1 00:00:02,168 --> 00:00:11,144 [MUSIC] 2 00:00:11,378 --> 00:00:21,855 -- OKAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 3 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,235 JULY 15th, 2026. LAND USE AND 4 00:00:35,235 --> 00:00:37,137 SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE WILL 5 00:00:37,137 --> 00:00:38,738 COME TO ORDER. IT'S 9:35 A.M.. 6 00:00:38,738 --> 00:00:40,507 I'M EDDIE LIN, CHAIR OF THE 7 00:00:40,507 --> 00:00:41,408 SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. WILL 8 00:00:41,408 --> 00:00:43,877 THE COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE CALL 9 00:00:43,877 --> 00:00:46,579 THE ROLL.? 10 00:00:46,579 --> 00:00:47,046 -- MR. STRAUSS HERE. 11 00:00:47,046 --> 00:00:50,483 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 12 00:00:50,483 --> 00:00:50,750 -- HERE. 13 00:00:50,750 --> 00:00:54,220 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT 14 00:00:54,220 --> 00:00:56,156 HOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCILMEMBER. 15 00:00:56,156 --> 00:00:58,691 RINCK. PRESENT. CHAIR LIN HERE. 16 00:00:58,691 --> 00:01:00,260 CHAIR. THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS 17 00:01:00,260 --> 00:01:00,527 PRESENT. 18 00:01:00,527 --> 00:01:01,861 -- IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 19 00:01:01,861 --> 00:01:04,431 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING 20 00:01:04,431 --> 00:01:06,166 NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 21 00:01:06,166 --> 00:01:06,866 ADOPTED. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 22 00:01:06,866 --> 00:01:08,168 THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THIS 23 00:01:08,168 --> 00:01:09,602 WEDNESDAY MORNING MEETING TO 24 00:01:09,602 --> 00:01:10,904 DISCUSS LAND USE AND ALWAYS 25 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:11,538 THANK YOU TO OUR CITY CLERK'S 26 00:01:11,538 --> 00:01:13,339 COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. MAYOR'S 27 00:01:13,339 --> 00:01:14,908 OFFICE, OPCD AND SDCI FOR 28 00:01:14,908 --> 00:01:18,511 HELPING US PREPARE FOR THIS 29 00:01:18,511 --> 00:01:20,713 MEETING. SO JUST TO GIVE 30 00:01:20,713 --> 00:01:23,216 EVERYBODY A SENSE OF THIS 31 00:01:23,216 --> 00:01:25,985 MORNING'S AGENDA, WE WILL START 32 00:01:25,985 --> 00:01:30,190 WITH PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SEPA, 33 00:01:30,190 --> 00:01:33,460 WHICH IS PART OF THE AGENDA OR 34 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:34,093 OTHER MATTERS WITHIN THE PURVIEW 35 00:01:34,093 --> 00:01:36,529 OF THE COMMITTEE. WE ARE ALSO 36 00:01:36,529 --> 00:01:38,998 GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING 37 00:01:38,998 --> 00:01:41,701 RELATING TO OUR DATA CENTER 38 00:01:41,701 --> 00:01:43,369 MORATORIUM AND THE TRANSITIONAL 39 00:01:43,369 --> 00:01:43,937 ENCAMPMENT EXPANSION PUBLIC 40 00:01:43,937 --> 00:01:46,339 HEARING. IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS ON 41 00:01:46,339 --> 00:01:47,974 THOSE, PLEASE WAIT, HOLD THOSE 42 00:01:47,974 --> 00:01:50,143 FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING. YOU CAN 43 00:01:50,143 --> 00:01:52,645 SPEAK TO ALL THREE IF YOU LIKE. 44 00:01:52,645 --> 00:01:55,048 BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF 45 00:01:55,048 --> 00:01:55,582 SPEAK TO EACH DURING THE 46 00:01:55,582 --> 00:01:57,484 APPROPRIATE TIME. SO WE'LL 47 00:01:57,484 --> 00:01:59,219 START OFF WITH A HYBRID PUBLIC 48 00:01:59,219 --> 00:02:00,887 COMMENT PERIOD. AND THEN AGAIN 49 00:02:00,887 --> 00:02:01,855 LATER WE'LL DO THE PUBLIC 50 00:02:01,855 --> 00:02:04,090 HEARINGS ON THE DATA CENTERS AND 51 00:02:04,090 --> 00:02:06,893 THE TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENT 52 00:02:06,893 --> 00:02:08,795 CLERK. HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE 53 00:02:08,795 --> 00:02:09,195 SIGNED UP TODAY? 54 00:02:09,195 --> 00:02:18,304 -- WE HAVE 12 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS 55 00:02:18,304 --> 00:02:19,839 AND ROUGHLY 12 REMOTE SPEAKERS 56 00:02:19,839 --> 00:02:22,275 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 57 00:02:22,275 --> 00:02:24,043 -- OKAY. GIVEN THAT WE HAVE 58 00:02:24,043 --> 00:02:26,045 FEWER THAN 30, WE'LL HAVE TWO 59 00:02:26,045 --> 00:02:27,547 MINUTES PER SPEAKER EACH. WE'LL 60 00:02:27,547 --> 00:02:29,382 START WITH IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. 61 00:02:29,382 --> 00:02:31,484 FIRST. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE 62 00:02:31,484 --> 00:02:31,985 READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT 63 00:02:31,985 --> 00:02:32,318 INSTRUCTIONS? 64 00:02:32,318 --> 00:02:32,919 -- THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 65 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:33,786 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 66 00:02:33,786 --> 00:02:34,387 FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC 67 00:02:34,387 --> 00:02:36,623 COMMENT PERIOD UP TO 60 MINUTES 68 00:02:36,623 --> 00:02:37,524 SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE 69 00:02:37,524 --> 00:02:39,792 ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED. 70 00:02:39,792 --> 00:02:40,360 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS WILL BE 71 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:40,994 CALLED FIRST, AFTER WHICH WE 72 00:02:40,994 --> 00:02:41,628 WILL MOVE TO REMOTE SPEAKERS 73 00:02:41,628 --> 00:02:42,862 UNTIL THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 74 00:02:42,862 --> 00:02:45,331 IS ENDED, SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A 75 00:02:45,331 --> 00:02:46,733 CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT 76 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:47,367 OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS WILL BE 77 00:02:47,367 --> 00:02:48,368 MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR 78 00:02:48,368 --> 00:02:50,203 COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED 79 00:02:50,203 --> 00:02:51,337 TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE 80 00:02:51,337 --> 00:02:52,939 NEXT SPEAKER. THE PUBLIC COMMENT 81 00:02:52,939 --> 00:02:54,140 PERIOD IS NOW OPEN, AND WE WILL 82 00:02:54,140 --> 00:02:58,578 BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON 83 00:02:58,578 --> 00:03:03,316 THE LIST. THAT IS DAVE 84 00:03:03,316 --> 00:03:09,122 GALLAGHER. 85 00:03:09,122 --> 00:03:10,924 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL AND 86 00:03:10,924 --> 00:03:11,691 MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE 87 00:03:11,691 --> 00:03:13,293 HERE TODAY THAT ARE CARING ABOUT 88 00:03:13,293 --> 00:03:16,195 THE DATA CENTER MORATORIUM I 89 00:03:16,195 --> 00:03:18,932 STRONGLY OPPOSE COUNCIL BILL 12, 90 00:03:18,932 --> 00:03:19,432 1215 THAT TAKES AWAY A 91 00:03:19,432 --> 00:03:21,000 CITIZEN'S RIGHT TO CHALLENGE 92 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,002 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. AND THIS 93 00:03:23,002 --> 00:03:24,537 INCLUDES DATA CENTERS. IT'S NOT 94 00:03:24,537 --> 00:03:26,039 JUST THE ISS, IT'S DATA CENTERS 95 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:28,441 TOO. SO PAY ATTENTION PEOPLE. 96 00:03:28,441 --> 00:03:30,944 THAT'S RIGHT. CB 121215 WILL 97 00:03:30,944 --> 00:03:32,345 AFFECT A CITIZEN'S RIGHT TO 98 00:03:32,345 --> 00:03:34,047 CHALLENGE A FLAWED APPLICATION 99 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:36,216 FOR A DATA CENTER, A CITIZEN 100 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:37,984 DISCOVERS AN INCORRECT 101 00:03:37,984 --> 00:03:39,686 ELECTRICITY AND WATER USAGE 102 00:03:39,686 --> 00:03:41,721 ESTIMATES FOR A PROPOSED DATA 103 00:03:41,721 --> 00:03:44,757 CENTER. THEY CAN'T APPEAL. 104 00:03:44,757 --> 00:03:45,391 SORRY, IT'S DONE. UNLESS YOU 105 00:03:45,391 --> 00:03:46,025 HAVE LOTS OF MONEY AND YOU WANT 106 00:03:46,025 --> 00:03:47,794 TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY FOR A LEGAL 107 00:03:47,794 --> 00:03:49,329 LEGAL APPEAL AND GO THROUGH THE 108 00:03:49,329 --> 00:03:51,097 COURT SYSTEM. THE CURRENT 109 00:03:51,097 --> 00:03:52,832 COUNCIL WILL ASSURE YOU THAT 110 00:03:52,832 --> 00:03:54,934 SUCH AN EVENT IS UNLIKELY, BUT 111 00:03:54,934 --> 00:03:56,736 AN ELECTION FOR SEVERAL COUNCIL 112 00:03:56,736 --> 00:03:59,606 SEATS, SEVEN COUNCIL SEATS IN 113 00:03:59,606 --> 00:04:02,842 2720 27th MAY MAKE SOME ELECTED 114 00:04:02,842 --> 00:04:04,577 MEMBERS MUCH MORE RECEPTIVE TO 115 00:04:04,577 --> 00:04:05,979 DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT, AND THE 116 00:04:05,979 --> 00:04:07,146 CURRENT MORATORIUM IS ONLY A 117 00:04:07,146 --> 00:04:09,449 YEAR LONG, LARGE, LARGE 118 00:04:09,449 --> 00:04:11,351 CORPORATIONS LIKE THESE HAVE 119 00:04:11,351 --> 00:04:13,252 WITH DATA CENTERS CAN INFLUENCE 120 00:04:13,252 --> 00:04:15,121 POLITICAL DECISIONS. IF YOU ARE 121 00:04:15,121 --> 00:04:17,223 HERE TO SUPPORT THE DATA CENTER 122 00:04:17,223 --> 00:04:19,125 MORATORIUM, I URGE YOU TO ASK 123 00:04:19,125 --> 00:04:21,694 YOUR COUNCILMEMBERS TO OPPOSE 124 00:04:21,694 --> 00:04:23,496 COUNCIL BILL 12, 12, 15 AND 125 00:04:23,496 --> 00:04:28,301 SUPPORT A SUBSTITUTE BILL AND 126 00:04:28,301 --> 00:04:28,935 COUNCILMEMBER LYNN, YOU PROPOSED 127 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:30,570 TO BE AN ENVIRONMENTALIST, SO 128 00:04:30,570 --> 00:04:31,771 THEREFORE, WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO 129 00:04:31,771 --> 00:04:33,640 CARE ABOUT AN ISBN APPROPRIATE. 130 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,075 THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. 131 00:04:36,075 --> 00:04:36,743 YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE APPEAL THAT 132 00:04:36,743 --> 00:04:37,977 CAUSED THE DELAY, WHICH WAS 133 00:04:37,977 --> 00:04:40,113 CAUSED BY THE CITY ATTORNEYS 134 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:41,281 THAT DELAYED THINGS TIME AND 135 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:44,317 TIME AGAIN. SO AGAIN, I OPPOSE 136 00:04:44,317 --> 00:04:46,586 12, 12, 15 AND ASK FOR A 137 00:04:46,586 --> 00:04:49,255 SUBSTITUTE BILL. AND IN CLOSING, 138 00:04:49,255 --> 00:04:51,090 I WANT TO SAY THAT AS A US 139 00:04:51,090 --> 00:04:52,525 CITIZEN, I WOULD RATHER BE OUT 140 00:04:52,525 --> 00:04:54,961 PROTESTING ICE, BUT I HAVE TO BE 141 00:04:54,961 --> 00:04:56,763 HERE TO PUSH BACK AGAINST 142 00:04:56,763 --> 00:04:57,397 ANTI-DEMOCRATIC EFFORTS OF OUR 143 00:04:57,397 --> 00:04:59,298 CITY COUNCIL WITH LEGISLATION 144 00:04:59,298 --> 00:05:03,002 LIKE 12, 12, 15, NO VOTE ON 145 00:05:03,002 --> 00:05:04,437 THIS. AND UNADVISED BILL AND DO 146 00:05:04,437 --> 00:05:06,339 A SUBSTITUTE BILL. THANK YOU. 147 00:05:06,339 --> 00:05:08,274 -- THANK YOU 148 00:05:08,274 --> 00:05:10,910 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE STEVE 149 00:05:10,910 --> 00:05:12,211 FOLLOWED BY CARTER NELSON, 150 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:15,515 ALICIA RUIZ, LOGAN SCHMIDT AND 151 00:05:15,515 --> 00:05:17,884 SANDY SHETLER. 152 00:05:17,884 --> 00:05:19,819 -- WELL, I STAND BEFORE THE HIGH 153 00:05:19,819 --> 00:05:21,254 PRIESTS AND PRIESTESSES OF THE 154 00:05:21,254 --> 00:05:26,059 DEVELOPERS AND THEIR GOAL IS 155 00:05:26,059 --> 00:05:27,593 OBSCENE PROFIT. I HEAR A GREAT 156 00:05:27,593 --> 00:05:30,129 DEAL ABOUT PEOPLE CONCERNED 157 00:05:30,129 --> 00:05:31,931 ABOUT HOUSING, BUT YET WE WILL 158 00:05:31,931 --> 00:05:33,733 NOT RAISE MH AYE FEES. WE WILL 159 00:05:33,733 --> 00:05:37,537 NOT. WELL, I GUESS WE WILL. WE 160 00:05:37,537 --> 00:05:39,305 ARE FOR MORE HOUSING, BUT IT'S 161 00:05:39,305 --> 00:05:41,074 ONLY ON THE TERMS OF THE 162 00:05:41,074 --> 00:05:45,011 DEVELOPERS SET. AND THAT IS THE 163 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:46,579 PROBLEM IN SEATTLE RIGHT NOW. WE 164 00:05:46,579 --> 00:05:48,614 DO HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING. WE 165 00:05:48,614 --> 00:05:51,851 DON'T HAVE ENOUGH AFFORDABLE 166 00:05:51,851 --> 00:05:54,954 HOUSING, AND I DON'T SEE HOW 167 00:05:54,954 --> 00:05:56,522 GIVING DEVELOPERS MORE MONEY IS 168 00:05:56,522 --> 00:05:58,491 GOING TO HELP THAT BECAUSE WHEN 169 00:05:58,491 --> 00:06:02,495 YOU LOWER THE COST OF HOUSING IN 170 00:06:02,495 --> 00:06:05,398 THE REGULAR MARKET FOR HOUSING, 171 00:06:05,398 --> 00:06:08,101 WHAT YOU DO IS YOU INCREASE 172 00:06:08,101 --> 00:06:11,537 PROFIT AND YOU FURTHER SAY THAT 173 00:06:11,537 --> 00:06:13,506 BUILDINGS CAN BE DUMPED INTO A 174 00:06:13,506 --> 00:06:16,275 NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE 175 00:06:16,275 --> 00:06:18,845 NEIGHBORHOOD MUST ADJUST. THOSE 176 00:06:18,845 --> 00:06:21,214 PUNY CITIZENS WHO WANT CHANGES 177 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:23,216 TO BUILDINGS ARE ANNOYANCES. 178 00:06:23,216 --> 00:06:23,850 THEY WANT THE BUILDING TO 179 00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:26,652 SOMEHOW BELONG TO THE 180 00:06:26,652 --> 00:06:28,755 NEIGHBORHOOD AND FIT IN 181 00:06:28,755 --> 00:06:31,824 REASONABLY, MAYBE NOT PERFECTLY, 182 00:06:31,824 --> 00:06:32,925 BUT WHY SHOULD THEY EVEN HAVE A 183 00:06:32,925 --> 00:06:35,461 WORD TO SAY ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE 184 00:06:35,461 --> 00:06:37,396 THEY JUST DON'T SPEND THE MONEY 185 00:06:37,396 --> 00:06:40,533 THAT DEVELOPERS DO. AS FOR SEPA, 186 00:06:40,533 --> 00:06:42,268 LET'S TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS 187 00:06:42,268 --> 00:06:44,036 ANOTHER STEP ALONG WITH DESIGN 188 00:06:44,036 --> 00:06:46,939 REVIEW OF KEEPING THOSE PUNY 189 00:06:46,939 --> 00:06:49,776 CITIZENS OUT OF THE PROCESS, 190 00:06:49,776 --> 00:06:52,812 BECAUSE CITIZENS JUST DON'T KNOW 191 00:06:52,812 --> 00:06:56,282 WHAT'S RIGHT. DEVELOPERS DO. 192 00:06:56,282 --> 00:06:57,984 ALL HAIL YOUR GODS. THE 193 00:06:57,984 --> 00:07:00,253 DEVELOPERS OF THE THE CITY AND 194 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:04,056 THEIR OBSCENE PROFITS. YOU KNOW, 195 00:07:04,056 --> 00:07:08,161 I HEARD AN AD RECENTLY FOR 196 00:07:08,161 --> 00:07:11,597 QUALIFIED. YOU CAN GET OVER 9% 197 00:07:11,597 --> 00:07:16,202 AND THEY HAVE NEVER, NEVER LOST 198 00:07:16,202 --> 00:07:20,373 MONEY. IT'S PROBABLY NOT AT THE. 199 00:07:20,373 --> 00:07:20,773 I SEE PROTECTED. 200 00:07:20,773 --> 00:07:21,874 -- THANK YOU STEVE. 201 00:07:21,874 --> 00:07:23,009 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE CARTER 202 00:07:23,009 --> 00:07:24,844 NELSON, FOLLOWED BY ALICIA AND 203 00:07:24,844 --> 00:07:31,417 LOGAN SCHMIDT 204 00:07:31,417 --> 00:07:32,051 -- GOOD MORNING, CHAIR LYNN AND 205 00:07:32,051 --> 00:07:33,753 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, CARTER 206 00:07:33,753 --> 00:07:34,387 NELSON, REPRESENTING WASHINGTON 207 00:07:34,387 --> 00:07:35,555 STATE, FORMERLY NAIOP. THE 208 00:07:35,555 --> 00:07:37,390 COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 209 00:07:37,390 --> 00:07:39,926 DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION. WE 210 00:07:39,926 --> 00:07:40,526 APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON 211 00:07:40,526 --> 00:07:42,562 COUNCIL BILL 121215 AND YOUR 212 00:07:42,562 --> 00:07:44,864 CONTINUED EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE 213 00:07:44,864 --> 00:07:46,599 PREDICTABILITY AND EFFICIENCY OF 214 00:07:46,599 --> 00:07:48,668 SEATTLE'S LAND USE PROCESSES. 215 00:07:48,668 --> 00:07:49,202 THIS PROPOSAL REFLECTS AN 216 00:07:49,202 --> 00:07:51,404 APPROACH ALREADY USED THROUGHOUT 217 00:07:51,404 --> 00:07:52,371 THE REGION. KING COUNTY, 218 00:07:52,371 --> 00:07:55,141 BELLEVUE, TACOMA AND EVERETT 219 00:07:55,141 --> 00:07:56,809 ALREADY EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE SEPA 220 00:07:56,809 --> 00:07:57,910 DECISIONS FROM ADMINISTRATIVE 221 00:07:57,910 --> 00:08:00,279 APPEAL, AND THIS LEGISLATION 222 00:08:00,279 --> 00:08:01,347 WOULD BRING SEATTLE INTO 223 00:08:01,347 --> 00:08:03,950 ALIGNMENT WITH THOSE PRACTICES. 224 00:08:03,950 --> 00:08:04,483 THE BILL ALSO ADDRESSES A 225 00:08:04,483 --> 00:08:06,185 PROCEDURAL STEP THAT CAN CREATE 226 00:08:06,185 --> 00:08:08,521 UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND 227 00:08:08,521 --> 00:08:10,523 UNCERTAINTY IN THE ADOPTION OF 228 00:08:10,523 --> 00:08:11,757 LAND USE REGULATIONS. OUR 229 00:08:11,757 --> 00:08:14,193 MEMBERS SEE FIRST HAND HOW 230 00:08:14,193 --> 00:08:16,429 PROLONGED AND DUPLICATIVE REVIEW 231 00:08:16,429 --> 00:08:18,231 PROCESSES INCREASE COSTS, DELAY 232 00:08:18,231 --> 00:08:19,799 IMPLEMENTATION AND MAKE IT MUCH 233 00:08:19,799 --> 00:08:21,934 MORE DIFFICULT TO DELIVER MUCH 234 00:08:21,934 --> 00:08:22,468 NEEDED HOUSING AND OTHER 235 00:08:22,468 --> 00:08:25,738 DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY. WE ALSO 236 00:08:25,738 --> 00:08:26,372 APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION THAT 237 00:08:26,372 --> 00:08:27,173 ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND 238 00:08:27,173 --> 00:08:29,642 PLANNING FOR GROWTH ARE NOT 239 00:08:29,642 --> 00:08:31,410 MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE GOALS. 240 00:08:31,410 --> 00:08:33,813 SEATTLE CAN MAINTAIN STRONG 241 00:08:33,813 --> 00:08:35,281 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS WHILE 242 00:08:35,281 --> 00:08:37,817 ALSO CREATING A MORE EFFICIENT 243 00:08:37,817 --> 00:08:38,351 PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTING 244 00:08:38,351 --> 00:08:40,853 POLICIES THAT SUPPORT HOUSING, 245 00:08:40,853 --> 00:08:42,855 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND 246 00:08:42,855 --> 00:08:43,890 SUSTAINABLE GROWTH. THANK YOU 247 00:08:43,890 --> 00:08:44,457 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND 248 00:08:44,457 --> 00:08:47,193 LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. PLEASE 249 00:08:47,193 --> 00:08:47,460 VOTE YES. 250 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:48,895 -- THANK YOU 251 00:08:48,895 --> 00:08:50,129 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE ALICIA RUIZ, 252 00:08:50,129 --> 00:08:56,168 FOLLOWED BY LOGAN SCHMIDT. 253 00:08:56,168 --> 00:08:57,169 -- GOOD MORNING, CHAIR LIN AND 254 00:08:57,169 --> 00:08:58,938 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY 255 00:08:58,938 --> 00:09:01,207 NAME IS ALICIA RUIZ HERE 256 00:09:01,207 --> 00:09:01,741 REPRESENTING HABITAT FOR 257 00:09:01,741 --> 00:09:03,943 HUMANITY, SEATTLE KING AND 258 00:09:03,943 --> 00:09:05,278 KITTITAS COUNTIES. AND WE ARE 259 00:09:05,278 --> 00:09:06,846 PLEASED TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU 260 00:09:06,846 --> 00:09:09,782 TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF 261 00:09:09,782 --> 00:09:12,184 COUNCIL BILL 121215. SEATTLE IS 262 00:09:12,184 --> 00:09:12,852 CURRENTLY UNDER PRESSURE TO MEET 263 00:09:12,852 --> 00:09:14,720 STATE MANDATED DEADLINES FOR 264 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:16,756 UPDATING ITS LAND USE CODE, ONE 265 00:09:16,756 --> 00:09:18,524 SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF DELAY HAS 266 00:09:18,524 --> 00:09:20,693 BEEN ADMINISTRATIVE SEPA APPEALS 267 00:09:20,693 --> 00:09:22,328 OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS, A STEP 268 00:09:22,328 --> 00:09:24,063 THAT STATE LAW DOES NOT ACTUALLY 269 00:09:24,063 --> 00:09:25,464 REQUIRE. CRITICALLY, THIS BILL 270 00:09:25,464 --> 00:09:28,200 DOES NOT WEAKEN ENVIRONMENTAL 271 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,303 PROTECTIONS IN ANY WAY FULL 272 00:09:30,303 --> 00:09:32,305 PROTECTIONS REMAIN IN PLACE, AND 273 00:09:32,305 --> 00:09:35,541 WHAT IT REMOVES IS A REPETITIVE 274 00:09:35,541 --> 00:09:36,876 PROCEDURAL LAYER THAT SERVES NO 275 00:09:36,876 --> 00:09:39,145 ADDITIONAL PROTECTIVE FUNCTION. 276 00:09:39,145 --> 00:09:40,646 IN DOING SO, SEATTLE WILL JOIN 277 00:09:40,646 --> 00:09:42,448 KING COUNTY, BELLEVUE, TACOMA 278 00:09:42,448 --> 00:09:45,251 AND OTHERS IN THE REGION. THESE 279 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:47,853 CITIES IN OUR IN OUR REGION HAVE 280 00:09:47,853 --> 00:09:50,156 LONG EXEMPTED LEGISLATIVE SEPA 281 00:09:50,156 --> 00:09:50,756 DECISIONS FROM ADMINISTRATIVE 282 00:09:50,756 --> 00:09:52,358 APPEAL. THIS ISN'T A WEAKENED 283 00:09:52,358 --> 00:09:54,393 WEAKENING OF ENVIRONMENTAL 284 00:09:54,393 --> 00:09:56,429 STANDARDS. IT'S COMMON SENSE. 285 00:09:56,429 --> 00:09:57,396 PROCEDURAL ALIGNMENT THAT ALLOWS 286 00:09:57,396 --> 00:10:01,233 THE CITY TO MEET ITS LEGAL 287 00:10:01,233 --> 00:10:01,867 OBLIGATIONS WITHOUT UNNECESSARY 288 00:10:01,867 --> 00:10:03,402 OBSTRUCTION FOR HABITAT FOR 289 00:10:03,402 --> 00:10:05,237 HUMANITY, DELAYS IN LAND USE 290 00:10:05,237 --> 00:10:07,273 PROCESSES HAVE REAL HUMAN 291 00:10:07,273 --> 00:10:08,874 CONSEQUENCES. EVERY MONTH LOST 292 00:10:08,874 --> 00:10:10,977 TO PROCEDURAL BACKLOG IS ANOTHER 293 00:10:10,977 --> 00:10:12,812 MONTH. A FAMILY WAITS FOR A 294 00:10:12,812 --> 00:10:16,682 STABLE PLACE TO CALL HOME. 295 00:10:16,682 --> 00:10:18,150 COUNCIL BILL 121215 HELPS CLEAR 296 00:10:18,150 --> 00:10:21,153 THE PATH FOR MORE HOUSING AND 297 00:10:21,153 --> 00:10:21,787 MORE HOMEOWNERSHIP TO BECOME A 298 00:10:21,787 --> 00:10:24,690 REALITY FOR SO MANY SOONER. THAT 299 00:10:24,690 --> 00:10:26,792 IS WHY WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT 300 00:10:26,792 --> 00:10:28,461 THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 301 00:10:28,461 --> 00:10:30,162 -- THANK YOU 302 00:10:30,162 --> 00:10:31,163 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE LOGAN 303 00:10:31,163 --> 00:10:32,832 SCHMIDT, FOLLOWED BY CINDY 304 00:10:32,832 --> 00:10:34,767 SHETLER. ORLA CONCANNON, JACKIE 305 00:10:34,767 --> 00:10:37,269 BORGES AND JENNIFER GODFREY 306 00:10:37,269 --> 00:10:38,571 -- GOOD MORNING, CHAIR LIN AND 307 00:10:38,571 --> 00:10:41,674 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, LOGAN 308 00:10:41,674 --> 00:10:43,275 SCHMIDT WITH MAX AND A RESIDENT. 309 00:10:43,275 --> 00:10:44,677 I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL 310 00:10:44,677 --> 00:10:46,712 BILL 12, 1215 AND I URGE YOU TO 311 00:10:46,712 --> 00:10:49,248 VOTE YES TODAY. SEATTLE IS IN 312 00:10:49,248 --> 00:10:51,050 THE MIDST OF A REAL HOUSING 313 00:10:51,050 --> 00:10:52,818 SHORTAGE, AND WE CAN SEE THAT AS 314 00:10:52,818 --> 00:10:54,153 AS PERMIT APPLICATIONS CONTINUE 315 00:10:54,153 --> 00:10:56,055 TO DROP TO ALL TIME LOWS AND 316 00:10:56,055 --> 00:10:59,458 HOME PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE, IT 317 00:10:59,458 --> 00:11:00,726 IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE BUILD MORE 318 00:11:00,726 --> 00:11:02,328 HOUSING OF ALL TYPES, ALL SIZES, 319 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:04,330 AND ALL AFFORDABILITY LEVELS TO 320 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:06,666 MOVE US OUT OF THIS MOMENT. 321 00:11:06,666 --> 00:11:08,000 ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL APPEALS OF 322 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,770 SEPA DOCUMENTS FOR LEGISLATIVE 323 00:11:10,770 --> 00:11:11,604 ACTIONS HAVE ADDED MONTHS, IF 324 00:11:11,604 --> 00:11:13,472 NOT LONGER, TO SEATTLE'S 325 00:11:13,472 --> 00:11:15,741 REGULATORY TIMELINES WITHOUT 326 00:11:15,741 --> 00:11:16,676 GAIN, AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DO 327 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:19,945 SO. AND I WANT TO REITERATE IT 328 00:11:19,945 --> 00:11:21,347 BECAUSE IT CANNOT BE STATED 329 00:11:21,347 --> 00:11:22,848 ENOUGH. THIS IS A PROCEDURAL 330 00:11:22,848 --> 00:11:25,684 REFORM AND NOT A ROLLBACK OF 331 00:11:25,684 --> 00:11:26,318 PUBLIC PROCESS OR ENVIRONMENTAL 332 00:11:26,318 --> 00:11:29,255 STANDARDS. DENYING AND DELAYING 333 00:11:29,255 --> 00:11:30,923 HOUSING HERE WILL ONLY PUSH 334 00:11:30,923 --> 00:11:32,425 DEVELOPMENT FURTHER OUT OF THE 335 00:11:32,425 --> 00:11:33,459 CITY AND TO THE BOUNDARIES OF 336 00:11:33,459 --> 00:11:35,428 THE YUGA, WHERE WE ARE AT 337 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:37,296 GREATER RISK OF CANOPY LOSS. 338 00:11:37,296 --> 00:11:39,532 THAT SPRAWL WILL ALSO INCREASE 339 00:11:39,532 --> 00:11:42,101 RELIANCE ON CARS, FURTHER 340 00:11:42,101 --> 00:11:43,869 EXACERBATING CARBON EMISSIONS. 341 00:11:43,869 --> 00:11:44,470 VOTING YES TODAY WILL ENSURE 342 00:11:44,470 --> 00:11:48,140 THAT WE CAN BUILD MORE, BUILD 343 00:11:48,140 --> 00:11:51,043 FASTER AND WITHOUT DELAY. THANK 344 00:11:51,043 --> 00:11:51,243 YOU. 345 00:11:51,243 --> 00:11:53,646 -- THANK YOU 346 00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:55,247 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE SANDY 347 00:11:55,247 --> 00:11:57,183 FOLLOWED BY ORLA CONCANNON, 348 00:11:57,183 --> 00:11:57,750 JACKIE BORGES AND JENNIFER 349 00:11:57,750 --> 00:11:59,652 GODFREY 350 00:11:59,652 --> 00:12:01,787 -- HI. GOOD MORNING. YEAH, I'M 351 00:12:01,787 --> 00:12:03,656 SANDY SHETLER WITH TREE ACTION 352 00:12:03,656 --> 00:12:04,790 SEATTLE HAVING A FIGHT WITH MY 353 00:12:04,790 --> 00:12:09,195 MICROPHONE HERE. YEAH. SO THIS 354 00:12:09,195 --> 00:12:11,497 I'M SPEAKING ON CB 121215. THIS 355 00:12:11,497 --> 00:12:14,700 BILL IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO 356 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:16,669 REFORM SEATTLE'S PROCESS SO 357 00:12:16,669 --> 00:12:19,371 THAT WE CAN STREAMLINE HOUSING. 358 00:12:19,371 --> 00:12:21,474 BUT SILENCING THE PUBLIC'S ONLY 359 00:12:21,474 --> 00:12:22,108 ACCESSIBLE MECHANISM IS NOT THE 360 00:12:22,108 --> 00:12:24,343 RIGHT PATH. THIS REQUIRES A 361 00:12:24,343 --> 00:12:26,145 SERIOUS LOOK AT A SUBSTITUTE 362 00:12:26,145 --> 00:12:28,180 BILL TO REFORM THE HEARING 363 00:12:28,180 --> 00:12:30,449 EXAMINER PROCESS AND BRING IT 364 00:12:30,449 --> 00:12:32,218 INTO LINE WITH CITIES LIKE 365 00:12:32,218 --> 00:12:35,254 SPOKANE AND OLYMPIA, WHO RETAIN 366 00:12:35,254 --> 00:12:39,525 THE RIGHT OF APPEAL, BUT WITH 367 00:12:39,525 --> 00:12:42,628 MUCH SHORTER TIMELINES. ALSO, 368 00:12:42,628 --> 00:12:43,195 THE HOUSING DELAYED HOUSING 369 00:12:43,195 --> 00:12:46,165 DENIED ARGUMENT FALLS COMPLETELY 370 00:12:46,165 --> 00:12:48,968 APART. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMP 371 00:12:48,968 --> 00:12:51,270 PLAN TIMELINE. CITY IS 372 00:12:51,270 --> 00:12:52,671 RESPONSIBLE FOR WHY WE ARE TWO 373 00:12:52,671 --> 00:12:54,540 YEARS OUT. THE MAYOR HELD ON TO 374 00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:56,876 THE PLAN FOR MONTHS. THEN, WHEN 375 00:12:56,876 --> 00:12:58,911 IT WAS APPEALED, THE CITY FILED 376 00:12:58,911 --> 00:13:01,046 MOTIONS TO DELAY AT EVERY 377 00:13:01,046 --> 00:13:03,415 OPPORTUNITY. AND EVEN NOW THE 378 00:13:03,415 --> 00:13:06,051 CITY IS DELAYING BECAUSE OF 379 00:13:06,051 --> 00:13:07,553 RECESS, BUDGET, WINTER VACATION 380 00:13:07,553 --> 00:13:10,923 AND OTHER THINGS THAT SEEM TO BE 381 00:13:10,923 --> 00:13:12,525 MORE IMPORTANT. THE ONLY URGENCY 382 00:13:12,525 --> 00:13:14,693 I SEE HERE IS AN URGENCY TO 383 00:13:14,693 --> 00:13:16,529 SILENCE VOICES. PLEASE WRITE A 384 00:13:16,529 --> 00:13:22,401 SUBSTITUTE BILL FOR CB 121215 TO 385 00:13:22,401 --> 00:13:23,002 STREAMLINE HOUSING AND HONOR 386 00:13:23,002 --> 00:13:27,840 COMMUNITY INPUT. THANK YOU. 387 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:30,442 -- THANK YOU. 388 00:13:30,442 --> 00:13:32,178 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ORLA 389 00:13:32,178 --> 00:13:35,347 CONCANNON AND THANK YOU FOR THIS 390 00:13:35,347 --> 00:13:36,715 OPPORTUNITY. THIS MORNING I'M 391 00:13:36,715 --> 00:13:42,621 ASKING TO VOTE NO ON CB 121215. 392 00:13:42,621 --> 00:13:43,122 THIS APPEAL WOULD BLOCK 393 00:13:43,122 --> 00:13:45,925 CITIZEN'S RIGHT TO ME. THE BILL 394 00:13:45,925 --> 00:13:47,259 WOULD BLOCK CITIZEN'S RIGHT TO 395 00:13:47,259 --> 00:13:49,461 APPEAL ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS, 396 00:13:49,461 --> 00:13:52,398 INCLUDING DATA CENTERS. AND AS 397 00:13:52,398 --> 00:13:54,233 ON A RELEVANT NOTE, THE DELAYS 398 00:13:54,233 --> 00:13:55,334 ON THE ORCA APPEAL HAVE BEEN 399 00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:58,103 ENTIRELY DUE TO THE CITY, NOT 400 00:13:58,103 --> 00:13:59,305 THE APPELLANT WHO IS STILL 401 00:13:59,305 --> 00:14:00,973 WAITING ON THE CITY TO PICK A 402 00:14:00,973 --> 00:14:02,575 DATE. MUZZLING THE VOICES OF THE 403 00:14:02,575 --> 00:14:03,809 CITIZENS WHO ELECTED YOU TO 404 00:14:03,809 --> 00:14:06,045 SERVE US IS A DEVASTATING 405 00:14:06,045 --> 00:14:07,279 MEASURE. WHILE THE CURRENT 406 00:14:07,279 --> 00:14:08,581 COUNCIL MAY BE REASONABLE AND 407 00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:10,416 OPEN TO CONVERSATION, YOU CAN'T 408 00:14:10,416 --> 00:14:12,017 SPEAK FOR FUTURE COUNCILS AND 409 00:14:12,017 --> 00:14:14,854 FUTURE ADMINISTRATIONS. I'M 410 00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:15,988 REQUESTING A SUBSTITUTE BILL TO 411 00:14:15,988 --> 00:14:18,257 STREAMLINE HOUSING REFORM. THE 412 00:14:18,257 --> 00:14:20,092 HEARING EXAMINER PROCESS AND 413 00:14:20,092 --> 00:14:23,262 RESPECT THE PUBLIC'S VOICE. 414 00:14:23,262 --> 00:14:23,562 THANK YOU. 415 00:14:23,562 --> 00:14:25,064 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE JACKIE 416 00:14:25,064 --> 00:14:30,202 BURGESS, FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER 417 00:14:30,202 --> 00:14:33,372 GODFREY, STEVE ZEMKE. AND 418 00:14:33,372 --> 00:14:34,974 -- GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. I URGE 419 00:14:34,974 --> 00:14:36,875 YOU TO VOTE NO TO ELIMINATING 420 00:14:36,875 --> 00:14:38,310 THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO APPEAL AN 421 00:14:38,310 --> 00:14:40,145 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. 422 00:14:40,145 --> 00:14:42,514 APPEALS ARE NOT JUST ABOUT 423 00:14:42,514 --> 00:14:44,683 TODAY'S LEGISLATION. IMAGINE 424 00:14:44,683 --> 00:14:45,618 IT'S TEN TO 5 TO 10 YEARS DOWN 425 00:14:45,618 --> 00:14:47,586 THE ROAD, AND YOUR CAREER 426 00:14:47,586 --> 00:14:49,121 JOURNEYS HAVE TAKEN YOU TO NEW 427 00:14:49,121 --> 00:14:51,557 PLACES. THERE IS A PROPOSAL TO 428 00:14:51,557 --> 00:14:53,492 ALLOW DATA CENTERS ALL 429 00:14:53,492 --> 00:14:54,827 THROUGHOUT SEATTLE. IT'S THE 430 00:14:54,827 --> 00:14:56,695 CITY'S EYES. THE CITY'S EYES 431 00:14:56,695 --> 00:14:58,464 CONCLUDED THAT THERE'S NO 432 00:14:58,464 --> 00:15:01,467 SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS BECAUSE IT 433 00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:03,502 CONTAINED SERIOUS ERRORS, AND 434 00:15:03,502 --> 00:15:04,103 YOU'VE ELIMINATED APPEALS. 435 00:15:04,103 --> 00:15:06,272 RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS. AND 436 00:15:06,272 --> 00:15:07,573 EVEN YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE 437 00:15:07,573 --> 00:15:09,174 A MEANINGFUL WAY TO CORRECT THE 438 00:15:09,174 --> 00:15:11,610 RECORD BEFORE THAT LEGISLATION 439 00:15:11,610 --> 00:15:12,778 BECOMES LAW. AND THAT'S WHY THE 440 00:15:12,778 --> 00:15:14,046 SAFEGUARD EXISTS. BUT WE DON'T 441 00:15:14,046 --> 00:15:16,949 HAVE TO IMAGINE PROBLEMS WITH 442 00:15:16,949 --> 00:15:19,118 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. THE 443 00:15:19,118 --> 00:15:23,289 CURRENT EIS IS OVER 1300 PAGES, 444 00:15:23,289 --> 00:15:23,856 INTRODUCES A NEW PREFERRED 445 00:15:23,856 --> 00:15:24,523 ALTERNATIVE IN THE FINAL EIS AND 446 00:15:24,523 --> 00:15:27,059 STUDIES APPROXIMATELY 120,000 447 00:15:27,059 --> 00:15:29,962 HOUSING UNITS, WHILE THE 448 00:15:29,962 --> 00:15:31,063 LEGISLATION ENABLES ROUGHLY 449 00:15:31,063 --> 00:15:33,532 330,000, THAT'S NEARLY THREE 450 00:15:33,532 --> 00:15:34,833 TIMES AS MUCH GROWTH AS WHAT WE 451 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:36,368 STUDIED. IF THE ANALYSIS 452 00:15:36,368 --> 00:15:37,603 DOESN'T MATCH WHAT'S BEING 453 00:15:37,603 --> 00:15:38,904 ADOPTED, THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE 454 00:15:38,904 --> 00:15:42,374 ABLE TO CHALLENGE IT. SO WHETHER 455 00:15:42,374 --> 00:15:43,709 FUTURE USE IS PROPOSED, WHETHER 456 00:15:43,709 --> 00:15:45,611 IT'S HOUSING, DATA CENTERS OR 457 00:15:45,611 --> 00:15:47,680 ANOTHER MAJOR LAND USE, SEATTLE 458 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:49,181 RESIDENTS SHOULD RETAIN THE 459 00:15:49,181 --> 00:15:50,115 ABILITY TO APPEAL AN 460 00:15:50,115 --> 00:15:51,917 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT 461 00:15:51,917 --> 00:15:53,752 IF IT CONTAINS SIGNIFICANT 462 00:15:53,752 --> 00:15:55,988 ERRORS. THANK YOU AND HAPPY. 463 00:15:55,988 --> 00:15:59,224 PACIFIC NORTHWEST CLIMATE WEEK. 464 00:15:59,224 --> 00:16:05,331 -- THANK YOU. 465 00:16:05,331 --> 00:16:07,700 -- SO THANK YOU. AND WHAT SHE 466 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:07,900 SAID. 467 00:16:07,900 --> 00:16:08,233 -- [LAUGHTER] 468 00:16:08,233 --> 00:16:10,369 -- SO I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK FOR A 469 00:16:10,369 --> 00:16:11,503 MINUTE AT THE DATA ON THE 470 00:16:11,503 --> 00:16:12,671 DELAYS. LIKE MANY HAVE ALREADY 471 00:16:12,671 --> 00:16:14,239 SAID, MANY OF THESE DELAYS CAME 472 00:16:14,239 --> 00:16:15,975 FROM THE CITY. NOTHING ABOUT THE 473 00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:17,910 ORCA APPEAL PUSHES THIS INTO 474 00:16:17,910 --> 00:16:20,646 2027. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE 475 00:16:20,646 --> 00:16:21,780 BEFORE TODAY. THE CITY RAN LATE 476 00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:23,349 WITH THE COMP PLAN FILED TO 477 00:16:23,349 --> 00:16:25,184 DELAY TWICE IN THE COURT OF 478 00:16:25,184 --> 00:16:27,786 APPEALS, AND NOW IS DOING 479 00:16:27,786 --> 00:16:28,387 NOTHING WHEN WE COULD HAVE 480 00:16:28,387 --> 00:16:31,023 SCHEDULED OUR HEARING REMAND AS 481 00:16:31,023 --> 00:16:33,625 EARLY AS JUNE 4th, THERE WAS A 482 00:16:33,625 --> 00:16:34,159 DEADLINE AT THE COURT OF 483 00:16:34,159 --> 00:16:37,029 APPEALS. JUNE, JULY 1st, AND 484 00:16:37,029 --> 00:16:38,864 STILL NO, THE CITY JUST DIDN'T 485 00:16:38,864 --> 00:16:40,799 RESPOND AT ALL. THERE'S NOTHING 486 00:16:40,799 --> 00:16:42,034 STOPPING THEM FROM SCHEDULING 487 00:16:42,034 --> 00:16:43,369 THAT RIGHT NOW. SO THE CITY IS 488 00:16:43,369 --> 00:16:47,139 CHOOSING TO DELAY UNTIL 2027, 489 00:16:47,139 --> 00:16:47,706 MAYBE PARTLY DUE TO COUNCIL 490 00:16:47,706 --> 00:16:49,641 RECESS, BUDGET, WINTER VACATION. 491 00:16:49,641 --> 00:16:51,043 WHY ISN'T THE CITY SCHEDULING 492 00:16:51,043 --> 00:16:53,112 IT? THE CITY RAN LATE ON THE 493 00:16:53,112 --> 00:16:54,380 COMP PLAN. THE EIS, TEN MONTHS 494 00:16:54,380 --> 00:16:57,449 OF MEETINGS. I ASKED TO CORRECT 495 00:16:57,449 --> 00:16:59,418 MAJOR FLAWS LIKE ALL 496 00:16:59,418 --> 00:17:00,052 CONTAMINANTS BEING IMMEDIATELY 497 00:17:00,052 --> 00:17:01,954 DILUTED TO HARMLESS LEVELS WITH 498 00:17:01,954 --> 00:17:02,755 NO RESOLUTION. AND IN FACT, IT 499 00:17:02,755 --> 00:17:05,224 GOT WORSE IN THE FINAL EIS. SO 500 00:17:05,224 --> 00:17:06,992 WHY WOULDN'T THE COUNCIL WANT 501 00:17:06,992 --> 00:17:07,993 THE BEST INFORMATION IN FRONT OF 502 00:17:07,993 --> 00:17:12,831 THEM REGARDING CLEAN WATER? SO 503 00:17:12,831 --> 00:17:13,432 PLEASE CONSIDER A SUBSTITUTE 504 00:17:13,432 --> 00:17:17,836 BILL TO REFORM AND NOT ELIMINATE 505 00:17:17,836 --> 00:17:18,437 INDUSTRY STANDARD IN WESTERN 506 00:17:18,437 --> 00:17:20,439 WASHINGTON IS HEARING EXAMINERS 507 00:17:20,439 --> 00:17:21,740 CAN RESOLVE IN WAY LESS TIME 508 00:17:21,740 --> 00:17:23,409 THAN WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS AT 509 00:17:23,409 --> 00:17:25,744 THE SEATTLE HEARING EXAMINER 510 00:17:25,744 --> 00:17:26,912 OFFICE AND MANY STATUTES SAY 511 00:17:26,912 --> 00:17:28,747 THAT THESE HEARINGS SHOULD BE 512 00:17:28,747 --> 00:17:31,316 RESOLVED MORE QUICKLY. SO 513 00:17:31,316 --> 00:17:31,950 ELIMINATING PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL 514 00:17:31,950 --> 00:17:33,118 OVERSIGHT IS OUT OF PLACE IN A 515 00:17:33,118 --> 00:17:35,654 SO-CALLED PROGRESSIVE CITY. IF 516 00:17:35,654 --> 00:17:37,256 PUBLIC COMMENT DOES NOTHING TO 517 00:17:37,256 --> 00:17:40,192 FIX FLAWS IN SEATTLE'S LARGEST 518 00:17:40,192 --> 00:17:40,826 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, 519 00:17:40,826 --> 00:17:44,229 THAT IS A CHOICE TO DAMAGE THE 520 00:17:44,229 --> 00:17:45,464 ENVIRONMENT. AND A COUPLE 521 00:17:45,464 --> 00:17:48,867 SECONDS, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE 522 00:17:48,867 --> 00:17:49,468 INACCURATE ENDANGERED SPECIES 523 00:17:49,468 --> 00:17:52,538 LISTS. THE THE PREFERRED 524 00:17:52,538 --> 00:17:54,173 ALTERNATIVE FOCUSED MOST HOUSING 525 00:17:54,173 --> 00:17:56,475 ON THE WATERFRONT AND CAPACITY 526 00:17:56,475 --> 00:17:58,043 CONSTRAINED AREAS, WHICH CLAIMED 527 00:17:58,043 --> 00:17:59,478 IT WOULD BE RESOLVED BY THE 528 00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:00,546 STORMWATER CODE. BUT THEN THE 529 00:18:00,546 --> 00:18:02,948 STORMWATER CODE TOOK AWAY THE 530 00:18:02,948 --> 00:18:04,016 PROTECTIONS FOR CAPACITY 531 00:18:04,016 --> 00:18:05,717 CONSTRAINED AREAS. THANK YOU. 532 00:18:05,717 --> 00:18:08,253 -- THANK YOU. 533 00:18:08,253 --> 00:18:11,290 -- STEVE. STEVE. FOLLOWED BY 534 00:18:11,290 --> 00:18:12,758 LAURENT BURMAN AND NATHANIEL 535 00:18:12,758 --> 00:18:12,991 HOWARD. 536 00:18:12,991 --> 00:18:14,493 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 537 00:18:14,493 --> 00:18:16,028 STEVE ZEMKE. I'M SPEAKING FOR 538 00:18:16,028 --> 00:18:17,963 TRE PACK AND FRIENDS OF 539 00:18:17,963 --> 00:18:20,199 SEATTLE'S SEATTLE'S URBAN 540 00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:22,568 FOREST. PLEASE EXPEDITE AND 541 00:18:22,568 --> 00:18:24,403 REFORM RATHER THAN ELIMINATE THE 542 00:18:24,403 --> 00:18:27,606 CURRENT HEARING EXAMINER PROCESS 543 00:18:27,606 --> 00:18:28,240 REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PLANS. 544 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,576 EYES ARE ONLY REQUIRED OCCUR 545 00:18:30,576 --> 00:18:31,944 EVERY TEN YEARS WITH THE 546 00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:35,147 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL, AS 547 00:18:35,147 --> 00:18:36,648 WELL AS ANY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 548 00:18:36,648 --> 00:18:38,250 AMENDMENTS AND LAND USE TO 549 00:18:38,250 --> 00:18:38,884 REDUCE AND ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY 550 00:18:38,884 --> 00:18:41,653 AND LENGTHY DELAYS. MOVE THESE 551 00:18:41,653 --> 00:18:43,789 APPEALS TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE 552 00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:46,125 TO RESOLVE BEFORE OTHER HEARING 553 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:47,626 EXAMINER PROCESSES. IF THIS IS 554 00:18:47,626 --> 00:18:48,727 THE EMERGENCY YOU SAY IT IS TO 555 00:18:48,727 --> 00:18:50,329 GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WELL, 556 00:18:50,329 --> 00:18:55,567 LET'S GET IT. CHANGE THE 557 00:18:55,567 --> 00:18:57,202 PROCESS. REQUIRE THAT ALL 558 00:18:57,202 --> 00:18:57,836 APPEALS WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 559 00:18:57,836 --> 00:18:59,037 PLAN AMENDMENTS. LAND USE 560 00:18:59,037 --> 00:19:00,739 AFFECTING HOUSING BE RESOLVED 561 00:19:00,739 --> 00:19:02,841 WITHIN A SET TIME PERIOD. THIS. 562 00:19:02,841 --> 00:19:05,577 I'VE TALKED TO LAWYERS. THIS 563 00:19:05,577 --> 00:19:07,880 SAYS THIS IS A POSSIBILITY 564 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:08,547 HAPPENS IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. 565 00:19:08,547 --> 00:19:10,582 LOOK AT A 60 TO 90 DAY 566 00:19:10,582 --> 00:19:12,651 RESOLUTION. RETAIN THE CURRENT 567 00:19:12,651 --> 00:19:13,252 REQUIREMENT THAT ALL COUNCIL 568 00:19:13,252 --> 00:19:14,586 ORIGINATED BILLS HAVE A 569 00:19:14,586 --> 00:19:16,088 DIRECTOR'S REPORT, NOT JUST A 570 00:19:16,088 --> 00:19:17,222 MAYOR'S REPORT. WHY IS IT THE 571 00:19:17,222 --> 00:19:19,825 MAYOR HAS TO DO IT? YOU DON'T 572 00:19:19,825 --> 00:19:24,029 HAVE TO. I THINK YOU SHOULD. 573 00:19:24,029 --> 00:19:25,731 THESE THESE REPORTS BENEFIT THE 574 00:19:25,731 --> 00:19:26,665 CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR'S 575 00:19:26,665 --> 00:19:28,367 OFFICE, THE PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA 576 00:19:28,367 --> 00:19:31,403 ALL BENEFIT FROM DIRECTOR'S 577 00:19:31,403 --> 00:19:33,438 REPORTS. IT ALSO ENSURES THAT 578 00:19:33,438 --> 00:19:35,173 VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE TO 579 00:19:35,173 --> 00:19:35,807 COMPLY WITH PROPOSED LEGISLATION 580 00:19:35,807 --> 00:19:37,342 HAVE REVIEWED IT AND HAVE INPUT. 581 00:19:37,342 --> 00:19:39,578 IT'S A SOURCE OF IMPORTANT 582 00:19:39,578 --> 00:19:40,946 PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT HELPS 583 00:19:40,946 --> 00:19:42,014 THE PUBLIC DECIDE WHAT'S GOING 584 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:46,151 ON. AS I SEE HOW THE CITY 585 00:19:46,151 --> 00:19:47,052 COUNCIL WORKS OVER DECADES, 586 00:19:47,052 --> 00:19:48,987 LITERALLY, THAT I'VE BEEN IN 587 00:19:48,987 --> 00:19:50,255 THE CITY, I BELIEVE IT HAS A 588 00:19:50,255 --> 00:19:52,291 PROCESS OF TOLERATING DISSENT. 589 00:19:52,291 --> 00:19:53,458 YOU LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT 590 00:19:53,458 --> 00:19:54,793 THERE'S NOT REALLY A DIALOG 591 00:19:54,793 --> 00:19:59,498 THAT'S GOING ON. THERE SHOULD 592 00:19:59,498 --> 00:20:00,532 BE ALLOWED THE PUBLIC TO BE 593 00:20:00,532 --> 00:20:02,501 ALLOWED TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS AND 594 00:20:02,501 --> 00:20:04,636 REQUIRE ANSWERS, HAVE A DIALOG 595 00:20:04,636 --> 00:20:06,138 YOU NEED TO REFORM THE PROCESS. 596 00:20:06,138 --> 00:20:08,473 ALSO, I WOULD SUGGEST PUBLIC 597 00:20:08,473 --> 00:20:09,908 DISCLOSURE. YOU SHOULD DISCLOSE 598 00:20:09,908 --> 00:20:11,743 WHO HAS TALKED TO YOU REGARDING 599 00:20:11,743 --> 00:20:12,878 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE BILLS 600 00:20:12,878 --> 00:20:14,012 AS YOU PRESENT THEM TO THE 601 00:20:14,012 --> 00:20:16,715 COUNCIL. THANK YOU. 602 00:20:16,715 --> 00:20:17,049 -- THANK YOU. 603 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:18,350 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE LAWRENCE 604 00:20:18,350 --> 00:20:22,654 BERMAN, FOLLOWED BY NATHANIEL 605 00:20:22,654 --> 00:20:26,825 HOWARD. 606 00:20:26,825 --> 00:20:29,361 -- BERMAN. I LIVE HERE ON QUEEN 607 00:20:29,361 --> 00:20:30,596 ANNE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST 12, 608 00:20:30,596 --> 00:20:34,967 12, 15. I THINK YOU'VE HEARD A 609 00:20:34,967 --> 00:20:38,070 NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 610 00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:41,106 THE DEBATE AROUND HOUSING OR THE 611 00:20:41,106 --> 00:20:44,343 ORCA APPEAL. 121215 ISN'T ABOUT 612 00:20:44,343 --> 00:20:44,876 AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM ON THE 613 00:20:44,876 --> 00:20:47,112 AGENDA. IT'S ABOUT RIGHTS OF 614 00:20:47,112 --> 00:20:51,683 CITIZENS ACCOUNTABILITY. AS OUR 615 00:20:51,683 --> 00:20:53,552 COUNCIL AND WHAT PROCESSES AS A 616 00:20:53,552 --> 00:20:56,154 DEMOCRACY, WE PUT IN PLACE TO 617 00:20:56,154 --> 00:20:57,155 PROTECT THE CITY, THE 618 00:20:57,155 --> 00:21:00,525 ENVIRONMENT, THE PLACE WE LIVE. 619 00:21:00,525 --> 00:21:02,527 AND SO THE SHAM ARGUMENT AROUND 620 00:21:02,527 --> 00:21:05,230 SPEED AND COST MADE BY 621 00:21:05,230 --> 00:21:08,066 DEVELOPERS SUPPORTED BY THIS 622 00:21:08,066 --> 00:21:11,770 BILL ARE JUST EGREGIOUS. THE 623 00:21:11,770 --> 00:21:14,272 BELIEF THAT THERE'S THE ABILITY 624 00:21:14,272 --> 00:21:15,941 TO APPEAL AN ERRONEOUS SET OF 625 00:21:15,941 --> 00:21:17,376 INFORMATION SO THAT THE COUNCIL 626 00:21:17,376 --> 00:21:19,177 CAN MAKE BETTER, MORE INFORMED, 627 00:21:19,177 --> 00:21:21,013 MORE TRANSPARENT DECISIONS, 628 00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:22,381 SUGGESTING THAT THAT IS WHAT IS 629 00:21:22,381 --> 00:21:23,982 PREVENTING DEVELOPMENT IN THE 630 00:21:23,982 --> 00:21:25,550 CITY OF SEATTLE IS RIDICULOUS 631 00:21:25,550 --> 00:21:26,985 AND PATENTLY FALSE. THERE'S 632 00:21:26,985 --> 00:21:28,353 PLENTY OF DATA TO SUPPORT THE 633 00:21:28,353 --> 00:21:30,455 ABILITY TO MOVE QUICKLY IF THE 634 00:21:30,455 --> 00:21:32,357 CITY SO CHOOSES, WHICH. THUS 635 00:21:32,357 --> 00:21:34,159 FAR, WE'VE SEEN VERY LITTLE 636 00:21:34,159 --> 00:21:35,994 EVIDENCE. SO I THINK THAT TRYING 637 00:21:35,994 --> 00:21:37,996 TO MAKE THE CASE THAT IN ORDER 638 00:21:37,996 --> 00:21:41,266 TO BUILD IN THIS CITY, WE NEED 639 00:21:41,266 --> 00:21:45,170 TO HAVE ZERO OVERSIGHT OVER 640 00:21:45,170 --> 00:21:46,038 BUSINESS INTERESTS AND THAT THE 641 00:21:46,038 --> 00:21:47,339 COUNCIL SHOULDN'T BE ACCOUNTABLE 642 00:21:47,339 --> 00:21:49,107 OR THE CITY'S OFFICE SHOULDN'T 643 00:21:49,107 --> 00:21:49,941 BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DATA THEY 644 00:21:49,941 --> 00:21:51,576 PRESENT, WHICH IS REALLY ALL 645 00:21:51,576 --> 00:21:53,045 WE'RE ALLOWED TO APPEAL AS 646 00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:54,513 CITIZENS IS TO SAY THE DATA IS 647 00:21:54,513 --> 00:21:55,914 ERRONEOUS. YOU'RE MAKING YOU'RE 648 00:21:55,914 --> 00:21:58,083 MAKING DECISIONS ON FALSE 649 00:21:58,083 --> 00:21:58,850 INFORMATION, AND THAT A 60 TO 90 650 00:21:58,850 --> 00:22:03,522 DAY PROCESS TO DO THAT IS 651 00:22:03,522 --> 00:22:04,156 UNNECESSARILY BURDENSOME FEELS 652 00:22:04,156 --> 00:22:05,991 RIDICULOUS. SO I WOULD STRONGLY 653 00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:07,759 ENCOURAGE YOU TO RETHINK THIS 654 00:22:07,759 --> 00:22:09,361 POSITION. I THINK IT MAKES YOU 655 00:22:09,361 --> 00:22:12,998 ALL LOOK LESS ACCOUNTABLE, LESS 656 00:22:12,998 --> 00:22:14,833 TRANSPARENT, AND REALLY MAKES US 657 00:22:14,833 --> 00:22:16,835 QUESTION THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS 658 00:22:16,835 --> 00:22:17,469 COUNCIL IN SERVICE OF CITIZENS 659 00:22:17,469 --> 00:22:19,337 OF THIS CITY. 660 00:22:19,337 --> 00:22:21,673 -- THANK YOU 661 00:22:21,673 --> 00:22:25,143 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE NATHANIEL 662 00:22:25,143 --> 00:22:27,045 HOWARD MORNING. 663 00:22:27,045 --> 00:22:28,413 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. NATE HOWARD, 664 00:22:28,413 --> 00:22:30,916 DISTRICT THREE, CAPITOL HILL 665 00:22:30,916 --> 00:22:32,951 SPEAKING ON 12, 12, 15, I 666 00:22:32,951 --> 00:22:34,753 BELIEVE 12, 12, 15 WOULD REMOVE 667 00:22:34,753 --> 00:22:36,455 ACCOUNTABILITY ON COMP PLAN 668 00:22:36,455 --> 00:22:38,724 DECISIONS WHEN ISSUES ARISE. IT 669 00:22:38,724 --> 00:22:40,425 SEEMS LIKELY THAT THIS PROPOSAL 670 00:22:40,425 --> 00:22:42,861 CAME IN RESPONSE TO THE ORCA 671 00:22:42,861 --> 00:22:43,495 APPEAL, WHICH WAS A CPA APPEAL 672 00:22:43,495 --> 00:22:45,364 FILED IN FEBRUARY OF 2025 TO 673 00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:46,932 ADDRESS SHORTCOMINGS IN THE COMP 674 00:22:46,932 --> 00:22:49,634 PLANS OWN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 675 00:22:49,634 --> 00:22:50,969 STATEMENT THAT IS IN QUESTION 676 00:22:50,969 --> 00:22:52,571 DOES NOT ADEQUATELY ACCOUNT FOR 677 00:22:52,571 --> 00:22:54,539 THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT 678 00:22:54,539 --> 00:22:55,207 RELATED CANOPY LOSS ON 679 00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:57,609 STORMWATER RUNOFF AND ITS 680 00:22:57,609 --> 00:22:59,478 DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS ON SALMON AND 681 00:22:59,478 --> 00:23:01,179 ORCA POPULATIONS. THE CITY TRIED 682 00:23:01,179 --> 00:23:02,714 TO DISMISS THE CASE BUT WAS 683 00:23:02,714 --> 00:23:03,582 OVERRULED BY THE APPEALS BOARD, 684 00:23:03,582 --> 00:23:06,451 AND THIS WAS NEARLY A YEAR AND A 685 00:23:06,451 --> 00:23:07,919 HALF AGO. WHAT, THEN, IS THE 686 00:23:07,919 --> 00:23:09,354 RATIONALE FOR THE CITY'S 687 00:23:09,354 --> 00:23:11,022 DELAYING OF THE HEARING, 688 00:23:11,022 --> 00:23:12,524 SOMETHING THAT COULD TAKE AS 689 00:23:12,524 --> 00:23:15,193 LITTLE AS TWO WEEKS OR OFTEN 690 00:23:15,193 --> 00:23:17,229 POTENTIALLY TWO MONTHS? STILL 691 00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:18,630 SHOULDN'T BE A YEAR AND A HALF. 692 00:23:18,630 --> 00:23:19,531 IF THERE'S ANYTHING HOLDING UP. 693 00:23:19,531 --> 00:23:22,234 THE COMP PLAN SEEMS TO BE THE 694 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:24,736 CITY'S DUAL FAILURES TO BOTH 695 00:23:24,736 --> 00:23:26,838 CONDUCT AN ADEQUATE EIS TO BEGIN 696 00:23:26,838 --> 00:23:28,006 WITH, AND AFTERWARDS TO RESPECT 697 00:23:28,006 --> 00:23:30,008 THE RULE OF LAW. AFTER THIS WAS 698 00:23:30,008 --> 00:23:33,011 POINTED OUT THAT THE EIS WAS 699 00:23:33,011 --> 00:23:33,945 INADEQUATE. I HOPE THE CITY IS 700 00:23:33,945 --> 00:23:36,414 IN A GREAT PLACE IN 20 YEARS. I 701 00:23:36,414 --> 00:23:39,151 HOPE THAT WE'VE GROWN IN 702 00:23:39,151 --> 00:23:42,120 POPULATION AND STATURE AND THAT 703 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:43,488 CITIZENS HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO 704 00:23:43,488 --> 00:23:45,157 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TO TRANSIT, 705 00:23:45,157 --> 00:23:47,092 RECREATION AND GREEN SPACE. 706 00:23:47,092 --> 00:23:48,160 REGARDLESS, I WOULD LIKE THE 707 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,362 ABILITY AS A CITIZEN TO RAISE MY 708 00:23:50,362 --> 00:23:51,296 VOICE. IF IN 20 YEARS, THE NEXT 709 00:23:51,296 --> 00:23:55,200 COMP PLAN FALLS SHORT OF THESE 710 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,102 GOALS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE 711 00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:59,137 COUNCIL TO REFORM THE PROCESS 712 00:23:59,137 --> 00:23:59,704 RATHER THAN ELIMINATING IT 713 00:23:59,704 --> 00:24:04,242 ENTIRELY THIS FIGHT IS NOT 714 00:24:04,242 --> 00:24:05,544 BETWEEN HOUSING AND ORCAS, TREES 715 00:24:05,544 --> 00:24:07,479 OR SALMON. THIS IS A FIGHT 716 00:24:07,479 --> 00:24:08,980 BETWEEN THOUGHTFUL POLICY AND 717 00:24:08,980 --> 00:24:10,782 RECKLESS POLICY. PLEASE VOTE NO 718 00:24:10,782 --> 00:24:15,720 ON 12, 12, 15. THANK YOU. 719 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:20,058 -- THANK YOU. 720 00:24:20,058 --> 00:24:20,625 -- WITH OUR LAST IN-PERSON 721 00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:23,295 COMMENTER, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO 722 00:24:23,295 --> 00:24:25,697 OUR REMOTE COMMENTERS, STARTING 723 00:24:25,697 --> 00:24:26,331 WITH ALICE LOCK. SORRY, STARTING 724 00:24:26,331 --> 00:24:36,741 WITH JUNE BLUE SPRUCE. 725 00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:41,179 -- HELLO. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT 726 00:24:41,179 --> 00:24:44,249 A SUBSTITUTE BILL FOR CB 121215 727 00:24:44,249 --> 00:24:45,884 THAT REFORMS THE APPEAL PROCESS. 728 00:24:45,884 --> 00:24:47,152 INSTEAD OF DUMPING IT. THE 729 00:24:47,152 --> 00:24:48,887 CURRENT BILL IS BASED ON 730 00:24:48,887 --> 00:24:50,689 EVIDENCE FREE ASSUMPTIONS THAT 731 00:24:50,689 --> 00:24:52,858 IF THE CITY TAKES AWAY CITIZENS 732 00:24:52,858 --> 00:24:55,026 ABILITY TO TELL INCONVENIENT 733 00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:56,595 TRUTHS ABOUT A FLAWED EIS 734 00:24:56,595 --> 00:24:59,531 IGNORES ENVIRONMENTAL AND 735 00:24:59,531 --> 00:25:01,633 DISPLACEMENT HARMS AND RELIES ON 736 00:25:01,633 --> 00:25:02,901 AN UNFETTERED MARKET. 737 00:25:02,901 --> 00:25:04,603 AFFORDABLE, HEALTHY HOUSING WILL 738 00:25:04,603 --> 00:25:05,704 MAGICALLY RESULT. HOUSING, LIKE 739 00:25:05,704 --> 00:25:07,405 HEALTH CARE, IS A SOCIAL GOOD. 740 00:25:07,405 --> 00:25:10,642 IT BAFFLES ME THAT THOSE OF YOU 741 00:25:10,642 --> 00:25:11,576 WHO IDENTIFY AS PROGRESSIVE AND 742 00:25:11,576 --> 00:25:13,979 ADVOCATE FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL 743 00:25:13,979 --> 00:25:15,881 WOULD PIVOT TO MARKET DRIVEN 744 00:25:15,881 --> 00:25:17,516 SUPPLY SIDE ECONOMICS WHEN IT 745 00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:19,618 COMES TO HOUSING, OUR HOUSING 746 00:25:19,618 --> 00:25:21,686 CRISIS HAS ITS ROOTS IN 747 00:25:21,686 --> 00:25:24,322 REAGANOMICS NEO REAGANOMICS, 748 00:25:24,322 --> 00:25:26,925 DEREGULATION CAN'T FIX IT. AND 749 00:25:26,925 --> 00:25:28,560 EIS IS NOT JUST TREES, IT IS 750 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:29,995 DISPLACEMENT, HOUSING, HEALTH 751 00:25:29,995 --> 00:25:32,063 AND HEAT STRIP THE APPEAL IN THE 752 00:25:32,063 --> 00:25:34,532 NAME OF TALLER, DENSER, FASTER 753 00:25:34,532 --> 00:25:37,202 AND THE RESULTING HARM BELONGS 754 00:25:37,202 --> 00:25:39,104 TO YOU. RESULTS. RECENT DELAYS 755 00:25:39,104 --> 00:25:40,372 RELATED TO THE HEARING EXAMINER 756 00:25:40,372 --> 00:25:41,673 APPEAL OF THE COMP PLAN HAVE 757 00:25:41,673 --> 00:25:44,409 BEEN CAUSED BY THE CITY 758 00:25:44,409 --> 00:25:45,610 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE 759 00:25:45,610 --> 00:25:46,311 COUNCIL'S SCHEDULE, NOT BY THE 760 00:25:46,311 --> 00:25:47,779 APPELLANT. SHE TRIED TALKING TO 761 00:25:47,779 --> 00:25:50,048 THE COUNCIL FOR TEN MONTHS 762 00:25:50,048 --> 00:25:51,616 BEFORE SHE APPEALED. THE COUNCIL 763 00:25:51,616 --> 00:25:54,152 DID NOT ADDRESS HER VALID 764 00:25:54,152 --> 00:25:55,887 CONCERNS ABOUT THIS COMPLETELY 765 00:25:55,887 --> 00:25:57,289 INADEQUATE EIS. IT DOES NOT 766 00:25:57,289 --> 00:25:58,056 ACCOUNT FOR THE DEVASTATING 767 00:25:58,056 --> 00:26:00,859 IMPACT OF THE LOSS OF MATURE 768 00:26:00,859 --> 00:26:02,494 TREES OR OF DISPLACEMENT, AND 769 00:26:02,494 --> 00:26:04,262 ONLY APPLIES TO HALF AS MANY 770 00:26:04,262 --> 00:26:05,730 HOUSING UNITS AS WERE EVENTUALLY 771 00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:08,300 INCLUDED IN THE COMP PLAN. IT'S 772 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:08,900 IRONIC THAT COUNCILMEMBER LIN 773 00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:12,370 AND OTHERS KEEP USING THE SLOGAN 774 00:26:12,370 --> 00:26:12,938 HOUSING DELAYED IS HOUSING 775 00:26:12,938 --> 00:26:15,307 DENIED. CATCHY BUT MISUSED. 776 00:26:15,307 --> 00:26:16,741 IT'S DERIVED FROM JUSTICE. 777 00:26:16,741 --> 00:26:18,743 DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED. THAT 778 00:26:18,743 --> 00:26:21,613 IS A LEGAL MAXIM, MEANING THAT 779 00:26:21,613 --> 00:26:23,915 IF LEGAL REDRESS OR EQUITABLE 780 00:26:23,915 --> 00:26:26,284 RELIEF TO AN INJURED PARTY IS 781 00:26:26,284 --> 00:26:27,586 AVAILABLE BUT IS NOT OFFERED IN 782 00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:30,922 A TIMELY WAY, IT IS THE SAME AS 783 00:26:30,922 --> 00:26:33,325 HAVING NO REMEDY AT ALL. THAT'S 784 00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:35,327 WHERE OUR COMMUNITIES WILL BE IF 785 00:26:35,327 --> 00:26:38,229 THIS BILL PASSES, VOTE NO. 786 00:26:38,229 --> 00:26:40,165 PROPOSE A SUBSTITUTE. THANK YOU. 787 00:26:40,165 --> 00:26:43,001 -- THANK YOU, JUNE. 788 00:26:43,001 --> 00:26:48,873 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE COLLEEN 789 00:26:48,873 --> 00:26:56,681 MCCLURE. 790 00:26:56,815 --> 00:27:07,258 COLIN, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 791 00:27:08,994 --> 00:27:10,729 -- GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. 792 00:27:10,729 --> 00:27:11,229 COLIN MCALEER HERE FOR 793 00:27:11,229 --> 00:27:13,398 LAURELHURST COMMUNITY COUNCIL, 794 00:27:13,398 --> 00:27:14,933 REPRESENTING ABOUT 2500 795 00:27:14,933 --> 00:27:16,067 CITIZENS. AND WE HAVE FOLLOWED 796 00:27:16,067 --> 00:27:17,802 THE COMP PLAN AND WE'VE 797 00:27:17,802 --> 00:27:18,636 FOLLOWED THIS LEGISLATION. AND 798 00:27:18,636 --> 00:27:21,172 WE URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON 799 00:27:21,172 --> 00:27:23,541 COUNCIL BILL 121215. IT REMOVES 800 00:27:23,541 --> 00:27:25,043 ANY CITIZENS ABILITY TO REVIEW 801 00:27:25,043 --> 00:27:27,445 THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES UNDER 802 00:27:27,445 --> 00:27:28,079 THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 803 00:27:28,079 --> 00:27:30,115 ACT AND THE RELATED EIS, AND 804 00:27:30,115 --> 00:27:31,516 FILE AN APPEAL TO THE HEARING 805 00:27:31,516 --> 00:27:32,917 EXAMINER IF THE PROCESS WERE 806 00:27:32,917 --> 00:27:34,386 INCORRECT OR INADEQUATE. WE ALL 807 00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:37,322 KNOW CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE ALONG 808 00:27:37,322 --> 00:27:39,224 THE PROCESSES AND OMISSIONS CAN 809 00:27:39,224 --> 00:27:41,626 HAPPEN. THE STATE LEGISLATURE 810 00:27:41,626 --> 00:27:42,193 HAS LONG ESTABLISHED THESE 811 00:27:42,193 --> 00:27:44,195 REVIEW PROCESSES, AND ALL AROUND 812 00:27:44,195 --> 00:27:45,530 THE STATE. SEATTLE IS THE GOLD 813 00:27:45,530 --> 00:27:46,498 STANDARD AND WE'RE PROUD OF IT. 814 00:27:46,498 --> 00:27:48,333 FOR APPEALS OF THOSE PROCESSES 815 00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:50,068 THAT WERE OMITTED OR VETTED, 816 00:27:50,068 --> 00:27:53,838 INCORRECTLY VETTED, FOR EXAMPLE, 817 00:27:53,838 --> 00:27:54,506 SEATTLE'S SHRINKING TREE CANOPY 818 00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:55,907 IS LISTED AS A TOP PRIORITY FOR 819 00:27:55,907 --> 00:27:57,442 THE COMP PLAN, BUT STUDIES ARE 820 00:27:57,442 --> 00:27:59,177 ALREADY REVEALING THAT THE TREE 821 00:27:59,177 --> 00:28:00,979 CANOPY IS DECREASING AND 822 00:28:00,979 --> 00:28:03,281 PRIMARILY DUE TO PRIVATE 823 00:28:03,281 --> 00:28:05,050 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. THREE 824 00:28:05,050 --> 00:28:06,551 PERMITS ARE READILY ISSUED, BUT 825 00:28:06,551 --> 00:28:08,987 UNDER THE NAME OF WE'RE UNDER A 826 00:28:08,987 --> 00:28:09,621 HOUSING CRISIS, BUT NO ONE CAN 827 00:28:09,621 --> 00:28:12,090 APPEAL THE IMPACTS. SEATTLE'S 828 00:28:12,090 --> 00:28:15,126 LAND USE POLICIES ARE ALREADY 829 00:28:15,126 --> 00:28:15,794 INADVERTENTLY HEATING, CREATING 830 00:28:15,794 --> 00:28:17,429 HEAT ISLANDS. FROM THE REVIEW OF 831 00:28:17,429 --> 00:28:19,898 A REVIEW OF PIECEMEAL 832 00:28:19,898 --> 00:28:20,398 DEVELOPMENTS THAT. THIS 833 00:28:20,398 --> 00:28:23,101 LEGISLATION, AS IT IS ALREADY, 834 00:28:23,101 --> 00:28:23,701 WOULD PREVENT A CITIZEN FROM 835 00:28:23,701 --> 00:28:24,903 WANTING MORE HOUSING TO IN A 836 00:28:24,903 --> 00:28:26,905 HEALTHY PLACE TO LIVE. AT THE 837 00:28:26,905 --> 00:28:28,440 SAME TIME. SO WE ASKED CITY 838 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,575 COUNCIL TO STAND FOR A FAIR AND 839 00:28:30,575 --> 00:28:33,411 ENVIRONMENTALLY APPROPRIATE 840 00:28:33,411 --> 00:28:33,945 SAFEGUARDS AT THE APPEAL 841 00:28:33,945 --> 00:28:37,916 PROCESS. AND PLEASE REJECT. CB 842 00:28:37,916 --> 00:28:39,651 121215 AND SUBSTITUTE A GOOD, 843 00:28:39,651 --> 00:28:40,919 SOLID, STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR 844 00:28:40,919 --> 00:28:42,620 THE HEARING EXAMINER FOR BOTH 845 00:28:42,620 --> 00:28:43,254 THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS. WE 846 00:28:43,254 --> 00:28:45,156 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO 847 00:28:45,156 --> 00:28:46,324 THIS LEGISLATION. IT'S VERY 848 00:28:46,324 --> 00:28:47,192 IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE OF 849 00:28:47,192 --> 00:28:52,030 SEATTLE. THANK YOU. 850 00:28:52,030 --> 00:28:52,363 -- THANK YOU. 851 00:28:52,363 --> 00:29:02,907 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE LOIS MARTIN. 852 00:29:04,442 --> 00:29:10,482 -- AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, 853 00:29:10,482 --> 00:29:11,082 LOOKS LIKE COUNCIL PRESIDENT 854 00:29:11,082 --> 00:29:13,985 HOLLINGSWORTH HAS JOINED AS 855 00:29:13,985 --> 00:29:21,726 WELL. 856 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,063 -- GOOD MORNING. 857 00:29:25,063 --> 00:29:25,563 -- GOOD MORNING. 858 00:29:25,563 --> 00:29:27,799 -- ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, LOIS 859 00:29:27,799 --> 00:29:30,969 MARTIN. GOOD MORNING. CENTRAL 860 00:29:30,969 --> 00:29:31,536 DISTRICT RESIDENT WHERE MY 861 00:29:31,536 --> 00:29:32,270 FAMILY'S ROOTS RUN THREE AND 862 00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:35,707 FOUR GENERATIONS DEEP. YOUR OWN 863 00:29:35,707 --> 00:29:37,275 FISCAL NOTE, SECTION FOUR POINT 864 00:29:37,275 --> 00:29:39,844 D ASKS. PLEASE ATTACH ANY RACIAL 865 00:29:39,844 --> 00:29:41,546 EQUITY TOOLKITS OR OTHER RACIAL 866 00:29:41,546 --> 00:29:44,115 EQUITY ANALYSIS USED TO DEVELOP 867 00:29:44,115 --> 00:29:46,751 OR ASSESS THIS LEGISLATION. THE 868 00:29:46,751 --> 00:29:49,888 ANSWER IN WRITING NONE. THE 869 00:29:49,888 --> 00:29:51,623 ENTIRE EQUITY ANALYSIS IS ONE 870 00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:54,259 SENTENCE THAT BEGINS. IT HAS 871 00:29:54,259 --> 00:29:56,394 BEEN ALLEGED AN ALLEGATION IS 872 00:29:56,394 --> 00:29:58,229 NOT AN ANALYSIS. THE SAME FISCAL 873 00:29:58,229 --> 00:29:59,964 NOTE SAYS THE BENEFIT OF THIS 874 00:29:59,964 --> 00:30:01,933 BILL IS STAFF NOT, AND I QUOTE, 875 00:30:01,933 --> 00:30:03,835 SPENDING TIME DEFENDING THEIR 876 00:30:03,835 --> 00:30:05,703 DECISIONS. MY COMMUNITY 877 00:30:05,703 --> 00:30:07,105 REMEMBERS WHAT GOVERNMENT BILLS 878 00:30:07,105 --> 00:30:09,541 WHEN NO ONE CAN MAKE IT, DEFEND 879 00:30:09,541 --> 00:30:11,709 ITS DECISIONS. A DESIGN 880 00:30:11,709 --> 00:30:13,244 INTERSTATE 90 AS AN OPEN TRENCH 881 00:30:13,244 --> 00:30:15,480 THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. BLACK 882 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,081 RESIDENTS MADE THE GOVERNMENT 883 00:30:17,081 --> 00:30:18,283 LOOK BEFORE IT BUILT. SAM SMITH 884 00:30:18,283 --> 00:30:20,385 PARK IS NOT A MEMORIAL TO GOOD 885 00:30:20,385 --> 00:30:23,721 INTENTIONS. IT IS A MONUMENT TO 886 00:30:23,721 --> 00:30:25,890 ENFORCEABLE ENVIRONMENT, 887 00:30:25,890 --> 00:30:26,491 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IN BLACK 888 00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:28,960 HANDS AND EYES IS NOT JUST 889 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,995 TREES. IT IS WHERE DISPLACEMENT, 890 00:30:30,995 --> 00:30:33,064 HOUSING, HEALTH AND HEAT ARE 891 00:30:33,064 --> 00:30:34,666 STUDIED. BEFORE YOU BUILD. 892 00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:36,835 REVIEW WITHOUT APPEAL IS JUST A 893 00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:38,236 SUGGESTION. AND WHEN YOU RAISE 894 00:30:38,236 --> 00:30:40,939 THE PRICE OF BEING HEARD, YOU 895 00:30:40,939 --> 00:30:42,507 DECIDE WHO GETS HEARD. TODAY YOU 896 00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:44,742 HEARD SUPPORT FROM TRADE 897 00:30:44,742 --> 00:30:46,377 ASSOCIATIONS AND LOBBYISTS WHOSE 898 00:30:46,377 --> 00:30:47,912 MEMBERS BUILD FOR A LIVING. THAT 899 00:30:47,912 --> 00:30:49,447 IS THEIR RIGHT. BUT IT IS NOT 900 00:30:49,447 --> 00:30:51,883 COMMUNITY VOICE. THE BUILDERS 901 00:30:51,883 --> 00:30:53,451 BENEFIT FROM SPEED. WHETHER THE 902 00:30:53,451 --> 00:30:54,819 REVIEW IS RIGHT OR WRONG, THE 903 00:30:54,819 --> 00:30:56,421 PEOPLE WHO BEAR THE COST WHEN 904 00:30:56,421 --> 00:30:59,991 IT'S WRONG ARE NOT PAID TO BE 905 00:30:59,991 --> 00:31:01,226 IN THIS ROOM. THIS IS 906 00:31:01,226 --> 00:31:01,859 WELL-INTENDED LEGISLATION, BUT 907 00:31:01,859 --> 00:31:03,995 ITS CONSEQUENCES ARE BROAD AND 908 00:31:03,995 --> 00:31:06,798 NEGATIVE. AND AFTER TODAY, THEY 909 00:31:06,798 --> 00:31:09,267 ARE NO LONGER UNINTENDED BECAUSE 910 00:31:09,267 --> 00:31:11,703 YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD THE RIGHT 911 00:31:11,703 --> 00:31:12,570 PATH IS THE SUBSTITUTE BILL THAT 912 00:31:12,570 --> 00:31:14,806 REFORMS THIS PROCESS INSTEAD OF 913 00:31:14,806 --> 00:31:17,141 REMOVING IT AT A MINIMUM, 914 00:31:17,141 --> 00:31:17,709 COMPLETE THE RACIAL EQUITY 915 00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:18,610 TOOLKIT BEFORE THIS BILL LEAVES 916 00:31:18,610 --> 00:31:21,546 THIS COMMITTEE, VOTE NO ON THE 917 00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:24,282 BILL AS WRITTEN. THANK YOU. 918 00:31:24,282 --> 00:31:27,252 -- THANK YOU, LOIS. 919 00:31:27,252 --> 00:31:31,322 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE PATRICK 920 00:31:31,322 --> 00:31:39,097 TAYLOR. 921 00:31:39,230 --> 00:31:49,707 PATRICK, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 922 00:31:51,576 --> 00:31:55,847 -- OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 923 00:31:55,847 --> 00:31:57,582 YES. HI, MY NAME IS PATRICK 924 00:31:57,582 --> 00:31:59,183 TAYLOR. I LIVE IN BEACON HILL. 925 00:31:59,183 --> 00:32:00,285 I'M A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE 926 00:32:00,285 --> 00:32:00,818 PLANNING COMMISSION. BUT 927 00:32:00,818 --> 00:32:02,487 SPEAKING ONLY FOR MYSELF, MY 928 00:32:02,487 --> 00:32:04,722 COMMENTS REGARDING COUNCIL BILL 929 00:32:04,722 --> 00:32:06,057 121215. I'M SURE EVERYONE IN 930 00:32:06,057 --> 00:32:07,458 COUNCIL SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT 931 00:32:07,458 --> 00:32:10,228 IMPROVING THE SEATTLE PROCESS 932 00:32:10,228 --> 00:32:11,429 AND CUTTING DELAYS WHILE GAMING. 933 00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:12,864 WELL, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO 934 00:32:12,864 --> 00:32:15,667 DO SO. COUNCILMEMBER LYNN'S 935 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:17,101 PROPOSAL IS A SENSIBLE REFORM 936 00:32:17,101 --> 00:32:19,137 THAT WILL SPEED MUCH NEEDED 937 00:32:19,137 --> 00:32:21,739 POLICY CHANGES AND IMPORTANT 938 00:32:21,739 --> 00:32:22,307 PROJECTS, WHILE MAINTAINING 939 00:32:22,307 --> 00:32:22,974 CITIZENS VOICE AND AN 940 00:32:22,974 --> 00:32:24,275 OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL WORK ON 941 00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:26,044 THE COMP PLAN THAT'S BEEN GOING 942 00:32:26,044 --> 00:32:27,679 ON FOR FOUR PLUS YEARS AND HAS 943 00:32:27,679 --> 00:32:29,447 INCLUDED NUMEROUS OPEN HOUSES, 944 00:32:29,447 --> 00:32:31,549 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS, COUNCIL 945 00:32:31,549 --> 00:32:33,985 HEARINGS AS WELL AS SEVERAL 946 00:32:33,985 --> 00:32:35,687 ELECTIONS. THE CITIZENS OF 947 00:32:35,687 --> 00:32:36,220 SEATTLE HAVE HAD ABUNDANT 948 00:32:36,220 --> 00:32:37,555 OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPRESS THEIR 949 00:32:37,555 --> 00:32:39,090 FEELINGS LOUD AND CLEAR. YET A 950 00:32:39,090 --> 00:32:40,658 SMALL GROUP OF AFFLUENT PEOPLE 951 00:32:40,658 --> 00:32:41,559 WITH FREE TIME AND MONEY HAS 952 00:32:41,559 --> 00:32:43,528 BEEN ABLE TO SUBVERT THE 953 00:32:43,528 --> 00:32:44,996 PROCESS, DELAYING THE COMP PLAN 954 00:32:44,996 --> 00:32:46,397 AND NEW HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES 955 00:32:46,397 --> 00:32:48,099 EVEN LONGER. THIS IS NOT WHAT 956 00:32:48,099 --> 00:32:49,300 DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE. THIS IS 957 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:50,635 NOT WHAT SMART ENVIRONMENTALISM 958 00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:53,004 LOOKS LIKE EITHER. URBAN INFILL 959 00:32:53,004 --> 00:32:53,771 HOUSING IS THE MOST SUSTAINABLE 960 00:32:53,771 --> 00:32:54,872 FORM OF GROWTH AND LEADS TO 961 00:32:54,872 --> 00:32:56,641 FEWER MILES DRIVEN AND FEWER 962 00:32:56,641 --> 00:32:57,976 FARMS AND FORESTS BULLDOZED. AND 963 00:32:57,976 --> 00:32:59,110 IF THIS IS STILL IN DOUBT, 964 00:32:59,110 --> 00:33:00,111 PLEASE SEE HOW THESE APPEALS 965 00:33:00,111 --> 00:33:01,012 HAVE BEEN USED TO DELAY THE 966 00:33:01,012 --> 00:33:02,814 MISSING LINK FOR DECADES. THIS 967 00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:04,415 IS A MAJOR BIKE PROJECT THROUGH 968 00:33:04,415 --> 00:33:05,550 AN INDUSTRIAL AREA THAT WILL 969 00:33:05,550 --> 00:33:07,051 LEAD TO GREATER SAFETY AND LOWER 970 00:33:07,051 --> 00:33:08,653 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, BUT 971 00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:10,955 YET HAS BEEN DELAYED BY APPEALS. 972 00:33:10,955 --> 00:33:12,924 PLEASE CHOOSE SENSIBLE REFORM, 973 00:33:12,924 --> 00:33:14,192 DEMOCRACY AND A SUSTAINABLE PATH 974 00:33:14,192 --> 00:33:15,927 FORWARD AND VOTE YES ON 975 00:33:15,927 --> 00:33:16,527 COUNCILMEMBER LAYNE'S BILL, 976 00:33:16,527 --> 00:33:17,695 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO 977 00:33:17,695 --> 00:33:22,300 OUR CITY. THANKS. 978 00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:22,633 -- THANK YOU. 979 00:33:22,633 --> 00:33:24,102 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE KIMBERLY 980 00:33:24,102 --> 00:33:31,709 LARSEN 981 00:33:31,943 --> 00:33:37,415 -- I HOPE YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME 982 00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:37,615 OKAY. 983 00:33:37,615 --> 00:33:38,082 -- YES. 984 00:33:38,082 --> 00:33:40,451 -- OKAY, GREAT. HI, MY NAME IS 985 00:33:40,451 --> 00:33:42,987 KIMBERLY LARSEN. I AM A LONGTIME 986 00:33:42,987 --> 00:33:45,123 RESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL DISTRICT 987 00:33:45,123 --> 00:33:46,357 OF SEATTLE, AND I AM HERE TODAY. 988 00:33:46,357 --> 00:33:48,359 I REALLY WANTED TO THANK YOU 989 00:33:48,359 --> 00:33:49,761 ALL. YOU OBVIOUSLY ALL ALSO 990 00:33:49,761 --> 00:33:50,962 REPRESENT A LOT OF THAT AREA OF 991 00:33:50,962 --> 00:33:51,963 THE CITY. EVEN THOUGH I KNOW YOU 992 00:33:51,963 --> 00:33:53,531 SIT ON THIS LAND USE COMMITTEE 993 00:33:53,531 --> 00:33:55,500 FOR THAT PURPOSE. I'M COMING TO 994 00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:57,402 YOU TODAY. ACTUALLY, IMAGINE ME 995 00:33:57,402 --> 00:34:01,205 WITH 6500 FOLKS STANDING WITH 996 00:34:01,205 --> 00:34:02,874 ME. IF THEY COULD ALL BE HERE IN 997 00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:05,109 THE ROOM. I HAVE A PETITION OF 998 00:34:05,109 --> 00:34:08,746 THAT MANY PEOPLE, 6500 FOLKS WHO 999 00:34:08,746 --> 00:34:10,047 ARE SO THOUSANDS WHO ARE ASKING 1000 00:34:10,047 --> 00:34:11,582 FOR AN END OF THE FIGHTER JET 1001 00:34:11,582 --> 00:34:16,187 SHOW WITH CESAR. AND WE COME TO 1002 00:34:16,187 --> 00:34:17,221 YOU BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING FOR 1003 00:34:17,221 --> 00:34:19,090 THE CITY TO NOT LET OUR LAND BE 1004 00:34:19,090 --> 00:34:21,759 USED TO ENCOURAGE WAR, TO 1005 00:34:21,759 --> 00:34:23,227 ENCOURAGE HEALTH IMPACTS, LIKE 1006 00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:27,899 WITH HEARING LOSS, TO FRIGHTEN 1007 00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:28,399 IMMIGRANTS, TO FRIGHTEN 1008 00:34:28,399 --> 00:34:30,568 VETERANS, TO FRIGHTEN ANIMALS, 1009 00:34:30,568 --> 00:34:32,804 AND TO CUT AGAINST WHAT THE CITY 1010 00:34:32,804 --> 00:34:34,105 CALLS FOR. WITH BEING A 1011 00:34:34,105 --> 00:34:35,907 SANCTUARY CITY, FOR BEING A 1012 00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:37,675 SISTER CITY, FOR BEING A 1013 00:34:37,675 --> 00:34:41,879 WELCOMING CITY FOR ONE THAT IS 1014 00:34:41,879 --> 00:34:43,548 SUPPOSED TO WELCOME ALL YET 1015 00:34:43,548 --> 00:34:46,017 SPONSORS AND EVENTS THAT IS NOT 1016 00:34:46,017 --> 00:34:46,584 INCLUSIVE, ESPECIALLY QUITE 1017 00:34:46,584 --> 00:34:47,985 FRIGHTENING FOR A NUMBER OF 1018 00:34:47,985 --> 00:34:50,188 PEOPLE. THOUSANDS SO WE'RE 1019 00:34:50,188 --> 00:34:51,956 COMING TO YOU BECAUSE WE'RE 1020 00:34:51,956 --> 00:34:53,958 WONDERING WHO HAS POWER TO SAY 1021 00:34:53,958 --> 00:34:56,594 NO. WE HAVE GONE TO THE SPECIAL 1022 00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:57,962 EVENTS COMMITTEE WITH THE CITY 1023 00:34:57,962 --> 00:34:58,996 AND ASKED THEM TO REJECT THE 1024 00:34:58,996 --> 00:34:59,630 PERMIT WITH SEAFAIR FOR THE 1025 00:34:59,630 --> 00:35:00,832 FIGHTER JETS SHOW AT GENESEE 1026 00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:04,101 PARK. WE'VE GONE TO PARKS AND 1027 00:35:04,101 --> 00:35:06,871 REC AND TESTIFIED, AS WELL AS 1028 00:35:06,871 --> 00:35:07,338 PRESENTED A THOROUGH 1029 00:35:07,338 --> 00:35:09,273 PRESENTATION ON ALL THE IMPACTS 1030 00:35:09,273 --> 00:35:10,808 AND HAVE ASKED THEM TO REJECT 1031 00:35:10,808 --> 00:35:13,177 THE PERMIT. AND WE RECOGNIZE 1032 00:35:13,177 --> 00:35:14,378 THAT THE AIR SHOW WILL MOVE 1033 00:35:14,378 --> 00:35:15,947 FORWARD THIS YEAR. WE PROBABLY 1034 00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:16,948 CAN'T STOP IT THIS YEAR, 1035 00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:18,816 THOUGH. THERE WILL BE PEOPLE 1036 00:35:18,816 --> 00:35:20,017 PROTESTING IF THEY CAN BE 1037 00:35:20,017 --> 00:35:23,054 PRESENT, BUT A LOT OF RESIDENTS 1038 00:35:23,054 --> 00:35:24,522 LEAVE THE CITY BECAUSE THEY 1039 00:35:24,522 --> 00:35:25,990 DON'T LIKE IT. THEY'RE A 1040 00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:28,559 SILENT SET OF FOLKS WHO PROTEST, 1041 00:35:28,559 --> 00:35:29,927 AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MAKE 1042 00:35:29,927 --> 00:35:31,696 THIS THE LAST YEAR AND WORK WITH 1043 00:35:31,696 --> 00:35:33,297 SEAFAIR TO MOVE TO A SUSTAINABLE 1044 00:35:33,297 --> 00:35:36,801 SEAFAIR FOR ALL THAT WE CAN 1045 00:35:36,801 --> 00:35:37,168 TRANSFORM BACK. 1046 00:35:37,168 --> 00:35:38,769 -- THANK YOU, KIMBERLY. AND IF 1047 00:35:38,769 --> 00:35:42,039 YOU HAVE MORE COMMENTS, FEEL 1048 00:35:42,039 --> 00:35:44,008 FREE TO EMAIL THEM TO US. THANK 1049 00:35:44,008 --> 00:35:44,208 YOU. 1050 00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:53,417 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE SUSAN FEDOR 1051 00:35:53,651 --> 00:35:56,320 -- GOOD MORNING. REGARDING 1052 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:57,355 COUNCIL BILL 121215. LAST MONTH, 1053 00:35:57,355 --> 00:35:59,157 COURT OF APPEALS RULED THE 1054 00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:00,157 HEARING EXAMINER COMMITTED A 1055 00:36:00,157 --> 00:36:02,326 LEGAL ERROR ON A TEP APPEAL THAT 1056 00:36:02,326 --> 00:36:02,960 WAS LEGITIMATELY FILED ACCORDING 1057 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:04,762 TO THE CITY'S OWN ESTABLISHED 1058 00:36:04,762 --> 00:36:07,231 PROCESS. INSTEAD OF RESPONDING 1059 00:36:07,231 --> 00:36:07,865 WITH A REMAND A MONTH AND A HALF 1060 00:36:07,865 --> 00:36:10,668 AGO, COUNCIL INTRODUCED THIS 1061 00:36:10,668 --> 00:36:12,136 BILL CITING DELAYS AS THE 1062 00:36:12,136 --> 00:36:13,804 PRIMARY JUSTIFICATION. BUT 1063 00:36:13,804 --> 00:36:15,172 THROUGHOUT THE APPEAL PROCESS, 1064 00:36:15,172 --> 00:36:15,806 DELAYS HAVE LARGELY BEEN ON THE 1065 00:36:15,806 --> 00:36:18,209 SIDE OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE 1066 00:36:18,209 --> 00:36:20,144 WRONGFUL DISMISSAL ON APPEAL TO 1067 00:36:20,144 --> 00:36:21,445 BEGIN WITH, MOST HEARING 1068 00:36:21,445 --> 00:36:23,047 EXAMINERS CAN RESOLVE APPEALS IN 1069 00:36:23,047 --> 00:36:24,415 60 TO 90 DAYS, SO WHY NOT REFORM 1070 00:36:24,415 --> 00:36:26,250 THE HEARING EXAMINER PROCESS 1071 00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:27,818 INSTEAD OF SIMPLY ELIMINATING 1072 00:36:27,818 --> 00:36:29,520 THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF APPEAL? IF 1073 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:30,254 THE BILL PASSES AS WRITTEN, HOW 1074 00:36:30,254 --> 00:36:32,356 WILL THIS AFFECT THE POTENTIAL 1075 00:36:32,356 --> 00:36:33,357 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS 1076 00:36:33,357 --> 00:36:33,925 REGARDING THE MASSIVE DATA 1077 00:36:33,925 --> 00:36:37,028 CENTER AT 301 VIRGINIA THAT WAS 1078 00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:39,664 FILED BY DIGITAL REALITY RIGHT 1079 00:36:39,664 --> 00:36:40,398 BEFORE THE MORATORIUM? WITHIN 1080 00:36:40,398 --> 00:36:42,700 THE APPLICATION IS AN INCOMPLETE 1081 00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:44,869 FIFA CHECKLIST. NO ELECTRICAL 1082 00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:45,469 REVIEWS, VAGUE ENVIRONMENTAL 1083 00:36:45,469 --> 00:36:46,404 IMPACTS, AND A WAIVED DESIGN 1084 00:36:46,404 --> 00:36:48,873 REVIEW. IT'S A FAMILIAR PATTERN 1085 00:36:48,873 --> 00:36:50,074 WHERE WEALTHY INTERESTS ARE 1086 00:36:50,074 --> 00:36:52,009 CONCERNED. I'D ALSO LIKE TO 1087 00:36:52,009 --> 00:36:53,144 HIGHLIGHT THERE'S BEEN NO DELAY 1088 00:36:53,144 --> 00:36:54,946 IN DEMOLITIONS OF AFFORDABLE 1089 00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:56,681 SINGLE STORY RENTAL HOMES IN MY 1090 00:36:56,681 --> 00:36:57,548 NEIGHBORHOOD. IN FACT, THEY'VE 1091 00:36:57,548 --> 00:36:58,316 ACCELERATED IN THE PAST FEW 1092 00:36:58,316 --> 00:36:59,517 MONTHS, DISPLACING FOUR 1093 00:36:59,517 --> 00:37:01,686 DIFFERENT FAMILIES. THOSE 1094 00:37:01,686 --> 00:37:03,287 DEMOLISHED HOMES BUILT OF OLD 1095 00:37:03,287 --> 00:37:04,956 GROWTH TIMBER HAVE ENDURED A 1096 00:37:04,956 --> 00:37:05,523 NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES, AND 1097 00:37:05,523 --> 00:37:07,024 THEY'RE BEING REPLACED BY 1098 00:37:07,024 --> 00:37:08,593 LUXURY 32 FOOT HOMES THAT ARE 1099 00:37:08,593 --> 00:37:10,161 NOT AFFORDABLE ON SITES BEING 1100 00:37:10,161 --> 00:37:12,363 SCRAPED OF TREES AND VEGETATION, 1101 00:37:12,363 --> 00:37:13,231 IMPACTING LIVABILITY FOR 1102 00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:14,799 EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. A 1103 00:37:14,799 --> 00:37:15,833 TRULY SUSTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE 1104 00:37:15,833 --> 00:37:17,068 APPROACH WOULD BE TO KEEP THE 1105 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:18,436 AFFORDABLE HOME AND ADDED TO A 1106 00:37:18,436 --> 00:37:19,937 COTTAGE TO THE LOT. FAMILIES 1107 00:37:19,937 --> 00:37:22,673 KEEP THEIR HOME AND THEY GAIN A 1108 00:37:22,673 --> 00:37:23,708 NEW NEIGHBOR. ALSO NOTABLE THAT 1109 00:37:23,708 --> 00:37:26,143 DEVELOPERS HAVE BEEN QUICK TO 1110 00:37:26,143 --> 00:37:26,711 CAPITALIZE ON THE VIEW, BUT 1111 00:37:26,711 --> 00:37:27,345 DEMONSTRATED LITTLE OR NO REGARD 1112 00:37:27,345 --> 00:37:28,579 TO THE HEALTH OF PUGET SOUND 1113 00:37:28,579 --> 00:37:29,780 GROWTH, OUTPACING THE CAPACITY 1114 00:37:29,780 --> 00:37:30,815 OF OUR SEWER SYSTEM, RESULTING 1115 00:37:30,815 --> 00:37:33,651 IN MULTIPLE RECURRING SEWAGE 1116 00:37:33,651 --> 00:37:35,486 OVERFLOWS INTO OUR WATERWAYS. I 1117 00:37:35,486 --> 00:37:36,821 ASKED COUNCIL TO MAINTAIN THIS 1118 00:37:36,821 --> 00:37:38,322 CRITICAL LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY 1119 00:37:38,322 --> 00:37:39,957 BY THE CITY AND REQUEST A 1120 00:37:39,957 --> 00:37:41,626 SUBSTITUTE BILL THAT REFORMS THE 1121 00:37:41,626 --> 00:37:45,963 PROCESS AND ADDRESSES THE REAL 1122 00:37:45,963 --> 00:37:46,597 ISSUE WHILE MAINTAINING CITIZEN 1123 00:37:46,597 --> 00:37:47,031 RIGHTS. THANK YOU. 1124 00:37:47,031 --> 00:37:49,233 -- THANK YOU 1125 00:37:49,233 --> 00:37:53,304 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE TAYLOR 1126 00:37:53,304 --> 00:37:57,775 HAINES. 1127 00:37:57,775 --> 00:37:58,843 -- GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. MY 1128 00:37:58,843 --> 00:37:59,710 NAME IS TAYLOR HAINES. I'M A 1129 00:37:59,710 --> 00:38:00,845 LAND USE ATTORNEY AT HILLIS, 1130 00:38:00,845 --> 00:38:03,047 CLARK, MARTIN AND PETERSON AND A 1131 00:38:03,047 --> 00:38:05,683 SEATTLE RESIDENT. I'M HERE TODAY 1132 00:38:05,683 --> 00:38:06,884 SUPPORTING COUNCIL BILL 12, 12, 1133 00:38:06,884 --> 00:38:09,120 15. SEATTLE FACES A SERIOUS 1134 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:10,254 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGE. 1135 00:38:10,254 --> 00:38:11,756 THIS BILL IS A PROCEDURAL 1136 00:38:11,756 --> 00:38:12,723 CORRECTION THAT ALLOWS THE CITY 1137 00:38:12,723 --> 00:38:14,592 TO ADVANCE HOUSING POLICY ON A 1138 00:38:14,592 --> 00:38:17,194 FASTER TIMELINE. ON 1139 00:38:17,194 --> 00:38:19,630 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR 1140 00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:20,131 HOUSEHOLDS WAITING FOR 1141 00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:21,332 AFFORDABLE HOMES EACH MONTH OF 1142 00:38:21,332 --> 00:38:23,467 DELAY COUNTS. THE ADMINISTRATIVE 1143 00:38:23,467 --> 00:38:24,902 APPEAL PROCESS DOES NOT 1144 00:38:24,902 --> 00:38:26,570 CONTRIBUTE TO BETTER OUTCOMES OR 1145 00:38:26,570 --> 00:38:28,506 STRONG OR STRONGER ENVIRONMENTAL 1146 00:38:28,506 --> 00:38:29,073 PROTECTIONS, AND SHOULD NOT 1147 00:38:29,073 --> 00:38:31,309 STAND IN THE WAY OF BUILDING 1148 00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:33,277 HOMES, REMOVING ADMINISTRATIVE 1149 00:38:33,277 --> 00:38:35,446 APPEALS LEAVES THE REVIEW AND 1150 00:38:35,446 --> 00:38:36,047 PUBLIC PROCESSES INTACT. THE 1151 00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:36,781 ONLY THING THAT CHANGES IS THE 1152 00:38:36,781 --> 00:38:38,716 STEP THAT CAN DELAY HOUSING 1153 00:38:38,716 --> 00:38:39,917 POLICY ANYWHERE FROM FIVE MONTHS 1154 00:38:39,917 --> 00:38:41,619 TO A YEAR. KING COUNTY, 1155 00:38:41,619 --> 00:38:43,320 BELLEVUE, TACOMA, EVERETT AND 1156 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,022 VANCOUVER HAVE ALL STREAMLINED 1157 00:38:45,022 --> 00:38:47,725 THIS PROCESS BY EXEMPTING 1158 00:38:47,725 --> 00:38:49,226 LEGISLATIVE SEPA DECISIONS FROM 1159 00:38:49,226 --> 00:38:49,794 ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS, AND 1160 00:38:49,794 --> 00:38:51,162 SEATTLE SHOULD DO THE SAME. 1161 00:38:51,162 --> 00:38:55,633 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 1162 00:38:55,633 --> 00:38:57,835 -- THANK YOU. 1163 00:38:57,835 --> 00:39:08,379 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE BRECK LEPAGE 1164 00:39:08,612 --> 00:39:16,821 BRECK, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 1165 00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:19,323 THERE YOU GO 1166 00:39:19,323 --> 00:39:22,827 -- GOOD MORNING. AM I ON. 1167 00:39:22,827 --> 00:39:23,094 -- YES. 1168 00:39:23,094 --> 00:39:25,329 -- THANK YOU. GREETINGS, CHAIR 1169 00:39:25,329 --> 00:39:27,665 AND MEMBERS. I'M DR. BRECK WITH 1170 00:39:27,665 --> 00:39:28,799 WASHINGTON PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL 1171 00:39:28,799 --> 00:39:30,301 RESPONSIBILITY AND THE AIR SHOW 1172 00:39:30,301 --> 00:39:33,204 CLIMATE ACTION COALITION ASKING 1173 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:36,674 YOU TO VOTE TO DENY A PERMIT FOR 1174 00:39:36,674 --> 00:39:38,709 THE BLUE ANGELS TO USE GENESEE 1175 00:39:38,709 --> 00:39:40,177 PARK TO PERFORM OVER THE LAKE AT 1176 00:39:40,177 --> 00:39:42,246 SEAFAIR. AS I TELL PARKS AND 1177 00:39:42,246 --> 00:39:44,348 RECS, EACH OF THE LAST SEVERAL 1178 00:39:44,348 --> 00:39:47,251 YEARS POLLUTING AIR SHOWS DEFY 1179 00:39:47,251 --> 00:39:48,619 SUSTAINABILITY AND WISE LAND 1180 00:39:48,619 --> 00:39:50,554 USE. I'M A RETIRED AIR FORCE 1181 00:39:50,554 --> 00:39:52,723 FLIGHT SURGEON, ALTHOUGH SOME 1182 00:39:52,723 --> 00:39:54,492 CALL FIGHTER JET NOISE THE SOUND 1183 00:39:54,492 --> 00:39:59,029 OF FREEDOM, THEIR ROAR HARMS 1184 00:39:59,029 --> 00:39:59,663 HEARING AUTISTIC KIDS, REFUGEES 1185 00:39:59,663 --> 00:40:02,366 AND THOSE WITH PTSD ARE 1186 00:40:02,366 --> 00:40:03,334 TERRIFIED BY THE SOUND OF DEATH 1187 00:40:03,334 --> 00:40:05,636 FROM ABOVE. SUPER HORNETS ARE 1188 00:40:05,636 --> 00:40:07,805 ESPECIALLY LOUD. I MEASURE THE 1189 00:40:07,805 --> 00:40:09,807 F-18'S AT 110DB IN GENESEE 1190 00:40:09,807 --> 00:40:13,711 PARK. OSHA REQUIRES EARPLUGS AND 1191 00:40:13,711 --> 00:40:16,714 EARMUFFS FOR WORK SITES AT THAT 1192 00:40:16,714 --> 00:40:18,315 LEVEL, ALTHOUGH PARK RULES 1193 00:40:18,315 --> 00:40:20,918 REGULATE THE LEVEL OF PA SOUND 1194 00:40:20,918 --> 00:40:23,187 SYSTEMS, BLUE ANGELS DEFY HEALTH 1195 00:40:23,187 --> 00:40:25,322 NOISE LIMITS EVERY YEAR, SEAFAIR 1196 00:40:25,322 --> 00:40:27,358 PROVIDES NO AIR PROTECTION, SO 1197 00:40:27,358 --> 00:40:29,660 WP ESSER GIVES OUT HUNDREDS OF 1198 00:40:29,660 --> 00:40:31,295 FREE EARPLUGS EACH OF THE PAST 1199 00:40:31,295 --> 00:40:33,931 TWO YEARS, AND JET FUEL EXHAUST 1200 00:40:33,931 --> 00:40:37,067 HARMS LUNGS, HEART, AND EVEN 1201 00:40:37,067 --> 00:40:39,837 BRAINS. THE BLUE ANGELS BURN 1202 00:40:39,837 --> 00:40:41,472 70,000 GALLONS OF FUEL PER 1203 00:40:41,472 --> 00:40:44,742 WEEKEND TO MAKE A LOT OF NOISE, 1204 00:40:44,742 --> 00:40:47,578 AND PM 2.5 PARTICLES, THE 1205 00:40:47,578 --> 00:40:48,212 DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY IDENTIFIED 1206 00:40:48,212 --> 00:40:50,047 SOUTH SEATTLE AS A WASHINGTON 1207 00:40:50,047 --> 00:40:52,550 HEALTH DISPARITIES COMMUNITY, 1208 00:40:52,550 --> 00:40:54,185 HIGHLY IMPACTED BY AIR 1209 00:40:54,185 --> 00:40:57,354 POLLUTION. IT'S ON GRAPH IN 1210 00:40:57,354 --> 00:40:59,590 PURPLE BLUE ANGELS FLY RIGHT 1211 00:40:59,590 --> 00:41:01,192 OVER THEM EVERY YEAR, CAUSING 1212 00:41:01,192 --> 00:41:02,960 MORE DIRECT HARM TO PEOPLE 1213 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:06,297 REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROTECT. BUT 1214 00:41:06,297 --> 00:41:07,932 WE DON'T. WE REGULATE OTHER 1215 00:41:07,932 --> 00:41:10,401 HEALTH HARMS IN PUBLIC AREAS 1216 00:41:10,401 --> 00:41:11,302 SUCH AS SMOKING, DRINKING AND 1217 00:41:11,302 --> 00:41:15,339 DRUG USE. WHY NOT JET SMOKE? WE 1218 00:41:15,339 --> 00:41:18,209 ASK YOU TO ALL OF THE LAW AND 1219 00:41:18,209 --> 00:41:20,211 THE SCIENCE TO PLEASE VOTE TO 1220 00:41:20,211 --> 00:41:22,379 ASK THE FULL COUNCIL TO DENY A 1221 00:41:22,379 --> 00:41:24,949 PERMIT TO THE BLUE ANGELS. 1222 00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:25,182 THANK. 1223 00:41:25,182 --> 00:41:27,251 -- THANK YOU. 1224 00:41:27,251 --> 00:41:30,154 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE RICHARD 1225 00:41:30,154 --> 00:41:38,395 ELLISON. 1226 00:41:38,629 --> 00:41:42,099 -- HELLO, MY NAME IS RICHARD 1227 00:41:42,099 --> 00:41:45,236 ELLISON. I'M A RESIDENT OF 1228 00:41:45,236 --> 00:41:48,405 DISTRICT FOUR. I OPPOSE CB 1229 00:41:48,405 --> 00:41:50,507 121215 BANNING PUBLIC APPEALS 1230 00:41:50,507 --> 00:41:52,343 AND SEPARATE THE LOSS OF 1231 00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:53,544 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SEATTLE IS 1232 00:41:53,544 --> 00:41:56,046 ROOTED IN THE 1990s DECISIONS BY 1233 00:41:56,046 --> 00:41:57,715 THE CITY COUNCIL TRYING TO BREAK 1234 00:41:57,715 --> 00:41:59,617 THE STAGNANT SEATTLE ECONOMY BY 1235 00:41:59,617 --> 00:42:00,317 ALLOWING DEVELOPERS LIKE PAUL 1236 00:42:00,317 --> 00:42:01,986 ALLEN TO TEAR DOWN AFFORDABLE 1237 00:42:01,986 --> 00:42:03,420 HOUSING IN SEATTLE. THE TECH 1238 00:42:03,420 --> 00:42:04,855 BOOM CAME A SPIKE IN HOUSING 1239 00:42:04,855 --> 00:42:06,390 COSTS AND LITTLE AFFORDABLE 1240 00:42:06,390 --> 00:42:07,024 HOUSING WAS BUILT ACROSS THE 1241 00:42:07,024 --> 00:42:08,959 CITY. REPLACE LOW INCOME 1242 00:42:08,959 --> 00:42:11,028 HOUSING. MAYOR ED MURRAY'S GRAND 1243 00:42:11,028 --> 00:42:11,762 BARGAIN CONTINUED THE GIVEAWAY 1244 00:42:11,762 --> 00:42:13,130 TO BUILD EXPENSIVE HOUSING AND A 1245 00:42:13,130 --> 00:42:15,466 DRIBBLE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 1246 00:42:15,466 --> 00:42:18,602 NOW, CB 121215 WANTS TO END 1247 00:42:18,602 --> 00:42:21,071 ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS AS A 1248 00:42:21,071 --> 00:42:22,206 SOLUTION TO THE HOUSING CRISIS. 1249 00:42:22,206 --> 00:42:24,008 THIS CRISIS IS IN PART, YOUR 1250 00:42:24,008 --> 00:42:25,209 MAKING. IT MAY BE A MILD SUMMER 1251 00:42:25,209 --> 00:42:27,745 DAY IN SEATTLE, BUT IT'S AN 1252 00:42:27,745 --> 00:42:28,345 EXTENDED HEAT EMERGENCY WITH 1253 00:42:28,345 --> 00:42:29,547 TEMPERATURES OVER 100 DEGREES 1254 00:42:29,547 --> 00:42:31,115 EVERY DAY THIS WEEK IN MUCH OF 1255 00:42:31,115 --> 00:42:33,751 THE MIDWEST, USA AND IN MANY 1256 00:42:33,751 --> 00:42:34,785 PARTS OF EUROPE, THE TRUMP 1257 00:42:34,785 --> 00:42:35,386 ADMINISTRATION WOULD HAVE US 1258 00:42:35,386 --> 00:42:37,154 BELIEVE THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS A 1259 00:42:37,154 --> 00:42:39,056 HOAX. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 1260 00:42:39,056 --> 00:42:40,157 IS TEARING UP THE EC AYE IN 1261 00:42:40,157 --> 00:42:41,592 NATIONAL MONUMENTS. WHAT IF THE 1262 00:42:41,592 --> 00:42:44,929 PUBLIC WAS NOT ALLOWED TO APPEAL 1263 00:42:44,929 --> 00:42:45,496 THESE TRUMP ADMINISTRATIVE 1264 00:42:45,496 --> 00:42:47,097 DECISIONS? HIS 2026. THE YEAR 1265 00:42:47,097 --> 00:42:49,033 THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL BANNED 1266 00:42:49,033 --> 00:42:50,167 STEEPER APPEALS IN THE EMERALD 1267 00:42:50,167 --> 00:42:52,469 CITY. THIS BLATANT ACT AS A. 1268 00:42:52,469 --> 00:42:53,971 FLAVORS OF THE POLITICS OF THE 1269 00:42:53,971 --> 00:42:55,272 CURRENT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, 1270 00:42:55,272 --> 00:42:55,739 WHICH IS GUTTING ALL 1271 00:42:55,739 --> 00:42:57,474 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS AND 1272 00:42:57,474 --> 00:42:59,476 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS. SHOULD 1273 00:42:59,476 --> 00:42:59,977 SEATTLE MIMIC THE TRUMP 1274 00:42:59,977 --> 00:43:01,345 ADMINISTRATION AND GUT THE 1275 00:43:01,345 --> 00:43:03,747 CITIZENS ABILITY TO APPEAL 1276 00:43:03,747 --> 00:43:06,050 ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS? NO VOTE 1277 00:43:06,050 --> 00:43:08,452 NO ON CB 121215. THANK YOU. 1278 00:43:08,452 --> 00:43:10,821 -- THANK YOU 1279 00:43:10,821 --> 00:43:19,863 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE DAVID HAINES. 1280 00:43:19,863 --> 00:43:22,366 -- HI. THANK YOU, DAVID HAINES. 1281 00:43:22,366 --> 00:43:24,902 YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE SEPA 1282 00:43:24,902 --> 00:43:27,104 HAS BEEN WEAPONIZED. AND THE 1283 00:43:27,104 --> 00:43:28,472 PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE THEIR 1284 00:43:28,472 --> 00:43:30,274 HOME THAT ARE STILL TRYING TO 1285 00:43:30,274 --> 00:43:32,309 CHEAT OTHER PEOPLE OUT OF THE 1286 00:43:32,309 --> 00:43:36,080 NEXT 20 YEARS WHO ALWAYS ENJOY 1287 00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:37,815 MESSING WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND 1288 00:43:37,815 --> 00:43:39,316 BLAMING THE DEVELOPERS, STILL 1289 00:43:39,316 --> 00:43:40,317 WANT TO WEAPONIZE SEPA. YOU ALL 1290 00:43:40,317 --> 00:43:41,619 SHOULD JUST GET RID OF IT. 1291 00:43:41,619 --> 00:43:43,520 THERE'S STILL AN AVENUE TO 1292 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:47,157 FIGHT IF THERE'S A WRONG 1293 00:43:47,157 --> 00:43:48,659 REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT 1294 00:43:48,659 --> 00:43:50,294 SEPA HAS BEEN WEAPONIZED FOR TOO 1295 00:43:50,294 --> 00:43:52,896 LONG. I KNOW THAT CERTAIN 1296 00:43:52,896 --> 00:43:54,398 LANDLORDS ON THE COUNCIL WANT 1297 00:43:54,398 --> 00:43:55,966 SEPARATE TO PREVAIL, BECAUSE IT 1298 00:43:55,966 --> 00:43:57,034 HELPS THEM BACKSTAB THE WORKING 1299 00:43:57,034 --> 00:43:58,902 CLASS. WHO NEEDS A BETTER CHOICE 1300 00:43:58,902 --> 00:44:01,338 IN HOME THAT WE'RE STILL BEING 1301 00:44:01,338 --> 00:44:02,139 DENIED? AND QUITE FRANKLY, YOU 1302 00:44:02,139 --> 00:44:04,375 STILL HAVE TO GET RID OF THE 1303 00:44:04,375 --> 00:44:05,009 RESTRICTIONS THAT THE LANDLORDS 1304 00:44:05,009 --> 00:44:06,543 PUT INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1305 00:44:06,543 --> 00:44:09,813 TO TRULY HAVE A GREAT AMERICAN 1306 00:44:09,813 --> 00:44:11,482 HOUSING BUILD OUT. THAT'S 21st 1307 00:44:11,482 --> 00:44:13,417 CENTURY, THAT'S FIRST WORLD 1308 00:44:13,417 --> 00:44:14,018 QUALITY. ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO 1309 00:44:14,018 --> 00:44:15,352 ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE 1310 00:44:15,352 --> 00:44:17,054 ENVIRONMENT, LET'S FOCUS ON THE 1311 00:44:17,054 --> 00:44:19,857 HEAT ISLANDS OF THE THE SIDE 1312 00:44:19,857 --> 00:44:22,559 STREETS THAT NEED TO BE SHUT 1313 00:44:22,559 --> 00:44:24,895 DOWN FOR GOOD AND TORN UP AND 1314 00:44:24,895 --> 00:44:27,664 REDEVELOPED WITH LIKE A 1315 00:44:27,664 --> 00:44:28,699 SUSTAINABLE GREENERY WHERE YOU 1316 00:44:28,699 --> 00:44:30,167 HAVE A WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD 1317 00:44:30,167 --> 00:44:31,635 THAT'S NOT ON THE SIDE OF THE 1318 00:44:31,635 --> 00:44:33,637 ROAD, BUT THAT'S TRULY 1319 00:44:33,637 --> 00:44:36,440 ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. BUT 1320 00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:37,741 THE SEPA HAS BEEN WEAPONIZED FOR 1321 00:44:37,741 --> 00:44:39,276 TOO LONG. TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO 1322 00:44:39,276 --> 00:44:41,378 DON'T WANT OTHER PEOPLE 1323 00:44:41,378 --> 00:44:44,381 BUILDING SOMETHING BETTER IN 1324 00:44:44,381 --> 00:44:44,882 THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD KEEP 1325 00:44:44,882 --> 00:44:46,617 WEAPONIZING SEPA. IT'S 1326 00:44:46,617 --> 00:44:48,686 REVOLTING. SO PLEASE CONSIDER 1327 00:44:48,686 --> 00:44:51,722 AND BEWARE THE CITY COUNCILS, 1328 00:44:51,722 --> 00:44:52,656 LANDLORDS, THE LANDLORDS ON THE 1329 00:44:52,656 --> 00:44:55,259 CITY COUNCIL ARE STILL 1330 00:44:55,259 --> 00:44:55,893 BACKSTABBING THE NEXT 20 YEARS. 1331 00:44:55,893 --> 00:44:57,895 YOU NEED TO GET RID OF THE 1332 00:44:57,895 --> 00:44:58,328 RESTRICTIONS IN THE 1333 00:44:58,328 --> 00:45:00,264 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT KEPT IT 1334 00:45:00,264 --> 00:45:02,299 MINIMALIZED AND LOWER LEVEL. 1335 00:45:02,299 --> 00:45:03,934 LET'S STOP ALLOWING PEOPLE TO 1336 00:45:03,934 --> 00:45:06,437 WEAPONIZE. WHETHER IT'S THE 1337 00:45:06,437 --> 00:45:08,505 SEPA OR THE PARKING MANDATE OR 1338 00:45:08,505 --> 00:45:10,040 THE CHARACTER OF A RUNDOWN, 1339 00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,877 ANTIQUATED, DILAPIDATED 20th 1340 00:45:13,877 --> 00:45:17,514 CENTURY HOME, OR THE WHAT'S THE 1341 00:45:17,514 --> 00:45:21,285 OTHER WEAPONIZED LIKE EXCUSE FOR 1342 00:45:21,285 --> 00:45:24,254 STOPPING PEOPLE BUILDING? 1343 00:45:24,254 --> 00:45:26,824 -- WE'VE TWO ADDITIONAL 1344 00:45:26,824 --> 00:45:29,493 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, BEGINNING 1345 00:45:29,493 --> 00:45:33,564 WITH CATHY KIPLINGER, FOLLOWED 1346 00:45:33,564 --> 00:45:41,438 BY AUDREY JONES. 1347 00:45:41,672 --> 00:45:52,116 -- THANK YOU. PLEASE EXPEDITE 1348 00:45:52,983 --> 00:45:56,120 AND REFORM RATHER THAN ELIMINATE 1349 00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:58,455 THE CURRENT HEARING EXAMINER 1350 00:45:58,455 --> 00:45:58,989 APPEALS PROCESS REGARDING 1351 00:45:58,989 --> 00:46:04,762 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EIS, PLEASE 1352 00:46:04,762 --> 00:46:07,698 MOVE APPEALS TO THE FRONT OF THE 1353 00:46:07,698 --> 00:46:10,567 LINE. REQUIRE ALL APPEALS WITH 1354 00:46:10,567 --> 00:46:11,969 COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, PLAN 1355 00:46:11,969 --> 00:46:13,270 AMENDMENTS AND LAND USE 1356 00:46:13,270 --> 00:46:15,339 AFFECTING HOUSING. BE RESOLVED 1357 00:46:15,339 --> 00:46:18,008 WITHIN A SET TIME PERIOD. PLEASE 1358 00:46:18,008 --> 00:46:20,744 RETAIN THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT 1359 00:46:20,744 --> 00:46:21,311 THAT ALL COUNCIL ORIGINATED 1360 00:46:21,311 --> 00:46:22,713 BILLS HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT 1361 00:46:22,713 --> 00:46:24,515 AND NOT JUST THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 1362 00:46:24,515 --> 00:46:31,955 BILLS YEAH, PLEASE. REJECT CB 1363 00:46:31,955 --> 00:46:34,525 121215 AS IT IS WRITTEN AND FIX 1364 00:46:34,525 --> 00:46:37,561 IT. REFORM IT RATHER THAN DUMP 1365 00:46:37,561 --> 00:46:41,465 IT BECAUSE IT'S IT'S IT MAY BE 1366 00:46:41,465 --> 00:46:43,200 IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE MORE WORK 1367 00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:48,705 UP FRONT, BUT GETTING THINGS 1368 00:46:48,705 --> 00:46:50,440 RIGHT THE FIRST TIME IS 1369 00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:52,809 ULTIMATELY BETTER IN THE LONG 1370 00:46:52,809 --> 00:46:56,847 RUN. IN THE SHORT RUN, I MEAN, 1371 00:46:56,847 --> 00:46:59,483 YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T LIKE BUILD 1372 00:46:59,483 --> 00:47:01,585 A FREEWAY AND THEN SAY, OH, YOU 1373 00:47:01,585 --> 00:47:04,955 CAN ONLY, YOU CAN ONLY ARGUE 1374 00:47:04,955 --> 00:47:05,923 ABOUT IT AFTER THE FACT. THEN 1375 00:47:05,923 --> 00:47:07,958 EVEN IF THE ARGUMENT IS 1376 00:47:07,958 --> 00:47:09,359 SUCCEEDS, THEN YOU HAVE TO 1377 00:47:09,359 --> 00:47:10,727 DEMOLISH THIS FREEWAY. AND IF, 1378 00:47:10,727 --> 00:47:13,864 IF YOU'VE DEMOLISHED A MINI 1379 00:47:13,864 --> 00:47:15,632 FOREST, THAT MINI FOREST IS 1380 00:47:15,632 --> 00:47:19,403 GONE. AND AGAIN, LIKE OTHER 1381 00:47:19,403 --> 00:47:21,071 PEOPLE HAVE SAID, TEMPERATURES 1382 00:47:21,071 --> 00:47:24,775 ARE ONLY GETTING HIGHER AND 1383 00:47:24,775 --> 00:47:26,977 HIGHER. AND TOWNS ARE GETTING 1384 00:47:26,977 --> 00:47:31,949 MORE AND MORE FLOODED. SO YEAH, 1385 00:47:31,949 --> 00:47:33,317 IN MY OPINION, JUST PLEASE, 1386 00:47:33,317 --> 00:47:35,853 ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO GET 1387 00:47:35,853 --> 00:47:38,655 PEOPLE HOUSED AND KEEP THE TREES 1388 00:47:38,655 --> 00:47:40,290 IS WHAT I SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 1389 00:47:40,290 --> 00:47:41,925 -- THANK YOU 1390 00:47:41,925 --> 00:47:49,700 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE AUDREY JONES. 1391 00:47:49,700 --> 00:47:50,934 -- HI. I WASN'T PLANNING ON 1392 00:47:50,934 --> 00:47:53,737 SPEAKING, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS 1393 00:47:53,737 --> 00:47:54,371 WORTH REITERATING AN ADDITIONAL 1394 00:47:54,371 --> 00:47:55,405 TIME BECAUSE IT ONLY CAME UP 1395 00:47:55,405 --> 00:47:57,307 ONCE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS THAT 1396 00:47:57,307 --> 00:47:59,776 IT FEELS LIKE REMOVING THE 1397 00:47:59,776 --> 00:48:04,848 ABILITY TO APPEAL INCORRECT 1398 00:48:04,848 --> 00:48:06,450 ENVIRONMENTAL. STUDIES AND 1399 00:48:06,450 --> 00:48:08,018 REVIEWS IS ALSO. IN ADDITION TO 1400 00:48:08,018 --> 00:48:09,419 BEING AN OBVIOUSLY ENVIRONMENTAL 1401 00:48:09,419 --> 00:48:11,154 ISSUE, A HUGE RACIAL EQUITY 1402 00:48:11,154 --> 00:48:11,922 ISSUE. BECAUSE WHEN WE THINK 1403 00:48:11,922 --> 00:48:13,090 ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO BEAR THE 1404 00:48:13,090 --> 00:48:15,025 DOWNSTREAM CONSEQUENCES IN WHICH 1405 00:48:15,025 --> 00:48:16,026 NEIGHBORHOODS AND SPACES ARE 1406 00:48:16,026 --> 00:48:18,195 GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE 1407 00:48:18,195 --> 00:48:20,330 CONSEQUENCES OF DEVELOPERS AND 1408 00:48:20,330 --> 00:48:21,431 PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO 1409 00:48:21,431 --> 00:48:22,866 CLIMATE CHANGE, DOING THINGS 1410 00:48:22,866 --> 00:48:25,035 THAT WE KNOW CONTRIBUTE POORLY 1411 00:48:25,035 --> 00:48:26,236 TO NEGATIVES, POORLY TO 1412 00:48:26,236 --> 00:48:27,971 NEIGHBORHOODS, AND TO OUR 1413 00:48:27,971 --> 00:48:29,006 ECONOMIES. WHERE ARE THOSE 1414 00:48:29,006 --> 00:48:30,207 SPACES GOING TO GO, AND WHO ARE 1415 00:48:30,207 --> 00:48:31,708 THOSE PEOPLE GOING TO BE? IT'S 1416 00:48:31,708 --> 00:48:33,043 NOT GOING TO BE THE RICHEST 1417 00:48:33,043 --> 00:48:34,478 AMONG US, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO 1418 00:48:34,478 --> 00:48:35,145 BE THE WHITEST AMONG US. AND 1419 00:48:35,145 --> 00:48:36,446 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PEOPLE 1420 00:48:36,446 --> 00:48:39,182 THAT CAN AFFORD TO ENGAGE WITH 1421 00:48:39,182 --> 00:48:39,816 THE PROCESS THROUGHOUT. IT'S 1422 00:48:39,816 --> 00:48:42,486 GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE 1423 00:48:42,486 --> 00:48:44,354 SEEING THESE THINGS HAPPEN IN 1424 00:48:44,354 --> 00:48:46,390 THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ARE ABLE 1425 00:48:46,390 --> 00:48:47,724 TO MOBILIZE IN THEIR ADDITIONAL 1426 00:48:47,724 --> 00:48:50,260 TIME, IN THEIR AFTER HOURS TIME. 1427 00:48:50,260 --> 00:48:51,795 AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, 1428 00:48:51,795 --> 00:48:56,033 IT SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN STILL 1429 00:48:56,033 --> 00:48:56,667 EXPEDITE THE PROCEDURAL PROCESS 1430 00:48:56,667 --> 00:48:58,201 WHILE MAINTAINING A SPACE FOR 1431 00:48:58,201 --> 00:48:59,236 PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO APPEAL AND 1432 00:48:59,236 --> 00:49:01,505 PROTECT THEIR HOMES AND THEIR 1433 00:49:01,505 --> 00:49:03,473 NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR HEALTH. 1434 00:49:03,473 --> 00:49:09,780 SO YEAH, THAT'S ALL. 1435 00:49:09,780 --> 00:49:10,113 -- THANK YOU. 1436 00:49:10,113 --> 00:49:11,748 -- THAT IS OUR LAST SPEAKER FOR 1437 00:49:11,748 --> 00:49:16,119 PUBLIC COMMENT 1438 00:49:16,119 --> 00:49:21,325 -- OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. AS THERE 1439 00:49:21,325 --> 00:49:23,393 ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS WILL 1440 00:49:23,393 --> 00:49:24,895 NOW PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF 1441 00:49:24,895 --> 00:49:29,666 BUSINESS LET'S SEE. SO WE'LL 1442 00:49:29,666 --> 00:49:30,801 NOW MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF 1443 00:49:30,801 --> 00:49:31,935 BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1444 00:49:31,935 --> 00:49:32,936 READ AGENDA ITEM ONE. 1445 00:49:32,936 --> 00:49:34,371 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE DATA CENTER 1446 00:49:34,371 --> 00:49:39,776 MORATORIUM ORDINANCE 127447. 1447 00:49:39,776 --> 00:49:40,310 PUBLIC HEARING FOR PUBLIC 1448 00:49:40,310 --> 00:49:42,079 HEARING 1449 00:49:42,079 --> 00:49:43,447 -- OKAY, SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO 1450 00:49:43,447 --> 00:49:44,548 OUR PUBLIC HEARING. OUR FIRST 1451 00:49:44,548 --> 00:49:46,550 PUBLIC HEARING AS PRESIDING 1452 00:49:46,550 --> 00:49:47,718 OFFICER. I'M NOW OPENING THE 1453 00:49:47,718 --> 00:49:49,786 PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 1454 00:49:49,786 --> 00:49:52,022 127447 REGARDING THE DATA CENTER 1455 00:49:52,022 --> 00:49:52,656 MORATORIUM. CLERK, HOW MANY 1456 00:49:52,656 --> 00:49:54,791 SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP FOR THIS 1457 00:49:54,791 --> 00:49:55,158 PUBLIC HEARING? 1458 00:49:55,158 --> 00:49:56,793 -- WE HAVE SIX SPEAKERS AND 1459 00:49:56,793 --> 00:49:59,629 SEVEN IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. 1460 00:49:59,629 --> 00:50:02,299 -- OKAY. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE 1461 00:50:02,299 --> 00:50:04,034 PROVIDED TWO MINUTES. CLERK I 1462 00:50:04,034 --> 00:50:06,103 WILL NOW HAND THIS OVER TO YOU 1463 00:50:06,103 --> 00:50:09,239 TO PRESENT THE INSTRUCTIONS 1464 00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:09,873 -- SPEAKERS WILL CALL WILL BE 1465 00:50:09,873 --> 00:50:12,242 CALLED IN THE ORDER OF 1466 00:50:12,242 --> 00:50:12,876 REGISTRATION IN PERSON. SPEAKERS 1467 00:50:12,876 --> 00:50:14,144 WILL BE CALLED FIRST, FOLLOWED 1468 00:50:14,144 --> 00:50:17,514 BY REMOTE SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC 1469 00:50:17,514 --> 00:50:18,148 HEARING REGISTRATION WILL REMAIN 1470 00:50:18,148 --> 00:50:19,383 OPEN UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE 1471 00:50:19,383 --> 00:50:21,184 PUBLIC HEARING. THE SAME PUBLIC 1472 00:50:21,184 --> 00:50:22,152 COMMENT RULES APPLY TO THIS 1473 00:50:22,152 --> 00:50:23,286 PUBLIC HEARING. A TEN SECOND 1474 00:50:23,286 --> 00:50:24,087 TIME WILL BE YOUR NOTICE THAT IT 1475 00:50:24,087 --> 00:50:26,957 IS TIME TO WRAP UP COMMENTS. 1476 00:50:26,957 --> 00:50:27,758 SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE MUTED AT 1477 00:50:27,758 --> 00:50:30,427 THE END OF THEIR ALLOTTED TIME. 1478 00:50:30,427 --> 00:50:32,963 PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO 1479 00:50:32,963 --> 00:50:34,131 ORDINANCE 127447. THE DATA 1480 00:50:34,131 --> 00:50:35,198 CENTER MORATORIUM IS ONLY BEING 1481 00:50:35,198 --> 00:50:36,633 ACCEPTED AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 1482 00:50:36,633 --> 00:50:38,201 SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO BEGIN 1483 00:50:38,201 --> 00:50:41,371 THEIR COMMENTS BY STATING THEIR 1484 00:50:41,371 --> 00:50:48,445 NAME. WE WILL BEGIN WITH DAVE 1485 00:50:48,445 --> 00:50:50,981 GALLAGHER. MY APOLOGIES. WE'LL 1486 00:50:50,981 --> 00:50:52,282 BEGIN WITH GIULIANA BERNARDO, 1487 00:50:52,282 --> 00:50:56,586 FOLLOWED BY JEFF SLOAN, CAROLINE 1488 00:50:56,586 --> 00:51:04,528 RUSSELL AND STEVE. 1489 00:51:04,761 --> 00:51:06,530 -- GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1490 00:51:06,530 --> 00:51:08,865 MY NAME IS GIULIANA BERNARDO. 1491 00:51:08,865 --> 00:51:10,867 I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1492 00:51:10,867 --> 00:51:12,869 THREE AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL 1493 00:51:12,869 --> 00:51:15,238 JUSTICE ADVOCATE. I AM 1494 00:51:15,238 --> 00:51:15,772 INTERESTED IN HYPER LOCAL 1495 00:51:15,772 --> 00:51:17,374 INSTANCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL 1496 00:51:17,374 --> 00:51:18,575 RACISM HERE IN THE CITY OF 1497 00:51:18,575 --> 00:51:21,244 SEATTLE. COUNCILMEMBER 1498 00:51:21,244 --> 00:51:21,878 HOLLINGSWORTH. WE ACTUALLY KNOW 1499 00:51:21,878 --> 00:51:22,846 EACH OTHER FROM MY WORK AT 1500 00:51:22,846 --> 00:51:24,781 CHERRY STREET FARM, WHERE I 1501 00:51:24,781 --> 00:51:26,750 DEVELOP YOUTH CURRICULUM AROUND 1502 00:51:26,750 --> 00:51:29,085 THE INTERSECTION OF 1503 00:51:29,085 --> 00:51:29,719 GENTRIFICATION AND FOOD JUSTICE 1504 00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:31,955 IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT. I'M 1505 00:51:31,955 --> 00:51:33,457 HERE TODAY BECAUSE I AM 1506 00:51:33,457 --> 00:51:37,194 CONCERNED THAT THE WORK PLAN FOR 1507 00:51:37,194 --> 00:51:37,761 SDCI LACKS NEW INFORMATION 1508 00:51:37,761 --> 00:51:42,699 DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS DURING 1509 00:51:42,699 --> 00:51:44,434 PERMITTING. NEW DATA CENTERS 1510 00:51:44,434 --> 00:51:45,469 BUILT IN SOUTH SEATTLE AND 1511 00:51:45,469 --> 00:51:47,737 TUKWILA WILL. WILL EXPOSE OUR 1512 00:51:47,737 --> 00:51:50,540 NEIGHBORS TO HEAT ISLANDS AND AN 1513 00:51:50,540 --> 00:51:54,211 INCREASED AIR, WATER, NOISE AND 1514 00:51:54,211 --> 00:51:54,744 LIGHT POLLUTION, CAUSING 1515 00:51:54,744 --> 00:51:55,579 SIGNIFICANT RISKS TO THEIR 1516 00:51:55,579 --> 00:51:58,248 HEALTH. THESE ARE PREDOMINANTLY 1517 00:51:58,248 --> 00:52:00,650 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND WITHOUT 1518 00:52:00,650 --> 00:52:02,586 REQUIRING THE ADEQUATE 1519 00:52:02,586 --> 00:52:03,954 TRANSPARENCY OF POTENTIAL HARM 1520 00:52:03,954 --> 00:52:05,655 DURING ALL STAGES OF THE 1521 00:52:05,655 --> 00:52:07,991 PERMITTING PROCESS, THIS COUNCIL 1522 00:52:07,991 --> 00:52:10,427 DISEMPOWERS OUR NEIGHBORS FROM 1523 00:52:10,427 --> 00:52:12,863 MEANINGFUL INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR 1524 00:52:12,863 --> 00:52:13,463 EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND 1525 00:52:13,463 --> 00:52:17,334 HEALTH HAZARDS. THIS IS IN 1526 00:52:17,334 --> 00:52:17,868 DIRECT CONFLICT WITH YOUR 1527 00:52:17,868 --> 00:52:19,369 PROMISE. COMMITMENT TO 1528 00:52:19,369 --> 00:52:20,971 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. I URGE 1529 00:52:20,971 --> 00:52:23,340 YOU TO INCLUDE FULL PUBLIC 1530 00:52:23,340 --> 00:52:24,875 DISCLOSURE IN THE WORK PLAN THAT 1531 00:52:24,875 --> 00:52:27,644 INCLUDES DISCUSSION, EXPECTED 1532 00:52:27,644 --> 00:52:29,880 IMPACTS ON A NEIGHBORHOOD BY 1533 00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:32,382 NEIGHBORHOOD BASIS, AND 1534 00:52:32,382 --> 00:52:36,553 MECHANISMS FOR DENYING PERMITS 1535 00:52:36,553 --> 00:52:37,187 BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 1536 00:52:37,187 --> 00:52:37,754 CONSIDERATIONS. THANK YOU. 1537 00:52:37,754 --> 00:52:40,223 -- THANK YOU. 1538 00:52:40,223 --> 00:52:42,425 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE JEFF SLOANE, 1539 00:52:42,425 --> 00:52:44,561 FOLLOWED BY CAROLYN RUSSELL. 1540 00:52:44,561 --> 00:52:46,129 STEVE, I'M SO SORRY. YEP. 1541 00:52:46,129 --> 00:52:48,131 SORRY. FOLLOWED BY CAROLYN 1542 00:52:48,131 --> 00:52:52,569 RUSSELL, STEVE RUSSELL AND DAVE 1543 00:52:52,569 --> 00:52:52,936 GLOVER. 1544 00:52:52,936 --> 00:52:58,642 -- HI, I'M JEFF SLOANE, 1545 00:52:58,642 --> 00:52:59,543 RETIRED. MOST OF US WOULD LIKE 1546 00:52:59,543 --> 00:53:01,878 TO SEE LARGE NATURAL GAS USERS 1547 00:53:01,878 --> 00:53:06,216 STOP CONTRIBUTING TO ATMOSPHERIC 1548 00:53:06,216 --> 00:53:07,751 CHANGE. IF THESE NEW PROPOSED 1549 00:53:07,751 --> 00:53:09,920 SEATTLE DATA CENTERS COULD HELP 1550 00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:10,887 REDUCE NATURAL GAS USE 1551 00:53:10,887 --> 00:53:13,156 AFFORDABLY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 1552 00:53:13,156 --> 00:53:14,257 NOW WE HAVE A YEAR LONG DATA 1553 00:53:14,257 --> 00:53:16,259 CENTER MORATORIUM TO CONSIDER 1554 00:53:16,259 --> 00:53:19,729 ALL IDEAS. AS YOU KNOW, DATA 1555 00:53:19,729 --> 00:53:20,363 CENTERS ARE EXTREMELY RELIABLE 1556 00:53:20,363 --> 00:53:22,132 ELECTRIC HEATERS THAT DON'T CARE 1557 00:53:22,132 --> 00:53:23,266 PRECISELY WHERE THEY'RE PLACED, 1558 00:53:23,266 --> 00:53:24,801 AS LONG AS THE UTILITIES AND 1559 00:53:24,801 --> 00:53:27,938 COSTS WORK OUT. DISTRICT HEATING 1560 00:53:27,938 --> 00:53:29,105 SYSTEMS CAN DELIVER HEAT 1561 00:53:29,105 --> 00:53:30,974 AFFORDABLY, BUT PLANNING AND 1562 00:53:30,974 --> 00:53:33,510 BUILDING THE UNDERGROUND PIPING 1563 00:53:33,510 --> 00:53:35,078 IS EXPENSIVE, SO WHERE IS THERE 1564 00:53:35,078 --> 00:53:37,080 UNDERGROUND PIPING ALREADY 1565 00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:38,014 INSTALLED AND WORKING NOW? AND 1566 00:53:38,014 --> 00:53:41,751 COULD THOSE EXISTING PIPING 1567 00:53:41,751 --> 00:53:42,786 SYSTEMS BE ECONOMICALLY SWITCHED 1568 00:53:42,786 --> 00:53:45,889 AWAY FROM THEIR NATURAL GAS USE? 1569 00:53:45,889 --> 00:53:48,558 LOOK, WE LURE CARGO SHIPS TO OUR 1570 00:53:48,558 --> 00:53:49,859 MARINE PORTS, AND WE LURE 1571 00:53:49,859 --> 00:53:51,895 AIRLINES TO OUR AIRPORTS AS 1572 00:53:51,895 --> 00:53:53,597 PUBLICLY FINANCED, PROFITABLE 1573 00:53:53,597 --> 00:53:56,066 VENTURES. RIGHT EVEN THOUGH 1574 00:53:56,066 --> 00:53:58,068 AIRPLANES AND BOATS HAVE EVOLVED 1575 00:53:58,068 --> 00:53:59,002 SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE YEARS, 1576 00:53:59,002 --> 00:54:00,870 THE PORT OF SEATTLE KEEPS UP 1577 00:54:00,870 --> 00:54:04,174 WITH CHANGES WHY NOT JUST 1578 00:54:04,174 --> 00:54:06,042 OUTRIGHT LURE AN APPROPRIATELY 1579 00:54:06,042 --> 00:54:08,244 SIZED DATA CENTER NEAR EACH 1580 00:54:08,244 --> 00:54:10,080 LARGE STEAM HEATING SYSTEMS 1581 00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:12,182 BOILER ROOM TO ACCOMPLISH OUR 1582 00:54:12,182 --> 00:54:13,984 CLIMATE GOALS? VERY QUICKLY? 1583 00:54:13,984 --> 00:54:15,352 WHAT IF THAT WAS GOOD FOR 1584 00:54:15,352 --> 00:54:17,120 BUSINESSES AND SAVED THE CITY 1585 00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:19,823 MONEY AND TIME, AND AVOIDED GAS 1586 00:54:19,823 --> 00:54:23,159 AND WATER USE AND EMISSIONS? 1587 00:54:23,159 --> 00:54:25,595 SEATTLE COULD CALL THESE SITES 1588 00:54:25,595 --> 00:54:26,830 HEAT, PORTS AND AUCTION FOR A 1589 00:54:26,830 --> 00:54:27,931 TENANT FROM A LIST OF 1590 00:54:27,931 --> 00:54:30,533 PRE-APPROVED DATA CENTER 1591 00:54:30,533 --> 00:54:31,801 BUSINESSES. DOESN'T 1592 00:54:31,801 --> 00:54:32,435 STRATEGICALLY LOCATING THE DATA 1593 00:54:32,435 --> 00:54:33,703 CENTERS MAKES ECONOMIC SENSE, 1594 00:54:33,703 --> 00:54:35,605 STARTING WITH DECARBONIZING THE 1595 00:54:35,605 --> 00:54:37,140 CITY'S LARGEST NATURAL GAS 1596 00:54:37,140 --> 00:54:39,109 ACCOUNT, THE SEATTLE CENTER 1597 00:54:39,109 --> 00:54:40,377 STEAM PLANT, WHERE WE SPENT 1598 00:54:40,377 --> 00:54:42,579 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS 1599 00:54:42,579 --> 00:54:45,949 PER YEAR ON HEAT, FOSSIL FUELS. 1600 00:54:45,949 --> 00:54:47,884 SO PLAN A IS TO ABANDON THE 1601 00:54:47,884 --> 00:54:49,085 STEAM PIPES, UPGRADE CAMPUS 1602 00:54:49,085 --> 00:54:49,753 ELECTRICAL, AND FIGURE OUT AIR 1603 00:54:49,753 --> 00:54:52,088 TO AIR HEAT PUMP SOLUTIONS 1604 00:54:52,088 --> 00:54:53,089 UNIQUELY PER BUILDING, AS HAS 1605 00:54:53,089 --> 00:54:54,090 OCCURRED AT CLIMATE PLEDGE 1606 00:54:54,090 --> 00:54:54,991 ARENA. CONSIDER PLAN B, WHERE 1607 00:54:54,991 --> 00:54:57,027 THE CAMPUS BUILDINGS REMAIN 1608 00:54:57,027 --> 00:54:58,895 INTACT. MAINTAIN YOUR 1609 00:54:58,895 --> 00:54:59,529 UNDERGROUND PIPING NETWORK ALL 1610 00:54:59,529 --> 00:55:00,730 YOUR ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION AS 1611 00:55:00,730 --> 00:55:02,298 IS AND JUST CHANGE THE STEAM 1612 00:55:02,298 --> 00:55:04,300 SOURCE DETAILS. 1613 00:55:04,300 --> 00:55:05,101 -- THANK YOU. YEAH, YOU CAN 1614 00:55:05,101 --> 00:55:08,638 LEAVE THEM IN THE BOX. THANK YOU 1615 00:55:08,638 --> 00:55:08,905 SO MUCH. 1616 00:55:08,905 --> 00:55:10,473 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE CAROLINE 1617 00:55:10,473 --> 00:55:11,207 RUSSELL, FOLLOWED BY STEVE, 1618 00:55:11,207 --> 00:55:14,110 DAVE, LAUREN REDFIELD AND AGATHA 1619 00:55:14,110 --> 00:55:15,145 NOLAN. 1620 00:55:15,145 --> 00:55:16,379 -- HI, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS 1621 00:55:16,379 --> 00:55:17,547 CAROLINE RUSSELL. I AM A 1622 00:55:17,547 --> 00:55:19,616 DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT AND 1623 00:55:19,616 --> 00:55:20,817 CLIMATE JUSTICE ACTIVIST. I'M 1624 00:55:20,817 --> 00:55:22,585 HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'M DEEPLY 1625 00:55:22,585 --> 00:55:23,153 CONCERNED ABOUT THE GLOBAL 1626 00:55:23,153 --> 00:55:24,387 EXPANSION OF DATA CENTERS AND 1627 00:55:24,387 --> 00:55:25,655 THE IMPACT OF AI ON OUR 1628 00:55:25,655 --> 00:55:27,724 COMMUNITIES AND ON OUR PLANET. 1629 00:55:27,724 --> 00:55:28,692 DEFENDERS OF DATA CENTERS WILL 1630 00:55:28,692 --> 00:55:30,060 TELL YOU THAT THEY CAN RELY ON 1631 00:55:30,060 --> 00:55:31,027 SOME RENEWABLE POWER, BUT THE 1632 00:55:31,027 --> 00:55:32,629 CURRENT WORK PLAN FOR THIS 1633 00:55:32,629 --> 00:55:33,797 LEGISLATION DOESN'T REQUIRE THEM 1634 00:55:33,797 --> 00:55:35,198 TO USE ANY NEW RENEWABLES. IF 1635 00:55:35,198 --> 00:55:37,534 DATA CENTERS USE SEATTLE 1636 00:55:37,534 --> 00:55:38,201 SEATTLEITES GREEN HYDRO, THERE 1637 00:55:38,201 --> 00:55:39,302 WILL BE LESS FOR THE REST OF US 1638 00:55:39,302 --> 00:55:40,270 AND LESS FOR US TO SELL ON POWER 1639 00:55:40,270 --> 00:55:42,605 MARKETS TO OUR NEIGHBORS. THIS 1640 00:55:42,605 --> 00:55:43,239 INEVITABLY WILL RESULT IN THE 1641 00:55:43,239 --> 00:55:46,710 USE OF FOSSIL FUELS, THE HIGH 1642 00:55:46,710 --> 00:55:47,610 ENERGY COSTS IN THE REGION, AND 1643 00:55:47,610 --> 00:55:51,715 WILL ALSO SEE WORSENING 1644 00:55:51,715 --> 00:55:52,315 POLLUTION IN OUR CITY AND IN 1645 00:55:52,315 --> 00:55:53,216 WASHINGTON STATE IN GENERAL, 1646 00:55:53,216 --> 00:55:55,185 PUSHING US FURTHER AND FURTHER 1647 00:55:55,185 --> 00:55:56,720 FROM REACHING OUR CLIMATE GOALS. 1648 00:55:56,720 --> 00:55:58,154 AT MINIMUM, WE MUST REQUIRE THE 1649 00:55:58,154 --> 00:55:59,422 DATA CENTERS PAY FOR NEW 1650 00:55:59,422 --> 00:56:00,390 RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ALL 1651 00:56:00,390 --> 00:56:01,591 ASSOCIATED GRID COSTS, AND DO 1652 00:56:01,591 --> 00:56:03,860 NOT USE OUR GREEN HYDRO. BUT 1653 00:56:03,860 --> 00:56:05,228 ULTIMATELY, I FEEL THE ONLY WAY 1654 00:56:05,228 --> 00:56:05,862 WE CAN PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES 1655 00:56:05,862 --> 00:56:06,896 AND MEET OUR STATE'S CLIMATE 1656 00:56:06,896 --> 00:56:09,132 GOALS IS TO BAN DATA CENTERS 1657 00:56:09,132 --> 00:56:10,967 ENTIRELY. THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS 1658 00:56:10,967 --> 00:56:12,335 A HISTORIC LEADER IN PASSING 1659 00:56:12,335 --> 00:56:13,903 BOLD, PROGRESSIVE POLICY. WE 1660 00:56:13,903 --> 00:56:15,505 WERE A LEADER IN PASSING THIS 1661 00:56:15,505 --> 00:56:16,806 DATA CENTER MORATORIUM AND MANY 1662 00:56:16,806 --> 00:56:17,407 OTHER PUGET SOUND COMMUNITIES 1663 00:56:17,407 --> 00:56:19,376 HAVE FOLLOWED OUR LEAD. I AM 1664 00:56:19,376 --> 00:56:20,810 ASKING YOU TO FOLLOW TACOMA'S 1665 00:56:20,810 --> 00:56:22,178 LEAD AND BAN DATA CENTERS 1666 00:56:22,178 --> 00:56:22,445 ENTIRELY. 1667 00:56:22,445 --> 00:56:22,712 -- THANK. 1668 00:56:22,712 --> 00:56:26,015 -- YOU. 1669 00:56:26,015 --> 00:56:26,349 -- THANK YOU. 1670 00:56:26,349 --> 00:56:30,687 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE STEVE. 1671 00:56:30,687 --> 00:56:32,155 -- YEAH, WE NEED IT BETTER. 1672 00:56:32,155 --> 00:56:34,023 SEATTLE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE 1673 00:56:34,023 --> 00:56:36,793 COULD DO IS ADJUST OUR RATES FOR 1674 00:56:36,793 --> 00:56:38,628 ELECTRICITY, WHICH WE KNOW EACH 1675 00:56:38,628 --> 00:56:43,066 MARGINAL UNIT COSTS MORE. AND IF 1676 00:56:43,066 --> 00:56:47,203 WE HAD A SYSTEM WHERE YOU PAID 1677 00:56:47,203 --> 00:56:49,773 HUGELY FOR IMMENSE USE OF 1678 00:56:49,773 --> 00:56:52,041 ELECTRICITY, INSTEAD OF GIVING 1679 00:56:52,041 --> 00:56:54,010 DISCOUNTS FOR IMMENSE USE OF 1680 00:56:54,010 --> 00:56:55,578 ELECTRICITY, WE MIGHT SOLVE A 1681 00:56:55,578 --> 00:56:58,414 LOT OF THE PROBLEMS OF DATA 1682 00:56:58,414 --> 00:56:59,883 CENTERS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING. 1683 00:56:59,883 --> 00:57:02,185 YOU KNOW, IF YOUR COST OF WATER 1684 00:57:02,185 --> 00:57:03,620 IS HIGH, YOU MAY WANT TO SEE 1685 00:57:03,620 --> 00:57:08,124 WAYS TO RECYCLE IT. IF YOU HAVE 1686 00:57:08,124 --> 00:57:09,392 HIGH COSTS FOR MASSIVE USE OF 1687 00:57:09,392 --> 00:57:11,227 ELECTRICITY, IN THIS CASE, NOT 1688 00:57:11,227 --> 00:57:14,364 TOO MANY JOBS AFTER COMPLETION, 1689 00:57:14,364 --> 00:57:17,200 YOU MIGHT SEE PEOPLE ACTUALLY 1690 00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:20,103 PRODUCING ELECTRICITY. WITH ALL 1691 00:57:20,103 --> 00:57:23,139 THAT HEAT AT ONE TIME. I THINK 1692 00:57:23,139 --> 00:57:24,941 IN RESPECT TO THE SOLAR WE USED 1693 00:57:24,941 --> 00:57:28,044 TO, GOVERNMENT USED TO ENCOURAGE 1694 00:57:28,044 --> 00:57:30,780 AND DEMAND THAT UTILITIES BOUGHT 1695 00:57:30,780 --> 00:57:33,016 THE ELECTRICITY OF SOME PEOPLE 1696 00:57:33,016 --> 00:57:34,884 HAD A WAY OF PRODUCING IT. WELL, 1697 00:57:34,884 --> 00:57:37,420 IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE 1698 00:57:37,420 --> 00:57:41,991 LOOKING THAT WAY. WE AGAIN, ARE 1699 00:57:41,991 --> 00:57:44,627 USING THE GOOD REPUBLICAN 1700 00:57:44,627 --> 00:57:46,830 PRINCIPLES OF DEREGULATION. 1701 00:57:46,830 --> 00:57:48,298 DON'T WORRY, THE MARKETPLACE 1702 00:57:48,298 --> 00:57:49,432 WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. WELL, 1703 00:57:49,432 --> 00:57:52,168 IT'S NOT JUST LIKE IN HOUSING. 1704 00:57:52,168 --> 00:57:54,204 THE MARKETPLACE IS TAKING 1705 00:57:54,204 --> 00:57:55,905 ADVANTAGE OF EVERY SUBSIDY, 1706 00:57:55,905 --> 00:57:57,540 EVERY DOLLAR IT CAN MAKE. SO 1707 00:57:57,540 --> 00:58:01,044 WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO MAKE 1708 00:58:01,044 --> 00:58:03,146 IT SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE MAKING 1709 00:58:03,146 --> 00:58:04,380 MONEY, THEY'RE DOING GOOD 1710 00:58:04,380 --> 00:58:06,449 THINGS. IF YOU SIMPLY MAKE A WAY 1711 00:58:06,449 --> 00:58:09,485 FOR THEM TO MAKE MONEY AND DO 1712 00:58:09,485 --> 00:58:10,320 BAD THINGS, YEAH, THEY'LL DO IT. 1713 00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:12,722 NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THEY'RE 1714 00:58:12,722 --> 00:58:14,891 BAD PEOPLE, BECAUSE AS MANY 1715 00:58:14,891 --> 00:58:16,793 REPUBLICANS SAY, THE LOYALTY OF 1716 00:58:16,793 --> 00:58:17,760 THE CORPORATION IS TO MAKE AS 1717 00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:20,630 MUCH MONEY AS IT CAN FOR THE 1718 00:58:20,630 --> 00:58:22,098 STOCKHOLDERS. AND DOES IT REALLY 1719 00:58:22,098 --> 00:58:23,132 MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO THE REST 1720 00:58:23,132 --> 00:58:28,671 OF US? NOT A BIT. SO LET'S PUT 1721 00:58:28,671 --> 00:58:32,141 GOOD THINGS IN THEIR CORPORATE 1722 00:58:32,141 --> 00:58:34,477 ETHOS OF MAKING MONEY, AND WE'LL 1723 00:58:34,477 --> 00:58:35,311 HAVE THAT PROMISE. 1724 00:58:35,311 --> 00:58:37,213 -- THANK YOU. STEVE. 1725 00:58:37,213 --> 00:58:38,248 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE DAVE 1726 00:58:38,248 --> 00:58:42,819 GALLAGHER, FOLLOWED BY LAUREN 1727 00:58:42,819 --> 00:58:43,386 REDFIELD AND AGATHA NOLAN. 1728 00:58:43,386 --> 00:58:46,322 -- GOOD MORNING AGAIN, COUNCIL. 1729 00:58:46,322 --> 00:58:47,657 I WANT TO SAY I SUPPORT THE DATA 1730 00:58:47,657 --> 00:58:49,158 CENTER MORATORIUM. I THINK IT'S 1731 00:58:49,158 --> 00:58:50,994 ABSURD THAT WE WOULD SUPPORT 1732 00:58:50,994 --> 00:58:53,463 THIS AND AFFECT OUR ENVIRONMENT. 1733 00:58:53,463 --> 00:58:55,265 BUT 12, 12, 15 OPENS THE DOOR TO 1734 00:58:55,265 --> 00:58:57,367 THIS HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. 1735 00:58:57,367 --> 00:58:59,035 YOU CAN SAY IT WON'T HAPPEN 1736 00:58:59,035 --> 00:59:00,336 NOW, BUT SOMETIMES SOMEBODY WITH 1737 00:59:00,336 --> 00:59:02,906 BIG POCKETS WILL COME THROUGH 1738 00:59:02,906 --> 00:59:05,475 AND SUBMIT A PLAN THAT IS VERY 1739 00:59:05,475 --> 00:59:06,843 UNSUSTAINABLE TO OUR CITY. AND 1740 00:59:06,843 --> 00:59:09,479 THERE'S NO ROUTE FOR THE CITY 1741 00:59:09,479 --> 00:59:11,114 CITIZENS TO APPEAL THAT. SO I 1742 00:59:11,114 --> 00:59:14,550 ASK YOU, IN THE NAME OF THE DATA 1743 00:59:14,550 --> 00:59:16,052 CENTER MORATORIUM, TO HAVE A 1744 00:59:16,052 --> 00:59:17,820 SUBSTITUTE BILL FOR 12, 12, 15, 1745 00:59:17,820 --> 00:59:20,223 AND WE HEAR COMMENTS LIKE FROM 1746 00:59:20,223 --> 00:59:22,191 THE DEVELOPERS, OH, WE NEED 1747 00:59:22,191 --> 00:59:23,159 HOUSING OF ALL TYPES. WELL, 1748 00:59:23,159 --> 00:59:24,360 WHERE IS THAT? WHERE'S ALL THAT 1749 00:59:24,360 --> 00:59:26,796 HOUSING OF ALL TYPES? IF IT'S 1750 00:59:26,796 --> 00:59:29,332 IF WE NEED NEW HOUSING, WHY ARE 1751 00:59:29,332 --> 00:59:30,366 THERE 13,000 AVAILABLE APARTMENT 1752 00:59:30,366 --> 00:59:31,501 BUILDINGS IN THIS CITY? WHERE'S 1753 00:59:31,501 --> 00:59:33,636 THE BIG NEED FOR THAT? THAT'S 1754 00:59:33,636 --> 00:59:35,138 WHY PERMITTING IS DOWN. IT'S NOT 1755 00:59:35,138 --> 00:59:37,574 BECAUSE IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE FOR 1756 00:59:37,574 --> 00:59:38,174 THE DEVELOPER. IT'S BECAUSE 1757 00:59:38,174 --> 00:59:39,275 THERE'S NOT A NEED FOR IT RIGHT 1758 00:59:39,275 --> 00:59:40,743 NOW. AND THE DEVELOPERS BUILT 1759 00:59:40,743 --> 00:59:42,579 ALL THESE TOWNHOUSES THAT 1760 00:59:42,579 --> 00:59:43,713 AREN'T AFFORDABLE FOR THE 1761 00:59:43,713 --> 00:59:46,416 AVERAGE CITIZEN. THEY'RE 1762 00:59:46,416 --> 00:59:47,050 AVAILABLE. THEY'RE AFFORDABLE 1763 00:59:47,050 --> 00:59:48,351 FOR PEOPLE THAT WORK AT TECH 1764 00:59:48,351 --> 00:59:50,219 PLACES. AND THERE'S LAYOFFS 1765 00:59:50,219 --> 00:59:53,489 THERE. SO I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT 1766 00:59:53,489 --> 00:59:55,224 THE DATA CENTER MORATORIUM AND 1767 00:59:55,224 --> 00:59:56,392 HAVE A SUBSTITUTE BILL FOR 12, 1768 00:59:56,392 --> 00:59:58,294 12, 15. THANK YOU. 1769 00:59:58,294 --> 01:00:05,902 -- THANK YOU 1770 01:00:06,135 --> 01:00:08,237 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1771 01:00:08,237 --> 01:00:08,871 LAUREN REDFIELD, DISTRICT SIX, 1772 01:00:08,871 --> 01:00:10,773 ONE OF THE LEAD ORGANIZERS 1773 01:00:10,773 --> 01:00:11,641 -- TO THE WASHINGTON EYE 1774 01:00:11,641 --> 01:00:13,242 RESISTANCE. I'M PLEASED THAT 1775 01:00:13,242 --> 01:00:14,444 SEATTLE'S LEADERSHIP HAS 1776 01:00:14,444 --> 01:00:15,011 INSPIRED SNOHOMISH COUNTY, 1777 01:00:15,011 --> 01:00:16,679 BURIEN, TACOMA, SPOKANE AND 1778 01:00:16,679 --> 01:00:18,014 FEDERAL WAY TO PURSUE SIMILAR 1779 01:00:18,014 --> 01:00:18,815 DATA CENTER MORATORIUMS. 1780 01:00:18,815 --> 01:00:20,383 MEANWHILE, COMMUNITIES IN 1781 01:00:20,383 --> 01:00:21,484 WENATCHEE, WALLA WALLA AND 1782 01:00:21,484 --> 01:00:22,118 TRI-CITIES HAVE LAUNCHED THEIR 1783 01:00:22,118 --> 01:00:24,621 OWN MORATORIUM CAMPAIGNS. THIS 1784 01:00:24,621 --> 01:00:25,188 DEMONSTRATES THAT THIS IS A 1785 01:00:25,188 --> 01:00:26,756 STATEWIDE ISSUE AND REQUIRES A 1786 01:00:26,756 --> 01:00:27,991 STATEWIDE MORATORIUM THAT WAS 1787 01:00:27,991 --> 01:00:30,226 JUST PASSED IN NEW YORK. AS YOU 1788 01:00:30,226 --> 01:00:31,294 DEVELOP THE WORKPLAN, PLEASE 1789 01:00:31,294 --> 01:00:32,996 CENTER ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. 1790 01:00:32,996 --> 01:00:33,930 NEW DATA CENTERS IN OUR AREA 1791 01:00:33,930 --> 01:00:35,632 WOULD LIKELY BE CONCENTRATED IN 1792 01:00:35,632 --> 01:00:37,300 SOUTH SEATTLE OR PUSHED TO 1793 01:00:37,300 --> 01:00:39,135 TUKWILA. ADDING TO THE 1794 01:00:39,135 --> 01:00:39,736 CUMULATIVE POLLUTION BURDENS 1795 01:00:39,736 --> 01:00:40,370 ALREADY FACED BY THE COMMUNITIES 1796 01:00:40,370 --> 01:00:42,805 THAT DUWAMISH SUPERFUND SITES. 1797 01:00:42,805 --> 01:00:44,540 THE WORK PLAN SHOULD ALSO 1798 01:00:44,540 --> 01:00:45,842 COORDINATE LARGE LOAD GROWTH 1799 01:00:45,842 --> 01:00:47,210 WITH LONG TERM CUMULATIVE CLEAN 1800 01:00:47,210 --> 01:00:47,944 ENERGY PLANNING, AND CONSIDER 1801 01:00:47,944 --> 01:00:49,045 PROTECTIONS AGAINST STRANDED 1802 01:00:49,045 --> 01:00:51,247 ASSETS. OF THIS LARGELY 1803 01:00:51,247 --> 01:00:52,915 SPECULATIVE INDUSTRY. EVEN IF WE 1804 01:00:52,915 --> 01:00:53,650 COULD OBTAIN THE CLEAN ENERGY 1805 01:00:53,650 --> 01:00:55,985 NEEDED FOR DATA CENTERS OR 1806 01:00:55,985 --> 01:00:57,620 CREATE INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS AS A 1807 01:00:57,620 --> 01:00:58,154 PREVIOUS PREVIOUS SPEAKER 1808 01:00:58,154 --> 01:01:00,790 ALLUDED TO, WE NEED TO CONSIDER 1809 01:01:00,790 --> 01:01:02,792 WATER. WASHINGTON IS IN ITS 1810 01:01:02,792 --> 01:01:03,359 FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF 1811 01:01:03,359 --> 01:01:03,993 DROUGHT, AND AT A CLIMATE WEEK 1812 01:01:03,993 --> 01:01:05,328 EVENT LAST NIGHT, I LEARNED THAT 1813 01:01:05,328 --> 01:01:06,596 TEMPERATURE IS LEADING IS A 1814 01:01:06,596 --> 01:01:08,097 LEADING POLLUTANT IN OUR 1815 01:01:08,097 --> 01:01:09,499 WATERWAYS, THREATENING SALMON. 1816 01:01:09,499 --> 01:01:10,133 LARGE DATA CENTERS WILL WORSEN 1817 01:01:10,133 --> 01:01:11,267 THESE WATER IMPACTS AND FURTHER 1818 01:01:11,267 --> 01:01:12,435 ENDANGER OUR KEYSTONE SPECIES. 1819 01:01:12,435 --> 01:01:14,337 WHILE WE'RE ALREADY STRUGGLING 1820 01:01:14,337 --> 01:01:15,004 TO PRESERVE OUR ECOSYSTEMS AMID 1821 01:01:15,004 --> 01:01:17,106 THE CLIMATE CRISIS. SO MY I 1822 01:01:17,106 --> 01:01:20,877 GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT HOW 1823 01:01:20,877 --> 01:01:22,078 MANY DATA CENTERS DO WE NEED? 1824 01:01:22,078 --> 01:01:24,080 AND IF WE NEED THEM AND DO WE, 1825 01:01:24,080 --> 01:01:26,416 TO WHAT EXTENT DO WE NEED AI AT 1826 01:01:26,416 --> 01:01:26,949 ALL? SO BEFORE PROVING 1827 01:01:26,949 --> 01:01:28,351 ADDITIONAL DATA CENTER 1828 01:01:28,351 --> 01:01:29,018 DEVELOPMENT, I ENCOURAGE THE 1829 01:01:29,018 --> 01:01:30,086 COUNCIL TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING 1830 01:01:30,086 --> 01:01:31,688 ON SEATTLE'S USE OF AI. I KNOW 1831 01:01:31,688 --> 01:01:32,388 THAT'S NOT THIS COMMITTEE, BUT 1832 01:01:32,388 --> 01:01:34,490 I WOULD RECOMMEND IT ALTOGETHER. 1833 01:01:34,490 --> 01:01:35,324 OR A CITIZENS ASSEMBLY, SIMILAR 1834 01:01:35,324 --> 01:01:37,960 TO WHAT SNOHOMISH COUNTY HELD. 1835 01:01:37,960 --> 01:01:39,829 THEY JUST RELEASED THEIR REPORT 1836 01:01:39,829 --> 01:01:40,430 ON FINDINGS LAST WEEK AROUND 1837 01:01:40,430 --> 01:01:42,465 WHAT THEIR COMMUNITIES ACTUALLY 1838 01:01:42,465 --> 01:01:44,934 WANT WITH AI. RESIDENTS DESERVE 1839 01:01:44,934 --> 01:01:46,502 A VOICE IN DECIDING WHAT AI 1840 01:01:46,502 --> 01:01:47,070 INFRASTRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY 1841 01:01:47,070 --> 01:01:48,805 NEEDED AND BASED ON COMMUNITY 1842 01:01:48,805 --> 01:01:49,472 CONVERSATIONS, HOW MUCH DATA 1843 01:01:49,472 --> 01:01:51,207 CENTER CAPACITY SHOULD BE BUILT 1844 01:01:51,207 --> 01:01:51,841 OUT. OUR LIMITED ENERGY, WATER 1845 01:01:51,841 --> 01:01:52,975 AND LAND SHOULD BE ALLOCATED 1846 01:01:52,975 --> 01:01:54,777 BASED ON PUBLIC PRIORITIES, NOT 1847 01:01:54,777 --> 01:01:56,045 SPECULATIVE DEMAND DRIVEN BY 1848 01:01:56,045 --> 01:01:56,946 SOCIETY AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS. 1849 01:01:56,946 --> 01:01:59,949 THANK YOU. 1850 01:01:59,949 --> 01:02:00,283 -- THANK YOU. 1851 01:02:00,283 --> 01:02:05,388 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE AGATHA NOLAN 1852 01:02:05,388 --> 01:02:07,190 -- GOOD MORNING. AGATHA NOLAN, 1853 01:02:07,190 --> 01:02:09,492 DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT AND 1854 01:02:09,492 --> 01:02:10,860 PROUD. PROUD TO LIVE IN SEATTLE. 1855 01:02:10,860 --> 01:02:12,462 AS THE WORLD JUST SAW THROUGH 1856 01:02:12,462 --> 01:02:14,163 THE FIFA TOURNAMENT. WE LIVE IN 1857 01:02:14,163 --> 01:02:15,565 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY IN THE 1858 01:02:15,565 --> 01:02:17,200 COUNTRY. AND WITH THAT 1859 01:02:17,200 --> 01:02:19,268 PRIVILEGE, I BELIEVE, COMES 1860 01:02:19,268 --> 01:02:19,902 RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THAT 1861 01:02:19,902 --> 01:02:23,106 NATURAL BEAUTY. SO I AM ASKING 1862 01:02:23,106 --> 01:02:24,507 FOR COMPLETE BAN ON DATA CENTERS 1863 01:02:24,507 --> 01:02:25,875 FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF OUR SISTER 1864 01:02:25,875 --> 01:02:27,944 CITY OF TACOMA. BECAUSE OUR 1865 01:02:27,944 --> 01:02:30,179 LAND, WATER AND ENERGY RESOURCES 1866 01:02:30,179 --> 01:02:31,948 ARE FINITE AND THEY SHOULD BE 1867 01:02:31,948 --> 01:02:34,450 ALLOCATED BASED ON OUR PUBLIC 1868 01:02:34,450 --> 01:02:37,587 PRIORITIES. BUT AT THE VERY 1869 01:02:37,587 --> 01:02:40,323 LEAST, PLEASE ADJUST THE WORK 1870 01:02:40,323 --> 01:02:42,492 PLAN TO PUBLICLY DISCLOSE, TO 1871 01:02:42,492 --> 01:02:44,994 PUBLICLY DISCLOSE THE REQUIRED 1872 01:02:44,994 --> 01:02:47,196 WATER USE AND WASTEWATER PLAN 1873 01:02:47,196 --> 01:02:48,898 DATA CENTER WATER USE IS A 1874 01:02:48,898 --> 01:02:50,833 CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET. AS WE'VE 1875 01:02:50,833 --> 01:02:52,335 SEEN IN COLORADO, TEXAS AND 1876 01:02:52,335 --> 01:02:53,302 ARIZONA, OTHER STATES WHERE 1877 01:02:53,302 --> 01:02:56,272 THEY'VE ALREADY PRESSED FORWARD 1878 01:02:56,272 --> 01:02:58,007 ONLY FRESH DRINKING WATER HAS 1879 01:02:58,007 --> 01:03:00,109 BEEN USED DUE TO CONCERNS OF 1880 01:03:00,109 --> 01:03:03,346 CORROSION AND BACTERIAL GROWTH. 1881 01:03:03,346 --> 01:03:05,948 ADDITIONALLY, THE WATER CANNOT 1882 01:03:05,948 --> 01:03:08,351 BE RECYCLED. 80% OF THE 1883 01:03:08,351 --> 01:03:12,655 WASTEWATER EVAPORATES IN 20% IS 1884 01:03:12,655 --> 01:03:13,189 DISCHARGED INTO MUNICIPAL 1885 01:03:13,189 --> 01:03:14,423 WASTEWATER FACILITIES, WHICH ARE 1886 01:03:14,423 --> 01:03:16,392 HAVING TROUBLE HANDLING THE 1887 01:03:16,392 --> 01:03:19,662 HIGHER VOLUME OF WASTEWATER 1888 01:03:19,662 --> 01:03:21,397 BEING PRODUCED. AGAIN, PLEASE 1889 01:03:21,397 --> 01:03:23,166 ENACT A COMPLETE BAN ON NEW DATA 1890 01:03:23,166 --> 01:03:27,170 CENTERS IN SEATTLE. OTHERWISE, 1891 01:03:27,170 --> 01:03:27,670 UPDATE THE DATA CENTER 1892 01:03:27,670 --> 01:03:29,572 MORATORIUM WORK PLAN TO INCLUDE 1893 01:03:29,572 --> 01:03:32,308 A FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF 1894 01:03:32,308 --> 01:03:34,510 PLANNED WATER USE AND WASTEWATER 1895 01:03:34,510 --> 01:03:35,545 PROJECTIONS. THANK YOU VERY 1896 01:03:35,545 --> 01:03:38,781 MUCH. 1897 01:03:38,781 --> 01:03:45,988 -- THANK YOU. 1898 01:03:45,988 --> 01:03:48,057 -- TO LAST IN-PERSON COMMENTER. 1899 01:03:48,057 --> 01:03:49,792 WE'LL NOW BEGIN WITH OUR REMOTE 1900 01:03:49,792 --> 01:03:53,396 COMMENTERS, STARTING WITH ALICE 1901 01:03:53,396 --> 01:04:01,137 LOCKHART. 1902 01:04:01,370 --> 01:04:09,011 -- GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. I'M 1903 01:04:09,011 --> 01:04:10,179 ALICE LOCKHART HERE FOR 350 1904 01:04:10,179 --> 01:04:11,414 SEATTLE. AND THE WORK PLAN IS 1905 01:04:11,414 --> 01:04:13,216 WRITTEN. APPEARS TO BE MISSING 1906 01:04:13,216 --> 01:04:16,786 ANY INTENT TO PREVENT NEW DATA 1907 01:04:16,786 --> 01:04:18,654 CENTER BUILD OUT FROM 1908 01:04:18,654 --> 01:04:20,056 THREATENING SEATTLE'S CLIMATE 1909 01:04:20,056 --> 01:04:24,727 GOALS. WHAT THE HECK? IT IS 1910 01:04:24,727 --> 01:04:26,562 MISSING ANY REQUIREMENT THAT 1911 01:04:26,562 --> 01:04:29,198 DEPARTMENTS BUILD PLANS TO 1912 01:04:29,198 --> 01:04:31,067 ENSURE THAT DATA CENTERS PAY FOR 1913 01:04:31,067 --> 01:04:35,004 NEW RENEWABLE POWER. AND IF DATA 1914 01:04:35,004 --> 01:04:36,806 CENTERS USE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, 1915 01:04:36,806 --> 01:04:38,107 GREEN LIGHT HYDRO, THERE CAN'T 1916 01:04:38,107 --> 01:04:39,475 HELP BUT BE LESS FOR THE REST OF 1917 01:04:39,475 --> 01:04:45,047 US. AS WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER 1918 01:04:45,047 --> 01:04:46,048 OTHER MARKETS, THEN THERE'S 1919 01:04:46,048 --> 01:04:47,850 LESS FOR US TO SELL ON POWER 1920 01:04:47,850 --> 01:04:50,419 MARKETS TO OUR NEIGHBORS, WHICH 1921 01:04:50,419 --> 01:04:51,354 WILL INEVITABLY RESULT IN THE 1922 01:04:51,354 --> 01:04:53,556 USE OF FOSSIL FUEL, RESULTING IN 1923 01:04:53,556 --> 01:04:55,258 HIGHER ENERGY COSTS IN THE 1924 01:04:55,258 --> 01:04:58,327 REGION, EVEN IF NOT SEATTLE. 1925 01:04:58,327 --> 01:04:59,395 AND, YOU KNOW, MEANWHILE, OF 1926 01:04:59,395 --> 01:05:02,431 COURSE, OURS WILL GO UP DUE TO 1927 01:05:02,431 --> 01:05:05,234 DATA CENTERS IN QUINCY AND 1928 01:05:05,234 --> 01:05:05,835 CLIMATE POLLUTION THAT PUSHES 1929 01:05:05,835 --> 01:05:06,802 SEATTLE AND WASHINGTON EVER 1930 01:05:06,802 --> 01:05:08,504 FURTHER FROM REACHING OUR 1931 01:05:08,504 --> 01:05:11,173 CLIMATE GOALS. DATA CENTERS MUST 1932 01:05:11,173 --> 01:05:12,975 PAY FOR NEW RENEWABLE ENERGY AND 1933 01:05:12,975 --> 01:05:15,344 ALL ASSOCIATED GRID COSTS. WE 1934 01:05:15,344 --> 01:05:17,313 SHOULD REQUIRE DATA CENTERS TO 1935 01:05:17,313 --> 01:05:19,382 PAY FOR NEW RENEWABLE POWER AND 1936 01:05:19,382 --> 01:05:20,816 ASSOCIATED GRID IMPROVEMENTS, OR 1937 01:05:20,816 --> 01:05:22,018 WE SHOULD BAN THEM, WHICH I 1938 01:05:22,018 --> 01:05:25,321 ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE READY TO DO. 1939 01:05:25,321 --> 01:05:28,891 WE ALSO STRONGLY OPPOSE COUNCIL 1940 01:05:28,891 --> 01:05:33,629 BILL ONE, 21215 AS CURRENTLY 1941 01:05:33,629 --> 01:05:35,231 WRITTEN. CITIZENS SHOULD BE ABLE 1942 01:05:35,231 --> 01:05:37,733 TO CHALLENGE INCOMPLETE AND 1943 01:05:37,733 --> 01:05:38,301 INACCURATE DATA CENTERS OR 1944 01:05:38,301 --> 01:05:41,237 SIMILARLY FOR OTHER HIGHLY 1945 01:05:41,237 --> 01:05:44,173 IMPACTFUL LARGE INDUSTRY TYPE 1946 01:05:44,173 --> 01:05:46,575 PROJECTS. AND THE BILL SHOULD BE 1947 01:05:46,575 --> 01:05:48,010 REJECTED OR AT LEAST NARROWED TO 1948 01:05:48,010 --> 01:05:50,413 ONLY COVERS FOR AFFORDABLE AND 1949 01:05:50,413 --> 01:05:52,882 SOCIAL HOUSING. WHICH WE DO NEED 1950 01:05:52,882 --> 01:05:54,383 TO HURRY UP AND BUILD AS MUCH AS 1951 01:05:54,383 --> 01:05:57,653 WE CAN FOR BOTH CLIMATE AND 1952 01:05:57,653 --> 01:06:02,358 HUMAN REASONS. THANK YOU SO 1953 01:06:02,358 --> 01:06:07,363 MUCH. 1954 01:06:07,363 --> 01:06:07,697 -- THANK YOU. 1955 01:06:07,697 --> 01:06:16,972 -- NEXT UP WE HAVE REBECCA YOUNG 1956 01:06:17,206 --> 01:06:23,145 -- HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1957 01:06:23,145 --> 01:06:23,546 -- YES. 1958 01:06:23,546 --> 01:06:24,814 -- WONDERFUL. GOOD MORNING AND 1959 01:06:24,814 --> 01:06:26,015 THANK YOU. MY NAME IS REBECCA 1960 01:06:26,015 --> 01:06:27,383 YOUNG. I'M A RESIDENT IN 1961 01:06:27,383 --> 01:06:29,285 DISTRICT THREE, AND I'M HERE 1962 01:06:29,285 --> 01:06:30,953 WITH COMMENTS ON THE MORATORIUM 1963 01:06:30,953 --> 01:06:32,688 WORK PLAN. FIRST, I DON'T SEE 1964 01:06:32,688 --> 01:06:33,956 ANYTHING IN THE WORK PLAN THAT 1965 01:06:33,956 --> 01:06:36,125 SPECIFICALLY CALLS FOR 1966 01:06:36,125 --> 01:06:37,626 EVALUATING THE CLIMATE IMPACT OF 1967 01:06:37,626 --> 01:06:39,295 DATA CENTERS. WE NEED TO 1968 01:06:39,295 --> 01:06:39,862 UNDERSTAND THE FULL CARBON 1969 01:06:39,862 --> 01:06:41,030 EMISSIONS IMPACT OF THESE LARGE 1970 01:06:41,030 --> 01:06:43,299 DATA CENTERS, AND WHETHER NEW 1971 01:06:43,299 --> 01:06:44,934 DATA CENTERS WILL NEGATIVELY 1972 01:06:44,934 --> 01:06:46,535 IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO MEET OUR 1973 01:06:46,535 --> 01:06:48,170 CLIMATE GOALS AND FULLY 1974 01:06:48,170 --> 01:06:50,072 TRANSITION OFF OF FOSSIL FUELS. 1975 01:06:50,072 --> 01:06:52,375 ANY DATA CENTER POLICIES 1976 01:06:52,375 --> 01:06:53,409 DEVELOPED SHOULD INCLUDE 1977 01:06:53,409 --> 01:06:55,077 REQUIREMENTS THAT NEW DATA 1978 01:06:55,077 --> 01:06:56,812 CENTERS PAY FOR NEW CLEAN 1979 01:06:56,812 --> 01:06:57,413 ENERGY. INSTEAD OF COMPETING 1980 01:06:57,413 --> 01:06:59,448 WITH SEATTLE RESIDENTS AND 1981 01:06:59,448 --> 01:07:01,150 BUSINESSES FOR EXISTING CLEAN 1982 01:07:01,150 --> 01:07:03,452 ENERGY RESOURCES. SECOND, I ALSO 1983 01:07:03,452 --> 01:07:05,421 DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE WORK 1984 01:07:05,421 --> 01:07:06,789 PLAN MANDATING ONGOING 1985 01:07:06,789 --> 01:07:08,624 ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC. I 1986 01:07:08,624 --> 01:07:10,826 APPRECIATE THE REQUIREMENT TO 1987 01:07:10,826 --> 01:07:11,293 ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY 1988 01:07:11,293 --> 01:07:13,496 ORGANIZATIONS IN DEVELOPING THE 1989 01:07:13,496 --> 01:07:14,096 COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT 1990 01:07:14,096 --> 01:07:15,564 FRAMEWORK, BUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE 1991 01:07:15,564 --> 01:07:17,133 A CLEAR PLAN FOR TRANSPARENCY 1992 01:07:17,133 --> 01:07:19,568 AND ONGOING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT 1993 01:07:19,568 --> 01:07:21,771 AND PARTICIPATION IN THIS 1994 01:07:21,771 --> 01:07:22,938 PROCESS. AND FINALLY, I URGE THE 1995 01:07:22,938 --> 01:07:25,674 COUNCIL TO REJECT BIG TECH'S 1996 01:07:25,674 --> 01:07:27,309 NARRATIVE THAT THEIR AI VISION 1997 01:07:27,309 --> 01:07:28,978 IS INEVITABLE AND THEIR AI DATA 1998 01:07:28,978 --> 01:07:30,946 CENTER GROWTH IS UNSTOPPABLE. 1999 01:07:30,946 --> 01:07:33,015 DURING THIS WORK PLAN PROCESS, 2000 01:07:33,015 --> 01:07:34,350 WE SHOULD BE OPEN TO THE 2001 01:07:34,350 --> 01:07:35,484 POSSIBILITY THAT LARGE DATA 2002 01:07:35,484 --> 01:07:37,186 CENTERS SIMPLY AREN'T ALIGNED 2003 01:07:37,186 --> 01:07:39,321 WITH OUR CLIMATE GOALS AND 2004 01:07:39,321 --> 01:07:39,955 DON'T HAVE COMMUNITY BENEFITS 2005 01:07:39,955 --> 01:07:41,590 THAT OUTWEIGH THEIR ENORMOUS 2006 01:07:41,590 --> 01:07:42,725 RESOURCE USE IN TERMS OF 2007 01:07:42,725 --> 01:07:45,027 ELECTRICITY, WATER, AND LAND, AS 2008 01:07:45,027 --> 01:07:47,430 WELL AS THEIR POTENTIAL PUBLIC 2009 01:07:47,430 --> 01:07:48,497 HEALTH HARMS. IF THAT'S THE 2010 01:07:48,497 --> 01:07:49,532 CASE, COUNCIL SHOULD BE OPEN TO 2011 01:07:49,532 --> 01:07:51,367 THE RESULT OF THIS PROCESS BEING 2012 01:07:51,367 --> 01:07:53,669 A TOTAL BAN ON AI DATA CENTERS. 2013 01:07:53,669 --> 01:08:00,042 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 2014 01:08:00,042 --> 01:08:00,376 -- THANK YOU. 2015 01:08:00,376 --> 01:08:06,449 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE ROHAN 2016 01:08:06,449 --> 01:08:14,390 HINKLE. JOHNSON. 2017 01:08:14,623 --> 01:08:17,760 -- HI THERE. CAN YOU HI. THIS IS 2018 01:08:17,760 --> 01:08:23,232 ROHAN JOHNSON SPEAKING. I AM I 2019 01:08:23,232 --> 01:08:26,135 WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY PUBLIC 2020 01:08:26,135 --> 01:08:26,902 COMMENT AND SIMILARLY TO WHAT 2021 01:08:26,902 --> 01:08:28,871 PREVIOUS COMMENTERS HAVE SAID, I 2022 01:08:28,871 --> 01:08:31,774 WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE 2023 01:08:31,774 --> 01:08:38,347 COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IN FUTURE 2024 01:08:38,347 --> 01:08:40,950 THE IMPACTS OF, OR RATHER THE 2025 01:08:40,950 --> 01:08:43,919 POTENTIAL FOR USING THIS 2026 01:08:43,919 --> 01:08:47,122 INCREASED DEMAND AS AN 2027 01:08:47,122 --> 01:08:48,691 OPPORTUNITY TO FINANCE RENEWABLE 2028 01:08:48,691 --> 01:08:50,793 ENERGY BUILDOUT AND INCREASE 2029 01:08:50,793 --> 01:08:52,795 GRID STABILITY. SO I WOULD LIKE 2030 01:08:52,795 --> 01:08:56,131 TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF 2031 01:08:56,131 --> 01:08:58,501 REQUIREMENTS ON THE BUILD OUT 2032 01:08:58,501 --> 01:09:00,069 ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILD OUT OF 2033 01:09:00,069 --> 01:09:04,206 DATA CENTERS TO BE ABLE TO USE 2034 01:09:04,206 --> 01:09:11,347 THEIR INCREASED LOAD WITH HIGHER 2035 01:09:11,347 --> 01:09:13,516 RATE. POTENTIALLY IMPOSING 2036 01:09:13,516 --> 01:09:14,517 HIGHER RATE FORMS UPON THEM IN 2037 01:09:14,517 --> 01:09:15,551 ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FINANCE THE 2038 01:09:15,551 --> 01:09:17,853 BUILD OUT OF STORAGE AND 2039 01:09:17,853 --> 01:09:21,590 RENEWABLE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. 2040 01:09:21,590 --> 01:09:23,959 THE USE OF THE HIGHER LOAD 2041 01:09:23,959 --> 01:09:27,329 SHOULD NOT BE LANDING ON THE 2042 01:09:27,329 --> 01:09:28,564 SHOULDERS OF THE RATEPAYERS, BUT 2043 01:09:28,564 --> 01:09:31,433 RATHER BE USED TO FINANCE AN 2044 01:09:31,433 --> 01:09:32,902 INCREASED BUILD OUT OF GRID 2045 01:09:32,902 --> 01:09:34,303 INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WE 2046 01:09:34,303 --> 01:09:36,138 DESPERATELY NEED IN ORDER TO 2047 01:09:36,138 --> 01:09:36,739 ENSURE GRID STABILITY IN THE 2048 01:09:36,739 --> 01:09:40,209 FUTURE. THANK YOU. 2049 01:09:40,209 --> 01:09:42,511 -- THANK YOU 2050 01:09:42,511 --> 01:09:46,882 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE AUDREY WANG, 2051 01:09:46,882 --> 01:09:54,723 JOCELYN. 2052 01:09:54,957 --> 01:09:57,693 -- HELLO, COUNCIL. IT'S GREAT 2053 01:09:57,693 --> 01:09:58,961 TO BE BACK WITH YOU ALL TODAY TO 2054 01:09:58,961 --> 01:10:00,396 WORK ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR 2055 01:10:00,396 --> 01:10:01,997 OUR CITY. MY NAME IS AUDREY 2056 01:10:01,997 --> 01:10:04,600 WONG. I'M AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER 2057 01:10:04,600 --> 01:10:05,334 SPECIALIZING IN POWER AND 2058 01:10:05,334 --> 01:10:07,503 RENEWABLE ENERGY. A MEMBER OF 2059 01:10:07,503 --> 01:10:08,704 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF 350 2060 01:10:08,704 --> 01:10:10,372 SEATTLE AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2061 01:10:10,372 --> 01:10:11,640 TWO. I HAVE TWO POINTS TO MAKE 2062 01:10:11,640 --> 01:10:14,276 TODAY. FIRST IS THAT AS AN 2063 01:10:14,276 --> 01:10:15,377 ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, I AM 2064 01:10:15,377 --> 01:10:16,712 CONCERNED THAT THE WORK PLAN IS 2065 01:10:16,712 --> 01:10:17,313 MISSING REQUIREMENTS FOR DATA 2066 01:10:17,313 --> 01:10:19,782 CENTERS TO PAY FOR RENEWABLE 2067 01:10:19,782 --> 01:10:21,684 RENEWABLE POWER, AS WELL AS 2068 01:10:21,684 --> 01:10:22,952 OTHER ELECTRIFICATION EQUIPMENT. 2069 01:10:22,952 --> 01:10:24,320 THIS WILL FORCE THE CITY TO RELY 2070 01:10:24,320 --> 01:10:25,854 MORE ON FOSSIL FUELS AND PREVENT 2071 01:10:25,854 --> 01:10:28,390 US FROM EVER REACHING OUR 2072 01:10:28,390 --> 01:10:29,425 CLIMATE GOALS. SECOND IS THAT AS 2073 01:10:29,425 --> 01:10:31,360 A SEATTLE RESIDENT, I'M 2074 01:10:31,360 --> 01:10:32,461 CONCERNED THAT THE SDCI WORK 2075 01:10:32,461 --> 01:10:34,296 PLAN IS MISSING DISCLOSURE 2076 01:10:34,296 --> 01:10:35,564 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PERMITTING 2077 01:10:35,564 --> 01:10:37,266 PROCESS FOR DATA CENTERS. WE 2078 01:10:37,266 --> 01:10:39,268 MUST KNOW THE POTENTIAL IMPACT 2079 01:10:39,268 --> 01:10:40,769 ON AIR NOISE AND WATER 2080 01:10:40,769 --> 01:10:42,338 POLLUTION, AS WELL AS WATER 2081 01:10:42,338 --> 01:10:44,440 USAGE, BEFORE PERMITS ARE 2082 01:10:44,440 --> 01:10:46,742 GRANTED. WE HAVE THIS MORATORIUM 2083 01:10:46,742 --> 01:10:47,576 NOT TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE 2084 01:10:47,576 --> 01:10:48,677 ROAD AND LET DATA CENTERS ROLL 2085 01:10:48,677 --> 01:10:51,880 OVER US. IN 2027, BUT TO GIVE US 2086 01:10:51,880 --> 01:10:53,649 THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT REAL, 2087 01:10:53,649 --> 01:10:55,117 MEANINGFUL PROTECTIONS IN PLACE 2088 01:10:55,117 --> 01:10:57,653 FOR OUR CITY THAT WILL BENEFIT 2089 01:10:57,653 --> 01:10:58,320 EVERYONE. AND SINCE I'VE GOT A 2090 01:10:58,320 --> 01:10:59,655 LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, I ACTUALLY 2091 01:10:59,655 --> 01:11:03,392 WANT TO TALK ABOUT SUPPORT. THE 2092 01:11:03,392 --> 01:11:04,026 OTHER COMMENTERS EARLIER TODAY 2093 01:11:04,026 --> 01:11:04,927 WHO WERE ASKING FOR PERMITS TO 2094 01:11:04,927 --> 01:11:06,862 BE DENIED FOR THE BLUE ANGELS. 2095 01:11:06,862 --> 01:11:08,163 AS I SAID, I LIVE IN COLUMBIA 2096 01:11:08,163 --> 01:11:09,598 CITY, AND EVERY YEAR I AM 2097 01:11:09,598 --> 01:11:11,000 TERRIFIED THAT IF SOMETHING GOES 2098 01:11:11,000 --> 01:11:12,301 WRONG, THE BLUE ANGELS WILL FALL 2099 01:11:12,301 --> 01:11:14,403 ON OUR HOUSES. KILLING MYSELF OR 2100 01:11:14,403 --> 01:11:16,138 MY NEIGHBORS, WHICH DID HAPPEN 2101 01:11:16,138 --> 01:11:17,306 THIS PAST MAY AT AN IDAHO AIR 2102 01:11:17,306 --> 01:11:19,241 SHOW. THERE WAS A FIGHTER JET 2103 01:11:19,241 --> 01:11:21,377 THAT FELL OUT OF THE SKY. AND 2104 01:11:21,377 --> 01:11:23,045 SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2105 01:11:23,045 --> 01:11:24,747 CLIMATE, EVERY YEAR, THE SKY IS 2106 01:11:24,747 --> 01:11:26,215 BROWN FOR TWO WEEKS STRAIGHT 2107 01:11:26,215 --> 01:11:28,984 FROM ALL THE EMISSIONS. SO 2108 01:11:28,984 --> 01:11:31,787 PLEASE STOP THIS DANGEROUS AND 2109 01:11:31,787 --> 01:11:32,388 UNNECESSARY SHOW OF MILITARY 2110 01:11:32,388 --> 01:11:33,622 FORCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 2111 01:11:33,622 --> 01:11:37,393 YOUR TIME. 2112 01:11:37,393 --> 01:11:40,029 -- THANK YOU. 2113 01:11:40,029 --> 01:11:47,870 -- LAST UP, WE HAVE BRIAN DING. 2114 01:11:47,870 --> 01:11:48,871 -- GOOD MORNING, CHAIR LIN AND 2115 01:11:48,871 --> 01:11:50,906 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY 2116 01:11:50,906 --> 01:11:52,675 NAME IS BRIAN DENG. I'M A 2117 01:11:52,675 --> 01:11:54,243 DISPLACED TECH WORKER, A 2118 01:11:54,243 --> 01:11:54,877 LIFELONG ARTIST AND A CUSTOMER 2119 01:11:54,877 --> 01:11:57,546 OF SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. I'VE BEEN 2120 01:11:57,546 --> 01:11:59,314 GOING TO THESE COMMITTEE AND 2121 01:11:59,314 --> 01:12:00,082 COUNCIL MEETINGS TO URGE SEATTLE 2122 01:12:00,082 --> 01:12:03,185 TO BAN THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW 2123 01:12:03,185 --> 01:12:04,253 HYPERSCALE AI DATA CENTERS. 2124 01:12:04,253 --> 01:12:05,487 TODAY, I'M COMMENTING ON THE 2125 01:12:05,487 --> 01:12:08,290 WORK BEING DONE ON THE DATA 2126 01:12:08,290 --> 01:12:10,125 CENTER MORATORIUM. THE WORK PLAN 2127 01:12:10,125 --> 01:12:12,961 FOR THE DATA CENTER MORATORIUM 2128 01:12:12,961 --> 01:12:14,730 STATES THAT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 2129 01:12:14,730 --> 01:12:16,932 AND SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES 2130 01:12:16,932 --> 01:12:17,466 MUST ENSURE THAT SEATTLE 2131 01:12:17,466 --> 01:12:19,702 RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND 2132 01:12:19,702 --> 01:12:22,471 OTHERS. SCL AND SPU SIRVE WILL 2133 01:12:22,471 --> 01:12:25,541 NOT PAY INCREASED UTILITY COSTS 2134 01:12:25,541 --> 01:12:27,543 BECAUSE OF DATA CENTERS. THAT'S 2135 01:12:27,543 --> 01:12:31,880 GREAT. HOW EVER. NOWHERE IN THE 2136 01:12:31,880 --> 01:12:34,383 WORK PLAN DOES IT STATE WHO WILL 2137 01:12:34,383 --> 01:12:36,819 PAY. I WAS TOLD IN THESE 2138 01:12:36,819 --> 01:12:37,853 CHAMBERS THAT IT WOULD BE DATA 2139 01:12:37,853 --> 01:12:39,688 CENTERS. WHO WOULD PAY FOR THEIR 2140 01:12:39,688 --> 01:12:41,790 OWN POWER, BUT THAT DETAIL IS 2141 01:12:41,790 --> 01:12:44,626 LEFT OUT. IT NEEDS TO BE ON 2142 01:12:44,626 --> 01:12:46,295 PAPER EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. AND 2143 01:12:46,295 --> 01:12:48,163 IT MUST BE SPELLED OUT THAT DATA 2144 01:12:48,163 --> 01:12:51,300 CENTERS MUST BE POWERED BY NEW 2145 01:12:51,300 --> 01:12:53,635 RENEWABLE ENERGY, NOT OUR GREEN 2146 01:12:53,635 --> 01:12:55,871 HYDRO DATA CENTERS POWER 2147 01:12:55,871 --> 01:12:56,438 THEMSELVES WITH MORE FOSSIL 2148 01:12:56,438 --> 01:12:57,773 FUELS. WE WOULD BE MOVING 2149 01:12:57,773 --> 01:12:59,541 FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR CLIMATE 2150 01:12:59,541 --> 01:13:01,877 GOALS. MISTAKES LIKE THESE ARE 2151 01:13:01,877 --> 01:13:03,645 WHAT THE WORK ON THE MORATORIUM 2152 01:13:03,645 --> 01:13:04,947 WOULD LOOK LIKE. WE WOULD BE 2153 01:13:04,947 --> 01:13:07,082 OPENING UP LOOPHOLES ALONG THE 2154 01:13:07,082 --> 01:13:09,551 WAY THAT DATA CENTERS WILL 2155 01:13:09,551 --> 01:13:12,054 EXPLOIT. SO I'LL KEEP IT 2156 01:13:12,054 --> 01:13:13,555 SIMPLE. FOLLOW THE CITY OF 2157 01:13:13,555 --> 01:13:15,357 TACOMA'S LEAD AND MOVE TOWARDS 2158 01:13:15,357 --> 01:13:17,960 A BAN ON HYPERSCALE AI DATA 2159 01:13:17,960 --> 01:13:19,561 CENTERS TO REDUCE HARM. THANK 2160 01:13:19,561 --> 01:13:25,033 YOU FOR YOUR TIME 2161 01:13:25,033 --> 01:13:25,367 -- THANK YOU. 2162 01:13:25,367 --> 01:13:29,538 -- CHAIR. THAT CONCLUDES OUR 2163 01:13:29,538 --> 01:13:31,373 SPEAKERS. 2164 01:13:31,373 --> 01:13:36,512 -- OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYONE. 2165 01:13:36,512 --> 01:13:37,112 THAT WAS OUR LAST REGISTERED 2166 01:13:37,112 --> 01:13:37,780 SPEAKER PRESENT TO SPEAK AT THIS 2167 01:13:37,780 --> 01:13:39,715 PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC 2168 01:13:39,715 --> 01:13:44,753 HEARING ON ORDINANCE 127447 IS 2169 01:13:44,753 --> 01:13:50,526 NOW CLOSED. AND JUST FOR KIND OF 2170 01:13:50,526 --> 01:13:52,828 PUBLIC INFORMATION, LATER TODAY, 2171 01:13:52,828 --> 01:13:55,664 THERE WILL BE A PARKS AND CITY 2172 01:13:55,664 --> 01:13:56,465 LIGHT COMMITTEE AT THAT PARKS 2173 01:13:56,465 --> 01:13:59,168 AND CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE 2174 01:13:59,168 --> 01:14:01,870 MEETING. THERE WILL BE 2175 01:14:01,870 --> 01:14:05,507 DISCUSSION OF CITY LIGHTS NEW 2176 01:14:05,507 --> 01:14:06,108 CUSTOMER CLASS AND CONDITIONS 2177 01:14:06,108 --> 01:14:07,476 FOR DATA CENTERS FOR LARGE NEW 2178 01:14:07,476 --> 01:14:11,113 LARGE LOADS. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS 2179 01:14:11,113 --> 01:14:13,649 TO CHIME IN OR REGISTER TO SPEAK 2180 01:14:13,649 --> 01:14:15,951 LATER TODAY AT 2 P.M., THERE 2181 01:14:15,951 --> 01:14:17,252 WILL BE THAT TOPIC UP FOR 2182 01:14:17,252 --> 01:14:19,321 DISCUSSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH 2183 01:14:19,321 --> 01:14:21,557 FOR ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND 2184 01:14:21,557 --> 01:14:22,591 OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT MORE 2185 01:14:22,591 --> 01:14:25,127 WORK TO DO ON DATA CENTERS. WE 2186 01:14:25,127 --> 01:14:26,762 WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND 2187 01:14:26,762 --> 01:14:28,263 ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK 2188 01:14:28,263 --> 01:14:28,997 PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM TWO. 2189 01:14:28,997 --> 01:14:31,600 -- AGENDA ITEM TWO TRANSITIONAL 2190 01:14:31,600 --> 01:14:34,002 ENCAMPMENT EXPANSION ORDINANCE 2191 01:14:34,002 --> 01:14:34,570 127436. PUBLIC HEARING FOR 2192 01:14:34,570 --> 01:14:36,738 PUBLIC HEARING. 2193 01:14:36,738 --> 01:14:38,640 -- AS PRESIDING OFFICER, I'M NOW 2194 01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:39,374 OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 2195 01:14:39,374 --> 01:14:41,276 ORDINANCE 127436 REGARDING THE 2196 01:14:41,276 --> 01:14:43,879 TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENT 2197 01:14:43,879 --> 01:14:44,413 EXPANSION. CLERK HOW MANY 2198 01:14:44,413 --> 01:14:46,682 SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP FOR THIS 2199 01:14:46,682 --> 01:14:47,049 PUBLIC HEARING? 2200 01:14:47,049 --> 01:14:49,418 -- ONE. 2201 01:14:49,418 --> 01:14:50,953 -- OKAY. SPEAKER WILL BE 2202 01:14:50,953 --> 01:14:56,124 PROVIDED TWO MINUTES. STEVE. ALL 2203 01:14:56,124 --> 01:14:58,560 RIGHT. 2204 01:14:58,560 --> 01:14:59,828 -- YOU DON'T EVEN NEED. 2205 01:14:59,828 --> 01:15:00,162 -- OH, SORRY. 2206 01:15:00,162 --> 01:15:00,496 -- [LAUGHTER] 2207 01:15:00,496 --> 01:15:01,163 -- I'LL HAND THIS OVER TO YOU 2208 01:15:01,163 --> 01:15:02,364 TO PRESENT THE INSTRUCTIONS. 2209 01:15:02,364 --> 01:15:04,800 HOLD. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. 2210 01:15:04,800 --> 01:15:05,067 -- HERE. 2211 01:15:05,067 --> 01:15:06,034 -- YOU'VE HEARD THE INSTRUCTIONS 2212 01:15:06,034 --> 01:15:06,735 BEFORE, BUT LET'S DO IT AGAIN. 2213 01:15:06,735 --> 01:15:08,370 JUST TO BE OFFICIAL. CLERK, CAN 2214 01:15:08,370 --> 01:15:08,570 YOU. 2215 01:15:08,570 --> 01:15:09,137 -- PLEASE, FOR THIS PUBLIC 2216 01:15:09,137 --> 01:15:10,272 HEARING ARE THE SAME AS THE LAST 2217 01:15:10,272 --> 01:15:11,707 PUBLIC HEARING? 2218 01:15:11,707 --> 01:15:14,910 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. CLERK. 2219 01:15:14,910 --> 01:15:18,080 PLEASE GO AHEAD. 2220 01:15:18,080 --> 01:15:19,648 -- UNFORTUNATELY, I'LL PROBABLY 2221 01:15:19,648 --> 01:15:21,984 BE A LITTLE BRIEF BECAUSE MY 2222 01:15:21,984 --> 01:15:23,418 MAIN CONCERN IS THE SPEED WE'RE 2223 01:15:23,418 --> 01:15:25,821 GOING WITH EXPANSION BECAUSE WE 2224 01:15:25,821 --> 01:15:28,757 NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME DATA 2225 01:15:28,757 --> 01:15:30,292 AND SEE HOW SAFE IT IS FOR THE 2226 01:15:30,292 --> 01:15:34,963 PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE TINY HOUSE 2227 01:15:34,963 --> 01:15:38,834 COMMUNITIES AND AROUND, GIVEN 2228 01:15:38,834 --> 01:15:41,970 OUR LACK OF POLICE AND THEY'RE 2229 01:15:41,970 --> 01:15:45,307 NOT ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO SERVE 2230 01:15:45,307 --> 01:15:48,110 THE COMMUNITY IN A WAY WHERE 2231 01:15:48,110 --> 01:15:53,582 MOST PEOPLE ARE TOTALLY HAPPY. 2232 01:15:53,582 --> 01:15:55,717 SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE HOLD 2233 01:15:55,717 --> 01:15:56,585 OFF ON EXPANSION UNTIL WE GET A 2234 01:15:56,585 --> 01:15:59,521 LITTLE DATA AND FIND OUT WHETHER 2235 01:15:59,521 --> 01:16:02,958 THIS IS GOING TO REALLY WORK OUT 2236 01:16:02,958 --> 01:16:03,292 WELL OR NOT. 2237 01:16:03,292 --> 01:16:07,996 -- THANK YOU STEVE. OKAY. 2238 01:16:07,996 --> 01:16:10,299 -- THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. 2239 01:16:10,299 --> 01:16:12,267 -- OKAY. THAT WAS OUR ONLY 2240 01:16:12,267 --> 01:16:13,502 REGISTERED SPEAKER TO PRESENT TO 2241 01:16:13,502 --> 01:16:16,238 SPEAK AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING, 2242 01:16:16,238 --> 01:16:16,872 THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 2243 01:16:16,872 --> 01:16:18,140 ONE, TWO, SEVEN 436 IS NOW 2244 01:16:18,140 --> 01:16:20,809 CLOSED. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 2245 01:16:20,809 --> 01:16:22,477 OUR THIRD ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL 2246 01:16:22,477 --> 01:16:23,078 THE CLERK PLEASE READ AGENDA 2247 01:16:23,078 --> 01:16:24,179 ITEM THREE. 2248 01:16:24,179 --> 01:16:25,347 -- ITEM THREE. COUNCIL ONE TWO, 2249 01:16:25,347 --> 01:16:26,481 ONE TWO, ONE FIVE. AN ORDINANCE 2250 01:16:26,481 --> 01:16:29,117 RELATING TO LAND USE DECISIONS 2251 01:16:29,117 --> 01:16:29,851 AMENDING SECTIONS 23, 76, OH 2252 01:16:29,851 --> 01:16:35,257 FIVE, 02376, 062 AND 2505680 THE 2253 01:16:35,257 --> 01:16:35,791 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO 2254 01:16:35,791 --> 01:16:38,360 CLARIFY PROCESSES FOR SEATTLE 2255 01:16:38,360 --> 01:16:39,928 FOR COUNCIL LAND USE DECISIONS 2256 01:16:39,928 --> 01:16:41,563 FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND 2257 01:16:41,563 --> 01:16:45,801 POSSIBLE VOTE. 2258 01:16:45,801 --> 01:16:46,435 -- THANK YOU. OUR STAFF HAS 2259 01:16:46,435 --> 01:16:48,670 JOINED US. CAN YOU PLEASE 2260 01:16:48,670 --> 01:16:49,237 INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE 2261 01:16:49,237 --> 01:16:53,241 RECORD OKAY 2262 01:16:53,241 --> 01:16:54,209 -- COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. 2263 01:16:54,209 --> 01:16:57,846 -- THANK YOU. LIZ. SO I MOVE 2264 01:16:57,846 --> 01:16:59,114 THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND 2265 01:16:59,114 --> 01:17:01,516 PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 121215. 2266 01:17:01,516 --> 01:17:03,151 IS THERE A SECOND? 2267 01:17:03,151 --> 01:17:03,452 -- SECOND. 2268 01:17:03,452 --> 01:17:04,920 -- IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 2269 01:17:04,920 --> 01:17:05,654 RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE 2270 01:17:05,654 --> 01:17:08,056 LEGISLATION. ARE THERE ANY 2271 01:17:08,056 --> 01:17:11,893 COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO 2272 01:17:11,893 --> 01:17:12,260 THE AMENDMENT? 2273 01:17:12,260 --> 01:17:13,695 -- IS THIS WHERE I MOVE? 2274 01:17:13,695 --> 01:17:15,263 -- YES, PLEASE. OKAY. AWESOME. 2275 01:17:15,263 --> 01:17:17,099 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. I MOVE TO 2276 01:17:17,099 --> 01:17:21,336 AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121215 AS 2277 01:17:21,336 --> 01:17:23,238 PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT ONE. 2278 01:17:23,238 --> 01:17:25,240 -- SECOND, SECOND. OKAY. IT IS 2279 01:17:25,240 --> 01:17:26,675 MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE 2280 01:17:26,675 --> 01:17:28,844 BILL. COUNCIL. CENTRAL STAFF. 2281 01:17:28,844 --> 01:17:29,511 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDE AN 2282 01:17:29,511 --> 01:17:32,681 OVERVIEW OF THE AMENDMENT. ALL 2283 01:17:32,681 --> 01:17:32,914 RIGHT. 2284 01:17:32,914 --> 01:17:42,357 -- JUST A SECOND. LET ME. 2285 01:17:42,357 --> 01:17:46,228 AMENDMENT ONE IS RELATED TO 2286 01:17:46,228 --> 01:17:49,998 COMMENT PERIODS FOR 2287 01:17:49,998 --> 01:17:52,667 ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS. SO AS 2288 01:17:52,667 --> 01:17:56,171 YOU ALL KNOW AND HAVE HEARD FOR 2289 01:17:56,171 --> 01:17:56,805 MULTIPLE MEETINGS COUNCIL BILL 2290 01:17:56,805 --> 01:18:03,812 ONE, 21215 REMOVES AN 2291 01:18:03,812 --> 01:18:06,181 OPPORTUNITY FOR. FOR APPEALS TO 2292 01:18:06,181 --> 01:18:08,884 THE HEARING EXAMINER OF 2293 01:18:08,884 --> 01:18:10,485 ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS. THIS 2294 01:18:10,485 --> 01:18:13,055 AMENDMENT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE 2295 01:18:13,055 --> 01:18:13,622 ADDITIONAL TIME AFTER THOSE 2296 01:18:13,622 --> 01:18:16,258 DOCUMENTS ARE PUBLISHED, AND SO 2297 01:18:16,258 --> 01:18:20,495 IT PROVIDES FOR A 30 DAY WAITING 2298 01:18:20,495 --> 01:18:23,098 PERIOD AFTER A DETERMINATION OF 2299 01:18:23,098 --> 01:18:23,632 NON-SIGNIFICANCE OR FINAL 2300 01:18:23,632 --> 01:18:27,002 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT 2301 01:18:27,002 --> 01:18:28,036 IS PUBLISHED BEFORE THE COUNCIL 2302 01:18:28,036 --> 01:18:31,106 COULD ACT ON LEGISLATION, THAT 2303 01:18:31,106 --> 01:18:33,542 TIME PERIOD PROBABLY RUNS 2304 01:18:33,542 --> 01:18:36,445 CONCURRENTLY WITH THE PUBLIC 2305 01:18:36,445 --> 01:18:38,613 HEARING TIME PERIOD, SO IT 2306 01:18:38,613 --> 01:18:39,915 SHOULD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DELAY 2307 01:18:39,915 --> 01:18:41,049 COUNCIL ACTION ON LEGISLATION, 2308 01:18:41,049 --> 01:18:42,684 BUT IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY 2309 01:18:42,684 --> 01:18:46,354 FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO 2310 01:18:46,354 --> 01:18:46,922 PROVIDE THEIR COMMENTS AND 2311 01:18:46,922 --> 01:18:51,526 CONCERNS TO THE COUNCIL ON ANY 2312 01:18:51,526 --> 01:18:52,194 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW THAT'S BEEN 2313 01:18:52,194 --> 01:18:55,363 PERFORMED 2314 01:18:55,363 --> 01:19:00,068 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL 2315 01:19:00,068 --> 01:19:00,635 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH YOU 2316 01:19:00,635 --> 01:19:01,470 RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS THE 2317 01:19:01,470 --> 01:19:01,770 AMENDMENT? 2318 01:19:01,770 --> 01:19:03,572 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR LYNN. AND I 2319 01:19:03,572 --> 01:19:04,840 FIRST WANT TO START BY THANKING 2320 01:19:04,840 --> 01:19:06,608 ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME AND 2321 01:19:06,608 --> 01:19:07,576 PROVIDED PUBLIC COMMENT, AND 2322 01:19:07,576 --> 01:19:09,211 ALSO THE FOLKS ONLINE, AND THEN 2323 01:19:09,211 --> 01:19:10,712 REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE AS WELL. 2324 01:19:10,712 --> 01:19:12,247 AND THAT'S WHERE THIS WAS 2325 01:19:12,247 --> 01:19:14,449 DEVELOPED. AND ALSO WANT TO 2326 01:19:14,449 --> 01:19:18,787 THANK CENTRAL STAFF AS WELL. SO 2327 01:19:18,787 --> 01:19:19,921 THIS DOES THREE THINGS, AS LIZ 2328 01:19:19,921 --> 01:19:21,990 WAS SAYING, IT EXTENDS THE 2329 01:19:21,990 --> 01:19:24,426 COMMENT PERIOD OF THE DRAFT 2330 01:19:24,426 --> 01:19:25,227 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT 2331 01:19:25,227 --> 01:19:28,597 FROM 30 TO 45 DAYS. THIS IS JUST 2332 01:19:28,597 --> 01:19:29,865 A NOTE THAT 45 DAYS IS THE 2333 01:19:29,865 --> 01:19:31,032 MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY STATE LAW. SO 2334 01:19:31,032 --> 01:19:33,702 WE JUST ADDED ANOTHER 15 DAYS. 2335 01:19:33,702 --> 01:19:36,204 SO 45 DAYS. IT EXTENDS THE 2336 01:19:36,204 --> 01:19:37,672 WAITING PERIOD BEFORE COUNCIL 2337 01:19:37,672 --> 01:19:39,341 CAN ACT ON THE LEGISLATION FROM 2338 01:19:39,341 --> 01:19:41,209 SEVEN SEVEN DAYS TO 30 DAYS 2339 01:19:41,209 --> 01:19:43,779 AFTER A FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL 2340 01:19:43,779 --> 01:19:46,014 IMPACT STATEMENT OR FINAL 2341 01:19:46,014 --> 01:19:46,581 SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL 2342 01:19:46,581 --> 01:19:48,283 IMPACT STATEMENT IS PUBLISHED. 2343 01:19:48,283 --> 01:19:49,751 IT ALSO EXTENDS THE WAITING 2344 01:19:49,751 --> 01:19:51,753 PERIOD BEFORE COUNCIL CAN ACT ON 2345 01:19:51,753 --> 01:19:54,256 LEGISLATION FROM 14 DAYS TO A 2346 01:19:54,256 --> 01:19:57,192 DETERMINATION ON OF 2347 01:19:57,192 --> 01:19:59,761 NON-SIGNIFICANT NON SIGNIFICANCE 2348 01:19:59,761 --> 01:20:02,731 IS PUBLISHED. AND SO THE GOAL 2349 01:20:02,731 --> 01:20:05,801 FOR THIS IS. I KNOW THAT 2350 01:20:05,801 --> 01:20:07,335 THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE 2351 01:20:07,335 --> 01:20:10,472 NOT LAND USE ATTORNEYS THAT ARE 2352 01:20:10,472 --> 01:20:11,940 NOT DEVELOPERS, AND THEY HAVE TO 2353 01:20:11,940 --> 01:20:13,575 GO THROUGH A THOUSAND PAGES OF 2354 01:20:13,575 --> 01:20:14,976 INFORMATION AND LEARN HOW TO 2355 01:20:14,976 --> 01:20:17,879 NAVIGATE GOVERNMENT IN A VERY 2356 01:20:17,879 --> 01:20:18,480 DIFFICULT WAY. OFTENTIMES, I 2357 01:20:18,480 --> 01:20:21,116 DON'T KNOW WHERE STUFF IS, AND 2358 01:20:21,116 --> 01:20:23,385 I WORK INSIDE GOVERNMENT, SO I 2359 01:20:23,385 --> 01:20:26,321 DON'T EXPECT PEOPLE OUTSIDE 2360 01:20:26,321 --> 01:20:27,522 CITY HALL OR ON CITY. NOT KNOW 2361 01:20:27,522 --> 01:20:28,990 CITY LIKE THAT ARE NOT WITHIN 2362 01:20:28,990 --> 01:20:31,393 CITY GOVERNMENT TO UNDERSTAND 2363 01:20:31,393 --> 01:20:33,261 SOMETIME OF THE PROCESS. SO 2364 01:20:33,261 --> 01:20:34,629 EXTENDING THAT PIECE AS WELL, 2365 01:20:34,629 --> 01:20:36,531 COLLEAGUES, WHICH I THINK IS 2366 01:20:36,531 --> 01:20:39,167 IMPORTANT. AND THEN ALSO JUST 2367 01:20:39,167 --> 01:20:40,435 EXTENDING TIME FOR COUNCIL TO 2368 01:20:40,435 --> 01:20:41,570 MOVE ON CERTAIN THINGS, I THINK 2369 01:20:41,570 --> 01:20:46,208 IS IMPORTANT AS WELL. SO IT'S A 2370 01:20:46,208 --> 01:20:48,109 SIMPLE ADJUSTMENT, AND I'LL BE 2371 01:20:48,109 --> 01:20:48,977 SPEAKING MORE AFTER THIS ON THE 2372 01:20:48,977 --> 01:20:50,078 BASE BILL AFTER AFTER THIS AS 2373 01:20:50,078 --> 01:20:53,114 WELL. SO THANK YOU. 2374 01:20:53,114 --> 01:20:55,483 -- OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 2375 01:20:55,483 --> 01:20:56,885 PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH 2376 01:20:56,885 --> 01:20:58,887 COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR 2377 01:20:58,887 --> 01:21:07,395 COMMENTS ABOUT AMENDMENT ONE? 2378 01:21:07,395 --> 01:21:08,997 VICE CHAIR STRAUSS. NO. OKAY. 2379 01:21:08,997 --> 01:21:11,066 ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WELL, WILL THE 2380 01:21:11,066 --> 01:21:11,466 CLERK PLEASE CALL 2381 01:21:11,466 --> 01:21:12,601 -- [LAUGHTER] 2382 01:21:12,601 --> 01:21:12,901 -- CHAIR? 2383 01:21:12,901 --> 01:21:13,235 -- [LAUGHTER] 2384 01:21:13,235 --> 01:21:14,936 -- OH, SORRY. 2385 01:21:14,936 --> 01:21:15,637 -- SORRY. I WAS SLIDING MY HAND 2386 01:21:15,637 --> 01:21:16,671 IN THERE ON ZOOM. THANK YOU SO 2387 01:21:16,671 --> 01:21:18,940 MUCH. OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT. I 2388 01:21:18,940 --> 01:21:21,376 JUST WANTED TO ASK A CLARIFYING 2389 01:21:21,376 --> 01:21:26,147 QUESTION. EXCUSE ME ON WHERE ARE 2390 01:21:26,147 --> 01:21:30,285 WE ON PAGE THREE, THE NEW TEXT 2391 01:21:30,285 --> 01:21:33,555 THERE. SO IT'S GOT THE GROWTH 2392 01:21:33,555 --> 01:21:36,091 MANAGEMENT ACT EXCEPT LANGUAGE. 2393 01:21:36,091 --> 01:21:37,792 SO CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO THIS 2394 01:21:37,792 --> 01:21:40,328 JUST A LITTLE BIT? THIS 2395 01:21:40,328 --> 01:21:40,862 PARTICULAR CHANGE AND ITS 2396 01:21:40,862 --> 01:21:41,963 IMPACT. AND I APPRECIATE THE 2397 01:21:41,963 --> 01:21:42,597 SUMMARY THAT YOU GAVE COUNCIL 2398 01:21:42,597 --> 01:21:43,231 PRESIDENT. I JUST THIS WAS THE 2399 01:21:43,231 --> 01:21:44,666 PART I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I 2400 01:21:44,666 --> 01:21:48,069 UNDERSTOOD IN THE AMENDMENT. 2401 01:21:48,069 --> 01:21:53,208 -- YEAH. SO THE IDEA HERE OF 2402 01:21:53,208 --> 01:21:54,843 THIS LANGUAGE IS THAT IF IF 2403 01:21:54,843 --> 01:21:57,512 THERE'S NO APPEAL TO THE 2404 01:21:57,512 --> 01:21:58,246 HEARING EXAMINER, COUNCIL 2405 01:21:58,246 --> 01:22:01,216 WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACT ON THE 2406 01:22:01,216 --> 01:22:04,252 UNDERLYING LEGISLATION FOR 30 2407 01:22:04,252 --> 01:22:10,725 DAYS THIS THIS EXEMPTION APPLIES 2408 01:22:10,725 --> 01:22:13,261 TO LAND USE LEGISLATION, 2409 01:22:13,261 --> 01:22:13,828 DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND 2410 01:22:13,828 --> 01:22:15,363 ADOPTION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 2411 01:22:15,363 --> 01:22:19,267 WHERE THE COUNCIL HAS A 30 DAY 2412 01:22:19,267 --> 01:22:21,636 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PERIOD. SO 2413 01:22:21,636 --> 01:22:25,173 THOSE PERIODS PROBABLY RUN 2414 01:22:25,173 --> 01:22:25,607 CONCURRENTLY. OKAY. 2415 01:22:25,607 --> 01:22:26,574 -- THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. I 2416 01:22:26,574 --> 01:22:28,310 THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU MENTIONED 2417 01:22:28,310 --> 01:22:30,745 EARLIER. BUT THE INTENT HERE IS 2418 01:22:30,745 --> 01:22:32,747 FOR THESE TO BE CONCURRENT 2419 01:22:32,747 --> 01:22:34,516 PERIODS. SO WE WOULD HAVE THE 2420 01:22:34,516 --> 01:22:35,717 PUBLIC NOTICE AND THEN WE WOULD 2421 01:22:35,717 --> 01:22:36,885 HAVE THIS AND THE CLOCK WOULD BE 2422 01:22:36,885 --> 01:22:38,219 RUNNING AT THE SAME TIME. SO IT 2423 01:22:38,219 --> 01:22:41,056 IS NOT AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS TO 2424 01:22:41,056 --> 01:22:41,890 THE EXISTING CLOCK, SO TO SPEAK. 2425 01:22:41,890 --> 01:22:43,425 IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. 2426 01:22:43,425 --> 01:22:45,360 -- CORRECT. THERE ARE RARE 2427 01:22:45,360 --> 01:22:48,163 INSTANCES WHEN WE'VE SEEN A 2428 01:22:48,163 --> 01:22:50,699 DETERMINATION OF 2429 01:22:50,699 --> 01:22:53,368 NON-SIGNIFICANCE PUBLISHED CLOSE 2430 01:22:53,368 --> 01:22:55,470 TO THE SAME POINT IN TIME WHEN 2431 01:22:55,470 --> 01:22:55,970 WE'VE PUBLISHED THE 2432 01:22:55,970 --> 01:22:57,672 DETERMINATION OF 2433 01:22:57,672 --> 01:22:59,741 NON-SIGNIFICANCE. SO WE, YOU 2434 01:22:59,741 --> 01:23:02,110 KNOW, WE'LL THERE MAY BE SOME A 2435 01:23:02,110 --> 01:23:05,246 FEW TIMES WHEN THIS COULD ADD A 2436 01:23:05,246 --> 01:23:06,881 FEW DAYS OF DELAY. BUT YEAH. 2437 01:23:06,881 --> 01:23:09,417 -- BUT WITH COORDINATION BETWEEN 2438 01:23:09,417 --> 01:23:11,019 THE DEPARTMENTS AND OUR OFFICES, 2439 01:23:11,019 --> 01:23:11,686 WE'D BE ABLE TO WE SHOULD BE 2440 01:23:11,686 --> 01:23:12,554 ABLE TO MANAGE FOR THAT. OKAY. 2441 01:23:12,554 --> 01:23:14,055 GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK 2442 01:23:14,055 --> 01:23:16,725 YOU. CHAIR. 2443 01:23:16,725 --> 01:23:17,292 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2444 01:23:17,292 --> 01:23:18,693 RINCK. 2445 01:23:18,693 --> 01:23:20,195 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR LIN. 2446 01:23:20,195 --> 01:23:20,795 -- I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT 2447 01:23:20,795 --> 01:23:23,231 JUST TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR 2448 01:23:23,231 --> 01:23:24,232 THIS AMENDMENT AND THANK COUNCIL 2449 01:23:24,232 --> 01:23:24,799 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH FOR 2450 01:23:24,799 --> 01:23:26,201 BRINGING IT FORWARD. I THINK 2451 01:23:26,201 --> 01:23:30,171 THIS IS A COMMON SENSE MEASURE 2452 01:23:30,171 --> 01:23:31,473 AND A REFORM TO THE UNDERLYING 2453 01:23:31,473 --> 01:23:34,242 BILL THAT I THINK MAKES A WORLD 2454 01:23:34,242 --> 01:23:35,577 OF SENSE, PARTICULARLY IS IS, 2455 01:23:35,577 --> 01:23:37,545 AGAIN, THERE ARE THOUSAND PAGE 2456 01:23:37,545 --> 01:23:40,048 DOCUMENTS. I MEAN, I RECALL 2457 01:23:40,048 --> 01:23:41,249 GOING TO MY FIRST COMP PLAN, 2458 01:23:41,249 --> 01:23:43,618 HEARING PUBLIC TOWN HALL BACK IN 2459 01:23:43,618 --> 01:23:46,554 2023, BEFORE I WAS EVEN A 2460 01:23:46,554 --> 01:23:48,256 CANDIDATE AND ENGAGING AT SOME 2461 01:23:48,256 --> 01:23:51,259 OF THE TABLES ON, YOU KNOW, 2462 01:23:51,259 --> 01:23:52,861 HERE'S WHAT AN EIS IS, AND 2463 01:23:52,861 --> 01:23:54,195 HERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO SOME 2464 01:23:54,195 --> 01:23:54,796 OF THE OPPORTUNITIES YOU CAN 2465 01:23:54,796 --> 01:23:56,197 WEIGH IN. AND IT'S MY 2466 01:23:56,197 --> 01:23:58,867 UNDERSTANDING THAT THROUGHOUT 2467 01:23:58,867 --> 01:24:00,668 THAT FULL EIS SCOPING PROCESS, 2468 01:24:00,668 --> 01:24:01,202 OPCD RECEIVED MORE THAN A 2469 01:24:01,202 --> 01:24:03,304 THOUSAND COMMENTS ON WHAT SHOULD 2470 01:24:03,304 --> 01:24:04,739 BE STUDIED IN TERMS OF 2471 01:24:04,739 --> 01:24:06,374 ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYZES THAT 2472 01:24:06,374 --> 01:24:09,377 SHOULD BE DONE. SO I THINK THIS 2473 01:24:09,377 --> 01:24:11,212 IS A A MEASURE AND AN 2474 01:24:11,212 --> 01:24:11,780 OPPORTUNITY WHERE FOLKS ARE 2475 01:24:11,780 --> 01:24:13,314 CLEARLY WEIGHING IN AND TO BE 2476 01:24:13,314 --> 01:24:15,083 ABLE TO EXPAND THE PERIOD FOR 2477 01:24:15,083 --> 01:24:17,619 PEOPLE TO WEIGH IN AND HAVE THAT 2478 01:24:17,619 --> 01:24:18,620 ENGAGEMENT WITH OPCD IS REALLY 2479 01:24:18,620 --> 01:24:20,021 VALUABLE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU 2480 01:24:20,021 --> 01:24:20,855 AGAIN, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2481 01:24:20,855 --> 01:24:22,323 HOLLINGSWORTH, FOR BRINGING THIS 2482 01:24:22,323 --> 01:24:23,558 AMENDMENT FORWARD. AND I'LL BE 2483 01:24:23,558 --> 01:24:25,326 VOTING YES. THANK YOU 2484 01:24:25,326 --> 01:24:28,696 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2485 01:24:28,696 --> 01:24:33,301 RINCK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR 2486 01:24:33,301 --> 01:24:36,871 COMMENTS? OKAY WILL THE CLERK 2487 01:24:36,871 --> 01:24:37,939 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION 2488 01:24:37,939 --> 01:24:39,674 OF AMENDMENT ONE? 2489 01:24:39,674 --> 01:24:41,142 -- CHAIR STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER 2490 01:24:41,142 --> 01:24:43,078 FOSTER. 2491 01:24:43,078 --> 01:24:43,311 -- YES. 2492 01:24:43,311 --> 01:24:45,547 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2493 01:24:45,547 --> 01:24:45,980 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. 2494 01:24:45,980 --> 01:24:46,815 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. CHAIR 2495 01:24:46,815 --> 01:24:48,383 LIN. YES. CHAIR. THERE ARE FIVE 2496 01:24:48,383 --> 01:24:50,218 VOTES IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. 2497 01:24:50,218 --> 01:24:54,956 -- THE MOTION CARRIES. AMENDMENT 2498 01:24:54,956 --> 01:24:58,860 ONE IS ADOPTED. OKAY, LET'S 2499 01:24:58,860 --> 01:25:01,129 SEE. SO NOW WE ARE BACK TO THE 2500 01:25:01,129 --> 01:25:05,667 BASE BILL AS AMENDED. 2501 01:25:05,667 --> 01:25:09,037 COLLEAGUES, I HAVE JUST A COUPLE 2502 01:25:09,037 --> 01:25:09,604 QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS 2503 01:25:09,604 --> 01:25:10,505 BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I 2504 01:25:10,505 --> 01:25:12,607 WANTED TO OPEN IT UP FOR YOU 2505 01:25:12,607 --> 01:25:14,109 ALL. FIRST, IF YOU HAVE ANY 2506 01:25:14,109 --> 01:25:18,079 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR LEASH 2507 01:25:18,079 --> 01:25:23,852 OR OTHERWISE. LEASH. OH YES. 2508 01:25:23,852 --> 01:25:24,486 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER THE SLOW 2509 01:25:24,486 --> 01:25:24,853 ZOOM HANDS. 2510 01:25:24,853 --> 01:25:25,186 -- [LAUGHTER] 2511 01:25:25,186 --> 01:25:26,688 -- I'M SORRY CHAIR, I'M NOT 2512 01:25:26,688 --> 01:25:28,089 TRYING TO SET YOU UP THERE. 2513 01:25:28,089 --> 01:25:28,990 THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 2514 01:25:28,990 --> 01:25:31,593 THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO ASK 2515 01:25:31,593 --> 01:25:32,627 A CLARIFYING QUESTION. I WAS I 2516 01:25:32,627 --> 01:25:34,028 WAS ON ZOOM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, 2517 01:25:34,028 --> 01:25:35,597 BUT I WAS LISTENING AND I KNOW I 2518 01:25:35,597 --> 01:25:37,866 HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT SOMETHING 2519 01:25:37,866 --> 01:25:38,867 THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, 2520 01:25:38,867 --> 01:25:42,904 WHICH IS THE HISTORY OF I-90. 2521 01:25:42,904 --> 01:25:45,340 AND I JUST IT WAS MY 2522 01:25:45,340 --> 01:25:47,242 UNDERSTANDING THAT THE EFFORTS 2523 01:25:47,242 --> 01:25:49,110 THAT WERE USED BY COMMUNITY 2524 01:25:49,110 --> 01:25:50,678 MEMBERS UNDER I-90 WERE NOT, IN 2525 01:25:50,678 --> 01:25:52,113 FACT, SEPA. THEY WERE NEPA, IS 2526 01:25:52,113 --> 01:25:53,281 THAT CORRECT? AND CAN YOU SPEAK 2527 01:25:53,281 --> 01:25:53,681 TO THAT, PLEASE? 2528 01:25:53,681 --> 01:25:57,685 -- THAT'S CORRECT. THERE ARE 2529 01:25:57,685 --> 01:25:59,621 TWO ASPECTS OF THAT PROJECT THAT 2530 01:25:59,621 --> 01:26:01,189 WOULD NOT BE IMPLICATED BY THIS 2531 01:26:01,189 --> 01:26:06,594 LEGISLATION. ONE IS THE REVIEW 2532 01:26:06,594 --> 01:26:08,796 WAS UNDERTAKEN UNDER THE 2533 01:26:08,796 --> 01:26:09,397 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 2534 01:26:09,397 --> 01:26:10,865 ACT, NOT THE CITY, NOT THE STATE 2535 01:26:10,865 --> 01:26:13,735 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT. AND 2536 01:26:13,735 --> 01:26:15,570 SECOND, IT'S A PROJECT ACTION. 2537 01:26:15,570 --> 01:26:18,506 SO SPECIFIC THING BEING BUILT 2538 01:26:18,506 --> 01:26:20,475 RATHER THAN A NON PROJECT ACTION 2539 01:26:20,475 --> 01:26:22,844 LEGISLATION. THE COUNCIL IS 2540 01:26:22,844 --> 01:26:24,779 CONSIDERING PROJECT ACTIONS WILL 2541 01:26:24,779 --> 01:26:27,415 STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 2542 01:26:27,415 --> 01:26:31,719 APPEALS UNDER THIS BILL. SO ON 2543 01:26:31,719 --> 01:26:32,320 BOTH COUNTS BECAUSE IT'S A 2544 01:26:32,320 --> 01:26:34,422 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW 2545 01:26:34,422 --> 01:26:36,958 AND BECAUSE IT'S A PROJECT 2546 01:26:36,958 --> 01:26:38,026 ACTION, THIS BILL WOULD NOT HAVE 2547 01:26:38,026 --> 01:26:41,029 ANY IMPACT, WOULD NOT HAVE HAD 2548 01:26:41,029 --> 01:26:44,098 ANY IMPACT ON THAT. I-90 APPEAL. 2549 01:26:44,098 --> 01:26:45,967 -- THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, 2550 01:26:45,967 --> 01:26:48,736 AND I THINK IT'S JUST A REALLY 2551 01:26:48,736 --> 01:26:49,370 IMPORTANT DISTINCTION FOR US TO 2552 01:26:49,370 --> 01:26:51,739 MAKE IN TERMS OF CLARIFYING WHAT 2553 01:26:51,739 --> 01:26:52,840 THE BILL COVERS AND DOESN'T 2554 01:26:52,840 --> 01:26:54,142 COVER, AND I APPRECIATE 2555 01:26:54,142 --> 01:26:54,709 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR HER 2556 01:26:54,709 --> 01:26:57,812 COMMENTS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES, 2557 01:26:57,812 --> 01:26:58,313 NAVIGATING THROUGH THE 2558 01:26:58,313 --> 01:26:58,980 COMPLEXITY OF LAND USE. AND SO I 2559 01:26:58,980 --> 01:26:59,681 JUST WANT TO ASK, AND I KNOW 2560 01:26:59,681 --> 01:27:02,183 MANY OF OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE 2561 01:27:02,183 --> 01:27:04,686 COMMENTING TODAY ARE INCREDIBLY 2562 01:27:04,686 --> 01:27:05,320 KNOWLEDGEABLE, BUT I ALSO WANT 2563 01:27:05,320 --> 01:27:07,288 TO ASK, JUST FOR ANYBODY WHO 2564 01:27:07,288 --> 01:27:09,290 MIGHT BE WATCHING, CAN YOU 2565 01:27:09,290 --> 01:27:09,924 EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 2566 01:27:09,924 --> 01:27:12,026 PROJECT ACTION AND A NON PROJECT 2567 01:27:12,026 --> 01:27:12,260 ACTION? 2568 01:27:12,260 --> 01:27:15,196 -- YEAH, A PROJECT ACTION IS 2569 01:27:15,196 --> 01:27:16,965 SOMETHING THAT WILL BE BUILD 2570 01:27:16,965 --> 01:27:19,767 AFTER THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW 2571 01:27:19,767 --> 01:27:20,635 IS DONE. SO YOU HEARD LOTS OF 2572 01:27:20,635 --> 01:27:24,138 COMMENTS ABOUT DATA CENTERS, 2573 01:27:24,138 --> 01:27:27,809 LEGISLATION THAT YOU JUST PASSED 2574 01:27:27,809 --> 01:27:32,146 ON DATA CENTER REGULATION IS NOT 2575 01:27:32,146 --> 01:27:33,881 AS WAS A NON PROJECT ACTION. IF 2576 01:27:33,881 --> 01:27:35,183 SOMEONE PROPOSES A LARGE DATA 2577 01:27:35,183 --> 01:27:37,418 CENTER IN SEATTLE THAT NEEDS TO 2578 01:27:37,418 --> 01:27:39,287 GO THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, 2579 01:27:39,287 --> 01:27:40,989 THAT WOULD BE A PROJECT ACTION. 2580 01:27:40,989 --> 01:27:43,524 AND THAT PROPOSAL FOR THAT 2581 01:27:43,524 --> 01:27:46,594 SPECIFIC DATA CENTER WOULD STILL 2582 01:27:46,594 --> 01:27:48,563 HAVE AN APPEAL TO THE HEARING 2583 01:27:48,563 --> 01:27:50,498 EXAMINER. 2584 01:27:50,498 --> 01:27:51,799 -- I THINK THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY 2585 01:27:51,799 --> 01:27:52,433 IMPORTANT DISTINCTION TO MAKE. 2586 01:27:52,433 --> 01:27:53,935 SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING 2587 01:27:53,935 --> 01:27:57,205 THAT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. CHAIR. 2588 01:27:57,205 --> 01:27:58,640 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2589 01:27:58,640 --> 01:28:02,477 FOSTER. THAT WAS MY QUESTION AS 2590 01:28:02,477 --> 01:28:05,213 WELL. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY 2591 01:28:05,213 --> 01:28:08,283 THAT APPEALS UNDER THE THE 2592 01:28:08,283 --> 01:28:09,617 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 2593 01:28:09,617 --> 01:28:11,586 ACT, THOSE STILL EXIST. PROJECTS 2594 01:28:11,586 --> 01:28:14,522 ARE STILL REQUIRED TO GO UNDER 2595 01:28:14,522 --> 01:28:15,923 IF THERE'S FEDERAL FUNDING OR 2596 01:28:15,923 --> 01:28:16,991 OTHER SORT OF FEDERAL APPROVALS, 2597 01:28:16,991 --> 01:28:18,760 NEPA STILL APPLIES. AND THERE'S 2598 01:28:18,760 --> 01:28:19,761 STILL THOSE APPEAL RIGHTS. 2599 01:28:19,761 --> 01:28:21,796 THAT'S CORRECT. CORRECT? 2600 01:28:21,796 --> 01:28:24,165 CORRECT. AND AND THANK YOU. 2601 01:28:24,165 --> 01:28:27,535 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER ON ON THE 2602 01:28:27,535 --> 01:28:28,102 DISTINCTION BETWEEN PROJECT 2603 01:28:28,102 --> 01:28:34,909 LEVEL AND NON PROJECT LEVEL. 2604 01:28:34,909 --> 01:28:35,343 VICE CHAIR STRAUSS. 2605 01:28:35,343 --> 01:28:35,977 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, I JUST WANT 2606 01:28:35,977 --> 01:28:37,211 TO CONFIRM THIS IS THE THIRD 2607 01:28:37,211 --> 01:28:38,379 TIME WE'VE HAD THIS IN 2608 01:28:38,379 --> 01:28:39,947 COMMITTEE. IS THAT CORRECT? 2609 01:28:39,947 --> 01:28:41,215 -- I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT. 2610 01:28:41,215 --> 01:28:42,016 VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU. 2611 01:28:42,016 --> 01:28:42,717 -- IT'S ACTUALLY. 2612 01:28:42,717 --> 01:28:43,918 -- THE FOURTH. THIS IS THE 2613 01:28:43,918 --> 01:28:44,152 FOURTH. 2614 01:28:44,152 --> 01:28:48,923 -- FAIR ENOUGH. FOURTH TIME. 2615 01:28:48,923 --> 01:28:49,490 TYPICALLY WE ONLY HAVE TWO 2616 01:28:49,490 --> 01:28:50,591 OPPORTUNITIES IN COMMITTEE. SO I 2617 01:28:50,591 --> 01:28:52,026 APPRECIATE YOU DOUBLING THE 2618 01:28:52,026 --> 01:28:54,429 AMOUNT OF TIME. AS YOU HEARD AT 2619 01:28:54,429 --> 01:28:55,063 THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS, I 2620 01:28:55,063 --> 01:28:57,465 HAD SOME CONCERNS. THOSE 2621 01:28:57,465 --> 01:28:58,900 CONCERNS WERE RESOLVED. I DO 2622 01:28:58,900 --> 01:29:00,601 STILL HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS 2623 01:29:00,601 --> 01:29:02,270 LEFT HANGING OUT THERE, AND I 2624 01:29:02,270 --> 01:29:03,671 DON'T WANT TO SLOW DOWN THE 2625 01:29:03,671 --> 01:29:05,540 PROCESS. SO I'M GOING TO BE 2626 01:29:05,540 --> 01:29:06,174 ABSTAINING TODAY SO THAT I CAN 2627 01:29:06,174 --> 01:29:07,575 GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED 2628 01:29:07,575 --> 01:29:09,477 BETWEEN NOW AND FULL COUNCIL. 2629 01:29:09,477 --> 01:29:10,511 -- APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SO 2630 01:29:10,511 --> 01:29:12,747 MUCH, VICE CHAIR STRAUSS. YEAH. 2631 01:29:12,747 --> 01:29:13,181 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2632 01:29:13,181 --> 01:29:13,548 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2633 01:29:13,548 --> 01:29:14,549 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND I WAS 2634 01:29:14,549 --> 01:29:16,117 ACTUALLY GOING TO SAY THE SAME 2635 01:29:16,117 --> 01:29:16,784 THING. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE 2636 01:29:16,784 --> 01:29:19,687 BROUGHT UP SOME SOME QUESTIONS 2637 01:29:19,687 --> 01:29:20,922 TODAY AND I WANT TO GET THOSE 2638 01:29:20,922 --> 01:29:22,356 ADDRESSED. I'M NOT GOING TO 2639 01:29:22,356 --> 01:29:24,025 SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS. I WILL BE 2640 01:29:24,025 --> 01:29:25,093 ABSTAINING FROM THIS AND JUST 2641 01:29:25,093 --> 01:29:26,794 WANT TO CHECK WITH CENTRAL STAFF 2642 01:29:26,794 --> 01:29:28,563 ON A COUPLE OF THINGS. AND, AND 2643 01:29:28,563 --> 01:29:29,831 WITH SOME COMMUNITY MEMBER FOLKS 2644 01:29:29,831 --> 01:29:31,866 AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. 2645 01:29:31,866 --> 01:29:36,204 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL 2646 01:29:36,204 --> 01:29:39,373 PRESIDENT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS 2647 01:29:39,373 --> 01:29:48,015 BEFORE WE MOVE TO LET'S SEE. 2648 01:29:48,015 --> 01:29:49,283 YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR 2649 01:29:49,283 --> 01:29:50,785 COMMENTS? LET'S SEE. 2650 01:29:50,785 --> 01:29:51,252 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2651 01:29:51,252 --> 01:29:52,520 -- THANK YOU. A COMMENT THIS 2652 01:29:52,520 --> 01:29:54,422 TIME. SORRY, I LIKE I WAS LATE 2653 01:29:54,422 --> 01:29:56,290 AND THEN I STOLE YOUR QUESTION. 2654 01:29:56,290 --> 01:29:57,625 SO I APPRECIATE YOU CHAIR. I 2655 01:29:57,625 --> 01:29:59,627 JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I 2656 01:29:59,627 --> 01:30:00,895 WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR 2657 01:30:00,895 --> 01:30:02,396 THIS BILL. AND THANK YOU, CHAIR, 2658 01:30:02,396 --> 01:30:04,265 FOR YOUR INCREDIBLY HARD WORK ON 2659 01:30:04,265 --> 01:30:06,200 THIS IN THESE LAST SEVERAL 2660 01:30:06,200 --> 01:30:08,469 MONTHS. YOU KNOW, FROM MY 2661 01:30:08,469 --> 01:30:10,738 PERSPECTIVE, CITIES ARE AN 2662 01:30:10,738 --> 01:30:12,006 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO 2663 01:30:12,006 --> 01:30:13,608 HOW WE COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE, 2664 01:30:13,608 --> 01:30:15,443 GROWING IN A WAY THAT IS 2665 01:30:15,443 --> 01:30:16,677 RESPONSIBLE, GROWING IN A WAY 2666 01:30:16,677 --> 01:30:18,479 WHERE WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT 2667 01:30:18,479 --> 01:30:23,117 SO MUCH OF OUR POLLUTION COMES 2668 01:30:23,117 --> 01:30:23,684 FROM TRANSPORTATION RELATED 2669 01:30:23,684 --> 01:30:24,352 EMISSIONS, AND THAT WHEN WE HAVE 2670 01:30:24,352 --> 01:30:25,420 FOLKS WHO ARE PUSHED FURTHER OUT 2671 01:30:25,420 --> 01:30:26,888 OF THE CITY, OR IF WE FAIL TO DO 2672 01:30:26,888 --> 01:30:29,190 OUR JOB AND BUILD SUBSEQUENT OR 2673 01:30:29,190 --> 01:30:30,925 SUBSTANTIAL AND AFFORDABLE 2674 01:30:30,925 --> 01:30:33,194 HOUSING, THAT THOSE ACTIONS OR 2675 01:30:33,194 --> 01:30:34,061 NON-ACTIONS, DEPENDING ON HOW 2676 01:30:34,061 --> 01:30:36,164 THOSE ARE DEFINED, YOU KNOW, 2677 01:30:36,164 --> 01:30:38,266 ALSO HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. 2678 01:30:38,266 --> 01:30:40,802 SO TO ME, WHEN I THINK ABOUT 2679 01:30:40,802 --> 01:30:42,503 THIS LEGISLATION, I SEE THIS AS 2680 01:30:42,503 --> 01:30:44,572 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A 2681 01:30:44,572 --> 01:30:46,340 BALANCE. AND WE KNOW THAT, AS IT 2682 01:30:46,340 --> 01:30:47,775 WAS DESCRIBED TO US BY CENTRAL 2683 01:30:47,775 --> 01:30:49,877 STAFF TODAY, THAT THERE WILL 2684 01:30:49,877 --> 01:30:51,712 STILL BE THE ABILITY TO USE THE 2685 01:30:51,712 --> 01:30:53,781 HEARING EXAMINER FOR CERTAIN 2686 01:30:53,781 --> 01:30:55,283 ACTIONS. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT 2687 01:30:55,283 --> 01:30:56,184 THE STATE POLICY IS STILL GOING 2688 01:30:56,184 --> 01:30:59,253 TO BE IN EFFECT. WE ALSO KNOW, 2689 01:30:59,253 --> 01:31:00,354 LOOKING TO NEIGHBORING CITIES, 2690 01:31:00,354 --> 01:31:02,023 THAT WE HAVE SEEN OTHER CITIES 2691 01:31:02,023 --> 01:31:05,293 WHO DO NOT HAVE THIS 2692 01:31:05,293 --> 01:31:05,827 ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL BE 2693 01:31:05,827 --> 01:31:07,562 SUCCESSFUL IN MANAGING THEIR 2694 01:31:07,562 --> 01:31:08,296 TREE CANOPY AND OTHER THINGS 2695 01:31:08,296 --> 01:31:10,131 THAT WE CONTINUE TO ASPIRE TO 2696 01:31:10,131 --> 01:31:12,033 WORK ON HERE IN SEATTLE. SO I 2697 01:31:12,033 --> 01:31:13,334 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS 2698 01:31:13,334 --> 01:31:14,602 FORWARD, CHAIR. IT'S I KNOW 2699 01:31:14,602 --> 01:31:16,070 WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF PUBLIC 2700 01:31:16,070 --> 01:31:19,140 COMMENT TODAY AND AT THE LAST 2701 01:31:19,140 --> 01:31:20,475 THREE MEETINGS. AND SO I AM 2702 01:31:20,475 --> 01:31:21,876 EXCITED TO TO VOICE MY SUPPORT 2703 01:31:21,876 --> 01:31:23,044 FOR THIS BILL. THANK YOU. 2704 01:31:23,044 --> 01:31:26,981 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2705 01:31:26,981 --> 01:31:28,382 FOSTER. ANY OTHER I'LL HAVE 2706 01:31:28,382 --> 01:31:31,052 SOME COMMENTS, BUT ANY OTHER 2707 01:31:31,052 --> 01:31:35,323 LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOOD. THANK 2708 01:31:35,323 --> 01:31:37,525 YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, VICE 2709 01:31:37,525 --> 01:31:41,028 CHAIR STRAUSS AND THE REASON WE 2710 01:31:41,028 --> 01:31:42,930 DID WANT TO HOLD A NUMBER OF 2711 01:31:42,930 --> 01:31:44,298 MEETINGS IS BECAUSE THIS IS AN 2712 01:31:44,298 --> 01:31:47,068 IMPORTANT TOPIC. AND OBVIOUSLY, 2713 01:31:47,068 --> 01:31:52,540 THERE'S A LOT OF PASSION ON 2714 01:31:52,540 --> 01:31:54,942 SORT OF BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE 2715 01:31:54,942 --> 01:31:55,510 THAT WE'VE HEARD OVER THE 2716 01:31:55,510 --> 01:31:59,614 NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS. 2717 01:31:59,614 --> 01:32:05,152 ONE THING THAT WE HAVE ALSO 2718 01:32:05,152 --> 01:32:06,888 HEARD IS A DEEP COMMITMENT TO 2719 01:32:06,888 --> 01:32:11,592 PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT. AND 2720 01:32:11,592 --> 01:32:12,260 I THINK WE'VE THERE'S THERE 2721 01:32:12,260 --> 01:32:14,061 ARE SOME SORT OF THOUGHTS ABOUT, 2722 01:32:14,061 --> 01:32:17,265 YOU KNOW, HOW WE GROW AND THE 2723 01:32:17,265 --> 01:32:18,266 IMPORTANCE OF HOW WE GROW AS A 2724 01:32:18,266 --> 01:32:20,334 CITY AND HOW THAT IMPACTS SOME 2725 01:32:20,334 --> 01:32:23,271 OF OUR SURROUNDING 2726 01:32:23,271 --> 01:32:24,805 JURISDICTIONS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE 2727 01:32:24,805 --> 01:32:28,276 HEARD A LOT OF FROM FOLKS ABOUT 2728 01:32:28,276 --> 01:32:30,344 THE IMPORTANCE OF HOUSING, THE 2729 01:32:30,344 --> 01:32:32,446 IMPORTANCE OF TREES, ADDRESSING 2730 01:32:32,446 --> 01:32:33,948 OUR STORMWATER IMPACTS. I'LL 2731 01:32:33,948 --> 01:32:35,583 JUST SORT OF NOTE KIND OF, FOR 2732 01:32:35,583 --> 01:32:38,252 THE RECORD, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM 2733 01:32:38,252 --> 01:32:41,289 A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT 2734 01:32:41,289 --> 01:32:45,092 THE NEED TO GROW OUR PARKING 2735 01:32:45,092 --> 01:32:48,029 SPACES OR THE NEED FOR MORE 2736 01:32:48,029 --> 01:32:49,063 RIGHTS OF WAY. AND I JUST I 2737 01:32:49,063 --> 01:32:53,100 MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE. I THINK 2738 01:32:53,100 --> 01:32:56,337 WE ARE ALL INCREDIBLY CONCERNED 2739 01:32:56,337 --> 01:32:59,507 ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. THE, THE 2740 01:32:59,507 --> 01:33:02,443 DEVASTATING HEAT WAVES ACROSS 2741 01:33:02,443 --> 01:33:03,611 THE GLOBE. AND AS I THINK ABOUT, 2742 01:33:03,611 --> 01:33:08,182 YOU KNOW, WHAT IS CAUSING THE 2743 01:33:08,182 --> 01:33:10,718 CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHAT WE CAN 2744 01:33:10,718 --> 01:33:12,920 DO HERE, YOU KNOW, OUR TOP 2745 01:33:12,920 --> 01:33:14,488 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION IN THE 2746 01:33:14,488 --> 01:33:17,358 CITY IS TRANSPORTATION SECTOR. 2747 01:33:17,358 --> 01:33:20,027 YOU KNOW, IN CARS AND TRUCKS ARE 2748 01:33:20,027 --> 01:33:22,096 ONE OF THOSE TOP EMITTERS. AND 2749 01:33:22,096 --> 01:33:25,900 WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE CITY IS 2750 01:33:25,900 --> 01:33:27,868 BUILD WORLD CLASS TRANSIT, LIGHT 2751 01:33:27,868 --> 01:33:30,938 RAIL, MAKE IT EASY TO HAVE A 2752 01:33:30,938 --> 01:33:35,543 ROBUST BUS SYSTEM AND, AND OTHER 2753 01:33:35,543 --> 01:33:38,646 MEASURES TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF 2754 01:33:38,646 --> 01:33:40,581 VEHICLES. ANY OF YOU, YOU KNOW, 2755 01:33:40,581 --> 01:33:43,918 CAN CONVERTS FROM A DRIVING TO, 2756 01:33:43,918 --> 01:33:47,254 TO TAKING TRANSIT REDUCES THEIR 2757 01:33:47,254 --> 01:33:49,657 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS 2758 01:33:49,657 --> 01:33:50,558 SUBSTANTIALLY. AND, YOU KNOW, 2759 01:33:50,558 --> 01:33:52,159 NOT ONLY IS THAT BETTER FOR THE 2760 01:33:52,159 --> 01:33:53,894 ENVIRONMENT GLOBALLY, BUT IT'S 2761 01:33:53,894 --> 01:33:56,631 ALSO BETTER FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT 2762 01:33:56,631 --> 01:33:59,200 HERE TO REDUCE THOSE POLLUTION, 2763 01:33:59,200 --> 01:34:01,702 WHICH PARTICULARLY IMPACTS SOUTH 2764 01:34:01,702 --> 01:34:06,040 SEATTLE AND PLACES LIKE SOUTH 2765 01:34:06,040 --> 01:34:07,575 PARK. AND SO I JUST I MENTIONED 2766 01:34:07,575 --> 01:34:09,076 THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A 2767 01:34:09,076 --> 01:34:10,277 LOT MORE THAT WE CAN WORK ON 2768 01:34:10,277 --> 01:34:15,850 TOGETHER THAT THAT I LOOK 2769 01:34:15,850 --> 01:34:18,719 FORWARD TO PROPOSALS TO DE 2770 01:34:18,719 --> 01:34:21,789 PAVING MANY PARTS OF OUR CITY 2771 01:34:21,789 --> 01:34:23,424 THAT WE HAVE 1.6 MILLION PARKING 2772 01:34:23,424 --> 01:34:26,127 SPACES IN THE CITY, AND THAT IS 2773 01:34:26,127 --> 01:34:28,996 WAY MORE THAN THAN WE NEED FOR 2774 01:34:28,996 --> 01:34:31,666 OUR POPULATION SIZE. SO I THINK 2775 01:34:31,666 --> 01:34:32,266 THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN 2776 01:34:32,266 --> 01:34:36,971 WORK ON TOGETHER WITH WITH OUR 2777 01:34:36,971 --> 01:34:39,974 DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND OUR, 2778 01:34:39,974 --> 01:34:44,245 OUR TREE LOVING COMMUNITY AND 2779 01:34:44,245 --> 01:34:46,080 ANOTHER SORT OF THING THAT I 2780 01:34:46,080 --> 01:34:48,916 THINK ANOTHER SORT OF PIECE OF 2781 01:34:48,916 --> 01:34:50,317 GOOD NEWS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO 2782 01:34:50,317 --> 01:34:52,186 MENTION IS THAT THERE WAS A 2783 01:34:52,186 --> 01:34:54,121 RECENT REPORT ABOUT LAKE 2784 01:34:54,121 --> 01:34:55,489 WASHINGTON AND THE WATER QUALITY 2785 01:34:55,489 --> 01:34:57,458 IN LAKE WASHINGTON, AND HOW IT 2786 01:34:57,458 --> 01:34:58,959 HAS SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED OVER 2787 01:34:58,959 --> 01:34:59,560 THE LAST TWO DECADES, DESPITE 2788 01:34:59,560 --> 01:35:04,098 OUR POPULATION INCREASING BY 30% 2789 01:35:04,098 --> 01:35:06,000 IN THE REGION. AND THERE'S, YOU 2790 01:35:06,000 --> 01:35:07,268 KNOW, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 2791 01:35:07,268 --> 01:35:08,202 REASONS. BUT PART OF THOSE 2792 01:35:08,202 --> 01:35:11,272 REASONS IS BECAUSE WE'VE ADOPTED 2793 01:35:11,272 --> 01:35:15,743 STRICTER MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY 2794 01:35:15,743 --> 01:35:18,412 FRIENDLY REQUIREMENTS, THINGS 2795 01:35:18,412 --> 01:35:21,015 LIKE ADDRESSING STORMWATER 2796 01:35:21,015 --> 01:35:21,582 DRAINAGE, CONVERTING SEPTIC 2797 01:35:21,582 --> 01:35:27,188 SYSTEMS AND, YOU KNOW, SO GROWTH 2798 01:35:27,188 --> 01:35:29,824 DOES NOT HAVE TO BE BAD FOR THE 2799 01:35:29,824 --> 01:35:32,059 ENVIRONMENT. IT ACTUALLY CAN BE 2800 01:35:32,059 --> 01:35:34,495 GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. IF WE 2801 01:35:34,495 --> 01:35:36,697 BUILD SUSTAINABLY. WE KNOW THAT 2802 01:35:36,697 --> 01:35:40,434 MANY OF OUR NEW MULTIFAMILY 2803 01:35:40,434 --> 01:35:42,536 HOUSING PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY 2804 01:35:42,536 --> 01:35:43,704 MUCH MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY 2805 01:35:43,704 --> 01:35:44,705 FRIENDLY THAN THE SINGLE FAMILY 2806 01:35:44,705 --> 01:35:47,408 HOUSE THAT I LIVE IN. IN TERMS 2807 01:35:47,408 --> 01:35:49,110 OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, 2808 01:35:49,110 --> 01:35:52,513 IN TERMS OF REQUIRED ON SITE 2809 01:35:52,513 --> 01:35:56,951 STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS. I ALSO 2810 01:35:56,951 --> 01:35:59,120 JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO A LITTLE 2811 01:35:59,120 --> 01:36:01,255 BIT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2812 01:36:01,255 --> 01:36:05,626 PROJECT LEVEL REVIEWS AND NON 2813 01:36:05,626 --> 01:36:06,260 PROJECT LEVEL REVIEWS AND, YOU 2814 01:36:06,260 --> 01:36:11,031 KNOW, PROJECT LEVEL REVIEWS ARE 2815 01:36:11,031 --> 01:36:11,665 THINGS THAT ARE REVIEWED BY OPCD 2816 01:36:11,665 --> 01:36:16,604 AND SDCI ARE NOT OPCD, SDCI. AND 2817 01:36:16,604 --> 01:36:21,008 YOU KNOW THAT THOSE ARE NOT 2818 01:36:21,008 --> 01:36:21,642 PROJECT LEVEL REVIEWS TYPICALLY 2819 01:36:21,642 --> 01:36:22,610 ARE NOT THINGS THAT ARE COMING 2820 01:36:22,610 --> 01:36:27,214 TO COUNCIL, BUT NON PROJECT 2821 01:36:27,214 --> 01:36:27,848 ACTIONS ARE COMING TO COUNCIL. 2822 01:36:27,848 --> 01:36:31,519 AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS 2823 01:36:31,519 --> 01:36:33,854 OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT 2824 01:36:33,854 --> 01:36:35,122 WE HAVE THE FACTS THAT WE NEED 2825 01:36:35,122 --> 01:36:37,691 TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. 2826 01:36:37,691 --> 01:36:44,198 AND PART OF THE REASON I SUPPORT 2827 01:36:44,198 --> 01:36:47,101 THIS BILL IS I DON'T SEE IT AS 2828 01:36:47,101 --> 01:36:52,473 USEFUL OR ACCOUNTABLE TO SEND 2829 01:36:52,473 --> 01:36:53,707 FOLKS OFF TO THE HEARING 2830 01:36:53,707 --> 01:36:56,443 EXAMINER. THE HEARING EXAMINER 2831 01:36:56,443 --> 01:37:00,147 HAS NO AUTHORITY TO MAKE 2832 01:37:00,147 --> 01:37:02,183 DECISIONS ABOUT OUR. THE 2833 01:37:02,183 --> 01:37:04,385 REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE FOR 2834 01:37:04,385 --> 01:37:06,153 LEGISLATION. THE HEARING 2835 01:37:06,153 --> 01:37:07,488 EXAMINER HAS NO ABILITY TO 2836 01:37:07,488 --> 01:37:11,125 CHANGE OUR STORMWATER CODE TO 2837 01:37:11,125 --> 01:37:13,127 CHANGE OUR TREE CODE. AND AGAIN, 2838 01:37:13,127 --> 01:37:17,832 IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US, AS YOUR 2839 01:37:17,832 --> 01:37:20,534 ELECTED LEADERS, TO MAKE SURE 2840 01:37:20,534 --> 01:37:22,303 THAT NOT ONLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL 2841 01:37:22,303 --> 01:37:24,238 REVIEW, BUT OTHER PROCESSES THAT 2842 01:37:24,238 --> 01:37:25,906 WE FOLLOW, THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT 2843 01:37:25,906 --> 01:37:28,676 THAT WE DO WITH YOU IS ROBUST 2844 01:37:28,676 --> 01:37:29,844 AND THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM 2845 01:37:29,844 --> 01:37:32,713 YOU, AND THAT WE ARE 2846 01:37:32,713 --> 01:37:34,348 REPRESENTING, YOU KNOW, OUR 2847 01:37:34,348 --> 01:37:36,016 COMMUNITIES, YOUR VALUES, OUR 2848 01:37:36,016 --> 01:37:40,955 COMMUNITY'S VALUES, AND AGAIN, 2849 01:37:40,955 --> 01:37:43,224 AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, 2850 01:37:43,224 --> 01:37:45,359 THE HEARING EXAMINER DOES NOT 2851 01:37:45,359 --> 01:37:47,494 IMPROVE THAT PROCESS. IT DOES 2852 01:37:47,494 --> 01:37:48,195 NOT IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO 2853 01:37:48,195 --> 01:37:52,299 ENGAGE WITH YOU OR THE BROADER 2854 01:37:52,299 --> 01:37:55,236 COMMUNITY. AND SO FOR THAT 2855 01:37:55,236 --> 01:37:57,905 REASON, I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO 2856 01:37:57,905 --> 01:38:00,374 BE A BETTER PROCESS FOR US AS 2857 01:38:00,374 --> 01:38:02,977 LEGISLATORS TO ENGAGE MORE 2858 01:38:02,977 --> 01:38:03,577 DIRECTLY ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS 2859 01:38:03,577 --> 01:38:05,279 ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, ABOUT 2860 01:38:05,279 --> 01:38:07,781 IMPACTS TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 2861 01:38:07,781 --> 01:38:11,819 AND THIS WILL ALLOW US THAT 2862 01:38:11,819 --> 01:38:13,254 ADDITIONAL TIME. THANK YOU TO 2863 01:38:13,254 --> 01:38:13,887 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 2864 01:38:13,887 --> 01:38:15,856 FOR YOUR AMENDMENT THAT THAT 2865 01:38:15,856 --> 01:38:18,893 SPEAKS TO THAT ISSUE. YOU KNOW, 2866 01:38:18,893 --> 01:38:20,794 WE SHOULD BE ENGAGING WITH YOU 2867 01:38:20,794 --> 01:38:22,896 ALL DIRECTLY INSTEAD OF 2868 01:38:22,896 --> 01:38:23,530 DELEGATING THAT RESPONSIBILITY 2869 01:38:23,530 --> 01:38:28,602 TO THE HEARING EXAMINER. THOSE 2870 01:38:28,602 --> 01:38:31,238 ARE MY COMMENTS FOR TODAY. 2871 01:38:31,238 --> 01:38:34,041 OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL HAVE FURTHER 2872 01:38:34,041 --> 01:38:37,044 DISCUSSION AND COMMENT IF THIS 2873 01:38:37,044 --> 01:38:40,080 MOVES OUT OF COMMITTEE TODAY TO 2874 01:38:40,080 --> 01:38:43,884 FULL COUNCIL, WHICH WOULD BE 2875 01:38:43,884 --> 01:38:44,485 NEXT TUESDAY. SO AGAIN, THANK 2876 01:38:44,485 --> 01:38:50,124 YOU AGAIN, YOUR YOUR VOICES ARE 2877 01:38:50,124 --> 01:38:51,992 VALUED. I IN PARTICULAR, IN 2878 01:38:51,992 --> 01:38:55,262 TERMS OF IMPROVING THE HEARING 2879 01:38:55,262 --> 01:38:56,397 EXAMINER PROCESS. CLEARLY WE 2880 01:38:56,397 --> 01:38:58,299 WILL STILL HAVE LOTS OF HEARING 2881 01:38:58,299 --> 01:39:00,334 EXAMINER APPEALS, EVEN IF THIS 2882 01:39:00,334 --> 01:39:01,135 DOES PASS. AND SO I THINK 2883 01:39:01,135 --> 01:39:02,369 THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS 2884 01:39:02,369 --> 01:39:05,205 ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE THE HEARING 2885 01:39:05,205 --> 01:39:08,242 EXAMINER PROCESS FOR PROJECT 2886 01:39:08,242 --> 01:39:10,311 LEVEL APPEAL APPEALS OKAY, I 2887 01:39:10,311 --> 01:39:14,448 WILL END MY COMMENTS THERE. IF 2888 01:39:14,448 --> 01:39:15,015 THERE'S NO OTHER FURTHER 2889 01:39:15,015 --> 01:39:16,350 COMMENTS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2890 01:39:16,350 --> 01:39:17,451 CALL THE ROLL ON THE 2891 01:39:17,451 --> 01:39:19,620 RECOMMENDATION TO PASS BILL 2892 01:39:19,620 --> 01:39:22,222 COUNCIL BILL 121215 AS AMENDED. 2893 01:39:22,222 --> 01:39:24,825 -- VICE CHAIR STRAUSS. ABSTAIN 2894 01:39:24,825 --> 01:39:25,292 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2895 01:39:25,292 --> 01:39:26,660 -- YES. 2896 01:39:26,660 --> 01:39:27,161 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2897 01:39:27,161 --> 01:39:28,462 HOLLINGSWORTH. ABSTAIN 2898 01:39:28,462 --> 01:39:28,929 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 2899 01:39:28,929 --> 01:39:29,730 -- YES. 2900 01:39:29,730 --> 01:39:30,064 -- CHAIR LIN. 2901 01:39:30,064 --> 01:39:30,464 -- YES. 2902 01:39:30,464 --> 01:39:32,166 -- CHAIR. THERE ARE THREE VOTES 2903 01:39:32,166 --> 01:39:33,701 IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND TWO 2904 01:39:33,701 --> 01:39:34,034 ABSTENTIONS. 2905 01:39:34,034 --> 01:39:35,803 -- OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES A 2906 01:39:35,803 --> 01:39:37,104 RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL BILL 2907 01:39:37,104 --> 01:39:38,605 PASS THE BILL, AS AMENDED, WILL 2908 01:39:38,605 --> 01:39:42,343 BE SENT TO THE JULY 21st, 2026 2909 01:39:42,343 --> 01:39:43,510 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAVE 2910 01:39:43,510 --> 01:39:46,347 REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S 2911 01:39:46,347 --> 01:39:46,947 MEETING AGENDA. IS THERE ANY 2912 01:39:46,947 --> 01:39:47,614 FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE 2913 01:39:47,614 --> 01:39:50,150 THE COMMITTEE? BEFORE WE ADJOURN 2914 01:39:50,150 --> 01:39:51,385 HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS COME 2915 01:39:51,385 --> 01:39:52,252 BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, WE ARE 2916 01:39:52,252 --> 01:39:54,488 ADJOURNED. OUR NEXT SCHEDULED 2917 01:39:54,488 --> 01:39:56,790 MEETING. IT IS 11:14 A.M.. OUR 2918 01:39:56,790 --> 01:39:57,424 NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS JULY 2919 01:39:57,424 --> 01:40:00,227 30th AT 2 P.M.. PLEASE NOTE THE 2920 01:40:00,227 --> 01:40:02,029 SELECT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2921 01:40:02,029 --> 01:40:04,832 COMMITTEE WILL LIKEWISE BE 2922 01:40:04,832 --> 01:40:05,466 MEETING ON JULY 30th, BEGINNING 2923 01:40:05,466 --> 01:40:06,500 AT 9:30 A.M.. WE ANTICIPATE THIS 2924 01:40:06,500 --> 01:40:08,335 TO BE THE LAST SELECT COMMITTEE 2925 01:40:08,335 --> 01:40:10,037 SELECT COMP PLAN MEETING OF THE 2926 01:40:10,037 --> 01:40:18,011 YEAR. THANK YOU ALL.