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>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. GOOD 

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MORNING. THE JULY 1, 2026 

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MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER. IT 

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COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE

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CALL THE ROLL? 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

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COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

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COUNCILMEMBER LIN. ARE FIVE 

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MEMBERS PRESENT. 

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>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECT IN IT 

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WILL BE ADOPTED. THE AGENDA IS 

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ADOPTED. GOOD MORNING AND THANK 

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YOU FOR COMING TO THIS MEETING 

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TO DISCUSS LAND-USE. THANK YOU 

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TO OUR CITY CLERK, FOR HELPING 

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US PREPARE FOR THIS MEETING. 

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JUST TO GIVE EVERYONE QWIK RUN 

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OF SHOW, WE'RE GOING TO START 

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WITH PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN AGENDA

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ITEM , THE ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE 

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TEMPORARY DESIGN REVIEW, THERE 

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LEGISLATION TODAY. WE ALSO HAVE 

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TO DO. AND THEN WE WILL DO THE 

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COMMENT ON THE AGENDA. WE WILL 

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ONE MINUTE SO WE HAVE SUFFICIENT

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TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. IT'S IN

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PUBLIC HEARING. HOW MANY 

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>> TWO AND FIVE REMOTE. OKAY. 

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TO ONE MINUTE PER PERSON. CLERK,

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CAN YOU READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT 

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>> IT WILL BE MONITORED IN THE 

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FOLLOWING MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL 

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SPEAKER ON THE LIST. THAT IS 

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JULIE HOLLAND. 

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>> ANY MICROPHONE, PLEASE SPEAK 

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DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. 

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OPPORTUNITY, I AM JULIE HOLLAND,

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DISTRICT 7. PAST PRESIDENT OF 

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THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND MEMBER

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OF THE CITYWIDE DESIGN REVIEW 

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A PROFESSIONALS AND 

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ORGANIZATIONS. WHO EMBRACE THE 

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CURRENT OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED BY

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THE NEW COMP PLAN . TO GET IT 

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RIGHT. OR IN THE WORDS OF THE 

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NEW LEGISLATION, TO ADOPT 

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PROMPT, COURTNEY DID AN 

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OBJECTIVE REVIEW AND ENSURE 

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ASKING FOR A SEAT AT THE TABLE. 

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COMP PLAN WORK TOGETHER AS 

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PROCESS. THANK YOU. 

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>> NEXT UP WE HAVE STEVE. 

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>> WE NEED A BETTER SEATTLE. AND

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YOU, UNFORTUNATELY, ARE NOT 

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BRINGING THAT FORWARD AT THIS 

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MOMENT. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT 

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CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, BAD. 

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THE URBAN CENTERS. AND ALL THE 

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THINGS DEVELOPERS WANT, YOU HAVE

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NOT ONLY KEPT, BUT GIVEN MORE. 

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THOSE UPON DEVELOPERS , WE ARE 

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THROWING THEM OUT. WHAT DID WE 

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GET FOR IT? LOW COST HOUSING. 

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THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THE PRICE OF

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HOUSING HAS GONE DOWN. I SAY NO.

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THE PRICE OF HOUSING HAS GONE 

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>> THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE 

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ON TO OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS. FIRST

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UP IS MEGAN. 

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>> GOOD MORNING. DISTRICT 7 AND 

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A MEMBER OF THE DESIGN REVIEW 

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REBOOT COALITION. I AM SPEAKING 

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ON THE BILL TO EXTEND THE DESIGN

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REVIEW MORATORIUM: NEW PROCESSES

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PUT IN PLACE. DESIGN REVIEW IS 

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THE PUBLIC LIFELINE FOR 

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INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS BEING 

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BUILT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR

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COALITION CONSISTS OF COMMUNITY 

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DENSITY AND WE BELIEVE THE 

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DESIGN REVIEW IS CRITICAL FOR 

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SUCCESS. OUR GOALS ARE SIMPLE. 

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SHAPE THE PROCESS. AND THEN 

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PROCESS. WE ALL DESERVE A VOICE 

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IN CREATING -- CREATE STRONGER 

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SOLUTIONS THE GREAT EVERYONE. 

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WASHINGTON. AND I LIVE IN 

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CITIZEN RIGHT TO APPEAL 

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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THEIR 

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>> COULD YOU HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

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THAT PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE OF 

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BE LATER. THERE IS A PUBLIC 

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HEARING THAT YOU CAN -- THIS IS 

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ISSUE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. WHAT

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IS IT CALLED? 

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>> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 

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OUR NEXT -- 

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>> IS THERE AN EMAIL SHE COULD 

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SEND TO GET SIGNED UP? OR 

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CONNECTOR WAS STEPHANIE? 

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>> JEAN, WE WILL GET YOU SIGNED 

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UP FOR THE OTHER PUBLIC HEARING 

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WHICH WILL BE PROBABLY IN 20 

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>> NEXT UP WE HAVE VALERIE . 

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VALERIE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 

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VALERIE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 

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OKAY. WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU, 

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VALERIE. NEXT UP WE HAVE KEYS . 

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A REMINDER THAT THIS SHOULD BE 

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REGARDING DESIGN REVIEW. 

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>> HELLO, I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID 

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ABOUT COUNCIL BILL 121215 AND I 

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WILL THE COMMENTS UNTIL LATER. 

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>> THANK YOU. 

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>> VALERIE, IF YOU ARE HERE 

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>> HELLO, THIS IS VALERIE. 30 

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YEAR RESIDENT AND A MEMBER OF 

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THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE. I 

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WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR 

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AN UPDATED DESIGN REVIEW THAT 

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WILL INCLUDE THE PERSPECTIVE OF 

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ALL STAKEHOLDERS, DEVELOPERS, 

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ARCHITECTS, NEIGHBORHOOD 

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RESIDENTS. OVER THE YEARS I HAVE

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PARTICIPATED IN DESIGN REVIEW 

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AND I THINK THE PROCESS IS 

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IMPORTANT. TO BE INVOLVED IN THE

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COMMUNITY. THE CITY AND OUR 

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NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE TO LIVE WITH 

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THE PROJECTS ON A DAILY BASIS 

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WHAT DEVELOPERS MOVE ON TO OTHER

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PROJECTS. IS IMPORTANT THAT 

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PROJECTS BE COMPLETED WITHOUT 

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UNNECESSARY DELAY, CONSIDERATION

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OF THINGS THAT MAKE A CITY 

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GREAT, LIVABLE, LIKE BUILDINGS A

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PROVIDE AIR AND LIGHT, WALKABLE 

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SIDEWALKS AND GREEN SPACE. THE 

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COMMUNITY BRINGS THE 

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PERSPECTIVE. I RESPECTFULLY 

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REQUEST THE BE INVOLVED IN THE 

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REDESIGN OF THE DESIGN REVIEW 

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AND WOULD HOPE THAT YOU ENSURE 

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WE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. 

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 

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LISTENING TO THESE COMMENTS. 

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>> THANK YOU. 

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>> WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL IN 

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PERSON SPEAKER AND THAT IS 

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JONATHAN WARREN. 

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>> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR

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REGISTERED SPEAKERS. 

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL 

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NOW MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEMS 

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OF BUSINESS. WITH THE CLERKS 

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READ AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 

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SIX? 

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>> AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX.

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APPOINTMENTS 353633531 

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APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS 

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OF SEATTLE PLANNING COMMISSION 

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FOR TERMS APRIL 15, 2029. 

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BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND 

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POSSIBLE VOTE. 

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>> THANK YOU. WE YOU PLEASE 

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INTRODUCE YOURSELVES ? 

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>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU VERY 

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MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE THIS 

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MORNING. MY NAME IS VANESSA 

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MURDOCK. AM THE EXECUTIVE 

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DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE PLANNING

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COMMISSION. SEATTLE PLANNING 

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COMMISSION IS AN INDEPENDENT 

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ADVISORY BODY TO THIS BODY, CITY

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COUNCIL. THE MAYOR. AND CITY 

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DEPARTMENTS, ON ISSUES RELATED 

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TO HOUSING, LAND-USE AND 

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TRANSPORTATION. AM PLEASED TO 

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TURN IT OVER TO OUR FOUR 

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RECOMMENDED APPOINTEES AND THEN 

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FOR THEM TO BRIEFLY INTRODUCE 

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THEMSELVES AND THEN HAPPY TO 

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ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I WILL 

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TURN OVER TO PATRICK. 

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>> MY NAME IS PATRICK TAYLOR, 

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LONGTIME SEATTLE RESIDENT. IN MY

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DAY JOB I WORK IN ARCHITECTURE 

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FIRM AND ALL FORMS OF HOUSING 

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AND LIVING NORTH BEACON HILL 

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WITH MY WIFE AND CHILDREN. 

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>> GOOD MORNING, I AM T.J. 

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STUTMAN, A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 

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5. MY DAY JOB, I WORKED ON THE 

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STREET IN EXECUTIVE BUDGET 

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OFFICE. AND I AM DELIGHTED TO 

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JOIN THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND

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WORK FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE 

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CITIZENS OF SEATTLE. 

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>> THANK YOU. 

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>> WE ALSO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS 

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ON THE LINE. I BELIEVE HAILEY, 

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WOULD YOU PLEASE GO AHEAD AND 

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INTRODUCE YOURSELF? 

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>> HI, I AM HAILEY KARCHER. AND 

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ENROLLMENT IN PLANNING ANALYST 

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FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND 

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FORMER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER. 

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PROUD RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 2 AND

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HONORED BY THE OPPORTUNITY TO 

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SERVE ON THE SEATTLE PLANNING 

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COMMISSION AND CONTRIBUTE TO 

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MAKING SEATTLE AN AFFORDABLE 

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PLACE FOR WORKING FAMILIES. 

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>> THANK YOU. AMIR? 

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>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND 

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COUNCIL MEMBERS. TANKS FOR THE 

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OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. MY NAME 

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IS TRENT IF I. A CIVIL AND 

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ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER WITH 16 

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YEARS OF EXPERIENCE LEADING 

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ACROSS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 

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SECTORS. WHAT I HOPE TO BRING TO

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THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS A 

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PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION 

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PERSPECTIVE. HELPING CONNECT 

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SEATTLE'S LONG-TERM GOALS WITH 

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WHAT CAN BE BUILT AND DELIVERED.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK 

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YOU, VANESSA, THANK YOU TO ALL 

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OF OUR APPLICANTS FOR THE 

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PLANNING COMMISSION. THANK YOU, 

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REALLY VALUE YOUR SERVICE, YOUR 

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WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP INTO THIS

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POSITION AND TO SERVE THIS 

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CRITICAL ROLE FOR THE CITY. AS 

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YOU HEARD PROBABLY EARLIER, WE 

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DO HAVE QUITE A FEW PUBLIC 

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COMMENTERS FOR PUBLIC HEARING SO

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WE ARE LIMITED IN TIME. I WOULD 

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LOVE TO SPEND MORE TIME GETTING 

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TO KNOW YOU BETTER AND FOR THE 

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PUBLIC TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER

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AND HAVE QUESTIONS, AND 

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CERTAINLY, COLLEAGUES IF YOU 

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HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I 

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WILL COME THEM NOW. NO? OKAY. 

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SINGLE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, 

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AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU 

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BEING HERE TODAY, FOR FOLKS 

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ONLINE AS WELL. AND REALLY 

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APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP. I 

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MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE 

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RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF 

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APPOINTMENT 3536, IS OUR SECOND?

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>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO 

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RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF THE 

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POINTS. ANY FINAL COMMENTS? I 

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DON'T SEE ANY. WILL THE CLERK 

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WHOLE THE ROLE AND RECOGNITION 

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TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS? 

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>> [ ROLL CALL ] THERE ARE FIVE 

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VOTES IN FAVOR. 

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>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE 

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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION WILL BE

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SENT TO BE JULY 7 , 2026 CITY 

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COUNCIL MEETING. CONGRATULATIONS

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AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO BOTH OUR 

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FOLKS IN PERSON AND ONLINE. 

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>> THANK YOU. 

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>> [ APPLAUSE ] 

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>> WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR 

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FOURTH ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL 

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THE CLERK READ AGENDA ITEM 

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NUMBER SEVEN? AN ORDINANCE 

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RELATING TO COUNCIL LAND USE 

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DECISIONS; 

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>> AMENDING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 

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SEVEN.SECTIONS 23.76.050, 

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23.76.062, AND 25.05.680 OF THE 

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SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO 

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CLARIFY PROCESSES FOR COUNCIL 

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LAND USE DECISIONS. FOR PUBLIC 

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HEARING, BRIEFING AND 

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DISCUSSION. 

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>> AS PRESIDING OFFICER I'M 

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OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 

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COUNCIL BILL 121215 REGARDING 

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THE COUNCIL LAND-USE DECISION 

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LEGISLATION. CLERK, HOW MANY 

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SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP? I HAVE 

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THE SHEETS? OKAY. WE HAVE IT 

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LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY

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61 IN PERSON. DO WE KNOW HOW 

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MANY WE HAVE ON THE LINE? 

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>> WE HAVE ROUGHLY 38 ONLINE. 

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>> OKAY. SO, EACH SPEAKER WILL 

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BE PROVIDED ONE MINUTE. SO 

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HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE TIME TO 

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HEAR EVERYBODY. I REALLY 

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APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING HERE 

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THIS MORNING FOR ALL OF THE 

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EFFICACY AND INTEREST IN THIS 

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IMPORTANT LEGISLATION. WE HAVE 

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ALSO GOTTEN A NUMBER OF EMAILS 

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AND HEARD FROM FOLKS IN OTHER 

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WAYS AS WELL. THERE IS A LOT 

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MORE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, 

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BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT

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WE HEAR FROM YOU. SO I WOULD 

420
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LIKE TO JUST MOVE ON AND HEAR 

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DIRECTLY. SO WITH THAT, LET'S 

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SEE, CLERK, I WILL HAND THIS 

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OVER TO YOU TO PRESENT THE 

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INSTRUCTIONS. 

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>> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN 

426
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THE ORDER OF REGISTRATION. 

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REGISTRATION WILL REMAIN OPEN 

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UNTIL CONCLUSION. COMMENT RULES 

429
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APPLY EXCEPT THAT THERE WILL BE 

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TWO MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT. A

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CHILD WILL BE YOUR NOTICE IT'S 

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TIME TO WRAP UP COMMENTS. AT THE

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END OF THE TIME RELATED TO 

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COUNCIL BILL 121215 BEING 

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ACCEPTED AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

436
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SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO BEGIN 

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COMMENTS BY SAYING THEIR NAME. 

438
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WE WILL PROCEED WITH IN SPEAKER 

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FIRST AND THEN REMOTE 

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COMMENTERS. OUR FIRST COMMENTOR 

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IS ALICIA. 

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>> ONE MINUTE. CORRECT. SO TWO 

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MINUTES. SO WE WILL SEE IF WE 

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CAN GET THERE EVER BE. WE HAVE 

445
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QUITE A FEW. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO 

446
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LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO LESS THAN

447
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TWO MINUTES THAT WOULD BE 

448
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GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU, 

449
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LET'S PROCEED. 

450
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>> GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND 

451
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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY 

452
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NAME IS ALICIA, REPRESENTING 

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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SEATTLE, 

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KING COUNTY . I'M HERE AGAIN IN

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SUPPORT OF COUNCIL BILL 121215. 

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TO PUT IT SIMPLY, THIS BILL 

457
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CLOSES A LOOPHOLE THE COST 

458
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SEATTLE TIME IT DOESN'T HAVE , 

459
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STATE LAW SETS FIRM DEADLINES 

460
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FOR UPDATING OUR LAND-USE CODE 

461
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BUT ADMINISTRATIVE SEPA BILLS 

462
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AND 11 STREET ACTIONS HAVE 

463
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PUSHED THOSE TIMELINES BACK. 

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THIS IS A LAYER OF REVIEW STATE 

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LOT NEVER REQUIRED IN THE FIRST 

466
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PLACE. THING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL

467
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PROTECTION CHANGES HERE AND FULL

468
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SEPA REVIEW STAYS AS RIGOROUS AS

469
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IT IS TODAY. WHAT GOES AWAY IS A

470
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SECOND REDUNDANT APPEAL STEP 

471
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THAT OTHER MAJOR CITIES IN OUR 

472
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REGION, INCLUDING BELLEVUE, 

473
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TACOMA AND EVERETT HAVE 

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ELIMINATED WITHOUT INCIDENT. WE 

475
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ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT A 

476
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FEW MONTHS OF DELAY ACTUALLY 

477
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MEANS ON THE GROUND. IT MEANS A 

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FAMILY THE QUALIFIED FOR AN 

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AFFORDABLE HOME TODAY IS STILL 

480
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WAITING NEXT SPRING. IT MEANS A 

481
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CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE SLIPS 

482
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BETWEEN NEW FISCAL YEAR AND 

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FINANCING HAS TO BE 

484
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RENEGOTIATED. THESE AREN'T 

485
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ABSTRACT COSTS. THEY ARE THE 

486
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CONSEQUENCES OF NECESSARY, 

487
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UNNECESSARY DELAY THAT LANDS ON 

488
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THE BACKS OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE

489
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EVERY DAY. HABITAT URGES THIS 

490
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COMMITTEE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL 

491
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121215 WITHOUT DELAY. THANK YOU.

492
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>> THANK YOU. 

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>> NEXT UP WE HAVE SEAN FOLLOWED

494
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BY WOODY, JASON , KEN AND RILEY.

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>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND 

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY 

497
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NAME IS SEAN. A SEATTLE RESIDENT

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AND VOLUNTEER WITH HABITAT FOR 

499
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HUMANITY. I'M HERE TO URGE YOU 

500
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TO PASS CB 121215 AND SEND IT TO

501
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THE FULL COUNCIL. THIS BILL IS A

502
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COMMON SENSE PROCEDURAL REFORM. 

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IT IS NOT ROLL BACK IN MY MENTAL

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PROTECTIONS PUBLIC PROCESS. 

505
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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REMAINS 

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INTACT. WHAT IT DOES DO IS 

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REMOVE A SELF-IMPOSED 

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ADMINISTERED OF APPEAL PROCESS 

509
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FOR LEGISLATIVE LAND-USE 

510
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DECISIONS THAT STATE LAW DOES 

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NOT REQUIRE AND HAS ADDED MONTHS

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OF DELAYS TO NEED HOUSING POLICY

513
00:21:43,535 --> 00:21:44,369
UPDATES. FOR FAMILIES PARTNERING

514
00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:45,170
WITH HABITAT EVERY DELAY 

515
00:21:45,170 --> 00:21:46,872
MATTERS. MEANS STAYING LONGER IN

516
00:21:46,872 --> 00:21:53,412
AFFORDABLE SITUATIONS. IS 

517
00:21:53,412 --> 00:21:54,713
SOMEONE HOPING TO START A FAMILY

518
00:21:54,713 --> 00:21:56,014
IN THE CITY, I WANT MY KIDS TO 

519
00:21:56,014 --> 00:21:57,115
GROW UP IN SEATTLE BELIEVING 

520
00:21:57,115 --> 00:21:58,083
THEY CAN BECOME THE TEACHERS, 

521
00:21:58,083 --> 00:21:59,084
NURSES, OR PUBLIC SERVANTS WE 

522
00:21:59,084 --> 00:22:00,152
NEED WILL ACTUALLY FORDING TO 

523
00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:01,319
LIVE HERE. RATHER THAN BEING -- 

524
00:22:01,319 --> 00:22:04,956
REDUNDANT PROCESS DOES NOT 

525
00:22:04,956 --> 00:22:05,490
IMPROVE VARMINT OUTCOMES. 

526
00:22:05,490 --> 00:22:06,458
SEATTLE SHOULD JOIN KING COUNTY,

527
00:22:06,458 --> 00:22:07,459
BELLEVUE, TACOMA AND EVERETT IN 

528
00:22:07,459 --> 00:22:09,528
STREAMLINING THESE DECISIONS. 

529
00:22:09,528 --> 00:22:10,896
PLEASE PASS 121215 TO THE FULL 

530
00:22:10,896 --> 00:22:12,197
COUNCIL. THANK YOU. 

531
00:22:12,197 --> 00:22:14,633
>> NEXT UP WILL BE FOLLOWED BY 

532
00:22:14,633 --> 00:22:18,437
JASON, KEN AND RILEY. 

533
00:22:18,437 --> 00:22:26,378
>> HELLO. I AM WOODY WHEELER. I 

534
00:22:26,378 --> 00:22:27,546
HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS CALLED 

535
00:22:27,546 --> 00:22:28,447
CONSERVATION CATALYST. I AM A 

536
00:22:28,447 --> 00:22:30,015
GUIDE AND AUTHOR. I AM A NATURE 

537
00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:31,283
PERSON. YOU MIGHT ASKED ME TO 

538
00:22:31,283 --> 00:22:34,753
LEAVE RIGHT NOW. BUT, THIS BILL 

539
00:22:34,753 --> 00:22:36,621
WOULD CREATE AN END RUN AROUND A

540
00:22:36,621 --> 00:22:40,125
VITAL DEMOCRATIC PROCESS THE 

541
00:22:40,125 --> 00:22:43,395
PROTECTS ENVIRONMENT. THERE IS 

542
00:22:43,395 --> 00:22:44,730
NO NEED FOR IT. APPEALS ARE 

543
00:22:44,730 --> 00:22:45,964
RARE, AVERAGING 2.7 PER YEAR 

544
00:22:45,964 --> 00:22:47,833
WITH LESS THAN ONE HOUSING 

545
00:22:47,833 --> 00:22:49,401
RELATED APPEAL ANNUALLY FOR THE 

546
00:22:49,401 --> 00:22:58,777
PAST 10 YEARS. MEANWHILE, 

547
00:22:58,777 --> 00:22:59,711
SEATTLE'S NATURAL HERITAGE IS 

548
00:22:59,711 --> 00:23:00,445
SHRINKING. MORE THAN 7000 TREES 

549
00:23:00,445 --> 00:23:01,980
HAVE BEEN REMOVED SINCE 2023. 

550
00:23:01,980 --> 00:23:03,415
THAT WAS THE YEAR THE TREE 

551
00:23:03,415 --> 00:23:10,388
ORDINANCE WENT INTO EFFECT. 

552
00:23:10,388 --> 00:23:11,056
SEATTLE RANKS FIFTH, SHAMEFULLY,

553
00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:12,324
IN THE NATION FOR URBAN HEAT 

554
00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:13,492
ISLANDS EVEN THOUGH WE ARE THE 

555
00:23:13,492 --> 00:23:15,060
18th LARGEST CITY. WE CAN DO 

556
00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:21,466
BETTER. 400 PEOPLE DIED DURING 

557
00:23:21,466 --> 00:23:22,701
THE JUNE 2021 HEAT WAVE IN KING 

558
00:23:22,701 --> 00:23:23,535
COUNTY. LET'S NOT FORGET THAT. 

559
00:23:23,535 --> 00:23:27,873
THAT HIS RECENT HISTORY. THE 

560
00:23:27,873 --> 00:23:29,241
MAYOR OF A CITY WEST OF MONTRÉAL

561
00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:31,243
CANADA RECENTLY ESTABLISHED A 

562
00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:32,310
VERY STRONG TREE ORDINANCE WHICH

563
00:23:32,310 --> 00:23:38,083
I WISH WE HAD. HERE'S WHAT HE 

564
00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:38,850
SAID. WHEN IT COMES TO FIGHTING 

565
00:23:38,850 --> 00:23:40,585
CLIMATE CHANGE, OUR BIGGEST ALLY

566
00:23:40,585 --> 00:23:43,989
IS TREES. IT IS TIME FOR SEATTLE

567
00:23:43,989 --> 00:23:47,659
TO MAKE THIS REALIZATION, BOAT 

568
00:23:47,659 --> 00:23:49,394
NO ON THIS BILL, PURSUE INSTEAD 

569
00:23:49,394 --> 00:23:54,032
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I SUPPORT 

570
00:23:54,032 --> 00:23:56,034
THAT PERSONALLY FOR MY MONEY, I 

571
00:23:56,034 --> 00:23:57,068
DO VOLUNTEER BOARDWALKS FOR LOW 

572
00:23:57,068 --> 00:24:01,873
INCOME HOUSING. I BELIEVE IN 

573
00:24:01,873 --> 00:24:03,141
THAT. THAT TARGET IS WHAT WE 

574
00:24:03,141 --> 00:24:04,209
NEED, NOT JUST HOUSING THAT IS 

575
00:24:04,209 --> 00:24:05,010
MOSTLY MARKET PLACE HOUSING. 

576
00:24:05,010 --> 00:24:08,446
WITH THAT CLEAR. VOTE NO ON THIS

577
00:24:08,446 --> 00:24:09,281
BILL. PURSUE INSTEAD AFFORDABLE 

578
00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:10,148
HOUSING WILL PROTECTING THE 

579
00:24:10,148 --> 00:24:11,550
TREES THAT MAKE OUR CITY 

580
00:24:11,550 --> 00:24:13,018
HEALTHIER, COOLER. WE CAN DO 

581
00:24:13,018 --> 00:24:13,218
THIS. 

582
00:24:13,218 --> 00:24:13,985
>> THANK YOU. 

583
00:24:13,985 --> 00:24:16,454
>> NEXT UP JASON FOLLOWED BY 

584
00:24:16,454 --> 00:24:17,789
KEN, RILEY AND FOLLOWED BY 

585
00:24:17,789 --> 00:24:24,663
SYDNEY. 

586
00:24:24,663 --> 00:24:25,463
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 

587
00:24:25,463 --> 00:24:27,399
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JASON, A 

588
00:24:27,399 --> 00:24:28,033
HOMEOWNER, RESIDENT DISTRICT 6. 

589
00:24:28,033 --> 00:24:38,577
I AM HERE IN FAVOR OF CB 121215.

590
00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:46,218
THIS BILL WOULD STREAMLINE THE 

591
00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:46,852
APPROVAL OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING 

592
00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:47,752
WHICH IS URGENTLY NEEDED IN THE 

593
00:24:47,752 --> 00:24:48,487
CITY. SEATTLE DECLARED A STATE 

594
00:24:48,487 --> 00:24:49,254
OF EMERGENCY ABOUT HOMELESSNESS 

595
00:24:49,254 --> 00:24:50,555
13 YEARS AGO. AND UNFORTUNATELY 

596
00:24:50,555 --> 00:24:51,056
OUR HOMELESS POPULATION 

597
00:24:51,056 --> 00:24:51,857
CONTINUES TO RISE TO RECORD 

598
00:24:51,857 --> 00:24:52,858
LEVELS. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. 

599
00:24:52,858 --> 00:24:54,359
IT'S ALSO NOT ACCEPTABLE IS BAD

600
00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:55,360
FAITH DELAYS OF VITALLY NEEDED 

601
00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:55,827
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 

602
00:24:55,827 --> 00:24:56,428
TIME-CONSUMING APPEALS DELAY 

603
00:24:56,428 --> 00:24:59,831
CREATION OF HOUSING FOR NEEDIEST

604
00:24:59,831 --> 00:25:00,899
NEIGHBORS AND I AM REALLY 

605
00:25:00,899 --> 00:25:01,833
GRATEFUL TO CITY COUNCIL FOR 

606
00:25:01,833 --> 00:25:03,034
REDUCING THE OVERHEAD TO CREATE 

607
00:25:03,034 --> 00:25:04,236
THE PORTAL HOUSING THAT ARE CITY

608
00:25:04,236 --> 00:25:05,403
NEEDS. THANK YOU AND I ENCOURAGE

609
00:25:05,403 --> 00:25:06,605
YOU TO MOVE THIS BILL. 

610
00:25:06,605 --> 00:25:07,372
>> THANK YOU. 

611
00:25:07,372 --> 00:25:08,974
>> NEXT WE HAVE KEN FOLLOWED BY 

612
00:25:08,974 --> 00:25:17,616
RILEY. 

613
00:25:17,616 --> 00:25:20,418
>> HI. I GROUP IN SEATTLE. FOR 

614
00:25:20,418 --> 00:25:30,962
AROUND 30 YEARS. I AM OPPOSED TO

615
00:25:31,730 --> 00:25:32,797
THIS BILL. I WANT TO ASK YOU, 

616
00:25:32,797 --> 00:25:33,365
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE 

617
00:25:33,365 --> 00:25:34,399
GOVERNMENT MAKE A MISTAKE?  HAVE

618
00:25:34,399 --> 00:25:35,467
YOU SEEN DEVELOPERS MAKE A 

619
00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:37,068
MISTAKE? HAVE YOU EVER MADE A 

620
00:25:37,068 --> 00:25:38,136
MISTAKE? THIS BILL WILL REMOVE 

621
00:25:38,136 --> 00:25:39,404
THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO POINT 

622
00:25:39,404 --> 00:25:40,405
THIS OUT BEFORE YOU MAKE 

623
00:25:40,405 --> 00:25:41,606
MISTAKES. WHEN YOU FAST TRACK OF

624
00:25:41,606 --> 00:25:42,874
ELEMENT YOUR FAST TRACKING 

625
00:25:42,874 --> 00:25:45,911
MISTAKES. LOOK AT BALLARD. 

626
00:25:45,911 --> 00:25:47,345
BALLARD IS A DISASTER. AND A 

627
00:25:47,345 --> 00:25:47,946
FINANCIAL DISASTER. IN GREEN 

628
00:25:47,946 --> 00:25:50,448
LAKE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE 

629
00:25:50,448 --> 00:25:51,950
ROOSEVELT AREA HAS RAISE THE 

630
00:25:51,950 --> 00:25:54,286
TEMPERATURE , AS A PREVIOUS 

631
00:25:54,286 --> 00:25:56,354
SPEAKER SAID. THE HEAT ISLAND IS

632
00:25:56,354 --> 00:26:00,425
DRAMATIC IN SEATTLE. WE NEED TO 

633
00:26:00,425 --> 00:26:01,693
REVERSE THIS. WE NEED TREES. WE 

634
00:26:01,693 --> 00:26:07,365
NEED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THESE

635
00:26:07,365 --> 00:26:08,033
DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGE THEM 

636
00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:08,667
IF THEY NEED CHALLENGING. THE 

637
00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:10,268
ONLY REASON I SEE YOU WANT TO DO

638
00:26:10,268 --> 00:26:14,039
THIS IS TO INCREASE DEVELOPER 

639
00:26:14,039 --> 00:26:15,307
PROFITS. BECAUSE OF ELEMENT IS 

640
00:26:15,307 --> 00:26:16,641
GOING TO COME, WE CAN DO IT 

641
00:26:16,641 --> 00:26:18,076
RIGHT OR WE CAN DO IT WRONG. I 

642
00:26:18,076 --> 00:26:19,511
HAVE LIVED IN THE NEW YORK CITY 

643
00:26:19,511 --> 00:26:20,679
AREA. I MOVED FROM THE EAST 

644
00:26:20,679 --> 00:26:22,247
COAST TO HEAR TO GET AWAY FROM 

645
00:26:22,247 --> 00:26:23,548
THAT. AND WHEN I SEE SEATTLE 

646
00:26:23,548 --> 00:26:24,349
CHANGING INTO SOMETHING THAT 

647
00:26:24,349 --> 00:26:26,518
RESEMBLES NEW YORK CITY, IT IS 

648
00:26:26,518 --> 00:26:28,320
VERY SAD TO SEE WE ARE GOING IN 

649
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,589
THAT DIRECTION. I HOPE YOU VOTE 

650
00:26:31,589 --> 00:26:32,824
YES FOR THIS POLICY. 

651
00:26:32,824 --> 00:26:35,860
>> THANK YOU. 

652
00:26:35,860 --> 00:26:37,495
>> NEXT UP RILEY FOLLOWED BY 

653
00:26:37,495 --> 00:26:43,735
SARAH AND MARTHA. 

654
00:26:43,735 --> 00:26:44,769
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS 

655
00:26:44,769 --> 00:26:46,438
RILEY FROM A SEATTLE. I WANT TO 

656
00:26:46,438 --> 00:26:47,772
RECOGNIZE THIS FORM OF COMMENT 

657
00:26:47,772 --> 00:26:51,876
IS UNREPRESENTED AND BIASED 

658
00:26:51,876 --> 00:26:53,278
TOWARDS PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE 

659
00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:54,145
ABLE TO SPEND THEIR WEEKDAY 

660
00:26:54,145 --> 00:26:55,547
MORNING HERE. I URGE YOU TO PASS

661
00:26:55,547 --> 00:26:56,748
THIS BILL. WE DON'T WANT ONE 

662
00:26:56,748 --> 00:26:58,650
PERSON TO WASTE WHEN IT COMES TO

663
00:26:58,650 --> 00:26:59,617
WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS BUT WHEN 

664
00:26:59,617 --> 00:27:01,619
IT COMES TO ALLOWING MORE HOMES,

665
00:27:01,619 --> 00:27:05,824
WE DO. TO THE WORKER FORCED TO 

666
00:27:05,824 --> 00:27:06,591
CHOOSE BETWEEN GROCERIES AND 

667
00:27:06,591 --> 00:27:07,792
RENT, TO THE PERSON EVICTED WITH

668
00:27:07,792 --> 00:27:09,461
NOWHERE TO GO, TO THE FAMILY 

669
00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:19,604
FINALLY ROSE IN THE TOWEL AND 

670
00:27:19,604 --> 00:27:20,305
MOVE SOMEWHERE THEY CAN AFFORD, 

671
00:27:20,305 --> 00:27:22,007
WE SAY TO THEM, YOU CAN WAIT SIX

672
00:27:22,007 --> 00:27:23,008
MONTHS WHILE WE FIDDLE OUR 

673
00:27:23,008 --> 00:27:23,775
THUMBS. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT 

674
00:27:23,775 --> 00:27:24,976
THESE APPEALS ARE. A WASTE OF 

675
00:27:24,976 --> 00:27:26,344
TIME ANYWAY TO RUN DOWN THE 

676
00:27:26,344 --> 00:27:27,212
CLOCK. BUILDING MORE HOMES IS 

677
00:27:27,212 --> 00:27:28,113
GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, 

678
00:27:28,113 --> 00:27:29,114
RECOGNIZING THIS THE STATE HAS 

679
00:27:29,114 --> 00:27:30,081
PROBABLY OF LIMITED APPEALS AS 

680
00:27:30,081 --> 00:27:31,149
OF KING COUNTY, BELLEVUE, TACOMA

681
00:27:31,149 --> 00:27:32,150
AND EVERETT. IS FURTHER EVIDENCE

682
00:27:32,150 --> 00:27:32,984
SEATTLE'S APPEAL PROCESS IS 

683
00:27:32,984 --> 00:27:34,052
NEVER RESULTED IN A SUBSTANTIVE 

684
00:27:34,052 --> 00:27:35,620
CHANGE MUCH LESS TO THE PLAN 

685
00:27:35,620 --> 00:27:40,291
ANALYZE. STATUS QUO IS NOT 

686
00:27:40,291 --> 00:27:41,192
NEUTRAL AND WASTING TIME TO 

687
00:27:41,192 --> 00:27:41,826
PRESERVE IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. 

688
00:27:41,826 --> 00:27:42,794
PLEASE PASS THIS BILL. THANK 

689
00:27:42,794 --> 00:27:42,994
YOU. 

690
00:27:42,994 --> 00:27:43,928
>> THANK YOU. 

691
00:27:43,928 --> 00:27:45,030
>> NEXT WE HAVE SYDNEY FOLLOWED 

692
00:27:45,030 --> 00:27:46,631
BY SARAH, MARTHA AND SUSAN. 

693
00:27:46,631 --> 00:27:49,567
>> I AM SANDY SHETLER WITH TREE 

694
00:27:49,567 --> 00:27:57,876
ACTION SEATTLE. MESSAGING ON 

695
00:27:57,876 --> 00:27:58,910
THIS BILL CLAIMS THAT SEEP 

696
00:27:58,910 --> 00:27:59,544
APPEALS ARE REDUNDANT BECAUSE, 

697
00:27:59,544 --> 00:28:00,712
I, SEATTLE IS A NATIONAL LEADER 

698
00:28:00,712 --> 00:28:01,546
IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND 

699
00:28:01,546 --> 00:28:02,380
COEXISTENCE BETWEEN HUMANS AND 

700
00:28:02,380 --> 00:28:03,615
THE BEAUTIFUL NATURE THAT 

701
00:28:03,615 --> 00:28:04,816
SURROUNDS US. BUT THE DATA TELLS

702
00:28:04,816 --> 00:28:08,653
A DIFFERENT STORY. OUR AIR IS 

703
00:28:08,653 --> 00:28:10,321
WORSE. THE EPA REPORTS THAT ARE 

704
00:28:10,321 --> 00:28:12,323
FINE PARTICLE POLLUTION NOT FROM

705
00:28:12,323 --> 00:28:15,994
WILDFIRES JUMPED OVER 17% IN THE

706
00:28:15,994 --> 00:28:19,864
LAST DECADE. AND IT IS 10% 

707
00:28:19,864 --> 00:28:21,066
HIGHER THAN SIMILAR NICETIES. WE

708
00:28:21,066 --> 00:28:24,636
ARE OVERHEATING. I MET CENTRAL 

709
00:28:24,636 --> 00:28:26,137
BANKS IS FIFTH IN THE NATION FOR

710
00:28:26,137 --> 00:28:27,605
URBAN HEAT ISLANDS. OUR TREES 

711
00:28:27,605 --> 00:28:32,610
ARE DISAPPEARING. CITY DATA 

712
00:28:32,610 --> 00:28:34,045
SHOWS WE LOST OVER 7000 TREES IN

713
00:28:34,045 --> 00:28:35,980
2.5 YEARS. MOST OF THEM HAVE 

714
00:28:35,980 --> 00:28:41,419
TRUNKS OVER A FOOT IN DIAMETER. 

715
00:28:41,419 --> 00:28:43,121
THIS SHOWS THAT THIS IS NOT THE 

716
00:28:43,121 --> 00:28:44,289
TIME TO BE PATTING OURSELVES ON 

717
00:28:44,289 --> 00:28:49,227
THE BACK AND ELIMINATING THE 

718
00:28:49,227 --> 00:28:49,828
PUBLIC'S OVERSIGHT OF THE 

719
00:28:49,828 --> 00:28:51,162
ENVIRONMENT. WE NEED TO FIX WHAT

720
00:28:51,162 --> 00:28:53,064
IS BROKEN. PLEASE REJECT 121215.

721
00:28:53,064 --> 00:28:53,498
THANK YOU. 

722
00:28:53,498 --> 00:28:55,066
>> THANK YOU, SANDY. 

723
00:28:55,066 --> 00:28:58,870
>> NEXT IS SARAH. 

724
00:28:58,870 --> 00:29:03,341
>> HI. I AM SARAH. THE SIX 

725
00:29:03,341 --> 00:29:04,209
RESIDENT AND PROJECT DIRECTOR 

726
00:29:04,209 --> 00:29:06,411
FOR THE ROBERT EAGLE STAFF MANY 

727
00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:07,512
FOREST. I'M HERE TO STRONGLY 

728
00:29:07,512 --> 00:29:13,718
URGE YOU TO REJECT 121215. THE 

729
00:29:13,718 --> 00:29:15,053
EIS FOR THE COMP PLAN WRONGLY 

730
00:29:15,053 --> 00:29:15,954
ASSUMES REPLACING ARE HEALTHY 

731
00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:17,055
MATURE TREES WITH NEW TREES IS 

732
00:29:17,055 --> 00:29:18,123
EQUIVALENT. THIS IS A SERIOUS 

733
00:29:18,123 --> 00:29:22,193
AND DANGEROUS ERROR. IT TAKES 

734
00:29:22,193 --> 00:29:23,194
FOUR DECADES FOR SAPLINGS TO 

735
00:29:23,194 --> 00:29:24,062
ACHIEVE SIMILAR COOLING BENEFITS

736
00:29:24,062 --> 00:29:26,898
MATURE TREES PROVIDE TODAY. LOW 

737
00:29:26,898 --> 00:29:27,599
CANOPIES SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOODS 

738
00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:30,535
ARE ALREADY 20 PLUS DEGREES 

739
00:29:30,535 --> 00:29:36,908
WARMER -- THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE

740
00:29:36,908 --> 00:29:38,109
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH IN HEAT 

741
00:29:38,109 --> 00:29:41,613
WAVE. NEW PLANTINGS DON'T COMBAT

742
00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:43,148
URBAN HEAT ISLAND IMPACTS AND 

743
00:29:43,148 --> 00:29:43,748
INCREASINGLY CAN'T SURVIVE 

744
00:29:43,748 --> 00:29:47,385
THEM. IT WAS CITIZEN REVIEW THAT

745
00:29:47,385 --> 00:29:48,953
FLAGGED THIS EGREGIOUS ERROR IN 

746
00:29:48,953 --> 00:29:52,390
THE EIS. IT IS US, YOUR 

747
00:29:52,390 --> 00:29:53,558
CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE YOUR ALLIES

748
00:29:53,558 --> 00:29:57,195
IN THIS PROCESS. LIKING 

749
00:29:57,195 --> 00:29:58,263
DANGEROUS MISTAKES LIKE THIS ONE

750
00:29:58,263 --> 00:29:59,564
BEFORE THEY BECOME ENTRENCHED IN

751
00:29:59,564 --> 00:30:02,133
LAW. THIS BILL WOULD REMOVE THAT

752
00:30:02,133 --> 00:30:02,867
CRITICAL CHECK AND FURTHER 

753
00:30:02,867 --> 00:30:10,074
AMPLIFY THE ALREADY OUTSIZED 

754
00:30:10,074 --> 00:30:11,075
INFLUENCE OF LOBBYISTS WHO 

755
00:30:11,075 --> 00:30:11,809
ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES THAT 

756
00:30:11,809 --> 00:30:13,411
BENEFIT THEIR BOTTOM LINE AT THE

757
00:30:13,411 --> 00:30:14,045
EXPENSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND 

758
00:30:14,045 --> 00:30:15,180
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. PLEASE

759
00:30:15,180 --> 00:30:16,614
REJECT CB 121215. THANK YOU. 

760
00:30:16,614 --> 00:30:17,882
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE MARTHA 

761
00:30:17,882 --> 00:30:25,523
FOLLOWED BY SUZANNE AND STEVE 

762
00:30:25,523 --> 00:30:26,024
AND KATHY. 

763
00:30:26,024 --> 00:30:27,091
>> HELLO. GOOD MORNING, GOOD 

764
00:30:27,091 --> 00:30:28,359
AFTERNOON, WHAT IS IT? GOOD 

765
00:30:28,359 --> 00:30:29,394
MORNING. THE RATIONALE BEHIND 

766
00:30:29,394 --> 00:30:31,129
THIS 121215 , AN AMENDMENT THAT 

767
00:30:31,129 --> 00:30:32,263
WOULD ELIMINATE ENVIRONMENTAL 

768
00:30:32,263 --> 00:30:36,501
PEELS ON ALL CITY LAND-USE 

769
00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:37,035
LEGISLATION AND ANY CITY 

770
00:30:37,035 --> 00:30:47,045
BUILDING PROJECT IS LIKE 

771
00:30:47,045 --> 00:30:47,679
TRUMP'S CLAIMS ABOUT VOTER 

772
00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:48,646
FRAUD. AN EXERCISE IN DECEPTION.

773
00:30:48,646 --> 00:30:49,414
TRUMP'S CRUSADE ISN'T ABOUT 

774
00:30:49,414 --> 00:30:50,315
THE NATION'S ELECTION, IT'S 

775
00:30:50,315 --> 00:30:50,949
ABOUT DISENFRANCHISING VOTERS. 

776
00:30:50,949 --> 00:30:53,451
IN THIS CASE, CB 121215 ISN'T 

777
00:30:53,451 --> 00:30:54,986
ABOUT REFORM. IT'S ABOUT TAKING

778
00:30:54,986 --> 00:30:55,653
AWAY ONE AVENUE ORDINARY PEOPLE 

779
00:30:55,653 --> 00:30:56,721
HAVE TO ADDRESS CRITICAL 

780
00:30:56,721 --> 00:30:58,223
ENVIRONMENT ISSUES THE CITY IS 

781
00:30:58,223 --> 00:30:59,891
IGNORING. THE ENVIRONMENTAL 

782
00:30:59,891 --> 00:31:02,460
IMPACTS OF THE COMP PLAN ARE 

783
00:31:02,460 --> 00:31:08,666
ENORMOUS. REDUCED HEAT ISLANDS ,

784
00:31:08,666 --> 00:31:09,934
BECAUSE OF CLEARCUTTING 

785
00:31:09,934 --> 00:31:10,568
THOUSANDS OF MATURE TREES, 

786
00:31:10,568 --> 00:31:11,669
OBSERVING NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS 

787
00:31:11,669 --> 00:31:12,403
SEATTLE THAT HAVE ALREADY 

788
00:31:12,403 --> 00:31:14,305
OBSERVED THIS INVESTMENT AND 

789
00:31:14,305 --> 00:31:15,640
DISPLACEMENT AND THINKING MARKET

790
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:20,445
HOUSING WILL SOMEHOW UPLIFT. 

791
00:31:20,445 --> 00:31:21,479
STORMWATER RUNOFF BECAUSE OF THE

792
00:31:21,479 --> 00:31:22,914
LOSS OF TREES AND POLLUTED 

793
00:31:22,914 --> 00:31:27,919
WATERS FOR THE REGIONS DWINDLING

794
00:31:27,919 --> 00:31:29,254
ICONIC SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCA'S.

795
00:31:29,254 --> 00:31:31,489
ADD RULES THAT ALLOW 90% HARD 

796
00:31:31,489 --> 00:31:32,423
SCAPE COVERAGE ON RESIDENTIAL 

797
00:31:32,423 --> 00:31:38,429
LOTS WITH NO SETBACKS AND ANYONE

798
00:31:38,429 --> 00:31:39,464
LONGING FOR LIVABLE CITY WHERE 

799
00:31:39,464 --> 00:31:40,398
DENSITY COEXISTS WITH THE 

800
00:31:40,398 --> 00:31:41,099
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT CAN KISS 

801
00:31:41,099 --> 00:31:42,600
THAT DREAM GOODBYE. THE SPONSOR 

802
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,570
OF THE AMENDMENT ALLEGES THAT 

803
00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:51,509
APPEALS COST MONEY BUT 

804
00:31:51,509 --> 00:31:52,243
ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS ARE 

805
00:31:52,243 --> 00:31:53,111
UNCOMMON. IN FACT SEATTLE 

806
00:31:53,111 --> 00:31:54,112
AVERAGES JUST UNDER THREE PER 

807
00:31:54,112 --> 00:31:57,081
YEAR WITH ONLY EIGHT OF THE 27 

808
00:31:57,081 --> 00:31:57,682
TOTAL APPEALS OVER THE PAST 

809
00:31:57,682 --> 00:32:00,718
DECADE INVOLVING HOUSING. YES, 

810
00:32:00,718 --> 00:32:01,419
MANY WASHINGTON STATE 

811
00:32:01,419 --> 00:32:02,720
JURISDICTIONS ALLOW CITIZENS 

812
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,622
ENVIRONMENTAL PEELS. HE 

813
00:32:04,622 --> 00:32:14,365
CORRECTLY NOTES TACOMA AND 

814
00:32:14,365 --> 00:32:15,266
EVERETT AND BILBY DO NOT BUT 

815
00:32:15,266 --> 00:32:15,867
SPOKANE, KENT, OLYMPIA, 

816
00:32:15,867 --> 00:32:16,668
VANCOUVER, SNOHOMISH AND PIERCE 

817
00:32:16,668 --> 00:32:18,102
COUNTIES DO. I URGE YOU TO NOT 

818
00:32:18,102 --> 00:32:18,936
APPROVE COUNCIL BILL 121215. 

819
00:32:18,936 --> 00:32:19,370
THANK YOU. 

820
00:32:19,370 --> 00:32:28,179
>> THANK YOU. 

821
00:32:28,179 --> 00:32:32,583
>> I AM SUZANNE GRANT. DON'T 

822
00:32:32,583 --> 00:32:33,851
ALWAYS SEEM TO GO THAT YOU 

823
00:32:33,851 --> 00:32:34,852
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT 

824
00:32:34,852 --> 00:32:36,287
UNTIL IT'S GONE? HOW MANY OF 

825
00:32:36,287 --> 00:32:37,422
YOU HAVE WITNESSED THE 

826
00:32:37,422 --> 00:32:43,194
DISMEMBERING OF 100-YEAR-OLD 

827
00:32:43,194 --> 00:32:44,562
TREE AS ITS LIMBS CRASHED TO THE

828
00:32:44,562 --> 00:32:46,064
GROUND TO MAKE WAY FOR A PARKING

829
00:32:46,064 --> 00:32:47,065
SPACE OR YET ANOTHER ONE 

830
00:32:47,065 --> 00:32:47,665
MILLION-DOLLAR HOUSE THAT 

831
00:32:47,665 --> 00:32:50,168
COULD'VE BEEN REDESIGNED? SDCI 

832
00:32:50,168 --> 00:32:55,373
AND YOU ARE PAID CITY 

833
00:32:55,373 --> 00:32:55,973
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE NOT DONE 

834
00:32:55,973 --> 00:32:57,442
ENOUGH TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL 

835
00:32:57,442 --> 00:33:05,383
RESOURCES. OUR TREES, MATURE 

836
00:33:05,383 --> 00:33:06,317
TREES, ORCA. YOU NEED VOLUNTEER 

837
00:33:06,317 --> 00:33:07,618
CITIZENS TO HELP. TO ASK ABOUT 

838
00:33:07,618 --> 00:33:08,720
HER MENTAL IMPACTS, FIRE SAFETY,

839
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:09,354
UTILITY AND TRAFFIC IMPACTS. 

840
00:33:09,354 --> 00:33:10,421
BANNING APPEALS ERASES 

841
00:33:10,421 --> 00:33:11,589
ACCOUNTABILITY. WE DID NOT ELECT

842
00:33:11,589 --> 00:33:16,894
YOU TO TAKE AWAY THE VOICE OF 

843
00:33:16,894 --> 00:33:17,829
THE PEOPLE. STRIPPING THE MOST 

844
00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:18,830
ACCESSIBLE COMMITTEE REVIEW 

845
00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:26,471
MECHANISM REMOVES THE LAST 

846
00:33:26,471 --> 00:33:27,205
FORMAL CHECK AVAILABLE TO 

847
00:33:27,205 --> 00:33:27,939
RESIDENTS. ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH

848
00:33:27,939 --> 00:33:29,140
THE LEAST POLITICAL POWER. 

849
00:33:29,140 --> 00:33:34,712
APPEALS GIVE RESIDENTS AN 

850
00:33:34,712 --> 00:33:35,279
INDEPENDENT REVIEW BEFORE 

851
00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:35,880
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSUMPTIONS ARE 

852
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,015
LOCKED INTO LAW AND BEFORE TREES

853
00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:38,216
ARE REMOVED OR PROJECTS BEGIN. 

854
00:33:38,216 --> 00:33:39,017
PLEASE RETAIN THE CURRENT 

855
00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:39,817
REQUIREMENT THAT ALL COUNCIL 

856
00:33:39,817 --> 00:33:42,019
ORIGINATED BILLS HAVE A 

857
00:33:42,019 --> 00:33:44,689
DIRECTOR'S REPORT. I AM 

858
00:33:44,689 --> 00:33:46,357
STANDING UP FOR OUR RIGHT TO 

859
00:33:46,357 --> 00:33:48,626
PROTECT. 

860
00:33:48,626 --> 00:33:49,527
>> THANK YOU. 

861
00:33:49,527 --> 00:33:53,030
>> NEXT UP FOLLOWED BY KATHY, 

862
00:33:53,030 --> 00:34:01,639
FREDA AND KIM. 

863
00:34:01,639 --> 00:34:04,375
>> WE STILL NEED A BETTER 

864
00:34:04,375 --> 00:34:08,746
SEATTLE. THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS 

865
00:34:08,746 --> 00:34:10,715
FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING WERE THE

866
00:34:10,715 --> 00:34:14,185
ONLY ONES DOWNSTAIRS IN LINE. OF

867
00:34:14,185 --> 00:34:19,924
COURSE THEY SPOKE FOR IT. I HAVE

868
00:34:19,924 --> 00:34:21,025
SEEN THIS BEFORE. BUT IT'S BEEN

869
00:34:21,025 --> 00:34:22,527
A WHILE. I JUST LIKE TO SAY, AS 

870
00:34:22,527 --> 00:34:24,295
A CITIZEN I FIND THAT 

871
00:34:24,295 --> 00:34:26,731
CONTEMPTIBLE AND IT HAS BEEN 

872
00:34:26,731 --> 00:34:31,536
DONE BY COUNCILS BEFORE BUT I 

873
00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:32,503
DON'T THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE 

874
00:34:32,503 --> 00:34:38,009
THE PRACTICE. MANY YEARS AGO I 

875
00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:38,676
ATTENDED A PUBLIC HEARING, I 

876
00:34:38,676 --> 00:34:39,911
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THE FIRST 

877
00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:41,245
SPEAKER AND THEY BROUGHT OUT A 

878
00:34:41,245 --> 00:34:42,880
PAGE AND A HALF OF OPPONENTS WHO

879
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:44,749
SPOKE BEFORE THE PEOPLE WHO 

880
00:34:44,749 --> 00:34:46,451
SHOWED UP AT THE TIME APPOINTED 

881
00:34:46,451 --> 00:34:50,288
AND WHEN THE SIGN UP SHEET WAS 

882
00:34:50,288 --> 00:34:51,489
SUPPOSED TO COME OUT. SEATTLE IS

883
00:34:51,489 --> 00:34:53,124
STILL CAPABLE OF THAT LOVE OF 

884
00:34:53,124 --> 00:34:56,561
DEVELOPERS. GETTING MORE TO THE 

885
00:34:56,561 --> 00:34:59,030
SUBJECT, GETTING RID OF SEPA IS 

886
00:34:59,030 --> 00:35:01,099
LIKE IN YOUR HOUSE PUTTING A 

887
00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:05,770
PENNY IN THE FUSE BOX. AND, 

888
00:35:05,770 --> 00:35:06,938
SEATTLE HAS BEEN MORE THAN 

889
00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,072
WILLING TO PUT PENNIES IN THE 

890
00:35:08,072 --> 00:35:09,373
FUSE BOX WHEN BIG-TIME 

891
00:35:09,373 --> 00:35:13,010
DEVELOPERS WANT SOMETHING. THEY 

892
00:35:13,010 --> 00:35:13,911
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A VERY BIG 

893
00:35:13,911 --> 00:35:18,082
GIVER TO PEOPLE WITH ZONING 

894
00:35:18,082 --> 00:35:19,550
POWER. IT APPEARS THEY ARE ALSO 

895
00:35:19,550 --> 00:35:21,686
GIVING TO STATE LEGISLATURES AND

896
00:35:21,686 --> 00:35:24,021
NATIONAL AT THIS POINT. SEATTLE 

897
00:35:24,021 --> 00:35:25,323
HAS NOT EXPERIENCED BETTER 

898
00:35:25,323 --> 00:35:27,291
HOUSING OR CHEAPER HOUSING UNDER

899
00:35:27,291 --> 00:35:30,228
THEIR TUTELAGE. THE DEVELOPERS 

900
00:35:30,228 --> 00:35:36,534
ARE MUCH LIKE THEIR INSTITUTES 

901
00:35:36,534 --> 00:35:37,902
ARE LIKE THE TOBACCO AND 

902
00:35:37,902 --> 00:35:38,569
PETROLEUM INSTITUTES. PROFIT IS 

903
00:35:38,569 --> 00:35:39,470
WHAT THEREFORE. NOT FOR GOOD 

904
00:35:39,470 --> 00:35:44,408
CITIES. I SUGGEST WE NOT GO BY 

905
00:35:44,408 --> 00:35:45,843
PUTTING A PENNY IN THE FUSE BOX.

906
00:35:45,843 --> 00:35:47,178
I THINK WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO 

907
00:35:47,178 --> 00:35:50,648
CITIZENS AND I HOPE THAT 

908
00:35:50,648 --> 00:35:51,649
POLITICIANS GET JUDGED FOR THEIR

909
00:35:51,649 --> 00:35:57,321
DEEDS, IN OTHER WORDS. MY HOPE 

910
00:35:57,321 --> 00:36:00,291
ALSO IS THAT WE CAN MAKE LESS 

911
00:36:00,291 --> 00:36:02,426
EXPENSIVE HOUSING. THINK ABOUT 

912
00:36:02,426 --> 00:36:08,299
RAISING. 

913
00:36:08,299 --> 00:36:09,300
>> THANK YOU, STEVE. 

914
00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:14,472
>> NEXT UP IS KATHY. 

915
00:36:14,472 --> 00:36:19,277
>> HI. I WANT YOU TO REJECT CB 

916
00:36:19,277 --> 00:36:29,820
121215. BILL 121215. I WANT US 

917
00:36:31,989 --> 00:36:33,691
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE

918
00:36:33,691 --> 00:36:38,396
TABLE. THIS IS THE LAST DAY THAT

919
00:36:38,396 --> 00:36:39,730
WE CAN. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE 

920
00:36:39,730 --> 00:36:40,932
HAS NOT BEEN THAT MANY TIMES 

921
00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:46,971
THAT HE HAS BEEN ENACTED. AS A 

922
00:36:46,971 --> 00:36:49,807
PERSON WHO GREW UP IN SEATTLE, I

923
00:36:49,807 --> 00:36:53,978
UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THE 

924
00:36:53,978 --> 00:36:56,280
ENVIRONMENT HAS CHANGED . THE 

925
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,082
OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS HAVE LESS SNOW

926
00:36:58,082 --> 00:37:00,718
ON THEM IN THE WINTER THAN THEY 

927
00:37:00,718 --> 00:37:03,821
USED TO HAVE IN THE SUMMER. 

928
00:37:03,821 --> 00:37:05,256
URBAN HEAT IS GETTING MUCH 

929
00:37:05,256 --> 00:37:08,492
HIGHER. I LIVE IN BALLARD. I'M 

930
00:37:08,492 --> 00:37:09,560
ABOUT SEVEN BLOCKS FROM THE 

931
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,996
LIBRARY. I AM OLD. THE HEAT 

932
00:37:11,996 --> 00:37:17,001
REALLY AFFECTS ME. I FEEL A 

933
00:37:17,001 --> 00:37:18,569
TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE IN THE 

934
00:37:18,569 --> 00:37:19,770
BLOCKS WHERE THERE IS NO SHADE 

935
00:37:19,770 --> 00:37:23,074
IN THE ONES THAT DO. WE'RE 

936
00:37:23,074 --> 00:37:24,408
TALKING ABOUT YOU BUILDING A 

937
00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:29,780
CITY THAT PROVIDES FOR PEOPLE , 

938
00:37:29,780 --> 00:37:30,982
A PLACE TO LIVE. BUT ALSO A 

939
00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:35,019
PLACE TO SURVIVE. IF YOU CREATE 

940
00:37:35,019 --> 00:37:37,121
A CITY THAT IS NOT SURVIVABLE IN

941
00:37:37,121 --> 00:37:39,690
HEAT, YOU WILL NOT SAVE THE 

942
00:37:39,690 --> 00:37:44,629
FOREST AND THE LANDS OUT THERE. 

943
00:37:44,629 --> 00:37:45,763
PEOPLE WILL LEAVE BECAUSE THEY 

944
00:37:45,763 --> 00:37:47,698
WANT TO SURVIVE. YOU SAW THAT 

945
00:37:47,698 --> 00:37:48,899
DURING COVID. THE PEOPLE WHO 

946
00:37:48,899 --> 00:37:50,568
HAVE THE MEANS GOT OUT OF TOWN. 

947
00:37:50,568 --> 00:37:53,371
YOU KNOW, SO DON'T CREATE A 

948
00:37:53,371 --> 00:37:57,808
CITY WHERE THE POOR ARE GOING TO

949
00:37:57,808 --> 00:38:08,252
DIE. THIS IS DRASTIC. AND THE 

950
00:38:08,252 --> 00:38:13,357
MASTER BUILDERS HAVE A HUGE SEAT

951
00:38:13,357 --> 00:38:14,458
AT THE TABLE. PLEASE GIVE THE 

952
00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:15,159
REST OF US A SEAT. 

953
00:38:15,159 --> 00:38:18,763
>> THANK YOU. 

954
00:38:18,763 --> 00:38:25,736
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE FREDA. 

955
00:38:25,736 --> 00:38:31,742
FOLLOWED BY DARLA, KIM, HANS AND

956
00:38:31,742 --> 00:38:32,543
AUGUSTINE. 

957
00:38:32,543 --> 00:38:36,614
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. MY NAME

958
00:38:36,614 --> 00:38:41,419
IS FRITZ. I AM A HOMEOWNER IN 

959
00:38:41,419 --> 00:38:48,959
SEATTLE. MY HOUSE IN THE AREA. 

960
00:38:48,959 --> 00:38:50,194
HAS TWO HERITAGE TREES AND THEY 

961
00:38:50,194 --> 00:38:52,730
ARE NOW UNDERGOING A VERY 

962
00:38:52,730 --> 00:38:53,964
EXPENSIVE PROCESS TO PUT A 

963
00:38:53,964 --> 00:38:58,002
CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THEM. 

964
00:38:58,002 --> 00:39:03,841
TO KEEP DEVELOPERS FROM CUTTING 

965
00:39:03,841 --> 00:39:06,010
THEM DOWN. EXCUSE ME. ANYWAY. I 

966
00:39:06,010 --> 00:39:09,313
AM HERE OF COURSE DEVOTE NO OR 

967
00:39:09,313 --> 00:39:13,818
TO URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON CHAIR 

968
00:39:13,818 --> 00:39:15,586
LIN'S PROPOSAL. IT SEEMS TO ME 

969
00:39:15,586 --> 00:39:17,021
INITIALLY THIS IS AN 

970
00:39:17,021 --> 00:39:18,556
OVERREACTION TO JENNIFER 

971
00:39:18,556 --> 00:39:21,158
GOTTFRIED'S SUCCESSFUL LAWSUIT 

972
00:39:21,158 --> 00:39:25,930
AGAINST THE CITY. AND, THAT IS A

973
00:39:25,930 --> 00:39:31,702
RIDICULOUS REASON TO TAKE AWAY A

974
00:39:31,702 --> 00:39:32,970
RIGHT. AS A MATTER FACT, DURING 

975
00:39:32,970 --> 00:39:35,106
18 YEARS I WAS IN THE CITY 

976
00:39:35,106 --> 00:39:37,475
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WE DIDN'T 

977
00:39:37,475 --> 00:39:38,576
TAKE AWAY RIGHTS AS FAR AS I 

978
00:39:38,576 --> 00:39:39,810
KNOW. WE EITHER PRESERVE THEM OR

979
00:39:39,810 --> 00:39:40,444
EXPANDED THEM. 

980
00:39:40,444 --> 00:39:48,319
>> [ APPLAUSE ] 

981
00:39:48,319 --> 00:39:49,253
>> LEAVE IT TO THE OTHER 

982
00:39:49,253 --> 00:39:50,087
WASHINGTON TAKE AWAY RIGHTS. 

983
00:39:50,087 --> 00:39:51,222
I'M SURE YOU KNOW WHAT I'M 

984
00:39:51,222 --> 00:39:52,690
TALKING ABOUT. SO, JENNIFER 

985
00:39:52,690 --> 00:39:55,793
GOTTFRIED'S LAWSUIT WENT ALL 

986
00:39:55,793 --> 00:39:57,628
THE WAY TO THE COURT OF APPEALS 

987
00:39:57,628 --> 00:39:58,429
AND THE COURT OF APPEALS RULED 

988
00:39:58,429 --> 00:40:00,598
AGAINST THE CITY. AND TOLD US, 

989
00:40:00,598 --> 00:40:02,800
CLEARLY, THE WE WERE 

990
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,169
MISINTERPRETING THE STATUTE AND 

991
00:40:05,169 --> 00:40:09,573
REQUIREMENTS OF SEPA AND WE HAD 

992
00:40:09,573 --> 00:40:10,241
TO EQUATE AND PRIORITIZE, ALONG 

993
00:40:10,241 --> 00:40:12,710
WITH HOUSING, SALMON, TREES, AND

994
00:40:12,710 --> 00:40:16,647
WATER. SO, WHAT IS WRONG WITH 

995
00:40:16,647 --> 00:40:18,616
THAT? THAT IS THE MESSAGE WE 

996
00:40:18,616 --> 00:40:21,318
GOT. AND FINALLY, YESTERDAY'S 

997
00:40:21,318 --> 00:40:25,823
TIMES NAILED IT. YOU READ IT. 

998
00:40:25,823 --> 00:40:30,494
THE TIMES JUST NAILED IT. THE 

999
00:40:30,494 --> 00:40:33,030
DELAY IS MOSTLY SOMETHING OF A 

1000
00:40:33,030 --> 00:40:36,400
FIGMENT OF A PARTICULAR COUNCIL 

1001
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,335
MEMBER'S IMAGINATION. BOAT NO 

1002
00:40:38,335 --> 00:40:40,404
ON THE AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. 

1003
00:40:40,404 --> 00:40:44,408
>> DARLA FOLLOWED BY KIM, HANS 

1004
00:40:44,408 --> 00:40:54,685
AND AUGUSTINE. 

1005
00:40:59,723 --> 00:41:01,091
>> GOOD MORNING. I'M ASKING THE

1006
00:41:01,091 --> 00:41:03,227
COUNCIL TO OPPOSE 121215. THE 

1007
00:41:03,227 --> 00:41:06,630
BILL IS BAG AND DOES NOT ADDRESS

1008
00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:08,098
HOW REMOVING THE OF HER MENTAL 

1009
00:41:08,098 --> 00:41:09,633
APPROVAL PROCESS WILL PROTECT 

1010
00:41:09,633 --> 00:41:17,408
OUR ENVIRONMENT. SADLY, THE BILL

1011
00:41:17,408 --> 00:41:17,975
IS EVEN DEROGATORY IN TONE. 

1012
00:41:17,975 --> 00:41:18,509
REMINISCENT OF THE TRUMP 

1013
00:41:18,509 --> 00:41:19,710
ADMINISTRATION. THERE IS NO 

1014
00:41:19,710 --> 00:41:20,344
WEAPONIZATION AND HAND. YOU HAVE

1015
00:41:20,344 --> 00:41:20,911
CONCERNED CITIZENS WHO ARE 

1016
00:41:20,911 --> 00:41:26,984
VOLUNTEERING, A DEMOCRATIC RATE.

1017
00:41:26,984 --> 00:41:28,352
BANNING APPEALS REMOVES 

1018
00:41:28,352 --> 00:41:28,986
ACCOUNTABILITY AND MUSCLES THE 

1019
00:41:28,986 --> 00:41:29,653
PUBLIC, THE CONSTITUENTS YOU'RE

1020
00:41:29,653 --> 00:41:37,061
ELECTED TO SERVE. GOOD DECISIONS

1021
00:41:37,061 --> 00:41:38,128
DEPEND ON GOOD INFORMATION. WE 

1022
00:41:38,128 --> 00:41:39,196
NEED CHECKS AND BALANCES. THE 

1023
00:41:39,196 --> 00:41:39,864
HEARING EXAMINER APPEAL PROVIDES

1024
00:41:39,864 --> 00:41:40,698
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT AND 

1025
00:41:40,698 --> 00:41:41,432
AFFORDABLE CHECK ON THE 

1026
00:41:41,432 --> 00:41:42,066
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS 

1027
00:41:42,066 --> 00:41:42,933
BEFORE LEGISLATION IS ADOPTED. 

1028
00:41:42,933 --> 00:41:47,371
AS A STATE COURT OF APPEALS 

1029
00:41:47,371 --> 00:41:48,639
RULED IN THE ORCA APPEAL. AND ON

1030
00:41:48,639 --> 00:41:50,407
THAT NOTE, THE ORCA APPEAL IS 

1031
00:41:50,407 --> 00:41:51,709
BACK BY 12 LEADING ENVIRONMENTAL

1032
00:41:51,709 --> 00:41:57,414
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY AND 

1033
00:41:57,414 --> 00:41:58,449
2500 CONCERNED CITIZENS. AN 

1034
00:41:58,449 --> 00:41:59,049
APPEAL THE COULD'VE BEEN 

1035
00:41:59,049 --> 00:42:00,017
AVOIDED IF CITY STAFF HAD 

1036
00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:01,218
ADDRESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL 

1037
00:42:01,218 --> 00:42:02,586
CONCERNS IN THE 10 MONTHS 

1038
00:42:02,586 --> 00:42:09,994
LEADING OFF TO THE FILING. AS 

1039
00:42:09,994 --> 00:42:11,061
FOR REFERENCE ON THE BILL OF 

1040
00:42:11,061 --> 00:42:12,129
ENDLESS APPEALS, MOST APPEALS 

1041
00:42:12,129 --> 00:42:13,063
ARE THROWN OUT AS MENTIONED 

1042
00:42:13,063 --> 00:42:19,169
EARLIER AND ON AVERAGE , OVER 

1043
00:42:19,169 --> 00:42:20,271
THE PAST DECADE, THERE HAVE BEEN

1044
00:42:20,271 --> 00:42:21,572
2.7 PER YEAR. I DO INDEED 

1045
00:42:21,572 --> 00:42:22,306
BELIEVE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING 

1046
00:42:22,306 --> 00:42:23,340
AND DENSITY. BUT ELIMINATING A 

1047
00:42:23,340 --> 00:42:24,541
PUBLIC RIGHT IS A DRASTIC STEP 

1048
00:42:24,541 --> 00:42:26,010
THAT DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM 

1049
00:42:26,010 --> 00:42:27,912
AT HAND. PLEASE REJECT 121215. 

1050
00:42:27,912 --> 00:42:33,550
>> THANK YOU. 

1051
00:42:33,550 --> 00:42:37,254
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MY 

1052
00:42:37,254 --> 00:42:38,589
NAME IS KIM AND I LIVE IN 

1053
00:42:38,589 --> 00:42:39,523
DISTRICT 4. I'VE LIVED IN 

1054
00:42:39,523 --> 00:42:42,559
SEATTLE MY WHOLE LIFE. I HAVE 

1055
00:42:42,559 --> 00:42:44,194
SEEN THE CHANGES WE ARE MAKING 

1056
00:42:44,194 --> 00:42:47,431
HERE. TODAY I'M URGING THE 

1057
00:42:47,431 --> 00:42:57,975
COUNCIL TO VOTE NO. ON COUNCIL 

1058
00:42:59,543 --> 00:43:00,577
BILL 121215. IT IS CRITICAL THAT

1059
00:43:00,577 --> 00:43:02,146
AS WE DEVELOP THE CITY OF 

1060
00:43:02,146 --> 00:43:02,813
SEATTLE WE KEEP THIS OPPORTUNITY

1061
00:43:02,813 --> 00:43:03,814
TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT BY 

1062
00:43:03,814 --> 00:43:05,316
ALLOWING A SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND 

1063
00:43:05,316 --> 00:43:05,916
BALANCES ENSURES THAT HUMAN 

1064
00:43:05,916 --> 00:43:07,051
MISTAKES MADE IN ANALYZING THE 

1065
00:43:07,051 --> 00:43:07,918
DATA AND ENVIRONMENT IMPACTS 

1066
00:43:07,918 --> 00:43:08,919
STATEMENTS ARE NOT VOTED INTO 

1067
00:43:08,919 --> 00:43:09,720
LAW WITHOUT ALLOWING FURTHER 

1068
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:10,554
INDEPENDENT REVIEW. THE ANSWER 

1069
00:43:10,554 --> 00:43:13,590
IS NOT TO ELIMINATE THE APPEAL 

1070
00:43:13,590 --> 00:43:15,059
PROCESS, THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE 

1071
00:43:15,059 --> 00:43:15,993
ON DEFINING THE ENVIRONMENTAL 

1072
00:43:15,993 --> 00:43:17,361
IMPACT REVIEW PROCESS TO ENSURE 

1073
00:43:17,361 --> 00:43:20,698
ACCURATE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE IN

1074
00:43:20,698 --> 00:43:27,571
THEIR MENTAL ASSETS. AND, IF AND

1075
00:43:27,571 --> 00:43:28,539
WHEN MISTAKES ARE MADE, AND 

1076
00:43:28,539 --> 00:43:29,173
EFFICIENT HEARING EXAMINER 

1077
00:43:29,173 --> 00:43:30,341
PROCESS WHICH ALLOWS FOR PUBLIC 

1078
00:43:30,341 --> 00:43:31,041
OVERSIGHT TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE

1079
00:43:31,041 --> 00:43:32,309
AND PROTECT THESE MOST VALUABLE 

1080
00:43:32,309 --> 00:43:33,677
AND CRITICAL OF OUR MENTAL 

1081
00:43:33,677 --> 00:43:34,612
RESOURCES. THANK YOU. 

1082
00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:38,816
>> THANK YOU. 

1083
00:43:38,816 --> 00:43:40,384
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE HANS FOLLOWED

1084
00:43:40,384 --> 00:43:43,554
BY AUGUSTINE, CAROLINE AND SIMS.

1085
00:43:43,687 --> 00:43:47,558
>> HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M 17 

1086
00:43:47,558 --> 00:43:48,926
YEARS OLD. I GO TO BISHOP HIGH 

1087
00:43:48,926 --> 00:43:49,860
SCHOOL IN WALLINGFORD. AS I 

1088
00:43:49,860 --> 00:43:51,328
WATCHED TRUMP TAKE AWAY MY 

1089
00:43:51,328 --> 00:43:56,400
RIGHTS AT A RIDICULOUS PACE, IT 

1090
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:57,601
IS SCARY TO SEE A SEATTLE CITY 

1091
00:43:57,601 --> 00:43:59,436
COUNCIL NUMBER 20 TAKE AWAY MY 

1092
00:43:59,436 --> 00:44:00,904
RIGHTS . AS A YOUNG PERSON, TO 

1093
00:44:00,904 --> 00:44:02,339
BE ABLE TO FILE PARENTAL PEEL ON

1094
00:44:02,339 --> 00:44:04,208
MY OWN. MY DEMOCRATIC RIGHT TO 

1095
00:44:04,208 --> 00:44:05,943
DUE PROCESS. WHEN MY RIGHT IS 

1096
00:44:05,943 --> 00:44:07,344
TAKEN BY THE GENERATION BEFORE 

1097
00:44:07,344 --> 00:44:09,113
ME, INC. ABOUT HOW MY GENERATION

1098
00:44:09,113 --> 00:44:11,515
WILL THINK OF YOU. REJECT CB 

1099
00:44:11,515 --> 00:44:13,851
121215. 

1100
00:44:13,851 --> 00:44:23,661
>> THANK YOU. 

1101
00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:24,795
>> MY NAME IS AUGUSTINE. AM 16 

1102
00:44:24,795 --> 00:44:26,463
AND I LIVE IN GEORGETOWN. ONE OF

1103
00:44:26,463 --> 00:44:27,431
THE BIGGEST HEAT ISLANDS AND ALL

1104
00:44:27,431 --> 00:44:28,599
SEATTLE. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE AWAY

1105
00:44:28,599 --> 00:44:29,400
MY RIGHT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 

1106
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:33,070
APPEALS. IT IS ALMOST MY ONLY 

1107
00:44:33,070 --> 00:44:34,304
WAY TO AFFECT MY COMMUNITY. EVEN

1108
00:44:34,304 --> 00:44:35,572
TODAY JUST COMING HERE I COULD 

1109
00:44:35,572 --> 00:44:39,843
SEE ONE OF THE LARGEST TREES AND

1110
00:44:39,843 --> 00:44:40,978
ONE OF THE ONLY SHADE PRODUCERS 

1111
00:44:40,978 --> 00:44:42,646
BE RIPPED OUT. IF THIS APPEAL 

1112
00:44:42,646 --> 00:44:44,348
PROCESS IS GOTTEN RID OF, IT 

1113
00:44:44,348 --> 00:44:45,549
WILL TAKE AWAY MY RIGHT TO 

1114
00:44:45,549 --> 00:44:49,486
SUPPORT MY COMMUNITY. YOU WERE 

1115
00:44:49,486 --> 00:44:50,521
SAYING THIS BILL PROTECT THE 

1116
00:44:50,521 --> 00:44:51,989
CLIMATE. THAT IS NOT TRUE. IT IS

1117
00:44:51,989 --> 00:44:56,627
MISLEADING THE PUBLIC. DO NOT 

1118
00:44:56,627 --> 00:44:58,028
TAKE AWAY MY RIGHT TO PROTECT MY

1119
00:44:58,028 --> 00:44:58,829
COMMUNITY, PLEASE REJECT THIS 

1120
00:44:58,829 --> 00:44:59,096
BILL. 

1121
00:44:59,096 --> 00:44:59,897
>> THANK YOU. 

1122
00:44:59,897 --> 00:45:07,204
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE CAROLINE. 

1123
00:45:07,204 --> 00:45:08,038
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, 

1124
00:45:08,038 --> 00:45:09,206
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. 

1125
00:45:09,206 --> 00:45:11,942
MY NAME IS CAROLINE AND I'M THE

1126
00:45:11,942 --> 00:45:13,243
DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

1127
00:45:13,243 --> 00:45:16,346
FOR SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION. WE

1128
00:45:16,346 --> 00:45:17,081
SUPPORT ADDRESSING SEATTLE'S 

1129
00:45:17,081 --> 00:45:18,115
HOUSING NEEDS, BUT WE DO NOT 

1130
00:45:18,115 --> 00:45:19,883
BELIEVE THAT 121215 IS THE RIGHT

1131
00:45:19,883 --> 00:45:23,954
APPROACH. AS AN ORGANIZATION 

1132
00:45:23,954 --> 00:45:24,922
FOCUSED ON PARKS AND PUBLIC 

1133
00:45:24,922 --> 00:45:25,923
SPACES, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 

1134
00:45:25,923 --> 00:45:34,698
THE BILLS BROADER IMPACTS IN 

1135
00:45:34,698 --> 00:45:35,399
BUILDING A CLIMATE RESILIENT 

1136
00:45:35,399 --> 00:45:36,333
CITY. DECISIONS ALSO APPLY TO 

1137
00:45:36,333 --> 00:45:37,468
PARK RELATED PROJECTS WERE 

1138
00:45:37,468 --> 00:45:38,469
STRONG AND FIRM TO REVIEW AND 

1139
00:45:38,469 --> 00:45:40,037
PUBLIC PROCESS ARE ESSENTIAL. 

1140
00:45:40,037 --> 00:45:41,138
THE BILL REMOVES THE NEUTRAL, 

1141
00:45:41,138 --> 00:45:41,705
INDEPENDENT CHECKPOINT ON 

1142
00:45:41,705 --> 00:45:42,473
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BEFORE 

1143
00:45:42,473 --> 00:45:44,074
LEGISLATION IS ADOPTED. WHICH 

1144
00:45:44,074 --> 00:45:46,376
WOULD REDUCE TRANSPARENCY AND 

1145
00:45:46,376 --> 00:45:52,750
RISK FLAWED ANALYSIS. APPEALS 

1146
00:45:52,750 --> 00:45:53,751
ARE INFREQUENT, LIKE WE HAVE 

1147
00:45:53,751 --> 00:45:54,785
HEARD, AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ALONE

1148
00:45:54,785 --> 00:45:56,687
ARE REALLY NOT ENOUGH. IMPROVING

1149
00:45:56,687 --> 00:45:57,287
THE HEARING EXAMINER PROCESS 

1150
00:45:57,287 --> 00:46:00,791
WOULD BE A BETTER SOLUTION. 

1151
00:46:00,791 --> 00:46:01,325
ADEQUATE ENCUMBRANCE OF 

1152
00:46:01,325 --> 00:46:02,826
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS PROCESSES

1153
00:46:02,826 --> 00:46:08,332
, INCLUDING SEPA ARE CRITICAL 

1154
00:46:08,332 --> 00:46:09,500
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE 

1155
00:46:09,500 --> 00:46:14,571
FOR TIME AND MEMORIAL. UNDER A 

1156
00:46:14,571 --> 00:46:15,773
THOROUGH AND MEANINGFUL IN OUR 

1157
00:46:15,773 --> 00:46:16,740
MENTAL REVIEW PROCESS SOVEREIGN 

1158
00:46:16,740 --> 00:46:17,508
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE REGION

1159
00:46:17,508 --> 00:46:19,243
ARE INCLUDED TO MAKE SURE THAT 

1160
00:46:19,243 --> 00:46:20,310
THERE AREN'T ADVERSE IMPACTS TO

1161
00:46:20,310 --> 00:46:20,978
IRREPLACEABLE CULTURAL RESOURCES

1162
00:46:20,978 --> 00:46:22,246
INCLUDING THOSE WITHIN CITY 

1163
00:46:22,246 --> 00:46:24,648
PARKS. SALES GROWTH MUST REALLY 

1164
00:46:24,648 --> 00:46:26,550
NOT COME AT THE COST OF OUR 

1165
00:46:26,550 --> 00:46:30,053
ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRIBAL 

1166
00:46:30,053 --> 00:46:30,821
CULTURAL RESOURCES. WE URGE 

1167
00:46:30,821 --> 00:46:31,789
COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THIS BILL 

1168
00:46:31,789 --> 00:46:32,923
AND PURSUE A STRONGER PATH 

1169
00:46:32,923 --> 00:46:33,657
FORWARD. THANK YOU. 

1170
00:46:33,657 --> 00:46:34,424
>> THANK YOU. 

1171
00:46:34,424 --> 00:46:37,561
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE ANN FOLLOWED 

1172
00:46:37,561 --> 00:46:42,733
BY JESSICA, STEVE, AND ANDREW. 

1173
00:46:42,733 --> 00:46:44,301
>> HELLO, COUNCIL. I AM A MEMBER

1174
00:46:44,301 --> 00:46:48,005
OF THE CITY. SPEAKING TO YOU 

1175
00:46:48,005 --> 00:46:52,042
AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL. WE ARE 

1176
00:46:52,042 --> 00:46:59,817
STANDING ON THE LAND OF THE 

1177
00:46:59,817 --> 00:47:00,751
DUWAMISH. WE ARE COLONIZERS. AND

1178
00:47:00,751 --> 00:47:02,152
I AM TRYING TO LISTEN TO THE 

1179
00:47:02,152 --> 00:47:03,520
WISDOM. IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND 

1180
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:05,389
THAT WE ARE PART OF THIS EARTH, 

1181
00:47:05,389 --> 00:47:09,993
THAT ALL OF THE TREES, ALL OF 

1182
00:47:09,993 --> 00:47:11,128
THE GREEN SPACES THAT WE HAVE 

1183
00:47:11,128 --> 00:47:12,563
LEFT, AND WE ARE IN THE FOURTH 

1184
00:47:12,563 --> 00:47:13,831
YEAR OF DROUGHT, IF YOU LOOK 

1185
00:47:13,831 --> 00:47:14,831
AROUND, ALL OF OUR CITIES, 

1186
00:47:14,831 --> 00:47:16,333
TREES, GARDEN TREES, ARE DYING. 

1187
00:47:16,333 --> 00:47:17,935
IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT 

1188
00:47:17,935 --> 00:47:20,737
THAT IS OUR BODY, THEN THE HARD 

1189
00:47:20,737 --> 00:47:24,241
SCAPE, THE BUILDINGS ARE NOT 

1190
00:47:24,241 --> 00:47:25,876
GOING TO RESCUE US. WE WILL 

1191
00:47:25,876 --> 00:47:27,477
COLLAPSE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE 

1192
00:47:27,477 --> 00:47:29,112
NEEDS TO TAKE A COMPLETELY NEW 

1193
00:47:29,112 --> 00:47:33,784
STAND A NEW APPROACH TO DEALING 

1194
00:47:33,784 --> 00:47:35,719
WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE 

1195
00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:37,221
WORLD. WE CANNOT CONTINUE AS WE 

1196
00:47:37,221 --> 00:47:39,523
HAVE , WHAT SEATTLE HAS DONE, I 

1197
00:47:39,523 --> 00:47:42,359
SEE WITH MY OWN EYES. A LITTLE 

1198
00:47:42,359 --> 00:47:43,560
BIT OF HOUSING THE PEOPLE CAN 

1199
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:46,663
AFFORD IS ON STREETS THAT ARE 

1200
00:47:46,663 --> 00:47:55,205
REALLY GOING TO BE CONTESTED. 

1201
00:47:55,205 --> 00:47:56,206
THEY ARE ALREADY TREELESS AND 

1202
00:47:56,206 --> 00:47:57,341
BARREN. WHAT IS BEING BUILT IS 

1203
00:47:57,341 --> 00:47:58,575
FOR RICH PEOPLE. IT IS UGLY, 

1204
00:47:58,575 --> 00:47:59,776
THERE IS NO DESIGN REVIEW, AND 

1205
00:47:59,776 --> 00:48:01,478
ALL THESE HOUSES IN 20 YEARS 

1206
00:48:01,478 --> 00:48:02,512
WILL BE IN THE LANDFILL WHICH IS

1207
00:48:02,512 --> 00:48:04,014
ALSO NOT SUSTAINABLE. SO I ASK 

1208
00:48:04,014 --> 00:48:05,782
YOU, LISTEN TO THE ELDERS. 

1209
00:48:05,782 --> 00:48:06,917
LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD

1210
00:48:06,917 --> 00:48:08,418
BE HERE AND SHOULD TEACH YOU AND

1211
00:48:08,418 --> 00:48:09,820
ALL OF US HOW TO STEWARD PLAN. 

1212
00:48:09,820 --> 00:48:14,858
WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IS SAD. 

1213
00:48:14,858 --> 00:48:16,426
AND IS THE WRONG DIRECTION IN SO

1214
00:48:16,426 --> 00:48:18,095
MANY WAYS. THANK YOU. THINK FOR 

1215
00:48:18,095 --> 00:48:20,564
LISTING. 

1216
00:48:20,564 --> 00:48:21,365
>> THANK YOU. 

1217
00:48:21,365 --> 00:48:23,467
>> NEXT UP JESSICA DIXON. 

1218
00:48:23,467 --> 00:48:27,604
>> HI, MY NAME IS JEAN BATEMAN. 

1219
00:48:27,604 --> 00:48:30,707
I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THIS BILL 

1220
00:48:30,707 --> 00:48:32,409
>> I'M SO SORRY. JESSICA DIXON 

1221
00:48:32,409 --> 00:48:38,615
IS UP NEXT. WE HAVE JESSICA 

1222
00:48:38,615 --> 00:48:41,385
DIXON UP NEXT. 

1223
00:48:41,385 --> 00:48:44,121
>> HI. I'M JESSICA DIXON. I AM 

1224
00:48:44,121 --> 00:48:45,455
A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6. 

1225
00:48:45,455 --> 00:48:48,091
GREENWOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

1226
00:48:48,091 --> 00:48:49,993
BEING HERE TODAY. I'M CALLING 

1227
00:48:49,993 --> 00:48:51,795
ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO REJECT 

1228
00:48:51,795 --> 00:49:01,938
COUNCIL BILL 121215. AND TO 

1229
00:49:01,938 --> 00:49:03,340
PRESERVE THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO 

1230
00:49:03,340 --> 00:49:03,974
CHALLENGE DECISIONS UNDER SEPA. 

1231
00:49:03,974 --> 00:49:05,075
IT WILL AFFECT THE AIR, WATER 

1232
00:49:05,075 --> 00:49:05,676
AND OVERALL HEALTH AND 

1233
00:49:05,676 --> 00:49:06,777
WELL-BEING OF THE RESIDENCE FOR 

1234
00:49:06,777 --> 00:49:10,480
CITY. THE APPEAL PROCESS IS 

1235
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:11,281
CHALLENGING, IT IS DEFINITELY 

1236
00:49:11,281 --> 00:49:12,249
NOT SOMETHING ANYONE ENTERS INTO

1237
00:49:12,249 --> 00:49:13,050
LIGHTLY. BUT IT PROVIDES 

1238
00:49:13,050 --> 00:49:14,418
RELATIVELY LOW-COST ACCESS FOR 

1239
00:49:14,418 --> 00:49:24,227
CITIZENS TO EXPERT FOR HIM. IN 

1240
00:49:24,227 --> 00:49:25,662
THE END, WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, 

1241
00:49:25,662 --> 00:49:26,296
SEATTLE'S COMMUNITIES DESERVE 

1242
00:49:26,296 --> 00:49:27,264
ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO 

1243
00:49:27,264 --> 00:49:27,965
MAJOR LAND-USE DECISIONS, NOT 

1244
00:49:27,965 --> 00:49:28,799
EMPTY PROMISES. VOTE NO ON 

1245
00:49:28,799 --> 00:49:29,633
COUNCIL BILL 121215. 

1246
00:49:29,633 --> 00:49:30,867
>> THANK YOU. 

1247
00:49:30,867 --> 00:49:32,102
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE STEVE 

1248
00:49:32,102 --> 00:49:36,773
FOLLOWED BY LAURA , ANDREW AND 

1249
00:49:36,773 --> 00:49:37,207
PAMELA. 

1250
00:49:37,207 --> 00:49:40,277
>> MY NAME IS STEVE, FRIENDS OF 

1251
00:49:40,277 --> 00:49:41,578
SEATTLE'S URBAN FOREST. ABOUT 

1252
00:49:41,578 --> 00:49:44,681
20 YEARS AGO I WAS THE CAMPAIGN 

1253
00:49:44,681 --> 00:49:48,051
DIRECTOR FOR INITIATIVE 547 

1254
00:49:48,051 --> 00:49:49,553
WHICH WAS THE WASHINGTON LIVABLE

1255
00:49:49,553 --> 00:49:55,459
INITIATIVE. THE PRECURSOR TO THE

1256
00:49:55,459 --> 00:49:56,493
BILL PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE 

1257
00:49:56,493 --> 00:49:57,661
THE NEXT YEAR WITH THE 

1258
00:49:57,661 --> 00:49:58,762
CONFERENCE A PLAN IN PLACE IN 

1259
00:49:58,762 --> 00:50:00,130
OUR STATE. I WOULD NOTE THAT IN 

1260
00:50:00,130 --> 00:50:01,531
TERMS OF THE CURRENT CONFERENCE 

1261
00:50:01,531 --> 00:50:02,933
A PLAN, DELAYS SEEM TO BE COMING

1262
00:50:02,933 --> 00:50:04,001
MORE FROM YOUR PROCESS AND 

1263
00:50:04,001 --> 00:50:07,437
COUNCIL AND MAYOR BEING A YEAR 

1264
00:50:07,437 --> 00:50:10,974
BEHIND SCHEDULE, AND THAT IS NOT

1265
00:50:10,974 --> 00:50:12,476
THE ISSUE HERE IN TERMS OF WHAT 

1266
00:50:12,476 --> 00:50:19,549
YOU ARE DEALING WITH. I URGE THE

1267
00:50:19,549 --> 00:50:20,350
YOU RETAIN THE CURRENT 

1268
00:50:20,350 --> 00:50:21,084
REQUIREMENT THAT ALL COUNCIL 

1269
00:50:21,084 --> 00:50:21,885
ORIGINATED BILLS HAVE DIRECTOR 

1270
00:50:21,885 --> 00:50:22,753
SUPPORT. COUNCIL BILL 121215 

1271
00:50:22,753 --> 00:50:24,054
WOULD ELIMINATE THIS FOR COUNCIL

1272
00:50:24,054 --> 00:50:25,856
WILL CONTINUE IT FOR THE 

1273
00:50:25,856 --> 00:50:30,727
MAYOR'S OFFICE. DIRECTORS 

1274
00:50:30,727 --> 00:50:31,828
REPORTS FOR CONFERENCE OF PLANS,

1275
00:50:31,828 --> 00:50:32,562
CONFERENCE A PLANNED AMENDMENTS,

1276
00:50:32,562 --> 00:50:34,297
LAND-USE. NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE

1277
00:50:34,297 --> 00:50:38,535
MANAGED BY BOTH THE COUNCIL AND 

1278
00:50:38,535 --> 00:50:39,669
MAYOR'S OFFICE. THERE SHOULD BE

1279
00:50:39,669 --> 00:50:40,237
NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 

1280
00:50:40,237 --> 00:50:41,905
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. IN TERMS 

1281
00:50:41,905 --> 00:50:47,377
OF THIS REQUIREMENT. WE NEED TO 

1282
00:50:47,377 --> 00:50:48,011
ENSURE THE DEPARTMENT HAVE TO 

1283
00:50:48,011 --> 00:50:48,645
COMPLY WITH PROPOSED LEGISLATION

1284
00:50:48,645 --> 00:50:49,312
REVIEW AND HAVE THEIR INPUT, IF 

1285
00:50:49,312 --> 00:50:52,916
IT IS A PROBLEM THAT'S A 

1286
00:50:52,916 --> 00:50:58,221
PROBLEM FOR THE BILL ITSELF, DO 

1287
00:50:58,221 --> 00:50:59,122
THE DIRECTORS REPORTS FOR BOTH. 

1288
00:50:59,122 --> 00:51:00,190
SECONDLY, I URGE YOU EXPEDITE 

1289
00:51:00,190 --> 00:51:01,224
REFORM RATHER THAN ELIMINATE THE

1290
00:51:01,224 --> 00:51:02,559
CURRENT HEARING EXAMINER 

1291
00:51:02,559 --> 00:51:08,832
PROCESS. REGARDING CONFERENCE A 

1292
00:51:08,832 --> 00:51:09,900
PLANS EIS, AMENDMENTS, PLAN USE 

1293
00:51:09,900 --> 00:51:11,101
APPEALS, ET CETERA. LENGTHY 

1294
00:51:11,101 --> 00:51:13,036
DELAYS INVOLVED IN BUILDING MORE

1295
00:51:13,036 --> 00:51:18,442
HOUSING. OPTIONS MOVE THE 

1296
00:51:18,442 --> 00:51:19,409
APPEALS AUTOMATICALLY TO THE 

1297
00:51:19,409 --> 00:51:20,777
FRONT OF THE LINE TO BE 

1298
00:51:20,777 --> 00:51:28,351
RESOLVED. IF THIS IS SO 

1299
00:51:28,351 --> 00:51:29,386
IMPORTANT, SO IT NEEDS TO BE 

1300
00:51:29,386 --> 00:51:30,620
DEALT WITH FIRST BY THE HEARING 

1301
00:51:30,620 --> 00:51:31,621
EXAMINER. SECOND, REQUIRE THAT 

1302
00:51:31,621 --> 00:51:32,622
ALL APPEALS, EMINENCE BE 

1303
00:51:32,622 --> 00:51:35,125
RESOLVED BY EITHER 30 DAYS, 60 

1304
00:51:35,125 --> 00:51:36,426
DAYS, WHATEVER. YOU CAN DO THIS.

1305
00:51:36,426 --> 00:51:37,661
AMENDED RATHER THAN APPEAL IT. 

1306
00:51:37,661 --> 00:51:47,904
>> THANK YOU. 

1307
00:51:50,073 --> 00:51:51,408
>> I THINK I'M NEXT. 

1308
00:51:51,408 --> 00:51:51,842
>> LAURA. 

1309
00:51:51,842 --> 00:51:52,976
>> I AM LAURA LIVINGSTON. A 

1310
00:51:52,976 --> 00:51:53,977
RESIDENT OF CROWN HILL. EMERGING

1311
00:51:53,977 --> 00:51:55,712
A NO VOTE. I AM A RESEARCHER FOR

1312
00:51:55,712 --> 00:51:56,680
SAVE CROWN HILL CEMETERY, A 

1313
00:51:56,680 --> 00:51:57,514
GROUP OF NEIGHBORS AND 

1314
00:51:57,514 --> 00:51:58,582
DESCENDENTS WORKING TO STAVE OFF

1315
00:51:58,582 --> 00:51:59,382
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE 

1316
00:51:59,382 --> 00:52:00,016
123-YEAR-OLD HISTORIC URBAN 

1317
00:52:00,016 --> 00:52:00,984
GRAVEYARD ESTABLISHED IN 1903 BY

1318
00:52:00,984 --> 00:52:02,219
THE CITY OF BALLARD. AFTER 

1319
00:52:02,219 --> 00:52:03,320
PROVIDING LEGAL DOCUMENTS 

1320
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:06,656
DEMONSTRATING DEDICATION WE ARE 

1321
00:52:06,656 --> 00:52:08,525
STILL IN FULL FORCE IN THE 

1322
00:52:08,525 --> 00:52:11,862
SOUTHWEST CORNER THAT WERE 

1323
00:52:11,862 --> 00:52:13,063
HANDED TO ME BY THE DEPARTMENT 

1324
00:52:13,063 --> 00:52:14,231
OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORIC 

1325
00:52:14,231 --> 00:52:15,298
PRESERVATION AND GIVEN OVER TO 

1326
00:52:15,298 --> 00:52:18,635
SDCI DIRT THE PUBLIC COMMENT 

1327
00:52:18,635 --> 00:52:19,903
KEPT THE APPLICATION MOVING 

1328
00:52:19,903 --> 00:52:30,447
FORWARD . ONLY WHEN WE ALERTED 

1329
00:52:34,017 --> 00:52:34,518
STATE ARCHAEOLOGISTS ABOUT 

1330
00:52:34,518 --> 00:52:35,185
IMMINENT DESECRATION OF THIS 

1331
00:52:35,185 --> 00:52:36,319
LAND DID SDCI ISSUE A 

1332
00:52:36,319 --> 00:52:37,087
CORRECTION. I WONDER WHAT 

1333
00:52:37,087 --> 00:52:37,921
WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF WE HAD 

1334
00:52:37,921 --> 00:52:39,089
FOUND THE INFORMATION AFTER THE 

1335
00:52:39,089 --> 00:52:39,756
APPLICATION WAS APPROVED. WHAT 

1336
00:52:39,756 --> 00:52:40,757
AVENUES WE WOULD'VE HAD. WHILE 

1337
00:52:40,757 --> 00:52:43,593
THIS MAY BE A TANGENTIAL EXAMPLE

1338
00:52:43,593 --> 00:52:44,461
IT DEMONSTRATES THE PUBLIC 

1339
00:52:44,461 --> 00:52:45,262
PARTICIPATION IN LAND-USE IS 

1340
00:52:45,262 --> 00:52:46,296
DIFFICULT ENOUGH. PLEASE DO NOT 

1341
00:52:46,296 --> 00:52:47,497
REMOVE THIS IMPORTANT AVENUE FOR

1342
00:52:47,497 --> 00:52:48,365
APPEALS WHEN OVERSIGHT FAILS. I 

1343
00:52:48,365 --> 00:52:49,933
DID EMAIL ADDITIONAL DETAILS TO 

1344
00:52:49,933 --> 00:52:51,668
THE COUNCIL AND I URGE YOU TO 

1345
00:52:51,668 --> 00:52:51,935
VOTE NO. 

1346
00:52:51,935 --> 00:52:54,070
>> THANK YOU. 

1347
00:52:54,070 --> 00:52:55,505
>> NEXT UP WILL BE ANDREW 

1348
00:52:55,505 --> 00:53:01,611
FOLLOWED BY PAMELA, . 

1349
00:53:01,611 --> 00:53:03,046
>> THANK YOU CHAIR AND MEMS OF 

1350
00:53:03,046 --> 00:53:05,415
THE COMMITTEE. NAME IS ANDREW, 

1351
00:53:05,415 --> 00:53:06,683
AND FROM DISTRICT TO SPEAKING IN

1352
00:53:06,683 --> 00:53:08,552
FAVOR OF 121215. WE HAVE HER 

1353
00:53:08,552 --> 00:53:12,489
TODAY THAT THE BILL OPENS A 

1354
00:53:12,489 --> 00:53:13,857
ONE-WAY PASS MENTAL DESTRUCTION 

1355
00:53:13,857 --> 00:53:15,158
OR IT IS TIERNEY IN ACTION. 

1356
00:53:15,158 --> 00:53:21,364
NEITHER IS TRUE. IN HER MENTAL 

1357
00:53:21,364 --> 00:53:22,199
REVIEW PROCESS STILL HAPPENS IN 

1358
00:53:22,199 --> 00:53:23,266
THE ASCOTS WRITTEN. WHAT IT DOES

1359
00:53:23,266 --> 00:53:24,901
IS CLOSE AND MINISTERED LOOPHOLE

1360
00:53:24,901 --> 00:53:26,670
WITH RESTRICTIONS. SEATTLE IS 

1361
00:53:26,670 --> 00:53:30,473
THE OUTLIER AND WE ARE SEEING 

1362
00:53:30,473 --> 00:53:31,841
THE COST OF THAT. THE COMP PLAN 

1363
00:53:31,841 --> 00:53:33,476
IS IN ITS FIFTH YEAR WITH PHASE 

1364
00:53:33,476 --> 00:53:35,278
TWO PUSH TWO 2027 BECAUSE ONLY 

1365
00:53:35,278 --> 00:53:38,782
TWO LAWSUITS. I BELIEVE IT IS 

1366
00:53:38,782 --> 00:53:42,686
THE OPPOSITE. A PROCESS WITH AN 

1367
00:53:42,686 --> 00:53:43,420
ATTORNEY CAN STALL LEGISLATION 

1368
00:53:43,420 --> 00:53:49,392
AFFECTING 800,000 PEOPLE , IT'S

1369
00:53:49,392 --> 00:53:50,627
NEITHER DEMOCRATICALLY NOR 

1370
00:53:50,627 --> 00:53:51,261
MENTALLY SOUND. EVERY YEAR WE 

1371
00:53:51,261 --> 00:53:51,995
DELAY DENSE HOUSING NEAR TRANSIT

1372
00:53:51,995 --> 00:53:53,230
IS A YOUR FAMILIES WITH LONGER 

1373
00:53:53,230 --> 00:53:54,698
COMMUTES AND DRIVES, MORE ROADS 

1374
00:53:54,698 --> 00:53:56,199
AND SPRAWL. THE SPRAWL IS WHAT 

1375
00:53:56,199 --> 00:53:59,469
IS ADDING TO OUR POLLUTION , OUR

1376
00:53:59,469 --> 00:54:01,905
HEAT ISLANDS , ARTERIES AND 

1377
00:54:01,905 --> 00:54:04,941
WATER IN THE ORCHIS. ADVANCES 

1378
00:54:04,941 --> 00:54:08,745
BILL AND LEONARD DEMOCRATICALLY 

1379
00:54:08,745 --> 00:54:10,246
ELECTED COUNCIL GET BACK TO 

1380
00:54:10,246 --> 00:54:11,581
PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. THANK 

1381
00:54:11,581 --> 00:54:11,781
YOU. 

1382
00:54:11,781 --> 00:54:14,117
>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP PAMELA. 

1383
00:54:14,117 --> 00:54:16,219
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND PAMELA, 

1384
00:54:16,219 --> 00:54:17,354
THE FREELANCE DETECTIVE IN 

1385
00:54:17,354 --> 00:54:21,524
SEATTLE. BEAVERS MAJOR DOWN 

1386
00:54:21,524 --> 00:54:28,632
TREES BUT SEATTLE SHOULDN'T 

1387
00:54:28,632 --> 00:54:29,699
CHEW THROUGH DUE PROCESS. THIS 

1388
00:54:29,699 --> 00:54:30,500
PAST SEVERAL YEARS I'VE BEEN 

1389
00:54:30,500 --> 00:54:31,801
SPENDING A LOT OF TIME DOCUMENT 

1390
00:54:31,801 --> 00:54:32,569
THINK URBAN WILDLIFE, ESPECIALLY

1391
00:54:32,569 --> 00:54:33,570
IN THE CREEK AND SEEING THE 

1392
00:54:33,570 --> 00:54:36,740
RETURN OF SALMON. MAJORS COMING 

1393
00:54:36,740 --> 00:54:37,874
BACK TO WHERE CITY. A FEW YEARS 

1394
00:54:37,874 --> 00:54:41,778
AGO I AM NEW HERE, FOUR YEARS, I

1395
00:54:41,778 --> 00:54:42,779
DISCOVERED BEAVERS WERE ONE OF 

1396
00:54:42,779 --> 00:54:44,314
SEATTLE'S MOST IMPORTANT 

1397
00:54:44,314 --> 00:54:45,315
WATERSHED ENGINEERS. IT WAS 

1398
00:54:45,315 --> 00:54:46,683
MISSING ON THE CHECKLIST FOR 

1399
00:54:46,683 --> 00:54:48,852
WILDLIFE. I CALLED IN AT A 

1400
00:54:48,852 --> 00:54:51,121
MEETING AND WAS TOLD IT WAS 

1401
00:54:51,121 --> 00:54:55,925
SIMPLY AN OVERSIGHT. AND SO, 

1402
00:54:55,925 --> 00:54:57,293
OVERSIGHTS TO HAPPEN. THAT IS 

1403
00:54:57,293 --> 00:54:57,927
EXACTLY WHY WE NEED A PUBLIC 

1404
00:54:57,927 --> 00:54:58,928
APPEALS AND INDEPENDENT OF OUR 

1405
00:54:58,928 --> 00:55:00,363
MENTAL REVIEW. THIS IS NOT NEW, 

1406
00:55:00,363 --> 00:55:07,871
IT HAS BEEN PART OF SEATTLE'S 

1407
00:55:07,871 --> 00:55:08,905
NORMAL FEATURE FOR GENERATIONS. 

1408
00:55:08,905 --> 00:55:09,939
SO I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THE 

1409
00:55:09,939 --> 00:55:11,508
PROCESS ONLY WORKS FOR WEALTHY 

1410
00:55:11,508 --> 00:55:18,214
RESIDENTS WHO CAN AFFORD 

1411
00:55:18,214 --> 00:55:18,882
LAWYERS. IF THAT IS TRUE, LET'S

1412
00:55:18,882 --> 00:55:20,050
REFORM THE PROCESS AND MAKE IT 

1413
00:55:20,050 --> 00:55:20,650
MORE ACCESSIBLE TO ORDINARY 

1414
00:55:20,650 --> 00:55:21,384
PEOPLE. BECAUSE ELIMINATING THE 

1415
00:55:21,384 --> 00:55:22,419
HEARING EXAMINER APPEAL DOES NOT

1416
00:55:22,419 --> 00:55:23,420
CREATE MORE ACCESS. IT REMOVES 

1417
00:55:23,420 --> 00:55:24,721
EXCESS. SO DEVELOPERS HAVE 

1418
00:55:24,721 --> 00:55:27,791
LOBBYISTS, DEPENDING ORDINARY 

1419
00:55:27,791 --> 00:55:31,661
CITIZENS TO SPEAK FOR THEM AND I

1420
00:55:31,661 --> 00:55:34,097
SAY PLEASE DON'T GO FORWARD 

1421
00:55:34,097 --> 00:55:35,899
WITH CB 121215. THANK YOU. 

1422
00:55:35,899 --> 00:55:38,768
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE JOSH FOLLOWED

1423
00:55:38,768 --> 00:55:46,710
BY JEFF AND JEAN. 

1424
00:55:46,710 --> 00:55:47,844
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR THE 

1425
00:55:47,844 --> 00:55:49,279
RECORD, I AM JOSH. LIFELONG 

1426
00:55:49,279 --> 00:55:49,946
SEATTLEITE LIVING IN THE STEWARD

1427
00:55:49,946 --> 00:55:50,513
PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. DESPITE 

1428
00:55:50,513 --> 00:55:52,716
ASSERTIONS MADE BY SOME 

1429
00:55:52,716 --> 00:55:54,184
COMMENTERS AT PAST MEETINGS, 

1430
00:55:54,184 --> 00:55:55,452
I'M NOT BEING PAID BY ANYONE TO

1431
00:55:55,452 --> 00:55:57,353
BE HERE. HOUSING DELAYED IS 

1432
00:55:57,353 --> 00:56:01,257
HOUSING TONIGHT. DESPITE WHAT 

1433
00:56:01,257 --> 00:56:11,668
SOME CONSERVATIVE MEDIA OUTLETS 

1434
00:56:11,668 --> 00:56:13,203
WILL TELL YOU, NOBODY IS GETTING

1435
00:56:13,203 --> 00:56:14,003
RID OF SEPA. SEPA IS THE STATE 

1436
00:56:14,003 --> 00:56:15,472
AND MENTAL POLICY ACT, IT IS A 

1437
00:56:15,472 --> 00:56:16,773
STATE LAW. WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY 

1438
00:56:16,773 --> 00:56:17,707
IN OLYMPIA, THIS BODY CANNOT 

1439
00:56:17,707 --> 00:56:18,541
REMOVE STATE LAW. ALLOWING 

1440
00:56:18,541 --> 00:56:19,542
REDUNDANT APPEAL PROCESSES ALSO 

1441
00:56:19,542 --> 00:56:23,012
DOES NOT SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT. 

1442
00:56:23,012 --> 00:56:23,947
ENDLESS APPEALS ARE VERY 

1443
00:56:23,947 --> 00:56:24,814
PROFITABLE FOR LAND-USE LAWYERS 

1444
00:56:24,814 --> 00:56:26,116
BUT THEY DON'T HELP GIVE THIS 

1445
00:56:26,116 --> 00:56:29,919
TO THE ANY HOUSING. REDUNDANT 

1446
00:56:29,919 --> 00:56:30,620
APPEAL PROCESSES DON'T SAVE 

1447
00:56:30,620 --> 00:56:32,422
WORKERS OR BEAVERS. ANY 

1448
00:56:32,422 --> 00:56:34,324
SCIENTIST WILL TELL YOU THAT 

1449
00:56:34,324 --> 00:56:40,063
ORCHIS NEED CARS OFF THE ROAD TO

1450
00:56:40,063 --> 00:56:40,997
SAVE THE FOOD CHAINS FROM 

1451
00:56:40,997 --> 00:56:41,898
AUTOMOTIVE RUNOFF. ALLOWING MORE

1452
00:56:41,898 --> 00:56:42,899
HOUSING IN URBAN AREAS GETS 

1453
00:56:42,899 --> 00:56:46,736
THOSE CARS OFF THE ROAD. THE 

1454
00:56:46,736 --> 00:56:47,737
ORCHIS DO NOT CARE ABOUT WHETHER

1455
00:56:47,737 --> 00:56:48,371
OUR MOST PRIVILEGED 

1456
00:56:48,371 --> 00:56:49,305
NEIGHBORHOODS REMAIN THE WAY 

1457
00:56:49,305 --> 00:56:51,841
THEY ALWAYS HAVE LOOKED OR 

1458
00:56:51,841 --> 00:56:52,442
WHETHER THOSE PRIVILEGED 

1459
00:56:52,442 --> 00:56:53,243
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE INSTEAD ASKED 

1460
00:56:53,243 --> 00:56:54,811
TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN ORDER TO

1461
00:56:54,811 --> 00:56:56,246
MAKE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO NEW 

1462
00:56:56,246 --> 00:57:03,286
PEOPLE. IN AMERICAN POLITICS AND

1463
00:57:03,286 --> 00:57:04,521
ECONOMY IT IS NATURAL FOR PEOPLE

1464
00:57:04,521 --> 00:57:05,855
WHO HAVE A MOAT AROUND THEIR 

1465
00:57:05,855 --> 00:57:07,157
SLICE OF HEAVEN TO TRY TO KEEP 

1466
00:57:07,157 --> 00:57:08,625
THE MODE WIDE AND DEEP. THAT IS 

1467
00:57:08,625 --> 00:57:09,626
A RATIONAL ECONOMIC RESPONSE BY 

1468
00:57:09,626 --> 00:57:12,529
INDIVIDUALS BUT IT'S NOT THE 

1469
00:57:12,529 --> 00:57:13,363
RIGHT POLICY DECISION FOR 

1470
00:57:13,363 --> 00:57:14,264
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR DOING 

1471
00:57:14,264 --> 00:57:15,298
THE RIGHT THING WITH THIS 

1472
00:57:15,298 --> 00:57:15,632
LEGISLATION. 

1473
00:57:15,632 --> 00:57:16,299
>> THANK YOU. 

1474
00:57:16,299 --> 00:57:18,301
>> JEFF FOLLOWED BY JEAN, ALEX 

1475
00:57:18,301 --> 00:57:22,272
AND JUDY. 

1476
00:57:22,272 --> 00:57:25,508
>> HELLO, COUNCIL. CAN YOU HEAR 

1477
00:57:25,508 --> 00:57:36,019
ME? MY NAME IS JEFF. AND THE 

1478
00:57:37,587 --> 00:57:38,121
COEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HOUSE 

1479
00:57:38,121 --> 00:57:39,422
OUR NEIGHBORS. AND A RENTER IN 

1480
00:57:39,422 --> 00:57:40,690
D3. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR 

1481
00:57:40,690 --> 00:57:41,825
OF THE LEGISLATION. HONESTLY AM 

1482
00:57:41,825 --> 00:57:43,660
HERE TODAY BECAUSE I AM ARE 

1483
00:57:43,660 --> 00:57:45,395
MARKEDLY FRUSTRATED. I AM AN 

1484
00:57:45,395 --> 00:57:46,463
ENVIRONMENTALIST. IT'S WHAT 

1485
00:57:46,463 --> 00:57:47,430
I'VE DONE MY ENTIRE LIFE. WHY I

1486
00:57:47,430 --> 00:57:48,665
GOT INTO POLITICS. I'M ALSO AN 

1487
00:57:48,665 --> 00:57:49,699
ENVIRONMENTAL IS IS YOUNG ENOUGH

1488
00:57:49,699 --> 00:58:00,243
TO BE ACUTELY AWARE AND GET LOOK

1489
00:58:01,578 --> 00:58:02,345
FORWARD TO CLIMATE COLLAPSE 

1490
00:58:02,345 --> 00:58:03,012
HAPPENING WITHIN MY LIFETIME. AT

1491
00:58:03,012 --> 00:58:04,481
THE CORE OF MY POLITICS IS THAT 

1492
00:58:04,481 --> 00:58:05,448
ACUTE AWARENESS THAT THE WORLD 

1493
00:58:05,448 --> 00:58:06,516
WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR 

1494
00:58:06,516 --> 00:58:07,283
BILLIONS OF PEOPLE, MEANING 

1495
00:58:07,283 --> 00:58:08,151
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL DIE 

1496
00:58:08,151 --> 00:58:08,952
WITHIN MY LIFETIME. WITHOUT 

1497
00:58:08,952 --> 00:58:09,752
DRASTIC ACTION. ACCORDING TO 

1498
00:58:09,752 --> 00:58:10,687
EVERY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST IN

1499
00:58:10,687 --> 00:58:11,821
THE WORLD, YOU HAVE TO MASSIVELY

1500
00:58:11,821 --> 00:58:13,089
REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME PEOPLE

1501
00:58:13,089 --> 00:58:14,090
SPEND DRIVING CARS. THEY DESTROY

1502
00:58:14,090 --> 00:58:14,924
ATMOSPHERE, TIRES AND BRAKES 

1503
00:58:14,924 --> 00:58:16,359
POLLUTE OUR WATERS. SEATTLE IS 

1504
00:58:16,359 --> 00:58:17,360
JUST ONE CITY, BUT WE MUST DO 

1505
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:19,462
OUR PART TO MOVE WITH URGENCY. 

1506
00:58:19,462 --> 00:58:28,605
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS 

1507
00:58:28,605 --> 00:58:29,539
BUILD DENSELY. PUBLIC TRANSIT 

1508
00:58:29,539 --> 00:58:30,340
ONLY WORKS WHEN PEOPLE HAVE 

1509
00:58:30,340 --> 00:58:31,674
DENSE CITIES. IT IS THE MOST 

1510
00:58:31,674 --> 00:58:32,642
IMPORTANT SINGLE DRAWDOWN WE CAN

1511
00:58:32,642 --> 00:58:34,277
DO. AND WE NEED TO START FIVE 

1512
00:58:34,277 --> 00:58:36,446
DECADES AGO. HONESTLY THIS 

1513
00:58:36,446 --> 00:58:37,747
LEGISLATION DOESN'T EVEN COME 

1514
00:58:37,747 --> 00:58:38,414
CLOSE TO ENABLING THE CITY TO 

1515
00:58:38,414 --> 00:58:39,349
MOVE FORWARD WITH THE URGENCY 

1516
00:58:39,349 --> 00:58:40,350
NEEDED. A SINGLE PROCESS WILL 

1517
00:58:40,350 --> 00:58:41,618
CONTINUE AND TAKE YEARS FOR US 

1518
00:58:41,618 --> 00:58:44,687
TO MAKE A DECISION TO ADD A 

1519
00:58:44,687 --> 00:58:45,822
QUARTER OF THE DENSITY THAT IS 

1520
00:58:45,822 --> 00:58:49,125
REQUIRED. AND I'M JUST SO 

1521
00:58:49,125 --> 00:58:50,360
FRUSTRATED THAT WE ARE HERE 

1522
00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:58,001
TALKING ABOUT -- YEAH, JUST HOW 

1523
00:58:58,001 --> 00:58:59,168
IT'S IMPORTANT TO ONE PERSON 

1524
00:58:59,168 --> 00:59:00,403
CAN STOP THE ENTIRE CITY FOR 

1525
00:59:00,403 --> 00:59:01,304
MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT IS 

1526
00:59:01,304 --> 00:59:02,305
GOING TO HAPPEN WITH HER 

1527
00:59:02,305 --> 00:59:03,139
LAND-USE AND ABILITY TO 

1528
00:59:03,139 --> 00:59:03,940
MEANINGFULLY ADDRESS THE CLIMATE

1529
00:59:03,940 --> 00:59:05,808
CRISIS THAT IS THE REASON WHY 

1530
00:59:05,808 --> 00:59:07,310
I'M NOT HAVING KIDS. THIS IS SO

1531
00:59:07,310 --> 00:59:12,148
INSANE. SORRY. PLEASE TAKE THE 

1532
00:59:12,148 --> 00:59:16,653
RENTAL CRISIS SERIOUSLY. PLEASE 

1533
00:59:16,653 --> 00:59:17,554
TAKE THE HOUSING CRISIS 

1534
00:59:17,554 --> 00:59:18,354
SERIOUSLY THAT IS KILLING PEOPLE

1535
00:59:18,354 --> 00:59:19,289
EVERYDAY. AND PASS THIS 

1536
00:59:19,289 --> 00:59:19,822
LEGISLATION. THANK YOU. 

1537
00:59:19,822 --> 00:59:21,524
>> THANK YOU. 

1538
00:59:21,524 --> 00:59:23,493
>> JEAN BATEMAN. 

1539
00:59:23,493 --> 00:59:26,095
>> HELLO AGAIN. I AM JEAN 

1540
00:59:26,095 --> 00:59:29,766
BATEMAN. AND I'M HERE TO OPPOSE

1541
00:59:29,766 --> 00:59:33,970
THIS LEGISLATION. 121215. I AM A

1542
00:59:33,970 --> 00:59:40,910
BUSINESS OWNER, I AM A PROPERTY 

1543
00:59:40,910 --> 00:59:42,078
OWNER. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN 

1544
00:59:42,078 --> 00:59:43,246
THE DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL CORE FOR

1545
00:59:43,246 --> 00:59:44,847
35 YEARS. I SUPPORT INCREASED 

1546
00:59:44,847 --> 00:59:52,922
HOUSING. IN DEVELOPING POLICIES,

1547
00:59:52,922 --> 00:59:54,057
HOWEVER, HE WITH THE CITY, IT'S

1548
00:59:54,057 --> 00:59:54,924
CRITICAL TO ESTABLISH A WAY TO 

1549
00:59:54,924 --> 00:59:55,959
OFFICIALLY INCLUDE ALL VOICES. 

1550
00:59:55,959 --> 00:59:59,062
ONE ELEMENT AT THE HEART OF 

1551
00:59:59,062 --> 01:00:06,169
THESE QUESTIONS , I CAME HERE 

1552
01:00:06,169 --> 01:00:07,003
ORIGINALLY TO TALK TO DESIGN 

1553
01:00:07,003 --> 01:00:08,438
REVIEW, I WAS SAD I COULDN'T 

1554
01:00:08,438 --> 01:00:09,539
COMMENT ON THIS ONE SO I'M 

1555
01:00:09,539 --> 01:00:11,007
HAPPY TO BE HERE TO COMMENT ON 

1556
01:00:11,007 --> 01:00:12,475
THIS AS WELL. ONE OF THE 

1557
01:00:12,475 --> 01:00:14,544
ELEMENTS AT THE CENTER OF THIS 

1558
01:00:14,544 --> 01:00:16,045
IS, WHAT CAN ONE PERSON, ONE 

1559
01:00:16,045 --> 01:00:17,347
PROPERTY OWNER BUILD AND DESIGN 

1560
01:00:17,347 --> 01:00:19,148
AND REMOVE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF

1561
01:00:19,148 --> 01:00:22,118
OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE 

1562
01:00:22,118 --> 01:00:23,720
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY IN THE 

1563
01:00:23,720 --> 01:00:27,256
REGION? WITHOUT A SEAT AT THE 

1564
01:00:27,256 --> 01:00:29,459
TABLE, BOTH IN DESIGN AND AT 

1565
01:00:29,459 --> 01:00:32,862
THIS POINT, IN APPEAL, THE CITY 

1566
01:00:32,862 --> 01:00:35,064
IS SAYING, PLEASE BY A SMALL 

1567
01:00:35,064 --> 01:00:37,800
BUSINESS HERE. PLEASE BUY A HOME

1568
01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:41,604
HERE. PLEASE INVEST , PLEASE PAY

1569
01:00:41,604 --> 01:00:45,141
TAXES. AND, ONCE YOU HAVE DONE 

1570
01:00:45,141 --> 01:00:50,213
THIS, YOU WILL HAVE NO VOICE IN 

1571
01:00:50,213 --> 01:00:53,383
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. PLEASE TAKE 

1572
01:00:53,383 --> 01:01:00,857
TIME TO OPPOSE THIS BILL AND TO 

1573
01:01:00,857 --> 01:01:02,158
BRING A SEAT AT THE TABLE IN 

1574
01:01:02,158 --> 01:01:02,792
DESIGN REVIEW. 

1575
01:01:02,792 --> 01:01:07,864
>> THANK YOU. 

1576
01:01:07,864 --> 01:01:09,332
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE ALEX FOLLOWED

1577
01:01:09,332 --> 01:01:17,140
BY JUDY, NIKKI AND NATHANIEL. 

1578
01:01:17,140 --> 01:01:18,341
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COUNCIL 

1579
01:01:18,341 --> 01:01:20,043
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ALEX, PROUD 

1580
01:01:20,043 --> 01:01:23,079
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3. AND HERE

1581
01:01:23,079 --> 01:01:24,213
TODAY AS PART OF A GROWING 

1582
01:01:24,213 --> 01:01:25,848
COMMITTEE OF RESIDENTS WITH 

1583
01:01:25,848 --> 01:01:26,449
SEATTLE. I URGE YOU TO PASS 

1584
01:01:26,449 --> 01:01:31,087
COUNCIL BILL 121215. MAN, 

1585
01:01:31,087 --> 01:01:32,021
SITTING HERE TODAY I'M OVERCOME

1586
01:01:32,021 --> 01:01:33,790
BY HOW MUCH CHANGE WAYS IN ALL 

1587
01:01:33,790 --> 01:01:35,491
OF US. THE SEATTLE AREA I GREW 

1588
01:01:35,491 --> 01:01:37,126
UP IN IS NOT THE SEATTLE OF 

1589
01:01:37,126 --> 01:01:38,928
TODAY OR THE ONE THAT IS COMING 

1590
01:01:38,928 --> 01:01:47,270
TOMORROW. WE HAVE AND WILL AND 

1591
01:01:47,270 --> 01:01:48,137
SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE A 

1592
01:01:48,137 --> 01:01:49,272
WELCOMING PLACE FOR ANYONE WHO 

1593
01:01:49,272 --> 01:01:50,673
WANTS OR NEEDS TO LIVE HERE. 

1594
01:01:50,673 --> 01:01:51,641
ESPECIALLY IN THIS ERA OF AN 

1595
01:01:51,641 --> 01:01:52,175
INCREASINGLY THREATENING 

1596
01:01:52,175 --> 01:01:53,076
ADMINISTRATION WERE FELLOW 

1597
01:01:53,076 --> 01:01:53,743
CITIZENS ELSEWHERE HAVE NOWHERE 

1598
01:01:53,743 --> 01:01:55,078
ELSE TO GO. ALL OF US IN THIS 

1599
01:01:55,078 --> 01:01:58,981
ROOM ARE AT ONE POINT , AT ONE 

1600
01:01:58,981 --> 01:02:00,283
POINT GOT THE PRIVILEGE TO LIVE 

1601
01:02:00,283 --> 01:02:03,686
HERE. A PRIVILEGE WE MUST SHARE.

1602
01:02:03,686 --> 01:02:05,555
AND TO DO SO REQUIRES US TO 

1603
01:02:05,555 --> 01:02:07,056
CONTINUE TO ADAPT TO THE CHANGES

1604
01:02:07,056 --> 01:02:08,091
WE ARE ALL GRAPPLING WITH. I 

1605
01:02:08,091 --> 01:02:09,258
SPENT THE BETTER PART OF MY 

1606
01:02:09,258 --> 01:02:10,693
PROFESSIONAL LIFE TEARING I 

1607
01:02:10,693 --> 01:02:13,563
NONEXISTING HAIR, TRYING TO MAKE

1608
01:02:13,563 --> 01:02:24,040
HOUSING MORE ACCESSIBLE IN 

1609
01:02:24,340 --> 01:02:25,241
EXPENSIVE CITIES, ESPECIALLY 

1610
01:02:25,241 --> 01:02:26,342
HOURS. ONE REFLECTION OF MY WORK

1611
01:02:26,342 --> 01:02:27,577
IS THAT SO MUCH OF WHAT STANDS 

1612
01:02:27,577 --> 01:02:28,878
IN OUR WAYS OUT OF OUR HANDS. 

1613
01:02:28,878 --> 01:02:30,113
ONE THING THAT SQUIRRELLY IS IN 

1614
01:02:30,113 --> 01:02:31,481
OUR HANDS IS HOW WE BUILD. OTHER

1615
01:02:31,481 --> 01:02:32,448
OUR PROCESSES THOUGHTFUL AND 

1616
01:02:32,448 --> 01:02:42,892
EFFICIENT JUST REDUNDANT. 

1617
01:03:01,310 --> 01:03:06,249
>> GOOD MORNING. THE CITY'S OWN

1618
01:03:06,249 --> 01:03:08,784
DATA SHOWS THAT THERE ONLY TWO 

1619
01:03:08,784 --> 01:03:11,420
2.8 APPEALS PER YEAR. 

1620
01:03:11,420 --> 01:03:13,923
COUNCILPERSON , YOU CLAIM THIS 

1621
01:03:13,923 --> 01:03:17,193
BILL WILL STOP THE ENDLESS 

1622
01:03:17,193 --> 01:03:20,763
LAWSUITS AND APPEALS. AS A 

1623
01:03:20,763 --> 01:03:23,099
LIBRARIAN AND A TEACHER, WHO 

1624
01:03:23,099 --> 01:03:26,569
TEACHES FACTS, YOUR CLAIMS ARE 

1625
01:03:26,569 --> 01:03:29,739
DEMONSTRABLY FALSE. YOU ARE 

1626
01:03:29,739 --> 01:03:30,907
PUSHING THIS IN THE NAME OF 

1627
01:03:30,907 --> 01:03:31,941
DELAYING AFFORDABLE HOUSING 

1628
01:03:31,941 --> 01:03:34,944
WHICH IS FALSE. THIS BILL DENIES

1629
01:03:34,944 --> 01:03:39,582
AFFORDABLE -- TO ENVIRONMENTAL 

1630
01:03:39,582 --> 01:03:43,186
APPEALS BY ORDINARY PEOPLE. LIKE

1631
01:03:43,186 --> 01:03:48,157
MY KIDS. AND, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, 

1632
01:03:48,157 --> 01:03:50,693
PIERCE COUNTY, SPOKANE, OLYMPIA 

1633
01:03:50,693 --> 01:03:53,162
AND VANCOUVER MAINTAIN THIS 

1634
01:03:53,162 --> 01:03:55,965
ACCESS TO APPEALS. SEATTLE IS 

1635
01:03:55,965 --> 01:03:58,768
NOT AN OUTLIER, AS YOU PURPORT 

1636
01:03:58,768 --> 01:04:03,139
IT TO BE. IT IS PART OF A BROAD 

1637
01:04:03,139 --> 01:04:04,874
WASHINGTON CONSENSUS THAT 

1638
01:04:04,874 --> 01:04:06,209
COMMUNITY REVIEW OF 

1639
01:04:06,209 --> 01:04:12,615
ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS MATTERS.

1640
01:04:12,615 --> 01:04:14,550
IN MY OPINION THIS BILL IS A 

1641
01:04:14,550 --> 01:04:17,153
HUGE DISTRACTION FROM REAL PRO 

1642
01:04:17,153 --> 01:04:19,255
ENVIRONMENTAL WORK. I BELIEVE 

1643
01:04:19,255 --> 01:04:21,791
INTENSITY AND AFFORDABLE 

1644
01:04:21,791 --> 01:04:25,127
HOUSING. BUT THIS BILL SHOULD 

1645
01:04:25,127 --> 01:04:28,364
NOT BE A SCAPEGOAT FOR THAT. 

1646
01:04:28,364 --> 01:04:32,802
PLEASE REJECT CB 121215. THANK 

1647
01:04:32,802 --> 01:04:34,170
YOU FOR LISTENING. 

1648
01:04:34,170 --> 01:04:40,409
>> THANK YOU. 

1649
01:04:40,409 --> 01:04:41,744
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE NIKKI, I'M 

1650
01:04:41,744 --> 01:04:43,312
SORRY BUT YOUR LAST NAME. 

1651
01:04:43,312 --> 01:04:47,116
>> FOLLOWED BY NATHANIEL , 

1652
01:04:47,116 --> 01:04:55,725
HOWARD, JEAN AND AMANDA. 

1653
01:04:55,725 --> 01:04:57,493
>> I JUST WANT TO URGE THE 

1654
01:04:57,493 --> 01:04:58,694
COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON CB 121215.

1655
01:04:58,694 --> 01:05:00,463
THIS BILL IS AN OUTRAGEOUS GRAB 

1656
01:05:00,463 --> 01:05:07,270
FOR POWER BY DEVELOPERS, 

1657
01:05:07,270 --> 01:05:08,304
INDUSTRY, WHO ARE ONLY INTENT ON

1658
01:05:08,304 --> 01:05:09,105
MAXIMIZING PROFIT. YOU SHOULD 

1659
01:05:09,105 --> 01:05:10,606
VOTE NO FOR THE FOLLOWING 

1660
01:05:10,606 --> 01:05:13,943
REASONS. THE BILL WILL MAKE IT 

1661
01:05:13,943 --> 01:05:14,443
EXPENSIVE AND VIRTUALLY 

1662
01:05:14,443 --> 01:05:15,011
IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE AVERAGE 

1663
01:05:15,011 --> 01:05:15,911
SEATTLE RESIDENT TO APPEAL AND 

1664
01:05:15,911 --> 01:05:16,679
IN CONNECTICUT EAS. IF YOU 

1665
01:05:16,679 --> 01:05:18,748
DON'T WANT APPEALS, THEN HAVE 

1666
01:05:18,748 --> 01:05:20,783
AN ADEQUATE EIS. THE DIRECTORS 

1667
01:05:20,783 --> 01:05:24,987
REPORT FOR CB 121215 DOCUMENTS 

1668
01:05:24,987 --> 01:05:27,223
AS A PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, 28 

1669
01:05:27,223 --> 01:05:29,525
APPEALS IN 10 YEARS. THIS IS NOT

1670
01:05:29,525 --> 01:05:36,966
AN AVALANCHE OF APPEALS. AS 

1671
01:05:36,966 --> 01:05:38,234
CHAIR LIN HAS SAID THAT SEATTLE 

1672
01:05:38,234 --> 01:05:42,305
IS AN OUTLIER, I WORK FOR PIERCE

1673
01:05:42,305 --> 01:05:43,539
COUNTY, I AM AN ENVIRONMENTAL 

1674
01:05:43,539 --> 01:05:54,050
REVIEWER. I CAN TELL YOU, WE 

1675
01:05:56,919 --> 01:05:58,521
HAVE APPEALS. WE HAVE SEPA 

1676
01:05:58,521 --> 01:05:59,155
APPEALS. SO SEATTLE'S DRIVER 

1677
01:05:59,155 --> 01:05:59,789
DENSITY SHOULD NOT USURP GOOD 

1678
01:05:59,789 --> 01:06:00,690
GOVERNMENT AND THE ABILITY OF 

1679
01:06:00,690 --> 01:06:01,891
THE AVERAGE PERSON TO HELP FORGE

1680
01:06:01,891 --> 01:06:03,292
THE FUTURE OF THEIR CITY. IT IS 

1681
01:06:03,292 --> 01:06:04,327
IRONIC THAT WHILE WE ARE 

1682
01:06:04,327 --> 01:06:05,361
CELEBRATING THE 250th YEAR OF 

1683
01:06:05,361 --> 01:06:06,362
DEMOCRACY, SEATTLE IS TRYING TO 

1684
01:06:06,362 --> 01:06:07,363
SQUELCH THE ABILITY OF ITS 

1685
01:06:07,363 --> 01:06:08,197
RESIDENTS TO HOLD THEIR 

1686
01:06:08,197 --> 01:06:08,831
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE. THANK 

1687
01:06:08,831 --> 01:06:09,031
YOU. 

1688
01:06:09,031 --> 01:06:12,735
>> THANK YOU. 

1689
01:06:12,735 --> 01:06:19,809
>> HI, COUNCIL MEMBERS. TRYING 

1690
01:06:19,809 --> 01:06:22,345
TO GET THIS WORK FOR ME. MY NAME

1691
01:06:22,345 --> 01:06:23,145
IS NATE. 33, I LIVE IN A DENSE 

1692
01:06:23,145 --> 01:06:25,147
AREA OF CAPITOL HILL. I RODE MY 

1693
01:06:25,147 --> 01:06:26,782
BIKE HERE. IF I DIDN'T DO THAT 

1694
01:06:26,782 --> 01:06:28,217
I PROBABLY WOULD'VE TAKEN THE 

1695
01:06:28,217 --> 01:06:29,652
LITURGY. JUST A VIRTUE SIGNAL 

1696
01:06:29,652 --> 01:06:34,757
FOR A SECOND. THE LAND-USE 

1697
01:06:34,757 --> 01:06:35,891
COMMITTEE REPORT SHOWS THAT LESS

1698
01:06:35,891 --> 01:06:37,059
THAN THREE SEPA APPEALS FILED 

1699
01:06:37,059 --> 01:06:41,130
PER YEAR ON AVERAGE. 2025 

1700
01:06:41,130 --> 01:06:41,897
HEARING EXAMINER'S REPORT SHOWS

1701
01:06:41,897 --> 01:06:45,634
APPEALS IS A SMALL FRACTION. 

1702
01:06:45,634 --> 01:06:46,268
ADDITIONALLY REMOVING CITIZEN 

1703
01:06:46,268 --> 01:06:47,203
RIGHTS TO APPEAL THROUGH SEPA 

1704
01:06:47,203 --> 01:06:53,376
AND SHIFT THAT FORUM TO THE 

1705
01:06:53,376 --> 01:06:54,210
MANAGEMENT HEARINGS BOARD OR 

1706
01:06:54,210 --> 01:06:55,010
SUPERIOR COURT. BOTH OF WHICH 

1707
01:06:55,010 --> 01:06:55,644
OPERATIVELY EXPENSIVE ESPECIALLY

1708
01:06:55,644 --> 01:06:57,913
CONSIDERING THE DISTRICTS TWO 

1709
01:06:57,913 --> 01:07:02,585
AND THREE WERE MOST DENSITY 

1710
01:07:02,585 --> 01:07:03,586
DRIVEN CANOPY LOSS HAS OCCURRED 

1711
01:07:03,586 --> 01:07:05,121
ARE ALSO LOWEST INCOME IN THE 

1712
01:07:05,121 --> 01:07:10,126
CITY. REMOVING CITIZEN RIGHTS TO

1713
01:07:10,126 --> 01:07:11,127
APPEAL AND MY MENTAL IMPACT 

1714
01:07:11,127 --> 01:07:12,561
STATEMENTS THROUGH SEPA IS 

1715
01:07:12,561 --> 01:07:21,337
THEREFORE DISENFRANCHISING. 

1716
01:07:21,337 --> 01:07:22,505
MOREOVER, IT IS A NECESSARY. 

1717
01:07:22,505 --> 01:07:23,672
SEATTLE IS THIRD IN THE NATION 

1718
01:07:23,672 --> 01:07:24,673
FOR NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN 

1719
01:07:24,673 --> 01:07:26,075
2010 TO 2020. THIS IS PERSISTENT

1720
01:07:26,075 --> 01:07:27,476
IN THE SIX YEARS SINCE. I SHOULD

1721
01:07:27,476 --> 01:07:28,577
ALSO MENTION I MOVED HERE IN 

1722
01:07:28,577 --> 01:07:30,112
2018. LIKE I SAID I AM A RENTER.

1723
01:07:30,112 --> 01:07:31,647
THE ONLY WAY I CAN AFFORD TO 

1724
01:07:31,647 --> 01:07:32,615
LIVE IN MY CAPITOL HILL 

1725
01:07:32,615 --> 01:07:33,816
APARTMENT IS BY SHARING IT WITH 

1726
01:07:33,816 --> 01:07:35,050
MY PARTNER. I'M HAPPY TO DO 

1727
01:07:35,050 --> 01:07:36,585
THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS SORT 

1728
01:07:36,585 --> 01:07:47,096
OF AN OBLIGATION. LASTLY, THE 

1729
01:07:48,230 --> 01:07:49,398
CITY HAS HAD AT LEAST 30 PRIVATE

1730
01:07:49,398 --> 01:07:50,433
MEETINGS WITH THE DEVELOPER 

1731
01:07:50,433 --> 01:07:51,133
LOBBY THIS YEAR. TAKEN TOGETHER,

1732
01:07:51,133 --> 01:07:52,635
THESE FACTS PAINT A PICTURE OF A

1733
01:07:52,635 --> 01:07:53,602
MEASURE INTENDED TO GREASE THE 

1734
01:07:53,602 --> 01:07:54,603
WHEELS WERE DEVELOPERS AT THE 

1735
01:07:54,603 --> 01:07:55,838
EXPENSE OF CITIZENS. I WOULD ASK

1736
01:07:55,838 --> 01:07:57,273
YOU TO VOTE NO ON CB 121215. 

1737
01:07:57,273 --> 01:07:57,840
THANK YOU. 

1738
01:07:57,840 --> 01:07:58,674
>> THANK YOU. 

1739
01:07:58,674 --> 01:08:03,979
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE JEAN TRENT. 

1740
01:08:03,979 --> 01:08:05,948
>> I THINK YOU SAID JEAN TRENT. 

1741
01:08:05,948 --> 01:08:07,983
HI, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR 

1742
01:08:07,983 --> 01:08:09,485
HEARING ME. I CAN'T DO ANY 

1743
01:08:09,485 --> 01:08:10,486
BETTER THAN ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE

1744
01:08:10,486 --> 01:08:12,922
DOING. WHAT I FIND IN COMMON IS 

1745
01:08:12,922 --> 01:08:14,190
ALMOST NEVER BUT HE IS AN 

1746
01:08:14,190 --> 01:08:15,224
ENVIRONMENTAL IS. EVER BUT HE 

1747
01:08:15,224 --> 01:08:17,026
WANTS THE CITY TO STAY IS CLEAN 

1748
01:08:17,026 --> 01:08:17,626
AND AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 

1749
01:08:17,626 --> 01:08:21,797
LAND HEALTHY AS IT CAN BE. BUT 

1750
01:08:21,797 --> 01:08:23,532
I'M AFRAID THERE IS SOME 

1751
01:08:23,532 --> 01:08:24,300
CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT INTERRUPTS 

1752
01:08:24,300 --> 01:08:27,937
THAT PROCESS. I CAME HERE 50 OR 

1753
01:08:27,937 --> 01:08:35,010
60 YEARS AGO, AND I CAME HERE 

1754
01:08:35,010 --> 01:08:36,011
BECAUSE THE CITY WAS MUCH 

1755
01:08:36,011 --> 01:08:37,780
HEALTHIER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL 

1756
01:08:37,780 --> 01:08:38,848
THAN WHERE I CAME FROM IN 

1757
01:08:38,848 --> 01:08:40,149
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND I 

1758
01:08:40,149 --> 01:08:41,317
NOTICE THAT ALL OF THE TOURISTS 

1759
01:08:41,317 --> 01:08:43,085
IN TOWN RIGHT NOW, WHEN THEY ARE

1760
01:08:43,085 --> 01:08:48,257
INTERVIEWED THE INTERVIEW ALL 

1761
01:08:48,257 --> 01:08:49,658
OVER THE PLACE, THEY DON'T SAY,

1762
01:08:49,658 --> 01:08:50,793
THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING CITY, 

1763
01:08:50,793 --> 01:08:51,794
IT'S GOT GREAT ACTIVITY. BIG 

1764
01:08:51,794 --> 01:08:52,795
BUILDINGS. THEY ARE SAYING IT'S

1765
01:08:52,795 --> 01:08:54,463
BEAUTIFUL. AND I THINK THAT THAT

1766
01:08:54,463 --> 01:08:56,198
IS WHY WE ARE HERE. SO EVERYBODY

1767
01:08:56,198 --> 01:08:58,334
HERE CARES ABOUT THAT. I 

1768
01:08:58,334 --> 01:08:59,301
UNDERSTAND. BUT I THINK THIS 

1769
01:08:59,301 --> 01:09:02,972
BILL, 121215, WHICH I OPPOSE, IS

1770
01:09:02,972 --> 01:09:08,377
SOMEHOW SHOWING ITS FAULTS. 

1771
01:09:08,377 --> 01:09:09,612
SOMEHOW OR OTHER BY PEOPLE BEING

1772
01:09:09,612 --> 01:09:12,114
INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, BEING 

1773
01:09:12,114 --> 01:09:13,649
PATRIOTS LIKE ME, I THINK I'M A

1774
01:09:13,649 --> 01:09:16,619
PATRIOT. I'M NOT A NEW BE. I 

1775
01:09:16,619 --> 01:09:17,586
SOLD MY HOUSE AND GIVE THE MONEY

1776
01:09:17,586 --> 01:09:19,822
TO MY KIDS TO BUY HOUSES. I 

1777
01:09:19,822 --> 01:09:28,631
THINK THIS IS A FALSE CHOICE. I 

1778
01:09:28,631 --> 01:09:29,798
THINK THIS CAN BE DONE. KEEPING 

1779
01:09:29,798 --> 01:09:31,133
CITIZENS INVOLVED IN KEEPING THE

1780
01:09:31,133 --> 01:09:32,101
BEAUTIFUL CITY AND MAKING IT 

1781
01:09:32,101 --> 01:09:33,068
AWESOME FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE YOUR.

1782
01:09:33,068 --> 01:09:33,569
THANK YOU. 

1783
01:09:33,569 --> 01:09:43,812
>> THANK YOU. 

1784
01:09:45,214 --> 01:09:46,382
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 

1785
01:09:46,382 --> 01:09:47,816
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS AMANDA, I AM

1786
01:09:47,816 --> 01:09:48,384
AN ORGANIZER WITH HOUSE OUR 

1787
01:09:48,384 --> 01:09:49,552
NEIGHBORS AND A CITIZEN OF 

1788
01:09:49,552 --> 01:09:50,286
CAPITOL HILL. OVER THE PAST 

1789
01:09:50,286 --> 01:09:51,353
SEVERAL MONTHS I'VE WORKED 

1790
01:09:51,353 --> 01:09:52,087
ALONGSIDE HUNDREDS OF SEATTLE 

1791
01:09:52,087 --> 01:09:52,922
RESIDENTS WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR

1792
01:09:52,922 --> 01:09:55,591
A CONFERENCE OF PLAN. THAT 

1793
01:09:55,591 --> 01:09:56,692
CREATES A THRIVING GREEN CITY. 

1794
01:09:56,692 --> 01:09:57,860
MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE, MOST OF 

1795
01:09:57,860 --> 01:09:59,028
THOSE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE THE 

1796
01:09:59,028 --> 01:10:00,563
LUXURY OF TIME OFF WORK TO BE 

1797
01:10:00,563 --> 01:10:02,064
HERE OR THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING

1798
01:10:02,064 --> 01:10:08,404
HOW TO ACCESS THE SPACES. IF YOU

1799
01:10:08,404 --> 01:10:09,438
KNOW ME PERSONALLY, YOU WOULD 

1800
01:10:09,438 --> 01:10:10,839
KNOW THAT I COME FROM TREE 

1801
01:10:10,839 --> 01:10:11,507
PROTECTORS. PEOPLE WHO CHAINED 

1802
01:10:11,507 --> 01:10:12,508
THEMSELVES TO TREES TO SAVE 

1803
01:10:12,508 --> 01:10:13,275
THEM. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS 

1804
01:10:13,275 --> 01:10:16,011
ARE NOT ABSTRACT FOR ME. AND 

1805
01:10:16,011 --> 01:10:17,179
NEITHER ARE THE VERY REAL 

1806
01:10:17,179 --> 01:10:17,947
OUTCOMES OF THESE UNNECESSARY 

1807
01:10:17,947 --> 01:10:19,048
DELAYS WHEN IDENTIFYING OUR 

1808
01:10:19,048 --> 01:10:29,625
CITY. LOOK, I'M NO CHAMPION OF 

1809
01:10:30,492 --> 01:10:32,194
PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT BUT THAT IS 

1810
01:10:32,194 --> 01:10:33,295
NOT WAS A MOST IMPACTED BY THE 

1811
01:10:33,295 --> 01:10:34,363
REDUNDANT APPEALS. IT IS FOLKS 

1812
01:10:34,363 --> 01:10:35,564
LIKE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, ARC 

1813
01:10:35,564 --> 01:10:36,265
UNITY LAND TRUSTS, AND ARE 

1814
01:10:36,265 --> 01:10:36,966
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS 

1815
01:10:36,966 --> 01:10:38,267
MANAGING COMPLEX CAPITAL STACKS 

1816
01:10:38,267 --> 01:10:39,034
AND NAVIGATING IMMENSELY COMPLEX

1817
01:10:39,034 --> 01:10:41,770
HE'S ALREADY. IT ALSO AFFECTS 

1818
01:10:41,770 --> 01:10:42,938
THE WORKERS WHO WILL CONTINUE TO

1819
01:10:42,938 --> 01:10:44,773
SUFFER FROM YEARS OF SPRAWL. 

1820
01:10:44,773 --> 01:10:52,414
ADMINISTERED SEPA APPEALS DON'T

1821
01:10:52,414 --> 01:10:52,948
STRENGTHEN OUR MENTAL 

1822
01:10:52,948 --> 01:10:53,749
PROTECTIONS OR MAGICALLY SAVE 

1823
01:10:53,749 --> 01:10:54,617
THE ORCAS. INSTEAD THEY BECOME 

1824
01:10:54,617 --> 01:10:55,951
WEAPONIZE TO DELAY POLICIES I 

1825
01:10:55,951 --> 01:10:57,953
HAVE BEEN GONE THROUGH EXTENSIVE

1826
01:10:57,953 --> 01:10:58,654
PUBLIC REVIEW AND ENVIRONMENTAL 

1827
01:10:58,654 --> 01:11:00,356
ANALYSIS. AGAIN, THEY ADD TO THE

1828
01:11:00,356 --> 01:11:04,393
ONGOING SPRAWL HARMING THE ORCAS

1829
01:11:04,393 --> 01:11:05,394
INSTEAD. WHILE APPEALS MAY BE 

1830
01:11:05,394 --> 01:11:06,462
SMALL IN NUMBER, THEY ARE 

1831
01:11:06,462 --> 01:11:13,102
MASSIVE IN DELAY. SEATTLE IS IN 

1832
01:11:13,102 --> 01:11:14,236
A HOUSING CRISIS. EVERY MONTH WE

1833
01:11:14,236 --> 01:11:15,104
DELAY HOUSING MEANS HIGHER 

1834
01:11:15,104 --> 01:11:16,038
RENTS, LONGER COMMUTES AND MORE 

1835
01:11:16,038 --> 01:11:17,406
NEIGHBORS PUSHED INTO THAT 

1836
01:11:17,406 --> 01:11:22,845
SPRAWL. ENSURING FUTURE HOUSING 

1837
01:11:22,845 --> 01:11:24,446
PLANS CAN BE HELD BY THE SAME 

1838
01:11:24,446 --> 01:11:25,414
LOOPHOLE. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT 

1839
01:11:25,414 --> 01:11:26,682
THE LEGISLATION SO WE CAN SPEND 

1840
01:11:26,682 --> 01:11:27,683
LESS TIME REHASHING BID POLICY 

1841
01:11:27,683 --> 01:11:28,784
AND MORE TIME DOING HOMES 

1842
01:11:28,784 --> 01:11:29,518
SEATTLE DISPLAY NEEDS. THANK 

1843
01:11:29,518 --> 01:11:29,785
YOU. 

1844
01:11:29,785 --> 01:11:30,619
>> THANK YOU. 

1845
01:11:30,619 --> 01:11:31,854
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE JENNIFER 

1846
01:11:31,854 --> 01:11:37,393
FOLLOWED BY DAVE. SUSAN AND 

1847
01:11:37,393 --> 01:11:41,363
BRENDAN. 

1848
01:11:41,363 --> 01:11:50,739
>> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO 

1849
01:11:50,739 --> 01:11:51,607
SUGGEST THAT WE STREAMLINE 

1850
01:11:51,607 --> 01:11:52,574
BEFORE BANNING. I AM NOT PAID TO

1851
01:11:52,574 --> 01:11:53,842
BE HERE. BEFORE FILING THE ORCA 

1852
01:11:53,842 --> 01:11:55,110
APPEAL I ATTENDED 10 MONTHS OF 

1853
01:11:55,110 --> 01:11:56,078
PUBLIC MEETINGS TO CORRECT THE 

1854
01:11:56,078 --> 01:11:57,446
ERRORS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL 

1855
01:11:57,446 --> 01:12:07,956
IMPACT REGARDING CLEAN WATER, 

1856
01:12:15,664 --> 01:12:16,265
ENDANGERED SPECIES ENTRY 

1857
01:12:16,265 --> 01:12:16,999
HYDROLOGY LOSS. NONE WERE 

1858
01:12:16,999 --> 01:12:17,633
CORRECTED. I WOULD'VE MUCH 

1859
01:12:17,633 --> 01:12:18,333
RATHER HAVE RESOLVED THESE 

1860
01:12:18,333 --> 01:12:19,468
BEFORE APPEAL. IF THE CITY FAILS

1861
01:12:19,468 --> 01:12:20,536
TO FIX MISTAKES FOR PUBLIC 

1862
01:12:20,536 --> 01:12:21,403
COMMENT, THE PRE-DECISION APPEAL

1863
01:12:21,403 --> 01:12:22,404
MAKES THE MOST LOGISTIC AND 

1864
01:12:22,404 --> 01:12:23,205
ACCESSIBLE SINCE VERSUS WAITING 

1865
01:12:23,205 --> 01:12:24,473
UNTIL AFTER THE DAMAGE IS DONE. 

1866
01:12:24,473 --> 01:12:25,674
THE PROCESS CAN BE SHORTENED. WE

1867
01:12:25,674 --> 01:12:26,909
WATCHED TRIP TRUMP GOT NOAA WHEN

1868
01:12:26,909 --> 01:12:27,943
HE DIDN'T LIKE CLIMATE PLANTS. 

1869
01:12:27,943 --> 01:12:29,311
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL THE CITY 

1870
01:12:29,311 --> 01:12:30,379
MITTS THEY DON'T WANT ANY 

1871
01:12:30,379 --> 01:12:31,413
PROCESS TO ENSURE CITY HAS 

1872
01:12:31,413 --> 01:12:32,681
ACCURATE INFO IN THE EIS. ASKED 

1873
01:12:32,681 --> 01:12:33,582
WHY NOT? STREAMLINE BEFORE 

1874
01:12:33,582 --> 01:12:34,516
ELIMINATING. OTHER HEARING 

1875
01:12:34,516 --> 01:12:35,451
EXAMINER PROCESSES DONE IN A 

1876
01:12:35,451 --> 01:12:36,285
LARGE QUANTITY OF WASHINGTON 

1877
01:12:36,285 --> 01:12:37,286
CITIES, MOST WASHINGTON CITIES 

1878
01:12:37,286 --> 01:12:40,122
ARE COMPLETED IN UNDER 60 DAYS. 

1879
01:12:40,122 --> 01:12:41,657
HOW MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE 

1880
01:12:41,657 --> 01:12:42,825
TIME TO READ THE THOUSANDS PAGE 

1881
01:12:42,825 --> 01:12:44,560
LONG OF OUR MENTAL IMPACT 

1882
01:12:44,560 --> 01:12:51,667
STATEMENT? OR THE STORM WATER 

1883
01:12:51,667 --> 01:12:52,768
CODE?  THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO. 

1884
01:12:52,768 --> 01:12:53,969
IT MAKES SENSE YOU CAN ANALYZE 

1885
01:12:53,969 --> 01:12:55,204
IT ALL. AND NEED THOSE DIRECTORS

1886
01:12:55,204 --> 01:12:56,472
REPORTS TO BE PROVIDED AN 

1887
01:12:56,472 --> 01:12:57,072
UNBIASED. WE HAVE DEREGULATED 

1888
01:12:57,072 --> 01:12:58,207
THE COMP PLAN, THE STORM WATER 

1889
01:12:58,207 --> 01:12:59,007
CODE WHILE GUTTING THE 

1890
01:12:59,007 --> 01:12:59,875
ENFORCEMENT BRANCH. HOW DOES 

1891
01:12:59,875 --> 01:13:03,278
THAT MAKE SENSE? THE CITY FAILED

1892
01:13:03,278 --> 01:13:04,546
TO DELAY THREE TIMES IN THE 

1893
01:13:04,546 --> 01:13:07,516
COURT OF APPEALS INCLUDING RIGHT

1894
01:13:07,516 --> 01:13:08,717
NOW, THIS IS THE 30th DAY WHEN 

1895
01:13:08,717 --> 01:13:10,352
THEY COULD'VE COME BACK AND 

1896
01:13:10,352 --> 01:13:16,625
SAID, OKAY, 27 DAYS AGO. AND 

1897
01:13:16,625 --> 01:13:17,659
EXPEDITED THE PROCESS. THE 

1898
01:13:17,659 --> 01:13:18,827
CHOICE TO WAIT UNTIL 2027 WAS 

1899
01:13:18,827 --> 01:13:20,062
MADE BY THE CITY BASED ON THEIR 

1900
01:13:20,062 --> 01:13:20,996
OWN SCHEDULE BEFORE COUNCIL 

1901
01:13:20,996 --> 01:13:21,964
RECESS, BUDGET SCHEDULE AND 

1902
01:13:21,964 --> 01:13:23,465
COUNCIL BREAK. APPEALS ARE 

1903
01:13:23,465 --> 01:13:25,601
PREVENTING CONVERTING THOUSANDS 

1904
01:13:25,601 --> 01:13:27,436
OF EMPTY HIGH-RISE UNITS HERE 

1905
01:13:27,436 --> 01:13:29,538
INTO HOUSING. SO IN MY SPARE 

1906
01:13:29,538 --> 01:13:35,511
TIME, I PLAY THE SOUNDTRACK FOR 

1907
01:13:35,511 --> 01:13:37,045
JUST LIKE THE FORCE IN THOSE 

1908
01:13:37,045 --> 01:13:38,413
GAMES OR HEALED. WE CAN HEAL 

1909
01:13:38,413 --> 01:13:39,581
THIS ENVIRONMENT AND DENSIFY. I.

1910
01:13:39,581 --> 01:13:44,920
>> NEXT UP IS DAVE, KATHY, AND 

1911
01:13:44,920 --> 01:13:51,593
BRANDON. 

1912
01:13:51,593 --> 01:13:52,728
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MY 

1913
01:13:52,728 --> 01:13:54,596
NAME IS DAVID I LIVE IN DISTRICT

1914
01:13:54,596 --> 01:13:56,298
5. I WANT TO READ TO YOU FROM 

1915
01:13:56,298 --> 01:13:58,600
DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS BILL. IT 

1916
01:13:58,600 --> 01:13:59,568
HAS BEEN ALLEGED THAT APPEALS 

1917
01:13:59,568 --> 01:14:01,170
HAVE BEEN FILED IN ORDER TO SLOW

1918
01:14:01,170 --> 01:14:03,806
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. 

1919
01:14:03,806 --> 01:14:04,640
LEGISLATION WAS INTENDED TO 

1920
01:14:04,640 --> 01:14:06,008
SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF 

1921
01:14:06,008 --> 01:14:11,513
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WHERE IS THE

1922
01:14:11,513 --> 01:14:12,881
PROOF FOR THAT? WHY IS THE CITY 

1923
01:14:12,881 --> 01:14:15,350
PUTTING FALSE ALLEGATIONS IN 

1924
01:14:15,350 --> 01:14:16,485
DOCUMENTATION? THE COUNCILS 

1925
01:14:16,485 --> 01:14:17,719
GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON

1926
01:14:17,719 --> 01:14:19,321
ALLEGATIONS . SHAME ON THE CITY 

1927
01:14:19,321 --> 01:14:20,389
FOR PUBLISHING THE STATEMENT 

1928
01:14:20,389 --> 01:14:23,992
LIKE THAT. PEOPLE FILE APPEALS 

1929
01:14:23,992 --> 01:14:24,927
BECAUSE THE CARE ABOUT THE 

1930
01:14:24,927 --> 01:14:25,761
ENVIRONMENT. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. 

1931
01:14:25,761 --> 01:14:33,735
IF THESE APPEALS SLOW DOWN 

1932
01:14:33,735 --> 01:14:34,303
DEVELOPMENT FOR AFFORDABLE 

1933
01:14:34,303 --> 01:14:35,437
HOUSING, THEN WHY IS SEATTLE ONE

1934
01:14:35,437 --> 01:14:37,439
OF THE TOP CITIES WERE PRODUCING

1935
01:14:37,439 --> 01:14:38,006
MORE HOUSING? AND WIRE THE 

1936
01:14:38,006 --> 01:14:38,674
13,000 APARTMENTS LISTED ON 

1937
01:14:38,674 --> 01:14:40,442
PLACES LIKE APARTMENTS.COM. WE 

1938
01:14:40,442 --> 01:14:41,877
CAN TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME. WE 

1939
01:14:41,877 --> 01:14:48,183
CAN LOOK AT THE INTERMENT. CHAIR

1940
01:14:48,183 --> 01:14:49,551
LIN HAS STATED IN OUR MENTAL 

1941
01:14:49,551 --> 01:14:51,053
PEELS HAS RESULTED IN TIME AND 

1942
01:14:51,053 --> 01:14:51,720
FINANCIAL EXPENSE FOR THE CITY. 

1943
01:14:51,720 --> 01:14:53,188
ALL THIS IS ACCURATE, IT DOES 

1944
01:14:53,188 --> 01:14:57,493
NOT TELL THE FULL STORY. FOR 

1945
01:14:57,493 --> 01:14:58,093
INSTANCE, THE CURRENT APPEAL 

1946
01:14:58,093 --> 01:14:58,927
AGAINST THE EIS FOR THE ONE 

1947
01:14:58,927 --> 01:14:59,628
SEATTLE PLAN COULD'VE BEEN 

1948
01:14:59,628 --> 01:15:03,065
COMPLETED LAST YEAR. HOWEVER, 

1949
01:15:03,065 --> 01:15:03,932
THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS HAVE 

1950
01:15:03,932 --> 01:15:04,733
ATTEMPTED THE APPEAL ON 

1951
01:15:04,733 --> 01:15:05,934
TECHNICAL GROUNDS RATHER THAN 

1952
01:15:05,934 --> 01:15:10,539
ADDRESS THE MERITS OF THE CASE. 

1953
01:15:10,539 --> 01:15:11,940
YES, IT IS THE CITY THAT IS 

1954
01:15:11,940 --> 01:15:12,941
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELAYS AND 

1955
01:15:12,941 --> 01:15:14,176
THE ASSOCIATED COSTS. WILL THE 

1956
01:15:14,176 --> 01:15:15,377
APPEL WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE DONE 

1957
01:15:15,377 --> 01:15:17,279
WITH THIS. LEGISLATION LIKE 

1958
01:15:17,279 --> 01:15:18,580
121215 SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON 

1959
01:15:18,580 --> 01:15:24,586
ALLEGATIONS , INNUENDOS AND 

1960
01:15:24,586 --> 01:15:25,821
IMPLICATIONS. IF YOU WANT THE 

1961
01:15:25,821 --> 01:15:26,655
FACTS, READ THE ARTICLES THAT 

1962
01:15:26,655 --> 01:15:28,090
WERE IN YESTERDAY'S SEATTLE 

1963
01:15:28,090 --> 01:15:28,924
TIMES. I WILL LEAVE THEM IN THE 

1964
01:15:28,924 --> 01:15:30,659
COMMENT. I URGE YOU TO REJECT 

1965
01:15:30,659 --> 01:15:31,660
121215. 

1966
01:15:31,660 --> 01:15:42,037
>> THANK YOU, DAVID. 

1967
01:15:45,774 --> 01:15:47,776
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR LIN AND 

1968
01:15:47,776 --> 01:15:48,410
MEMBERS OF LAND-USE COMMITTEE. 

1969
01:15:48,410 --> 01:15:50,112
MY NAME IS KATHY, I AM HERE IN 

1970
01:15:50,112 --> 01:15:53,849
OPPOSITION TO 121215 FOR ALL THE

1971
01:15:53,849 --> 01:15:55,551
REASONS YOU HAVE HEARD SO FAR 

1972
01:15:55,551 --> 01:15:59,321
TODAY. I AM 834 YEAR RESIDENT OF

1973
01:15:59,321 --> 01:16:00,322
WEST SEATTLE LIVING ONE MILE 

1974
01:16:00,322 --> 01:16:02,357
FROM PUGET SOUND IN THE 

1975
01:16:02,357 --> 01:16:03,525
NEIGHBORHOOD OF SMALLER HOUSES 

1976
01:16:03,525 --> 01:16:07,429
AND TREES. I SPENT 30 YEARS 

1977
01:16:07,429 --> 01:16:08,063
WORKING FOR STATE AND LOCAL 

1978
01:16:08,063 --> 01:16:11,466
GOVERNMENT AND WITH COMMUNITY ON

1979
01:16:11,466 --> 01:16:12,401
ALL ASPECTS OF RESTORING AND 

1980
01:16:12,401 --> 01:16:13,368
PROTECTING PUGET SOUND 

1981
01:16:13,368 --> 01:16:16,772
WATERSHEDS FOR SALMON, ORCHIDS, 

1982
01:16:16,772 --> 01:16:23,478
WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE. I AM IN 

1983
01:16:23,478 --> 01:16:24,346
DISBELIEF YOU'RE CONSIDERING 

1984
01:16:24,346 --> 01:16:25,180
REMOVING THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS 

1985
01:16:25,180 --> 01:16:28,283
TO MAKE ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS 

1986
01:16:28,283 --> 01:16:29,117
WHEN THEY NOTICE ACTIONS HARMFUL

1987
01:16:29,117 --> 01:16:32,688
TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT. IN A 

1988
01:16:32,688 --> 01:16:34,523
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, CITIZENS 

1989
01:16:34,523 --> 01:16:35,190
RIGHTS ARE IS IMPORTANT AS 

1990
01:16:35,190 --> 01:16:40,729
DEVELOPERS RIGHTS. FOR MANY 

1991
01:16:40,729 --> 01:16:41,263
YEARS SEATTLE HAS BEEN A 

1992
01:16:41,263 --> 01:16:43,365
REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEADER IN 

1993
01:16:43,365 --> 01:16:46,268
SUSTAINABILITY. PASSAGE OF THIS 

1994
01:16:46,268 --> 01:16:47,636
BILL WOULD BE ONE MORE HAMMER TO

1995
01:16:47,636 --> 01:16:50,038
THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THIS CITY

1996
01:16:50,038 --> 01:16:52,174
ON THE SOUND. I URGE YOU TO VOTE

1997
01:16:52,174 --> 01:16:53,709
AGAINST COUNCIL BUILT 121215. 

1998
01:16:53,709 --> 01:16:54,910
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 

1999
01:16:54,910 --> 01:16:55,143
TIME. 

2000
01:16:55,143 --> 01:17:05,387
>> THANK YOU. 

2001
01:17:12,194 --> 01:17:12,761
>> GOOD MORNING. SUSAN. DISTRICT

2002
01:17:12,761 --> 01:17:14,596
1. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE 

2003
01:17:14,596 --> 01:17:15,430
AND I NO LONGER RECOGNIZE THE 

2004
01:17:15,430 --> 01:17:17,699
VALUES OF THE CITY. I ASKED 

2005
01:17:17,699 --> 01:17:18,634
COUNCIL TO REJECT COUNCIL BUILT 

2006
01:17:18,634 --> 01:17:25,374
121215. SEATTLE IS NOT -- 

2007
01:17:25,374 --> 01:17:26,141
OLYMPIA, SPOKANE, WISH AND PEERS

2008
01:17:26,141 --> 01:17:27,976
MAINTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE AND MORE

2009
01:17:27,976 --> 01:17:37,085
NUANCED PROCESS THAT STILL 

2010
01:17:37,085 --> 01:17:38,020
EXISTS. IF THERE IS CONCERN THE 

2011
01:17:38,020 --> 01:17:39,321
PROCESS TAKES TOO LONG, CONSIDER

2012
01:17:39,321 --> 01:17:40,122
REFORMING IT BUT DON'T REVOKE 

2013
01:17:40,122 --> 01:17:41,056
THE ONE A VERBAL MECHANISM 

2014
01:17:41,056 --> 01:17:42,357
CITIZENS HAVE TO CHALLENGE WHAT 

2015
01:17:42,357 --> 01:17:43,458
THEY FIND TO BE INSUFFICIENT OUR

2016
01:17:43,458 --> 01:17:44,159
MENTAL REVIEW. WHETHER FOR 

2017
01:17:44,159 --> 01:17:53,602
HOUSING OR DATA CENTERS. IF THE 

2018
01:17:53,602 --> 01:17:54,636
EIS REFLECTS A THOROUGH REVIEW 

2019
01:17:54,636 --> 01:17:55,671
BASED ON BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE 

2020
01:17:55,671 --> 01:17:56,772
WE WOULD NEED TO EXERCISE THE 

2021
01:17:56,772 --> 01:17:57,806
APPEALS PROCESS TO BEGIN WITH. 

2022
01:17:57,806 --> 01:17:58,707
REMOVING THIS PROCESS ELIMINATES

2023
01:17:58,707 --> 01:17:59,708
ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC AND

2024
01:17:59,708 --> 01:18:01,009
THE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT US ARE

2025
01:18:01,009 --> 01:18:01,710
INCREASINGLY MADE BEHIND CLOSED 

2026
01:18:01,710 --> 01:18:02,944
DOORS. THE CLAIM WAS MADE THAT 

2027
01:18:02,944 --> 01:18:03,979
REMOVING THE PROCESS WILL ALLOW 

2028
01:18:03,979 --> 01:18:05,147
MORE TIME FOR FOLKS WHO JUST 

2029
01:18:05,147 --> 01:18:05,947
CLIMATE CHANGE. SIMPLY BUILDING 

2030
01:18:05,947 --> 01:18:07,015
HOUSING NEAR TRANSIT ISN'T 

2031
01:18:07,015 --> 01:18:07,849
ENOUGH. THE CITY NEEDS TO 

2032
01:18:07,849 --> 01:18:11,186
ADDRESS THE CONTINUED EXTRACTION

2033
01:18:11,186 --> 01:18:12,220
AND DESTRUCTION OF ECOSYSTEMS. 

2034
01:18:12,220 --> 01:18:12,954
IT'S PROVEN THAT TREES REMAIN 

2035
01:18:12,954 --> 01:18:17,492
THE MOST EFFECTIVE DEFENSE 

2036
01:18:17,492 --> 01:18:18,260
AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE. YET WE 

2037
01:18:18,260 --> 01:18:19,261
ARE LOSING OUR BIGGEST REMAINING

2038
01:18:19,261 --> 01:18:20,462
TREES TO MORE PARKING SPACES THE

2039
01:18:20,462 --> 01:18:21,830
CITY DOESN'T NEED. DURING THE 

2040
01:18:21,830 --> 01:18:32,374
2021 117 SEATTLE RESIDENTS LOST 

2041
01:18:33,308 --> 01:18:34,576
THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF 

2042
01:18:34,576 --> 01:18:35,177
EXTREME HEAT. SINCE THEN THE 

2043
01:18:35,177 --> 01:18:35,811
CITY HAS PERMITTED THE REMOVAL 

2044
01:18:35,811 --> 01:18:36,812
OF THOUSANDS OF MATURE TREES AND

2045
01:18:36,812 --> 01:18:37,913
ADDED MORE PAVEMENT. ONLY DOES 

2046
01:18:37,913 --> 01:18:38,613
CONCRETE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT 

2047
01:18:38,613 --> 01:18:39,448
CARBON FOOTPRINT IT EXACERBATES 

2048
01:18:39,448 --> 01:18:40,449
THE DEADLY EFFECT OF HIGH 

2049
01:18:40,449 --> 01:18:41,316
TEMPERATURES. TO ACHIEVE CLIMATE

2050
01:18:41,316 --> 01:18:42,517
RESILIENCE WE NEED TO START BY 

2051
01:18:42,517 --> 01:18:43,318
STRENGTHENING THE TREE ORDINANCE

2052
01:18:43,318 --> 01:18:44,653
ENJOINING THE DEEP PAVEMENT. 

2053
01:18:44,653 --> 01:18:51,259
INCREASINGLY COMMUNITY MEMBERS 

2054
01:18:51,259 --> 01:18:51,960
FINDING THE HAVE NO VOICE AND 

2055
01:18:51,960 --> 01:18:53,428
THE CHOICE FOR THE CONTINUED 

2056
01:18:53,428 --> 01:18:54,062
DEGRADATION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT. 

2057
01:18:54,062 --> 01:18:54,663
PLEASE MAINTAIN THE CITIZEN 

2058
01:18:54,663 --> 01:18:57,399
RIGHT FOR APPEAL. THANK YOU. 

2059
01:18:57,399 --> 01:19:00,068
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE BRENDAN . 

2060
01:19:00,068 --> 01:19:10,445
FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN. 

2061
01:19:11,346 --> 01:19:12,848
>> I AM A CAR FREE RENTER IN 

2062
01:19:12,848 --> 01:19:13,915
SEATTLE. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO 

2063
01:19:13,915 --> 01:19:20,455
NOTE THE LIKELY BOMB IS -- IT'S

2064
01:19:20,455 --> 01:19:21,523
HARD-WORKING RENTERS TO MAKE IT 

2065
01:19:21,523 --> 01:19:22,724
AT THIS TIME, EASY FOR RICH 

2066
01:19:22,724 --> 01:19:23,725
RETIRED FOLKS WERE MORE LIKELY 

2067
01:19:23,725 --> 01:19:24,960
TO OWN HOMES. I'M TIRED OF 

2068
01:19:24,960 --> 01:19:26,561
DENSE HOUSING PROJECTS AND GREEN

2069
01:19:26,561 --> 01:19:30,165
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE 

2070
01:19:30,165 --> 01:19:31,566
BEING BLOCKED BY SEPA APPEALS. I

2071
01:19:31,566 --> 01:19:32,134
STRONGLY SUPPORT THE BILL 

2072
01:19:32,134 --> 01:19:37,305
INTENDED TO REMOVE -- WE HAVE 

2073
01:19:37,305 --> 01:19:37,939
ENOUGH OTHER PROTECTIONS IN 

2074
01:19:37,939 --> 01:19:38,774
PLACE INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENT 

2075
01:19:38,774 --> 01:19:39,808
WHERE PEOPLE CAN MAKE THEIR 

2076
01:19:39,808 --> 01:19:40,709
VOICES HEARD IF THEY HAVE 

2077
01:19:40,709 --> 01:19:41,843
CONCERNS. THE APPEAL PATH HAS 

2078
01:19:41,843 --> 01:19:42,778
BEEN ABUSED FOR PEOPLE CLAIMING 

2079
01:19:42,778 --> 01:19:43,779
TO CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT 

2080
01:19:43,779 --> 01:19:45,547
WHEN ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS 

2081
01:19:45,547 --> 01:19:49,117
SLOWING HOUSING. THESE CAN BE 

2082
01:19:49,117 --> 01:19:50,218
DELAYED FOR A YEAR MORE. MANY 

2083
01:19:50,218 --> 01:19:53,421
PEOPLE BROUGHT UP HOW APPEALS. 

2084
01:19:53,421 --> 01:19:54,689
SMALL NUMBER APPEALS GO HAVE A 

2085
01:19:54,689 --> 01:19:56,525
MESS OUTCOME FOR EXAMPLE ONE OF 

2086
01:19:56,525 --> 01:19:57,726
THESE APPEALS WAS ON THE CITY'S

2087
01:19:57,726 --> 01:19:58,894
CONFERENCE A PLAN AND THEN IT 

2088
01:19:58,894 --> 01:20:00,729
GOT DELAYED FOR A YEAR. THAT 

2089
01:20:00,729 --> 01:20:03,632
PLAN DECIDES THE ENTIRE ZONING 

2090
01:20:03,632 --> 01:20:04,666
POLICY. A SINGLE APPEAL CAN 

2091
01:20:04,666 --> 01:20:07,502
BLOCK THOUSANDS OF USING UNITS 

2092
01:20:07,502 --> 01:20:09,104
OF HOUSING THAT WOULD OTHERWISE 

2093
01:20:09,104 --> 01:20:16,178
BE PERMITTED. OVER HALF THE 

2094
01:20:16,178 --> 01:20:17,312
CARBON EMISSIONS IN THE CITY OF 

2095
01:20:17,312 --> 01:20:18,513
SEATTLE COME FROM CARS. NEARLY 

2096
01:20:18,513 --> 01:20:19,781
TWICE AS MANY AS THE NEXT BIG 

2097
01:20:19,781 --> 01:20:30,258
EMITTER. AIR TRAVEL. IF WE 

2098
01:20:31,793 --> 01:20:32,360
REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PERMIT WE 

2099
01:20:32,360 --> 01:20:34,029
WILL DO EVERYTHING TO REDUCE CAR

2100
01:20:34,029 --> 01:20:34,663
EMISSIONS. ONE OF THE BEST WAYS 

2101
01:20:34,663 --> 01:20:36,164
TO DO IT IS BUILD MORE DENSE 

2102
01:20:36,164 --> 01:20:38,200
HOUSING SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO

2103
01:20:38,200 --> 01:20:38,800
DRIVE TO THE CITY IN ORDER TO 

2104
01:20:38,800 --> 01:20:39,434
WORK OR SHOP. OCCASIONAL TREES 

2105
01:20:39,434 --> 01:20:40,068
NEED TO BE CUT BUT THE NUMBER OF

2106
01:20:40,068 --> 01:20:41,903
TREES PER UNIT IS IN ORDER OF 

2107
01:20:41,903 --> 01:20:43,271
MAGNITUDE SMALLER THAN THOSE FOR

2108
01:20:43,271 --> 01:20:43,872
SUBURBAN SPRAWL WHICH IS THE 

2109
01:20:43,872 --> 01:20:44,906
ALTERNATIVE THAT GETS BUILT IF 

2110
01:20:44,906 --> 01:20:46,808
HOUSING CAN BE BUILT IN THE 

2111
01:20:46,808 --> 01:20:47,943
CITY. 300 TREES MIGHT BE CUT FOR

2112
01:20:47,943 --> 01:20:48,510
50 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WITH 

2113
01:20:48,510 --> 01:20:49,044
WANDS AND DRIVEWAYS. ALSO 

2114
01:20:49,044 --> 01:20:55,450
SEATTLE HAS POLICIES IN PLACE TO

2115
01:20:55,450 --> 01:20:56,051
REMOVE TO REPLACE ANY REMOVED 

2116
01:20:56,051 --> 01:20:56,585
TREES. PLEASE VOTE YES ON 

2117
01:20:56,585 --> 01:20:57,219
COUNCIL BILL  121215. THANK YOU.

2118
01:20:57,352 --> 01:21:06,761
>> THANK YOU. 

2119
01:21:06,761 --> 01:21:08,763
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE JONATHAN 

2120
01:21:08,763 --> 01:21:10,332
FOLLOWED BY RUTH. 

2121
01:21:10,332 --> 01:21:16,605
>> GOOD MORNING. JONATHAN 

2122
01:21:16,605 --> 01:21:17,239
WARREN, PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY 

2123
01:21:17,239 --> 01:21:18,106
OF WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL 

2124
01:21:18,106 --> 01:21:20,208
STUDIES. SMALL-TIME DEVELOPER , 

2125
01:21:20,208 --> 01:21:21,843
BIG ADVOCATE OF SOCIAL HOUSING. 

2126
01:21:21,843 --> 01:21:24,412
DISTRICT 4. I AM HERE TO OPPOSE 

2127
01:21:24,412 --> 01:21:30,051
121215 , WHAT IS IT? I SHOULD 

2128
01:21:30,051 --> 01:21:32,187
KNOW IT BY NOW. FOR A COUPLE 

2129
01:21:32,187 --> 01:21:34,422
REASONS. FIRST, IN THIS MOMENT 

2130
01:21:34,422 --> 01:21:36,925
OF DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING, I 

2131
01:21:36,925 --> 01:21:39,928
THINK IT IS A BIG MISTAKE TO 

2132
01:21:39,928 --> 01:21:41,363
PILE ON AT THE CITY LEVEL, YOU 

2133
01:21:41,363 --> 01:21:43,465
KNOW WE ARE ALL A BIT FREAKED 

2134
01:21:43,465 --> 01:21:47,469
OUT I WAS GOING ON AT THE 

2135
01:21:47,469 --> 01:21:52,974
NATIONAL LEVEL. EVEN IF IT 

2136
01:21:52,974 --> 01:21:53,775
DOESN'T HAVE THAT EFFECT, I 

2137
01:21:53,775 --> 01:21:55,010
THINK IT HAS THE IMPRESSION OF 

2138
01:21:55,010 --> 01:21:56,311
HAVING THAT EFFECT. SO I THINK 

2139
01:21:56,311 --> 01:21:59,314
FIRST OF ALL, IT IS A HUGE 

2140
01:21:59,314 --> 01:22:00,282
MISTAKE TO DO AT THIS MOMENT. 

2141
01:22:00,282 --> 01:22:01,616
SECOND, IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS 

2142
01:22:01,616 --> 01:22:03,184
BEING DONE IN THE NAME OF 

2143
01:22:03,184 --> 01:22:03,985
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THERE IS 

2144
01:22:03,985 --> 01:22:05,620
REALLY NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS IS 

2145
01:22:05,620 --> 01:22:09,925
CONTRIBUTING TO THE LACK OF 

2146
01:22:09,925 --> 01:22:15,797
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I DON'T 

2147
01:22:15,797 --> 01:22:17,565
HAVE TIME HERE TO OFFER ALL THE 

2148
01:22:17,565 --> 01:22:18,433
STATS AND DETAILS, BUT I AM AT 

2149
01:22:18,433 --> 01:22:19,534
YOUR DISPOSAL IF YOU WANT TO 

2150
01:22:19,534 --> 01:22:20,802
DISCUSS IT IN MORE DETAIL. BUT 

2151
01:22:20,802 --> 01:22:22,437
THERE REALLY IS NO HARD EVIDENCE

2152
01:22:22,437 --> 01:22:26,441
THAT SOME OF THESE AND CONCERNS 

2153
01:22:26,441 --> 01:22:28,276
AND DELAYS ARE REALLY WHAT IS 

2154
01:22:28,276 --> 01:22:35,984
CREATING THE CRISIS AROUND 

2155
01:22:35,984 --> 01:22:36,985
HOUSING. THIS IS SOME MYTH, THIS

2156
01:22:36,985 --> 01:22:42,057
ABUNDANCE MISS KIND OF 

2157
01:22:42,057 --> 01:22:43,658
REAGANOMICS PHILOSOPHY THE HAS 

2158
01:22:43,658 --> 01:22:44,292
BEEN PICKED UP BY SEGMENTS OF 

2159
01:22:44,292 --> 01:22:45,060
THE LEFT THAT SOMEHOW 

2160
01:22:45,060 --> 01:22:45,560
REGULATIONS AROUND THE 

2161
01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:47,062
ENVIRONMENT ARE THE CAUSE OF OUR

2162
01:22:47,062 --> 01:22:47,862
HOUSING CRISIS. IT IS REALLY 

2163
01:22:47,862 --> 01:22:49,431
GOING TO BE SOLVED BY PUBLIC 

2164
01:22:49,431 --> 01:22:51,933
INVESTMENT. SUCH AS SOCIAL 

2165
01:22:51,933 --> 01:22:53,234
HOUSING PROGRAMS. NOT BY 

2166
01:22:53,234 --> 01:22:55,770
ELIMINATING HERITAGE TREES AND 

2167
01:22:55,770 --> 01:22:59,574
GETTING GREEN SPACES. FINALLY, 

2168
01:22:59,574 --> 01:23:04,212
OUR MAYOR SAID, IT'S ABOUT -- 

2169
01:23:04,212 --> 01:23:08,783
KEEP IN MIND WE WANT THE ROSES 

2170
01:23:08,783 --> 01:23:10,218
TOO, NOT JUST THE BREAD. EVEN IF

2171
01:23:10,218 --> 01:23:11,853
THIS WERE TO GIVE US A PORTAL 

2172
01:23:11,853 --> 01:23:12,454
HOUSING. THANK YOU. 

2173
01:23:12,454 --> 01:23:12,887
>> [ APPLAUSE ] 

2174
01:23:12,887 --> 01:23:19,694
>> THANK YOU. 

2175
01:23:19,694 --> 01:23:23,431
>> HELLO. AND WHAT HE SAID. I AM

2176
01:23:23,431 --> 01:23:24,499
SPEAKING TO THE VERY 

2177
01:23:24,499 --> 01:23:30,005
DISAPPOINTING 121215. FERN CREEK

2178
01:23:30,005 --> 01:23:32,307
ALLIANCE. FERN CREEK IS LARGELY 

2179
01:23:32,307 --> 01:23:35,043
IN D5 IN SEATTLE. THE SUMMARY 

2180
01:23:35,043 --> 01:23:38,179
AND FISCAL DON'T REPEAT WITH 

2181
01:23:38,179 --> 01:23:40,648
ZERO SUBSTANTIATION. TOTALLY 

2182
01:23:40,648 --> 01:23:41,282
UNSUBSTANTIATED ALLEGATION THE 

2183
01:23:41,282 --> 01:23:46,521
PEOPLE WHO PEEL SEPA DECISIONS 

2184
01:23:46,521 --> 01:23:47,922
ARE WORKING TO AVOID HAVING 

2185
01:23:47,922 --> 01:23:48,957
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE 

2186
01:23:48,957 --> 01:23:52,660
NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT WE CAN 

2187
01:23:52,660 --> 01:23:53,795
SUBSTANTIATE THAT IT WAS MAYOR 

2188
01:23:53,795 --> 01:23:57,766
WILSON HERSELF WHO HELD HER 

2189
01:23:57,766 --> 01:23:59,300
TALLER, DENSER, FASTER MEETING 

2190
01:23:59,300 --> 01:24:00,402
AND EXCLUDED THE BIPOC AND 

2191
01:24:00,402 --> 01:24:07,675
ENVIRONMENTAL'S COMMITTEES. 

2192
01:24:07,675 --> 01:24:08,376
THEN THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT WITH

2193
01:24:08,376 --> 01:24:08,977
AGAIN, ZERO SUBSTANTIATION, 

2194
01:24:08,977 --> 01:24:09,778
ALLEGES PROPONENTS OF THE BILL 

2195
01:24:09,778 --> 01:24:11,079
SEE MORE VALUE IN REMOVING THE 

2196
01:24:11,079 --> 01:24:12,013
SEPA APPEAL HURDLE AND ADOPTING 

2197
01:24:12,013 --> 01:24:13,581
LEGISLATION THAT MAY HAVE 

2198
01:24:13,581 --> 01:24:14,115
SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL 

2199
01:24:14,115 --> 01:24:16,084
BENEFITS , ESPECIALLY 

2200
01:24:16,084 --> 01:24:17,485
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW 

2201
01:24:17,485 --> 01:24:18,787
MORE HOUSING. GOD, I LOVE HER 

2202
01:24:18,787 --> 01:24:21,222
ALLEGATIONS. NEWSFLASH. WE ALL 

2203
01:24:21,222 --> 01:24:28,563
WANT MORE HOUSING IN OUR 

2204
01:24:28,563 --> 01:24:29,998
NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WANT IT DONE 

2205
01:24:29,998 --> 01:24:31,599
CORRECTLY. WE NEED TO LOOK AT 

2206
01:24:31,599 --> 01:24:32,300
THE BIG PICTURE AND PROTECT WHAT

2207
01:24:32,300 --> 01:24:32,967
MAKES OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HEALTHY.

2208
01:24:32,967 --> 01:24:33,668
AND HERE'S ANOTHER REVELATION. 

2209
01:24:33,668 --> 01:24:43,545
MORE HUMANS -- MERE HUMANS 

2210
01:24:43,545 --> 01:24:44,245
DON'T GET TO CHERRY PICK WHAT 

2211
01:24:44,245 --> 01:24:45,313
IS AND ISN'T ENVIRONMENTAL 

2212
01:24:45,313 --> 01:24:46,748
PROTECTION. WE DON'T GET TO 

2213
01:24:46,748 --> 01:24:47,882
CHERRY PICK WHAT IS AND ISN'T A

2214
01:24:47,882 --> 01:24:48,917
USEFUL RESPONSE TO CLIMATE 

2215
01:24:48,917 --> 01:24:51,319
CHANGE. IT'S A PREPOSITION IF 

2216
01:24:51,319 --> 01:24:52,554
EVER THERE WAS ONE. MEETING ALL 

2217
01:24:52,554 --> 01:24:53,988
HANDS ON DECK AND NO AMOUNT OF 

2218
01:24:53,988 --> 01:24:54,756
ALLEGING, SMEARING OR SILENCING 

2219
01:24:54,756 --> 01:24:55,757
INFORMED VOICES WILL GET US 

2220
01:24:55,757 --> 01:24:57,792
THERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 

2221
01:24:57,926 --> 01:25:06,134
>> THANK YOU. 

2222
01:25:06,134 --> 01:25:08,136
>> CHAIR, THAT IS OUR LAST 

2223
01:25:08,136 --> 01:25:08,770
IN-PERSON COMMENTOR. WE WILL NOW

2224
01:25:08,770 --> 01:25:09,871
MOVE ON TO REMOTE COMMENTERS. 

2225
01:25:09,871 --> 01:25:20,381
STARTING WITH JOSHUA MORRIS. 

2226
01:25:24,652 --> 01:25:29,858
>> MY NAME IS JOSHUA, THE 

2227
01:25:29,858 --> 01:25:30,458
CONSERVATION NONPROFIT WITH 

2228
01:25:30,458 --> 01:25:33,761
NEARLY 20,000 LOCAL SUPPORTERS. 

2229
01:25:33,761 --> 01:25:35,430
121215 PRESENTED AS A MEANS TO 

2230
01:25:35,430 --> 01:25:36,764
ACCELERATE HOUSING PROTECTION IS

2231
01:25:36,764 --> 01:25:42,504
NEITHER. [ INDISCERNIBLE-LOW 

2232
01:25:42,504 --> 01:25:49,577
VOLUME ] THE CONSEQUENCES NEAR 

2233
01:25:49,577 --> 01:26:00,054
DIFFICULT [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 

2234
01:26:04,392 --> 01:26:05,360
WEAKENING OVERSIGHT IS NOT 

2235
01:26:05,360 --> 01:26:07,262
EFFICIENCY AND EFFICIENCY 

2236
01:26:07,262 --> 01:26:08,396
EXPENSIVE EQUITY IS NOT 

2237
01:26:08,396 --> 01:26:09,497
ACCESSIBLE. I SUPPORT MORE 

2238
01:26:09,497 --> 01:26:11,099
VERBAL HOUSING, [ INDISCERNIBLE 

2239
01:26:11,099 --> 01:26:21,643
] I URGE THE COUNCIL TO REJECT 

2240
01:26:24,112 --> 01:26:26,781
THE 121215 [ INDISCERNIBLE-LOW 

2241
01:26:26,781 --> 01:26:31,386
VOLUME ] THANK YOU. 

2242
01:26:31,386 --> 01:26:41,930
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE SARAH CLARK. 

2243
01:26:44,198 --> 01:26:53,541
>> CHAIR LIN, MEMBERS OF THE 

2244
01:26:53,541 --> 01:26:54,676
LENDERS COMMITTEE, NAME IS SARAH

2245
01:26:54,676 --> 01:26:55,977
CLARK. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT 

2246
01:26:55,977 --> 01:26:58,112
OF D6. I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF

2247
01:26:58,112 --> 01:27:00,448
OF THE OVER 2500 MEMBERS OF 

2248
01:27:00,448 --> 01:27:01,716
SEATTLE BULLETIN CHAMBER OF 

2249
01:27:01,716 --> 01:27:02,383
COMMERCE RESPECTFULLY ASKING TO 

2250
01:27:02,383 --> 01:27:09,224
SUPPORT COUNCIL BILL 121215. 

2251
01:27:09,224 --> 01:27:10,024
SEATTLE'S BUSINESS COMMUNITY 

2252
01:27:10,024 --> 01:27:10,725
HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN OUR 

2253
01:27:10,725 --> 01:27:11,726
ADVOCACY ON HOUSING POLICY. IN 

2254
01:27:11,726 --> 01:27:13,161
ORDER FOR US TO BUILD THE MONTH 

2255
01:27:13,161 --> 01:27:14,762
OF HOUSING WE NEED ACROSS ALL 

2256
01:27:14,762 --> 01:27:16,531
TYPES AT ALL INCOME LEVELS, WE 

2257
01:27:16,531 --> 01:27:19,634
MUST DEPLOY AND ALL OF THE ABOVE

2258
01:27:19,634 --> 01:27:20,935
APPROACH. REDUNDANT REVIEWS LIKE

2259
01:27:20,935 --> 01:27:28,543
THOSE THE BILL PROPOSES TO 

2260
01:27:28,543 --> 01:27:29,510
REMOVE FROM THE CITY SEPA 

2261
01:27:29,510 --> 01:27:30,078
PROCESS, REVIEW PROCESS, 

2262
01:27:30,078 --> 01:27:31,079
CONTRIBUTE TO DELAYS IN THE 

2263
01:27:31,079 --> 01:27:31,980
MUCH-NEEDED PROGRESS TO DEVELOP 

2264
01:27:31,980 --> 01:27:33,348
THE HOUSING THE CITY DISPLAY 

2265
01:27:33,348 --> 01:27:34,716
NEEDS. FOR SEATTLE'S LOCAL 

2266
01:27:34,716 --> 01:27:35,550
BUSINESSES THE PERSISTENT LACK 

2267
01:27:35,550 --> 01:27:41,322
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEEPENS 

2268
01:27:41,322 --> 01:27:42,357
OUR STRUGGLE TO RECRUIT AND 

2269
01:27:42,357 --> 01:27:43,424
RETAIN WORKERS WHICH IS COSTLY 

2270
01:27:43,424 --> 01:27:44,359
AND ADDS UNCERTAINTY FOR LOCAL 

2271
01:27:44,359 --> 01:27:45,727
JOB MARKETS AT A TIME AND WE 

2272
01:27:45,727 --> 01:27:47,462
CAN'T AFFORD MORE. THIS IS A 

2273
01:27:47,462 --> 01:27:48,596
WIN-WIN. ENVIRONMENTAL 

2274
01:27:48,596 --> 01:27:56,104
SAFEGUARDS, OPTIMIZES CITY 

2275
01:27:56,104 --> 01:27:57,038
PROCESSES AND ENABLES DEVELOPERS

2276
01:27:57,038 --> 01:27:58,673
OF ALL TYPES TO BUILD HOUSING AT

2277
01:27:58,673 --> 01:28:00,208
THE PACE ORIGINAL CRISIS 

2278
01:28:00,208 --> 01:28:00,808
REQUIRES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

2279
01:28:00,808 --> 01:28:01,542
LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO 

2280
01:28:01,542 --> 01:28:03,611
CREATING EXCLUSIVE INCLUSIVE 

2281
01:28:03,611 --> 01:28:03,911
COMMUNITY. 

2282
01:28:03,911 --> 01:28:06,648
>> THANK YOU. 

2283
01:28:06,648 --> 01:28:08,750
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE MARILYN 

2284
01:28:08,750 --> 01:28:12,253
SMITH. 

2285
01:28:12,253 --> 01:28:17,392
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS. 

2286
01:28:17,392 --> 01:28:18,793
MEMBERS OF SEATTLE'S GOVERNMENT

2287
01:28:18,793 --> 01:28:22,330
DON'T LIKE THE COURT'S OPINION

2288
01:28:22,330 --> 01:28:24,732
ON THIS ISSUE. WHICH UPHELD THE 

2289
01:28:24,732 --> 01:28:26,501
PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO CHALLENGE THE

2290
01:28:26,501 --> 01:28:32,974
ADEQUACY OF THE CITY'S 

2291
01:28:32,974 --> 01:28:33,741
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER SEPA.

2292
01:28:33,741 --> 01:28:35,043
SO INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT THE 

2293
01:28:35,043 --> 01:28:36,377
ACTUAL ISSUES, THEY RUSHED INTO 

2294
01:28:36,377 --> 01:28:40,014
ELIMINATE THE PUBLIC CHALLENGE. 

2295
01:28:40,014 --> 01:28:41,783
YOU CLAIM THESE BILLS WILL 

2296
01:28:41,783 --> 01:28:44,519
PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT , WHEN 

2297
01:28:44,519 --> 01:28:45,653
IN FACT THEY ACTUALLY UNDERMINE 

2298
01:28:45,653 --> 01:28:47,522
THE IMPORTANCE OF HONESTY 

2299
01:28:47,522 --> 01:28:54,829
INTERVIEW. CHAIR LIN, BY THE 

2300
01:28:54,829 --> 01:28:55,630
WAY, I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSPELLING

2301
01:28:55,630 --> 01:28:57,098
THE NAME ON THE WRITTEN COMMENT,

2302
01:28:57,098 --> 01:29:02,036
YOU CLAIM THESE WILL MINIMIZE 

2303
01:29:02,036 --> 01:29:02,737
URBAN SPRAWL. THE STATE 

2304
01:29:02,737 --> 01:29:03,471
LEGISLATURE HAS ALREADY REQUIRED

2305
01:29:03,471 --> 01:29:04,839
OUR SUBURBS TO ELIMINATE 

2306
01:29:04,839 --> 01:29:07,408
SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING. SO IF 

2307
01:29:07,408 --> 01:29:08,776
ANYTHING, WE WILL SEE DENSER 

2308
01:29:08,776 --> 01:29:14,649
HOUSING IN MOST OF KING COUNTY. 

2309
01:29:14,649 --> 01:29:15,883
THOSE STATE LAWS APPLY NOT JUST 

2310
01:29:15,883 --> 01:29:16,718
TO OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, AND 

2311
01:29:16,718 --> 01:29:18,353
SUBURBS, TWO TOWNS WITH LESS 

2312
01:29:18,353 --> 01:29:20,021
THAN 25,000. THE BILLS BEFORE 

2313
01:29:20,021 --> 01:29:27,395
THE COMMITTEE TODAY DON'T, AS 

2314
01:29:27,395 --> 01:29:28,229
YOU CLAIM, ENCOURAGE DENSE 

2315
01:29:28,229 --> 01:29:29,897
HOUSING. THE STATE AND CITY BY 

2316
01:29:29,897 --> 01:29:30,865
THEIR LEGISLATION ARE ALREADY 

2317
01:29:30,865 --> 01:29:32,700
DOING THAT. THESE BILLS ARE 

2318
01:29:32,700 --> 01:29:34,969
DESIGNED TO PREVENT CAREFUL 

2319
01:29:34,969 --> 01:29:38,339
REVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF ZONING 

2320
01:29:38,339 --> 01:29:44,178
CHANGES ON THE ENVIRONMENT. IS A

2321
01:29:44,178 --> 01:29:45,146
POSSIBLE THE SPONSORS ARE AFRAID

2322
01:29:45,146 --> 01:29:46,280
OF WHAT SUCH REVIEWS MIGHT 

2323
01:29:46,280 --> 01:29:47,515
DISCLOSE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

2324
01:29:47,515 --> 01:29:47,782
TIME. 

2325
01:29:47,782 --> 01:29:51,719
>> THANK YOU. 

2326
01:29:51,719 --> 01:30:02,263
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE ALLEN ALLEN, 

2327
01:30:17,078 --> 01:30:18,479
I SEE THAT YOU ARE UNMUTED. 

2328
01:30:18,479 --> 01:30:20,948
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ALAN, AND 

2329
01:30:20,948 --> 01:30:25,286
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF 

2330
01:30:25,286 --> 01:30:25,953
HUMANE VOTERS OF WASHINGTON. 

2331
01:30:25,953 --> 01:30:27,321
I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO ELIMINATE

2332
01:30:27,321 --> 01:30:28,623
THE CITIZENS ENVIRONMENTAL 

2333
01:30:28,623 --> 01:30:31,492
APPEALS PROCESS. BY VOTING NO ON

2334
01:30:31,492 --> 01:30:37,732
CB 121215. WITHOUT THIS PROCESS,

2335
01:30:37,732 --> 01:30:39,367
OUR PRECIOUS TREES AND ECOSYSTEM

2336
01:30:39,367 --> 01:30:40,668
COULD BE IMPERILED. THE SEATTLE 

2337
01:30:40,668 --> 01:30:44,372
WANT TO BE LIKE TUKWILA WITH THE

2338
01:30:44,372 --> 01:30:46,641
TREE CANOPY COVERAGE AT 6%? OR 

2339
01:30:46,641 --> 01:30:49,343
DO WE WANT TO STRIVE TO HAVE A 

2340
01:30:49,343 --> 01:30:51,078
TREE CANOPY COVERAGE MORE LIKE 

2341
01:30:51,078 --> 01:30:58,119
BELLEVUE AT 40%? CURRENTLY WE 

2342
01:30:58,119 --> 01:30:59,620
ARE AT 28% AND TRENDING DOWN. 

2343
01:30:59,620 --> 01:31:02,857
NOT UP. MATURE TREES , AS YOU 

2344
01:31:02,857 --> 01:31:05,693
KNOW, ARE VITAL FOR CLEAN AIR, 

2345
01:31:05,693 --> 01:31:06,861
HEALTHY WATERS OF PUGET SOUND 

2346
01:31:06,861 --> 01:31:08,262
FOR STRUGGLING ORCAS AND FOR A 

2347
01:31:08,262 --> 01:31:10,965
COOLER, MORE BEAUTIFUL CITY. THE

2348
01:31:10,965 --> 01:31:11,966
CITIZENS ENVIRONMENTAL APPEAL 

2349
01:31:11,966 --> 01:31:15,236
PROCESS GIVES THE PUBLIC A LEGAL

2350
01:31:15,236 --> 01:31:16,938
WAY TO ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL 

2351
01:31:16,938 --> 01:31:21,042
HARMS ARE REDUCED. YOUR VOTE 

2352
01:31:21,042 --> 01:31:22,643
MATTERS. SO PLEASE PROTECT OUR 

2353
01:31:22,643 --> 01:31:27,682
ENVIRONMENT AND -- THE OF OUR 

2354
01:31:27,682 --> 01:31:28,316
MENTAL APPEAL PROCESS AND VOTE 

2355
01:31:28,316 --> 01:31:35,189
NO ON CB 121215. THANK YOU. 

2356
01:31:35,189 --> 01:31:45,600
>> NEXT AT GREG SMITH. 

2357
01:31:47,568 --> 01:31:48,669
>> HI, I'M GREG SMITH. ELEMENT 

2358
01:31:48,669 --> 01:31:49,971
CAPITOL HILL. I'M NOT A 

2359
01:31:49,971 --> 01:31:51,939
DEVELOPER. I'M AN ORDINARY 

2360
01:31:51,939 --> 01:31:56,944
CITIZEN. I LIVED IN SEATTLE A 

2361
01:31:56,944 --> 01:31:58,546
FEW YEARS AGO AND WORKED IN THE 

2362
01:31:58,546 --> 01:31:59,580
PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE. 

2363
01:31:59,580 --> 01:32:01,415
I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT CB 

2364
01:32:01,415 --> 01:32:02,683
121215 AND I AGREE WITH OTHERS 

2365
01:32:02,683 --> 01:32:05,620
HAVE SAID BEFORE . I WANTED TO 

2366
01:32:05,620 --> 01:32:06,888
CALL ATTENTION TO ANOTHER ASPECT

2367
01:32:06,888 --> 01:32:08,322
OF THIS AND THAT IS 

2368
01:32:08,322 --> 01:32:14,662
HOMELESSNESS. WE KNOW THAT 

2369
01:32:14,662 --> 01:32:15,663
HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO 

2370
01:32:15,663 --> 01:32:16,397
INCREASE. WE JUST GOT A REPORT 

2371
01:32:16,397 --> 01:32:17,498
RECENTLY THAT HOMELESSNESS 

2372
01:32:17,498 --> 01:32:18,132
INCREASED AGAIN LAST YEAR. WE 

2373
01:32:18,132 --> 01:32:19,600
KNOW THAT NOT BUILDING AN OF 

2374
01:32:19,600 --> 01:32:22,203
HOUSING IS THE ULTIMATE CAUSE OF

2375
01:32:22,203 --> 01:32:28,809
HOMELESSNESS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT 

2376
01:32:28,809 --> 01:32:30,845
SEPA IS IMPEDING THE BILL OF 

2377
01:32:30,845 --> 01:32:31,746
HOUSING IN A TIMELY MANNER. WE 

2378
01:32:31,746 --> 01:32:33,748
NEED TO REFORM SEPA SO WE CAN 

2379
01:32:33,748 --> 01:32:34,315
GET MORE HOUSING BUILT AND 

2380
01:32:34,315 --> 01:32:35,383
REDUCE ALMOST THIS. PLEASE PASS 

2381
01:32:35,383 --> 01:32:39,287
CB 121215. THANK YOU. 

2382
01:32:39,287 --> 01:32:49,764
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE ANGELA . 

2383
01:32:55,369 --> 01:32:56,537
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 

2384
01:32:56,537 --> 01:32:57,104
>> YES. 

2385
01:32:57,104 --> 01:32:59,440
>> MY NAME IS ANGELA. AND I 

2386
01:32:59,440 --> 01:33:09,984
OPPOSE COUNCIL BILL 121215. I AM

2387
01:33:13,354 --> 01:33:14,488
A LAWYER, A CONCERNED CITIZEN, I

2388
01:33:14,488 --> 01:33:16,023
LIVE IN DISTRICT 3. I LOVE THE 

2389
01:33:16,023 --> 01:33:17,591
CITY. I MOVED HERE 23 YEARS AGO 

2390
01:33:17,591 --> 01:33:18,192
BECAUSE OF ITS TREES AND 

2391
01:33:18,192 --> 01:33:19,427
LIVABILITY. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE

2392
01:33:19,427 --> 01:33:20,428
THAT MIKE REPRESENTED ON THE 

2393
01:33:20,428 --> 01:33:21,062
COUNCIL, COUNCILMEMBER 

2394
01:33:21,062 --> 01:33:22,029
HOLLINGSWORTH IS ON THIS 

2395
01:33:22,029 --> 01:33:22,863
COMMITTEE. THIS BILL DOES AWAY 

2396
01:33:22,863 --> 01:33:24,098
WITH SEPA APPEALS FOR THE CITY 

2397
01:33:24,098 --> 01:33:25,333
EXAMINER. WHAT PROBLEM IS THIS 

2398
01:33:25,333 --> 01:33:29,370
PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO SOLVE? 

2399
01:33:29,370 --> 01:33:31,005
THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN IN PLACE 

2400
01:33:31,005 --> 01:33:31,839
FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 YEARS. IN 

2401
01:33:31,839 --> 01:33:32,673
1971 WASHINGTON STATE 

2402
01:33:32,673 --> 01:33:35,309
LEGISLATURE PASSED SEPA TO 

2403
01:33:35,309 --> 01:33:36,210
REQUIRE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO 

2404
01:33:36,210 --> 01:33:37,278
BE WEIGHED DURING LOCAL 

2405
01:33:37,278 --> 01:33:42,283
DECISION-MAKING. IN 1973 SEATTLE

2406
01:33:42,283 --> 01:33:43,618
CREATED THE OFFICE OF THE 

2407
01:33:43,618 --> 01:33:44,719
HEARING EXAMINER TO ABSORB 

2408
01:33:44,719 --> 01:33:46,387
APPEALS USED TO GO STRAIGHT TO 

2409
01:33:46,387 --> 01:33:49,523
COURT. AND IN 1977 THE OFFICE 

2410
01:33:49,523 --> 01:33:50,625
TRANSITIONED INTO AN INDEPENDENT

2411
01:33:50,625 --> 01:33:52,460
QUASIJUDICIAL ENTITY. THERE IS 

2412
01:33:52,460 --> 01:33:55,963
LESS RED TAPE TO HANDLE APPEALS 

2413
01:33:55,963 --> 01:33:56,631
OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS 

2414
01:33:56,631 --> 01:33:58,165
UNDER SEPA AT THE CITY LEVEL 

2415
01:33:58,165 --> 01:34:03,704
THEN TO POUR APPEALS INTO STATE 

2416
01:34:03,704 --> 01:34:04,972
COURT. AND THESE APPEALS ARE NOT

2417
01:34:04,972 --> 01:34:05,940
AN IMPEDIMENT TO BUILDING 

2418
01:34:05,940 --> 01:34:06,540
AFFORDABLE, SMART AND CLIMATE 

2419
01:34:06,540 --> 01:34:08,275
FRIENDLY HOUSING IN SEATTLE. TO 

2420
01:34:08,275 --> 01:34:14,115
THE EXTENT THE APPEALS SLOW THE 

2421
01:34:14,115 --> 01:34:15,049
PROCESS, IS IT AN APPEAL OR 

2422
01:34:15,049 --> 01:34:19,453
FAULTY AND MENTAL ASSESSMENT? IF

2423
01:34:19,453 --> 01:34:21,055
THE CITY DID ITS JOB WELL DONE 

2424
01:34:21,055 --> 01:34:22,023
OF HER MENTAL ASSESSMENT, THEN 

2425
01:34:22,023 --> 01:34:26,293
THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY NEED FOR 

2426
01:34:26,293 --> 01:34:27,662
AN APPEAL. IF THE CITY DOES NOT 

2427
01:34:27,662 --> 01:34:29,830
DO ITS JOB WELL, THERE MUST BE 

2428
01:34:29,830 --> 01:34:36,370
ACCOUNTABILITY. THE BEST VENUE 

2429
01:34:36,370 --> 01:34:38,105
FOR THAT IS TO START WITH A 

2430
01:34:38,105 --> 01:34:38,773
QUASIJUDICIAL FORUM FOR THE CITY

2431
01:34:38,773 --> 01:34:39,507
HEARING EXAMINER. THIS KEEPS 

2432
01:34:39,507 --> 01:34:40,508
COSTS DOWN AND STREAMLINES THE 

2433
01:34:40,508 --> 01:34:41,542
PROCESS FOR THE CHALLENGER AS 

2434
01:34:41,542 --> 01:34:43,577
WELL AS FOR THE CITY. IF THIS 

2435
01:34:43,577 --> 01:34:44,612
LEGISLATION IS ENACTED, AND HER 

2436
01:34:44,612 --> 01:34:45,680
MENTAL APPEALS WILL TAKE EVEN 

2437
01:34:45,680 --> 01:34:46,781
LONGER IN STATE COURT BECAUSE 

2438
01:34:46,781 --> 01:34:50,151
THERE IS NO FORMAL WAY TO 

2439
01:34:50,151 --> 01:34:50,951
PROCEED. I'M CONCERNED THAT 

2440
01:34:50,951 --> 01:34:52,253
THIS LEGISLATION'S INTENT IS AN

2441
01:34:52,253 --> 01:34:56,724
OBSTACLE TO PUBLIC INPUT. 

2442
01:34:56,724 --> 01:34:58,693
>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE 

2443
01:34:58,693 --> 01:35:08,836
LOIS . 

2444
01:35:11,906 --> 01:35:13,774
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LOIS

2445
01:35:13,774 --> 01:35:14,842
MARTIN. I'M A LIFELONG CENTRAL 

2446
01:35:14,842 --> 01:35:16,444
DISTRICT RESIDENT. AND EDUCATOR.

2447
01:35:16,444 --> 01:35:18,112
I'M HERE TO OPPOSE COUNCIL BILL

2448
01:35:18,112 --> 01:35:20,915
121215. IF THE CITIES'S OF OUR 

2449
01:35:20,915 --> 01:35:22,850
MENTAL STATEMENT IS 

2450
01:35:22,850 --> 01:35:24,385
UNIMPEACHABLE WHY ILLUMINATE THE

2451
01:35:24,385 --> 01:35:27,822
APPEAL PROCESS? SOUND EIS DOES 

2452
01:35:27,822 --> 01:35:32,026
NOT NEED TO BE PROTECTED IT WAS 

2453
01:35:32,026 --> 01:35:32,793
DANCE CHALLENGE. THE DATA PROVES

2454
01:35:32,793 --> 01:35:33,861
THE EXISTING SYSTEM ALREADY 

2455
01:35:33,861 --> 01:35:38,766
WORKS. 28 APPEALS FILED IN A 10 

2456
01:35:38,766 --> 01:35:40,134
YEAR PERIOD, 2016 TO 2026, THE 

2457
01:35:40,134 --> 01:35:42,269
VAST MAJORITY WERE WITHDRAWN. 

2458
01:35:42,269 --> 01:35:45,873
AVERAGING 69 DAYS. ONLY 

2459
01:35:45,873 --> 01:35:53,981
LEGITIMATE MERIT FORWARD [ 

2460
01:35:53,981 --> 01:35:54,915
INDISCERNIBLE ]. INSTEAD OF 

2461
01:35:54,915 --> 01:35:55,850
DEFENDING THE ADEQUACY OF THE 

2462
01:35:55,850 --> 01:35:57,918
EIS, OPPONENTS HAVE RESORTED TO 

2463
01:35:57,918 --> 01:36:00,387
NAME-CALLING, NAME-CALLING AS 

2464
01:36:00,387 --> 01:36:01,455
WEAPONIZE HER'S AND BAD ACTORS 

2465
01:36:01,455 --> 01:36:02,690
THEY CALL IT PRIVILEGE. THAT IS 

2466
01:36:02,690 --> 01:36:04,492
NOT A DEFENSE OF THE EIS. THAT 

2467
01:36:04,492 --> 01:36:06,594
IS DEFLECTION. IT TAKES REAL 

2468
01:36:06,594 --> 01:36:07,761
PRIVILEGE TO DISCOVER HOUSING 

2469
01:36:07,761 --> 01:36:10,297
CRISIS ONLY WHEN IT AFFECTS YOUR

2470
01:36:10,297 --> 01:36:20,841
OWN LIFE CHOICES. WHILE BLACK, 

2471
01:36:21,675 --> 01:36:22,209
INDIGENOUS AND WORKING-CLASS 

2472
01:36:22,209 --> 01:36:22,943
COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN LIVING THAT

2473
01:36:22,943 --> 01:36:23,477
CRISIS FOR GENERATIONS. 

2474
01:36:23,477 --> 01:36:24,311
SILENCING CRITICS INSTEAD OF 

2475
01:36:24,311 --> 01:36:25,613
LETTING DUE PROCESS PLAY OUT IS 

2476
01:36:25,613 --> 01:36:26,947
NOT A DEMOCRATIC VALUE. IT IS A 

2477
01:36:26,947 --> 01:36:27,948
TACTIC THE MEGA MOVEMENT USED 

2478
01:36:27,948 --> 01:36:28,783
AGAINST THE COURT SUPPRESSING 

2479
01:36:28,783 --> 01:36:30,184
ANYONE WHO CHALLENGES THOSE IN 

2480
01:36:30,184 --> 01:36:31,218
POWER. LEGISLATING SILENCE IS 

2481
01:36:31,218 --> 01:36:33,287
NOT DEMOCRACY. IT IS 

2482
01:36:33,287 --> 01:36:33,921
SUPPRESSION. THE COMMUNITIES 

2483
01:36:33,921 --> 01:36:36,357
WITH THE MOST AT STAKE ARE LOW 

2484
01:36:36,357 --> 01:36:37,958
INCOME RESIDENTS , RENTERS AND 

2485
01:36:37,958 --> 01:36:40,861
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHO HAVE 

2486
01:36:40,861 --> 01:36:41,595
HISTORICALLY BORN THE OF OUR 

2487
01:36:41,595 --> 01:36:43,797
MENTAL COST OF AN INADEQUATE 

2488
01:36:43,797 --> 01:36:46,333
REVIEW. BOTH SHOULD NOT BE TOLD 

2489
01:36:46,333 --> 01:36:48,402
THE RIGHTS TO CHALLENGE 

2490
01:36:48,402 --> 01:36:50,070
INADEQUATE MENTAL REVIEW IS AN 

2491
01:36:50,070 --> 01:36:54,508
OBSTACLE TO PROGRESS. AND 

2492
01:36:54,508 --> 01:36:55,509
PROGRESS FOR HOMES. IF THE 

2493
01:36:55,509 --> 01:36:57,178
CITIES AND OUR MENTAL REVIEW IS 

2494
01:36:57,178 --> 01:36:58,913
SOUND, PUT IN FRONT OF THE 

2495
01:36:58,913 --> 01:36:59,680
HEARING EXAMINER, BUT THE 

2496
01:36:59,680 --> 01:37:00,548
EVIDENCE SPEAK. REJECT COUNCIL 

2497
01:37:00,548 --> 01:37:04,385
BILL 121215. SEATTLE'S 

2498
01:37:04,385 --> 01:37:05,653
COMMITTEES DESERVE PROCESS, NOT 

2499
01:37:05,653 --> 01:37:08,556
PROCESS. 

2500
01:37:08,556 --> 01:37:09,890
>> THANK YOU. 

2501
01:37:09,890 --> 01:37:11,659
>> THANK YOU. 

2502
01:37:11,659 --> 01:37:22,102
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE RIVER. 

2503
01:37:30,177 --> 01:37:31,712
>> HELLO, SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. 

2504
01:37:31,712 --> 01:37:32,346
MY NAME IS RIVER, A LONGTIME 

2505
01:37:32,346 --> 01:37:33,581
SEATTLE RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 5. 

2506
01:37:33,581 --> 01:37:36,684
PLEASE VOTE NO ON CB 121215. 

2507
01:37:36,684 --> 01:37:39,620
THIS BILL WOULD ILLUMINATE THE 

2508
01:37:39,620 --> 01:37:41,188
PUBLIC'S ONLY AFFORDABLE WAY TO

2509
01:37:41,188 --> 01:37:41,989
CHALLENGE INADEQUATE 

2510
01:37:41,989 --> 01:37:43,457
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BEFORE MAY 

2511
01:37:43,457 --> 01:37:44,825
LEGISLATION AND CITY PROJECTS 

2512
01:37:44,825 --> 01:37:49,897
ARE APPROVED. THE PROBLEM ISN'T

2513
01:37:49,897 --> 01:37:50,564
ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS. BUT 

2514
01:37:50,564 --> 01:37:51,498
RATHER INADEQUATE ENVIRONMENT 

2515
01:37:51,498 --> 01:37:52,433
IMPACT STATEMENTS AND A HEARING 

2516
01:37:52,433 --> 01:37:53,500
EXAMINER PROCESS THAT NEEDS 

2517
01:37:53,500 --> 01:37:58,639
REFORM. ENSURE THE ENVIRONMENTAL

2518
01:37:58,639 --> 01:37:59,406
IMPACT STATEMENTS ASSESS IMPACTS

2519
01:37:59,406 --> 01:38:08,515
ACCURATELY FROM THE START. 

2520
01:38:08,515 --> 01:38:09,183
INSTEAD OF ELIMINATING APPEALS 

2521
01:38:09,183 --> 01:38:10,050
ALTOGETHER, REFORM THE HEARING 

2522
01:38:10,050 --> 01:38:10,784
PROCESS SO APPEALS ARE RESOLVED 

2523
01:38:10,784 --> 01:38:12,052
IN UNDER 60 DAYS. APPEALS ARE 

2524
01:38:12,052 --> 01:38:13,053
RARE. AVERAGING JUST 2.7 PER 

2525
01:38:13,053 --> 01:38:14,321
YEAR OVER THE PAST DECADE. WITH 

2526
01:38:14,321 --> 01:38:15,389
LESS THAN ONE HOUSING RELATED 

2527
01:38:15,389 --> 01:38:17,424
APPEAL PER YEAR. ELIMINATING AN 

2528
01:38:17,424 --> 01:38:18,959
IMPORTANT PUBLIC RIGHT IS A 

2529
01:38:18,959 --> 01:38:21,061
DRASTIC STEP , DISPROPORTIONATE 

2530
01:38:21,061 --> 01:38:25,165
TO THE PROBLEM. PAST APPEALS 

2531
01:38:25,165 --> 01:38:25,799
HAVE UNCOVERED SERIOUS ERRORS 

2532
01:38:25,799 --> 01:38:27,201
AND PREVIOUSLY UNDISCLOSED 

2533
01:38:27,201 --> 01:38:30,204
INFORMATION THE IMPROVED THE 

2534
01:38:30,204 --> 01:38:31,705
PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING AND 

2535
01:38:31,705 --> 01:38:34,742
COUNCIL DECISION-MAKING. APPEALS

2536
01:38:34,742 --> 01:38:36,010
GIVE RESIDENTS AN INDEPENDENT 

2537
01:38:36,010 --> 01:38:39,480
REVIEW BEFORE ENVIRONMENTAL ARE 

2538
01:38:39,480 --> 01:38:41,048
LOCKED INTO LINE BEFORE TREES 

2539
01:38:41,048 --> 01:38:47,354
ARE REMOVED WHEN PROJECTS BEGIN.

2540
01:38:47,354 --> 01:38:48,355
APPEALS DO NOT HOLD OF HOUSING 

2541
01:38:48,355 --> 01:38:49,723
PRODUCTION. IF THEY DID, SEATTLE

2542
01:38:49,723 --> 01:38:50,557
WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH 

2543
01:38:50,557 --> 01:38:51,725
LEADING THE NATION IN REDUCING 

2544
01:38:51,725 --> 01:38:52,359
HOUSING. THIS BILL ENTRENCHES 

2545
01:38:52,359 --> 01:38:57,531
THE POWER OF DEVELOPING LOBBY 

2546
01:38:57,531 --> 01:38:58,999
WHICH IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS 

2547
01:38:58,999 --> 01:38:59,934
OF THIS YEAR HAD 40 MEETINGS 

2548
01:38:59,934 --> 01:39:01,635
WITH CITY LEADERS, 38 OF THEM, 

2549
01:39:01,635 --> 01:39:05,539
CONVERSATIONS THAT TRANSLATE 

2550
01:39:05,539 --> 01:39:06,240
INTO PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND 

2551
01:39:06,240 --> 01:39:07,241
INFLUENCE ON OUR ELECTED 

2552
01:39:07,241 --> 01:39:07,775
OFFICIAL DECISION-MAKING 

2553
01:39:07,775 --> 01:39:10,177
PROCESS. BY CONTRAST THERE WERE 

2554
01:39:10,177 --> 01:39:11,578
NO DOCUMENTED MEETINGS WITH 

2555
01:39:11,578 --> 01:39:12,212
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

2556
01:39:12,212 --> 01:39:13,247
CITIZENS, AND OUR MENTAL REVIEWS

2557
01:39:13,247 --> 01:39:15,149
ARE ARE CHANCE TO PUSH BACK ON 

2558
01:39:15,149 --> 01:39:18,185
THAT POWER THROWN CHECKS IN 

2559
01:39:18,185 --> 01:39:22,790
GOVERNMENT. PLEASE PRESERVE THE 

2560
01:39:22,790 --> 01:39:24,124
PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO INDEPENDENT 

2561
01:39:24,124 --> 01:39:24,758
MENTAL REVIEW BY VOTING NO ON 

2562
01:39:24,758 --> 01:39:27,461
121215. THANK YOU. 

2563
01:39:27,461 --> 01:39:29,196
>> THANK YOU. 

2564
01:39:29,196 --> 01:39:39,673
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE RACHEL. 

2565
01:39:40,274 --> 01:39:42,543
>> HI, MY NAME IS RACHEL. I HAVE

2566
01:39:42,543 --> 01:39:47,548
HEARD CHAIR LIN IMPROVE HIS 

2567
01:39:47,548 --> 01:39:48,615
COMMITTEE MEETINGS SAY WITH THIS

2568
01:39:48,615 --> 01:39:50,317
BILL THE CITY WILL HAVE TO BE 

2569
01:39:50,317 --> 01:39:51,685
SURE TO DO STELLAR IN OUR MENTAL

2570
01:39:51,685 --> 01:39:53,287
WORK TO PROTECT HER CITY. BUT 

2571
01:39:53,287 --> 01:39:57,558
SOMEDAY NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL

2572
01:39:57,558 --> 01:39:58,292
BE SITTING IN YOUR SEAT. NEW 

2573
01:39:58,292 --> 01:39:59,293
STAFF WILL BE PREPARING PLANNING

2574
01:39:59,293 --> 01:40:01,462
GOALS AND DOCUMENTS. A NEW MAYOR

2575
01:40:01,462 --> 01:40:05,599
WILL PRESIDE. NEW STAFF WILL 

2576
01:40:05,599 --> 01:40:06,367
ANALYZE AND WRITE ENVIRONMENTAL 

2577
01:40:06,367 --> 01:40:07,167
DOCUMENTS. DO YOU WANT TO 

2578
01:40:07,167 --> 01:40:09,303
ENTRUST THESE YET UNKNOWN 

2579
01:40:09,303 --> 01:40:13,340
DECISION-MAKERS WATER DOWN IN 

2580
01:40:13,340 --> 01:40:14,908
MENTAL PRACTICES? WHAT MIGHT BE 

2581
01:40:14,908 --> 01:40:17,211
THERE? WHAT MY DECISIONS THEY 

2582
01:40:17,211 --> 01:40:20,447
MAKE THAT MAKE YOU CRINGE AS YOU

2583
01:40:20,447 --> 01:40:22,683
READ THE NEWS? FOR TWO YEARS WE 

2584
01:40:22,683 --> 01:40:26,453
HAVE BEEN BATTLING THE TRUMPET 

2585
01:40:26,453 --> 01:40:27,221
MINISTRATION POLICIES TAKING 

2586
01:40:27,221 --> 01:40:27,821
AWAY OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS 

2587
01:40:27,821 --> 01:40:29,423
INCLUDING AND FOR MENTAL 

2588
01:40:29,423 --> 01:40:30,090
PROTECTION. REMOVING LEGISLATIVE

2589
01:40:30,090 --> 01:40:31,625
DECISIONS FROM THE CURRENT 

2590
01:40:31,625 --> 01:40:34,495
APPEAL PROCESS IS DOING JUST 

2591
01:40:34,495 --> 01:40:35,596
THAT. IT TAKES AWAY 

2592
01:40:35,596 --> 01:40:36,196
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS. I 

2593
01:40:36,196 --> 01:40:37,998
URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON CB 121215

2594
01:40:37,998 --> 01:40:42,703
AND PROTECT OUR EMERALD CITY. 

2595
01:40:42,703 --> 01:40:43,837
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 

2596
01:40:43,837 --> 01:40:45,372
>> THANK YOU. 

2597
01:40:45,372 --> 01:40:55,816
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE RUBY. 

2598
01:40:57,317 --> 01:40:59,953
>> MY NAME IS RUBY HOLLAND. CITY

2599
01:40:59,953 --> 01:41:03,257
COUNCIL NEWBIES WANT TO TERRACE 

2600
01:41:03,257 --> 01:41:07,861
CITY UP AND MAKE IT 

2601
01:41:07,861 --> 01:41:08,362
UNRECOGNIZABLE WITHOUT 

2602
01:41:08,362 --> 01:41:09,029
OVERSIGHT, WITHOUT THE RIGHT OF 

2603
01:41:09,029 --> 01:41:10,330
APPEAL OR EVEN A ROBUST 

2604
01:41:10,330 --> 01:41:12,299
CONVERSATION. THEY DO MORE DUE 

2605
01:41:12,299 --> 01:41:14,334
DILIGENCE WHEN BUYING A CAR. 

2606
01:41:14,334 --> 01:41:17,971
THEY WANT TO RUSH THINGS THROUGH

2607
01:41:17,971 --> 01:41:20,808
BEFORE WE NOTICE PROBLEMS OR 

2608
01:41:20,808 --> 01:41:26,447
CORRUPTION. WE NEED , LOOK AT 

2609
01:41:26,447 --> 01:41:29,516
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S FAILED [ 

2610
01:41:29,516 --> 01:41:31,552
INDISCERNIBLE ]. HE DOESN'T WANT

2611
01:41:31,552 --> 01:41:33,454
A KNEE-JERK REACTION TO THAT 

2612
01:41:33,454 --> 01:41:36,457
MESS, BUT WANTS A QUICK 

2613
01:41:36,457 --> 01:41:38,659
KNEE-JERK REACTION TO UP ZONING 

2614
01:41:38,659 --> 01:41:40,127
THAT WILL FOREVER CHANGE 

2615
01:41:40,127 --> 01:41:42,763
SEATTLE. THE SAME GUY WHO WROTE 

2616
01:41:42,763 --> 01:41:46,033
THE FAILED MHA ROAD PHASE ONE OF

2617
01:41:46,033 --> 01:41:47,935
THE COMP PLAN FULLY EXPECTING TO

2618
01:41:47,935 --> 01:41:50,404
BE REELECTED AS MAYOR SO HE CAN 

2619
01:41:50,404 --> 01:41:53,674
CARRY ON HIS PLAN OF FILLING 

2620
01:41:53,674 --> 01:41:57,478
WORKING-CLASS LOTS FOR HIS REAL 

2621
01:41:57,478 --> 01:41:59,379
ESTATE OLIGARCH. THAT HAS BEEN 

2622
01:41:59,379 --> 01:42:01,582
PASSED WHO DON'T WANT 

2623
01:42:01,582 --> 01:42:05,719
OVERSIGHT. GOVERNOR, THE REAL 

2624
01:42:05,719 --> 01:42:10,591
CLIMATE CHANGE GUY, LEFT AND ARE

2625
01:42:10,591 --> 01:42:11,425
MENTALLY FRIENDLY MODEL FOR 

2626
01:42:11,425 --> 01:42:13,760
GROWTH, HB 1110, ANYTHING BEYOND

2627
01:42:13,760 --> 01:42:16,530
THAT NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED WITH 

2628
01:42:16,530 --> 01:42:20,434
THE UTMOST SCRUTINY. BUT APPEALS

2629
01:42:20,434 --> 01:42:22,069
PROCESS LETS US DO THAT. PLEASE 

2630
01:42:22,069 --> 01:42:23,670
KEEP IT. THANK YOU. 

2631
01:42:23,670 --> 01:42:27,040
>> THANK YOU. 

2632
01:42:27,040 --> 01:42:29,576
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE WILLIAM 

2633
01:42:29,576 --> 01:42:40,120
WALDMAN. WILLIAM, PLEASE PRESS 

2634
01:42:43,991 --> 01:42:54,468
STAR SIX. WILLIAM WALTON. OKAY. 

2635
01:43:00,507 --> 01:43:01,909
WE WILL MOVE TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER

2636
01:43:01,909 --> 01:43:02,943
AND COME BACK TO YOU, WILLIAM. 

2637
01:43:02,943 --> 01:43:13,320
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS -- 

2638
01:43:13,320 --> 01:43:18,292
>> HI, THIS IS JOANNA. SO I'M 

2639
01:43:18,292 --> 01:43:20,194
HERE TO SAY TO REJECT COUNCIL 

2640
01:43:20,194 --> 01:43:25,666
BILL 121215 . PLEASE PRESERVE 

2641
01:43:25,666 --> 01:43:31,271
THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO 

2642
01:43:31,271 --> 01:43:32,239
MEANINGFUL AND OUR MENTAL 

2643
01:43:32,239 --> 01:43:33,040
REVIEW. REQUIRE THAT ANY FUTURE 

2644
01:43:33,040 --> 01:43:34,341
LEGISLATION AFFECTING SEPA AND 

2645
01:43:34,341 --> 01:43:36,643
ITS APPEAL RIGHTS IS ACCOMPANIED

2646
01:43:36,643 --> 01:43:42,416
BY A FULL BILL , THE TEXT AND IN

2647
01:43:42,416 --> 01:43:43,250
MULTILINGUAL COMMUNITY 

2648
01:43:43,250 --> 01:43:45,886
ENGAGEMENT. WITH A DEMONSTRATED 

2649
01:43:45,886 --> 01:43:49,122
CONNECTION TO SPECIFIC, 

2650
01:43:49,122 --> 01:43:52,993
MEASURABLE ENVIRONMENTAL INCOME.

2651
01:43:52,993 --> 01:43:54,127
SEATTLE'S MOST VULNERABLE 

2652
01:43:54,127 --> 01:43:55,596
COMMUNITIES HAVE CARRIED THE 

2653
01:43:55,596 --> 01:43:57,631
COST OF INADEQUATE PLANNING LONG

2654
01:43:57,631 --> 01:44:03,203
ENOUGH. WE DESERVE A PROCESS , 

2655
01:44:03,203 --> 01:44:05,372
NOT PROMISES. I LIVE IN THE 

2656
01:44:05,372 --> 01:44:07,674
CENTRAL DISTRICT, AND STRIPPING 

2657
01:44:07,674 --> 01:44:10,611
THE MOST ACCESSIBLE COMMITTEE 

2658
01:44:10,611 --> 01:44:11,612
REVIEW OF ZONING NEIGHBORHOODS 

2659
01:44:11,612 --> 01:44:12,613
ACROSS SEATTLE THAT HAVE 

2660
01:44:12,613 --> 01:44:15,649
ABSORBED GENERATIONS OF 

2661
01:44:15,649 --> 01:44:18,252
DISINVESTMENT IS NOT EQUITABLE 

2662
01:44:18,252 --> 01:44:21,521
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING. IT IS 

2663
01:44:21,521 --> 01:44:23,290
THE REMOVAL OF THE LAST FORMAL 

2664
01:44:23,290 --> 01:44:27,160
CHECK AVAILABLE TO US. WITH THE 

2665
01:44:27,160 --> 01:44:29,896
LEAST POLITICAL POWER. THE 

2666
01:44:29,896 --> 01:44:34,134
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE FOUGHT TO 

2667
01:44:34,134 --> 01:44:35,802
STAY IN THE CITY DID NOT DO SO, 

2668
01:44:35,802 --> 01:44:37,437
ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THEIR RIGHT

2669
01:44:37,437 --> 01:44:38,405
TO CHALLENGE INADEQUATE 

2670
01:44:38,405 --> 01:44:40,674
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS AN 

2671
01:44:40,674 --> 01:44:44,344
OBSTACLE TO PROGRESS. EQUITY 

2672
01:44:44,344 --> 01:44:45,612
INVOKED TO JUSTIFY THE 

2673
01:44:45,612 --> 01:44:48,415
ELIMINATION OF A TOOL 

2674
01:44:48,415 --> 01:44:49,850
COMMUNITIES NEED TO DEFEND 

2675
01:44:49,850 --> 01:44:51,952
THEMSELVES AGAINST EQUITABLE 

2676
01:44:51,952 --> 01:44:56,657
OUTCOMES IS NOT EQUITY. ALSO I 

2677
01:44:56,657 --> 01:44:57,958
HEARD SOMEBODY SAY THAT KING 

2678
01:44:57,958 --> 01:45:01,261
COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE 

2679
01:45:01,261 --> 01:45:02,663
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, THAT IS 

2680
01:45:02,663 --> 01:45:13,040
NOT TRUE. THANK YOU. 

2681
01:45:14,374 --> 01:45:24,685
>> NEXT UP IS ETHAN. 

2682
01:45:34,594 --> 01:45:35,762
>> GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE 

2683
01:45:35,762 --> 01:45:36,596
LAND-USE AND SUSTAINABILITY 

2684
01:45:36,596 --> 01:45:37,464
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS ETHAN. 

2685
01:45:37,464 --> 01:45:38,065
SEATTLE RENTER, DISTRICT 4 

2686
01:45:38,065 --> 01:45:39,099
RESIDENT AND SOMEONE WHO CARES 

2687
01:45:39,099 --> 01:45:40,100
ABOUT ARE OUTDOORS AND WILDLIFE.

2688
01:45:40,100 --> 01:45:41,501
AND CALLING TO URGE YOU TO PASS 

2689
01:45:41,501 --> 01:45:43,003
CB 121215 , OUT OF COMMITTEE AND

2690
01:45:43,003 --> 01:45:44,204
SEND IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL. 

2691
01:45:44,204 --> 01:45:45,405
THIS BILL IS A COMMON SENSE 

2692
01:45:45,405 --> 01:45:46,473
REFORM, IT DOES NOT ROLLBACK 

2693
01:45:46,473 --> 01:45:47,908
PUBLIC PROCESS OR IN OUR MENTAL 

2694
01:45:47,908 --> 01:45:48,542
PROTECTION. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW

2695
01:45:48,542 --> 01:45:49,710
STAYS INTACT. WHAT DOES REMOVE 

2696
01:45:49,710 --> 01:45:56,049
IS A SELF-IMPOSED ADMINISTERED A

2697
01:45:56,049 --> 01:45:56,850
PROCESS WHERE LEGISLATIVE 

2698
01:45:56,850 --> 01:45:57,451
LAND-USE DECISION, ONE THAT 

2699
01:45:57,451 --> 01:45:58,485
STATE LAW DOESN'T REQUIRE AND 

2700
01:45:58,485 --> 01:46:08,995
HAS ABOUT A MONTH OF DELAY TO 

2701
01:46:12,199 --> 01:46:13,133
NEEDED HEALTHY PUBLIC UPDATES. 

2702
01:46:13,133 --> 01:46:14,000
THOUSANDS OF SEATTLEITES, MANY 

2703
01:46:14,000 --> 01:46:15,168
AT WORK, ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND 

2704
01:46:15,168 --> 01:46:16,369
MEETINGS LIKE THESE ARE COUNTING

2705
01:46:16,369 --> 01:46:17,204
ON THIS COUNCIL TO DELIVER 

2706
01:46:17,204 --> 01:46:17,871
ABUNDANT PORTABLE HOUSING. THAT 

2707
01:46:17,871 --> 01:46:19,172
IS WHY THEY VOTED FOR MANY OF 

2708
01:46:19,172 --> 01:46:20,373
YOU. ONLY A HANDFUL APPEALS ARE 

2709
01:46:20,373 --> 01:46:21,808
FILED EACH YEAR BUT THEY CAUSE 

2710
01:46:21,808 --> 01:46:22,809
OUTSIDE DELAYS TO PROJECTS THE 

2711
01:46:22,809 --> 01:46:24,077
MAJORITY OF THE CITY IS RELYING 

2712
01:46:24,077 --> 01:46:24,911
ON. APPEALS AREN'T WHERE 

2713
01:46:24,911 --> 01:46:25,746
SEATTLEITES MAKE THEIR VOICES 

2714
01:46:25,746 --> 01:46:31,651
HEARD. VOTING IS. PLEASE PASS 

2715
01:46:31,651 --> 01:46:32,452
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND DELIVER

2716
01:46:32,452 --> 01:46:33,653
ON THE PROMISES WE ELECTED YOU 

2717
01:46:33,653 --> 01:46:34,721
TO KEEP. THANK YOU FOR HAVING 

2718
01:46:34,721 --> 01:46:36,056
THE COURAGE TO BRING THE 

2719
01:46:36,056 --> 01:46:36,523
LEGISLATION FORWARD. 

2720
01:46:36,523 --> 01:46:37,224
>> THANK YOU. 

2721
01:46:37,224 --> 01:46:47,667
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE BETH. 

2722
01:46:48,969 --> 01:46:54,141
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS BETH. 

2723
01:46:54,141 --> 01:46:55,275
GREETINGS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. I 

2724
01:46:55,275 --> 01:46:56,143
AM A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF 

2725
01:46:56,143 --> 01:46:57,444
SEATTLE. I AM URGING YOU TO 

2726
01:46:57,444 --> 01:47:00,180
REJECT THIS BILL, COUNCIL BILL 

2727
01:47:00,180 --> 01:47:09,189
121215. I WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS

2728
01:47:09,189 --> 01:47:10,357
EVERY CITIZEN'S RIGHT TO AN 

2729
01:47:10,357 --> 01:47:11,458
ACCESSIBLE AND HER MENTAL REVIEW

2730
01:47:11,458 --> 01:47:12,559
PROCESS HOLDS CITY LEADERS 

2731
01:47:12,559 --> 01:47:14,361
ACCOUNTABLE. THIS IS A CRITICAL 

2732
01:47:14,361 --> 01:47:15,061
PATH TO COUNTERACTING THE 

2733
01:47:15,061 --> 01:47:15,662
OVERBEARING INFLUENCE OF 

2734
01:47:15,662 --> 01:47:18,131
DEVELOPERS AND FINANCIERS AND 

2735
01:47:18,131 --> 01:47:19,299
THEIR CLOSED-DOOR MEETINGS. THE 

2736
01:47:19,299 --> 01:47:25,705
PEOPLE SEEM TO BE THE ONLY VOICE

2737
01:47:25,705 --> 01:47:26,907
STANDING UP FOR TREES, GREEN 

2738
01:47:26,907 --> 01:47:31,244
SPACES AND A HELPING VERY. THE 

2739
01:47:31,244 --> 01:47:31,878
TALLER, DENSER, FASTER 

2740
01:47:31,878 --> 01:47:32,579
DEVELOPMENT FORCES CLAIM THE 

2741
01:47:32,579 --> 01:47:33,680
APPEALS PROCESS STANDS IN THE 

2742
01:47:33,680 --> 01:47:34,681
WAY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BUT 

2743
01:47:34,681 --> 01:47:37,884
TO QUOTE FROM THE BILL ITSELF, 

2744
01:47:37,884 --> 01:47:39,619
HOUSING AFFORDABLE TO A RANGE OF

2745
01:47:39,619 --> 01:47:44,057
INCOME LEVELS. THAT IS A VERY 

2746
01:47:44,057 --> 01:47:45,325
BROAD DEFINITION. AND I DON'T 

2747
01:47:45,325 --> 01:47:45,926
THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 

2748
01:47:45,926 --> 01:47:46,993
SOLVING THE HOUSING CRISIS FOR 

2749
01:47:46,993 --> 01:47:49,830
THE LOWEST INCOME FAMILIES HERE.

2750
01:47:49,830 --> 01:47:51,798
PITTING TREES AND ENVIRONMENTAL 

2751
01:47:51,798 --> 01:47:53,967
HEALTH AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL 

2752
01:47:53,967 --> 01:48:03,143
HOUSING IS SMOKESCREEN. IT 

2753
01:48:03,143 --> 01:48:04,077
DOESN'T NEED TO BE AN EITHER/OR

2754
01:48:04,077 --> 01:48:05,278
CHOICE. WE CAN DO BOTH. WITH 

2755
01:48:05,278 --> 01:48:06,246
SMART DESIGN. LET'S REDEFINE 

2756
01:48:06,246 --> 01:48:07,147
PROGRESS TO INCLUDE SMART 

2757
01:48:07,147 --> 01:48:07,781
STEWARDSHIP OF OUR LIFE-GIVING 

2758
01:48:07,781 --> 01:48:09,249
ENVIRONMENT. PLEASE STAND UP FOR

2759
01:48:09,249 --> 01:48:11,952
SENSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTHY

2760
01:48:11,952 --> 01:48:15,822
ENVIRONMENT, VOTE NO ON 

2761
01:48:15,822 --> 01:48:17,190
STRIPPING THIS RATE FROM SEATTLE

2762
01:48:17,190 --> 01:48:18,425
CITIZENS AND THANK YOU FOR THIS 

2763
01:48:18,425 --> 01:48:20,026
OPPORTUNITY FOR ORDINARY 

2764
01:48:20,026 --> 01:48:21,361
CITIZENS TO SPEAK OUT. 

2765
01:48:21,361 --> 01:48:24,698
>> THANK YOU. 

2766
01:48:24,698 --> 01:48:26,500
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE JESSE 

2767
01:48:26,500 --> 01:48:33,206
SIMPSON. 

2768
01:48:33,206 --> 01:48:36,643
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM FROM THE 

2769
01:48:36,643 --> 01:48:41,281
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COALITION. 

2770
01:48:41,281 --> 01:48:42,315
HERE TO SUPPORT COUNCIL BILL 

2771
01:48:42,315 --> 01:48:43,149
121215. SEATTLE HAS HOUSING 

2772
01:48:43,149 --> 01:48:45,218
SHORTAGE. WE NEED MORE HOUSING 

2773
01:48:45,218 --> 01:48:47,587
AND ZONING CHANGES TO LEGALIZE 

2774
01:48:47,587 --> 01:48:49,389
THE HOUSING FASTER. RIGHT NOW 

2775
01:48:49,389 --> 01:48:52,025
ACCORDING TO THE [ INDISCERNIBLE

2776
01:48:52,025 --> 01:48:58,431
] FOR MONTHS. EVEN THOUGH THE 

2777
01:48:58,431 --> 01:48:59,132
VAST MAJORITY OF APPEALS ARE 

2778
01:48:59,132 --> 01:48:59,833
DISMISSED OR WITHDRAWN. THAT 

2779
01:48:59,833 --> 01:49:01,067
KIND OF DELAY IS EXACTLY WHAT 

2780
01:49:01,067 --> 01:49:06,740
JUST HAPPENED TO NOW PUSHED INTO

2781
01:49:06,740 --> 01:49:07,807
2027. FUNDAMENTALLY THE BILL IS 

2782
01:49:07,807 --> 01:49:12,078
GOOD FOR HOUSING AND GOOD FOR 

2783
01:49:12,078 --> 01:49:13,113
THE CLAIMANT. MORE AND DENSER 

2784
01:49:13,113 --> 01:49:14,247
HOMES, OR TRANSIT MEANS LESS 

2785
01:49:14,247 --> 01:49:15,882
SPRAWL. AND LESS CAR POLLUTION 

2786
01:49:15,882 --> 01:49:17,651
THE ACTUALLY THREATENS SALMON 

2787
01:49:17,651 --> 01:49:21,288
AND ORCA. WITH PROCESSES USED TO

2788
01:49:21,288 --> 01:49:22,622
BLOCK OR DELAY HOUSING IN THE 

2789
01:49:22,622 --> 01:49:24,557
CITY THE RESULT IS WORSE FOR THE

2790
01:49:24,557 --> 01:49:25,992
ENVIRONMENT, NOT BETTER. THIS 

2791
01:49:25,992 --> 01:49:31,498
BILL DOESN'T WE CAN HAVE OUR 

2792
01:49:31,498 --> 01:49:32,332
MENTAL PROTECTION. CRITICAL 

2793
01:49:32,332 --> 01:49:32,899
AREAS OF STORMWATER ENTRY 

2794
01:49:32,899 --> 01:49:33,767
PROTECTION REMAIN IN EFFECT ON 

2795
01:49:33,767 --> 01:49:35,302
STRICT ENERGY AND BUILDING CODES

2796
01:49:35,302 --> 01:49:37,971
FOR MORE EFFICIENT. [ 

2797
01:49:37,971 --> 01:49:41,074
INDISCERNIBLE ] LAND-USE 

2798
01:49:41,074 --> 01:49:44,978
REGULATIONS ANYONE WHO WANTS TO 

2799
01:49:44,978 --> 01:49:45,812
CHALLENGE THE LEGAL ANALYSIS IS 

2800
01:49:45,812 --> 01:49:48,148
TOLD TO DO SO AT THE HEARINGS 

2801
01:49:48,148 --> 01:49:52,485
BOARD OR THE COURT. REMOVES ONE 

2802
01:49:52,485 --> 01:49:55,889
REDUNDANT MECHANISM BRINGING 

2803
01:49:55,889 --> 01:49:56,890
SETTLE IN LINE WITH OTHER 

2804
01:49:56,890 --> 01:49:57,524
JURISDICTIONS AND FUNDAMENTALLY 

2805
01:49:57,524 --> 01:50:01,094
IN LINE WITH THE RECENT STATE 

2806
01:50:01,094 --> 01:50:02,362
REFORMS TO ENSURE SEPA IS NOT 

2807
01:50:02,362 --> 01:50:03,763
WEAPONIZE TO BLOCK OR DELAY 

2808
01:50:03,763 --> 01:50:05,031
HOUSING. PLEASE VOTE YES ON 

2809
01:50:05,031 --> 01:50:10,470
COUNCIL BILL 121215 , THANK YOU,

2810
01:50:10,470 --> 01:50:11,604
CHAIR LIN, FOR BRINGING IT 

2811
01:50:11,604 --> 01:50:12,138
FORWARD. 

2812
01:50:12,138 --> 01:50:13,673
>> THANK YOU. 

2813
01:50:13,673 --> 01:50:15,308
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE LUCY 

2814
01:50:15,308 --> 01:50:25,819
FLANAGAN. LUCY, PLEASE PRESS 

2815
01:50:34,160 --> 01:50:44,637
STAR SIX. LUCY FLANAGAN, PLEASE 

2816
01:50:45,271 --> 01:50:47,841
PRESS STAR SIX. THERE WE GO. 

2817
01:50:47,841 --> 01:50:50,977
>> SORRY. HI, THIS IS LUCY 

2818
01:50:50,977 --> 01:51:01,488
FLANAGAN. I AM A RESIDENT OF 

2819
01:51:01,955 --> 01:51:07,127
SEATTLE FOR ALMOST 70 YEARS. 

2820
01:51:07,127 --> 01:51:08,294
DISTRICT 5. I WANT YOU TO VOTE 

2821
01:51:08,294 --> 01:51:11,097
AGAINST 121215. RECALL THE 

2822
01:51:11,097 --> 01:51:18,538
EMERALD CITY AND WE SHOULD 

2823
01:51:18,538 --> 01:51:19,739
CELEBRATE THAT BY PRESERVING WE 

2824
01:51:19,739 --> 01:51:20,840
HAVE LEFT OF OLD SEATTLE. IT IS 

2825
01:51:20,840 --> 01:51:22,342
WHY PEOPLE WANT TO VISIT THE 

2826
01:51:22,342 --> 01:51:23,109
PACIFIC NORTHWEST. TREES TAKE A 

2827
01:51:23,109 --> 01:51:24,377
LONG TIME TO GROW. WE FORGET 

2828
01:51:24,377 --> 01:51:25,745
THEM WHEN THEY ARE GONE AND IN 

2829
01:51:25,745 --> 01:51:27,280
SO DOING WE IN MENTALLY LOSE 

2830
01:51:27,280 --> 01:51:29,015
WHAT USED TO BE WHAT WAS GREAT 

2831
01:51:29,015 --> 01:51:31,051
ABOUT SEATTLE. SO ELIMINATING 

2832
01:51:31,051 --> 01:51:33,753
OLD TREES WARRANTS A THOROUGH 

2833
01:51:33,753 --> 01:51:40,293
REVIEW. AS OUR REPRESENTATIVES, 

2834
01:51:40,293 --> 01:51:41,461
YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO SHAPE 

2835
01:51:41,461 --> 01:51:42,062
THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. 

2836
01:51:42,062 --> 01:51:42,729
ELIMINATING THE PEOPLE'S VOICE 

2837
01:51:42,729 --> 01:51:44,497
WOULD MAKE LIFE EASIER, CHEAPER 

2838
01:51:44,497 --> 01:51:46,066
FOR THE REVIEW PANEL BUT THAT IS

2839
01:51:46,066 --> 01:51:48,435
NOT THE GOAL. THAT IS THE 

2840
01:51:48,435 --> 01:51:53,039
TEMPTATION. IF I MAY SAY SO, 

2841
01:51:53,039 --> 01:51:54,007
LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE WHO 

2842
01:51:54,007 --> 01:51:58,111
ELECTED YOU IS YOUR JOB. THE 

2843
01:51:58,111 --> 01:51:59,112
ISSUE IS NOT ABOUT ENVIRONMENT 

2844
01:51:59,112 --> 01:51:59,746
VERSUS HOUSING, IT'S ABOUT 

2845
01:51:59,746 --> 01:52:06,219
PROCESS. THE PROCESS MAY NEED 

2846
01:52:06,219 --> 01:52:06,820
STREAMLINING, BUT THROWING UP 

2847
01:52:06,820 --> 01:52:07,854
THE PUBLIC'S VOICE WOULD BE A 

2848
01:52:07,854 --> 01:52:09,289
DRASTIC MOVE. DON'T MAKE THAT 

2849
01:52:09,289 --> 01:52:09,889
MISTAKE. PLEASE VOTE NO ON 

2850
01:52:09,889 --> 01:52:11,257
121215 , THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. 

2851
01:52:11,257 --> 01:52:14,527
>> THANK YOU. 

2852
01:52:14,527 --> 01:52:23,203
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE ALICIA. 

2853
01:52:23,203 --> 01:52:28,174
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 

2854
01:52:28,174 --> 01:52:29,109
>> YES. 

2855
01:52:29,109 --> 01:52:35,615
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. I AM A 

2856
01:52:35,615 --> 01:52:36,483
TRANSPLANT. I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR

2857
01:52:36,483 --> 01:52:38,084
12 YEARS AND I LEFT MY HOME 

2858
01:52:38,084 --> 01:52:39,185
STATE BECAUSE OF POOR CITY 

2859
01:52:39,185 --> 01:52:40,353
PLANNING. IS SIMPLY TOO HOT TO 

2860
01:52:40,353 --> 01:52:42,021
LIVE THERE NOW. THEY TORE DOWN 

2861
01:52:42,021 --> 01:52:44,591
THE TREES AND BLINDLY REST 

2862
01:52:44,591 --> 01:52:48,394
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. TODAY IS 

2863
01:52:48,394 --> 01:52:49,696
GOING TO BE 49 DEGREES IN MY 

2864
01:52:49,696 --> 01:52:54,534
HOMETOWN OF AUSTIN, TEXAS. SO 

2865
01:52:54,534 --> 01:52:56,002
TAKE THIS FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS

2866
01:52:56,002 --> 01:52:56,736
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE 

2867
01:52:56,736 --> 01:52:58,638
CITY FORGETS THE PUBLIC'S VOICE

2868
01:52:58,638 --> 01:53:04,110
IN DEVELOP. SETTLERS TO POST 

2869
01:53:04,110 --> 01:53:05,311
ABOUT IT IN OUR MENTALISM. WE 

2870
01:53:05,311 --> 01:53:07,380
HAVE A WORLD-CLASS TOO. WE BRAG 

2871
01:53:07,380 --> 01:53:08,014
ABOUT HIKING TRAILS, POLLINATOR 

2872
01:53:08,014 --> 01:53:08,648
SPACES AND WATERFRONT. AT THE 

2873
01:53:08,648 --> 01:53:10,016
WATERFRONT OPENING THE CHAIRMAN 

2874
01:53:10,016 --> 01:53:10,483
REMINDED US WE HAVE A 

2875
01:53:10,483 --> 01:53:15,555
RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESERVE THE 

2876
01:53:15,555 --> 01:53:17,223
PLAN FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. OUR

2877
01:53:17,223 --> 01:53:17,857
CITIZENS BACKED THIS UP POURING 

2878
01:53:17,857 --> 01:53:18,758
THOUSANDS OF HOURS INTO LOCAL 

2879
01:53:18,758 --> 01:53:19,893
PAID AND UNPAID. THE COUNCILS 

2880
01:53:19,893 --> 01:53:24,030
ENTERTAINING CB 121215 A BILL 

2881
01:53:24,030 --> 01:53:25,732
THAT ELIMINATES THE SEPA APPEALS

2882
01:53:25,732 --> 01:53:28,368
PROCESS. BLOCKING OUT REGULAR 

2883
01:53:28,368 --> 01:53:29,936
PEOPLE AND HANDING THE KEYS TO 

2884
01:53:29,936 --> 01:53:39,879
PEOPLE WITH -- LOBBYISTS. IT 

2885
01:53:39,879 --> 01:53:41,214
FORCES A DEEPLY CYNICAL 

2886
01:53:41,214 --> 01:53:41,848
COMPROMISE TO CITIZENS, AND ASKS

2887
01:53:41,848 --> 01:53:42,582
US TO TRADE OUR AFFORDABLE 

2888
01:53:42,582 --> 01:53:44,350
AVENUE OF ACTIVISM FOR THE 

2889
01:53:44,350 --> 01:53:45,418
PROMISE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 

2890
01:53:45,418 --> 01:53:47,587
YOUR PRAYING AND PEOPLE CLAIMING

2891
01:53:47,587 --> 01:53:49,455
AFFORDABILITY, WEAPONIZE IN THE 

2892
01:53:49,455 --> 01:53:50,390
HOUSING CRISIS DEMAND WE TRADE 

2893
01:53:50,390 --> 01:53:52,058
WEIGHT RIGHTS FOR A ROOF OVER 

2894
01:53:52,058 --> 01:53:56,229
OUR HEADS. WE CANNOT MARK 

2895
01:53:56,229 --> 01:53:57,597
SEATTLE AS A PROGRESSIVE GREEN 

2896
01:53:57,597 --> 01:53:58,698
CITY WHEN SILENCING CITIZENS TO 

2897
01:53:58,698 --> 01:54:03,803
KEEP THAT WE. PROPONENTS OF THIS

2898
01:54:03,803 --> 01:54:04,904
BILL CLAIM THE APPEAL PROCESS IS

2899
01:54:04,904 --> 01:54:05,939
REDUNDANT. IT IS ONLY REDUNDANT 

2900
01:54:05,939 --> 01:54:08,007
IF THE CITY ALLOWS IT. IF THE 

2901
01:54:08,007 --> 01:54:09,475
CITY ALLOWS, ALWAYS FOLLOWS THE 

2902
01:54:09,475 --> 01:54:10,910
STEPS PERFECTLY. WE KNOW IT 

2903
01:54:10,910 --> 01:54:13,613
DOESN'T. WITHOUT THE PROCESS 

2904
01:54:13,613 --> 01:54:14,514
THE CITY WOULD'VE APPROVED 

2905
01:54:14,514 --> 01:54:18,151
DEVELOPMENT ON THE CEMETERY. THE

2906
01:54:18,151 --> 01:54:19,385
APPEAL PROCESS IS THE ONLY 

2907
01:54:19,385 --> 01:54:21,688
REASON THE CITY AND DEVELOPERS 

2908
01:54:21,688 --> 01:54:22,322
WERE ABLE TO CATCH CRITICAL 

2909
01:54:22,322 --> 01:54:23,389
MISTAKES IN DEVELOPING A 

2910
01:54:23,389 --> 01:54:25,992
CEMETERY. THERE ARE PEOPLE AND 

2911
01:54:25,992 --> 01:54:28,461
SPEAKERS WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO 

2912
01:54:28,461 --> 01:54:31,197
OWN HOMES. 

2913
01:54:31,197 --> 01:54:41,641
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE IRENE. 

2914
01:54:50,550 --> 01:54:51,451
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 

2915
01:54:51,451 --> 01:54:52,752
IRENE WALL AND I HAVE LIVED IN 

2916
01:54:52,752 --> 01:54:54,053
DISTRICT 6 FOR OVER 50 YEARS. I 

2917
01:54:54,053 --> 01:54:54,954
HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE CITIZEN 

2918
01:54:54,954 --> 01:54:56,055
SERVING ON MY NEIGHBORHOOD 

2919
01:54:56,055 --> 01:54:58,958
PLANNING COMMITTEE DURING THE 

2920
01:54:58,958 --> 01:55:00,393
CITY'S FIRST COMPLINE. I HAVE 

2921
01:55:00,393 --> 01:55:07,500
ALSO BEEN AN APPELLANT WHO WAS 

2922
01:55:07,500 --> 01:55:08,434
SUCCESSFUL IN APPEALS BEFORE THE

2923
01:55:08,434 --> 01:55:09,602
HEARING EXAMINER ON LAND-USE 

2924
01:55:09,602 --> 01:55:11,004
ACTIONS WHICH RESULTED IN 

2925
01:55:11,004 --> 01:55:12,839
CHANGES TO ORDINANCES BEFORE THE

2926
01:55:12,839 --> 01:55:14,874
COUNCIL ACTED. THIS IS HOW IT IS

2927
01:55:14,874 --> 01:55:22,348
SUPPOSED TO WORK. SO I ASK CHAIR

2928
01:55:22,348 --> 01:55:23,449
LIN TO WITHDRAW THIS MISGUIDED 

2929
01:55:23,449 --> 01:55:24,617
COUNCIL BILL. ITS PURPOSE SEEMS 

2930
01:55:24,617 --> 01:55:25,551
ONLY TO CYNICALLY SILENCE 

2931
01:55:25,551 --> 01:55:26,319
OPPOSITION AND ELIMINATE LEGAL 

2932
01:55:26,319 --> 01:55:28,821
AVENUES , WHICH ARE RARELY USED,

2933
01:55:28,821 --> 01:55:30,423
BUT WHICH CAN HAVE ERRORS AND 

2934
01:55:30,423 --> 01:55:34,861
REVEAL PORT AND FAX. THIS CHANGE

2935
01:55:34,861 --> 01:55:36,195
WILL DO NOTHING TO PREVENT THE 

2936
01:55:36,195 --> 01:55:36,763
CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE 

2937
01:55:36,763 --> 01:55:37,430
HOUSING. THE SPEAKERS TODAY FROM

2938
01:55:37,430 --> 01:55:38,831
HABITAT AND OTHERS DID NOT 

2939
01:55:38,831 --> 01:55:43,002
PROVIDE ANY EVIDENCE THAT SEPA 

2940
01:55:43,002 --> 01:55:43,870
APPEALS HAVE DELAYED OR 

2941
01:55:43,870 --> 01:55:46,406
PREVENTED ANY OF THEIR PROJECTS.

2942
01:55:46,406 --> 01:55:47,940
THE DIRECTORS REPORT FOR THIS 

2943
01:55:47,940 --> 01:55:49,008
BILL ALSO DID NOT PROVIDE ANY 

2944
01:55:49,008 --> 01:55:52,912
EVIDENCE THAT SEPA APPEALS OF 

2945
01:55:52,912 --> 01:55:54,247
NON-PROJECT LEGISLATIVE ACTION 

2946
01:55:54,247 --> 01:55:54,881
HAVE DELAYED OR PREVENTED 

2947
01:55:54,881 --> 01:55:56,215
AFFORDABLE HOUSING , OR 

2948
01:55:56,215 --> 01:56:01,454
CONTRIBUTED TO HOMELESSNESS. 

2949
01:56:01,454 --> 01:56:02,956
SEPA APPEALS HAVE ALSO NOT 

2950
01:56:02,956 --> 01:56:03,556
PREVENTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF 

2951
01:56:03,556 --> 01:56:07,560
MARKET RATE HOUSING , NEARLY 

2952
01:56:07,560 --> 01:56:08,561
100,000 NEW HOUSING UNITS HAVE 

2953
01:56:08,561 --> 01:56:09,462
BEEN BUILT OR PERMITTED IN THE 

2954
01:56:09,462 --> 01:56:10,897
LAST DECADE. SEPA IS NOT 

2955
01:56:10,897 --> 01:56:18,805
PREVENTING INCREASED DENSITY IN 

2956
01:56:18,805 --> 01:56:19,472
SEATTLE, WHICH IS EXCEEDING ITS 

2957
01:56:19,472 --> 01:56:20,273
TARGETS FOR NEW HOUSING ASSIGNED

2958
01:56:20,273 --> 01:56:20,907
TO US BY THE PUGET SOUND 

2959
01:56:20,907 --> 01:56:21,908
REGIONAL COUNCIL. THE BILL WILL 

2960
01:56:21,908 --> 01:56:26,746
NOT PREVENT SPRAWL OR SAVE FORCE

2961
01:56:26,746 --> 01:56:27,513
ANYWHERE ELSE. SEATTLE HAS NO 

2962
01:56:27,513 --> 01:56:28,715
AUTHORITY TO MAKE LAND-USE RULES

2963
01:56:28,715 --> 01:56:29,282
FOR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. 

2964
01:56:29,282 --> 01:56:30,883
REGARDING THE APPEAL FOR MORE 

2965
01:56:30,883 --> 01:56:32,385
DENSE HOUSING, THAT IS ALREADY 

2966
01:56:32,385 --> 01:56:38,024
HAPPENING AT PACE. SINGLE-FAMILY

2967
01:56:38,024 --> 01:56:38,691
HOMES ARE RAISED, ALONG WITH HER

2968
01:56:38,691 --> 01:56:39,859
TREES AND REPLACED WITH MORE 

2969
01:56:39,859 --> 01:56:43,229
EXPENSIVE TOWNHOMES. SEATTLE 

2970
01:56:43,229 --> 01:56:44,364
LAND-USE TRUST HAS JUST OPENED 

2971
01:56:44,364 --> 01:56:45,631
TWO LARGE PORTABLE CONDO 

2972
01:56:45,631 --> 01:56:47,934
PROJECTS . THEY WERE NOT 

2973
01:56:47,934 --> 01:56:49,569
PREVENTED -- 

2974
01:56:49,569 --> 01:57:00,079
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE RICHARD . 

2975
01:57:01,581 --> 01:57:11,991
>> HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? 

2976
01:57:14,060 --> 01:57:14,594
HELLO, MY NAME IS RICHARD, A 

2977
01:57:14,594 --> 01:57:15,395
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4. IN THE 

2978
01:57:15,395 --> 01:57:17,196
1990S I WAS WRITING 

2979
01:57:17,196 --> 01:57:17,897
ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS IN 

2980
01:57:17,897 --> 01:57:23,069
SEATTLE. I OPPOSE CB 121215, 

2981
01:57:23,069 --> 01:57:25,405
BANNING LOOK APPEALS ON SEPA 

2982
01:57:25,405 --> 01:57:28,374
DECISIONS. THE LOSS OF 

2983
01:57:28,374 --> 01:57:29,308
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SEATTLE IS

2984
01:57:29,308 --> 01:57:30,743
ROOTED IN THE 1990S DECISIONS BY

2985
01:57:30,743 --> 01:57:32,645
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL TRIED 

2986
01:57:32,645 --> 01:57:35,114
TO BREAK THE SEATTLE ECONOMY BY 

2987
01:57:35,114 --> 01:57:37,216
ALLOWING DEVELOPERS TWO-TIERED 

2988
01:57:37,216 --> 01:57:39,485
UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING AT SOUTH 

2989
01:57:39,485 --> 01:57:41,187
LAKE UNION AND ELSEWHERE. AND SO

2990
01:57:41,187 --> 01:57:45,525
BEGAN. THE TECH GROWTH CAME, A 

2991
01:57:45,525 --> 01:57:47,493
SPIKE IN HOUSING COSTS, AS 

2992
01:57:47,493 --> 01:57:48,761
HOUSING, AS TECH GROWTH COULD 

2993
01:57:48,761 --> 01:57:52,799
AFFORD AND LITTLE HOUSING WAS 

2994
01:57:52,799 --> 01:57:54,500
BUILT ACROSS THE CITY TO REPLACE

2995
01:57:54,500 --> 01:57:56,469
LOW-INCOME HOUSING. THE CITY 

2996
01:57:56,469 --> 01:57:57,870
GRAND BARGAIN SUPPOSE IT GRAND 

2997
01:57:57,870 --> 01:58:00,973
BARGAIN BY MAYOR MURRAY AND THE 

2998
01:58:00,973 --> 01:58:02,074
CITY COUNCIL TO GIVE AWAY 

2999
01:58:02,074 --> 01:58:03,209
EXTENSIVE HOUSING AND FOR 

3000
01:58:03,209 --> 01:58:09,715
HOUSING. NOW THE COUNCIL WISHES 

3001
01:58:09,715 --> 01:58:11,150
TO MAKE AMENDS BY DECADES OF BAD

3002
01:58:11,150 --> 01:58:12,051
DECISIONS BY REMOVING 

3003
01:58:12,051 --> 01:58:12,685
ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS ON ANY 

3004
01:58:12,685 --> 01:58:15,955
SEPA DECISIONS AS OPPOSED 

3005
01:58:15,955 --> 01:58:17,490
PANACEA TO THE HOUSING CRISIS. 

3006
01:58:17,490 --> 01:58:18,391
THIS HOUSING CRISIS IS IN 

3007
01:58:18,391 --> 01:58:20,460
PARTNER MAKING. IT MAY BE A MILD

3008
01:58:20,460 --> 01:58:22,361
DAY IN SEATTLE , SARDINE 

3009
01:58:22,361 --> 01:58:25,832
SEATTLE, BUT IN EUROPE IT'S AN 

3010
01:58:25,832 --> 01:58:27,600
EXTENDED HEAT EMERGENCY WITH 

3011
01:58:27,600 --> 01:58:29,936
TEMPERATURES OVER HUNDRED 

3012
01:58:29,936 --> 01:58:31,471
DEGREES ACROSS THE CONTINENT. 

3013
01:58:31,471 --> 01:58:32,104
THE TRUMPET MINISTRATION WOULD 

3014
01:58:32,104 --> 01:58:33,840
HAVE US BELIEVE I'M A CHANGE IS

3015
01:58:33,840 --> 01:58:38,878
A HOAX. CAN WE APPEAL THE 

3016
01:58:38,878 --> 01:58:39,779
GUTTING OF THE OVERSIGHT, IS 

3017
01:58:39,779 --> 01:58:41,013
2026 YEAR THE SEATTLE CITY 

3018
01:58:41,013 --> 01:58:41,614
COUNCIL BAND SEPA APPEALS IN 

3019
01:58:41,614 --> 01:58:43,316
EMERALD CITY? THIS IS REMNANT OF

3020
01:58:43,316 --> 01:58:47,520
THE POLICIES OF THE CURRENT 

3021
01:58:47,520 --> 01:58:48,588
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WHICH IS 

3022
01:58:48,588 --> 01:58:49,122
GETTING ALL ENVIRONMENTAL 

3023
01:58:49,122 --> 01:58:49,989
PROTECTIONS AND REVIEWS. LIKE IN

3024
01:58:49,989 --> 01:58:51,123
2003 WHEN THE TRUMP 

3025
01:58:51,123 --> 01:58:57,196
ADMINISTRATION -- THAT WAS OKAY.

3026
01:58:57,196 --> 01:59:01,234
WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH REJECTED CO2

3027
01:59:01,234 --> 01:59:05,171
COMMISSIONS -- 

3028
01:59:05,171 --> 01:59:09,442
>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE 

3029
01:59:09,442 --> 01:59:19,719
LISA. HI, LISA. 

3030
01:59:37,570 --> 01:59:39,071
>> HELLO. SHOULD I REMIND NOW? 

3031
01:59:39,071 --> 01:59:40,706
OKAY. SORRY. GOOD MORNING. CHAIR

3032
01:59:40,706 --> 01:59:42,341
LIN AND MEMBERS OF THE 

3033
01:59:42,341 --> 01:59:44,610
COMMITTEE, MY NAME IS DR. LISA. 

3034
01:59:44,610 --> 01:59:45,578
A SEATTLE RESIDENT AND ADVOCATE 

3035
01:59:45,578 --> 01:59:49,715
FOR URBAN HOUSING. I'M HERE 

3036
01:59:49,715 --> 01:59:50,917
TODAY TO URGE THE COMMITTEE TO 

3037
01:59:50,917 --> 01:59:53,185
REJECT COUNCIL BILL 121215. IN 

3038
01:59:53,185 --> 01:59:54,353
ADDITION TO BEING A RESIDENT 

3039
01:59:54,353 --> 01:59:59,525
I'M ALSO AN AUTHOR OF THE 

3040
01:59:59,525 --> 02:00:00,326
NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT. I 

3041
02:00:00,326 --> 02:00:02,228
WANT TO STATE CLEARLY WHAT THE 

3042
02:00:02,228 --> 02:00:02,862
PEER-REVIEWED SCIENCE HAS SHOWN.

3043
02:00:02,862 --> 02:00:05,498
TREE CANOPY IS NOT A LUXURY 

3044
02:00:05,498 --> 02:00:07,199
MINUTES HE. IT ACCOUNTS FOR UP 

3045
02:00:07,199 --> 02:00:07,733
TO 50% OF THE CITY'S 

3046
02:00:07,733 --> 02:00:08,501
THERMOREGULATION. WHEN YOU CLEAR

3047
02:00:08,501 --> 02:00:10,436
CUT A LOT AND PUSH CANOPY COVER 

3048
02:00:10,436 --> 02:00:12,772
LOW IT SINGLE-HANDEDLY [ 

3049
02:00:12,772 --> 02:00:14,440
INDISCERNIBLE ] SPIKE IN 

3050
02:00:14,440 --> 02:00:17,643
LOCALIZED AIR TEMPERATURES. 

3051
02:00:17,643 --> 02:00:20,947
EXPLICITLY DUCK ENDED HOW THE 

3052
02:00:20,947 --> 02:00:21,714
DECISIONS HAVE ALREADY 

3053
02:00:21,714 --> 02:00:22,815
SYSTEMATICALLY STRIPPED TREE 

3054
02:00:22,815 --> 02:00:27,420
COVER FROM COMMUNITIES CAUSING 

3055
02:00:27,420 --> 02:00:28,254
SOME NEIGHBORHOODS TO EXPERIENCE

3056
02:00:28,254 --> 02:00:28,921
TEMPERATURES UPWARDS OF 13 

3057
02:00:28,921 --> 02:00:32,959
DEGREES WARMER THAN HER -- [ 

3058
02:00:32,959 --> 02:00:38,698
INDISCERNIBLE ] AND DRASTICALLY 

3059
02:00:38,698 --> 02:00:39,265
INCREASE THE RISK OF URBAN 

3060
02:00:39,265 --> 02:00:40,199
FLOODING AND TOXIC STORMWATER 

3061
02:00:40,199 --> 02:00:41,000
RUNOFF INTO STREAMS. ALLOWING 

3062
02:00:41,000 --> 02:00:42,802
90% HARD SCAPE ACROSS THE ENTIRE

3063
02:00:42,802 --> 02:00:45,605
CITY THIS BILL LOCKS IN A TWO 

3064
02:00:45,605 --> 02:00:48,307
PRONG REGRESSIVE TAX BURDEN. 

3065
02:00:48,307 --> 02:00:53,879
FIRST, A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS . 

3066
02:00:53,879 --> 02:00:54,814
EXTREME HEAT IS THE DEADLIEST 

3067
02:00:54,814 --> 02:00:55,982
NATURAL HAZARD IN THE NATION. 

3068
02:00:55,982 --> 02:00:56,816
STRIPPING MATURE CANOPY 

3069
02:00:56,816 --> 02:01:01,921
GUARANTEES ARE UNDERSERVED 

3070
02:01:01,921 --> 02:01:02,488
NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BECOME 

3071
02:01:02,488 --> 02:01:03,556
PERMANENT CONCRETE HEAT ISLANDS.

3072
02:01:03,556 --> 02:01:04,223
DIRECTLY ESCALATING HEATSTROKE, 

3073
02:01:04,223 --> 02:01:05,024
CARDIOVASCULAR AND PREVENTABLE 

3074
02:01:05,024 --> 02:01:07,860
DEATHS. SECOND, AND A CHRONIC 

3075
02:01:07,860 --> 02:01:08,861
TAX AND WORKING FAMILIES. WHEN 

3076
02:01:08,861 --> 02:01:12,431
YOU DESTROY FREE, NATURAL CANOPY

3077
02:01:12,431 --> 02:01:13,366
COOLING YOU SHIFT 100% OF THE 

3078
02:01:13,366 --> 02:01:14,700
THERMAL BURDEN ONTO MECHANICAL 

3079
02:01:14,700 --> 02:01:17,203
COOLING. WORKING CLASS FAMILIES 

3080
02:01:17,203 --> 02:01:19,505
WILL SEE AGGRESSIVE ECONOMIC 

3081
02:01:19,505 --> 02:01:21,974
BURDEN IN THE FORM OF ELECTRIC 

3082
02:01:21,974 --> 02:01:23,242
BILLS TO KEEP THEIR PARENTS SAFE

3083
02:01:23,242 --> 02:01:24,610
TO LIVE IN. MAKING SEATTLE 

3084
02:01:24,610 --> 02:01:29,282
HOTTER , DEADLIER AND MORE 

3085
02:01:29,282 --> 02:01:29,849
EXPENSIVE FOR MARGINALIZED 

3086
02:01:29,849 --> 02:01:30,916
COMMUNITIES IS EXACTLY THE 

3087
02:01:30,916 --> 02:01:32,752
OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU 

3088
02:01:32,752 --> 02:01:37,223
CONSTITUENTS WANT. POLICY BUILDS

3089
02:01:37,223 --> 02:01:38,357
HOUSING WHILE PRESERVING THE 

3090
02:01:38,357 --> 02:01:38,991
NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED 

3091
02:01:38,991 --> 02:01:40,493
TO SURVIVE. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO 

3092
02:01:40,493 --> 02:01:41,127
CHOOSE -- 

3093
02:01:41,127 --> 02:01:42,762
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE BONNIE 

3094
02:01:42,762 --> 02:01:52,938
WILLIAMS. 

3095
02:01:55,374 --> 02:02:02,048
>> HELLO. HELLO? HI. HELLO? THIS

3096
02:02:02,048 --> 02:02:04,950
IS BONNIE WILLIAMS. AND FROM 

3097
02:02:04,950 --> 02:02:06,619
DISTRICT 4. I AM HERE TO OPPOSE 

3098
02:02:06,619 --> 02:02:11,223
CB 121215. THIS LEGISLATION IS 

3099
02:02:11,223 --> 02:02:14,927
VERY ALARMING BECAUSE IT REMOVES

3100
02:02:14,927 --> 02:02:15,795
THE ABILITY TO APPEAL AND OUR 

3101
02:02:15,795 --> 02:02:17,730
MENTAL IMPACT STUDY AN IMPORTANT

3102
02:02:17,730 --> 02:02:20,966
SAFEGUARD HELPING ENSURE MAJOR 

3103
02:02:20,966 --> 02:02:21,634
DECISIONS ON COMFORTS OF PLANS, 

3104
02:02:21,634 --> 02:02:22,968
AREA WIDE RESOUNDS AND SEATTLE 

3105
02:02:22,968 --> 02:02:25,938
PLANS. AND DEVELOPED REGULATIONS

3106
02:02:25,938 --> 02:02:29,775
INDEPENDENT CITIZEN SCRUTINY 

3107
02:02:29,775 --> 02:02:31,043
THAT AFFECTS SEATTLE CITIZENS 

3108
02:02:31,043 --> 02:02:32,845
FOR DECADES. THE WASHINGTON 

3109
02:02:32,845 --> 02:02:36,949
COURTS RULED ON JUNE 1 THAT THE 

3110
02:02:36,949 --> 02:02:38,117
SEATTLE CITY PUBLIC HEARING 

3111
02:02:38,117 --> 02:02:42,722
EXAMINER FOR APPEAL IN ERROR AND

3112
02:02:42,722 --> 02:02:44,790
SUPERIOR COURT BACK TO THE CITY 

3113
02:02:44,790 --> 02:02:46,525
HEARING EXAMINER. [ 

3114
02:02:46,525 --> 02:02:49,895
INDISCERNIBLE ] THE COURT SAID 

3115
02:02:49,895 --> 02:02:52,498
TIMING OF INCREMENTAL REVIEW 

3116
02:02:52,498 --> 02:02:53,999
UNDER SEPA IS CRITICAL. ONE OF 

3117
02:02:53,999 --> 02:02:57,737
THE BASIC PURPOSES OF AN EIS IS 

3118
02:02:57,737 --> 02:02:59,205
TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

3119
02:02:59,205 --> 02:03:00,639
CONSIDER TOTAL OUR MENTAL AND 

3120
02:03:00,639 --> 02:03:02,441
ECOLOGICAL FACTORS TO THE 

3121
02:03:02,441 --> 02:03:04,910
FULLEST EXTENT WHEN TAKING MAJOR

3122
02:03:04,910 --> 02:03:06,712
ACTION SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTING 

3123
02:03:06,712 --> 02:03:09,782
THE QUALITY OF ENVIRONMENT. THAT

3124
02:03:09,782 --> 02:03:11,484
WAS YESTERDAY IN THE SEATTLE 

3125
02:03:11,484 --> 02:03:16,622
TIMES ARTICLE. REFLECTION OF NEW

3126
02:03:16,622 --> 02:03:18,124
NUMBERS THAT WILL HAS BEEN BUILT

3127
02:03:18,124 --> 02:03:19,558
AN EVALUATION [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 

3128
02:03:19,558 --> 02:03:24,396
ARE ADDED BENEFICIAL NOW. 

3129
02:03:24,396 --> 02:03:26,132
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE 

3130
02:03:26,132 --> 02:03:27,700
HEARING EXAMINER DURING THE 

3131
02:03:27,700 --> 02:03:29,835
APPEALS PROCESS WITH ANALYSIS 

3132
02:03:29,835 --> 02:03:32,605
AND TESTIMONY BEFORE REZONE 

3133
02:03:32,605 --> 02:03:34,039
LEGISLATION IS PASSED AT THEIR 

3134
02:03:34,039 --> 02:03:38,711
EXPENSE. CHAIR LIN INSULT 

3135
02:03:38,711 --> 02:03:39,545
CITIZENS WHO FILE APPEALS 

3136
02:03:39,545 --> 02:03:41,013
CALLING ANYONE WHO FILES 

3137
02:03:41,013 --> 02:03:44,383
AUDITORY. CITIZENS HAVE REAL 

3138
02:03:44,383 --> 02:03:46,752
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IS THE 

3139
02:03:46,752 --> 02:03:48,120
TRUE MOTIVE. THE CURRENT APPEAL 

3140
02:03:48,120 --> 02:03:49,755
PROCESS ALLOWS APPEALS TO BE 

3141
02:03:49,755 --> 02:03:51,791
FILED BEFORE LEGISLATION IS 

3142
02:03:51,791 --> 02:03:56,962
PASSED. CHAIR LIN AND OPCD SAID 

3143
02:03:56,962 --> 02:03:59,198
WANT TO [ INDISCERNIBLE ] WHICH 

3144
02:03:59,198 --> 02:04:04,436
IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT . 

3145
02:04:04,436 --> 02:04:14,914
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE SANDERS. 

3146
02:04:20,352 --> 02:04:21,854
>> HELLO. [ INDISCERNIBLE-LOW 

3147
02:04:21,854 --> 02:04:27,226
VOLUME ] I'M 32 YEARS OLD. [ 

3148
02:04:27,226 --> 02:04:35,201
INDISCERNIBLE-LOW VOLUME ] VOTE 

3149
02:04:35,201 --> 02:04:36,802
TO PASS OUT OF COMMITTEE [ 

3150
02:04:36,802 --> 02:04:47,279
INDISCERNIBLE-LOW VOLUME ] 

3151
02:04:53,219 --> 02:04:54,386
COUNCIL CANCELED ALL OF ITS 

3152
02:04:54,386 --> 02:04:55,955
MEETINGS FOR THIS YEAR , 

3153
02:04:55,955 --> 02:04:58,991
REGARDING THE COMP PLAN. [ 

3154
02:04:58,991 --> 02:05:02,294
INDISCERNIBLE ] WHICH IS CRAZY 

3155
02:05:02,294 --> 02:05:03,395
THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE 

3156
02:05:03,395 --> 02:05:06,131
STRETCHING INTO 2028 , FINISHING

3157
02:05:06,131 --> 02:05:07,399
COMP PLAN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO 

3158
02:05:07,399 --> 02:05:10,202
BE DONE IN 2024. PLEASE PASS 

3159
02:05:10,202 --> 02:05:12,037
THIS BILL. THANK YOU. 

3160
02:05:12,037 --> 02:05:18,277
>> THANK YOU. 

3161
02:05:18,277 --> 02:05:28,821
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE MARY. MARY, 

3162
02:05:42,234 --> 02:05:52,678
PLEASE GO AHEAD. MARY, I SEE 

3163
02:05:52,912 --> 02:05:55,114
THAT YOU ARE UNMUTED. PLEASE 

3164
02:05:55,114 --> 02:05:59,818
PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT. 

3165
02:05:59,818 --> 02:06:01,220
>> HI. THIS IS MARY. CAN YOU 

3166
02:06:01,220 --> 02:06:02,021
HEAR ME? 

3167
02:06:02,021 --> 02:06:02,755
>> YES. 

3168
02:06:02,755 --> 02:06:04,823
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. THANK 

3169
02:06:04,823 --> 02:06:08,460
YOU. EIGHT URGE YOU TO REJECT 

3170
02:06:08,460 --> 02:06:14,166
121215. [ INDISCERNIBLE ] THIS 

3171
02:06:14,166 --> 02:06:15,234
BILL IS WRITTEN LIKE IT WAS PAID

3172
02:06:15,234 --> 02:06:18,337
FOR BY DEVELOPERS. AGAINST 

3173
02:06:18,337 --> 02:06:18,904
DEMOCRACY WITH DEROGATORY 

3174
02:06:18,904 --> 02:06:19,972
COMMENTS ABOUT THE CITIZENS. ARE

3175
02:06:19,972 --> 02:06:21,507
TREES AND HEAT [ INDISCERNIBLE ]

3176
02:06:21,507 --> 02:06:25,177
CANNOT HANDLE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 

3177
02:06:25,177 --> 02:06:27,713
RESULTING IN SEWAGE GOING INTO 

3178
02:06:27,713 --> 02:06:30,149
LAKE UNION. DEMOCRATIC OVER 70 

3179
02:06:30,149 --> 02:06:31,150
PROPOSED CHANGES BEFORE 

3180
02:06:31,150 --> 02:06:33,752
PUBLICATION AND AFTER. ARE 

3181
02:06:33,752 --> 02:06:35,287
CRITICAL GRID FOR THE EIS CAN 

3182
02:06:35,287 --> 02:06:38,424
HANDLE THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN WITH

3183
02:06:38,424 --> 02:06:39,692
300,000 UNITS AT ITS 

3184
02:06:39,692 --> 02:06:41,994
WAREHOUSING. 50% OF SEATTLE'S 

3185
02:06:41,994 --> 02:06:44,296
CARBON FOOTPRINT IS CONSTRUCTION

3186
02:06:44,296 --> 02:06:45,698
AND CONSTRUCTION RELATED 

3187
02:06:45,698 --> 02:06:47,333
TRANSPORTATION. THE WORLD 

3188
02:06:47,333 --> 02:06:52,171
ECONOMIC FORUM SAYS THE NUMBER 

3189
02:06:52,171 --> 02:06:53,939
ONE THING WE CAN DO TO LOWER 

3190
02:06:53,939 --> 02:06:55,040
WORLDWIDE CARBON FOOTPRINT IS TO

3191
02:06:55,040 --> 02:06:55,841
REUSE EXISTING BUILDINGS. WE 

3192
02:06:55,841 --> 02:06:58,610
HAVE 100 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF 

3193
02:06:58,610 --> 02:06:59,612
OFFICE SPACE DOWNTOWN SITTING 

3194
02:06:59,612 --> 02:07:04,917
EMPTY. WE HAVE 40% VACANCY RATE 

3195
02:07:04,917 --> 02:07:06,618
IN OUR LUXURY APARTMENTS. THOSE 

3196
02:07:06,618 --> 02:07:08,821
BUILT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS AND 

3197
02:07:08,821 --> 02:07:12,491
GOING FOR MARKET RATE. AND THE 

3198
02:07:12,491 --> 02:07:13,759
ONE SEATTLE PLAN HAS NO 

3199
02:07:13,759 --> 02:07:17,763
REQUIREMENT FOR FORMAL HOUSING. 

3200
02:07:17,763 --> 02:07:19,331
THIS, REMOVING APPEAL, IS NOT 

3201
02:07:19,331 --> 02:07:20,432
THE ANSWER. THE ANSWER IS TO 

3202
02:07:20,432 --> 02:07:22,668
REQUIRE AFFORDABLE HOUSING . THE

3203
02:07:22,668 --> 02:07:24,036
KIDS A BEEN TOLD A FAIRYTALE 

3204
02:07:24,036 --> 02:07:25,070
STORY THAT IF WE DON'T GET 

3205
02:07:25,070 --> 02:07:31,710
EVERYTHING THEY WANT, AND 

3206
02:07:31,710 --> 02:07:32,945
REMOVING THE APPEALS PROCESS FOR

3207
02:07:32,945 --> 02:07:34,413
EIS IS PART OF IT, THEY WILL GET

3208
02:07:34,413 --> 02:07:35,881
CHEAP HOUSING. EVEN THOUGH 

3209
02:07:35,881 --> 02:07:36,482
DEVELOPERS ONLY BUILD MARKET 

3210
02:07:36,482 --> 02:07:37,316
RATE $1 MILLION TOWNHOMES IN 

3211
02:07:37,316 --> 02:07:40,285
SEATTLE. IF WE WANT AFFORDABLE 

3212
02:07:40,285 --> 02:07:41,587
WE HAVE TO REQUIRE IT, NOT 

3213
02:07:41,587 --> 02:07:43,055
REMOVE DEMOCRACY. TO BALANCE IN 

3214
02:07:43,055 --> 02:07:43,889
OUR MENTAL PROBLEMS VARSITY 

3215
02:07:43,889 --> 02:07:45,357
WHICH WE MUST MITIGATE. I WANT 

3216
02:07:45,357 --> 02:07:48,360
TO SEE A VACANCY TAX AND EMPATHY

3217
02:07:48,360 --> 02:07:52,831
-- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] OUT TO SEE 

3218
02:07:52,831 --> 02:07:54,033
A REGISTRY OF EMPTY MARKET RATE 

3219
02:07:54,033 --> 02:07:55,034
HOUSING. THERE OTHER THINGS WE 

3220
02:07:55,034 --> 02:07:59,071
CAN DO TO GET AND ADDRESS THE 

3221
02:07:59,071 --> 02:07:59,972
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS WE 

3222
02:07:59,972 --> 02:08:02,508
HAVE HAD -- 

3223
02:08:02,508 --> 02:08:03,308
>> THANK YOU. 

3224
02:08:03,308 --> 02:08:13,852
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE JAMES. JAMES,

3225
02:08:29,902 --> 02:08:30,803
I SEE YOU ARE UNMUTED. PLEASE 

3226
02:08:30,803 --> 02:08:41,180
PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT. 

3227
02:08:44,516 --> 02:08:47,286
>> HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 

3228
02:08:47,286 --> 02:08:47,686
>> YES. 

3229
02:08:47,686 --> 02:08:51,523
>> SORRY. DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS, 

3230
02:08:51,523 --> 02:08:53,725
I AM WORKING IN HEALTHCARE. AND 

3231
02:08:53,725 --> 02:08:54,760
CALLING IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE

3232
02:08:54,760 --> 02:08:58,030
BILL. I WORKED EVERY DAY AND 

3233
02:08:58,030 --> 02:09:00,733
PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND I AM WHERE 

3234
02:09:00,733 --> 02:09:06,405
-- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] LIKE I WAS 

3235
02:09:06,405 --> 02:09:08,974
FOR THE MAJORITY OF MY LIFE. IN 

3236
02:09:08,974 --> 02:09:12,211
FRACTURED COMMUNITIES BURNING 

3237
02:09:12,211 --> 02:09:14,146
THEIR LIFE ON FREEWAY COMMUTE 

3238
02:09:14,146 --> 02:09:14,880
HOURS AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. 

3239
02:09:14,880 --> 02:09:17,683
EVERY DELAY COST LIVES. YOU'VE 

3240
02:09:17,683 --> 02:09:18,951
HEARD TODAY FROM PROPERTY OWNED 

3241
02:09:18,951 --> 02:09:21,620
TREE REACTIONARIES THAT THE 

3242
02:09:21,620 --> 02:09:23,322
STATUS QUO WORKS GREAT FOR THEM.

3243
02:09:23,322 --> 02:09:26,725
THEY SPEAK OF LIFE-AND-DEATH 

3244
02:09:26,725 --> 02:09:29,194
HEAT ISLANDS WILL SAFELY 

3245
02:09:29,194 --> 02:09:30,295
SHELTERED IN THEIR HOMES THAT 

3246
02:09:30,295 --> 02:09:33,732
HAVE BEEN FOR DECADES GONE UP ON

3247
02:09:33,732 --> 02:09:34,766
PERCENT VALUE. OF THE MOST 

3248
02:09:34,766 --> 02:09:36,101
PORTABLE PEOPLE ARE HOUSING 

3249
02:09:36,101 --> 02:09:38,070
INSECURE PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY 

3250
02:09:38,070 --> 02:09:41,807
NEED MOST OUR HOMES. THESE SAY 

3251
02:09:41,807 --> 02:09:42,774
PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THEIR 

3252
02:09:42,774 --> 02:09:46,178
DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS. TO APPEAL. 

3253
02:09:46,178 --> 02:09:47,579
IT'S VERY INTERESTING THESE 

3254
02:09:47,579 --> 02:09:49,448
RIGHTS ARE JUST ONE WAY, APPEALS

3255
02:09:49,448 --> 02:09:53,852
BACK TOWARD THE STATUS QUO. IS 

3256
02:09:53,852 --> 02:09:54,720
OUR PUBLIC RIGHT TO STUDY AND 

3257
02:09:54,720 --> 02:09:57,789
FOR MENTAL IMPACT OF NOT 

3258
02:09:57,789 --> 02:09:59,024
BUILDING DENSELY ENOUGH? THE 

3259
02:09:59,024 --> 02:09:59,958
IMPACT OF NOT HAVING HOUSING 

3260
02:09:59,958 --> 02:10:01,093
FAST ENOUGH. YEARS IN THE LIFE 

3261
02:10:01,093 --> 02:10:03,228
EXPECTANCY. IN WHAT VENUE DO I 

3262
02:10:03,228 --> 02:10:05,364
GET TO BRING THE DAMAGES TO MY 

3263
02:10:05,364 --> 02:10:06,565
LIFE AND MY FRIENDS LIVES 

3264
02:10:06,565 --> 02:10:10,035
AGAINST [ INDISCERNIBLE ]? THOSE

3265
02:10:10,035 --> 02:10:11,170
DO NOT EXIST. THEY NEVER 

3266
02:10:11,170 --> 02:10:14,606
EXISTED. DEMOCRATICS RIGHTS DO 

3267
02:10:14,606 --> 02:10:16,942
NOT EXIST BY DESIGN. [ 

3268
02:10:16,942 --> 02:10:20,112
INDISCERNIBLE ] FOR THE HEALTH 

3269
02:10:20,112 --> 02:10:21,346
AND EVERYONE WHO THRIVES. NOT 

3270
02:10:21,346 --> 02:10:23,815
JUST PEOPLE WHO WORK FORTUNATE 

3271
02:10:23,815 --> 02:10:25,083
TO BUY HOUSING THREE DECADES AGO

3272
02:10:25,083 --> 02:10:27,386
IN SEATTLE. PLEASE PASS 121215 

3273
02:10:27,386 --> 02:10:29,188
WHICH ALREADY DOES NOT GO FAR 

3274
02:10:29,188 --> 02:10:32,224
ENOUGH OR FAST ENOUGH TO MEET 

3275
02:10:32,224 --> 02:10:33,659
THE SCALE OF OUR GLOBAL 

3276
02:10:33,659 --> 02:10:34,159
CHALLENGES. THANK YOU. 

3277
02:10:34,159 --> 02:10:38,997
>> THANK YOU. 

3278
02:10:38,997 --> 02:10:49,408
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE ANN. 

3279
02:10:59,051 --> 02:11:01,653
>> THIS IS ANN NIGHT. A LONGTIME

3280
02:11:01,653 --> 02:11:02,688
RESIDENT OF SEATTLE'S DISTRICT.

3281
02:11:02,688 --> 02:11:04,389
I OPPOSE 121215. OVER THE PAST 

3282
02:11:04,389 --> 02:11:06,692
FIVE DECADES I'VE BEEN INVOLVED

3283
02:11:06,692 --> 02:11:10,462
IN CITY PROJECTS AS AN EMPLOYEE 

3284
02:11:10,462 --> 02:11:11,930
OF THE CITY AND COMMUNITY 

3285
02:11:11,930 --> 02:11:21,707
ACTIVIST. WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IN

3286
02:11:21,707 --> 02:11:22,975
AT TIMES THE IMPORTANCE OF 

3287
02:11:22,975 --> 02:11:23,642
EVERYONE'S VOICES IN BUILDING A

3288
02:11:23,642 --> 02:11:25,043
CITY THAT BALANCES THE NEEDS OF 

3289
02:11:25,043 --> 02:11:27,479
ALL. IT IS EASY FOR AN AGENCY TO

3290
02:11:27,479 --> 02:11:32,150
THINK IT UNDERSTANDS ALL THE 

3291
02:11:32,150 --> 02:11:33,819
IMPACTS OF A PROJECT. BUT IT IS 

3292
02:11:33,819 --> 02:11:34,353
IMPORTANT TO INCORPORATE 

3293
02:11:34,353 --> 02:11:34,920
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN 

3294
02:11:34,920 --> 02:11:35,821
DETERMINING THE FINAL OUTCOME IF

3295
02:11:35,821 --> 02:11:37,222
THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A CITY 

3296
02:11:37,222 --> 02:11:38,457
THAT SERVES ITS FULL COMMUNITY. 

3297
02:11:38,457 --> 02:11:39,925
SECTION F IS PARTICULAR 

3298
02:11:39,925 --> 02:11:44,196
CONCERNING THAT IT IMPACTS 

3299
02:11:44,196 --> 02:11:45,163
PROJECTS WILL BE ON JUST HOUSING

3300
02:11:45,163 --> 02:11:46,431
DEVELOPMENT. HAVING A DEMOCRACY 

3301
02:11:46,431 --> 02:11:49,501
OR HAVING A DICTATORSHIP FOR 

3302
02:11:49,501 --> 02:11:50,302
GOVERNMENT REQUIRES THE ABILITY 

3303
02:11:50,302 --> 02:11:53,338
FOR CITIZENS TO APPEAL BECAUSE 

3304
02:11:53,338 --> 02:11:54,239
DECISIONS TO THE HEARING 

3305
02:11:54,239 --> 02:11:55,974
EXAMINER. THIS IS THE ONLY LEVEL

3306
02:11:55,974 --> 02:11:57,609
US REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

3307
02:11:57,609 --> 02:12:00,846
AND HOPE TO PARTICIPATE IN , A 

3308
02:12:00,846 --> 02:12:02,814
COMPLEX PROCESS AND HOPE TO HAVE

3309
02:12:02,814 --> 02:12:04,316
THEIR CONCERNS HEARD. MUCH 

3310
02:12:04,316 --> 02:12:07,719
BETTER PROJECT [ INDISCERNIBLE ]

3311
02:12:07,719 --> 02:12:11,990
AND ALTERNATIVES. WITHOUT AN 

3312
02:12:11,990 --> 02:12:12,791
APPEALS PROCESS HEARING EXAMINER

3313
02:12:12,791 --> 02:12:16,061
THERE'S NO INCENTIVE TO PRESENT

3314
02:12:16,061 --> 02:12:18,263
IMPACT. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE AWAY 

3315
02:12:18,263 --> 02:12:23,402
THE ABILITY TO ENSURE SEATTLE IS

3316
02:12:23,402 --> 02:12:24,970
THE BEST CITY CAN BE FOR 

3317
02:12:24,970 --> 02:12:26,171
EVERYONE. NO ON THE AMENDMENT. 

3318
02:12:26,171 --> 02:12:26,471
THANK YOU. 

3319
02:12:26,471 --> 02:12:28,540
>> THANK YOU. 

3320
02:12:28,540 --> 02:12:39,084
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE DAVID HAYNES.

3321
02:12:44,289 --> 02:12:54,499
DAVID, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 

3322
02:12:54,499 --> 02:12:55,500
>> THANK YOU. IT SHOULD BE NOTED

3323
02:12:55,500 --> 02:13:02,274
THAT THE SMALL-TIME LANDLORDS 

3324
02:13:02,274 --> 02:13:03,308
DEALING WITH CONFLICTS OF 

3325
02:13:03,308 --> 02:13:04,042
INTEREST ON THE COUNCIL 

3326
02:13:04,042 --> 02:13:05,344
SABOTAGED THE CONFERENCE A PLAN 

3327
02:13:05,344 --> 02:13:05,811
WITH RESTRICTIONS ON 

3328
02:13:05,811 --> 02:13:07,045
DEVELOPMENT. TO MAKE SURE NO ONE

3329
02:13:07,045 --> 02:13:07,813
BUILD BACK BETTER. SO LANDLORDS 

3330
02:13:07,813 --> 02:13:08,880
AND CERTAIN HOMEOWNERS CAN TAKE 

3331
02:13:08,880 --> 02:13:10,048
ADVANTAGE OF THE SUPPLY AND 

3332
02:13:10,048 --> 02:13:11,416
DEMAND SQUEEZE. IT ALSO COULD BE

3333
02:13:11,416 --> 02:13:13,518
SAID THAT THE NEW REDLINE FOR 

3334
02:13:13,518 --> 02:13:14,753
DISCRIMINATION AND HATREDS OF 

3335
02:13:14,753 --> 02:13:15,354
OTHER PEOPLE TRYING TO BUILD 

3336
02:13:15,354 --> 02:13:17,622
BACK A BETTER HOME ORIGINATES 

3337
02:13:17,622 --> 02:13:18,824
FROM PEOPLE WEAPONIZE THE TREE 

3338
02:13:18,824 --> 02:13:24,529
ORDINANCE. PARKING MANDATES, AND

3339
02:13:24,529 --> 02:13:26,431
THE CHARACTER OF AN ANTIQUATED 

3340
02:13:26,431 --> 02:13:27,065
HOME. ALL TO STOP OTHER PEOPLE 

3341
02:13:27,065 --> 02:13:32,671
FROM BUILDING BACK BETTER. SELF 

3342
02:13:32,671 --> 02:13:33,338
LANDLORDS ON COUNCIL WITH 

3343
02:13:33,338 --> 02:13:34,439
CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO ALREADY 

3344
02:13:34,439 --> 02:13:35,507
SABOTAGE THE CONFERENCE A PLAN 

3345
02:13:35,507 --> 02:13:36,641
WITH RESTRICTIONS TO MAKE SURE 

3346
02:13:36,641 --> 02:13:37,843
NO ONE BUILD BACK BETTER ARE 

3347
02:13:37,843 --> 02:13:39,077
USING THE TREE ACTION GROUP AND 

3348
02:13:39,077 --> 02:13:40,078
OTHERS TO INTIMIDATE REST OF 

3349
02:13:40,078 --> 02:13:41,713
COUNCIL OF THOSE WHO CLAIM THAT 

3350
02:13:41,713 --> 02:13:44,182
ORG IS GOING TO BE SUFFERING AND

3351
02:13:44,182 --> 02:13:45,417
SOMEHOW TRUMP IS THE PLAN FOR 

3352
02:13:45,417 --> 02:13:46,618
ALL OF THIS IS IRRATIONAL. IF 

3353
02:13:46,618 --> 02:13:48,420
YOU'RE REALLY CARE ABOUT 

3354
02:13:48,420 --> 02:13:49,688
HOUSING IN THE ENVIRONMENT, 

3355
02:13:49,688 --> 02:13:53,558
IT'S TIME TO TEAR UP ALL THE 

3356
02:13:53,558 --> 02:13:55,360
ASPHALT SIDE STREETS AND REBUILD

3357
02:13:55,360 --> 02:13:55,927
SUSTAINABLE WALKABLE 

3358
02:13:55,927 --> 02:13:58,497
NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCKS WITH 

3359
02:13:58,497 --> 02:14:03,402
ADVANCED HOUSING THE GOES HIGHER

3360
02:14:03,402 --> 02:14:04,736
. WITHOUT THE ROAD RAGE DRIVING 

3361
02:14:04,736 --> 02:14:05,404
THROUGH ALLOWING STRANGERS IN 

3362
02:14:05,404 --> 02:14:06,405
YOUR NEIGHBORS TO DRIVE THROUGH 

3363
02:14:06,405 --> 02:14:07,806
AND SEE HOW YOU ARE LIVING. RID 

3364
02:14:07,806 --> 02:14:09,641
OF THE RESTRICTIONS THE 

3365
02:14:09,641 --> 02:14:10,942
LANDLORDS PUT INTO THE 

3366
02:14:10,942 --> 02:14:13,578
CONFERENCE A PLAN TO SELF DEAL 

3367
02:14:13,578 --> 02:14:15,280
AND CATER TO THE SAME PEOPLE WHO

3368
02:14:15,280 --> 02:14:17,949
SHOWED UP TO INSPIRE AGAINST 

3369
02:14:17,949 --> 02:14:20,719
YOUNGER GENERATIONS NEEDING A 

3370
02:14:20,719 --> 02:14:22,087
BETTER CHOICE IN HOME AND REAL 

3371
02:14:22,087 --> 02:14:24,156
EQUITY. THANK YOU. 

3372
02:14:24,156 --> 02:14:28,260
>> THANK YOU. 

3373
02:14:28,260 --> 02:14:31,696
>> COUNCILMEMBER, THERE ARE NO 

3374
02:14:31,696 --> 02:14:34,232
MORE PUBLIC SPEAKERS. 

3375
02:14:34,232 --> 02:14:42,174
>> OKAY. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 

3376
02:14:42,174 --> 02:14:42,774
THAT WAS OUR LAST REGISTERED 

3377
02:14:42,774 --> 02:14:43,608
SPEAKER TO SPEAK AT THIS PUBLIC 

3378
02:14:43,608 --> 02:14:44,543
HEARING. THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 

3379
02:14:44,543 --> 02:14:46,378
COUNCIL BILL 121215 IS NOW 

3380
02:14:46,378 --> 02:14:49,081
CLOSED. I WOULD ASK HER 

3381
02:14:49,081 --> 02:14:50,382
REPRESENTATIVES FROM CENTRAL 

3382
02:14:50,382 --> 02:14:53,418
STAFF TO JOIN US TO PRESENT AND 

3383
02:14:53,418 --> 02:14:55,020
ANSWER QUESTIONS IF COUNCIL HAS 

3384
02:14:55,020 --> 02:14:59,858
ANY. COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF COULD

3385
02:14:59,858 --> 02:15:00,492
INTRODUCE YOURSELF BRIEFLY AND 

3386
02:15:00,492 --> 02:15:01,660
SEE IF ANY QUESTIONS? 

3387
02:15:01,660 --> 02:15:04,262
>> COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. 

3388
02:15:04,262 --> 02:15:11,837
>> IF NOT, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE

3389
02:15:11,837 --> 02:15:13,038
NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS AND WILL 

3390
02:15:13,038 --> 02:15:14,673
TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF. I KNOW WE 

3391
02:15:14,673 --> 02:15:16,108
ARE RUNNING LATE. IF WE CAN MOVE

3392
02:15:16,108 --> 02:15:18,443
ON TO OUR EIGHTH ITEM OF 

3393
02:15:18,443 --> 02:15:19,744
BUSINESS. WITH THE CLERK PLEASE 

3394
02:15:19,744 --> 02:15:21,947
READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. 

3395
02:15:21,947 --> 02:15:23,782
>> AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND

3396
02:15:23,782 --> 02:15:24,316
USE AND ZONING; ADOPTING 

3397
02:15:24,316 --> 02:15:24,950
TEMPORARY REGULATIONS PREVIOUSLY

3398
02:15:24,950 --> 02:15:25,517
IN ORDINANCE 127309 FOR SIX 

3399
02:15:25,517 --> 02:15:26,051
MONTHS TO EXEMPT HOUSING 

3400
02:15:26,051 --> 02:15:26,651
PROJECTS THAT MEET MANDATORY 

3401
02:15:26,651 --> 02:15:27,118
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY 

3402
02:15:27,118 --> 02:15:28,086
REQUIREMENTS USING ON-SITE 

3403
02:15:28,086 --> 02:15:29,454
PERFORMANCE UNITS FROM DESIGN 

3404
02:15:29,454 --> 02:15:30,288
REVIEW, AND ALLOWING PERMIT 

3405
02:15:30,288 --> 02:15:31,823
APPLICANTS FOR ALL HOUSING 

3406
02:15:31,823 --> 02:15:32,891
SUBJECT TO FULL DESIGN REVIEW 

3407
02:15:32,891 --> 02:15:34,426
THE OPTION OF COMPLYING WITH 

3408
02:15:34,426 --> 02:15:35,494
DESIGN REVIEW PURSUANT TO 

3409
02:15:35,494 --> 02:15:36,561
ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW; 

3410
02:15:36,561 --> 02:15:37,629
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING 

3411
02:15:37,629 --> 02:15:38,897
MANDATORY, AND ALLOWING 

3412
02:15:38,897 --> 02:15:41,433
VOLUNTARY, DESIGN REVIEW OF 

3413
02:15:41,433 --> 02:15:42,367
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IN TITLES 

3414
02:15:42,367 --> 02:15:44,669
23 AND 25 OF THE SEATTLE 

3415
02:15:44,669 --> 02:15:45,770
MUNICIPAL CODE, CONSISTENT WITH 

3416
02:15:45,770 --> 02:15:48,840
CHAPTER 333, LAWS OF 2023 AND 

3417
02:15:48,840 --> 02:15:51,076
PREVIOUSLY IN ORDINANCE 127309; 

3418
02:15:51,076 --> 02:15:52,844
AND AMENDING SECTIONS 23.41.002 

3419
02:15:52,844 --> 02:15:55,881
AND 23.41.004 OF THE SEATTLE 

3420
02:15:55,881 --> 02:16:01,720
MUNICIPAL CODE. FOR BRIEFING AND

3421
02:16:01,720 --> 02:16:02,654
DISCUSSION. 

3422
02:16:02,654 --> 02:16:07,225
>> THANK YOU. CAN YOU PLEASE 

3423
02:16:07,225 --> 02:16:08,693
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND IF 

3424
02:16:08,693 --> 02:16:13,498
YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE A REVIEW

3425
02:16:13,498 --> 02:16:14,633
THAT WOULD BE GREAT? AND THEN WE

3426
02:16:14,633 --> 02:16:15,800
WILL GO TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS. 

3427
02:16:15,800 --> 02:16:17,168
>> KETIL FREEMAN, COUNCIL 

3428
02:16:17,168 --> 02:16:17,969
CENTRAL STAFF. 

3429
02:16:17,969 --> 02:16:20,639
>> CRYSTAL TORRES, DESIGN REVIEW

3430
02:16:20,639 --> 02:16:22,874
MANAGER WITH THE SEATTLE 

3431
02:16:22,874 --> 02:16:24,042
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND 

3432
02:16:24,042 --> 02:16:24,809
INSPECTIONS. 

3433
02:16:24,809 --> 02:16:28,813
>> CHRISTINA, LEGISLATIVE 

3434
02:16:28,813 --> 02:16:31,016
RELATIONS MANAGER. 

3435
02:16:31,016 --> 02:16:36,755
>> THANK YOU. 

3436
02:16:36,755 --> 02:16:38,423
>> I WILL JUST SAY A FEW WORDS 

3437
02:16:38,423 --> 02:16:39,357
TO SITUATE THE COMMITTEE. THIS 

3438
02:16:39,357 --> 02:16:39,925
IS AN INITIAL BRIEFING ON 

3439
02:16:39,925 --> 02:16:41,626
COUNCIL BILL  121243 WHICH WOULD

3440
02:16:41,626 --> 02:16:42,827
REENACT SOME EXPIRED INTERIM 

3441
02:16:42,827 --> 02:16:44,829
REGULATIONS FOR THE DESIGN 

3442
02:16:44,829 --> 02:16:46,498
REVIEW PROGRAM. IT WOULD EXTEND 

3443
02:16:46,498 --> 02:16:47,632
THOSE REGULATIONS FOR AN 

3444
02:16:47,632 --> 02:16:49,768
ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS , AS I 

3445
02:16:49,768 --> 02:16:52,037
MENTIONED THOSE HAVE LAPSED BACK

3446
02:16:52,037 --> 02:16:58,143
IN MAY. PERHAPS APRIL. THERE 

3447
02:16:58,143 --> 02:16:59,678
WILL OF COURSE BE A PUBLIC 

3448
02:16:59,678 --> 02:17:00,612
HEARING ON THIS BILL. THE PUBLIC

3449
02:17:00,612 --> 02:17:01,746
HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 

3450
02:17:01,746 --> 02:17:03,782
30, YOU HAVE A MEMO FROM ME WITH

3451
02:17:03,782 --> 02:17:06,518
SOME BACKGROUND . DATED JUNE 29,

3452
02:17:06,518 --> 02:17:09,387
2026. THERE WILL BE FURTHER 

3453
02:17:09,387 --> 02:17:11,423
IDENTIFICATION MEMO ON JULY 30. 

3454
02:17:11,423 --> 02:17:13,858
I WILL TURN OVER TO SDCI TO WALK

3455
02:17:13,858 --> 02:17:16,928
THROUGH INTERIM PROVISIONS. 

3456
02:17:16,928 --> 02:17:27,005
>> 

3457
02:17:43,655 --> 02:17:47,926
>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, 

3458
02:17:47,926 --> 02:17:55,133
SO, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GO 

3459
02:17:55,133 --> 02:17:56,334
OVER THE INTERIM DESIGN REVIEW 

3460
02:17:56,334 --> 02:17:57,269
LEGISLATION. WHAT IT IS AND WHY 

3461
02:17:57,269 --> 02:17:58,870
WE NEED IT. I'M GOING TO 

3462
02:17:58,870 --> 02:18:00,505
BRIEFLY TOUCH ON NEXT STEPS AS 

3463
02:18:00,505 --> 02:18:07,912
WELL. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS 

3464
02:18:07,912 --> 02:18:08,713
RELATED TO THE DESIGN REVIEW 

3465
02:18:08,713 --> 02:18:09,748
PROGRAM, WHAT IS THE DESIGN 

3466
02:18:09,748 --> 02:18:11,182
REVIEW PROGRAM? IT IS ONLY A 

3467
02:18:11,182 --> 02:18:21,159
PIECE OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

3468
02:18:21,159 --> 02:18:22,560
IT SUPPORTS LARGER CITY GOALS 

3469
02:18:22,560 --> 02:18:24,062
AND A VISION FOR LIVABLE URBAN 

3470
02:18:24,062 --> 02:18:25,096
ENVIRONMENTS, IT GIVES THE 

3471
02:18:25,096 --> 02:18:25,630
PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO 

3472
02:18:25,630 --> 02:18:26,598
PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT 

3473
02:18:26,598 --> 02:18:27,899
OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND 

3474
02:18:27,899 --> 02:18:28,533
PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY FOR NEW 

3475
02:18:28,533 --> 02:18:30,001
DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NOT 

3476
02:18:30,001 --> 02:18:30,669
OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY THE LAND 

3477
02:18:30,669 --> 02:18:32,370
USE CODE. WHY WE ARE HERE, HOUSE

3478
02:18:32,370 --> 02:18:36,508
BILL 1293 REQUIRED CHANGES FOR 

3479
02:18:36,508 --> 02:18:37,575
ALL DESIGN REVIEW PROGRAMS IN 

3480
02:18:37,575 --> 02:18:43,682
THE STATE. THOSE INCLUDED TO 

3481
02:18:43,682 --> 02:18:44,916
MAKE THE DESIGN GUIDELINES CLEAR

3482
02:18:44,916 --> 02:18:46,751
AND OBJECTIVE. TO LIMIT THE 

3483
02:18:46,751 --> 02:18:48,420
DESIGN GUIDELINES TO EXTERIOR 

3484
02:18:48,420 --> 02:18:50,755
ELEMENTS OF THE BUILDING DESIGN 

3485
02:18:50,755 --> 02:18:51,990
, AND ALSO TO LIMIT DESIGN 

3486
02:18:51,990 --> 02:18:55,560
REVIEW MEETINGS TO ONE. AND NOT 

3487
02:18:55,560 --> 02:18:57,295
REDUCING PROJECT DENSITY BELOW 

3488
02:18:57,295 --> 02:18:59,130
WHAT IS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY 

3489
02:18:59,130 --> 02:19:06,671
THE ZONING CODE. THE GOAL OF THE

3490
02:19:06,671 --> 02:19:09,808
INTERIM IS TO FILL IN THE GAP 

3491
02:19:09,808 --> 02:19:13,912
BETWEEN THE EXISTING NOT BEING 

3492
02:19:13,912 --> 02:19:18,450
COMPLIANT WITH THOSE STATE 

3493
02:19:18,450 --> 02:19:19,551
REQUIRED CHANGES, WHILE WE WORK 

3494
02:19:19,551 --> 02:19:25,590
ON THE CHANGES. THE INTERIM WILL

3495
02:19:25,590 --> 02:19:26,091
ALLOW US TO BE FURTHER 

3496
02:19:26,091 --> 02:19:27,192
COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE. ALSO,

3497
02:19:27,192 --> 02:19:28,059
IT WILL PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY FOR 

3498
02:19:28,059 --> 02:19:31,830
DEVELOPMENT AND AFFORDABILITY, 

3499
02:19:31,830 --> 02:19:32,897
OR HOUSING AFFORD ABILITY, AND 

3500
02:19:32,897 --> 02:19:33,898
ALLOWS US TIME TO CONDUCT 

3501
02:19:33,898 --> 02:19:39,270
ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER RESEARCH.

3502
02:19:39,270 --> 02:19:41,473
THE INTERIM LEGISLATION WOULD 

3503
02:19:41,473 --> 02:19:42,107
SUSPEND REQUIRED DESIGN REVIEW 

3504
02:19:42,107 --> 02:19:44,609
AND IN PLACE WOULD ALLOW 

3505
02:19:44,609 --> 02:19:45,577
APPLICANTS TO OPT INTO THE 

3506
02:19:45,577 --> 02:19:47,379
PROGRAM SO THAT THEY CAN SEEK 

3507
02:19:47,379 --> 02:19:48,980
DEPARTURES THAT ARE NOT 

3508
02:19:48,980 --> 02:19:51,950
OTHERWISE ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE 

3509
02:19:51,950 --> 02:19:55,186
PROJECTS. IT ALSO EXTENDS THE 

3510
02:19:55,186 --> 02:19:56,955
EXEMPTIONS FOR AFFORDABLE 

3511
02:19:56,955 --> 02:19:58,423
HOUSING THAT ARE PROVIDING 

3512
02:19:58,423 --> 02:20:01,025
ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 

3513
02:20:01,025 --> 02:20:06,264
THEY WOULD ALSO BE -- THERE IS 

3514
02:20:06,264 --> 02:20:10,635
ALSO ADDITIONAL DEPARTURES OR 

3515
02:20:10,635 --> 02:20:11,469
ADJUSTMENTS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE 

3516
02:20:11,469 --> 02:20:15,273
PROJECTS THAT ARE EXEMPTED. THAT

3517
02:20:15,273 --> 02:20:25,784
PIECE WAS ALSO EXPIRED , WITH 

3518
02:20:26,050 --> 02:20:26,785
PREVIOUS LEGISLATION. SO THIS 

3519
02:20:26,785 --> 02:20:27,519
INTERIM LEGISLATION WOULD AGAIN 

3520
02:20:27,519 --> 02:20:29,087
FILL IN THE GAP AND ALLOW THOSE 

3521
02:20:29,087 --> 02:20:30,388
PROJECTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 

3522
02:20:30,388 --> 02:20:30,922
THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING 

3523
02:20:30,922 --> 02:20:34,692
EXEMPTIONS. THE GOAL WITH THE 

3524
02:20:34,692 --> 02:20:44,536
PERMANENT LEGISLATION IS TO 

3525
02:20:44,536 --> 02:20:46,638
BRING THE PROGRAM INTO 

3526
02:20:46,638 --> 02:20:47,272
COMPLIANCE. THAT WOULD INCLUDE 

3527
02:20:47,272 --> 02:20:47,872
SIMPLIFYING THE DESIGN REVIEW 

3528
02:20:47,872 --> 02:20:48,506
PROCESS, SIMPLIFYING AND RAISING

3529
02:20:48,506 --> 02:20:49,107
THE DESIGN REVIEW THRESHOLDS. 

3530
02:20:49,107 --> 02:20:50,375
UPDATING AND ADOPTING NEW DESIGN

3531
02:20:50,375 --> 02:20:54,245
GUIDELINES. AND ALSO INCLUDING A

3532
02:20:54,245 --> 02:20:55,313
LIMIT TO JUST ONE PUBLIC 

3533
02:20:55,313 --> 02:20:56,314
MEETING. HOWEVER, WHILE WE ARE 

3534
02:20:56,314 --> 02:21:01,653
WORKING ON THE PERMANENT 

3535
02:21:01,653 --> 02:21:02,687
LEGISLATION, WE DO NEED 

3536
02:21:02,687 --> 02:21:03,354
SOMETHING IN PLACE, WHICH IS WHY

3537
02:21:03,354 --> 02:21:05,523
WE ARE HERE TODAY. WE HAVE HAD 

3538
02:21:05,523 --> 02:21:10,195
SOME PROGRESS ON THE PERMANENT 

3539
02:21:10,195 --> 02:21:10,995
LEGISLATION, AND THIS WOULD 

3540
02:21:10,995 --> 02:21:13,198
ALLOW US THE ADDITIONAL TIME TO 

3541
02:21:13,198 --> 02:21:15,200
CONTINUE ON WITH THE DEVELOPMENT

3542
02:21:15,200 --> 02:21:18,570
OF THAT. BEFORE BRINGING IT BACK

3543
02:21:18,570 --> 02:21:26,044
TO COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT, AND 

3544
02:21:26,044 --> 02:21:27,412
AGAIN, TO SUMMARIZE THE INTERIM 

3545
02:21:27,412 --> 02:21:30,682
LEGISLATION. THAT WOULD SUSPEND 

3546
02:21:30,682 --> 02:21:31,716
REQUIRED DESIGN REVIEW ALLOWING 

3547
02:21:31,716 --> 02:21:34,319
PROJECTS TO OPT INTO THE PROGRAM

3548
02:21:34,319 --> 02:21:36,788
TO SEEK OUT DEPARTURES AND ALSO 

3549
02:21:36,788 --> 02:21:38,590
CONTINUE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING 

3550
02:21:38,590 --> 02:21:47,765
EXEMPTIONS. THAT IS IT, THANK 

3551
02:21:47,765 --> 02:21:48,032
YOU. 

3552
02:21:48,032 --> 02:21:49,367
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

3553
02:21:49,367 --> 02:21:57,876
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS? 

3554
02:21:57,876 --> 02:21:58,443
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 

3555
02:21:58,443 --> 02:22:00,111
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS OVERVIEW. 

3556
02:22:00,111 --> 02:22:02,247
JUST A BRIEF QUESTION, BECAUSE 

3557
02:22:02,247 --> 02:22:09,888
YOU MENTIONED THE WORK YOU ARE 

3558
02:22:09,888 --> 02:22:10,889
DOING RUN PERMANENT LEGISLATION.

3559
02:22:10,889 --> 02:22:12,090
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE DONE 

3560
02:22:12,090 --> 02:22:12,891
TWO PREVIOUS EXTENSIONS TO STAY 

3561
02:22:12,891 --> 02:22:15,193
COMPLIANT WITH THE STATE LAW. 

3562
02:22:15,193 --> 02:22:16,294
AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A 

3563
02:22:16,294 --> 02:22:17,529
THIRD. CAN YOU UNPACK A LITTLE 

3564
02:22:17,529 --> 02:22:18,963
MORE THE WORK YOU ALL ARE DOING 

3565
02:22:18,963 --> 02:22:19,998
ON PERMANENT LEGISLATION AND THE

3566
02:22:19,998 --> 02:22:21,165
TIMELINE FOR THAT AND WAS GOING 

3567
02:22:21,165 --> 02:22:22,367
INTO INFORMING THAT? 

3568
02:22:22,367 --> 02:22:24,302
>> THAT IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST 

3569
02:22:24,302 --> 02:22:25,436
EXTENSION OF THE LEGISLATION. SO

3570
02:22:25,436 --> 02:22:29,741
WE WORKED ON THIS LAST YEAR. AND

3571
02:22:29,741 --> 02:22:30,842
UNFORTUNATELY THE EXTENSION, THE

3572
02:22:30,842 --> 02:22:36,047
INTERIM LEGISLATION DID EXPIRE, 

3573
02:22:36,047 --> 02:22:38,249
WE WOULD SAY SEEKING AN 

3574
02:22:38,249 --> 02:22:38,917
EXTENSION HOWEVER IT HAS LAPSED.

3575
02:22:38,917 --> 02:22:40,018
THIS WOULD BE BRINGING BACK THE 

3576
02:22:40,018 --> 02:22:41,486
INTERIM LEGISLATION. AND WE HAVE

3577
02:22:41,486 --> 02:22:43,988
BEEN WORKING HARD TO FIGURE OUT 

3578
02:22:43,988 --> 02:22:45,023
HOW WE CAN BEST ENGAGE 

3579
02:22:45,023 --> 02:22:46,558
STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS PROCESS. 

3580
02:22:46,558 --> 02:22:49,327
YOU KNOW, WE WANT STAKEHOLDER 

3581
02:22:49,327 --> 02:22:50,561
INPUT IN HELPING FIGURE OUT THE 

3582
02:22:50,561 --> 02:22:52,196
NEXT STEPS IN DEFINING DESIGN 

3583
02:22:52,196 --> 02:22:53,598
REVIEW WITHIN THE CITY OF 

3584
02:22:53,598 --> 02:22:55,967
SEATTLE. THAT WORK WILL 

3585
02:22:55,967 --> 02:22:58,870
CONTINUE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO 

3586
02:22:58,870 --> 02:22:59,804
BUILD UP OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS 

3587
02:22:59,804 --> 02:23:01,005
WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE 

3588
02:23:01,005 --> 02:23:02,240
WAITING FOR THIS TO GO BACK INTO

3589
02:23:02,240 --> 02:23:06,778
EFFECT. THEY ARE READY TO GO AND

3590
02:23:06,778 --> 02:23:07,946
WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP THEM 

3591
02:23:07,946 --> 02:23:09,180
WAITING ANY LONGER BECAUSE THOSE

3592
02:23:09,180 --> 02:23:10,815
ARE UNITS WE NEED ACROSS THE 

3593
02:23:10,815 --> 02:23:14,285
CITY. 

3594
02:23:14,285 --> 02:23:15,553
>> POINT OF CLARIFICATION, WE 

3595
02:23:15,553 --> 02:23:17,088
NEED THIS TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE 

3596
02:23:17,088 --> 02:23:18,556
PERMITS. 

3597
02:23:18,556 --> 02:23:19,557
>> CERTAINLY. THANK YOU FOR 

3598
02:23:19,557 --> 02:23:21,259
CLARIFYING THOSE POINTS AROUND 

3599
02:23:21,259 --> 02:23:24,028
THE RENEWAL AND EXTENSION 

3600
02:23:24,028 --> 02:23:24,662
COMPONENTS AND WHAT HAPPENS IF 

3601
02:23:24,662 --> 02:23:27,565
WE DO NOT RENEW . I WOULD LOVE 

3602
02:23:27,565 --> 02:23:30,969
TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ON 

3603
02:23:30,969 --> 02:23:32,036
FORMATION OF PERMANENT 

3604
02:23:32,036 --> 02:23:32,670
LEGISLATION. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 

3605
02:23:32,670 --> 02:23:35,406
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

3606
02:23:35,406 --> 02:23:37,175
RINCK. COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER 

3607
02:23:37,175 --> 02:23:44,215
QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO, IT SOUNDS 

3608
02:23:44,215 --> 02:23:45,116
LIKE WE WILL HAVE SOME NEXT 

3609
02:23:45,116 --> 02:23:46,784
STEPS INCLUDING A PUBLIC 

3610
02:23:46,784 --> 02:23:47,719
HEARING. COLLEAGUES, I ALSO 

3611
02:23:47,719 --> 02:23:51,756
ENCOURAGE YOU TO ARRANGE 

3612
02:23:51,756 --> 02:23:53,625
BRIEFINGS, IF YOU DID HAVE ANY 

3613
02:23:53,625 --> 02:23:54,258
OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, I 

3614
02:23:54,258 --> 02:23:56,394
LOOK FORWARD TO BOTH SORT OF 

3615
02:23:56,394 --> 02:23:57,762
FURTHER HEARINGS AND BRIEFINGS 

3616
02:23:57,762 --> 02:23:58,830
ON THE INTERIM AS WELL AS I 

3617
02:23:58,830 --> 02:24:00,231
THINK PROBABLY THE MORE 

3618
02:24:00,231 --> 02:24:01,232
INTERESTING PART WILL BE THAT 

3619
02:24:01,232 --> 02:24:02,266
PERMANENT DESIGN REVIEW 

3620
02:24:02,266 --> 02:24:05,536
LEGISLATION AND I LOOK FORWARD 

3621
02:24:05,536 --> 02:24:07,538
TO FURTHER ENGAGEMENT ON THAT. I

3622
02:24:07,538 --> 02:24:12,443
VERY MUCH. OKAY. COLLEAGUES, WE 

3623
02:24:12,443 --> 02:24:15,713
HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S

3624
02:24:15,713 --> 02:24:20,718
AGENDA. IT IS 12:03 PM. I JUST 

3625
02:24:20,718 --> 02:24:21,352
WANT TO PROVIDE A BRIEF COMMENT,

3626
02:24:21,352 --> 02:24:25,123
AGAIN, TO THANK , THE ROOM IS 

3627
02:24:25,123 --> 02:24:29,527
MOSTLY AMPLY EMPTY NOW. THINK 

3628
02:24:29,527 --> 02:24:32,330
EVERYONE FROM HEARING TODAY. WE 

3629
02:24:32,330 --> 02:24:33,731
HEARD PASSIONATE COMMENTS ON 

3630
02:24:33,731 --> 02:24:36,034
BOTH SIDES. I JUST WANT TO SAY 

3631
02:24:36,034 --> 02:24:39,103
THAT I DON'T QUESTION 

3632
02:24:39,103 --> 02:24:41,372
ANYBODY'S AUTHENTICITY AROUND 

3633
02:24:41,372 --> 02:24:43,141
THE VALUE OF THE ENVIRONMENT. WE

3634
02:24:43,141 --> 02:24:48,379
HEARD VERY CLEARLY THAT OUR 

3635
02:24:48,379 --> 02:24:49,313
COMMUNITY CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THE

3636
02:24:49,313 --> 02:24:50,281
ENVIRONMENT. ALSO CARES DEEPLY 

3637
02:24:50,281 --> 02:24:51,849
ABOUT HOUSING AND WE NEED TO 

3638
02:24:51,849 --> 02:24:55,920
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO BOTH. 

3639
02:24:55,920 --> 02:24:57,288
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE 

3640
02:24:57,288 --> 02:24:58,356
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON COUNCIL 

3641
02:24:58,356 --> 02:25:00,124
BUILT 121215, THAT IS A 

3642
02:25:00,124 --> 02:25:04,762
PROCEDURAL BILL -- SUBSTANTIVE 

3643
02:25:04,762 --> 02:25:05,763
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR 

3644
02:25:05,763 --> 02:25:09,934
REQUIREMENTS. I WILL HAVE MORE 

3645
02:25:09,934 --> 02:25:12,303
TO SAY ABOUT THAT BUT IT IS 

3646
02:25:12,303 --> 02:25:14,338
ALREADY 12:04 PM AND SO I WILL 

3647
02:25:14,338 --> 02:25:16,808
NOT SORT OF TAKE UP MORE OF YOUR

3648
02:25:16,808 --> 02:25:19,410
TIME. COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO 

3649
02:25:19,410 --> 02:25:21,012
PAUSE HERE, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS 

3650
02:25:21,012 --> 02:25:26,384
ANY , ANYTHING TO BRING BEFORE 

3651
02:25:26,384 --> 02:25:28,152
THE COMMITTEE? OKAY. HEARING NO 

3652
02:25:28,152 --> 02:25:30,721
FURTHER BUSINESS,