:30,754
MAYBE 15 MVA, TO BE ABLE TO 

1727
00:51:30,754 --> 00:51:33,657
ADD 10 MORE, VERSUS FORCING THEM

1728
00:51:33,657 --> 00:51:35,559
TO GO BUILD IT NEXT DOOR. 

1729
00:51:35,559 --> 00:51:38,228
AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY THE WHOLE 

1730
00:51:38,228 --> 00:51:39,863
MORATORIUM IS A TEMPORARY ISSUE.

1731
00:51:39,863 --> 00:51:41,364
WE KNOW THAT AT THE END OF 

1732
00:51:41,364 --> 00:51:42,632
THE DAY WE NEED TO COME UP 

1733
00:51:42,632 --> 00:51:45,936
WITH PERMANENT REGULATIONS 

1734
00:51:45,936 --> 00:51:47,938
FOR ALL OF THIS, PERMANENT 

1735
00:51:47,938 --> 00:51:48,271
DEFINITIONS. 

1736
00:51:48,271 --> 00:51:49,873
THIS WAS MEANT TO RECOGNIZE, 

1737
00:51:49,873 --> 00:51:51,708
AGAIN, THAT WE MAY HAVE 

1738
00:51:51,708 --> 00:51:53,076
SOME EXISTING DATA CENTERS THAT 

1739
00:51:53,076 --> 00:51:53,243
MAY 

1740
00:51:53,243 --> 00:51:55,979
WANT TO DO SOME 

1741
00:51:55,979 --> 00:51:56,947
EXPANSIONS DURING THIS TIME 

1742
00:51:56,947 --> 00:51:57,447
PERIOD AND 

1743
00:51:57,447 --> 00:52:00,617
NOT WANTING TO PRECLUDE THAT 

1744
00:52:00,617 --> 00:52:02,385
FROM OCCURRING GIVEN SORT OF 

1745
00:52:02,385 --> 00:52:04,287
THE DISTINCT NATURE OF THOSE 

1746
00:52:04,287 --> 00:52:05,222
ONES VERSUS THE 

1747
00:52:05,222 --> 00:52:05,856
MEGA DATA CENTERS THAT WE'RE 

1748
00:52:05,856 --> 00:52:08,258
MOST CONCERNED ABOUT. 

1749
00:52:08,391 --> 00:52:09,726
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT 

1750
00:52:09,726 --> 00:52:10,393
EXPLANATION, CHAIR. 

1751
00:52:10,393 --> 00:52:11,628
I SEE THE NEEDLE YOU'RE TRYING 

1752
00:52:11,628 --> 00:52:12,796
TO THREAD, AND I WILL 

1753
00:52:12,796 --> 00:52:13,497
BE SUPPORTING THIS 

1754
00:52:13,497 --> 00:52:14,097
AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. 

1755
00:52:14,231 --> 00:52:17,834
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1756
00:52:17,834 --> 00:52:18,135
RINCK. 

1757
00:52:18,135 --> 00:52:24,007
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

1758
00:52:24,007 --> 00:52:26,710
JUST YOUR QUESTION OR COMMENT ON

1759
00:52:26,710 --> 00:52:30,180
MEGAWATTS VERSUS MVA. 

1760
00:52:30,180 --> 00:52:32,415
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A LITTLE 

1761
00:52:32,616 --> 00:52:35,252
BIT. I THINK BECAUSE THIS IS A 

1762
00:52:35,252 --> 00:52:35,452
LAND 

1763
00:52:35,452 --> 00:52:36,653
USE MORATORIUM, WE'RE 

1764
00:52:36,653 --> 00:52:38,155
REALLY TRYING TO COME UP WITH 

1765
00:52:38,155 --> 00:52:40,490
A DEFINITION THAT WORKS FOR US 

1766
00:52:40,490 --> 00:52:43,159
IN TERMS OF OUR PERMITTING 

1767
00:52:43,159 --> 00:52:44,194
PROCESS AND SO I WAS WONDERING 

1768
00:52:44,194 --> 00:52:44,361
IF 

1769
00:52:44,361 --> 00:52:46,496
YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT - 

1770
00:52:46,496 --> 00:52:47,964
- YOU TALKED ABOUT MVA IN TERMS 

1771
00:52:47,964 --> 00:52:50,333
OF IT'S EASIER FOR US TO 

1772
00:52:50,333 --> 00:52:50,734
UNDERSTAND 

1773
00:52:50,734 --> 00:52:52,536
THAT FROM AN EQUIPMENT 

1774
00:52:52,536 --> 00:52:53,270
PERSPECTIVE. 

1775
00:52:53,270 --> 00:52:54,938
I SUSPECT THAT MEGAWATTS 

1776
00:52:54,938 --> 00:52:58,942
WOULD BE SORT OF AA THING FOR 

1777
00:52:58,942 --> 00:53:00,777
US TO KNOW PRECISELY IN THE 

1778
00:53:00,777 --> 00:53:01,978
SAME WAY WHEN SOMEONE IS 

1779
00:53:01,978 --> 00:53:02,512
APPLYING FOR 

1780
00:53:02,512 --> 00:53:05,315
A PERMIT VERSUS AN MVA IS 

1781
00:53:05,315 --> 00:53:07,050
MAYBE EASIER FOR US TO SORT OF 

1782
00:53:07,050 --> 00:53:08,051
BE ABLE 

1783
00:53:08,051 --> 00:53:11,388
TO DEFINE AND TO SAY, 

1784
00:53:11,388 --> 00:53:12,522
HEY, THIS 

1785
00:53:12,522 --> 00:53:13,190
ONE IS CLEARLY GOING TO BE A 

1786
00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:14,190
CERTAIN MVA VERSUS A 

1787
00:53:14,190 --> 00:53:15,192
MEGAWATT, MIGHT BE MORE 

1788
00:53:15,192 --> 00:53:15,492
FLUCTUATED 

1789
00:53:15,492 --> 00:53:17,594
AND HARD TO KNOW AT THE TIME 

1790
00:53:17,594 --> 00:53:18,461
OF PERMIT APPLICATION. 

1791
00:53:18,461 --> 00:53:19,029
IS THAT CORRECT? 

1792
00:53:19,029 --> 00:53:24,334
COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT? 

1793
00:53:24,467 --> 00:53:27,370
>> FROM A UTILITY PERSPECTIVE 

1794
00:53:27,370 --> 00:53:29,906
WE CAN WORK WITH EITHER TERM BUT

1795
00:53:29,906 --> 00:53:31,908
MVA IS A MORE REALISTIC LOOK AT 

1796
00:53:31,908 --> 00:53:35,211
WHAT PHYSICAL LOAD MIGHT BE. 

1797
00:53:35,211 --> 00:53:36,313
IT WOULD BE THE PREFERRED TERM 

1798
00:53:36,313 --> 00:53:40,584
WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH 

1799
00:53:40,584 --> 00:53:41,451
ANY CUSTOMER OF SIGNIFICANT 

1800
00:53:41,451 --> 00:53:41,651
SIZE. 

1801
00:53:41,651 --> 00:53:43,486
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SYSTEM 

1802
00:53:43,486 --> 00:53:46,656
OVERALL, WE MAY SAY AT ANY 

1803
00:53:46,656 --> 00:53:47,524
ONEONE PARTICULAR  WE HAVE AN 

1804
00:53:47,524 --> 00:53:49,826
X NUMBER OF MEGAWATT HOURS BEING

1805
00:53:49,826 --> 00:53:52,529
USED TO SERVE THE CITY OF 

1806
00:53:52,529 --> 00:53:52,829
SEATTLE. 

1807
00:53:52,829 --> 00:53:55,498
BUT MVA FOR A TYPICAL 

1808
00:53:55,498 --> 00:53:56,866
CUSTOMER IS THE PREFERRED TERM. 

1809
00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:57,867
>> OKAY. 

1810
00:53:57,867 --> 00:53:58,268
THANK YOU. 

1811
00:53:58,401 --> 00:54:00,637
>> AND IF I MIGHT OFFER, 

1812
00:54:00,637 --> 00:54:03,273
SECTION 7 OF THE BILL REQUIRES 

1813
00:54:03,273 --> 00:54:05,675
THAT 

1814
00:54:05,675 --> 00:54:08,578
SDCI AMEND THE INTAKE SUBMITTAL 

1815
00:54:08,578 --> 00:54:09,913
CHECK LIST TO REQUIRE THAT 

1816
00:54:09,913 --> 00:54:11,915
INFORMATION ON ELECTRICAL 

1817
00:54:11,915 --> 00:54:13,183
CAPACITY IN 

1818
00:54:13,183 --> 00:54:14,751
MEGAVOLT AND MEGAVOLT-AMPERES AS

1819
00:54:14,751 --> 00:54:16,152
PART OF A COMPLETE LAND USE 

1820
00:54:16,286 --> 00:54:18,788
APPLICATION. THAT REQUIRES THE 

1821
00:54:18,788 --> 00:54:20,390
APPLICANT 

1822
00:54:20,390 --> 00:54:22,759
TO IDENTIFY THE MEGAVOLT- 

1823
00:54:22,759 --> 00:54:23,059
AMPERES AS 

1824
00:54:23,059 --> 00:54:23,860
PART OF SUBMITTING FOR A LAND 

1825
00:54:23,860 --> 00:54:26,062
USE PERMIT. 

1826
00:54:26,196 --> 00:54:27,163
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

1827
00:54:27,163 --> 00:54:29,132
AND JUST ONE FINAL QUESTION. 

1828
00:54:29,132 --> 00:54:33,003
MY UNDERSTANDING IS ONCE -- FOR 

1829
00:54:33,003 --> 00:54:36,106
THESE LARGE LOAD CUSTOMERS -- 

1830
00:54:36,106 --> 00:54:37,674
THERE ARE CERTAIN 

1831
00:54:37,674 --> 00:54:38,608
THRESHOLDS THEY NEED SPECIAL 

1832
00:54:38,608 --> 00:54:39,075
EQUIPMENT AND 

1833
00:54:39,075 --> 00:54:41,144
IT OFTEN COMES IN CERTAIN 

1834
00:54:41,144 --> 00:54:44,280
KIND OF MVA THRESHOLDS, COULD 

1835
00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:46,316
YOU JUST SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT 

1836
00:54:46,316 --> 00:54:46,483
OF 

1837
00:54:46,483 --> 00:54:48,118
THAT EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENT 

1838
00:54:48,118 --> 00:54:51,521
AND WHAT THAT ENTAILS FOR LARGE 

1839
00:54:51,521 --> 00:54:52,622
LOAD 

1840
00:54:52,622 --> 00:54:54,658
CUSTOMERS? 

1841
00:54:54,791 --> 00:54:57,527
>> SEATTLE CITY LIGHT INTRODUCED

1842
00:54:57,527 --> 00:55:01,031
NEW LARGE LOAD POLICY 

1843
00:55:01,031 --> 00:55:02,732
LANGUAGE TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 

1844
00:55:02,732 --> 00:55:02,966
EARLIER 

1845
00:55:02,966 --> 00:55:04,768
AND THEY'RE TAKING A LOOK AT IT

1846
00:55:04,768 --> 00:55:07,170
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF 

1847
00:55:07,170 --> 00:55:10,507
BENEFITS TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE.

1848
00:55:10,507 --> 00:55:14,144
WE'RE PROPOSING THAT ANY 

1849
00:55:14,144 --> 00:55:18,214
NEW LARGE LOAD GREATER THANTHAN 

1850
00:55:18,348 --> 00:55:22,719
MVA DEFINE THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE

1851
00:55:22,719 --> 00:55:26,156
AND THAT TYPE OF A LOAD WITH HOW

1852
00:55:26,156 --> 00:55:29,025
OUR SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY SET UP 

1853
00:55:29,025 --> 00:55:32,495
WOULD REQUIRE DIRECT 

1854
00:55:32,495 --> 00:55:33,697
TRANSMISSION 

1855
00:55:33,697 --> 00:55:34,998
SERVICE, AND AT THAT 

1856
00:55:34,998 --> 00:55:36,433
TRANSMISSION LEVEL THE 

1857
00:55:36,433 --> 00:55:40,303
CUSTOMER WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE 

1858
00:55:40,303 --> 00:55:40,770
SOME TYPE 

1859
00:55:40,770 --> 00:55:43,440
OF SUBSTATION 

1860
00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:44,708
AND SWITCH GEAR SYSTEMS THAT 

1861
00:55:44,708 --> 00:55:45,175
WOULD BE ABLE TO DO 

1862
00:55:45,175 --> 00:55:48,978
THE CONVERSION AND SERVE THE 

1863
00:55:48,978 --> 00:55:50,080
LOAD 

1864
00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:50,647
THAT'S BEING REQUESTED. 

1865
00:55:50,647 --> 00:55:58,021
>> THANK YOU. 

1866
00:55:58,021 --> 00:55:59,189
THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR 

1867
00:55:59,189 --> 00:56:01,458
QUESTIONS, I MOVE TO 

1868
00:56:01,458 --> 00:56:07,163
AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121214 -- 

1869
00:56:07,163 --> 00:56:07,397
LET'S 

1870
00:56:07,397 --> 00:56:08,064
SEE. 

1871
00:56:08,064 --> 00:56:09,632
I THINK WE ALREADY MOVED AND 

1872
00:56:09,632 --> 00:56:09,899
SECONDED. 

1873
00:56:10,033 --> 00:56:12,268
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 

1874
00:56:12,268 --> 00:56:13,136
ROLL ON ADOPTION. 

1875
00:56:13,269 --> 00:56:16,106
>> VICE- CHAIR STRAUSS? 

1876
00:56:16,306 --> 00:56:16,940
>> YES. 

1877
00:56:16,940 --> 00:56:17,540
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

1878
00:56:17,674 --> 00:56:17,941
>> YES. 

1879
00:56:18,141 --> 00:56:19,943
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

1880
00:56:19,943 --> 00:56:20,310
HOLLANDSWORTH? 

1881
00:56:20,443 --> 00:56:21,644
>> YES. 

1882
00:56:21,778 --> 00:56:22,846
>> COUNCILMEMBER 

1883
00:56:22,846 --> 00:56:23,079
RINCK? 

1884
00:56:23,079 --> 00:56:23,480
>> YES. 

1885
00:56:23,613 --> 00:56:24,380
>> CHAIR LIN. 

1886
00:56:24,581 --> 00:56:24,848
>> YES. 

1887
00:56:24,848 --> 00:56:27,317
>> FIVE VOTES IN FAIR AND ZERO 

1888
00:56:27,450 --> 00:56:27,717
OPPOSED. 

1889
00:56:27,717 --> 00:56:34,290
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND IS 

1890
00:56:34,290 --> 00:56:36,393
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO MOVE 

1891
00:56:36,393 --> 00:56:41,664
TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL AS 

1892
00:56:41,798 --> 00:56:42,132
CIRCULATED. 

1893
00:56:42,132 --> 00:56:42,732
>> SECOND. 

1894
00:56:42,866 --> 00:56:43,800
>> AS MOVED AND SECONDED 

1895
00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:46,069
TO AMEND THE BILL, COULD WE 

1896
00:56:46,069 --> 00:56:49,405
PLEASE HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION

1897
00:56:49,405 --> 00:56:50,173
ON AMENDMENT TWO. 

1898
00:56:50,306 --> 00:56:51,141
>> HAPPY TO DO THAT. 

1899
00:56:51,141 --> 00:56:52,909
THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY 

1900
00:56:52,909 --> 00:56:55,678
AND ENVIRONMENT IS ADDED 

1901
00:56:55,678 --> 00:56:56,679
INTO THE WORK PLAN VIA AMENDMENT

1902
00:56:56,679 --> 00:56:56,880
TWO. 

1903
00:56:56,880 --> 00:56:58,548
IT'S FIRST ADDED IN THE TOP TEX

1904
00:56:58,548 --> 00:57:01,184
OF THE WORK PLAN, SORT OF 

1905
00:57:01,184 --> 00:57:03,052
THE GENERAL DEPARTMENTS WE 

1906
00:57:03,052 --> 00:57:04,287
ANTICIPATE BEING IN THE LEAD 

1907
00:57:04,287 --> 00:57:06,022
ARE LISTED AND SPECIFICALLY IN 

1908
00:57:06,022 --> 00:57:07,824
SECTION THREE OF THE WORK 

1909
00:57:07,824 --> 00:57:10,226
PLAN RELATED TO DEVELOPING 

1910
00:57:10,226 --> 00:57:12,362
A COMMUNITY BENEFIT FRAMEWORK. 

1911
00:57:12,362 --> 00:57:14,297
OSC IS PLACED IN THE LEAD 

1912
00:57:14,297 --> 00:57:16,599
ON THAT WORK IN THAT SECTION OF 

1913
00:57:16,599 --> 00:57:20,804
THE WORK PLAN ACCORDING TO THIS 

1914
00:57:20,804 --> 00:57:23,706
AMENDMENT. 

1915
00:57:30,613 --> 00:57:31,581
>> THANK YOU. 

1916
00:57:31,581 --> 00:57:35,685
AND FOR OUR OSC 

1917
00:57:35,685 --> 00:57:37,153
REPRESENTATIVE, COULD YOU GIVE A

1918
00:57:37,153 --> 00:57:38,054
BRIEF 

1919
00:57:38,054 --> 00:57:40,423
OVERVIEW OF ANYTHING THAT -- 

1920
00:57:40,423 --> 00:57:41,658
ANY CONSIDERATIONS YOU HAVE 

1921
00:57:41,658 --> 00:57:44,227
ABOUT DATA CENTERS OR THOUGHTS 

1922
00:57:44,227 --> 00:57:44,561
ABOUT 

1923
00:57:44,561 --> 00:57:46,563
TAKING THIS ROLE IN OUR WORK 

1924
00:57:46,563 --> 00:57:46,896
PLAN? 

1925
00:57:47,030 --> 00:57:49,632
>> YEAH, THANK YOU, CHAIR LIN. 

1926
00:57:49,632 --> 00:57:52,135
THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY 

1927
00:57:52,135 --> 00:57:53,436
AND ENVIRONMENT IS DEEPLY 

1928
00:57:53,436 --> 00:57:53,703
COMMITTED 

1929
00:57:53,703 --> 00:57:54,737
TO UNDERSTANDING 

1930
00:57:54,737 --> 00:57:58,041
THE COMPLEXITIES OF DATADATA 

1931
00:57:58,041 --> 00:57:59,776
AND PARTICULARLY ENGAGING 

1932
00:57:59,776 --> 00:58:02,712
WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SOME OF 

1933
00:58:02,712 --> 00:58:03,112
WHOM 

1934
00:58:03,112 --> 00:58:04,547
HAVE TESTIFIED TODAY. 

1935
00:58:04,547 --> 00:58:07,317
SOME OF OUR EXPERIENCES WORKING 

1936
00:58:07,317 --> 00:58:09,285
DEEPLY WITH COMMUNITY CAN HELP 

1937
00:58:09,285 --> 00:58:13,256
DAYLIGHT SOME OF THESE 

1938
00:58:13,256 --> 00:58:14,991
ISSUES PARTICULARLY AROUND 

1939
00:58:14,991 --> 00:58:15,225
NOISE. 

1940
00:58:15,225 --> 00:58:16,893
WE HEARD A LOT TODAY ABOUT 

1941
00:58:16,893 --> 00:58:18,294
RATE PAYER PROTECTIONS, 

1942
00:58:18,294 --> 00:58:18,628
PARTICULARLY 

1943
00:58:18,628 --> 00:58:20,330
WITH RESOURCES RELATED 

1944
00:58:20,330 --> 00:58:24,400
TO ENERGY, ELECTRICITY, CAPACITY

1945
00:58:24,400 --> 00:58:24,868
OF 

1946
00:58:24,868 --> 00:58:26,636
ELECTRICITY AS WELL, AND WATER 

1947
00:58:26,636 --> 00:58:26,936
RESOURCES. 

1948
00:58:26,936 --> 00:58:29,439
THOSE TEND TO BE COMING 

1949
00:58:29,439 --> 00:58:30,940
UP TO THE TOP. 

1950
00:58:30,940 --> 00:58:32,075
SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS 

1951
00:58:32,075 --> 00:58:33,343
WOULD BE AROUND THE IMPACTS OF 

1952
00:58:33,343 --> 00:58:33,576
HEAT AS 

1953
00:58:33,576 --> 00:58:35,478
A LOT OF THESE DATA CENTERS 

1954
00:58:35,478 --> 00:58:36,145
NEED TO BE COOLED. 

1955
00:58:36,145 --> 00:58:39,582
THE CPUs AND THE GPUs OF THESE 

1956
00:58:39,582 --> 00:58:41,684
SYSTEMS NEED TO BE COOLED ON AN 

1957
00:58:41,684 --> 00:58:42,852
ONGOING BASIS. 

1958
00:58:42,852 --> 00:58:44,821
AND THAT DOES CREATE HEAT. 

1959
00:58:44,821 --> 00:58:46,589
AS YOU KNOW, WE 

1960
00:58:46,589 --> 00:58:47,123
HAVE HEAT 

1961
00:58:47,123 --> 00:58:47,690
ISLANDS WITHIN THE CITY OF 

1962
00:58:47,690 --> 00:58:51,094
SEATTLE. 

1963
00:58:51,094 --> 00:58:53,630
MANY OF WHICH ARE WITHIN 

1964
00:58:53,630 --> 00:58:55,398
OVERBURDENED COMMUNITIES AND SO 

1965
00:58:55,398 --> 00:58:57,500
WE FEEL THAT THE HEAT ISLAND -- 

1966
00:58:57,500 --> 00:58:59,469
OR THE HEAT THESE DATA 

1967
00:58:59,469 --> 00:59:01,871
CENTERS PUT OUT CAN EXACERBATE 

1968
00:59:01,871 --> 00:59:02,906
THE HEAT 

1969
00:59:02,906 --> 00:59:04,774
ISLAND IMPACTS AND 

1970
00:59:04,774 --> 00:59:07,010
CREATE ADDITIONAL NEEDS FOR 

1971
00:59:07,010 --> 00:59:07,277
COOLING 

1972
00:59:07,277 --> 00:59:08,945
RESIDENTIAL SPACES AND 

1973
00:59:08,945 --> 00:59:10,880
OTHER ADJACENT BUILDINGS SO 

1974
00:59:10,880 --> 00:59:12,348
THAT SORT OF AS A CIRCULAR ISSUE

1975
00:59:12,348 --> 00:59:13,917
THAT 

1976
00:59:13,917 --> 00:59:16,886
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE 

1977
00:59:16,886 --> 00:59:17,120
TACKLE. 

1978
00:59:17,120 --> 00:59:18,354
SOME OTHER THINGS THAT COME 

1979
00:59:18,354 --> 00:59:19,789
UP ARE E- 

1980
00:59:19,789 --> 00:59:21,291
WASTE, FOR EXAMPLE. DATA CENTERS

1981
00:59:21,291 --> 00:59:21,925
ARE CONSTANTLY 

1982
00:59:21,925 --> 00:59:26,829
UPDATING THEIR SERVERS. 

1983
00:59:26,829 --> 00:59:28,598
WE HAVE STRONG STATE LAWS 

1984
00:59:28,598 --> 00:59:30,166
WITH ECOLOGY THAT WE HAVE E- 

1985
00:59:30,166 --> 00:59:30,366
WASTE 

1986
00:59:30,366 --> 00:59:32,335
LAWS AND E- WASTE PROCESSES, 

1987
00:59:32,335 --> 00:59:37,006
BUT IT COULD POSE AN ADDITION 

1988
00:59:37,006 --> 00:59:40,710
AL ISSUE IN TERMS OF HOW 

1989
00:59:40,710 --> 00:59:43,012
LARGE AMOUNTS OF E- WASTE ARE 

1990
00:59:43,012 --> 00:59:43,379
HANDLED 

1991
00:59:43,379 --> 00:59:46,683
THROUGH THE CITY AND THROUGH 

1992
00:59:46,683 --> 00:59:49,719
EXISTING DECOMMISSIONING 

1993
00:59:49,719 --> 00:59:52,822
COMPANIES THAT HELP 

1994
00:59:52,822 --> 00:59:55,992
PULL SOME OF THESE COMPONENTS 

1995
00:59:55,992 --> 00:59:57,026
APART, OTHER 

1996
00:59:57,026 --> 00:59:59,963
TOXINS, SO THAT IS OF 

1997
01:00:00,096 --> 01:00:01,264
IMPORTANCE. AND I THINK THAT 

1998
01:00:01,264 --> 01:00:01,597
ANOTHER ISSUE 

1999
01:00:01,597 --> 01:00:05,368
THAT WE WANT TO -- THAT IS 

2000
01:00:05,368 --> 01:00:06,102
CONCERNING THE 

2001
01:00:06,102 --> 01:00:08,004
OVERALL DEVELOPMENT AND THE 

2002
01:00:08,004 --> 01:00:08,771
IMPACTS TO 

2003
01:00:08,771 --> 01:00:11,040
OUR CITY TREES AND 

2004
01:00:11,040 --> 01:00:12,442
URBAN FORESTRY AS WE'RE TRYING 

2005
01:00:12,442 --> 01:00:12,608
TO 

2006
01:00:12,608 --> 01:00:13,610
REALLY INCREASE THE CANOPY 

2007
01:00:13,610 --> 01:00:16,412
AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TREES

2008
01:00:16,412 --> 01:00:16,646
IN 

2009
01:00:16,646 --> 01:00:17,981
SEATTLE, ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT 

2010
01:00:17,981 --> 01:00:19,449
MIGHT BE AT A LARGE SCALE WOULD 

2011
01:00:19,649 --> 01:00:21,584
IMPACT. BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE, 

2012
01:00:21,584 --> 01:00:21,985
AS YOU 

2013
01:00:21,985 --> 01:00:26,089
POINTED OUT, CHAIR LIN, EARLIER 

2014
01:00:26,089 --> 01:00:28,691
ABOUT THERE ARE SPECIFIC 

2015
01:00:28,691 --> 01:00:30,193
CO- LOCATION EXISTING 

2016
01:00:30,193 --> 01:00:32,595
DATA CENTERS THAT PROVIDE 

2017
01:00:32,595 --> 01:00:34,364
FUNDAMENTAL USE TO BUSINESSES 

2018
01:00:34,364 --> 01:00:34,597
AND 

2019
01:00:34,597 --> 01:00:36,532
GOVERNMENTS AND SO WE WANT TO 

2020
01:00:36,532 --> 01:00:37,900
MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING A 

2021
01:00:37,900 --> 01:00:38,635
BALANCED APPROACH. 

2022
01:00:38,635 --> 01:00:40,269
BUT SECTION THREE REALLY 

2023
01:00:40,269 --> 01:00:42,438
IS GIVING US THE ABILITY TO HAVE

2024
01:00:42,438 --> 01:00:46,209
THE CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY

2025
01:00:46,209 --> 01:00:49,012
MEMBERS, TRIBES IMPACTED, TECH 

2026
01:00:49,012 --> 01:00:49,879
COMPANIES, 

2027
01:00:49,879 --> 01:00:51,047
THE PUGET SOUND CLEAR AIR 

2028
01:00:51,047 --> 01:00:52,382
AGENCY, KING COUNTY. 

2029
01:00:52,382 --> 01:00:53,783
THIS IS A COMPLEX ISSUE 

2030
01:00:53,783 --> 01:00:55,018
THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF 

2031
01:00:55,018 --> 01:00:55,351
COORDINATION, 

2032
01:00:55,351 --> 01:00:56,886
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 

2033
01:00:56,886 --> 01:00:59,122
THAT WE'RE HAVING THAT SPACE 

2034
01:00:59,122 --> 01:01:00,356
TO DAYLIGHT SOME OF THESE THINGS

2035
01:01:00,356 --> 01:01:00,523
WE 

2036
01:01:00,523 --> 01:01:04,560
MAY NOT KNOW. 

2037
01:01:04,560 --> 01:01:05,695
THE OTHER THING WE CAN 

2038
01:01:05,695 --> 01:01:08,131
INFORM THROUGH THE PROCESS AND 

2039
01:01:08,131 --> 01:01:09,298
SUPPORT OTHER DEPARTMENTS 

2040
01:01:09,298 --> 01:01:10,600
LIKE SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES, 

2041
01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:10,933
SEATTLE CITY 

2042
01:01:10,933 --> 01:01:12,769
LIGHT AND SDCI THAT ARE ALL 

2043
01:01:12,769 --> 01:01:15,438
NAMED IN THIS MORATORIUM. 

2044
01:01:15,438 --> 01:01:16,572
CROSS POLLINATE THE 

2045
01:01:16,572 --> 01:01:19,042
INFORMATION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO 

2046
01:01:19,042 --> 01:01:19,242
PULL. 

2047
01:01:19,242 --> 01:01:19,709
THANK YOU. 

2048
01:01:19,842 --> 01:01:21,577
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 

2049
01:01:21,711 --> 01:01:22,578
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LIN. 

2050
01:01:22,578 --> 01:01:24,313
I WANT TO START OFF BY 

2051
01:01:24,313 --> 01:01:25,815
JUST STATING MY STRONG SUPPORT 

2052
01:01:25,815 --> 01:01:27,684
FOR THIS AMENDMENT AND AN 

2053
01:01:27,684 --> 01:01:28,651
APPRECIATION TO YOU 

2054
01:01:28,651 --> 01:01:31,087
FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE US AND 

2055
01:01:31,087 --> 01:01:33,189
EXPLICITLY STATING OFFICE OF 

2056
01:01:33,189 --> 01:01:33,556
SUSTAINABILITY 

2057
01:01:33,556 --> 01:01:35,024
AND ENVIRONMENT'S ROLE IN THIS 

2058
01:01:35,024 --> 01:01:35,324
WORK. 

2059
01:01:35,324 --> 01:01:44,267
I HAVE HEARD 

2060
01:01:44,400 --> 01:01:48,171
HOLLINGSWORTH SPEAK TO THIS AND 

2061
01:01:48,171 --> 01:01:50,573
THAT WE'RE SEEING THOSE ONLINE 

2062
01:01:50,573 --> 01:01:52,675
ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMING 

2063
01:01:52,675 --> 01:01:53,576
THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND 

2064
01:01:53,576 --> 01:01:55,645
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND WE'VE 

2065
01:01:55,645 --> 01:01:56,479
SEEN INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP 

2066
01:01:56,479 --> 01:01:57,947
COMING FROM THE TRIBES IN 

2067
01:01:57,947 --> 01:01:59,882
TERMS OF REGULATING AND MANAGING

2068
01:01:59,882 --> 01:02:00,116
DATA 

2069
01:02:00,116 --> 01:02:00,516
CENTERS. 

2070
01:02:00,516 --> 01:02:02,885
SO REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT 

2071
01:02:02,885 --> 01:02:05,922
WE'LL SEE OSC TAKE A LEADERSHIP

2072
01:02:05,922 --> 01:02:07,123
ROLE IN CONVENING DEPARTMENTS. 

2073
01:02:07,123 --> 01:02:10,426
WE'VE SEEN OSC DO 

2074
01:02:10,426 --> 01:02:11,527
INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORK 

2075
01:02:11,527 --> 01:02:13,096
TOGETHER REALLY WELL AND WOULD 

2076
01:02:13,096 --> 01:02:13,696
ALSO JUST 

2077
01:02:13,696 --> 01:02:14,897
NOTE FOR THE RECORD 

2078
01:02:14,897 --> 01:02:16,866
AS I UNDERSTAND IT OSC IS 

2079
01:02:16,866 --> 01:02:17,533
CURRENTLY COLLECTING INFORMATION

2080
01:02:17,533 --> 01:02:18,301
AS IT 

2081
01:02:18,301 --> 01:02:20,269
RELATES TO THE CLIMATE 

2082
01:02:20,269 --> 01:02:21,938
ACTION PLAN RIGHT NOW, 

2083
01:02:21,938 --> 01:02:23,172
SO I'M STATING THAT PUBLICLY 

2084
01:02:23,172 --> 01:02:23,639
WHILE WE HAVE 

2085
01:02:23,639 --> 01:02:25,274
SO MANY IN THE ROOM WHO 

2086
01:02:25,274 --> 01:02:26,542
ARE INTERESTED AND CARE ABOUT 

2087
01:02:26,542 --> 01:02:28,144
OUR CLIMATE THAT IS OPEN RIGHT 

2088
01:02:28,144 --> 01:02:28,544
NOW 

2089
01:02:28,678 --> 01:02:30,646
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I DON'T KNOW

2090
01:02:30,646 --> 01:02:31,714
IF THERE ARE ANY 

2091
01:02:31,714 --> 01:02:32,248
SPECIFICS WHAT THEY 

2092
01:02:32,248 --> 01:02:33,950
ARE COLLECTING AS IT RELATES 

2093
01:02:33,950 --> 01:02:35,151
TO DATA CENTERS BUT I WANTED TO 

2094
01:02:35,151 --> 01:02:38,054
BRIDGE THAT GAP, SHARE THERE'S 

2095
01:02:38,054 --> 01:02:38,187
A 

2096
01:02:38,187 --> 01:02:39,255
FURTHER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT 

2097
01:02:39,255 --> 01:02:40,523
OSC IS LEADING. 

2098
01:02:40,523 --> 01:02:41,190
I DON'T KNOW IF 

2099
01:02:41,190 --> 01:02:42,325
THERE'S ANYTHING TO SHARE ON 

2100
01:02:42,325 --> 01:02:42,725
THAT NOTE BUT 

2101
01:02:42,725 --> 01:02:43,659
I WANTED TO OPEN UP THAT 

2102
01:02:43,793 --> 01:02:44,127
OPPORTUNITY. 

2103
01:02:44,127 --> 01:02:46,129
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2104
01:02:46,129 --> 01:02:46,429
RINCK. 

2105
01:02:46,429 --> 01:02:47,530
THANKS FOR MENTIONS THE 

2106
01:02:47,530 --> 01:02:48,831
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 

2107
01:02:48,831 --> 01:02:50,800
SEE OUR OFFICE CURRENTLY HAS A 

2108
01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:52,034
SURVEY OUT THAT IS OPEN TO THE 

2109
01:02:52,034 --> 01:02:55,271
PUBLIC, AND WE WANT TO 

2110
01:02:55,271 --> 01:02:56,806
HEAR FOLKS IDEAS AND THOUGHTS 

2111
01:02:56,806 --> 01:02:58,574
AND THAT MIGHT INCLUDE DATA 

2112
01:02:58,574 --> 01:02:58,841
CENTERS. 

2113
01:02:58,841 --> 01:03:01,144
I WILL JUST SAY OUR 

2114
01:03:01,144 --> 01:03:03,513
INITIAL WORK HAPPENING WORK THE 

2115
01:03:03,513 --> 01:03:05,181
CITY OF 

2116
01:03:05,314 --> 01:03:06,215
SEATTLE DOES NAME DATA CENTERS 

2117
01:03:06,215 --> 01:03:08,017
AS A KEY CLIMATE ACTION THAT 

2118
01:03:08,017 --> 01:03:09,619
WOULD BE IN OUR CLIMATE ACTION 

2119
01:03:09,752 --> 01:03:10,920
PLAN. WE STILL NEED TO WORK OUT 

2120
01:03:10,920 --> 01:03:11,654
THE 

2121
01:03:11,654 --> 01:03:12,955
DETAILS, BUT WE DO WANT 

2122
01:03:12,955 --> 01:03:13,623
TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. 

2123
01:03:13,623 --> 01:03:15,558
THERE IS A SURVEY AVAILABLE. 

2124
01:03:15,558 --> 01:03:17,226
I DON'T HAVE THE WEBSITE OFF 

2125
01:03:17,226 --> 01:03:19,462
THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THAT 

2126
01:03:19,462 --> 01:03:23,733
IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE

2127
01:03:23,733 --> 01:03:25,134
AND MIGHT BE ABLE TO LINK 

2128
01:03:25,134 --> 01:03:25,968
THAT ON THE WEBSITE. 

2129
01:03:26,102 --> 01:03:26,769
>> FABULOUS. 

2130
01:03:26,769 --> 01:03:27,236
THANK YOU. 

2131
01:03:27,236 --> 01:03:29,572
I KNOW WE'VE POSTED IT TO 

2132
01:03:29,572 --> 01:03:31,307
OUR SOCIALS AND WE'LL CONTINUE 

2133
01:03:31,307 --> 01:03:31,807
TO 

2134
01:03:31,807 --> 01:03:33,075
BOOST IT UNTIL IT CLOSES. 

2135
01:03:33,075 --> 01:03:34,410
AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND 

2136
01:03:34,410 --> 01:03:35,845
THANK YOU, AGAIN, CHAIR, 

2137
01:03:35,845 --> 01:03:37,980
FOR BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT 

2138
01:03:37,980 --> 01:03:38,214
BEFORE 

2139
01:03:38,214 --> 01:03:38,381
US. 

2140
01:03:38,514 --> 01:03:41,317
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2141
01:03:41,317 --> 01:03:41,617
RINCK. 

2142
01:03:41,617 --> 01:03:42,785
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

2143
01:03:42,785 --> 01:03:47,456
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO 

2144
01:03:47,456 --> 01:03:50,760
SAY THANK YOU TO OSC FOR BEING 

2145
01:03:50,760 --> 01:03:50,993
WILLING 

2146
01:03:50,993 --> 01:03:52,695
TO STEP UP AND LEAD 

2147
01:03:52,695 --> 01:03:54,197
IN THIS REGARD. TO YOUR POINT, 

2148
01:03:54,197 --> 01:03:54,530
COUNCILMEMBER 

2149
01:03:54,530 --> 01:03:56,432
RINCK, ONE OF THE REASONS 

2150
01:03:56,432 --> 01:03:59,068
WE WERE EXCITED TO ASK OSC TO 

2151
01:03:59,068 --> 01:04:01,771
HELP LEAD US IN THIS WORK IS 

2152
01:04:01,771 --> 01:04:03,840
BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTION TO OUR

2153
01:04:03,840 --> 01:04:05,007
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 

2154
01:04:05,007 --> 01:04:07,710
WE CERTAINLY -- I'M CERTAINLY 

2155
01:04:07,710 --> 01:04:10,346
CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT 

2156
01:04:10,346 --> 01:04:12,315
OF MEGA DATA CENTERS AND WHAT 

2157
01:04:12,315 --> 01:04:17,420
THAT COULD MEAN IF THEY, YOU 

2158
01:04:17,420 --> 01:04:20,656
KNOW, END UP POWERING THEIR 

2159
01:04:20,656 --> 01:04:20,890
ENERGY 

2160
01:04:20,890 --> 01:04:22,558
NEEDS WITH SOME SORT OF FOSSIL 

2161
01:04:22,558 --> 01:04:23,926
FUELS, WHETHER IT'S GENERATED 

2162
01:04:23,926 --> 01:04:25,761
IN THIS STATE OR MAYBE 

2163
01:04:25,761 --> 01:04:28,297
GENERATED ELSEWHERE OR THE 

2164
01:04:28,297 --> 01:04:28,598
BACKUP 

2165
01:04:28,598 --> 01:04:30,967
GENERATORS OR -- AND WHAT IT'S 

2166
01:04:30,967 --> 01:04:34,604
GOING TO DO TO OUR GRID. 

2167
01:04:34,604 --> 01:04:37,440
AND SO UNDERSTANDING THAT CLOSE 

2168
01:04:37,440 --> 01:04:38,341
CONNECTION ALSO 

2169
01:04:38,341 --> 01:04:42,645
JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT 

2170
01:04:42,645 --> 01:04:43,646
THIS IS A REGIONAL STATEWIDE 

2171
01:04:43,646 --> 01:04:44,413
ISSUE AND YOU 

2172
01:04:44,413 --> 01:04:47,383
ALL HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT 

2173
01:04:47,383 --> 01:04:49,518
WORK BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADING 

2174
01:04:49,518 --> 01:04:52,421
ON THINGS LIKE CLIMATE ACTION, 

2175
01:04:52,421 --> 01:04:52,588
AND 

2176
01:04:52,588 --> 01:04:54,924
SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY -- 

2177
01:04:54,924 --> 01:04:56,826
AND THANK YOU, AGAIN, TO ALL 

2178
01:04:56,826 --> 01:04:57,793
THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS. 

2179
01:04:57,793 --> 01:05:00,630
THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE A 

2180
01:05:00,630 --> 01:05:02,231
REGIONAL STATEWIDE MULTISTATE 

2181
01:05:02,231 --> 01:05:04,200
ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE 

2182
01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:04,934
OUT. 

2183
01:05:04,934 --> 01:05:05,768
AND SO LOOK FORWARD 

2184
01:05:05,768 --> 01:05:07,169
TO LEVERAGING YOUR EXPERIENCE 

2185
01:05:07,169 --> 01:05:09,905
AND EXPERTISE THERE ALONG WITH 

2186
01:05:09,905 --> 01:05:10,172
OUR 

2187
01:05:10,172 --> 01:05:12,541
UTILITY PARTNERS WHO ARE ALSO 

2188
01:05:12,541 --> 01:05:15,711
VERY USED TO WORKING WITH 

2189
01:05:15,711 --> 01:05:18,281
MANY OF OUR OTHER UTILITIES 

2190
01:05:18,281 --> 01:05:18,714
ACROSS 

2191
01:05:18,714 --> 01:05:21,951
THE REGION. 

2192
01:05:21,951 --> 01:05:23,753
AND TO JUST SOME OF THE PUBLIC 

2193
01:05:23,753 --> 01:05:25,955
COMMENTS AROUND THE WORK 

2194
01:05:25,955 --> 01:05:27,423
PLAN, IT IS STILL CERTAINLY A 

2195
01:05:27,423 --> 01:05:27,890
WORK 

2196
01:05:27,890 --> 01:05:29,458
IN PROGRESS AND DESPITE SORT OF 

2197
01:05:29,458 --> 01:05:33,996
THE WORK PLAN THAT WE HAVE ON 

2198
01:05:33,996 --> 01:05:36,432
PAPER, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO A 

2199
01:05:36,432 --> 01:05:36,666
ROBUST 

2200
01:05:36,666 --> 01:05:38,901
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY 

2201
01:05:38,901 --> 01:05:42,338
ON THAT AND CERTAINLY INTEND TO 

2202
01:05:42,338 --> 01:05:42,505
DO 

2203
01:05:42,505 --> 01:05:42,772
SO. 

2204
01:05:42,772 --> 01:05:44,140
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 

2205
01:05:44,140 --> 01:05:46,976
TO THE COMMENTS THAT WE GOT AND 

2206
01:05:46,976 --> 01:05:48,210
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FOR THE 

2207
01:05:48,210 --> 01:05:49,478
WORK PLAN EVEN THOUGH WE DID 

2208
01:05:49,478 --> 01:05:50,513
NOT INCLUDE ALL OF THEM. 

2209
01:05:50,513 --> 01:05:52,782
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HEAP 

2210
01:05:52,782 --> 01:05:53,015
TO 

2211
01:05:53,015 --> 01:05:53,616
CONSIDER AS PART OF THE WORK 

2212
01:05:53,616 --> 01:05:56,485
PLAN. 

2213
01:05:56,485 --> 01:06:00,956
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS

2214
01:06:01,090 --> 01:06:01,657
OR COMMENTS, WILL THE CLERK 

2215
01:06:01,657 --> 01:06:03,059
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 

2216
01:06:03,059 --> 01:06:03,793
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TWO. 

2217
01:06:03,926 --> 01:06:07,129
>> VICE- CHAIR STRAUSS? 

2218
01:06:07,129 --> 01:06:13,669
I'M SORRY, WE DID NOT HEAR 

2219
01:06:13,669 --> 01:06:13,869
THAT. 

2220
01:06:14,003 --> 01:06:15,738
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 

2221
01:06:15,738 --> 01:06:18,341
THE ROLL ON ADOPTION 

2222
01:06:18,341 --> 01:06:19,375
OF AMENDMENT   TWO. 

2223
01:06:19,508 --> 01:06:22,111
>> VICE- CHAIR STRAUSS? 

2224
01:06:22,111 --> 01:06:23,913
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

2225
01:06:24,046 --> 01:06:24,380
>> 

2226
01:06:24,380 --> 01:06:24,580
YES. 

2227
01:06:24,580 --> 01:06:25,348
>> YES. 

2228
01:06:25,481 --> 01:06:27,016
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

2229
01:06:27,149 --> 01:06:27,516
HOLLINGSWORTH? 

2230
01:06:27,516 --> 01:06:27,783
>> YES. 

2231
01:06:27,917 --> 01:06:29,118
>> COUNCILMEMBER 

2232
01:06:29,118 --> 01:06:29,352
RINCK? 

2233
01:06:29,352 --> 01:06:30,052
>> YES. 

2234
01:06:30,186 --> 01:06:30,553
>> CHAIR LIN? 

2235
01:06:30,686 --> 01:06:31,387
>> YES. 

2236
01:06:31,520 --> 01:06:33,889
>> FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR AND ZERO 

2237
01:06:34,023 --> 01:06:34,290
OPPOSED. 

2238
01:06:34,290 --> 01:06:35,424
>> THE MOTION CARRIES. 

2239
01:06:35,424 --> 01:06:37,226
AMENDMENT TWO IS ADOPTED. 

2240
01:06:37,226 --> 01:06:38,527
ANY FINAL COMMENTS BEFORE 

2241
01:06:38,527 --> 01:06:42,898
WE VOTE ON COUNCIL BILL 121214? 

2242
01:06:43,032 --> 01:06:43,599
OKAY. THANK YOU. 

2243
01:06:43,599 --> 01:06:44,633
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 

2244
01:06:44,633 --> 01:06:46,802
THE ROLL 

2245
01:06:46,802 --> 01:06:47,370
ON THE RECOMMENDATION THAT 

2246
01:06:47,370 --> 01:06:49,872
COUNCIL BILL PASS THE BILL AS 

2247
01:06:50,005 --> 01:06:50,373
AMENDED? 

2248
01:06:50,373 --> 01:06:51,273
>> VICE- CHAIR STRAUSS? 

2249
01:06:51,407 --> 01:06:52,074
>> 

2250
01:06:52,074 --> 01:06:52,575
AYE. 

2251
01:06:52,575 --> 01:06:54,777
>> COUNCILMEMBER 

2252
01:06:54,777 --> 01:06:55,010
FOSTER? 

2253
01:06:55,144 --> 01:06:55,344
>> YES. 

2254
01:06:55,344 --> 01:06:56,112
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

2255
01:06:56,245 --> 01:06:56,645
HOLLINGSWORTH? 

2256
01:06:56,645 --> 01:06:56,912
>> YES. 

2257
01:06:57,046 --> 01:06:58,247
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 

2258
01:06:58,381 --> 01:06:58,781
>> 

2259
01:06:58,781 --> 01:06:58,981
YES. 

2260
01:06:58,981 --> 01:06:59,281
>> CHAIR 

2261
01:06:59,281 --> 01:06:59,548
LIN? 

2262
01:06:59,548 --> 01:06:59,982
>> YES. 

2263
01:07:00,116 --> 01:07:01,650
>> CHAIR, FIVE VOTES 

2264
01:07:01,650 --> 01:07:02,885
IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. 

2265
01:07:03,018 --> 01:07:05,087
>> THE MOTION CARRIES 

2266
01:07:05,087 --> 01:07:09,392
AND COUNCIL WILL PASS THE BILL 

2267
01:07:09,392 --> 01:07:09,558
AS 

2268
01:07:09,558 --> 01:07:09,825
AMENDED. 

2269
01:07:09,825 --> 01:07:11,494
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, AND THANK

2270
01:07:11,494 --> 01:07:12,895
YOU TO OUR PRESENTERS AND ALL 

2271
01:07:12,895 --> 01:07:14,063
THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO 

2272
01:07:14,063 --> 01:07:14,497
HAVE 

2273
01:07:14,497 --> 01:07:15,064
BEEN VERY ENGAGED WITH THIS 

2274
01:07:15,064 --> 01:07:21,904
TOPIC. 

2275
01:07:21,904 --> 01:07:22,171
OKAY. 

2276
01:07:22,171 --> 01:07:23,439
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR 

2277
01:07:23,439 --> 01:07:24,907
NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS. 

2278
01:07:24,907 --> 01:07:26,709
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 

2279
01:07:26,709 --> 01:07:27,643
READ AGENDA ITEM 2. 

2280
01:07:27,777 --> 01:07:32,114
>> AGENDA ITEM 2 KB 121215 AN 

2281
01:07:32,114 --> 01:07:40,056
ORDINANCE DECISIONS AMENDING 

2282
01:07:40,056 --> 01:07:40,589
2376050. 

2283
01:07:40,589 --> 01:07:42,792
TO CLARIFY PROCESSES FOR THE 

2284
01:07:42,792 --> 01:07:43,993
CITY -- FOR THE COUNCIL FOR 

2285
01:07:43,993 --> 01:07:46,929
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 

2286
01:07:47,063 --> 01:07:51,834
>> THANK YOU. 

2287
01:07:51,834 --> 01:07:56,972
WILL OUR PRESENTER PLEASE 

2288
01:07:56,972 --> 01:08:00,743
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. 

2289
01:08:00,943 --> 01:08:01,510
I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A 

2290
01:08:01,510 --> 01:08:02,111
PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. 

2291
01:08:02,111 --> 01:08:03,279
THANK YOU SO MUCH 

2292
01:08:03,279 --> 01:08:05,714
FOR PREPARING THAT AND THANK 

2293
01:08:05,714 --> 01:08:06,615
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VICE- CHAIR 

2294
01:08:06,615 --> 01:08:07,516
STRAUSS FOR ASKING FOR THE 

2295
01:08:07,516 --> 01:08:07,883
PRESENTATION. 

2296
01:08:07,883 --> 01:08:13,022
I THINK THAT WILL HELP US 

2297
01:08:13,022 --> 01:08:14,890
GUIDE THIS DISCUSSION. 

2298
01:08:14,890 --> 01:08:15,958
PLEASE PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE 

2299
01:08:15,958 --> 01:08:16,258
READY. 

2300
01:08:16,392 --> 01:08:18,060
>> BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE 

2301
01:08:18,060 --> 01:08:21,063
PRESENTATION, I HEARD SOME 

2302
01:08:21,063 --> 01:08:23,299
COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE WERE HAVING

2303
01:08:23,299 --> 01:08:25,568
DIFFICULTY FINDING 

2304
01:08:25,568 --> 01:08:25,968
THE LEGISLATION. 

2305
01:08:25,968 --> 01:08:30,706
IF YOU GO TO THE AGENDA, THERE 

2306
01:08:30,706 --> 01:08:33,275
IS A LINK HERE RIGHT NEXT TO THE

2307
01:08:33,275 --> 01:08:35,778
NUMBER TWO WHERE IT SAYS 

2308
01:08:35,778 --> 01:08:38,314
COUNCIL BILL 121215 THAT WILL 

2309
01:08:38,314 --> 01:08:38,514
BRING 

2310
01:08:38,514 --> 01:08:40,683
YOU TO THE TEXT OF THE 

2311
01:08:40,683 --> 01:08:42,017
LEGISLATION. 

2312
01:08:42,151 --> 01:08:43,853
>> THANK YOU. 

2313
01:08:43,986 --> 01:08:45,387
>> OH, AND I GUESS I 

2314
01:08:45,387 --> 01:08:47,356
WASN'T SHARING MY SCREEN, SO 

2315
01:08:47,356 --> 01:08:47,556
THAT 

2316
01:08:47,556 --> 01:08:48,023
MAY NOT HAVE 

2317
01:08:48,023 --> 01:08:48,357
BEEN VISIBLE. 

2318
01:08:48,357 --> 01:08:53,963
>> LET'S TRY IT AGAIN. 

2319
01:09:10,246 --> 01:09:12,648
HERE ON PAGE FOUR WHERE IT LISTS

2320
01:09:12,648 --> 01:09:16,952
COUNCIL BILL 121215, THERE'S A 

2321
01:09:16,952 --> 01:09:17,153
A 

2322
01:09:17,153 --> 01:09:18,087
LINK HERE NEXT 

2323
01:09:18,087 --> 01:09:19,121
TO THE NUMBER TWO THAT BRINGS 

2324
01:09:19,121 --> 01:09:19,288
YOU 

2325
01:09:19,288 --> 01:09:20,589
TO THE TEXT OF THE LEGISLATION. 

2326
01:09:20,789 --> 01:09:27,630
>> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

2327
01:09:27,630 --> 01:09:31,400
AND THEN 

2328
01:09:31,400 --> 01:09:41,677
MY PRESENTATION IS HERE. 

2329
01:09:41,810 --> 01:09:45,347
>> COLLEAGUES, AS WE 

2330
01:09:45,347 --> 01:09:47,216
PROCEED WITH THIS DISCUSSION, 

2331
01:09:47,216 --> 01:09:47,516
FEEL FREE 

2332
01:09:47,516 --> 01:09:48,817
TO CHIME IN WITH QUESTIONS OR 

2333
01:09:48,817 --> 01:09:52,154
COMMENTS AS WE GO 

2334
01:09:52,154 --> 01:09:52,488
ALONG, HAVE A 

2335
01:09:52,488 --> 01:09:53,088
MORE FREE-FLOWING DISCUSSION 

2336
01:09:53,088 --> 01:09:58,093
HERE. 

2337
01:09:58,227 --> 01:09:59,695
>> IES. 

2338
01:09:59,695 --> 01:10:06,869
HERE WE GO. 

2339
01:10:06,869 --> 01:10:07,536
OKAY. 

2340
01:10:07,536 --> 01:10:09,004
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

2341
01:10:09,004 --> 01:10:12,942
COUNCIL BILL 121215 INTENDS TO 

2342
01:10:12,942 --> 01:10:14,476
REMOVE IMPEDIMENTS TO 

2343
01:10:14,476 --> 01:10:15,377
THE COUNCIL CONSIDERING LAND 

2344
01:10:15,377 --> 01:10:17,613
USE LEGISLATION IN A TIMELY 

2345
01:10:17,613 --> 01:10:18,147
MANNER. 

2346
01:10:18,147 --> 01:10:21,116
IT DOES THAT BY AMENDINGAMENDING

2347
01:10:21,116 --> 01:10:21,283
-- 

2348
01:10:21,283 --> 01:10:27,056
OR REMOVING THE ABILITY FOR SEPA

2349
01:10:27,056 --> 01:10:28,624
APPEALS PRIOR TO COUNCIL 

2350
01:10:28,624 --> 01:10:31,460
CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION AND

2351
01:10:31,460 --> 01:10:33,329
REMOVES THE REQUIREMENT THAT 

2352
01:10:33,329 --> 01:10:34,563
DIRECTORS REPORTS BE 

2353
01:10:34,563 --> 01:10:37,099
PREPARED FOR COUNCIL GENERATED 

2354
01:10:37,099 --> 01:10:39,468
LAND USE 

2355
01:10:39,468 --> 01:10:39,802
LEGISLATION. 

2356
01:10:39,802 --> 01:10:41,303
AS BACKGROUND, THE STATE 

2357
01:10:41,303 --> 01:10:42,638
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 

2358
01:10:42,638 --> 01:10:43,906
ACT REQUIRES FOR REVIEW OF 

2359
01:10:43,906 --> 01:10:48,010
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SOME 

2360
01:10:48,010 --> 01:10:49,645
GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS 

2361
01:10:49,645 --> 01:10:50,746
MANY GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS AS WE 

2362
01:10:50,746 --> 01:10:52,014
DISCUSSED LAST TIME I 

2363
01:10:52,014 --> 01:10:54,216
WAS HERE LIKE ADOPTION OF THE 

2364
01:10:54,216 --> 01:10:54,416
CITY 

2365
01:10:54,416 --> 01:10:56,385
BUDGET ARE CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT 

2366
01:10:56,385 --> 01:10:56,652
AND 

2367
01:10:56,652 --> 01:10:57,286
NOT CONSIDERED UNDER 

2368
01:10:57,286 --> 01:10:58,454
ENVIRONMENTAL 

2369
01:10:58,454 --> 01:11:00,122
REVIEW, BUT MOST LAND 

2370
01:11:00,122 --> 01:11:02,157
USE LEGISLATION THE 

2371
01:11:02,157 --> 01:11:03,259
COUNCIL CONSIDERS IS SUBJECT TO 

2372
01:11:03,259 --> 01:11:07,730
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. 

2373
01:11:07,730 --> 01:11:10,065
THERE'S A THRESHOLD TO 

2374
01:11:10,065 --> 01:11:12,835
TERMINATION THAT OCCURS EARLY IN

2375
01:11:12,835 --> 01:11:15,137
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW 

2376
01:11:15,137 --> 01:11:15,404
PROCESS. 

2377
01:11:15,404 --> 01:11:17,139
IF THERE IS A POTENTIAL 

2378
01:11:17,139 --> 01:11:18,907
FOR SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS 

2379
01:11:18,907 --> 01:11:22,244
FROM THE PROPOSAL THAT'S 

2380
01:11:22,244 --> 01:11:23,445
BEING CONSIDERED AN 

2381
01:11:23,445 --> 01:11:23,779
ENVIRONMENTAL 

2382
01:11:23,779 --> 01:11:25,114
IMPACT STATEMENT IS REQUIRED 

2383
01:11:25,114 --> 01:11:27,750
OTHERWISE NONSIGNIFICANCE IS 

2384
01:11:27,883 --> 01:11:28,784
PUBLISHED. THE STATE 

2385
01:11:28,784 --> 01:11:29,118
ENVIRONMENTAL 

2386
01:11:29,118 --> 01:11:32,621
POLICY ACT ALLOWS 

2387
01:11:32,621 --> 01:11:33,222
APPEAL OF FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL 

2388
01:11:33,222 --> 01:11:34,056
DOCUMENTS IN MOST 

2389
01:11:34,056 --> 01:11:34,323
CASES. 

2390
01:11:34,323 --> 01:11:35,924
THE STATE LEGISLATURE, AS I 

2391
01:11:35,924 --> 01:11:38,460
THINK I DISCUSSED LAST TIME, 

2392
01:11:38,460 --> 01:11:40,095
HAS STARTED TO SAY THAT 

2393
01:11:40,095 --> 01:11:42,965
SOME TYPES OF ACTIONS THAT ARE 

2394
01:11:42,965 --> 01:11:43,732
LESS 

2395
01:11:43,732 --> 01:11:45,067
LIKELY TO HAVE 

2396
01:11:45,067 --> 01:11:47,102
SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL 

2397
01:11:47,102 --> 01:11:47,770
IMPACTS LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF 

2398
01:11:47,770 --> 01:11:49,171
HOUSING IN 

2399
01:11:49,171 --> 01:11:56,545
URBAN AREAS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO 

2400
01:11:56,545 --> 01:11:56,712
GO 

2401
01:11:56,712 --> 01:12:02,751
THROUGH JUDICIAL APPEALS. 

2402
01:12:02,751 --> 01:12:05,154
SEPA ALLOWS THE OPTION 

2403
01:12:05,154 --> 01:12:06,255
FOR JURISDICTIONS TO USE 

2404
01:12:06,255 --> 01:12:08,791
AN ENVIRONMENTAL APPEAL PROCESS 

2405
01:12:08,791 --> 01:12:09,058
AND 

2406
01:12:09,058 --> 01:12:10,359
ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL PROCESS. 

2407
01:12:10,359 --> 01:12:12,094
SO IN SEATTLE THAT LOOKS 

2408
01:12:12,094 --> 01:12:14,697
LIKE ALLOWING AN APPEAL TO THE 

2409
01:12:14,697 --> 01:12:16,532
CITY'S HEARING EXAMINER. 

2410
01:12:16,532 --> 01:12:18,967
CURRENTLY SEATTLE DOES 

2411
01:12:18,967 --> 01:12:21,537
ALLOW ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS FOR

2412
01:12:21,537 --> 01:12:21,737
MOST 

2413
01:12:21,737 --> 01:12:25,641
SEPA ACTIONS OR FOR 

2414
01:12:25,641 --> 01:12:27,843
PUBLICATIONS OF NONSIGNIFICANCE 

2415
01:12:27,843 --> 01:12:28,644
AND PUBLICATIONS OF FINAL 

2416
01:12:28,644 --> 01:12:34,416
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS.

2417
01:12:34,416 --> 01:12:37,619
COUNCIL BILL 121215, WHICH IS IN

2418
01:12:37,619 --> 01:12:38,854
FRONT OF YOU NOW, WOULD 

2419
01:12:38,854 --> 01:12:43,592
REMOVE THAT SEPA ADMINISTRATIVE 

2420
01:12:43,592 --> 01:12:45,294
APPEAL FOR ADOPTION OR 

2421
01:12:45,294 --> 01:12:45,961
AMENDMENT OF DEVELOPMENT 

2422
01:12:45,961 --> 01:12:46,695
REGULATIONS AND THE 

2423
01:12:46,695 --> 01:12:47,296
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 

2424
01:12:47,296 --> 01:12:48,497
OTHER TYPES OF ACTIONS WOULD 

2425
01:12:48,497 --> 01:12:49,498
STILL BE SUBJECT 

2426
01:12:49,498 --> 01:12:55,771
TO ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL. 

2427
01:12:55,771 --> 01:12:59,441
SO WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE 

2428
01:12:59,441 --> 01:13:03,378
FOR PROJECTS -- WELL, CURRENTLY 

2429
01:13:03,378 --> 01:13:08,183
PROJECTS THAT UNDERGO -- 

2430
01:13:08,183 --> 01:13:10,452
THAT ARE DETERMINED BY THE LEAD 

2431
01:13:10,452 --> 01:13:14,089
AGENCY, WHOEVER IS PROPOSING THE

2432
01:13:14,089 --> 01:13:16,191
LEGISLATION, TO BE UNLIKELY 

2433
01:13:16,191 --> 01:13:19,027
TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE 

2434
01:13:19,161 --> 01:13:19,795
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS GO THROUGH

2435
01:13:19,795 --> 01:13:22,464
THIS PROCESS. 

2436
01:13:22,464 --> 01:13:25,667
THE LEAD AGENCY PUBLISHES 

2437
01:13:25,667 --> 01:13:26,535
THE DETERMINATION OF 

2438
01:13:26,535 --> 01:13:27,469
NONSIGNIFICANCE, 

2439
01:13:27,469 --> 01:13:29,271
BASICALLY STATING THEIR ANALYSIS

2440
01:13:29,271 --> 01:13:29,872
OF WHY THEY'VE DETERMINED 

2441
01:13:29,872 --> 01:13:30,205
THERE'S NOT 

2442
01:13:30,205 --> 01:13:32,241
LIKELY TO BE A SIGNIFICANT 

2443
01:13:32,241 --> 01:13:33,108
OR ADVERSE IMPACTS. 

2444
01:13:33,108 --> 01:13:34,576
THERE'S A PUBLIC COMMENT 

2445
01:13:34,576 --> 01:13:38,180
PERIOD WHERE MEMBERS OF THE 

2446
01:13:38,180 --> 01:13:38,947
PUBLIC PROVIDE COMMENTS. 

2447
01:13:38,947 --> 01:13:40,282
OFTEN DURING THAT STAGE 

2448
01:13:40,282 --> 01:13:43,385
THE DEPARTMENT WILL PULL BACK IF

2449
01:13:43,385 --> 01:13:45,988
THEY'VE RECEIVED COMMENTS THAT 

2450
01:13:45,988 --> 01:13:47,156
INDICATE THAT THEY SHOULD 

2451
01:13:47,156 --> 01:13:49,691
DO MORE ANALYSIS, THEY WILL 

2452
01:13:49,691 --> 01:13:52,060
PULL BACK THEIR DETERMINATION OF

2453
01:13:52,060 --> 01:13:53,529
NONSIGNIFICANCE AND 

2454
01:13:53,529 --> 01:13:54,129
PUBLISH A NEW ONE AFTER DOING 

2455
01:13:54,129 --> 01:13:59,234
MORE REVIEW. 

2456
01:13:59,234 --> 01:14:01,537
AFTER THAT 14- DAY PERIOD, THEY 

2457
01:14:01,537 --> 01:14:03,272
CAN APPEAL THE DNS TO 

2458
01:14:03,272 --> 01:14:04,773
THE HEARING EXAMINER. 

2459
01:14:04,773 --> 01:14:06,341
ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC 

2460
01:14:06,341 --> 01:14:09,978
MAY FILE AN APPEAL. 

2461
01:14:09,978 --> 01:14:18,654
I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. 

2462
01:14:18,654 --> 01:14:23,292
ONCE RESOLVED, THE COUNCIL 

2463
01:14:23,292 --> 01:14:25,160
REVIEW OF LAND USE INCLUDES 

2464
01:14:25,160 --> 01:14:25,561
PUBLIC HEARINGS 

2465
01:14:25,561 --> 01:14:28,063
AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF

2466
01:14:28,063 --> 01:14:28,764
THE 

2467
01:14:28,764 --> 01:14:30,365
PUBLIC TO 

2468
01:14:30,365 --> 01:14:31,567
COMMENT ABOUT ANY 

2469
01:14:31,567 --> 01:14:32,167
CONCERNS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL 

2470
01:14:32,167 --> 01:14:34,203
REVIEW. 

2471
01:14:34,203 --> 01:14:36,305
AND WHERE STATE LAW ALLOWS 

2472
01:14:36,305 --> 01:14:38,474
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO 

2473
01:14:38,474 --> 01:14:39,775
APPEAL AFTER 

2474
01:14:39,775 --> 01:14:40,676
COUNCIL ACTION TO THE HEARINGS 

2475
01:14:40,676 --> 01:14:46,281
BOARD OR THE COURTS. 

2476
01:14:46,281 --> 01:14:51,653
COUNCIL BILL 121215 WOULD MAKE 

2477
01:14:51,653 --> 01:14:52,988
ONE CHANGE TOTO PROCESS 

2478
01:14:52,988 --> 01:14:54,590
WHICH IS TO REMOVE THE 

2479
01:14:54,590 --> 01:14:54,890
OPPORTUNITY 

2480
01:14:54,890 --> 01:14:57,092
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE 

2481
01:14:57,092 --> 01:14:57,893
APPEALS. SO MEMBERS OF THE 

2482
01:14:57,893 --> 01:14:58,126
PUBLIC 

2483
01:14:58,126 --> 01:14:59,027
WOULD STILL HAVE THAT 

2484
01:14:59,027 --> 01:14:59,328
OPPORTUNITY 

2485
01:14:59,328 --> 01:15:02,297
FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE LEAD

2486
01:15:02,431 --> 01:15:02,764
AGENCY. 

2487
01:15:02,764 --> 01:15:03,932
THEY WOULD HAVE THE 

2488
01:15:03,932 --> 01:15:07,603
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT TO THE 

2489
01:15:07,603 --> 01:15:07,936
COUNCIL ABOUT 

2490
01:15:07,936 --> 01:15:09,371
ANY CONCERNS THEY HAVE WITH 

2491
01:15:09,371 --> 01:15:12,774
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, AND 

2492
01:15:12,774 --> 01:15:12,975
WHERE 

2493
01:15:12,975 --> 01:15:14,776
THE STATE ALLOWS THEY WOULD 

2494
01:15:14,776 --> 01:15:19,848
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL 

2495
01:15:19,848 --> 01:15:20,849
THE 

2496
01:15:20,849 --> 01:15:21,683
DETERMINATION. 

2497
01:15:21,683 --> 01:15:25,053
EIS IS A SIMILAR PROCESS, 

2498
01:15:25,053 --> 01:15:26,255
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMENT. 

2499
01:15:26,255 --> 01:15:28,757
THESE ARE PROJECTS 

2500
01:15:28,757 --> 01:15:31,527
WHERE THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY 

2501
01:15:31,527 --> 01:15:31,894
THERE 

2502
01:15:31,894 --> 01:15:35,597
COULD BE SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE 

2503
01:15:35,597 --> 01:15:38,133
IMPACTS AND SO THERE'S MULTIPLE

2504
01:15:38,133 --> 01:15:38,767
PERIODS 

2505
01:15:38,767 --> 01:15:41,737
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT 

2506
01:15:41,737 --> 01:15:43,138
INCLUDING DURING THE INITIAL 

2507
01:15:43,138 --> 01:15:43,672
SCOPING 

2508
01:15:43,672 --> 01:15:45,007
OF WHAT IT WILL COVER. 

2509
01:15:45,007 --> 01:15:48,410
AFTER A DRAFT EIS IS 

2510
01:15:48,410 --> 01:15:49,678
PUBLISHED IS THE MAIN 

2511
01:15:49,678 --> 01:15:52,047
OPPORTUNITY ON 

2512
01:15:52,047 --> 01:15:53,582
ANY CONCERNS ABOUT REVIEW 

2513
01:15:53,582 --> 01:15:53,849
THAT'S 

2514
01:15:53,849 --> 01:15:54,149
BEEN DONE. 

2515
01:15:54,149 --> 01:15:55,551
EACH OF THOSE COMMENTS 

2516
01:15:55,551 --> 01:16:01,790
ARE RESPONDED TO BY THE 

2517
01:16:01,790 --> 01:16:04,293
PEOPLE PREPARING   THE EIS. 

2518
01:16:04,293 --> 01:16:06,161
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER 

2519
01:16:06,161 --> 01:16:07,396
COMMENT PERIOD AFTER PUBLICATION

2520
01:16:07,396 --> 01:16:08,463
OF THE 

2521
01:16:08,463 --> 01:16:10,432
EIS OPPORTUNITY TO 

2522
01:16:10,432 --> 01:16:12,868
APPEAL CURRENTLY TO THE HEARING 

2523
01:16:12,868 --> 01:16:13,235
EXAMINER. 

2524
01:16:13,235 --> 01:16:14,836
COUNCIL REVIEW WHERE 

2525
01:16:14,836 --> 01:16:15,904
THERE'S FURTHER OPPORTUNITY TO 

2526
01:16:15,904 --> 01:16:18,640
COMMENT BOTH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS

2527
01:16:18,640 --> 01:16:18,807
AND 

2528
01:16:18,807 --> 01:16:21,610
DURING COUNCIL COMMENT 

2529
01:16:21,610 --> 01:16:24,579
PERIODS AND THEN WHERE STATE LAW

2530
01:16:24,579 --> 01:16:24,813
ALLOWS 

2531
01:16:24,947 --> 01:16:25,747
OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL TO THE 

2532
01:16:25,747 --> 01:16:26,348
GROWTH MANAGER HEARING OR THE 

2533
01:16:26,348 --> 01:16:31,920
COURTS. 

2534
01:16:31,920 --> 01:16:38,527
AND BASICALLY THE SAME 

2535
01:16:38,527 --> 01:16:42,531
CHANGE FOR EIS UNDER COUNCIL 

2536
01:16:42,531 --> 01:16:45,100
BILL 

2537
01:16:45,100 --> 01:16:46,601
121215 THE ADMINISTRATIVE 

2538
01:16:46,601 --> 01:16:50,038
APPEAL WOULD BE REMOVED BUT 

2539
01:16:50,038 --> 01:16:52,240
THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMENT 

2540
01:16:52,240 --> 01:16:52,808
AND APPEAL WHERE THEY EXIST 

2541
01:16:52,808 --> 01:17:01,483
WOULD 

2542
01:17:01,483 --> 01:17:03,085
THIS TABLE SHOWS MY ADDITION 

2543
01:17:03,085 --> 01:17:07,289
SKILLS ARE NOTNOT ACCURATE. 

2544
01:17:07,289 --> 01:17:13,795
THERE'S 28 APPEALS -- 

2545
01:17:13,795 --> 01:17:14,396
LISTED HERE. 

2546
01:17:14,396 --> 01:17:15,831
THESE ARE THE APPEALS TO 

2547
01:17:15,831 --> 01:17:17,132
THE HEARING EXAMINER AND THE 

2548
01:17:17,132 --> 01:17:18,934
OUTCOMES OF THOSE APPEALS. 

2549
01:17:18,934 --> 01:17:23,271
MOST APPEALS ARE DISMISSED OR 

2550
01:17:23,271 --> 01:17:28,010
WITHDRAWN OR THE LEAD AGENCY'S 

2551
01:17:28,010 --> 01:17:29,478
DECISION, ENVIRONMENTAL 

2552
01:17:29,478 --> 01:17:30,846
REVIEW, HAS BEEN UPHELD. 

2553
01:17:30,846 --> 01:17:32,147
THERE'S ONLY THREE CASES 

2554
01:17:32,147 --> 01:17:33,415
WHERE THE HEARING EXAMINER 

2555
01:17:33,415 --> 01:17:33,749
DETERMINED 

2556
01:17:33,749 --> 01:17:38,920
THAT MORE ANALYSIS WAS REQUIRED.

2557
01:17:38,920 --> 01:17:40,422
THOSE CASES ALSO, BY FAR, TAKE 

2558
01:17:40,422 --> 01:17:50,599
THE MOST TIME. 

2559
01:17:50,599 --> 01:17:53,602
I LOOKED AT THE THREE 

2560
01:17:53,602 --> 01:17:55,370
CENTRAL PUGET COUNTIES AND THE 

2561
01:17:55,370 --> 01:17:55,671
LARGEST 

2562
01:17:55,671 --> 01:17:56,538
SEVEN CITIES IN THE 

2563
01:17:56,538 --> 01:17:57,906
STATE OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE TO SEE 

2564
01:17:57,906 --> 01:18:04,413
WHAT THEIR PROCESSES WERE FOR. 

2565
01:18:04,413 --> 01:18:05,814
DO INCLUDE SEPA APPEALS AND 

2566
01:18:05,814 --> 01:18:10,152
SEATTLE WOULD BE LISTED THERE 

2567
01:18:10,152 --> 01:18:11,253
AS WELL. 

2568
01:18:11,253 --> 01:18:15,424
AND FIVE DO NOT. 

2569
01:18:15,424 --> 01:18:19,361
THE SECOND PART OF THE BILL 

2570
01:18:19,361 --> 01:18:20,896
AMENDS A REQUIREMENT FOR 

2571
01:18:20,896 --> 01:18:25,734
DIRECTOR'S REPORTS FOR LAND USE

2572
01:18:25,867 --> 01:18:27,269
ACTIONS. UNDER THE CODE THE 

2573
01:18:27,269 --> 01:18:27,502
SEATTLE 

2574
01:18:27,502 --> 01:18:29,137
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION 

2575
01:18:29,137 --> 01:18:30,439
AND INSPECTIONS IS 

2576
01:18:30,439 --> 01:18:31,707
GENERALLY REQUIRED TO PREPARE A 

2577
01:18:31,707 --> 01:18:31,973
REPORT 

2578
01:18:31,973 --> 01:18:34,843
FOR MOST LAND USE LEGISLATION. 

2579
01:18:34,843 --> 01:18:36,978
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND 

2580
01:18:36,978 --> 01:18:37,546
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WHEN 

2581
01:18:37,546 --> 01:18:39,715
THEY'RE THE LEAD ON A 

2582
01:18:39,715 --> 01:18:40,782
PROPOSAL WILL HAVE PREPARED A 

2583
01:18:40,782 --> 01:18:41,116
DIRECTOR'S 

2584
01:18:41,116 --> 01:18:45,787
REPORT ON THEIR LEGISLATION. 

2585
01:18:45,787 --> 01:18:49,524
WE WERE SURPRISED LAST YEAR 

2586
01:18:49,524 --> 01:18:51,293
WITH THE RESULT FROM THE 

2587
01:18:51,293 --> 01:18:52,294
GROWTH MANAGEMENT HEARINGS BOARD

2588
01:18:52,294 --> 01:18:52,494
THAT 

2589
01:18:52,494 --> 01:18:56,531
DETERMINED COUNCIL 

2590
01:18:56,531 --> 01:18:57,466
GENERATED LAND USE 

2591
01:18:57,466 --> 01:18:58,400
LEGISLATION, IS REQUIRED TO HAVE

2592
01:18:58,400 --> 01:18:59,000
A DIRECTOR'S 

2593
01:18:59,000 --> 01:19:00,035
REPORT FROM THE 

2594
01:19:00,035 --> 01:19:00,802
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 

2595
01:19:00,802 --> 01:19:03,939
CONSTRUCTION AND 

2596
01:19:03,939 --> 01:19:04,773
INSPECTIONS. 

2597
01:19:04,773 --> 01:19:06,041
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE 

2598
01:19:06,041 --> 01:19:07,342
CORRECT INTERPRETATION OF WHAT 

2599
01:19:07,342 --> 01:19:09,978
OUR CODE CURRENTLY SAYS, 

2600
01:19:09,978 --> 01:19:12,314
BUT IT WAS NOT OUR PRACTICE TO 

2601
01:19:12,314 --> 01:19:17,085
ASK FOR THOSE DIRECTORS REPORTS.

2602
01:19:17,085 --> 01:19:18,220
DIRECTORS REPORTS ARE 

2603
01:19:18,220 --> 01:19:24,593
A VOLUNTARY ASPECT OF OUR CODE, 

2604
01:19:24,593 --> 01:19:26,394
AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR 

2605
01:19:26,394 --> 01:19:27,762
DIRECTORS REPORTS PROVIDES THE 

2606
01:19:27,762 --> 01:19:30,432
EXECUTIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SORT

2607
01:19:30,432 --> 01:19:35,504
OF GET AHEAD OF THE COUNCIL 

2608
01:19:35,504 --> 01:19:38,640
AND BASICALLY PROVIDES THEM AN 

2609
01:19:38,640 --> 01:19:40,142
ADDITIONAL POINT OF -- A 

2610
01:19:40,142 --> 01:19:42,677
VETO POINT ON COUNCIL- GENERATED

2611
01:19:42,677 --> 01:19:42,978
LAND 

2612
01:19:42,978 --> 01:19:43,612
USE LEGISLATION IF THEY CHOOSE 

2613
01:19:43,612 --> 01:19:47,282
TO USE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 

2614
01:19:47,282 --> 01:19:52,554
COUNCIL BILL 121215 WOULD MAKE 

2615
01:19:52,554 --> 01:19:54,856
DIRECTORS REPORTS FOR 

2616
01:19:54,856 --> 01:19:56,324
COUNCIL- GENERATED 

2617
01:19:56,324 --> 01:19:57,626
LEGISLATION VOLUNTARY BUT 

2618
01:19:57,626 --> 01:19:58,326
IDENTIFY COUNCILMEMBERS MAY 

2619
01:19:58,326 --> 01:19:58,560
REQUEST 

2620
01:19:58,560 --> 01:20:02,531
A REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT, 

2621
01:20:02,531 --> 01:20:02,731
AND 

2622
01:20:02,731 --> 01:20:04,499
THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO 

2623
01:20:04,499 --> 01:20:06,268
BE REQUIRED FOR ANY EXECUTIVE 

2624
01:20:06,268 --> 01:20:09,371
GENERATED LEGISLATION. 

2625
01:20:09,371 --> 01:20:13,074
ANY QUESTIONS? 

2626
01:20:13,208 --> 01:20:14,109
>> THANK YOU. 

2627
01:20:14,109 --> 01:20:16,711
THAT WAS A LOT. 

2628
01:20:16,711 --> 01:20:23,518
COLLEAGUES? 

2629
01:20:23,518 --> 01:20:24,719
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

2630
01:20:24,853 --> 01:20:25,720
>> THANK YOU SO 

2631
01:20:25,720 --> 01:20:26,354
MUCH, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR 

2632
01:20:26,354 --> 01:20:28,023
THE OVERVIEW. 

2633
01:20:28,023 --> 01:20:30,625
I WANTED TO JUST -- I'M SEEING 

2634
01:20:30,625 --> 01:20:32,093
THE SLIDES CHANGE ON MY SCREEN. 

2635
01:20:32,093 --> 01:20:33,161
I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO 

2636
01:20:33,161 --> 01:20:34,629
START AT THE END JUST IN TERMS 

2637
01:20:34,629 --> 01:20:34,863
OF THE 

2638
01:20:34,863 --> 01:20:36,264
DIRECTORS REPORTS, AND I 

2639
01:20:36,264 --> 01:20:37,299
THINK YOU ALREADY JUST CLARIFIED

2640
01:20:37,299 --> 01:20:37,499
THIS 

2641
01:20:37,499 --> 01:20:38,700
BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I 

2642
01:20:38,700 --> 01:20:40,402
HAD COMING IN, WE'RE SORT OF 

2643
01:20:40,402 --> 01:20:45,307
LOOKING TO UPDATE THIS TO BE 

2644
01:20:45,307 --> 01:20:47,209
ALIGNED WITH WHAT OUR PRACTICE 

2645
01:20:47,209 --> 01:20:47,509
ALREADY 

2646
01:20:47,509 --> 01:20:48,643
WAS, AND SO IT'S NOT 

2647
01:20:48,643 --> 01:20:48,944
NECESSARILY 

2648
01:20:48,944 --> 01:20:49,778
A CHANGE IN PRACTICE. 

2649
01:20:49,778 --> 01:20:51,580
IT'S A CLARIFICATION IN THE 

2650
01:20:51,580 --> 01:20:53,248
CODE TO BRING THE CODE INTO 

2651
01:20:53,248 --> 01:20:54,616
ALIGNMENT WITH THE EXISTING 

2652
01:20:54,616 --> 01:20:54,883
PRACTICE. 

2653
01:20:54,883 --> 01:20:56,084
IS THAT CORRECT? 

2654
01:20:56,218 --> 01:20:57,285
>> CORRECT, YEAH. 

2655
01:20:57,285 --> 01:20:59,387
BEFORE 

2656
01:20:59,387 --> 01:21:00,055
LAST YEAR WE WEREN'T RECEIVING 

2657
01:21:00,055 --> 01:21:01,656
DIRECTORS REPORTS ON 

2658
01:21:01,656 --> 01:21:02,390
COUNCIL- GENERATED 

2659
01:21:02,390 --> 01:21:02,724
LEGISLATION. 

2660
01:21:02,724 --> 01:21:03,124
>> THANK YOU. 

2661
01:21:03,124 --> 01:21:04,459
AND THERE'S NOTHING 

2662
01:21:04,459 --> 01:21:05,694
PROHIBITING A MEMBER FROM 

2663
01:21:05,694 --> 01:21:07,095
REQUESTING THAT 

2664
01:21:07,095 --> 01:21:07,729
DIRECTORS' REPORT. 

2665
01:21:07,729 --> 01:21:10,365
IT'S OPTIONAL AND AVAILABLE 

2666
01:21:10,365 --> 01:21:10,565
UPON 

2667
01:21:10,565 --> 01:21:12,767
REQUEST, IS THAT CORRECT? 

2668
01:21:12,968 --> 01:21:13,301
>> CORRECT. 

2669
01:21:13,301 --> 01:21:13,635
>> THANK YOU. 

2670
01:21:13,635 --> 01:21:14,736
AND THE ONLY OTHER 

2671
01:21:14,736 --> 01:21:17,806
QUESTION I HAD IF YOU CAN GO 

2672
01:21:17,806 --> 01:21:18,139
BACK TO 

2673
01:21:18,139 --> 01:21:19,441
THE SLIDE THAT HAD THE CITIES ON

2674
01:21:19,441 --> 01:21:20,408
IT. 

2675
01:21:20,408 --> 01:21:21,977
I THINK IT WAS MAYBE SLIDE 9. 

2676
01:21:21,977 --> 01:21:23,445
THERE WE GO. 

2677
01:21:23,445 --> 01:21:25,747
AND SO DO WE -- AND I APOLOGIZE 

2678
01:21:25,747 --> 01:21:26,848
FOR NOT ASKING THIS QUESTION IN 

2679
01:21:26,848 --> 01:21:28,216
ADVANCE, DO WE KNOW TORE 

2680
01:21:28,216 --> 01:21:31,119
THE CITIES THAT ARE WITHOUT THE 

2681
01:21:31,253 --> 01:21:32,287
ADMINISTRATIVE SEPA APPEALS, 

2682
01:21:32,287 --> 01:21:33,889
IS THAT A RECENT CHANGE OR HAS 

2683
01:21:33,889 --> 01:21:34,089
BEEN 

2684
01:21:34,089 --> 01:21:35,323
THE HISTORIC PRACTICE? 

2685
01:21:35,457 --> 01:21:37,459
>> I THINK IT'S A 

2686
01:21:37,459 --> 01:21:38,894
HISTORIC PRACTICE BUT I DIDN'T 

2687
01:21:38,894 --> 01:21:40,128
LOOK AT THE DATES WHERE THEY 

2688
01:21:40,128 --> 01:21:40,395
ADOPTED. 

2689
01:21:40,528 --> 01:21:41,997
>> THAT'S OKAY AND I DIDN'T 

2690
01:21:41,997 --> 01:21:44,432
GIVE YOU A HEADS- UP, TIME AND 

2691
01:21:44,432 --> 01:21:46,534
DATE WHEN THE CITIES IMPLEMENTED

2692
01:21:46,534 --> 01:21:47,802
THIS PRACTICE, BUT I ALSO 

2693
01:21:47,802 --> 01:21:48,036
BELIEVE 

2694
01:21:48,036 --> 01:21:50,939
IT'S BEEN THEIR PRACTICE IN THE

2695
01:21:50,939 --> 01:21:52,173
SENSE OF LARGER CITIES, THAT 

2696
01:21:52,173 --> 01:21:53,708
WE'VE BEEN A BIT OF AN 

2697
01:21:53,708 --> 01:21:54,943
OUTLIER IN TERMS OF THIS ABILITY

2698
01:21:54,943 --> 01:21:56,544
TO APPEAL TO THE HEARING 

2699
01:21:56,544 --> 01:21:58,647
EXAMINER GIVEN THAT WE STILL 

2700
01:21:58,647 --> 01:21:58,947
HAVE THE 

2701
01:21:58,947 --> 01:22:00,615
ABILITY FOR APPEALING TO THE 

2702
01:22:00,749 --> 01:22:02,017
STATE. SO JUST WANTED TO BRING 

2703
01:22:02,017 --> 01:22:02,217
THAT 

2704
01:22:02,217 --> 01:22:04,552
UP AS I LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, 

2705
01:22:04,552 --> 01:22:06,288
BELLEVUE, EVERETT, TACOMA, 

2706
01:22:06,288 --> 01:22:08,990
VANCOUVER, CITIES THAT ARE ABLE 

2707
01:22:08,990 --> 01:22:11,893
TO MANAGE THEIR SEPA PROCESS 

2708
01:22:11,893 --> 01:22:14,629
WITHOUT THIS ADMINISTRATIVE OR 

2709
01:22:14,629 --> 01:22:16,631
HEARING BASED APPEAL. 

2710
01:22:16,765 --> 01:22:17,265
THANK YOU. 

2711
01:22:17,265 --> 01:22:18,266
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2712
01:22:18,266 --> 01:22:19,034
FOSTER. 

2713
01:22:19,034 --> 01:22:22,137
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS 

2714
01:22:22,137 --> 01:22:25,407
OR COMMENTS? 

2715
01:22:25,407 --> 01:22:26,274
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 

2716
01:22:26,408 --> 01:22:27,208
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 

2717
01:22:27,208 --> 01:22:28,410
AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING 

2718
01:22:28,410 --> 01:22:30,178
THIS TO US, AGAIN, FOR BRIEFING 

2719
01:22:30,178 --> 01:22:31,413
AND DISCUSSION ON THIS 

2720
01:22:31,413 --> 01:22:31,713
PARTICULAR 

2721
01:22:31,713 --> 01:22:32,213
TOPIC. 

2722
01:22:32,213 --> 01:22:37,953
I APPRECIATE TIME AND 

2723
01:22:37,953 --> 01:22:40,155
COMMITMENT TO ABSORB ALL OF 

2724
01:22:40,155 --> 01:22:40,388
THIS. 

2725
01:22:40,388 --> 01:22:41,623
THE DIRECTORS REPORTS IS ONE 

2726
01:22:41,623 --> 01:22:43,625
THAT IS ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THIS 

2727
01:22:43,625 --> 01:22:45,694
BILL IN CONSIDERATION AND 

2728
01:22:45,694 --> 01:22:48,697
I'M WONDERING -- SO JUST 

2729
01:22:48,697 --> 01:22:48,930
HEARING 

2730
01:22:48,930 --> 01:22:50,298
THIS POINT ABOUT HOW THE 

2731
01:22:50,298 --> 01:22:51,733
DECISION FROM LAST YEAR HAS KIND

2732
01:22:51,733 --> 01:22:53,335
OF INFLUENCED WITH DIRECTORS 

2733
01:22:53,335 --> 01:22:56,071
REPORTS, IS IT MY -- AM I 

2734
01:22:56,071 --> 01:22:57,172
CORRECT IN UNDERSTANDING 

2735
01:22:57,172 --> 01:22:59,240
THAT UNDER CURRENT CODE COULD 

2736
01:22:59,240 --> 01:23:00,642
COUNCIL BE PREVENTED FROM 

2737
01:23:00,642 --> 01:23:01,009
PROCEEDING 

2738
01:23:01,009 --> 01:23:03,678
ON COUNCIL GENERATED LAND USE BY

2739
01:23:03,678 --> 01:23:04,512
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IF 

2740
01:23:04,512 --> 01:23:07,182
THEY REFUSED TO SEND A DIRECTORS

2741
01:23:07,182 --> 01:23:09,851
REPORT GIVEN THIS CHANGE OR THIS

2742
01:23:09,851 --> 01:23:10,485
DECISION? 

2743
01:23:10,618 --> 01:23:11,386
>> 

2744
01:23:11,386 --> 01:23:11,586
YES. 

2745
01:23:11,586 --> 01:23:11,853
>> OKAY. 

2746
01:23:11,987 --> 01:23:12,887
>> IT IS A REQUIREMENT BEFORE 

2747
01:23:12,887 --> 01:23:14,723
THE COUNCIL COULD ACT. 

2748
01:23:14,856 --> 01:23:17,926
>> UNDERSTOOD. 

2749
01:23:17,926 --> 01:23:19,961
OKAY. 

2750
01:23:19,961 --> 01:23:20,628
I WANTED TO HAVE A BETTER 

2751
01:23:20,628 --> 01:23:20,996
UNDERSTANDING. 

2752
01:23:20,996 --> 01:23:26,234
THANK YOU. 

2753
01:23:26,368 --> 01:23:27,202
>> THANK YOU. 

2754
01:23:27,202 --> 01:23:30,271
I HAVE A FEW SORT OF 

2755
01:23:30,271 --> 01:23:32,907
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 

2756
01:23:32,907 --> 01:23:35,543
SO SEPA, JUST WANT TO 

2757
01:23:35,543 --> 01:23:37,979
DOUBLE- CHECK, WE STILL 

2758
01:23:37,979 --> 01:23:42,417
ARE REQUIRED TO DO SEPA FOR 

2759
01:23:42,417 --> 01:23:42,917
COUNCIL 

2760
01:23:42,917 --> 01:23:44,352
LEGISLATION, COUNCIL LAND USE 

2761
01:23:44,352 --> 01:23:44,719
LEGISLATION. 

2762
01:23:44,719 --> 01:23:46,921
THIS DOES NOT PREVENT CONDUCTING

2763
01:23:46,921 --> 01:23:50,492
SEPA REVIEW, IS THAT CORRECT? 

2764
01:23:50,625 --> 01:23:53,528
>> CORRECT. 

2765
01:23:53,661 --> 01:23:54,763
>> THANK YOU. 

2766
01:23:54,763 --> 01:23:56,598
AND SEPA, COULD YOU TALK 

2767
01:23:56,598 --> 01:23:58,800
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DOES -- WHAT 

2768
01:23:58,800 --> 01:23:59,267
IS 

2769
01:23:59,267 --> 01:24:00,101
THE PURPOSE OF SEPA? 

2770
01:24:00,101 --> 01:24:05,140
DOES IT DICTATE THAT WE TAKE 

2771
01:24:05,140 --> 01:24:06,441
CERTAIN ACTIONS? 

2772
01:24:06,441 --> 01:24:10,245
IS SEPA THE PRIMARY WAY THAT WE 

2773
01:24:10,245 --> 01:24:11,279
ADDRESS, THAT WE 

2774
01:24:11,279 --> 01:24:14,082
HAVE REQUIREMENTS AROUND 

2775
01:24:14,082 --> 01:24:15,417
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS? 

2776
01:24:15,550 --> 01:24:20,588
>> SO THE PURPOSE OF SEPA IS 

2777
01:24:20,588 --> 01:24:22,190
TWOFOLD. 

2778
01:24:22,190 --> 01:24:26,060
IT IDENTIFIES POTENTIAL 

2779
01:24:26,060 --> 01:24:29,864
IMPACTS OF ACTIONS THE CITY IS 

2780
01:24:29,864 --> 01:24:31,599
CONSIDERING, AND PROVIDES 

2781
01:24:31,599 --> 01:24:32,267
THAT INFORMATION TO DECISION 

2782
01:24:32,267 --> 01:24:35,203
MAKERS SO THEY CAN MAKE AN 

2783
01:24:35,203 --> 01:24:39,474
INFORMED DECISION AND IDENTIFIES

2784
01:24:39,474 --> 01:24:39,808
WAYS 

2785
01:24:39,808 --> 01:24:41,443
AND THE CITY CAN RELY ON THE 

2786
01:24:41,443 --> 01:24:47,816
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AS 

2787
01:24:47,816 --> 01:24:49,884
PROVIDING MITIGATION 

2788
01:24:49,884 --> 01:24:50,518
MEASURES WHEN 

2789
01:24:50,518 --> 01:24:51,152
SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS ARE 

2790
01:24:51,152 --> 01:24:55,457
LIKELY. 

2791
01:24:55,590 --> 01:25:01,162
>> PRIMARILY AN INFORMATIONAL 

2792
01:25:01,296 --> 01:25:01,563
TOOL? 

2793
01:25:01,563 --> 01:25:02,764
>> CORRECT. 

2794
01:25:02,897 --> 01:25:07,368
>> AND WHERE DO WE 

2795
01:25:07,368 --> 01:25:08,403
REQUIRE ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION

2796
01:25:08,403 --> 01:25:08,870
IN OUR 

2797
01:25:08,870 --> 01:25:11,272
CODES? 

2798
01:25:11,272 --> 01:25:12,974
COULD YOU JUST -- IN GENERAL, WE

2799
01:25:12,974 --> 01:25:16,744
HEARD ABOUT STORM WATER 

2800
01:25:16,744 --> 01:25:19,881
CONCERNS, OTHER SORT OF 

2801
01:25:19,881 --> 01:25:20,582
IMPACTS AROUND TREES. 

2802
01:25:20,582 --> 01:25:22,684
COULD YOU SPEAK IN GENERAL 

2803
01:25:22,684 --> 01:25:25,820
WHERE THOSE REQUIREMENTS LIVE? 

2804
01:25:25,820 --> 01:25:30,825
>> IN GENERAL WE HAVE MOST 

2805
01:25:30,825 --> 01:25:33,094
OF OF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE 

2806
01:25:33,094 --> 01:25:35,563
IN EITHER TITLE 22 OR TITLE 25 

2807
01:25:35,563 --> 01:25:36,197
OF THE 

2808
01:25:36,197 --> 01:25:39,834
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE. 

2809
01:25:39,968 --> 01:25:41,836
TITLE 25 INCLUDES OUR 

2810
01:25:41,836 --> 01:25:42,937
ENVIRONMENTAL 

2811
01:25:42,937 --> 01:25:43,404
REGULATIONS INCLUDING 

2812
01:25:43,404 --> 01:25:43,972
REGULATIONS 

2813
01:25:43,972 --> 01:25:45,440
ABOUT PROTECTION OF TREES, 

2814
01:25:45,440 --> 01:25:45,740
DEVELOPMENT 

2815
01:25:45,740 --> 01:25:46,341
AND ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL 

2816
01:25:46,341 --> 01:25:49,310
AREAS. 

2817
01:25:49,310 --> 01:25:53,114
AND 

2818
01:25:53,114 --> 01:25:53,581
HISTORIC PRESERVATION 

2819
01:25:53,581 --> 01:25:58,286
PROTECTIONS. 

2820
01:25:58,286 --> 01:26:02,690
TITLE 22 WOULD INCLUDE 

2821
01:26:02,690 --> 01:26:05,393
MEASURESMEASURES ON SITE STORM 

2822
01:26:05,393 --> 01:26:08,830
WATER 

2823
01:26:08,830 --> 01:26:13,735
RETENTION AND DETENTION, ENERGY 

2824
01:26:13,735 --> 01:26:14,302
IMPACTS WOULD BE MITIGATED 

2825
01:26:14,302 --> 01:26:16,838
THROUGH THERE AND THEN THERE'S 

2826
01:26:16,838 --> 01:26:18,039
ALSO, FOR EXAMPLE, 

2827
01:26:18,039 --> 01:26:21,075
SHORELINES AS REGULATED UNDER 

2828
01:26:21,075 --> 01:26:23,411
THIS ACT AND 

2829
01:26:23,545 --> 01:26:24,445
THOSE REGULATIONS ARE THIS TITLE

2830
01:26:24,445 --> 01:26:28,483
23. 

2831
01:26:28,616 --> 01:26:29,184
>> DOES THIS BILL -- IF THIS 

2832
01:26:29,184 --> 01:26:29,817
BILL PASSES, WOULD THIS CHANGE 

2833
01:26:29,817 --> 01:26:33,121
ANY OF THOSE EARLIER YOU SAID 

2834
01:26:33,121 --> 01:26:36,224
THE STATE LEGISLATURE  LEGISLATU

2835
01:26:36,224 --> 01:26:37,158
RE STARTED 

2836
01:26:37,158 --> 01:26:37,892
PRECLUDING   APPEALS OF HOUSING 

2837
01:26:37,892 --> 01:26:46,434
IN URBAN AREAS BECAUSE WE 

2838
01:26:46,434 --> 01:26:47,202
ALREADYALREADY HAVE  GOOD 

2839
01:26:47,202 --> 01:26:47,802
HANDLE ON WHAT THOSE IMPACTS 

2840
01:26:47,802 --> 01:26:50,338
COULD BEBE A DECISION 

2841
01:26:50,338 --> 01:26:53,207
THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS 

2842
01:26:53,207 --> 01:26:54,776
DECIDED THAT THE JUICE ISN'T 

2843
01:26:54,776 --> 01:26:57,312
WORTH THE SQUEEZE THERE, 

2844
01:26:57,312 --> 01:26:58,580
THE BENEFITS ARE NOT WORTH 

2845
01:26:58,580 --> 01:27:01,249
GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WHEN 

2846
01:27:01,249 --> 01:27:01,549
IT'S 

2847
01:27:01,549 --> 01:27:02,550
HOUSING IN URBAN 

2848
01:27:02,550 --> 01:27:03,051
AREAS, THAT 

2849
01:27:03,051 --> 01:27:03,318
CORRECT? 

2850
01:27:03,451 --> 01:27:03,718
>> CORRECT. 

2851
01:27:03,718 --> 01:27:13,962
>> THANK YOU. 

2852
01:27:14,662 --> 01:27:17,198
SO JUST -- SO I JUST WANT 

2853
01:27:17,198 --> 01:27:20,868
TO TALK ABOUT SORT OF THE 

2854
01:27:20,868 --> 01:27:21,135
PROCESS. 

2855
01:27:21,135 --> 01:27:22,537
WE WILL STILL GO THROUGH A 

2856
01:27:22,537 --> 01:27:27,942
SEPA PROCESS FOR LEGISLATIVE 

2857
01:27:27,942 --> 01:27:28,209
ACTIONS. 

2858
01:27:28,209 --> 01:27:30,478
THINGS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED 

2859
01:27:30,478 --> 01:27:31,746
TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT 

2860
01:27:31,746 --> 01:27:34,215
WOULD GO THROUGH THIS EIS 

2861
01:27:34,215 --> 01:27:34,482
PROCESS. 

2862
01:27:34,482 --> 01:27:35,183
THERE WOULD BE AN 

2863
01:27:35,183 --> 01:27:36,117
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO 

2864
01:27:36,117 --> 01:27:37,018
COMMENT ON 

2865
01:27:37,018 --> 01:27:38,453
THE EIS, IS THAT CORRECT? 

2866
01:27:38,586 --> 01:27:39,654
>> CORRECT. 

2867
01:27:39,787 --> 01:27:40,855
>> AND THERE WOULD STILL BE A 

2868
01:27:40,855 --> 01:27:43,124
POSSIBILITY FOR DEPARTMENTS 

2869
01:27:43,124 --> 01:27:45,660
TO RESPOND TO THOSE COMMENTS TO 

2870
01:27:45,660 --> 01:27:47,028
UPDATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL 

2871
01:27:47,028 --> 01:27:48,196
IMPACT STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO 

2872
01:27:48,196 --> 01:27:48,396
THOSE 

2873
01:27:48,396 --> 01:27:49,664
COMMENTS, IS THAT CORRECT? 

2874
01:27:49,797 --> 01:27:51,933
>> FOR AN EIS REQUIRED 

2875
01:27:51,933 --> 01:27:52,100
TO 

2876
01:27:52,100 --> 01:27:52,634
RESPOND TO EACH AND EVERY 

2877
01:27:52,634 --> 01:27:55,203
COMMENT. 

2878
01:27:55,336 --> 01:27:55,770
>> THANK YOU. 

2879
01:27:55,770 --> 01:27:58,306
AND JUST IN TERMS OF THE SEPA 

2880
01:27:58,306 --> 01:27:59,841
APPEALS TO THE HEARING 

2881
01:27:59,841 --> 01:28:01,809
EXAMINER, APPEALS THAT ARE 

2882
01:28:01,809 --> 01:28:02,477
DISMISSED 

2883
01:28:02,477 --> 01:28:03,911
OUTRIGHT, THOSE ARE TYPICALLY 

2884
01:28:03,911 --> 01:28:08,516
SHORTER VERSUS THE APPEALS THAT 

2885
01:28:08,516 --> 01:28:10,385
GO TO SORT OF A FULL 

2886
01:28:10,385 --> 01:28:13,721
SUBSTANTIVE RECORD, IS THAT 

2887
01:28:13,721 --> 01:28:14,656
CORRECT? 

2888
01:28:14,789 --> 01:28:15,556
>> 

2889
01:28:15,556 --> 01:28:18,493
YEAH. THERE'S GENERALLY A 

2890
01:28:18,493 --> 01:28:20,495
THRESHOLD DECISION IN FRONT OF 

2891
01:28:20,495 --> 01:28:21,029
THE 

2892
01:28:21,029 --> 01:28:21,462
HEARING EXAMINER. 

2893
01:28:21,462 --> 01:28:24,799
OFTEN THEY ARE DISMISSED BECAUSE

2894
01:28:24,799 --> 01:28:28,236
THE APPELLANT DOES NOT HAVE THE 

2895
01:28:28,236 --> 01:28:33,141
LIKELIHOOD OF HARM FROM THE 

2896
01:28:33,274 --> 01:28:36,010
ACTION, THE MOST COMMON REASON 

2897
01:28:36,010 --> 01:28:36,444
WHY IT 

2898
01:28:36,444 --> 01:28:36,911
WOULD GET DISMISSED. 

2899
01:28:36,911 --> 01:28:39,614
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

2900
01:28:39,614 --> 01:28:40,915
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. 

2901
01:28:40,915 --> 01:28:42,016
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS 

2902
01:28:42,016 --> 01:28:45,119
OR QUESTIONS, WE WILL BE HAVING 

2903
01:28:45,119 --> 01:28:47,622
A BRIEFINGBRIEFING A PUBLIC 

2904
01:28:47,622 --> 01:28:48,489
HEARING ON THIS 

2905
01:28:48,489 --> 01:28:51,959
MATTER. I DO JUST WANT TO JUST 

2906
01:28:51,959 --> 01:28:52,160
STATE 

2907
01:28:52,160 --> 01:28:55,229
FOR THE RECORD ON A PERSONAL 

2908
01:28:55,229 --> 01:28:56,931
MATTER, I DO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT 

2909
01:28:56,931 --> 01:28:57,098
THE 

2910
01:28:57,098 --> 01:28:58,966
ENVIRONMENT. 

2911
01:28:58,966 --> 01:29:01,969
I CARE ABOUT OUR SALMON, OUR 

2912
01:29:01,969 --> 01:29:03,204
ORCA, OUR TREES. 

2913
01:29:03,204 --> 01:29:04,806
IT IS NOT MY 

2914
01:29:04,806 --> 01:29:07,742
INTEND WITH THIS BILL TO DO 

2915
01:29:07,742 --> 01:29:08,576
ANYTHING THAT WOULD 

2916
01:29:08,576 --> 01:29:10,244
AFFECT OUR ROBUST ENVIRONMENTAL 

2917
01:29:10,244 --> 01:29:11,312
PROTECTIONS, AND I WOULD LOVE 

2918
01:29:11,312 --> 01:29:12,714
TO WORK WITH ANY MEMBER OF THE 

2919
01:29:12,714 --> 01:29:17,118
PUBLIC WHO IS INTERESTED 

2920
01:29:17,118 --> 01:29:20,922
IN DOING BETTER IN TERMS OF OUR 

2921
01:29:20,922 --> 01:29:23,157
CITY PLANNING, IN TERMS OF 

2922
01:29:23,157 --> 01:29:26,494
OUR GROWTH AND PROTECTING 

2923
01:29:26,494 --> 01:29:26,794
ENDANGERED 

2924
01:29:26,794 --> 01:29:29,230
SPECIES, TO WORK TOGETHER. 

2925
01:29:29,230 --> 01:29:32,100
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK HOW BEST 

2926
01:29:32,100 --> 01:29:33,267
TO 

2927
01:29:33,267 --> 01:29:34,836
DO THAT. 

2928
01:29:34,836 --> 01:29:35,970
HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE 

2929
01:29:35,970 --> 01:29:43,811
STRONG PARTNERS IN THAT WORK FOR

2930
01:29:43,811 --> 01:29:45,580
ME JUST THE REASON -- 

2931
01:29:45,580 --> 01:29:48,216
ONE OF THE REASONS I AM 

2932
01:29:48,216 --> 01:29:49,150
PROPOSING THIS 

2933
01:29:49,150 --> 01:29:50,418
BILL IS I, UNFORTUNATELY, THINK 

2934
01:29:50,418 --> 01:29:52,720
IT'S A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING. 

2935
01:29:52,720 --> 01:29:54,622
I DON'T THINK THE 

2936
01:29:54,622 --> 01:29:56,691
HEARING EXAMINER APPEALS BENEFIT

2937
01:29:56,691 --> 01:29:56,924
ANYONE. 

2938
01:29:56,924 --> 01:29:58,526
I DON'T THINK THEY RESULT 

2939
01:29:58,526 --> 01:30:01,295
IN BETTER 

2940
01:30:01,295 --> 01:30:01,896
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS FOR 

2941
01:30:01,896 --> 01:30:03,531
OUR CITY, BUT THEY DO RESULT 

2942
01:30:03,531 --> 01:30:04,499
IN SIGNIFICANT DELAYS. 

2943
01:30:04,499 --> 01:30:06,033
I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THEY, 

2944
01:30:06,033 --> 01:30:08,903
IN MANY WAYS, ARE ANTI- 

2945
01:30:08,903 --> 01:30:10,071
DEMOCRAT, CONTRARY TO SOME OF 

2946
01:30:10,071 --> 01:30:10,371
THE PUBLIC 

2947
01:30:10,371 --> 01:30:11,873
COMMENT 

2948
01:30:11,873 --> 01:30:14,142
HERE. I FIND IT ODD A SINGLE 

2949
01:30:14,142 --> 01:30:15,743
PERSON CAN DELAY THE 

2950
01:30:15,743 --> 01:30:16,944
REPRESENTATIVES FOR A CITY OF 

2951
01:30:16,944 --> 01:30:17,478
800,000 

2952
01:30:17,478 --> 01:30:20,014
FROM TAKING ACTION FOR SIX 

2953
01:30:20,014 --> 01:30:21,315
MONTHS 

2954
01:30:21,315 --> 01:30:23,351
OR 

2955
01:30:23,351 --> 01:30:24,085
LONG LONGER. 

2956
01:30:24,085 --> 01:30:25,086
THESE ARE HARD DECISIONS FOR 

2957
01:30:25,086 --> 01:30:27,722
US. THEY ARE NOT EASY ANSWERS 

2958
01:30:27,722 --> 01:30:27,922
FOR 

2959
01:30:27,922 --> 01:30:29,824
ANY OF THESE LEGISLATIVE 

2960
01:30:29,957 --> 01:30:30,992
ACTIONS. THERE ARE PROS AND 

2961
01:30:30,992 --> 01:30:32,727
CONS. THAT IS WHY WE 

2962
01:30:32,727 --> 01:30:36,998
HAVE ELECTEDS, WHY WE HAVE A 

2963
01:30:36,998 --> 01:30:37,298
DEMOCRACY, 

2964
01:30:37,298 --> 01:30:38,800
AND WE'VE HAD JUST TO SPEAK 

2965
01:30:38,800 --> 01:30:40,568
THROUGH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 

2966
01:30:40,568 --> 01:30:42,136
PROCESS, I THINK THAT PROCESS 

2967
01:30:42,136 --> 01:30:42,603
STARTED IN 

2968
01:30:42,603 --> 01:30:43,304
2022. 

2969
01:30:43,304 --> 01:30:46,841
WE ARE NOW IN 2026. 

2970
01:30:46,841 --> 01:30:49,644
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE 

2971
01:30:49,644 --> 01:30:50,611
2027- 2028 PROCESS. 

2972
01:30:50,611 --> 01:30:52,346
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A ONCE 

2973
01:30:52,346 --> 01:30:53,181
EVERY TEN YEAR PROCESS. 

2974
01:30:53,181 --> 01:30:54,782
IT'S GOING TO TAKE US AT 

2975
01:30:54,782 --> 01:30:57,552
LEAST SIX YEARS IF NOT LONGER. 

2976
01:30:57,552 --> 01:30:58,820
SO THESE ARE HARD AND WE 

2977
01:30:58,820 --> 01:31:02,223
ALWAYS NEED TO DO BETTER IN 

2978
01:31:02,223 --> 01:31:02,423
TERMS 

2979
01:31:02,423 --> 01:31:02,957
OF OUR 

2980
01:31:02,957 --> 01:31:04,358
PROCESS. I BELIEVE IN ENGAGING 

2981
01:31:04,358 --> 01:31:04,625
WITH THE 

2982
01:31:04,625 --> 01:31:04,859
PUBLIC. 

2983
01:31:04,859 --> 01:31:05,960
THAT'S A COMMITMENT THAT 

2984
01:31:05,960 --> 01:31:07,929
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE 

2985
01:31:07,929 --> 01:31:08,362
TO 

2986
01:31:08,362 --> 01:31:10,131
THE PUBLIC. 

2987
01:31:10,131 --> 01:31:11,032
AND, AGAIN, I DON'T BELIEVE 

2988
01:31:11,032 --> 01:31:14,335
THE HEARING EXAMINER APPEALS 

2989
01:31:14,335 --> 01:31:16,270
DO BENEFIT 

2990
01:31:16,270 --> 01:31:16,938
OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF THAT. 

2991
01:31:16,938 --> 01:31:19,440
A LITTLE BIT OF COMMENTARY 

2992
01:31:19,440 --> 01:31:20,641
FOR MY COLLEAGUES. 

2993
01:31:20,641 --> 01:31:21,809
COUNCILMEMBER 

2994
01:31:21,809 --> 01:31:22,543
FOSTER, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? 

2995
01:31:22,677 --> 01:31:25,479
>> I'M JUST GOING TO BE VERY 

2996
01:31:25,479 --> 01:31:26,113
BRIEF, CHAIR, AND 

2997
01:31:26,113 --> 01:31:26,414
SAY, THANK 

2998
01:31:26,414 --> 01:31:27,315
YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING 

2999
01:31:27,315 --> 01:31:27,515
THIS 

3000
01:31:27,515 --> 01:31:28,616
FORWARD, AND I APPRECIATE 

3001
01:31:28,616 --> 01:31:30,551
YOU HAVING IT HERE FOR BRIEFING 

3002
01:31:30,551 --> 01:31:30,718
AND 

3003
01:31:30,852 --> 01:31:31,619
DISCUSSION. I KNOW WE TALKED 

3004
01:31:31,619 --> 01:31:32,019
ABOUT IT 

3005
01:31:32,019 --> 01:31:33,688
A LITTLE BIT AT COMMITTEE 

3006
01:31:33,688 --> 01:31:34,388
TWO WEEKS AGO. 

3007
01:31:34,388 --> 01:31:36,290
AND I ESPECIALLY 

3008
01:31:36,290 --> 01:31:38,059
APPRECIATED WHAT YOU SHARED IN 

3009
01:31:38,059 --> 01:31:38,326
COMMITTEE 

3010
01:31:38,326 --> 01:31:39,694
A FEW WEEKS AGO HIGHLIGHTING 

3011
01:31:39,694 --> 01:31:41,429
THE NUMBER OF ACTIONS THAT ARE 

3012
01:31:41,429 --> 01:31:42,430
NOT ELIGIBLE FOR HEARING 

3013
01:31:42,430 --> 01:31:42,964
EXAMINER 

3014
01:31:43,097 --> 01:31:45,500
REVIEW. AND ONE OF THE THINGS 

3015
01:31:45,500 --> 01:31:45,800
THAT 

3016
01:31:45,800 --> 01:31:48,469
I OFTEN THINK ABOUT IS THE 

3017
01:31:48,469 --> 01:31:48,703
IMPACT 

3018
01:31:48,703 --> 01:31:51,906
OF SPRAWL ON OUR 

3019
01:31:51,906 --> 01:31:54,075
ENVIRONMENT AND WHEN WE THINK 

3020
01:31:54,075 --> 01:31:54,542
ABOUT THE FOLKS 

3021
01:31:54,542 --> 01:31:56,444
WHETHER THEY GET DISPLACED FROM 

3022
01:31:56,444 --> 01:31:58,045
THE CITY BECAUSE THE PRICE 

3023
01:31:58,045 --> 01:31:59,814
OF THE COST OF LIVING OR 

3024
01:31:59,814 --> 01:32:00,681
WE'RE NOT BUILDING ENOUGH 

3025
01:32:00,681 --> 01:32:01,182
HOUSING IN OUR 

3026
01:32:01,182 --> 01:32:06,854
CITY FAST 

3027
01:32:06,854 --> 01:32:07,488
ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE OUR GROWTH

3028
01:32:07,488 --> 01:32:07,788
AND PEOPLE 

3029
01:32:07,788 --> 01:32:09,223
HAVE HIGHER VEHICLE MILES 

3030
01:32:09,223 --> 01:32:09,490
TRAVELED, 

3031
01:32:09,490 --> 01:32:11,692
ALL OF THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR

3032
01:32:11,692 --> 01:32:13,628
CLIMATE AND AN IMPACT ON OUR 

3033
01:32:13,761 --> 01:32:15,429
ENVIRONMENT. I JUST APPRECIATE 

3034
01:32:15,429 --> 01:32:15,596
THE 

3035
01:32:15,596 --> 01:32:18,266
THOUGHTFULNESS THAT YOU 

3036
01:32:18,266 --> 01:32:20,268
ARE BRINGING FORWARD WITH THIS 

3037
01:32:20,268 --> 01:32:22,136
CHANGE, AND, FRANKLY, 

3038
01:32:22,136 --> 01:32:23,704
THIS CHANGE THAT WOULD BRING US 

3039
01:32:23,704 --> 01:32:23,871
UP 

3040
01:32:23,871 --> 01:32:25,806
TO SPEED AND INTO ALIGNMENT WITH

3041
01:32:25,806 --> 01:32:28,376
A LOT OF OTHER LARGE CITIES IN 

3042
01:32:28,376 --> 01:32:28,542
OUR 

3043
01:32:28,542 --> 01:32:28,910
STATE. 

3044
01:32:28,910 --> 01:32:31,412
SO JUST FELT 

3045
01:32:31,412 --> 01:32:32,013
COMPELLED TO SAY THAT AS YOU 

3046
01:32:32,013 --> 01:32:32,513
WERE SHARING YOUR 

3047
01:32:32,513 --> 01:32:33,481
CLOSING COMMENTS, CHAIR. 

3048
01:32:33,481 --> 01:32:33,948
THANK YOU. 

3049
01:32:34,081 --> 01:32:35,216
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

3050
01:32:35,216 --> 01:32:35,483
FOSTER. 

3051
01:32:35,483 --> 01:32:37,318
YOU DID REMIND ME OF SOMETHING 

3052
01:32:37,318 --> 01:32:38,819
I DO WANT TO STATE FOR THE 

3053
01:32:38,819 --> 01:32:39,453
RECORD. 

3054
01:32:39,453 --> 01:32:41,956
AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR 

3055
01:32:41,956 --> 01:32:43,124
ENVIRONMENT, I'M DEEPLY 

3056
01:32:43,124 --> 01:32:45,226
CONCERNED WE ARE 

3057
01:32:45,226 --> 01:32:47,561
BARRELING FORWARD TOWARDS A 

3058
01:32:47,561 --> 01:32:47,929
CLIMATE CRISIS 

3059
01:32:47,929 --> 01:32:49,463
AND THAT IS LARGELY BECAUSE 

3060
01:32:49,463 --> 01:32:54,101
OF MANY OF THE DECISIONS OF THE 

3061
01:32:54,235 --> 01:32:55,903
PAST. WHERE MOST OF OUR CITY WAS

3062
01:32:55,903 --> 01:32:57,238
BUILT PRIOR TO ANY SORT 

3063
01:32:57,238 --> 01:33:00,174
OF ENVIRONMENTAL 

3064
01:33:00,174 --> 01:33:00,741
REGULATIONSREGULATIONS AND 

3065
01:33:00,741 --> 01:33:02,076
BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF 

3066
01:33:02,076 --> 01:33:04,178
OUR LAND USE CODE, WE 

3067
01:33:04,178 --> 01:33:04,745
HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR 

3068
01:33:04,745 --> 01:33:06,247
NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND THOSE ARE 

3069
01:33:06,247 --> 01:33:08,683
MUCH MORE ROBUST IN TERMS OF 

3070
01:33:08,683 --> 01:33:09,717
OUR ENERGY CODE REQUIREMENTS IN 

3071
01:33:09,717 --> 01:33:12,587
TERMS OF OUR STORM WATER 

3072
01:33:12,587 --> 01:33:12,887
MITIGATION. 

3073
01:33:12,887 --> 01:33:14,855
BUT THOSE REQUIREMENTS 

3074
01:33:14,855 --> 01:33:17,391
DON'T APPLY TO MOST OF THE 

3075
01:33:17,391 --> 01:33:18,326
EXISTING 

3076
01:33:18,326 --> 01:33:19,694
DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS -- AT 

3077
01:33:19,694 --> 01:33:20,895
LEAST DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE 

3078
01:33:20,895 --> 01:33:21,095
BUILT 

3079
01:33:21,095 --> 01:33:21,762
BEFORE THESE REQUIREMENTS 

3080
01:33:21,762 --> 01:33:23,097
WERE PUT IN PLACE. 

3081
01:33:23,097 --> 01:33:26,434
AND SO, IN MANY WAYS, STATUS 

3082
01:33:26,434 --> 01:33:30,104
QUO FOR ME IS NOT 

3083
01:33:30,104 --> 01:33:31,238
ACCEPTABLE THAT WOULD RESULT IN 

3084
01:33:31,238 --> 01:33:31,505
US 

3085
01:33:31,505 --> 01:33:35,309
BARRELING FORWARD AGAIN TO 

3086
01:33:35,309 --> 01:33:35,676
CLIMATE 

3087
01:33:35,676 --> 01:33:37,511
CRISIS AND WE IMMEDIATE TO MOVE 

3088
01:33:37,511 --> 01:33:37,745
FORWARD 

3089
01:33:37,745 --> 01:33:38,879
THOUGHTFULLY BUT WE DO NEED 

3090
01:33:38,879 --> 01:33:39,647
TO MOVE FORWARD. 

3091
01:33:39,647 --> 01:33:42,483
WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD TO A 

3092
01:33:42,483 --> 01:33:45,586
FUTURE CITY THAT -- WHERE WE 

3093
01:33:45,586 --> 01:33:48,823
ARE NOT SO DEPENDENT AND WE ARE 

3094
01:33:48,823 --> 01:33:49,290
-- 

3095
01:33:49,290 --> 01:33:50,858
NEW BUILDINGS ARE MORE 

3096
01:33:50,858 --> 01:33:52,727
GREEN, ARE MORE CLIMATE 

3097
01:33:52,727 --> 01:33:53,027
FRIENDLY, 

3098
01:33:53,027 --> 01:33:54,729
WHERE OUR NEW DEVELOPMENTS HAVE 

3099
01:33:54,729 --> 01:33:57,765
BETTER STORM WATER AND ONE 

3100
01:33:57,765 --> 01:33:58,265
THATTHAT 

3101
01:33:58,265 --> 01:33:59,967
A ROBUST TREE COVERAGE AS WELL. 

3102
01:33:59,967 --> 01:34:01,402
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING 

3103
01:34:01,402 --> 01:34:02,803
TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC ON HOW

3104
01:34:02,803 --> 01:34:05,573
TO MAKE THAT A REALITY, BUT I 

3105
01:34:05,573 --> 01:34:07,341
DON'T THINK STATUS QUO IS GOING

3106
01:34:07,341 --> 01:34:07,541
TO 

3107
01:34:07,541 --> 01:34:10,444
GET US THERE, AND I DON'T THINK

3108
01:34:10,444 --> 01:34:10,711
JUST 

3109
01:34:10,711 --> 01:34:14,482
LOCKING IN OUR EXISTING 

3110
01:34:14,482 --> 01:34:15,249
DAMAGE FROM OUR ENVIRONMENT IS 

3111
01:34:15,249 --> 01:34:15,549
GOING TO 

3112
01:34:15,549 --> 01:34:19,153
GET US THERE EITHER. 

3113
01:34:19,153 --> 01:34:19,854
THANK YOU. 

3114
01:34:19,854 --> 01:34:20,154
OKAY. 

3115
01:34:20,154 --> 01:34:22,023
GOING TO GET OFF THE SOAPBOX. 

3116
01:34:22,023 --> 01:34:24,025
MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM OF 

3117
01:34:24,025 --> 01:34:27,194
BUSINESS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 

3118
01:34:27,328 --> 01:34:28,329
READ AGENDA ITEM 3. 

3119
01:34:28,329 --> 01:34:30,431
AGENDA ITEMS 3 AND 

3120
01:34:30,431 --> 01:34:33,034
4. CLESHG FILE 314549 

3121
01:34:33,034 --> 01:34:35,569
APPLICATION OF EAGLE ROCK 

3122
01:34:35,569 --> 01:34:37,038
VENTURES 

3123
01:34:37,038 --> 01:34:38,739
AND RAINIER LLC ON CONTRACT 

3124
01:34:38,739 --> 01:34:42,843
REZONE OF THE PROPERTY AT 5201 

3125
01:34:42,843 --> 01:34:43,077
RAINIER 

3126
01:34:43,077 --> 01:34:44,812
PROPERTY SOUTH. 

3127
01:34:44,812 --> 01:34:48,282
AN ORDINANCE 125632, 

3128
01:34:48,282 --> 01:34:54,321
PROJECT NUMBER 3018378-LEU- 4 

3129
01:34:54,321 --> 01:34:54,488
AND 

3130
01:34:54,488 --> 01:34:55,823
COUNCIL BILL RELATING TO LAND 

3131
01:34:55,823 --> 01:34:56,057
USE 

3132
01:34:56,057 --> 01:34:58,526
AND ZONING IMPROVING THE 

3133
01:34:58,526 --> 01:35:01,662
CONTRACT APPROVED BY ORDINANCE 

3134
01:35:01,662 --> 01:35:03,931
125632 AND 

3135
01:35:03,931 --> 01:35:06,634
ACCEPTED PROPERTY USE. 

3136
01:35:06,634 --> 01:35:10,004
EAGLE ROCK VENTURES. 

3137
01:35:10,004 --> 01:35:17,278
CLERK FILE 314549 SDCI PROJECT 

3138
01:35:17,411 --> 01:35:18,079
301837-LEU. DISCUSSION AND 

3139
01:35:18,079 --> 01:35:20,047
POSSIBLE VOTE. 

3140
01:35:20,181 --> 01:35:21,182
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

3141
01:35:21,182 --> 01:35:23,050
AND JUST HOLD ON ONE SECOND 

3142
01:35:23,050 --> 01:35:24,485
TO OUR PRESENTER. 

3143
01:35:24,485 --> 01:35:26,153
I WOULD LIKE -- SO THIS 

3144
01:35:26,153 --> 01:35:27,054
IS A CONTRACT REZONE. 

3145
01:35:27,054 --> 01:35:29,356
IT'S A UNIQUE TYPE OF 

3146
01:35:29,356 --> 01:35:29,957
QUASI-JUDICIAL ACTION AND 

3147
01:35:29,957 --> 01:35:32,059
I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY WE 

3148
01:35:32,059 --> 01:35:33,861
ARE ALLOWED TO HEAR COMMENTS IN 

3149
01:35:33,861 --> 01:35:34,061
OPEN 

3150
01:35:34,061 --> 01:35:36,297
SESSION INCLUDING BY THE 

3151
01:35:36,297 --> 01:35:38,332
PROPONENT, SO I WOULD LIKE 

3152
01:35:38,332 --> 01:35:40,134
TO ALLOW THE PROPONENT TO COME 

3153
01:35:40,134 --> 01:35:41,535
UP AND SPEAK IF YOU WOULD LIKE 

3154
01:35:41,535 --> 01:35:43,370
OR ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC 

3155
01:35:43,370 --> 01:35:43,571
WHO 

3156
01:35:43,571 --> 01:35:44,205
WANTS TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM ON 

3157
01:35:44,205 --> 01:35:49,977
THE AGENDA. 

3158
01:35:50,111 --> 01:35:53,814
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M SCOTT 

3159
01:35:53,814 --> 01:35:57,485
SHAPIRO -- CAN YOU HEAR ME? 

3160
01:35:57,485 --> 01:35:58,319
I'M SCOTT SHAPIRO, THE 

3161
01:35:58,319 --> 01:35:59,186
CO-MANAGING PARTNER OF 

3162
01:35:59,186 --> 01:36:02,022
THE PROJECT AT 5201 RAINIER 

3163
01:36:02,022 --> 01:36:02,256
SOUTH 

3164
01:36:02,256 --> 01:36:04,058
IN THE COLUMBIA CITY 

3165
01:36:04,058 --> 01:36:04,391
NEIGHBORHOOD. 

3166
01:36:04,391 --> 01:36:07,728
THIS IS A SHOVEL- READY 111- 

3167
01:36:07,728 --> 01:36:10,064
UNIT WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT 

3168
01:36:10,064 --> 01:36:10,264
THAT 

3169
01:36:10,264 --> 01:36:11,632
HAS ALL TYPES OF UNITS 

3170
01:36:11,632 --> 01:36:13,901
INCLUDING THREE BEDROOM UNITS. 

3171
01:36:13,901 --> 01:36:15,302
AND WE WILL PARTICIPATE, 

3172
01:36:15,302 --> 01:36:17,304
ALSO, ON THE MFTE PROGRAM MAKING

3173
01:36:17,304 --> 01:36:20,307
20% OF THE UNITS EVEN MORE 

3174
01:36:20,307 --> 01:36:20,608
AFFORDABLE. 

3175
01:36:20,608 --> 01:36:22,543
OUR ASK TODAY IS FOR A 

3176
01:36:22,543 --> 01:36:26,780
MONTH EXTENSION OF FOUR 

3177
01:36:26,780 --> 01:36:30,684
YEARS. THE UF EXTENSION HAS TWO 

3178
01:36:30,684 --> 01:36:33,454
YEARS, THE COUNCIL CAN GRANT A 

3179
01:36:33,454 --> 01:36:34,555
FOUR- YEAR EXTENSION. 

3180
01:36:34,688 --> 01:36:35,623
WE ASK YOU TO DO THAT FOR FOUR 

3181
01:36:35,623 --> 01:36:37,825
YEARS. 

3182
01:36:37,825 --> 01:36:40,961
WHY FOUR YEARS? 

3183
01:36:40,961 --> 01:36:43,831
UNFORTUNATELY, CURRENTLY THE 

3184
01:36:43,831 --> 01:36:47,334
PROJECT IS NOT FINANCEABLE 

3185
01:36:47,334 --> 01:36:50,037
TODAY. 

3186
01:36:50,037 --> 01:36:51,505
WE CAN'T CONSTRUCT THE 

3187
01:36:51,505 --> 01:36:52,940
PROJECT, WE CAN'T SELL THE 

3188
01:36:52,940 --> 01:36:54,675
PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY 

3189
01:36:54,675 --> 01:36:58,846
TODAY. SOME OF THOSE REASONS YOU

3190
01:36:58,846 --> 01:36:59,046
KNOW 

3191
01:36:59,046 --> 01:37:00,681
MHA FEES THAT WERE ADDED 

3192
01:37:00,681 --> 01:37:04,618
DURING OUR PERMITTING 

3193
01:37:04,618 --> 01:37:05,953
PROCESS ORIGINALLY WASN'T 

3194
01:37:05,953 --> 01:37:08,823
ANTICIPATED WHEN WE STARTED THE 

3195
01:37:08,823 --> 01:37:09,123
ENTITLEMENT 

3196
01:37:09,123 --> 01:37:09,890
PROCESS. 

3197
01:37:09,890 --> 01:37:12,293
SKYROCKETING CONSTRUCTION 

3198
01:37:12,293 --> 01:37:13,727
COSTS PLATEAUED RENTS, HIGH 

3199
01:37:13,727 --> 01:37:14,628
OPERATING COSTS AND HIGH 

3200
01:37:14,628 --> 01:37:16,597
INTEREST RATES. 

3201
01:37:16,597 --> 01:37:18,032
AGAIN, THIS IS A TWO- 

3202
01:37:18,032 --> 01:37:19,166
YEAR EXTENSION ON THE TABLE. 

3203
01:37:19,166 --> 01:37:20,434
WE ARE REQUESTING FOUR YEARS 

3204
01:37:20,434 --> 01:37:21,168
TO GIVE US TIME. 

3205
01:37:21,168 --> 01:37:24,071
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE 

3206
01:37:24,071 --> 01:37:24,972
COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING A 

3207
01:37:24,972 --> 01:37:25,372
REDUCTION 

3208
01:37:25,372 --> 01:37:27,408
OR TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN MHA 

3209
01:37:27,408 --> 01:37:27,608
FEES. 

3210
01:37:27,608 --> 01:37:29,543
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR 

3211
01:37:29,543 --> 01:37:30,611
OUR PROJECT AND FOR OTHER 

3212
01:37:30,611 --> 01:37:31,912
PROJECTS IN THE CITY TO BE ABLE 

3213
01:37:31,912 --> 01:37:32,580
TO 

3214
01:37:32,580 --> 01:37:33,013
CREATE HOUSING. 

3215
01:37:33,013 --> 01:37:34,415
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT ALONE IS 

3216
01:37:34,415 --> 01:37:35,983
NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT WORK 

3217
01:37:35,983 --> 01:37:37,284
TODAY, BUT IT WOULD BE A 

3218
01:37:37,284 --> 01:37:38,285
POSITIVE STEP FOR OUR PROJECT 

3219
01:37:38,285 --> 01:37:41,455
AND OTHER 

3220
01:37:41,589 --> 01:37:43,224
PROJECTS. THE ISSUE IS, AGAIN, 

3221
01:37:43,224 --> 01:37:44,491
CONSTRUCTION COSTS, RENTS 

3222
01:37:44,491 --> 01:37:46,227
AND INTEREST RATES, AND THESE 

3223
01:37:46,227 --> 01:37:47,795
THREE ITEMS ARE BEYOND THE 

3224
01:37:47,795 --> 01:37:48,095
COUNCIL'S 

3225
01:37:48,095 --> 01:37:49,530
CONTROL, AND SO WE 

3226
01:37:49,530 --> 01:37:50,564
ANTICIPATE THAT MORE TIME WILL 

3227
01:37:50,564 --> 01:37:50,864
BE NEEDED 

3228
01:37:50,864 --> 01:37:52,800
THAN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 

3229
01:37:52,800 --> 01:37:54,335
WE DO NOT EXPECT 

3230
01:37:54,335 --> 01:37:55,402
CONSTRUCTION COSTS OR INTEREST 

3231
01:37:55,402 --> 01:37:57,037
RATES TO 

3232
01:37:57,037 --> 01:37:58,939
SETTLE DOWN DURING THE 

3233
01:37:58,939 --> 01:37:59,907
ERRATIC TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. 

3234
01:37:59,907 --> 01:38:01,842
SO, AGAIN, A FOUR- YEAR 

3235
01:38:01,842 --> 01:38:02,109
EXTENSION 

3236
01:38:02,109 --> 01:38:02,743
WILL MAKE IT MORE LIKELY WE CAN 

3237
01:38:02,743 --> 01:38:06,914
BRING THESE 111 UNITS TO 

3238
01:38:06,914 --> 01:38:07,181
FRUITION. 

3239
01:38:07,181 --> 01:38:08,816
IT MEANS WE DON'T NEED TO 

3240
01:38:08,816 --> 01:38:09,917
REPEAT THIS PROCESS TWO YEARS 

3241
01:38:09,917 --> 01:38:10,384
FROM 

3242
01:38:10,384 --> 01:38:12,353
NOW USING SDI STAFF TIME, 

3243
01:38:12,353 --> 01:38:13,153
CENTRAL STAFF TIME AND 

3244
01:38:13,153 --> 01:38:13,520
THE COUNCIL'S 

3245
01:38:13,520 --> 01:38:13,721
TIME. 

3246
01:38:13,721 --> 01:38:14,154
THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

3247
01:38:14,154 --> 01:38:15,389
CONSIDERATION. 

3248
01:38:15,522 --> 01:38:21,395
>> THANK YOU. 

3249
01:38:21,395 --> 01:38:21,862
OKAY. 

3250
01:38:21,862 --> 01:38:23,697
WILL OUR PRESENTER 

3251
01:38:23,697 --> 01:38:25,132
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. 

3252
01:38:25,266 --> 01:38:27,902
>> KETIL FREEMAN, 

3253
01:38:27,902 --> 01:38:31,272
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. 

3254
01:38:31,405 --> 01:38:31,839
>> THANK YOU. 

3255
01:38:31,839 --> 01:38:34,074
I'M NOT SURE -- I KNOW WE HAD A

3256
01:38:34,074 --> 01:38:34,475
BRIEFING BEFORE. 

3257
01:38:34,475 --> 01:38:36,043
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE 

3258
01:38:36,043 --> 01:38:39,380
ANY SORT OF OVERVIEW FOR US OR 

3259
01:38:39,380 --> 01:38:42,583
OTHERWISE WE CAN MOVE STRAIGHT 

3260
01:38:42,583 --> 01:38:42,917
TO QUESTIONS. 

3261
01:38:43,050 --> 01:38:44,551
>> SURE. 

3262
01:38:44,551 --> 01:38:46,787
MR. SHAPIRO PROVIDED SOME 

3263
01:38:46,787 --> 01:38:47,288
OVERVIEW. 

3264
01:38:47,288 --> 01:38:49,023
MAYBE I'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE 

3265
01:38:49,023 --> 01:38:51,692
MORE OF THE PERMITTING HISTORY 

3266
01:38:51,692 --> 01:38:52,059
AND 

3267
01:38:52,059 --> 01:38:52,893
TALK ABOUT TWO ACTION ITEMS 

3268
01:38:52,893 --> 01:38:54,295
THAT ARE IN FRONT OF THE 

3269
01:38:54,295 --> 01:38:54,862
COMMITTEE 

3270
01:38:54,862 --> 01:38:56,063
TODAY, ONE IS ACTION ON 

3271
01:38:56,063 --> 01:38:57,164
THE CLERK'S FILE AND THE OTHER 

3272
01:38:57,164 --> 01:38:57,331
IS 

3273
01:38:57,331 --> 01:38:59,566
ON A COUNCIL BILL 

3274
01:38:59,566 --> 01:39:00,167
AND I'LL BRIEFLY DESCRIBE 

3275
01:39:00,167 --> 01:39:01,168
WHATWHAT COUNCIL BILL 

3276
01:39:01,168 --> 01:39:01,435
DOES. 

3277
01:39:01,435 --> 01:39:03,537
IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, 

3278
01:39:03,537 --> 01:39:04,705
BUT STEPPING BACK HERE TO 

3279
01:39:04,705 --> 01:39:06,907
SOME OF THE PERMITTING AND 

3280
01:39:06,907 --> 01:39:08,275
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY IN 2018 THE 

3281
01:39:08,275 --> 01:39:13,547
COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE 

3282
01:39:13,547 --> 01:39:13,981
125632 

3283
01:39:13,981 --> 01:39:16,216
WHICH REZONED TO NEIGHBORHOOD 

3284
01:39:16,216 --> 01:39:17,718
COMMERCIAL THREE AND APPLIED 

3285
01:39:17,718 --> 01:39:19,286
THE MANDATORY HOUSING 

3286
01:39:19,286 --> 01:39:21,121
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM TO THAT 

3287
01:39:21,121 --> 01:39:21,622
SITE. 

3288
01:39:21,622 --> 01:39:22,690
AND ACCEPTED A 

3289
01:39:22,690 --> 01:39:23,624
RECENT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 

3290
01:39:23,624 --> 01:39:24,725
WITH EVERY CONTRACT REZONE THERE

3291
01:39:24,725 --> 01:39:29,029
IS AN ASSOCIATED PUDA AND 

3292
01:39:29,029 --> 01:39:33,133
THAT IS THE CONTRACT IN CONTRACT

3293
01:39:33,334 --> 01:39:35,436
REZONE. THE APPLICATION WAS 

3294
01:39:35,436 --> 01:39:37,271
FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD 

3295
01:39:37,271 --> 01:39:37,805
INCLUDE 

3296
01:39:37,805 --> 01:39:39,106
104 APARTMENT UNITS, 

3297
01:39:39,106 --> 01:39:40,708
THREE WORKING UNITS AND 

3298
01:39:40,708 --> 01:39:41,909
SOME COMMERCIAL SPACE, AND 

3299
01:39:41,909 --> 01:39:43,510
THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE, MR. 

3300
01:39:43,510 --> 01:39:45,312
SHAPIRO, HAS SINCE APPLIED FOR 

3301
01:39:45,312 --> 01:39:46,280
A BUILDING PERMIT 

3302
01:39:46,280 --> 01:39:48,048
APPLICATION WHICH IS STILL 

3303
01:39:48,048 --> 01:39:48,649
ACTIVE AND 

3304
01:39:48,649 --> 01:39:51,185
THAT APPLICATION IS READY 

3305
01:39:51,185 --> 01:39:51,618
FORRISH 

3306
01:39:51,618 --> 01:39:52,052
YOU OONS. 

3307
01:39:52,052 --> 01:39:54,421
-- FOR 

3308
01:39:54,421 --> 01:39:55,055
ISSUANCE. THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY 

3309
01:39:55,055 --> 01:39:58,692
EXPIRING. 

3310
01:39:58,692 --> 01:40:00,494
THIS QUASI- JUDICIAL ACTION 

3311
01:40:00,494 --> 01:40:05,699
IS SORT OF A CONTRACT REZONE, 

3312
01:40:05,699 --> 01:40:08,268
IT'S A MINOR AMENDMENT TO PUDA 

3313
01:40:08,268 --> 01:40:08,702
TO 

3314
01:40:08,702 --> 01:40:11,305
ALLOW COUNCIL TO 

3315
01:40:11,305 --> 01:40:12,039
HEARHEAR FROM PARTIES OF RECORD 

3316
01:40:12,039 --> 01:40:12,439
AND THE 

3317
01:40:12,439 --> 01:40:12,806
PUBLIC. 

3318
01:40:12,806 --> 01:40:15,142
THE COUNCIL SOLICITS 

3319
01:40:15,142 --> 01:40:16,777
A RECOMMENDATION FROM SDCI AND 

3320
01:40:16,777 --> 01:40:18,812
THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE 

3321
01:40:18,812 --> 01:40:19,980
AGENDA AS WELL AS PUBLIC COMMENT

3322
01:40:19,980 --> 01:40:20,614
THAT 

3323
01:40:20,614 --> 01:40:21,548
SDCI RECEIVED IN CONSIDERING THE

3324
01:40:21,548 --> 01:40:25,052
EXTENSION REQUEST. 

3325
01:40:25,052 --> 01:40:27,121
IN DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT 

3326
01:40:27,121 --> 01:40:29,690
TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT 

3327
01:40:29,690 --> 01:40:30,791
REZONE, THERE ARE THREE CRITERIA

3328
01:40:30,791 --> 01:40:32,393
THE COUNCIL USES. 

3329
01:40:32,393 --> 01:40:33,727
THE BASIS FOR THE 

3330
01:40:33,727 --> 01:40:34,495
APPLICATION WHETHER IT'S 

3331
01:40:34,495 --> 01:40:34,895
REASONABLE UNDER 

3332
01:40:34,895 --> 01:40:36,196
THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO EXTEND 

3333
01:40:36,196 --> 01:40:42,302
THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT 

3334
01:40:42,302 --> 01:40:42,569
REZONE, 

3335
01:40:42,569 --> 01:40:43,103
WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE 

3336
01:40:43,103 --> 01:40:43,504
CIRCUMSTANCES AND 

3337
01:40:43,504 --> 01:40:45,005
WHETHER ADDITIONAL TIME IS 

3338
01:40:45,005 --> 01:40:45,539
REASONABLY NECESSARY FOR 

3339
01:40:45,539 --> 01:40:45,906
CONDITIONS 

3340
01:40:45,906 --> 01:40:47,574
OF APPROVAL ADOPTED BY THE 

3341
01:40:47,574 --> 01:40:50,010
COUNCIL THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE 

3342
01:40:50,010 --> 01:40:51,845
FULFILLED PRIOR TO EXPIRATION OF

3343
01:40:51,845 --> 01:40:52,346
THE LAND 

3344
01:40:52,479 --> 01:40:53,847
USE. THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 

3345
01:40:53,847 --> 01:40:54,047
HERE 

3346
01:40:54,047 --> 01:40:56,817
ARE MEMORIALIZED IN THE 

3347
01:40:56,817 --> 01:41:01,622
PROPERTY USE AND DEVELOPING THE 

3348
01:41:01,622 --> 01:41:01,989
SITE 

3349
01:41:01,989 --> 01:41:03,490
WITH THE USE AND IN COMPLIANCE 

3350
01:41:03,490 --> 01:41:04,858
WITH 

3351
01:41:04,858 --> 01:41:05,159
MHA. 

3352
01:41:05,159 --> 01:41:07,728
SO A RECOMMENDATION FROM SDCI. 

3353
01:41:07,728 --> 01:41:09,296
THAT RECOMMENDATION IS SILENT ON

3354
01:41:09,296 --> 01:41:10,798
THE LENGTH OF THE CONTRACT 

3355
01:41:10,798 --> 01:41:12,833
REZONE EXTENSION. 

3356
01:41:12,833 --> 01:41:14,101
THE DEFAULT AND THE LAND 

3357
01:41:14,101 --> 01:41:16,003
USE CODE IS FOR TWO YEARS, BUT 

3358
01:41:16,003 --> 01:41:16,703
THERE IS AUTHORITY FOR THE 

3359
01:41:16,703 --> 01:41:17,004
COUNCIL TO 

3360
01:41:17,004 --> 01:41:18,939
GO LONGER THAN THAT. 

3361
01:41:18,939 --> 01:41:22,009
SO A COUPLE OF DECISIONS, 

3362
01:41:22,009 --> 01:41:24,211
ONE WOULD BE WHETHER OR NOT TO 

3363
01:41:24,211 --> 01:41:25,512
GRANT THE REZONE, AN ACTION ON 

3364
01:41:25,512 --> 01:41:25,679
THE 

3365
01:41:25,679 --> 01:41:27,748
CLERK'S FILE. 

3366
01:41:27,748 --> 01:41:32,252
AND THE OTHER, ASSUMING THERE 

3367
01:41:32,252 --> 01:41:34,855
IS, THROUGH BILL 121220 

3368
01:41:34,855 --> 01:41:36,490
THAT WOULD EXTEND THE TERM OF 

3369
01:41:36,490 --> 01:41:39,593
THE CONTRACT REZONE BY TWO YEARS

3370
01:41:39,593 --> 01:41:40,160
AND 

3371
01:41:40,160 --> 01:41:41,295
ALSO ACCEPT A 

3372
01:41:41,295 --> 01:41:42,196
MODIFIED PROPERTY USE AND 

3373
01:41:42,196 --> 01:41:42,496
DEVELOPMENT 

3374
01:41:42,496 --> 01:41:45,566
AGREEMENT THAT REFLECTS THAT 

3375
01:41:45,566 --> 01:41:45,866
EXTENSION. 

3376
01:41:45,999 --> 01:41:46,667
SO THAT IS IT UNLESS YOU HAVE 

3377
01:41:46,667 --> 01:41:51,538
QUESTIONS FOR ME. 

3378
01:41:51,672 --> 01:41:52,806
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR 

3379
01:41:52,806 --> 01:41:55,742
COMMENTS? 

3380
01:42:02,816 --> 01:42:03,584
>> CHAIR? 

3381
01:42:03,584 --> 01:42:05,352
>> YES, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

3382
01:42:05,486 --> 01:42:06,553
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 

3383
01:42:06,553 --> 01:42:07,921
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION 

3384
01:42:07,921 --> 01:42:08,989
AND THE WORK CENTRAL STAFF. 

3385
01:42:08,989 --> 01:42:11,125
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY JUST 

3386
01:42:11,125 --> 01:42:13,127
A COMMENT THAT WE HEARD 

3387
01:42:13,127 --> 01:42:15,429
TODAY REGARDING THE POTENTIAL 

3388
01:42:15,429 --> 01:42:15,629
FOR 

3389
01:42:15,629 --> 01:42:15,963
FOUR YEARS. 

3390
01:42:15,963 --> 01:42:17,064
I KNOW THAT WE'RE 

3391
01:42:17,064 --> 01:42:19,533
LOOKING AT THIS AS A TWO- YEAR 

3392
01:42:19,533 --> 01:42:20,100
EXTENSION. 

3393
01:42:20,100 --> 01:42:21,602
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS 

3394
01:42:21,602 --> 01:42:23,337
TWO- YEAR EXTENSION THAT 

3395
01:42:23,337 --> 01:42:24,671
WOULD PRECLUDE US FROM 

3396
01:42:24,671 --> 01:42:25,639
PROVIDING ANOTHER EXTENSION 

3397
01:42:25,639 --> 01:42:25,839
LATER 

3398
01:42:25,839 --> 01:42:28,709
SHOULD IT BE NEEDED? 

3399
01:42:28,842 --> 01:42:29,409
>> 

3400
01:42:29,409 --> 01:42:31,912
NO. IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE YOU 

3401
01:42:31,912 --> 01:42:32,112
FROM 

3402
01:42:32,112 --> 01:42:32,946
DOING THAT. 

3403
01:42:32,946 --> 01:42:34,348
IT REQUIRES A CHANGE -- 

3404
01:42:34,348 --> 01:42:36,116
IT REQUIRES A LEGISLATIVE 

3405
01:42:36,116 --> 01:42:39,586
CHANGE, SO THERE IS SOME 

3406
01:42:39,586 --> 01:42:40,687
LEGISLATIVE EFFICIENCY ISSUES 

3407
01:42:40,687 --> 01:42:40,921
BUT NOT 

3408
01:42:40,921 --> 01:42:41,455
NECESSARILY A PROHIBITION 

3409
01:42:41,455 --> 01:42:41,822
AGAINST THAT. 

3410
01:42:41,955 --> 01:42:45,859
>> THANK YOU. 

3411
01:42:45,993 --> 01:42:47,861
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

3412
01:42:47,861 --> 01:42:48,095
FOSTER. 

3413
01:42:48,095 --> 01:42:51,031
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

3414
01:42:51,031 --> 01:42:54,268
OKAY. 

3415
01:42:54,268 --> 01:42:56,036
I'LL HAVE SOME COMMENTS A 

3416
01:42:56,036 --> 01:42:58,038
LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT, FIRST, I 

3417
01:42:58,038 --> 01:43:00,073
WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON THE CLERK 

3418
01:43:00,073 --> 01:43:00,340
FILE. 

3419
01:43:00,340 --> 01:43:04,311
CLERK FILE 314549 AND THEN VOTE 

3420
01:43:04,311 --> 01:43:09,216
ON THE COUNCIL BILL, 121220. 

3421
01:43:09,216 --> 01:43:10,184
I MOVE THAT THE 

3422
01:43:10,184 --> 01:43:12,519
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS GRANTING 

3423
01:43:12,519 --> 01:43:12,686
THE 

3424
01:43:12,686 --> 01:43:15,322
EXTENSION AND COUNCIL FILE 

3425
01:43:15,455 --> 01:43:17,257
314549. IS THERE A SECOND? 

3426
01:43:17,391 --> 01:43:17,925
>> SECOND. 

3427
01:43:18,058 --> 01:43:20,294
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED 

3428
01:43:20,294 --> 01:43:24,798
TO RECOMMEND GRANTING CF 314549.

3429
01:43:24,798 --> 01:43:26,967
ANY FINAL COMMENTS? 

3430
01:43:26,967 --> 01:43:31,572
I'LL JUST PROVIDE A QUICK FINAL

3431
01:43:31,705 --> 01:43:32,206
COMMENT. 

3432
01:43:32,206 --> 01:43:32,773
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS 

3433
01:43:32,773 --> 01:43:35,042
FORWARD FOR THE WORK ON THIS. 

3434
01:43:35,042 --> 01:43:37,844
I DO JUST WANT TO NOTE 

3435
01:43:37,844 --> 01:43:41,181
THAT CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE 

3436
01:43:41,181 --> 01:43:44,017
DIFFICULTIES OF DEVELOPING IN 

3437
01:43:44,017 --> 01:43:44,484
THE CITY. 

3438
01:43:44,484 --> 01:43:45,219
THERE ARE MANY BARRIERS AND 

3439
01:43:45,219 --> 01:43:47,988
I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT 

3440
01:43:47,988 --> 01:43:50,357
INCLUDED CURRENT INTEREST 

3441
01:43:50,357 --> 01:43:53,493
RATES, THE TARIFFS AND ALL THE 

3442
01:43:53,493 --> 01:43:57,297
UNCERTAINTY IN OUR ECONOMY, AND 

3443
01:43:57,297 --> 01:43:59,800
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, IN MY 

3444
01:43:59,800 --> 01:44:00,367
OPINION, I UNDERSTAND 

3445
01:44:00,367 --> 01:44:02,803
THE REQUEST FOR A FOUR- YEAR 

3446
01:44:02,803 --> 01:44:03,136
EXTENSION. 

3447
01:44:03,136 --> 01:44:06,106
I'M HOPEFUL THAT A TWO- YEAR 

3448
01:44:06,106 --> 01:44:07,674
EXTENSION, THAT SOMETHING 

3449
01:44:07,674 --> 01:44:09,443
WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

3450
01:44:09,443 --> 01:44:11,678
I DO SEE THAT PART OF OUR 

3451
01:44:11,678 --> 01:44:13,981
JOB IS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR 

3452
01:44:13,981 --> 01:44:15,816
DEVELOPERS TO BUILD HOUSING 

3453
01:44:15,816 --> 01:44:16,550
AND THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT 

3454
01:44:16,550 --> 01:44:17,184
THINGS TO DO 

3455
01:44:17,184 --> 01:44:17,484
THAT. 

3456
01:44:17,484 --> 01:44:19,586
AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN 

3457
01:44:19,586 --> 01:44:22,189
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT OVER 

3458
01:44:22,189 --> 01:44:22,489
THESETHESE 

3459
01:44:22,489 --> 01:44:24,224
TWO YEARS TO ALLOW THIS TO MOVE 

3460
01:44:24,224 --> 01:44:26,026
FORWARD AND AS COUNCILMEMBER 

3461
01:44:26,026 --> 01:44:28,996
FOSTER MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE 

3462
01:44:28,996 --> 01:44:30,130
THE OPPORTUNITY IF NECESSARY AND

3463
01:44:30,130 --> 01:44:30,764
IF 

3464
01:44:30,764 --> 01:44:34,835
IT'S DESIRED TO DO SO TO HAVE 

3465
01:44:34,835 --> 01:44:36,370
AN ADDITIONAL EXTENSION. 

3466
01:44:36,370 --> 01:44:37,704
OKAY, WITH THAT, WILL THE 

3467
01:44:37,704 --> 01:44:38,672
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 

3468
01:44:38,672 --> 01:44:40,173
THE RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE 

3469
01:44:40,173 --> 01:44:40,474
CLERK FILE. 

3470
01:44:40,607 --> 01:44:43,143
>> VICE- CHAIR STRAUSS? 

3471
01:44:43,277 --> 01:44:43,610
>> AYE. 

3472
01:44:43,744 --> 01:44:44,878
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

3473
01:44:45,012 --> 01:44:45,545
>> YES. 

3474
01:44:45,679 --> 01:44:48,515
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

3475
01:44:48,515 --> 01:44:49,283
HOLLINGSWORTH? 

3476
01:44:49,283 --> 01:44:49,850
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 

3477
01:44:49,983 --> 01:44:50,450
>> YES. 

3478
01:44:50,584 --> 01:44:51,351
>> CHAIR LIN? 

3479
01:44:51,485 --> 01:44:51,918
>> YES. 

3480
01:44:52,052 --> 01:44:53,053
>> FOUR VOTES IN FAVOR. 

3481
01:44:53,186 --> 01:44:55,188
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE 

3482
01:44:55,188 --> 01:44:56,590
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 

3483
01:44:56,590 --> 01:44:58,125
THAT THE COUNCIL WILL BE 

3484
01:44:58,125 --> 01:44:58,692
SENT TO THE JUNE 29 COUNCIL 

3485
01:44:58,692 --> 01:45:00,560
MEETING. 

3486
01:45:00,560 --> 01:45:02,195
I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE 

3487
01:45:02,195 --> 01:45:03,430
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL 

3488
01:45:03,430 --> 01:45:05,098
BILL 121220. 

3489
01:45:05,098 --> 01:45:06,066
IS THERE A SECOND? 

3490
01:45:06,199 --> 01:45:06,767
>> SECOND. 

3491
01:45:06,900 --> 01:45:09,836
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 

3492
01:45:09,836 --> 01:45:11,438
RECOMMEND PASSAGE. 

3493
01:45:11,438 --> 01:45:14,174
ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS? 

3494
01:45:14,174 --> 01:45:14,841
OKAY. 

3495
01:45:14,841 --> 01:45:16,143
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 

3496
01:45:16,143 --> 01:45:17,310
THE ROLL ON THE RECOMMENDATION 

3497
01:45:17,310 --> 01:45:17,844
THAT 

3498
01:45:17,844 --> 01:45:18,478
COUNCIL BILL PASS THE BILL. 

3499
01:45:18,612 --> 01:45:20,180
>> VICE- CHAIR STRAUSS? 

3500
01:45:20,314 --> 01:45:20,781
>> AYE. 

3501
01:45:20,914 --> 01:45:21,982
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

3502
01:45:22,115 --> 01:45:22,716
>> YES. 

3503
01:45:22,849 --> 01:45:23,950
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 

3504
01:45:24,084 --> 01:45:24,318
>> YES. 

3505
01:45:24,451 --> 01:45:25,052
>> CHAIR LIN? 

3506
01:45:25,185 --> 01:45:25,752
>> YES. 

3507
01:45:25,886 --> 01:45:27,287
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE FOUR VOTES 

3508
01:45:27,287 --> 01:45:28,455
IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. 

3509
01:45:28,588 --> 01:45:30,257
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND 

3510
01:45:30,257 --> 01:45:31,491
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 

3511
01:45:31,491 --> 01:45:32,726
COUNCIL PASS THE BILL WILL BE 

3512
01:45:32,726 --> 01:45:33,760
SENT TO 

3513
01:45:33,760 --> 01:45:36,363
THE JUNE 19 MEETING, 

3514
01:45:36,363 --> 01:45:39,399
PROPERTY USE AND DEVELOPMENT 

3515
01:45:39,399 --> 01:45:39,833
AGREEMENT. 

3516
01:45:39,833 --> 01:45:40,667
OKAY. 

3517
01:45:40,667 --> 01:45:41,668
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF 

3518
01:45:41,668 --> 01:45:43,136
TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. 

3519
01:45:43,136 --> 01:45:44,104
ANY FURTHER BUSINESS 

3520
01:45:44,104 --> 01:45:44,438
TO COME 

3521
01:45:44,438 --> 01:45:45,072
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BEFORE WE 

3522
01:45:45,072 --> 01:45:46,807
ADJOURN? 

3523
01:45:46,807 --> 01:45:48,775
OKAY, HEARING NO FURTHER 

3524
01:45:48,775 --> 01:45:49,376
BUSINESS, WE ARE 

3525
01:45:49,376 --> 01:45:50,310
ADJOURNED. OUR NEXT SCHEDULED 

3526
01:45:50,310 --> 01:45:52,345
MEETING IS 

3527
01:45:52,479 --> 01:45:53,080
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17th AT 9:30 

3528
01:45:53,080 --> 01:45:53,547
A.M. THANK YOU ALL. 

3529
01:45:53,680 --> 01:45:54,114
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.