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-- OKAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 

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JULY 23rd, 2026. LAND USE AND 

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SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE WILL 

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COME TO ORDER. IT'S 9:34 A.M. 

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I'M EDDIE LIN, CHAIR OF THE 

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COMMITTEE. WILL THE COMMITTEE 

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CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 

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-- VICE CHAIR STRAUSS. 

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COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER. COUNCIL 

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PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH. 

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-- PRESENT 

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-- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. PRESENT.

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CHAIR LIN. HERE. CHAIR. THERE. 

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FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. 

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-- THERE'S NO OBJECTION. THE 

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AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING 

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NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 

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ADOPTED. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 

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THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR 

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COMING TO THIS THURSDAY MORNING 

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MEETING TO DISCUSS LAND USE. AS 

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ALWAYS, THANK YOU TO OUR CITY 

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CLERK'S COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF, 

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MAYOR'S OFFICE, SDOT AND OPCD 

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FOR HELPING US PREPARE FOR THIS 

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MEETING. WE'LL NOW OPEN THE 

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PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC 

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COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS 

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ON THE AGENDA OR ITEMS WITHIN 

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THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE 

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CLERK. HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE 

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SIGNED UP TODAY? 

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-- WE HAVE ONE IN PERSON AND 

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THREE REMOTES. 

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-- OKAY. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 

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TWO MINUTES. WE'LL START WITH 

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IN-PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST. CLERK 

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CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC 

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COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS? 

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-- THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 

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WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 

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FOLLOWING MANNER. PUBLIC COMMENT

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PERIOD IS UP TO 60 MINUTES. 

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SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE 

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ORDER IN WHICH THEY'RE 

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REGISTERED IN PERSON. SPEAKERS 

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WILL BE CALLED FIRST, AFTER 

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WHICH WE WILL MOVE TO REMOTE 

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SPEAKERS UNTIL THE PUBLIC 

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COMMENT PERIOD IS ENDED, 

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SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME IN. 

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10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR 

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TIME. SPEAKERS WILL BE MUTED IF 

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THEY DO NOT IN THEIR COMMENTS 

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WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO 

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ALLOW US TO CALL THE NEXT 

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SPEAKER. THE PUBLIC COMMENT 

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PERIOD IS NOW OPEN, AND WE WILL 

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START WITH OUR FIRST SPEAKER AND

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THAT IS STEVE LACROIX. 

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-- EITHER ONE. BUT YOU DO HAVE 

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TO SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MIC 

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-- TO GET INTO IT. OKAY. GOOD 

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MORNING. MY NAME IS STEVE 

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LACROIX. I'M A RESIDENT OF 

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NORTH SEATTLE, AND I'M HERE 

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REPRESENTING THORNTON CREEK 

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ALLIANCE. WE APPRECIATE THE 

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OVERALL TENOR OF THE PLAN TO 

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INCREASE TREE CANOPY, IMPROVING 

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INDIGENOUS CULTURES. WE AGREE 

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHILE 

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ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE 

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GOALS. WE RECOMMEND RESPECTING. 

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WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH 

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AND WILDLIFE RECOMMENDED 200 

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FOOT RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT ZONES 

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BETWEEN 2016 AND 2021. NORTHGATE

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LOST 18.55 ACRES OF TREE CANOPY.

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REVERSED. TALL TREES ARE 

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OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER THE 

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COMMUNITY FOREST BATHING AS 

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PLACES ARE NEEDED. EIGHTH 

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NORTHEAST 105th HAS BEEN A 

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FAVORITE PLACE TO CHAT AND WATCH

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MID-BLOCK CORRIDORS AS WAS DONE 

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FOR THE MADEIRA ON EIGHTH 

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HUB STIRRED HUBBARD HOMESTEAD 

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PARK REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC 

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMMENTS AND 

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EIGHTH NEAR NORTHGATE AS A 

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PEDESTRIAN STREET. USE BEST 

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SAFETY AND NEEDLESS LIGHT 

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POLLUTION. THANK YOU. 

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-- THANK YOU SO MUCH OH, AND FOR

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THE RECORD, I BELIEVE 

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COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HAS JOINED 

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US ONLINE. 

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-- THAT'S OUR LAST IN-PERSON 

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SPEAKER. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR

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REMOTE SPEAKERS, STARTING WITH 

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MEGAN, CHRIS. 

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-- GOOD MORNING. I'M MEGAN 

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CRUZ, THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENT, 

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SPEAKING ON THE REGIONAL PLAN 

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AND ASKING THE CITY TO PARTNER 

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WITH DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD 

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COUNCIL TO REFINE IT. THE PLAN 

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GOALS ARE COMMENDABLE, BUT 

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PROPOSED ACTIONS DON'T ALWAYS 

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GROUND. FOR EXAMPLE, INSTEAD OF 

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INTEGRATING DENSITY THROUGHOUT 

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DOWNTOWN, INTENSE UP ZONES ARE 

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PROPOSED ON CROWDED THIRD 

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AVENUE, THE NATION'S LARGEST 

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TRANSIT CORRIDOR WHERE CURRENT 

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RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALREADY

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SERVICE VEHICLES AND LOADING. 

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YET THE CITY'S TECHNICAL REPORT

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PROPOSES UP ZONING WITH MARKET 

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RATE TOWERS OF 500 TO 1000 

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THE UNITS. THIS IS NOT 

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SUSTAINABLE. DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS 

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HAVE EMBRACED DENSITY AND WE 

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UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO 

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SUCCEED. WE WANT AFFORDABLE 

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HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, 

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LOGISTICS, LIVABILITY, METRICS 

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AND A PLAN FOR THE 31 

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PRESERVATION LANDMARKS IN THIS 

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SMALL ZONE AREA. UPZONING. 

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WITHOUT THESE REQUIREMENTS TO 

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DELIVER THESE ELEMENTS IS LIKE 

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WRITING A BLANK CHECK WITHOUT 

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OVERSIGHT. PLEASE PUT CITIZENS 

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BACK INTO CITY PLANNING. ENGAGE 

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DOWNTOWN'S COMMUNITY GROUPS, 

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AND REESTABLISH A PROJECT REVIEW

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PROCESS. THANK YOU. 

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-- THANK YOU 

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-- NEXT UP, WE HAVE SABRINA 

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BOLIO. 

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-- COUNCILMEMBER LIN, THIS IS 

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SABRINA BELLEVUE ON BEHALF OF 

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THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND THE 

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NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCE. I 

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WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

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SUB AREA PLANS FORWARD FOR 

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COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND 

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UPHOLDING THE NO NET LOSS 

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WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 

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YOU AS COUNCIL DELIBERATES ON 

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THIS LAND USE ISSUE. THANK YOU. 

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-- THANK YOU. 

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-- NEXT UP WE HAVE GENE BATEMAN.

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-- THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JEAN 

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BATEMAN. I'M A 35 YEAR RESIDENT

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DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL CORE, 

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COMMENTING ON THE DOWNTOWN PLAN.

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FIRST, I REALLY WANT TO THANK 

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YOU. THE PLAN APPEARS TO HAVE 

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RETURNED US TO OUR FIVE 

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NEIGHBORHOODS AND BOUNDARIES. 

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THE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED 

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WATERFRONT NEIGHBORHOOD IS GONE 

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AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS 

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CHANGE. THE PLAN NEEDS TO DEFINE

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DISTRICTS MORE CLEARLY. THE 

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DESCRIPTION AND INTENTION TO. 

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SPECIFIC EXAMPLES ARE THE PIKE 

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PLACE MARKET, HISTORICAL 

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DISTRICT AND THE NEWLY PROPOSED 

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AND EXPANDED WATERFRONT 

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DISTRICT. THE FLUME MAP AND ITS 

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RELATED DISTRICT NARRATIVES ARE 

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VERY UNCLEAR. PLEASE REFERENCE 

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THE LEGAL BOUNDARIES OF THE 

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MARKET, HISTORICAL DISTRICT, 

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PLEASE CLEARLY SHOW AND DESCRIBE

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THE PROPOSED BOUNDARIES OF THE 

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WATERFRONT DISTRICT AND 

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IMPORTANTLY, UPDATE THE RELATED 

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SEPA DOCUMENT, WHICH HAS ALREADY

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THE WATERFRONT HISTORICAL 

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DISTRICT AND THEN PLACES THE 

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MARKET INSIDE OF IT. THERE IS NO

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THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT IS THE 

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PIKE PLACE MARKET HISTORICAL 

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DISTRICT. ALSO, PLEASE GIVE US 

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MORE INFORMATION ON THE CULTURAL

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STRATEGIES FOR DOWNTOWN 

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REVITALIZATION REPORT. IT'S 

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MENTIONED TEN TIMES IN THE PLAN 

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BUT NOT DESCRIBED. THANK YOU 

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VERY MUCH. 

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-- THANK YOU. 

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-- WE WILL NOW MOVE BACK TO 

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IN-PERSON SPEAKERS WITH HANNAH 

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ZIFF 

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-- HI, MY NAME IS HANNAH ZIFF. I

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LIVE DOWNTOWN IN PIONEER SQUARE.

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MY IDEA FOR SEATTLE IS EVERYBODY

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AGREES HERE THAT WE WANT IT TO 

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BE BEAUTIFUL, AND WE LIKE 

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WALKING. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER 

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ACTUALLY MADE ONE OF THE FIRST 

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FEDERAL LAWS REQUIRING EVERYBODY

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TO BUY EXIT SIGNS. AND I HEARD 

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THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT 

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WIDENING THE STREETS FOR FIRE 

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TRUCKS. AND I'M GOING TO SAY, 

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IF WE HAVE TO WIDEN ONE STREET 

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FOR FIRE TRUCKS, WE ARE GOING TO

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HAVE TO WIDEN ALL THE STREETS, 

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GOOD FOR WALKING. AND WE NEED TO

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SAY NO TO WIDENING THE STREETS 

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FOR FIRE TRUCKS. WE NEED TO 

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BUILD NEW FIRE TRUCKS OR 

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SOMETHING ELSE. THAT'S IF 

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ON. WE WANT THE CITY TO BE 

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BEAUTIFUL, SO PLEASE SAY NO TO 

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WIDENING THE STREETS FOR FIRE 

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TRUCKS. THANK YOU. 

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-- THANK YOU, CHAIR. 

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-- THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS. 

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-- OKAY. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL

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REGISTERED SPEAKERS WILL NOW 

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PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF 

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BUSINESS. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO 

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OUR ONLY ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL 

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THE CLERK PLEASE READ AGENDA 

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-- AGENDA ITEM ONE OVERVIEW OF 

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NORTHGATE DOWNTOWN AND 

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CENTER SUBAREA. PLANS FOR 

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BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 

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-- OKAY. THANK YOU. WILL OUR 

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PRESENTERS PLEASE JOIN US AND 

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YOURSELVES. AND I BELIEVE VICE 

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CHAIR STRAUSS, YOU'RE JOINING US

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ONLINE. SO. 

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-- OKAY. WE WILL SHARE THIS ONE 

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IS ON NOW. GOOD MORNING CHAIR 

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LIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 

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HAVING US TODAY. MY NAME IS 

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ALLISON MILLER. I'M THE 

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COMMUNITY PLANNING MANAGER AT 

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THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND 

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. I'M 

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JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES. 

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-- HI. GOOD MORNING. I'M JESSIE

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LONDON, REGIONAL CENTERS PLANNER

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AT OPCD 

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-- I'M ERICA BUSH. I AM 

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CURRENTLY A DISTRICT PLANNER 

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WITH OPCD AND NOW WORKING FOR 

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THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 

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TRANSPORTATION. 

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-- THANK YOU. 

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-- SO TODAY, JUST KIND OF A 

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QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR AGENDA FOR

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TODAY. WE SO WE WERE HERE IN 

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JUNE TALKING ABOUT. WE KIND OF 

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GAVE AN ORIENTATION BRIEFING 

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AROUND THE. THIS PACKAGE, ONE OF

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SUB AREA PLANS AND HOW THAT IS 

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RELATED TO THE 2026 

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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, 

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MEANING THIS IS THE 

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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT 

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PACKAGE THIS YEAR IS THIS 

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PACKAGE OF FOUR SUB AREA PLANS 

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THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO 

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COUNCIL FOR YOUR REVIEW AND 

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CONSIDERATION THERE. AS WE SORT 

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OF DISCUSSED LAST MONTH, JUST A 

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QUICK REFRESHER, THERE ARE IN 

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TOTAL NINE SUB AREA PLANS THAT 

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WE'LL BE LOOKING TO HAVE 

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ADOPTED OVER THE NEXT THREE 

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YEARS AS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 

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AMENDMENTS AND YEAH, IN JUNE WE 

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KIND OF JUST WENT OVER WHAT ARE 

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THOSE PLANS? WHY? WHY ARE WE 

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DOING THESE PLANNING PROCESSES 

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AND, AND TALKED ABOUT HOW WE 

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WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF 

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DEVELOPING THOSE PLANS. SO FOR 

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TODAY, OUR WE'RE GOING TO TALK 

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THROUGH THE NORTHGATE REGIONAL 

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CENTER, THE DOWNTOWN REGIONAL 

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CENTER PLANS, AND OUR OUR 

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COLLEAGUE JIM HOLMES WILL SWAP 

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WITH US AND TALK ABOUT THE 2MIC 

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PLANS. SO WE'LL FIRST DIVE INTO

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THE NORTHGATE REGIONAL CENTER 

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PLAN. 

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-- THANKS, ALISON. AND I'LL. 

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THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PAUSE AT 

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THE END OF THE NORTHGATE SLIDES 

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FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION 

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ON THAT BEFORE WE TRANSITION 

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INTO DOWNTOWN. JUST BEFORE AYE. 

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OKAY, SO THE NORTH GATE REGIONAL

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CENTER PLAN, IT'S IT'S IT'S AN

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INTERESTING ONE TO START WITH 

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BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY, IN MANY 

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WAYS DOESN'T LOOK AND OPERATE 

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LIKE OUR OTHER REGIONAL CENTERS 

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IN REALITY CURRENTLY. YOU KNOW, 

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IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MUCH LESS 

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DENSE. IT'S GOT MUCH LARGER 

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BLOCKS, RELATIVELY POOR 

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WALKABILITY AND THAT LA C LARGE 

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SEA OF SURFACE PARKING, BUT, YOU

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KNOW, THIS SORT OF WHAT WE SEE 

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WHEN WE LOOK AT IT IS THE, THE 

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OPPORTUNITY IN IT'S IN THAT 

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STATE OF TRANSITION THAT IT'S 

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CURRENTLY IN. WE WE HAVE AN 

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OPPORTUNITY AS WE MAKE THIS PLAN

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TO INFLUENCE ITS DEVELOPMENT. 

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AND THANKFULLY, AS, AS I'M SURE

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MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR, THERE 

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ARE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT ASSETS

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THAT WE CAN USE AS A STARTING 

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POINT AND LEVERAGE INTO 

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TRANSITIONING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD 

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INTO A, AN OPERATING REGIONAL 

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CENTER. IT'S IT'S CENTERED 

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AROUND THIS GRADUALLY 

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REDEVELOPING FORMER MALL SITE. 

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THE, OBVIOUSLY, THE, THE LIGHT 

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RAIL STATION AND TRANSIT 

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ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY

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THAT THAT PRESENTS THAT 

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AGGREGATION OF, OF MEDICAL USES 

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THAT EXIST THROUGHOUT THE SUB 

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AREA. THE KRAKEN ICE PLEX THAT 

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GENERATES OVER A MILLION 

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VISITORS A YEAR. AND OBVIOUSLY 

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SOME, SOME GREAT NATURAL 

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FEATURES. THE THORNTON CREEK, 

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THE BEAVER PONDS, BARTON WOODS, 

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ET CETERA. AND, AND MULTIPLE 

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS 

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EITHER RECENTLY COMPLETED OR IN 

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THE PIPELINE. SO WE HAVE A GOOD 

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STARTING PLACE THERE AS OUR 

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EXISTING CONDITION. SO LIKE IN 

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OUR OTHER PLANS, AS YOU AS 

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YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE INTRODUCE 

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THESE OVER THE COURSE OF THE 

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NEXT YEAR, IT'S GROUNDED IN OUR

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EQUITY PRIORITIES AND ROBUST 

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CONSTITUENT ENGAGEMENT, 

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SUPPORTED BY OUR TECHNICAL 

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RESEARCH THAT WE CONDUCTED WITH 

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OUR CONSULTANT TEAMS. AFTER 

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USING THESE INITIAL FINDINGS TO 

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DEVELOP A VISION STATEMENT AND 

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SOME HIGH LEVEL IDEAS, WE TOOK 

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THAT INFORMATION, VETTED THAT 

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WITH CONSTITUENTS. AGAIN, AND 

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THE NEXT YEAR WE WERE WE 

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RELEASED A FULL DRAFT PLAN FOR 

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FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THEN OF 

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COURSE, THERE WAS OUR 

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INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION

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THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS, ALL OF 

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THIS PROCESS WITH OUR PARTNER 

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AGENCIES. SO THE ENGAGEMENT, WE 

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HAD A FEW DIFFERENT PHASES OF 

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THAT AT THE BEGINNING. THIS WAS 

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MAYBE LIKE MID LATE 23. WE, YOU 

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KNOW, DECIDED WE WANTED TO FOCUS

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HARD ON OUR HISTORICALLY 

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UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE 

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NEIGHBORHOOD. SO A LOT OF OUR, 

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THE IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT THAT 

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OUR CONSULTANTS CONDUCTED WAS 

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FOCUS GROUPS WITH, WITH THESE 

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TARGET AUDIENCES WHO HELD FOCUS 

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GROUPS IN LANGUAGE WITH EAST 

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AFRICAN ELDERS, IDRISS MOSQUE, A

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GROUP OF PRIMARILY ASIAN 

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RESTAURANT WORKERS AND 

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INDIGENOUS YOUTH PROGRAM, A 

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COUPLE DIFFERENT COHORTS OF 

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STUDENTS, AMONG OTHERS. BUT WE 

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ALSO HAD, OF COURSE, OUR MORE 

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WIDE REACHING SURVEYS TO 

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GENERATE THAT LARGE SAMPLE OF 

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FEEDBACK FROM OUR MORE INVOLVED 

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 

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HISTORICALLY AND ULTIMATELY, A 

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FEW THEMES EMERGED. THE ACTIVITY

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LEVEL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS 

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SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WERE 

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CURIOUS ABOUT. YOU KNOW, WHAT, 

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WHAT IS THE POST MALL 

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NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK LIKE? THAT 

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THEN THAT SORT OF TIED IN WITH 

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THE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD 

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IDENTITY. LIKE WHAT? WHAT IS 

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THIS NEIGHBORHOOD GOING TO BE IN

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THE LONG TERM? WHO'S WHO DOES IT

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SERVE? WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT 

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NORTHGATE, WHAT ARE THEY? WHAT 

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DO THEY THINK ABOUT? AND THEN OF

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COURSE, THE BEAR, THE BARE 

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MINIMUM STUFF LIKE WALKABILITY 

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AND AND INCREASING ACCESS TO 

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PARKS AND OPEN SPACES AS, AS THE

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NEIGHBORHOOD GROWS. AS PART OF 

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OUR TECHNICAL WORK AND 

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ENGAGEMENT, I WANTED TO PAUSE 

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AND TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A 

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MOMENT. WE LOOKED INTO HOW BEST 

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TO USE THE NEIGHBORHOODS STATE 

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OF TRANSITION AND OPPORTUNITY 

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PRESENTED BY SOME SIMULTANEOUS 

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PROJECTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO 

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IMPLEMENT ELEMENTS OF A 

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NEIGHBORHOOD THAT COULD SERVE AN

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URBAN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY. WE 

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WORKED WITH. AN INDIGENOUS LED 

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CONSULTING FIRM, OLD GROWTH 

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SOLUTIONS, WHICH WAS AT THE 

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TIME, WAS TOM AND PEAK SOLUTIONS

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TO DEVELOP THESE REPORTS ON WHAT

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THESE URBAN ELEMENTS MIGHT BE 

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AND HOW THAT COULD THAT COULD 

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WORK IN A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE 

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NORTHGATE. THESE INCLUDED THINGS

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LIKE CERTAIN HOUSING TYPOLOGIES,

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PUBLIC SERVICES, AND 

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PARTICULARLY A RELATIONSHIP WITH

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THE AREA'S NATURAL FEATURES. 

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AND I'LL GET INTO EXAMPLES OF 

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HOW WE HOW THAT MANIFESTS IN THE

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PLAN HERE IN A FEW SLIDES. SO 

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I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE FULL 

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VISION STATEMENT HERE, BUT THIS.

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THIS YIELDED OUR. ALL THIS WORK 

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YIELDED OUR SORT OF NORTH STAR 

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HERE, THIS THIS VISION 

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STATEMENT. AND I THINK IN 

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SUMMARY, WE THINK THIS 

489
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NEIGHBORHOOD CAN HAVE IT ALL. I 

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THINK THAT'S TOTALLY A 

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REALISTIC THING. OVER THE COURSE

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OF THE 20 YEAR PLANNING PERIOD, 

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WE THINK THIS PLACE CAN HAVE ALL

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OF THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF A 

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COMPLETE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, 

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COMPREHENSIVE AMENITIES, 

497
00:16:42,801 --> 00:16:45,637
WALKABILITY, PUBLIC SPACES, AND,

498
00:16:45,637 --> 00:16:47,406
AND THIS PLANNING PROCESS IS 

499
00:16:47,406 --> 00:16:49,842
SORT OF THE FIRST STEP TO 

500
00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:50,409
LEVERAGING THE DEVELOPMENT 

501
00:16:50,409 --> 00:16:51,910
INTEREST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO 

502
00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:56,281
MAKE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN LIKE 

503
00:16:56,281 --> 00:16:57,916
WITH ALL OF OUR REGIONAL 

504
00:16:57,916 --> 00:16:59,451
CENTERS, PLANS ARE THE BASIC 

505
00:16:59,451 --> 00:17:00,953
STRUCTURE OF THIS PLAN ARE THESE

506
00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:03,589
FIVE BIG PICTURE POLICY THEMES 

507
00:17:03,589 --> 00:17:06,625
THAT HELP US TO ACHIEVE THE 

508
00:17:06,625 --> 00:17:08,460
AFOREMENTIONED VISION. AND THESE

509
00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:10,295
ARE BASED ON SOME OF THE MORE 

510
00:17:10,295 --> 00:17:12,297
PROMINENT THEMES IDENTIFIED BY 

511
00:17:12,297 --> 00:17:12,831
COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT OUR 

512
00:17:12,831 --> 00:17:15,868
OUTREACH AND RESEARCH PROCESS. 

513
00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:16,935
SO NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ALL SEASONS.

514
00:17:16,935 --> 00:17:19,038
THAT'S KIND OF A SNEAKY WAY OF 

515
00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:19,671
SAYING TWO THINGS AT ONCE. HERE 

516
00:17:19,671 --> 00:17:22,074
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SEASONS

517
00:17:22,074 --> 00:17:26,178
OF LIFE. YOU KNOW, ACCOMMODATING

518
00:17:26,178 --> 00:17:28,414
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS FROM FROM

519
00:17:28,414 --> 00:17:32,584
A YOUNG AGE TO TO OLDER AGE WITH

520
00:17:32,584 --> 00:17:36,688
HOUSING AND AMENITIES AND THAT 

521
00:17:36,688 --> 00:17:37,990
ARE COMMENSURATE WITH THOSE LIFE

522
00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:38,791
PHASES. AND THEN, BUT THEN, OF 

523
00:17:38,791 --> 00:17:40,592
COURSE, WE'RE ALSO TALKING 

524
00:17:40,592 --> 00:17:43,362
ABOUT SEASONS OF THE YEAR AND 

525
00:17:43,362 --> 00:17:45,964
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ABILITY TO BE 

526
00:17:45,964 --> 00:17:47,666
RESILIENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND 

527
00:17:47,666 --> 00:17:51,036
THE IMPACTS FROM THAT. THE 

528
00:17:51,036 --> 00:17:53,972
LIVING WITH PLACE THEME, THAT'S

529
00:17:53,972 --> 00:17:54,540
ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S 

530
00:17:54,540 --> 00:17:55,374
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NATURAL 

531
00:17:55,374 --> 00:17:57,109
ENVIRONMENT, THE, THE BEAVER 

532
00:17:57,109 --> 00:17:58,277
POND, THORNTON CREEK, ET 

533
00:17:58,277 --> 00:18:01,513
CETERA., AND HOW WE ACCENTUATE 

534
00:18:01,513 --> 00:18:02,481
THOSE THINGS AND EMPHASIZE THOSE

535
00:18:02,481 --> 00:18:05,017
THINGS AND IMPROVE THE, THE, THE

536
00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:07,286
WAY THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND 

537
00:18:07,286 --> 00:18:10,589
WORKERS CAN INTERACT WITH THOSE 

538
00:18:10,589 --> 00:18:12,257
SPACES. EDDIE CREATE. NORTHGATE.

539
00:18:12,257 --> 00:18:14,993
THAT'S ABOUT ENCOURAGING THE 

540
00:18:14,993 --> 00:18:17,362
ORGANIC CREATION OF THAT 

541
00:18:17,362 --> 00:18:17,996
NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY THAT I, 

542
00:18:17,996 --> 00:18:19,298
THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, 

543
00:18:19,298 --> 00:18:21,333
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS 

544
00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:23,535
THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE 

545
00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:26,872
GOING TO NORTHGATE FOR AND TO DO

546
00:18:26,872 --> 00:18:27,873
CONNECTED COMMUNITIES. THAT'S, 

547
00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:30,742
THAT'S, THAT'S A PRETTY 

548
00:18:30,742 --> 00:18:31,376
FOCUSED TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT 

549
00:18:31,376 --> 00:18:32,744
OF THIS, OF THIS PLAN WHERE WE 

550
00:18:32,744 --> 00:18:38,917
HAVE A LOT OF OUR DOT ORIENTED 

551
00:18:38,917 --> 00:18:40,652
POLICIES, ORIGINATED POLICIES, 

552
00:18:40,652 --> 00:18:41,887
AND BEST DOT PROJECT LIST AND 

553
00:18:41,887 --> 00:18:43,922
THINGS LIKE THAT. SHARED 

554
00:18:43,922 --> 00:18:45,624
ABUNDANCE. AND THEN THAT'S ABOUT

555
00:18:45,624 --> 00:18:47,459
OUR GROWTH AND ECONOMIC 

556
00:18:47,459 --> 00:18:48,093
DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 

557
00:18:48,093 --> 00:18:50,762
AND HOW FOLKS ALONG VARIOUS 

558
00:18:50,762 --> 00:18:53,632
PARTS OF THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME 

559
00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:54,833
SPECTRUM CAN, CAN BENEFIT FROM 

560
00:18:54,833 --> 00:18:56,101
HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROWS AND 

561
00:18:56,101 --> 00:18:58,136
CHANGES OVER THE PLANNING 

562
00:18:58,136 --> 00:19:01,940
HORIZON. SO I'M GOING TO START 

563
00:19:01,940 --> 00:19:04,109
TO GRADUALLY ZOOM INTO SOME 

564
00:19:04,109 --> 00:19:05,377
POLICY FOCUSES OF THIS PLAN AND 

565
00:19:05,377 --> 00:19:07,880
GET A LITTLE SOME MORE TANGIBLE 

566
00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,147
THINGS. WE'LL START WITH JUST 

567
00:19:09,147 --> 00:19:10,315
THE WHEN YOU READ THE PLAN, 

568
00:19:10,315 --> 00:19:12,718
THESE MIGHT BE SOME OF THE 

569
00:19:12,718 --> 00:19:13,819
BIGGER TAKEAWAYS. SOME ARE MORE 

570
00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:15,220
OBVIOUS THAN OTHERS. BUT BUT, 

571
00:19:15,220 --> 00:19:18,490
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO THROUGH 

572
00:19:18,490 --> 00:19:20,759
THIS PLAN AND THE IMPLEMENTATION

573
00:19:20,759 --> 00:19:23,862
OF ITS POLICIES, WE WANT TO ADD 

574
00:19:23,862 --> 00:19:26,064
STRATEGICALLY, ADD DENSITY AND, 

575
00:19:26,064 --> 00:19:27,966
AND, AND HOUSING AND TAKE 

576
00:19:27,966 --> 00:19:29,635
ADVANTAGE OF OUR TRANSIT 

577
00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:30,969
ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY

578
00:19:30,969 --> 00:19:32,304
PRESENTED BY THE LIGHT RAIL 

579
00:19:32,304 --> 00:19:34,072
STATION. WE WANT TO EXPAND OUR 

580
00:19:34,072 --> 00:19:36,775
ACCESS TO TO OPEN SPACES, 

581
00:19:36,775 --> 00:19:39,111
MITIGATE CLIMATE VULNERABILITIES

582
00:19:39,111 --> 00:19:41,013
LIKE THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACES, 

583
00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:41,613
AND INCLUDE SOME DEEP PAVING 

584
00:19:41,613 --> 00:19:43,248
WHERE WHERE PRACTICAL. WE WANT 

585
00:19:43,248 --> 00:19:46,552
TO IMPROVE THE WALKABILITY 

586
00:19:46,552 --> 00:19:47,185
CONDITIONS DRAMATICALLY. WE WANT

587
00:19:47,185 --> 00:19:48,587
TO WE WANT TO MITIGATE AGAINST 

588
00:19:48,587 --> 00:19:50,222
SOME OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF 

589
00:19:50,222 --> 00:19:51,056
HAVING I-5 GO THROUGH THE MIDDLE

590
00:19:51,056 --> 00:19:52,191
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE. 

591
00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:53,692
OBVIOUSLY, THE WALKABILITY AND 

592
00:19:53,692 --> 00:19:54,293
CONNECTIVITY IMPLICATIONS OF 

593
00:19:54,293 --> 00:19:56,161
THAT, BUT ALSO THE ENVIRONMENTAL

594
00:19:56,161 --> 00:19:59,031
AND NOISE IMPACTS. AND THEN WE 

595
00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:00,832
WANT TO IMPLEMENT THE ELEMENTS 

596
00:20:00,832 --> 00:20:03,569
OF THAT. THE NATIVE NEIGHBORHOOD

597
00:20:03,569 --> 00:20:05,504
THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY OUR 

598
00:20:05,504 --> 00:20:06,738
INDIGENOUS CONSULTING WORK THAT 

599
00:20:06,738 --> 00:20:09,074
I MENTIONED EARLIER. SO I'LL 

600
00:20:09,074 --> 00:20:11,376
DIVE INTO A FEW EVEN MORE 

601
00:20:11,376 --> 00:20:13,445
CONCRETE EXAMPLES HERE THE 

602
00:20:13,445 --> 00:20:16,415
MID-BLOCK CORRIDOR, SOMETHING 

603
00:20:16,415 --> 00:20:17,883
WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON A 

604
00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:20,152
LITTLE BIT WITH OUR LAND USE 

605
00:20:20,152 --> 00:20:22,254
IMPLEMENTATION TEAM. THIS 

606
00:20:22,254 --> 00:20:24,656
INVOLVES LEVERAGING THE 

607
00:20:24,656 --> 00:20:27,492
DEVELOPMENT DEMAND TO EXPAND THE

608
00:20:27,492 --> 00:20:27,993
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK 

609
00:20:27,993 --> 00:20:28,827
THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 

610
00:20:28,827 --> 00:20:31,263
EFFECTIVELY, WE THINK WE CAN USE

611
00:20:31,263 --> 00:20:33,432
THE LAND USE CODE TO ASK 

612
00:20:33,432 --> 00:20:35,133
DEVELOPERS TO BUILD ADDITIONAL 

613
00:20:35,133 --> 00:20:35,701
STREETS OR PEDESTRIAN PATHS 

614
00:20:35,701 --> 00:20:37,502
THROUGH THEIR PROPERTIES IN 

615
00:20:37,502 --> 00:20:39,771
EXCHANGE FOR THE THE DENSITY 

616
00:20:39,771 --> 00:20:42,107
THAT THEY WANT. AND AS A RESULT,

617
00:20:42,107 --> 00:20:43,809
WE END UP WITH A WITH A BETTER 

618
00:20:43,809 --> 00:20:46,511
CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOOD WITH 

619
00:20:46,511 --> 00:20:47,145
SMALLER BLOCKS. I MEAN, DON'T 

620
00:20:47,145 --> 00:20:47,779
DON'T TAKE THE IMAGE TO THE 

621
00:20:47,779 --> 00:20:49,147
RIGHT, BUT BY HEART, BY, BY ANY 

622
00:20:49,147 --> 00:20:50,849
MEANS. IT'S IT'S, IT'S JUST 

623
00:20:50,849 --> 00:20:55,787
LIKE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE 

624
00:20:55,787 --> 00:20:57,623
IT'S COMPARING WHAT THE CURRENT

625
00:20:57,623 --> 00:20:58,957
BLOCK SIZES LOOK LIKE TO LIKE 

626
00:20:58,957 --> 00:20:59,825
WHAT A TYPICAL SEATTLE URBAN 

627
00:20:59,825 --> 00:21:02,894
NEIGHBORHOOD MIGHT LOOK LIKE, 

628
00:21:02,894 --> 00:21:03,829
AND HOW MID-BLOCK CORRIDORS 

629
00:21:03,829 --> 00:21:05,964
COULD HELP US TO, TO GET TO THAT

630
00:21:05,964 --> 00:21:10,435
CONDITION AND IMPROVED 

631
00:21:10,435 --> 00:21:12,337
PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE. AND WE, 

632
00:21:12,337 --> 00:21:14,039
WE WANT TO AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT

633
00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:15,540
THIS IS THE LAND USE 

634
00:21:15,540 --> 00:21:16,508
IMPLEMENTATION TEAM IS ALREADY 

635
00:21:16,508 --> 00:21:18,543
TAKING SOME STEPS ON. WE WANT TO

636
00:21:18,543 --> 00:21:20,178
MAKE STRATEGIC ZONING CHANGES 

637
00:21:20,178 --> 00:21:20,779
THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 

638
00:21:20,779 --> 00:21:21,380
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S 

639
00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:22,614
CAPTURED IN OUR FUTURE LAND USE 

640
00:21:22,614 --> 00:21:25,117
MAP. THAT AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT 

641
00:21:25,117 --> 00:21:27,619
APPEARS IN ALL THE PLANS BECAUSE

642
00:21:27,619 --> 00:21:28,587
IT'S REQUIRED. BUT YOU KNOW, WE

643
00:21:28,587 --> 00:21:30,322
WANT TO CREATE THOSE ADDITIONAL 

644
00:21:30,322 --> 00:21:33,225
MORE DESTINATIONS, REPLACE THE 

645
00:21:33,225 --> 00:21:34,660
SURFACE PARKING WITH SOMETHING 

646
00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:37,262
THAT LENDS ITSELF TO A 

647
00:21:37,262 --> 00:21:39,965
FUNCTIONAL URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. 

648
00:21:39,965 --> 00:21:41,833
THE PROJECT LIST, AGAIN, AN 

649
00:21:41,833 --> 00:21:42,668
EXAMPLE, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF 

650
00:21:42,668 --> 00:21:44,670
SOMETHING THAT APPEARS IN ALL 

651
00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:46,905
THE PLANS. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH 

652
00:21:46,905 --> 00:21:48,907
SDOT TO, TO FURTHER THEIR WORK 

653
00:21:48,907 --> 00:21:49,574
FROM THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION 

654
00:21:49,574 --> 00:21:50,942
PLAN THAT THEY COMPLETED A 

655
00:21:50,942 --> 00:21:52,911
COUPLE YEARS AGO. BY IDENTIFYING

656
00:21:52,911 --> 00:21:55,013
SOME INCREMENTALLY MORE SPECIFIC

657
00:21:55,013 --> 00:21:57,849
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS IN 

658
00:21:57,849 --> 00:21:58,950
KEY LOCATIONS. AS YOU MIGHT 

659
00:21:58,950 --> 00:22:00,452
IMAGINE, WALKABILITY WAS THE WAS

660
00:22:00,452 --> 00:22:02,654
THE PRIMARY FOCUS. BUT THERE ARE

661
00:22:02,654 --> 00:22:05,057
BIKE AND TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS 

662
00:22:05,057 --> 00:22:05,557
HERE AS WELL. CROSSWALK 

663
00:22:05,557 --> 00:22:06,958
SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES, YOU KNOW,

664
00:22:06,958 --> 00:22:10,162
MORE PLEASANT WAYS TO CROSS I-5 

665
00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:11,496
AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I 

666
00:22:11,496 --> 00:22:12,698
ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO, TO OPEN 

667
00:22:12,698 --> 00:22:18,870
THAT UP BECAUSE IT'S A LONG ONE.

668
00:22:18,870 --> 00:22:19,671
THE ECOLOGY CORRIDOR, THAT'S 

669
00:22:19,671 --> 00:22:20,839
ONE OF OUR MORE ABSTRACT 

670
00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:22,074
CONCEPTS IN THE, IN THE PLAN, 

671
00:22:22,074 --> 00:22:23,642
BUT IT'S, IT'S EFFECTIVELY AN 

672
00:22:23,642 --> 00:22:25,243
IMPLEMENTATION OF A 

673
00:22:25,243 --> 00:22:25,777
RECOMMENDATION FROM THOSE 

674
00:22:25,777 --> 00:22:27,713
INDIGENOUS CONSULTANTS AND THE 

675
00:22:27,713 --> 00:22:29,548
COLLABORATORS AND SUPPORTERS OF 

676
00:22:29,548 --> 00:22:33,051
THOSE OF THOSE PRODUCTS. THIS 

677
00:22:33,051 --> 00:22:34,386
THE INTENT IS TO IMPROVE THE 

678
00:22:34,386 --> 00:22:35,087
NEIGHBORHOOD'S RELATIONSHIP WITH

679
00:22:35,087 --> 00:22:38,523
ITS NATURAL FEATURES THROUGH 

680
00:22:38,523 --> 00:22:40,992
THIS LINEAR PATH BETWEEN THE THE

681
00:22:40,992 --> 00:22:42,094
BARTON WOODS AREA JUST NORTH OF 

682
00:22:42,094 --> 00:22:44,496
NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE, DOWN THE 

683
00:22:44,496 --> 00:22:47,532
100th STREET, RIGHT OF WAY UP 

684
00:22:47,532 --> 00:22:48,300
INTO THORNTON CREEK, AND THE 

685
00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:49,134
RESULT, WE WOULD HOPE, WOULD BE 

686
00:22:49,134 --> 00:22:52,304
AN IMPROVED ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION 

687
00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:54,873
IN THESE AREAS. A MUCH HIGHER 

688
00:22:54,873 --> 00:22:56,742
NATIVE TREE AND PLANT DENSITY IN

689
00:22:56,742 --> 00:22:58,810
THE. IN THESE SPACES, INCLUDING 

690
00:22:58,810 --> 00:23:01,580
THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ON 100th

691
00:23:01,580 --> 00:23:04,216
AND ALONG I-5 AND THEN WHAT. 

692
00:23:04,216 --> 00:23:05,784
EXPLORING THE USE OF BARTON 

693
00:23:05,784 --> 00:23:08,620
WOODS OR. OR NEIGHBORING 

694
00:23:08,620 --> 00:23:10,922
FORESTED AREAS AS A AS A NATIVE 

695
00:23:10,922 --> 00:23:16,862
FOOD FOREST, WHICH THAT'S 

696
00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:17,496
ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE'RE ALSO 

697
00:23:17,496 --> 00:23:18,330
STARTING TO WORK ON WITH SOME 

698
00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:20,966
PARTNERS AT DEPARTMENT OF 

699
00:23:20,966 --> 00:23:21,466
NEIGHBORHOODS OFFICE OF 

700
00:23:21,466 --> 00:23:22,334
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT. 

701
00:23:22,334 --> 00:23:24,202
AND THEN WE'RE JUST STARTING TO

702
00:23:24,202 --> 00:23:26,538
HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH NORTH 

703
00:23:26,538 --> 00:23:27,105
SEATTLE COLLEGE ABOUT SOME 

704
00:23:27,105 --> 00:23:28,140
APPROPRIATE SPACES FOR, FOR 

705
00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:29,674
FRUIT FOREST, WHICH IS 

706
00:23:29,674 --> 00:23:31,309
EFFECTIVELY A THIS, A 

707
00:23:31,309 --> 00:23:34,079
MULTI-TIERED EDIBLE ECOSYSTEM. 

708
00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:35,080
THAT'S A HISTORICALLY 

709
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:36,114
SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE FOOD 

710
00:23:36,114 --> 00:23:38,617
PRODUCTION FOR THE COAST SALISH 

711
00:23:38,617 --> 00:23:42,421
PEOPLES. AND YEAH, THOSE ARE ALL

712
00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:44,790
OF THE EXAMPLES I HAVE. I'LL 

713
00:23:44,790 --> 00:23:46,925
PAUSE HERE. AND IF ANYONE HAS 

714
00:23:46,925 --> 00:23:49,327
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAN OR 

715
00:23:49,327 --> 00:23:51,496
ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THANKS. 

716
00:23:51,496 --> 00:23:54,633
-- OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

717
00:23:54,633 --> 00:23:57,836
THERE'S A LOT THERE, 

718
00:23:57,836 --> 00:23:58,470
COLLEAGUES. AND JUST FOR THIS 

719
00:23:58,470 --> 00:23:59,638
MORNING, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE 

720
00:23:59,638 --> 00:24:01,506
WENT THROUGH THAT PRESENTATION, 

721
00:24:01,506 --> 00:24:03,074
BUT FEEL FREE IF YOU HAVE 

722
00:24:03,074 --> 00:24:04,242
QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY FOR, FOR

723
00:24:04,242 --> 00:24:10,282
THE NEXT PRESENTATION. BUT ANY 

724
00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:14,519
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AND IF 

725
00:24:14,519 --> 00:24:15,987
COLLEAGUES DON'T HAVE ANY, I, I

726
00:24:15,987 --> 00:24:21,226
HAVE A FEW. JUST HOLD ON ONE 

727
00:24:21,226 --> 00:24:24,696
MORE MINUTE. COULD YOU TALK 

728
00:24:24,696 --> 00:24:26,298
ABOUT SO I AS PART OF THE PUGET 

729
00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:27,165
SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL, I KNOW 

730
00:24:27,165 --> 00:24:30,168
THAT THERE ARE SOME CONDITIONS 

731
00:24:30,168 --> 00:24:31,503
AND DEADLINES. COULD YOU JUST 

732
00:24:31,503 --> 00:24:33,805
REMIND US WHAT THOSE ARE? AND 

733
00:24:33,805 --> 00:24:37,375
ALSO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC SAKE. 

734
00:24:37,375 --> 00:24:39,010
-- SURE. DO YOU. I GO. 

735
00:24:39,010 --> 00:24:44,249
-- AHEAD TO THE. I'LL I'LL SPEAK

736
00:24:44,249 --> 00:24:46,218
OVERALL TO THE CONDITION AROUND 

737
00:24:46,218 --> 00:24:48,019
ADOPTING SUB AREA PLANS. SO THE 

738
00:24:48,019 --> 00:24:51,723
PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL HAS

739
00:24:51,723 --> 00:24:53,625
NOW REQUIRED MUNICIPALITIES TO 

740
00:24:53,625 --> 00:24:56,127
ADOPT SUBAREA PLANS FOR ALL 

741
00:24:56,127 --> 00:24:58,163
REGIONAL CENTERS AND 

742
00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:00,732
MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL 

743
00:25:00,732 --> 00:25:03,034
CENTERS BY. FOR EXISTING ONES 

744
00:25:03,034 --> 00:25:04,502
THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN 

745
00:25:04,502 --> 00:25:05,871
DESIGNATED BY THE END OF 2027. 

746
00:25:05,871 --> 00:25:08,874
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE. THE 

747
00:25:08,874 --> 00:25:09,841
STAGGERED PACKAGES OF PLANS THAT

748
00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:14,579
YOU ARE RECEIVING. AND YEAH, 

749
00:25:14,579 --> 00:25:15,247
JESSE, I THINK IF THERE'S ANY, 

750
00:25:15,247 --> 00:25:16,114
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD 

751
00:25:16,114 --> 00:25:18,250
SPECIFICALLY AROUND NORTHGATE. 

752
00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:19,551
-- YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, BOTH THE 

753
00:25:19,551 --> 00:25:22,187
DOWNTOWN AND NORTHGATE PLANS, WE

754
00:25:22,187 --> 00:25:26,725
WE'RE, WE'RE EAGER TO. ADOPT 

755
00:25:26,725 --> 00:25:28,827
THESE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO 

756
00:25:28,827 --> 00:25:29,928
LIKE WITHIN THIS ANNUAL COMP 

757
00:25:29,928 --> 00:25:31,029
PLAN AMENDMENT WINDOW OF THIS 

758
00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:32,664
YEAR SO THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING 

759
00:25:32,664 --> 00:25:33,832
TO DO THAT WITH, YOU KNOW, NINE 

760
00:25:33,832 --> 00:25:34,900
PLANS OR SEVEN PLANS NEXT YEAR, 

761
00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:36,835
WHICH WOULD BE START TO 

762
00:25:36,835 --> 00:25:39,738
CHALLENGE OUR ABILITY TO MEET 

763
00:25:39,738 --> 00:25:43,241
THE DEADLINES WITH THESE. AND, 

764
00:25:43,241 --> 00:25:46,077
AND ALSO ENABLE THESE CENTERS TO

765
00:25:46,077 --> 00:25:47,812
QUALIFY FOR THOSE TRANSPORTATION

766
00:25:47,812 --> 00:25:49,581
FUNDS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. 

767
00:25:49,581 --> 00:25:50,682
-- WONDERFUL. AND DO YOU RECALL,

768
00:25:50,682 --> 00:25:53,818
AND WE CAN CHAT OFFLINE, BUT DO 

769
00:25:53,818 --> 00:25:55,053
YOU RECALL THE CONDITIONS? I 

770
00:25:55,053 --> 00:25:55,720
JUST DON'T RECALL OFF THE TOP 

771
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,222
OF MY HEAD WHAT THE CONDITIONS 

772
00:25:57,222 --> 00:25:59,190
WERE. I KNOW THAT THE THE PSRC 

773
00:25:59,190 --> 00:26:00,825
HAD A FEW CONCERNS ABOUT THE 

774
00:26:00,825 --> 00:26:02,694
SIZE OF THE REGIONAL. 

775
00:26:02,694 --> 00:26:03,261
-- CENTER FOR NORTHGATE IN 

776
00:26:03,261 --> 00:26:03,762
PARTICULAR. 

777
00:26:03,762 --> 00:26:04,629
-- YEAH, FOR NORTHGATE. 

778
00:26:04,629 --> 00:26:07,465
-- THANK YOU FOR THAT REFRAMING 

779
00:26:07,465 --> 00:26:13,805
THERE. I YES, SO THE PSRC DID 

780
00:26:13,805 --> 00:26:16,274
ASK THAT WE REVISIT THE, THE, 

781
00:26:16,274 --> 00:26:17,542
THE BOUNDARY AND SHAPE OF THE, 

782
00:26:17,542 --> 00:26:20,512
OF THE NORTHGATE REGIONAL 

783
00:26:20,512 --> 00:26:21,780
CENTER, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT 

784
00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:24,716
WE TALK ABOUT IN THE PLAN AND 

785
00:26:24,716 --> 00:26:27,419
TEE UP TO DO AFTER THIS PLAN'S 

786
00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:30,922
ADOPTION. AT THIS POINT, FOR, 

787
00:26:30,922 --> 00:26:31,556
FOR THE TIMELINE REASONS THAT WE

788
00:26:31,556 --> 00:26:34,726
WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, OUR 

789
00:26:34,726 --> 00:26:35,894
INTENTION IS TO ADOPT IT WITH 

790
00:26:35,894 --> 00:26:37,662
THE WITH THE EXISTING SHAPE. BUT

791
00:26:37,662 --> 00:26:39,998
BUT THERE ARE, I THINK, GOOD 

792
00:26:39,998 --> 00:26:43,735
REASONS FOR US TO AFTER AFTER WE

793
00:26:43,735 --> 00:26:46,037
MAKE SURE WE MEET THAT DEADLINE 

794
00:26:46,037 --> 00:26:49,507
FOR NEXT YEAR TO, TO THINK ABOUT

795
00:26:49,507 --> 00:26:52,143
PLACES WHERE WE COULD BOTH 

796
00:26:52,143 --> 00:26:54,145
EXPAND AND CONTRACT THE, THE 

797
00:26:54,145 --> 00:26:55,580
REGIONAL CENTER IN CERTAIN 

798
00:26:55,580 --> 00:26:59,084
PLACES AND IN A, IN A WAY THAT 

799
00:26:59,084 --> 00:27:00,819
MAKES IT SERVE AS A AS A 

800
00:27:00,819 --> 00:27:04,723
LOGICAL, LIKE SINGLE, YOU KNOW, 

801
00:27:04,723 --> 00:27:05,290
URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS 

802
00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:07,058
CONNECTIVITY PROVIDED TO ALL THE

803
00:27:07,058 --> 00:27:08,460
SPACES WITHIN THE BOUNDARY. 

804
00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:10,428
YEAH. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHEN 

805
00:27:10,428 --> 00:27:12,797
WE AND WE DETAIL IN THE PLAN HOW

806
00:27:12,797 --> 00:27:17,936
EXACTLY WE WOULD EVALUATE THAT. 

807
00:27:17,936 --> 00:27:18,203
-- OKAY. 

808
00:27:18,203 --> 00:27:20,372
-- AND THEN COULD YOU JUST 

809
00:27:20,372 --> 00:27:21,473
SPEAK. WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE 

810
00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:22,674
FROM THORNTON CREEK ALLIANCE. 

811
00:27:22,674 --> 00:27:24,809
THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN DEEPLY 

812
00:27:24,809 --> 00:27:29,247
INVOLVED IN THIS SUBAREA FOR 

813
00:27:29,247 --> 00:27:31,016
DECADES. COULD YOU JUST SPEAK TO

814
00:27:31,016 --> 00:27:32,951
KIND OF SOME OF THE THE 

815
00:27:32,951 --> 00:27:34,552
ENGAGEMENT, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK

816
00:27:34,552 --> 00:27:36,321
YOU'VE HEARD AND RESPONSES TO 

817
00:27:36,321 --> 00:27:38,390
ANY OF THAT FEEDBACK? 

818
00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:41,126
-- SURE. YEAH. SO WE HAD A FEW 

819
00:27:41,126 --> 00:27:44,162
DIFFERENT PHASES OF ENGAGEMENT. 

820
00:27:44,162 --> 00:27:46,998
WE HAD OUR BIG MORE VISIONING, 

821
00:27:46,998 --> 00:27:49,968
HIGH LEVEL PRIORITIES, 

822
00:27:49,968 --> 00:27:50,568
ENGAGEMENT THAT I REFERENCED 

823
00:27:50,568 --> 00:27:52,537
EARLIER, WHERE WE HAD A COUPLE, 

824
00:27:52,537 --> 00:27:54,039
A LITTLE LESS THAN A COUPLE 

825
00:27:54,039 --> 00:27:56,341
THOUSAND PARTICIPANTS IN TOTAL. 

826
00:27:56,341 --> 00:27:58,710
YOU KNOW, HELPING US SET OUR 

827
00:27:58,710 --> 00:27:59,310
INITIAL DIRECTION TO FIND THE 

828
00:27:59,310 --> 00:28:00,178
THEMES OF THE PLAN. AND THAT 

829
00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:02,914
THAT INCLUDED A LOT OF OUR, YOU 

830
00:28:02,914 --> 00:28:04,849
KNOW, PARTNER COMMUNITY GROUPS 

831
00:28:04,849 --> 00:28:06,451
LIKE THE THORNTON CREEK 

832
00:28:06,451 --> 00:28:08,219
ALLIANCE. AND, AND THEN LATER ON

833
00:28:08,219 --> 00:28:10,789
IN THE PROCESS, MORE, MORE 

834
00:28:10,789 --> 00:28:12,090
TOWARDS THE END, WHEN THE PUBLIC

835
00:28:12,090 --> 00:28:14,592
DRAFT PLAN WAS BEING RELEASED. 

836
00:28:14,592 --> 00:28:16,094
YEAH, WE, WE REACHED OUT TO 

837
00:28:16,094 --> 00:28:17,095
THESE ORGANIZATIONS, SHARED A 

838
00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:18,129
COPY OF THE PLAN, ENCOURAGED 

839
00:28:18,129 --> 00:28:19,798
THEM TO PROVIDE COMMENT. AND I 

840
00:28:19,798 --> 00:28:23,701
THINK WE GOT, I THINK MAYBE 10 

841
00:28:23,701 --> 00:28:26,004
OR 12 LETTERS I DON'T KNOW, OFF

842
00:28:26,004 --> 00:28:29,274
THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT AROUND 

843
00:28:29,274 --> 00:28:31,476
THERE FROM FROM THESE 

844
00:28:31,476 --> 00:28:32,110
ORGANIZATIONS AND WE, YEAH, WE 

845
00:28:32,110 --> 00:28:34,646
TAKE ALL THOSE COMMENTS 

846
00:28:34,646 --> 00:28:37,682
SERIOUSLY AND, AND TRY TO FIGURE

847
00:28:37,682 --> 00:28:40,418
OUT LIKE, WHICH MADE SENSE TO 

848
00:28:40,418 --> 00:28:41,286
INCORPORATE INTO CHANGES THAT WE

849
00:28:41,286 --> 00:28:42,954
MAKE IN THE PLAN. AND WE DID, WE

850
00:28:42,954 --> 00:28:45,557
DID MAKE A FEW, BUT OBVIOUSLY 

851
00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:50,695
THERE ARE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, 

852
00:28:50,695 --> 00:28:51,262
OPINIONS ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT 

853
00:28:51,262 --> 00:28:54,199
SHOULD BE IN THE PLAN OR NOT. SO

854
00:28:54,199 --> 00:28:55,500
NOT 100% OF THOSE, BUT THAT'S, 

855
00:28:55,500 --> 00:29:00,638
THAT'S HOW WE INCORPORATED 

856
00:29:00,638 --> 00:29:00,839
THEM. 

857
00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:04,843
-- THANK YOU. AND JUST A COUPLE 

858
00:29:04,843 --> 00:29:07,345
MORE QUESTIONS. AND THIS SORT OF

859
00:29:07,345 --> 00:29:08,580
RELATES TO KIND OF THE HOW TO 

860
00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:10,982
MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF I-5, BUT

861
00:29:10,982 --> 00:29:14,953
ALSO JUST HOW TO ADDRESS SORT OF

862
00:29:14,953 --> 00:29:17,989
THE, THE VAST AMOUNTS OF KIND OF

863
00:29:17,989 --> 00:29:20,892
IMPERVIOUS SURFACES DEVOTED TO 

864
00:29:20,892 --> 00:29:23,661
PARKING. AND, YOU KNOW, I HEARD 

865
00:29:23,661 --> 00:29:26,464
YOU MENTIONED PAVING A LITTLE 

866
00:29:26,464 --> 00:29:27,132
WHERE PRACTICAL. COULD YOU JUST 

867
00:29:27,132 --> 00:29:32,904
TALK ABOUT SORT OF HOW, HOW YOU 

868
00:29:32,904 --> 00:29:34,572
THINK ABOUT THAT FROM A PLANNING

869
00:29:34,572 --> 00:29:36,107
PERSPECTIVE? AND YOU KNOW, WHAT 

870
00:29:36,107 --> 00:29:37,976
WE WOULD NEED TO DO TO SORT OF 

871
00:29:37,976 --> 00:29:40,845
MAKE THAT MORE OF A REALITY, YOU

872
00:29:40,845 --> 00:29:41,813
KNOW, AFTER WE FINISH THE 

873
00:29:41,813 --> 00:29:44,215
PLANNING PERSPECTIVE. 

874
00:29:44,215 --> 00:29:44,582
-- SURE. 

875
00:29:44,582 --> 00:29:46,117
-- YEAH. SO IN NORTHGATE, 

876
00:29:46,117 --> 00:29:48,787
THAT'S ACTUALLY I THINK A 

877
00:29:48,787 --> 00:29:50,622
LITTLE MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD THAN

878
00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:51,890
IT MIGHT BE IN OTHER CENTERS 

879
00:29:51,890 --> 00:29:54,058
BECAUSE OF ITS STATE OF 

880
00:29:54,058 --> 00:29:55,960
TRANSITION AND REDEVELOPMENT. IF

881
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,597
WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE WORK QUICKLY

882
00:29:59,597 --> 00:30:00,398
AND, AND STRATEGICALLY, WE CAN 

883
00:30:00,398 --> 00:30:03,768
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO 

884
00:30:03,768 --> 00:30:04,803
MAKE CHANGES TO OUR TO OUR LAND 

885
00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:08,406
USE REGULATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, 

886
00:30:08,406 --> 00:30:11,075
ENCOURAGE THESE ON THE PRIVATE 

887
00:30:11,075 --> 00:30:11,709
SIDE, THESE THESE REDEVELOPMENTS

888
00:30:11,709 --> 00:30:12,977
TO ACCOMMODATE A LOT OF THOSE 

889
00:30:12,977 --> 00:30:14,546
GOALS, WHETHER THAT'S, YOU 

890
00:30:14,546 --> 00:30:15,547
KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT I 

891
00:30:15,547 --> 00:30:16,848
DON'T WANT TO COMMIT 

892
00:30:16,848 --> 00:30:19,050
NECESSARILY TO LIKE SPECIFIC 

893
00:30:19,050 --> 00:30:20,785
REGULATIONS, BUT LIKE JUST FOR 

894
00:30:20,785 --> 00:30:21,586
EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE 

895
00:30:21,586 --> 00:30:22,820
MID-BLOCK CORRIDORS AND WHAT 

896
00:30:22,820 --> 00:30:24,489
APPEARS IN THOSE, HOW BIG THEY 

897
00:30:24,489 --> 00:30:25,990
ARE, WHAT KIND OF GATHERING 

898
00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:28,526
SPACES THEY OFFER, IF ANY. BUT, 

899
00:30:28,526 --> 00:30:31,462
BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 

900
00:30:31,462 --> 00:30:32,497
PATHWAYS THROUGH OUR ZONING CODE

901
00:30:32,497 --> 00:30:35,533
TO, TO ASK FOR OPEN SPACES IN 

902
00:30:35,533 --> 00:30:37,368
DIFFERENT, IN DIFFERENT WAYS 

903
00:30:37,368 --> 00:30:38,903
THAT, THAT WE'VE USED THROUGHOUT

904
00:30:38,903 --> 00:30:43,641
THE CITY AND OTHER CENTERS AND 

905
00:30:43,641 --> 00:30:44,242
BEYOND AS WELL. SO, AND THAT, 

906
00:30:44,242 --> 00:30:46,411
THAT WOULD I THINK THAT COULD, 

907
00:30:46,411 --> 00:30:47,879
THAT COULD COME IN A LOT OF 

908
00:30:47,879 --> 00:30:49,113
DIFFERENT SHAPES THAT COULD COME

909
00:30:49,113 --> 00:30:50,949
ON LIKE, YOU KNOW, PRIVATELY 

910
00:30:50,949 --> 00:30:53,585
OWNED PUBLIC SPACES OR, OR 

911
00:30:53,585 --> 00:30:54,219
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACQUISITIONS 

912
00:30:54,219 --> 00:30:56,487
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THERE'S

913
00:30:56,487 --> 00:30:57,088
A LOT OF WAYS TO DO I THINK 

914
00:30:57,088 --> 00:30:58,790
THAT. SO I THINK NORTHGATE IS, 

915
00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:01,559
IS PRETTY WELL POSITIONED TO, TO

916
00:31:01,559 --> 00:31:03,828
HANDLE THAT. YEAH. 

917
00:31:03,828 --> 00:31:05,396
-- OKAY. WONDERFUL. AND I MEAN, 

918
00:31:05,396 --> 00:31:06,831
COULD YOU JUST TALK ABOUT IN 

919
00:31:06,831 --> 00:31:08,900
TERMS OF LIKE TIMING AFTER KIND 

920
00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:13,504
OF SUBAREA PLAN, WHAT WOULD THE 

921
00:31:13,504 --> 00:31:14,138
NEXT STEPS BE IN TERMS OF, YOU 

922
00:31:14,138 --> 00:31:15,607
KNOW, TRYING TO DEVELOP THOSE 

923
00:31:15,607 --> 00:31:17,208
REGULATIONS OR MAKE THAT MORE OF

924
00:31:17,208 --> 00:31:20,044
A REALITY? 

925
00:31:20,044 --> 00:31:22,347
-- SURE. SO WITH NORTHGATE, 

926
00:31:22,347 --> 00:31:24,349
WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY ALREADY 

927
00:31:24,349 --> 00:31:25,650
KIND OF STARTING TO HIT THE 

928
00:31:25,650 --> 00:31:26,384
GROUND RUNNING A LITTLE BIT HERE

929
00:31:26,384 --> 00:31:29,220
WITH, WITH SOME OF OUR IDEAS 

930
00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:30,388
THAT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER 

931
00:31:30,388 --> 00:31:32,724
OR THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE 

932
00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:34,726
GET IN THE DOOR BEFORE, YOU 

933
00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:36,427
KNOW, A LOT OF THAT 

934
00:31:36,427 --> 00:31:37,061
REDEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE AND WE

935
00:31:37,061 --> 00:31:38,863
MISS THAT, THAT WINDOW. SO I 

936
00:31:38,863 --> 00:31:40,965
MENTIONED THE, THE, THE LAND USE

937
00:31:40,965 --> 00:31:43,534
CODE CHANGES AROUND MID-BLOCK 

938
00:31:43,534 --> 00:31:46,838
CORRIDORS. THAT THAT'S SOMETHING

939
00:31:46,838 --> 00:31:47,505
WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON. AND 

940
00:31:47,505 --> 00:31:50,975
OBVIOUSLY THROUGH DIFFERENT 

941
00:31:50,975 --> 00:31:54,178
AVENUES OF, OF MAKING CHANGES TO

942
00:31:54,178 --> 00:31:56,581
THE, THE ZONING CODE THROUGHOUT 

943
00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:58,516
THE CENTER, THROUGH THE 

944
00:31:58,516 --> 00:31:59,751
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE MADE IN

945
00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:00,351
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THE 

946
00:32:00,351 --> 00:32:05,356
FEATURE IN THE PLAN. OBVIOUSLY, 

947
00:32:05,356 --> 00:32:06,124
WE HAVE A MULTI-PHASE COMP 

948
00:32:06,124 --> 00:32:08,526
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ZONING 

949
00:32:08,526 --> 00:32:09,127
IMPLEMENTATION WORK THAT'S 

950
00:32:09,127 --> 00:32:11,229
HAPPENING CONCURRENTLY. AND 

951
00:32:11,229 --> 00:32:13,531
THAT'S WORKS IN TANDEM WITH THE

952
00:32:13,531 --> 00:32:14,799
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS PLAN. SO

953
00:32:14,799 --> 00:32:15,600
THAT'S THAT'S AN ONGOING THING.

954
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,335
AND THEN I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE

955
00:32:17,335 --> 00:32:18,970
YEAH, WE'RE WORKING ON THE 

956
00:32:18,970 --> 00:32:20,104
TRYING TO FIND A LOCATION FOR 

957
00:32:20,104 --> 00:32:23,841
THE, FOR THE FOOD FOREST AND, 

958
00:32:23,841 --> 00:32:24,509
AND YEAH, I THINK IT KIND OF 

959
00:32:24,509 --> 00:32:27,545
DEPENDS. THE, THE PLAN PRODUCES 

960
00:32:27,545 --> 00:32:29,514
A LOT OF RECOMMENDED ACTION 

961
00:32:29,514 --> 00:32:32,684
STEPS. SOME. WILL, YOU KNOW, 

962
00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:35,353
TAKE A LONG TIME TO IDENTIFY 

963
00:32:35,353 --> 00:32:36,421
LIKE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY. BUT, 

964
00:32:36,421 --> 00:32:38,089
BUT I THINK THERE WILL THERE ARE

965
00:32:38,089 --> 00:32:41,726
SOME THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE 

966
00:32:41,726 --> 00:32:43,895
LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT WE CAN 

967
00:32:43,895 --> 00:32:45,229
ACCOMPLISH IN THE SHORTER TERM, 

968
00:32:45,229 --> 00:32:46,998
JUST LIKE THE, THE THREE THAT I 

969
00:32:46,998 --> 00:32:49,567
MENTIONED. SO. AND THE IF YOU IF

970
00:32:49,567 --> 00:32:51,703
YOU GO INTO THE PLAN, THERE IS A

971
00:32:51,703 --> 00:32:52,603
COUPLE DIFFERENT LISTS OF 

972
00:32:52,603 --> 00:32:55,239
PROJECTS THAT MIGHT HELP A 

973
00:32:55,239 --> 00:32:57,208
READER TO ORIENT THEMSELVES TO 

974
00:32:57,208 --> 00:32:58,977
WHAT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS 

975
00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:00,678
MIGHT BE. THERE'S A THERE, 

976
00:33:00,678 --> 00:33:03,514
THERE'S A LIST OF ACTION 

977
00:33:03,514 --> 00:33:07,318
ACTIONS THAT ARE LIKE OUR MOST 

978
00:33:07,318 --> 00:33:07,952
LIKE TANGIBLE PIECES OF POLICY 

979
00:33:07,952 --> 00:33:09,387
FROM, FROM THE PLANS THAT, THAT,

980
00:33:09,387 --> 00:33:11,622
THAT ARE INCLUDED IN ALL THE 

981
00:33:11,622 --> 00:33:13,691
PLANS. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A 

982
00:33:13,691 --> 00:33:14,792
TRANSPORTATION PROJECT LIST 

983
00:33:14,792 --> 00:33:17,528
THAT'S REQUIRED BY PSRC. 

984
00:33:17,528 --> 00:33:18,463
THAT'S DOT PRODUCED, AS I 

985
00:33:18,463 --> 00:33:20,531
MENTIONED, WITH A LOT OF 

986
00:33:20,531 --> 00:33:20,999
INSPIRATION FROM THE 

987
00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:22,767
TRANSPORTATION PLAN, BUT ALSO 

988
00:33:22,767 --> 00:33:24,969
INSPIRED BY SOME EXTRA 

989
00:33:24,969 --> 00:33:26,904
ENGAGEMENT THAT THEY DID 

990
00:33:26,904 --> 00:33:27,705
SPECIFICALLY IN NORTHGATE DURING

991
00:33:27,705 --> 00:33:30,742
THIS PLANNING PROCESS. SO THOSE 

992
00:33:30,742 --> 00:33:32,810
ARE AND THOSE I THINK ARE 

993
00:33:32,810 --> 00:33:33,878
LABELED BY, YOU KNOW, LIKE 

994
00:33:33,878 --> 00:33:35,880
SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG TERM TYPES 

995
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,815
OF INVESTMENTS AND COSTS AND 

996
00:33:37,815 --> 00:33:39,350
THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S, I 

997
00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:40,752
THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY FOR A 

998
00:33:40,752 --> 00:33:42,653
READER TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 

999
00:33:42,653 --> 00:33:43,888
-- OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I GUESS 

1000
00:33:43,888 --> 00:33:44,956
I'LL JUST SORT OF FOR, FOR MY 

1001
00:33:44,956 --> 00:33:49,861
OWN SORT OF BIG PICTURE HERE IS 

1002
00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:51,429
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE SOME 

1003
00:33:51,429 --> 00:33:55,500
IMPORTANT UPDATES TO, TO YES, 

1004
00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:59,704
ALLOW MORE HOUSING, BUT ALSO TO 

1005
00:33:59,704 --> 00:34:02,073
MAKE IT SORT OF A GREENER, MORE 

1006
00:34:02,073 --> 00:34:07,512
PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, MORE BIKE 

1007
00:34:07,512 --> 00:34:09,580
FRIENDLY, SOME. INDIGENOUS SORT 

1008
00:34:09,580 --> 00:34:12,450
OF ELEMENTS PLANNING ELEMENTS TO

1009
00:34:12,450 --> 00:34:16,988
THIS AND UNTIL WE SORT OF MOVE 

1010
00:34:16,988 --> 00:34:17,588
FORWARD WITH BOTH THE SUBAREA 

1011
00:34:17,588 --> 00:34:18,556
PLAN AND THEN THE RELATED 

1012
00:34:18,556 --> 00:34:21,059
DEVELOPMENT RELATED REGULATIONS 

1013
00:34:21,059 --> 00:34:24,395
THAT THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, 

1014
00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:24,996
DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS UNDER 

1015
00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:26,964
OUR CURRENT ZONING AND RULES 

1016
00:34:26,964 --> 00:34:28,833
THAT WOULD SORT OF, YOU KNOW, 

1017
00:34:28,833 --> 00:34:30,802
THAT THAT DOESN'T HAVE THOSE 

1018
00:34:30,802 --> 00:34:33,938
ELEMENTS TO IT. AND SO LOOK 

1019
00:34:33,938 --> 00:34:39,177
FORWARD TO CONTINUING. IT'S, 

1020
00:34:39,177 --> 00:34:40,178
IT'S SORT OF EXCITING TO 

1021
00:34:40,178 --> 00:34:42,480
REIMAGINE. I MEAN, THERE'S JUST

1022
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:43,114
SUCH INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY UP 

1023
00:34:43,114 --> 00:34:45,850
IN THIS AREA. I THINK, YOU KNOW,

1024
00:34:45,850 --> 00:34:47,251
I THINK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF 

1025
00:34:47,251 --> 00:34:49,754
THIS AREA WITH NORTHGATE MALL, 

1026
00:34:49,754 --> 00:34:52,223
ONE OF THE FIRST, IF NOT LIKE 

1027
00:34:52,223 --> 00:34:54,092
THE FIRST SORT OF SUBURBAN TYPE 

1028
00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:55,526
MALL WITH JUST VAST FIELDS OF 

1029
00:34:55,526 --> 00:34:59,630
PARKING AND SORT OF THE HARM 

1030
00:34:59,630 --> 00:35:01,232
THAT OCCURRED FROM THAT AND THE 

1031
00:35:01,232 --> 00:35:02,834
POTENTIAL THAT WE HAVE TO, TO 

1032
00:35:02,834 --> 00:35:06,737
REIMAGINE THIS AREA FOR, AGAIN, 

1033
00:35:06,737 --> 00:35:09,307
SORT OF A MORE DENSE, WALKABLE 

1034
00:35:09,307 --> 00:35:13,377
GREEN, AFFORDABLE NEIGHBORHOOD. 

1035
00:35:13,377 --> 00:35:14,512
AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO, TO THAT 

1036
00:35:14,512 --> 00:35:16,080
WORK, LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING

1037
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:17,181
TO ENGAGE WITH, WITH THE 

1038
00:35:17,181 --> 00:35:19,117
NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING, OF 

1039
00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:20,918
COURSE, THE, THE THORNTON CREEK 

1040
00:35:20,918 --> 00:35:22,520
ALLIANCE, WHICH AGAIN HAS HAS 

1041
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:23,454
BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER FOR, 

1042
00:35:23,454 --> 00:35:25,623
FOR DECADES. UP, UP IN THAT 

1043
00:35:25,623 --> 00:35:27,658
NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THANK YOU AND 

1044
00:35:27,658 --> 00:35:31,195
LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT 

1045
00:35:31,195 --> 00:35:31,829
PRESENTATION. 

1046
00:35:31,829 --> 00:35:32,130
-- THANKS. 

1047
00:35:32,130 --> 00:35:32,697
-- SO WE'LL TRANSITION. 

1048
00:35:32,697 --> 00:35:33,498
-- I'M SORRY CHAIR, I DIDN'T 

1049
00:35:33,498 --> 00:35:34,765
GET MY HAND UP THERE FAST 

1050
00:35:34,765 --> 00:35:35,299
ENOUGH. 

1051
00:35:35,299 --> 00:35:37,502
-- SORRY. VICE CHAIR. YES. 

1052
00:35:37,502 --> 00:35:40,004
-- NO PROBLEM. JUST WANT TO 

1053
00:35:40,004 --> 00:35:42,974
THANK THE TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS 

1054
00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:43,941
TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS 

1055
00:35:43,941 --> 00:35:46,310
GROWING UP, MOST OF NORTHGATE 

1056
00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:47,879
WERE PARKING LOTS. IT'S NICE TO

1057
00:35:47,879 --> 00:35:50,715
SEE THAT THERE'S MORE TREE 

1058
00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:52,116
CANOPY ALONG AND DAYLIGHTING OF 

1059
00:35:52,116 --> 00:35:53,117
THE CREEK. SINCE, YOU KNOW, 20 

1060
00:35:53,117 --> 00:35:54,285
YEARS AGO, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT 

1061
00:35:54,285 --> 00:35:56,287
MORE WORK TO DO. SO I JUST 

1062
00:35:56,287 --> 00:35:58,189
REALLY WANTED TO APPRECIATE OUR 

1063
00:35:58,189 --> 00:35:59,724
PUBLIC COMMENTER FOR COMING IN 

1064
00:35:59,724 --> 00:36:00,658
AND MAKING SURE TO HOLD OUR FEET

1065
00:36:00,658 --> 00:36:02,460
TO THE FIRE, ABOUT INCREASING 

1066
00:36:02,460 --> 00:36:03,928
THE CANOPY AT WHAT HAS YOU KNOW,

1067
00:36:03,928 --> 00:36:07,365
THIS WAS ONE OF THE FEW SPRINGS 

1068
00:36:07,365 --> 00:36:09,166
IN SEATTLE WHERE IT'S BEEN A 

1069
00:36:09,166 --> 00:36:10,601
LONG TIME CONNECTION POINT. 

1070
00:36:10,601 --> 00:36:12,103
THAT'S WHY WE JUST LANDMARKED 

1071
00:36:12,103 --> 00:36:13,471
THE PARK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 

1072
00:36:13,471 --> 00:36:14,906
THE FREEWAY, WHICH IS NOT 

1073
00:36:14,906 --> 00:36:15,973
TECHNICALLY IN THIS REGIONAL 

1074
00:36:15,973 --> 00:36:18,509
CENTER, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO 

1075
00:36:18,509 --> 00:36:21,112
SAY THAT NORTHGATE HAS BEEN AN 

1076
00:36:21,112 --> 00:36:21,712
IMPORTANT PLACE HISTORICALLY 

1077
00:36:21,712 --> 00:36:23,381
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL. AND IT'S

1078
00:36:23,381 --> 00:36:25,116
IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO 

1079
00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:29,186
WORK TO REPAIR THE CONCRETE, YOU

1080
00:36:29,186 --> 00:36:31,389
KNOW, DAMAGE THAT WE'VE DONE AND

1081
00:36:31,389 --> 00:36:34,125
SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BOTH 

1082
00:36:34,125 --> 00:36:35,626
INCREASE OUR JOBS AND OUR 

1083
00:36:35,626 --> 00:36:38,729
HOUSING AND OUR TRANSIT, AND 

1084
00:36:38,729 --> 00:36:40,731
ALSO INCREASE THE THE 

1085
00:36:40,731 --> 00:36:42,333
RESTORATION TO THE AREA THAT 

1086
00:36:42,333 --> 00:36:43,801
WE'VE DISTURBED SO MUCH. AND 

1087
00:36:43,801 --> 00:36:44,735
JUST SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF 

1088
00:36:44,735 --> 00:36:46,871
TIME. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY 

1089
00:36:46,871 --> 00:36:48,573
THANK YOU AND LOOKING FORWARD TO

1090
00:36:48,573 --> 00:36:50,508
THE REST OF THE CONVERSATION. 

1091
00:36:50,508 --> 00:36:50,841
-- THANK YOU. 

1092
00:36:50,841 --> 00:36:51,409
-- THANK YOU. 

1093
00:36:51,409 --> 00:36:53,277
-- THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR STRAUSS

1094
00:36:53,277 --> 00:36:56,981
COULDN'T AGREE MORE 

1095
00:36:56,981 --> 00:36:57,615
-- ALL RIGHT. SO TRANSITIONING 

1096
00:36:57,615 --> 00:36:59,483
TO THE DOWNTOWN REGIONAL CENTER 

1097
00:36:59,483 --> 00:37:03,321
PLAN, I THINK IS A TRANSITIONING

1098
00:37:03,321 --> 00:37:05,723
TO THAT FROM THE NORTHGATE 

1099
00:37:05,723 --> 00:37:06,357
CENTER PLAN IS A HELPFUL KIND OF

1100
00:37:06,357 --> 00:37:08,693
ILLUSTRATION OF WHY WE DO 

1101
00:37:08,693 --> 00:37:13,397
SUBAREA PLANNING, RIGHT? THESE 

1102
00:37:13,397 --> 00:37:14,365
TWO AREAS ARE DESIGNATED BOTH AS

1103
00:37:14,365 --> 00:37:16,834
REGIONAL CENTERS IN OUR 

1104
00:37:16,834 --> 00:37:18,736
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND AND HAVE

1105
00:37:18,736 --> 00:37:20,504
POLICIES RELATED TO THEM IN IN 

1106
00:37:20,504 --> 00:37:21,839
THAT PLAN, HOWEVER, THEY ARE 

1107
00:37:21,839 --> 00:37:24,108
VERY DIFFERENT CONTEXTS WITH 

1108
00:37:24,108 --> 00:37:26,310
VERY DIFFERENT HISTORIES AND 

1109
00:37:26,310 --> 00:37:30,348
VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF NEEDS AND

1110
00:37:30,348 --> 00:37:35,119
CONSTITUENCIES. SO I'LL DIG 

1111
00:37:35,119 --> 00:37:36,921
INTO THE NORTHGATE, THE DOWNTOWN

1112
00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:38,990
REGIONAL CENTER PLAN. AND AS 

1113
00:37:38,990 --> 00:37:40,725
WE'VE INTRODUCED, ERICA BUSH IS

1114
00:37:40,725 --> 00:37:43,027
JOINING ME. SHE STEWARDED THIS 

1115
00:37:43,027 --> 00:37:45,930
PLAN THROUGH MOST OF ITS HISTORY

1116
00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:48,699
AT OPCD. SO I'M VERY THANKFUL 

1117
00:37:48,699 --> 00:37:50,234
FOR, FOR HER TO JOIN US AND 

1118
00:37:50,234 --> 00:37:52,003
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY MORE 

1119
00:37:52,003 --> 00:37:55,873
IN DEPTH QUESTIONS. SO I DON'T 

1120
00:37:55,873 --> 00:37:57,642
I DON'T NEED TO REALLY 

1121
00:37:57,642 --> 00:37:58,275
INTRODUCE THE DOWNTOWN REGIONAL 

1122
00:37:58,275 --> 00:38:00,911
CENTER TO ALL OF YOU. WE ARE IN 

1123
00:38:00,911 --> 00:38:05,049
DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW. WE ALL KNOW 

1124
00:38:05,049 --> 00:38:07,184
AND LOVE DOWNTOWN, BUT JUST IN 

1125
00:38:07,184 --> 00:38:10,354
TERMS OF HOW WE DEFINE IT KIND 

1126
00:38:10,354 --> 00:38:10,888
OF GEOGRAPHICALLY IN THE 

1127
00:38:10,888 --> 00:38:11,455
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND OUR 

1128
00:38:11,455 --> 00:38:13,891
REGIONAL CENTER PLAN, YOU CAN 

1129
00:38:13,891 --> 00:38:16,227
SEE THE BOUNDARIES ARE ARE THE 

1130
00:38:16,227 --> 00:38:19,163
WATERFRONT NORTH TO DENNY, SOUTH

1131
00:38:19,163 --> 00:38:20,598
TO THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 

1132
00:38:20,598 --> 00:38:26,003
AND PIONEER SQUARE, AND MAINLY 

1133
00:38:26,003 --> 00:38:28,272
BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY I-5. WE 

1134
00:38:28,272 --> 00:38:31,642
ALL KNOW IT'S A KIND OF REGIONAL

1135
00:38:31,642 --> 00:38:33,611
HEART OF OUR OF THE PUGET SOUND 

1136
00:38:33,611 --> 00:38:35,513
AREA IN TERMS OF HOUSING, 

1137
00:38:35,513 --> 00:38:38,182
EMPLOYMENT, TRANSPORTATION AND 

1138
00:38:38,182 --> 00:38:40,951
CULTURE. AND IT'S A. IT IS NOT 

1139
00:38:40,951 --> 00:38:43,020
ONE DISTINCT CENTER. IT'S A 

1140
00:38:43,020 --> 00:38:44,355
COLLECTION OF FIVE DISTINCT 

1141
00:38:44,355 --> 00:38:45,856
NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL AS 

1142
00:38:45,856 --> 00:38:48,592
SEVERAL, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC 

1143
00:38:48,592 --> 00:38:50,094
DISTRICTS AND IDENTITIES. SO 

1144
00:38:50,094 --> 00:38:52,797
WE'RE VERY CAREFUL IN THE PLAN 

1145
00:38:52,797 --> 00:38:57,001
TO ENGAGE GEOGRAPHICALLY 

1146
00:38:57,001 --> 00:38:57,601
THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE 

1147
00:38:57,601 --> 00:38:59,470
CENTER, AS WELL AS SPEAK 

1148
00:38:59,470 --> 00:39:02,406
SPECIFICALLY TO THE NEEDS AND 

1149
00:39:02,406 --> 00:39:04,608
GAPS AND ASSETS IN EACH SPECIFIC

1150
00:39:04,608 --> 00:39:08,946
NEIGHBORHOOD AND AREA WITHIN THE

1151
00:39:08,946 --> 00:39:12,316
PLAN. SO AGAIN, VERY KIND OF 

1152
00:39:12,316 --> 00:39:15,319
SIMILAR APPROACHES TO EQUITABLE 

1153
00:39:15,319 --> 00:39:18,622
ENGAGEMENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN 

1154
00:39:18,622 --> 00:39:20,224
REGIONAL CENTER WITH THE IDEA OF

1155
00:39:20,224 --> 00:39:22,393
BEING VERY INTENTIONAL, 

1156
00:39:22,393 --> 00:39:25,629
INTENTIONAL, OF REACHING OUT TO 

1157
00:39:25,629 --> 00:39:28,265
HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED 

1158
00:39:28,265 --> 00:39:30,501
GROUPS THROUGH DIFFERENT 

1159
00:39:30,501 --> 00:39:31,035
OPPORTUNITIES LIKE POP UP 

1160
00:39:31,035 --> 00:39:33,204
EVENTS, PUBLIC WORKSHOPS, 

1161
00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:38,309
SURVEYS ARTIST LED INTERVIEWS, 

1162
00:39:38,309 --> 00:39:41,011
USING OUR RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT.

1163
00:39:41,011 --> 00:39:42,646
WE ALSO SIMILARLY RELEASED 

1164
00:39:42,646 --> 00:39:43,814
RELEASED A DRAFT PLAN FOR PUBLIC

1165
00:39:43,814 --> 00:39:46,517
COMMENT, AND INCORPORATED 

1166
00:39:46,517 --> 00:39:47,885
COMMENTS INTO THE FINAL PLAN 

1167
00:39:47,885 --> 00:39:49,453
THAT YOU HAVE NOW FOR 

1168
00:39:49,453 --> 00:39:49,820
CONSIDERATION. 

1169
00:39:49,820 --> 00:39:51,756
-- OH, SURE. 

1170
00:39:51,756 --> 00:39:53,758
-- THANKS AGAIN. I WON'T READ 

1171
00:39:53,758 --> 00:39:55,593
THE THE FULL VISION, BUT THIS IS

1172
00:39:55,593 --> 00:39:58,396
KIND OF THE STATEMENT THAT 

1173
00:39:58,396 --> 00:39:59,263
GROUNDS THE, THE FIVE THEMES 

1174
00:39:59,263 --> 00:40:01,832
THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE PLAN AND

1175
00:40:01,832 --> 00:40:02,933
KIND OF THE OVERALL VISION 

1176
00:40:02,933 --> 00:40:07,004
STATEMENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN 

1177
00:40:07,004 --> 00:40:09,340
CENTER. THOSE FIVE THEMES 

1178
00:40:09,340 --> 00:40:12,743
SIMILAR TO NORTHGATE, WE SORT OF

1179
00:40:12,743 --> 00:40:15,579
SHYING AWAY FROM THE. THE MORE 

1180
00:40:15,579 --> 00:40:18,382
TOPIC DESCRIPTIVE CHAPTERS LIKE 

1181
00:40:18,382 --> 00:40:20,451
TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND 

1182
00:40:20,451 --> 00:40:21,018
MORE BRINGING THOSE THINGS 

1183
00:40:21,018 --> 00:40:22,219
TOGETHER BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD 

1184
00:40:22,219 --> 00:40:22,887
FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE 

1185
00:40:22,887 --> 00:40:25,556
VISION THAT THEY ARTICULATED FOR

1186
00:40:25,556 --> 00:40:28,592
US FOR DOWNTOWN. SO FIRST IS 

1187
00:40:28,592 --> 00:40:30,161
DOWNTOWN IS HOME REALLY FOCUSING

1188
00:40:30,161 --> 00:40:32,596
ON HOUSING GROWTH, 

1189
00:40:32,596 --> 00:40:33,197
AFFORDABILITY, AND SUPPORTING 

1190
00:40:33,197 --> 00:40:35,499
FAMILIES. MAKE DOWNTOWN SAFE AND

1191
00:40:35,499 --> 00:40:37,067
WELCOMING, BOTH THINKING ABOUT 

1192
00:40:37,067 --> 00:40:39,170
SAFETY AS WELL AS BELONGING AND 

1193
00:40:39,170 --> 00:40:41,739
OPEN SPACE AND CULTURE. MAKE USE

1194
00:40:41,739 --> 00:40:44,108
OF EVERY SQUARE FOOT THINKING 

1195
00:40:44,108 --> 00:40:46,844
ABOUT JOBS, RETAIL, ADAPTIVE 

1196
00:40:46,844 --> 00:40:48,779
REUSE AND ECONOMIC VITALITY. OUR

1197
00:40:48,779 --> 00:40:51,882
HOME FOR THE NEXT SEVEN 

1198
00:40:51,882 --> 00:40:53,684
GENERATIONS. THAT'S TALKING 

1199
00:40:53,684 --> 00:40:54,218
ABOUT CLIMATE, INDIGENOUS 

1200
00:40:54,218 --> 00:40:55,986
STEWARDSHIP AND RESILIENCE, AND 

1201
00:40:55,986 --> 00:40:57,955
THEN FIND OUR WAY. 

1202
00:40:57,955 --> 00:41:00,024
TRANSPORTATION, STREETS, 

1203
00:41:00,024 --> 00:41:04,595
WAYFINDING AND ACCESSIBILITY 

1204
00:41:04,595 --> 00:41:06,764
BEFORE I DIG INTO THE SPECIFICS 

1205
00:41:06,764 --> 00:41:08,632
WITHIN EACH OF THOSE THEMES, 

1206
00:41:08,632 --> 00:41:11,869
THERE IS A A VERY KIND OF 

1207
00:41:11,869 --> 00:41:14,138
HELPFUL GRAPHIC IN THE PLAN THAT

1208
00:41:14,138 --> 00:41:16,607
BRINGS TOGETHER THE KIND OF 

1209
00:41:16,607 --> 00:41:18,909
PUBLIC REALM AND, AND SPATIAL 

1210
00:41:18,909 --> 00:41:20,110
IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DISCUSSED 

1211
00:41:20,110 --> 00:41:22,046
IN EACH THEME OF THE PLAN. WE 

1212
00:41:22,046 --> 00:41:23,647
CALL THEM BIG IDEAS FOR 

1213
00:41:23,647 --> 00:41:25,616
DOWNTOWN. THERE'S 16 SPECIFIC 

1214
00:41:25,616 --> 00:41:27,017
PROJECTS THAT ARE DISCUSSED, AND

1215
00:41:27,017 --> 00:41:28,786
THEY KIND OF, AGAIN, BRING 

1216
00:41:28,786 --> 00:41:31,422
TOGETHER THOSE, THE FIVE THEMES 

1217
00:41:31,422 --> 00:41:33,290
IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN KIND OF 

1218
00:41:33,290 --> 00:41:37,261
VIEW AND SEE WITH IDEAS TO 

1219
00:41:37,261 --> 00:41:38,863
PRIORITIZE PEOPLE AND DESIGNING 

1220
00:41:38,863 --> 00:41:39,997
OUR PUBLIC SPACES AND RIGHTS OF 

1221
00:41:39,997 --> 00:41:41,232
WAY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE FEELS 

1222
00:41:41,232 --> 00:41:45,870
SAFE AND WELCOME. SUPPORTING AND

1223
00:41:45,870 --> 00:41:46,403
DESIGNING KEY COMMERCIAL 

1224
00:41:46,403 --> 00:41:47,872
CORRIDORS TO SUPPORT CULTURE, 

1225
00:41:47,872 --> 00:41:50,541
COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC 

1226
00:41:50,541 --> 00:41:53,177
OPPORTUNITY. FOCUSING ON 

1227
00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:54,678
NAVIGATION, PARTICULARLY FOR 

1228
00:41:54,678 --> 00:41:56,514
POPULATIONS LIKE CHILDREN, OLDER

1229
00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:57,014
ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH 

1230
00:41:57,014 --> 00:42:01,952
DISABILITIES THE PLAN REALLY 

1231
00:42:01,952 --> 00:42:03,454
POINTS TOWARDS EMBRACING AND 

1232
00:42:03,454 --> 00:42:04,088
EMBRACING THE WATERFRONT AND THE

1233
00:42:04,088 --> 00:42:06,991
WATERFRONT EDGE THROUGHOUT THE 

1234
00:42:06,991 --> 00:42:08,292
PLAN, BUT ALSO FOCUSING ON KIND 

1235
00:42:08,292 --> 00:42:11,028
OF GREEN CONNECTIONS AND CLEAR 

1236
00:42:11,028 --> 00:42:12,596
SIGHT LINES. AND THEN ADVANCING 

1237
00:42:12,596 --> 00:42:14,198
STATION AREA PLANNING THAT 

1238
00:42:14,198 --> 00:42:14,832
SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL HOUSING. SO 

1239
00:42:14,832 --> 00:42:17,034
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THOSE LIKE 

1240
00:42:17,034 --> 00:42:18,769
THOSE TWO HUBS THAT WE'RE 

1241
00:42:18,769 --> 00:42:20,237
REALLY KIND OF THINKING ABOUT 

1242
00:42:20,237 --> 00:42:22,106
THE WESTLAKE HUB AND THE SOUTH 

1243
00:42:22,106 --> 00:42:24,275
DOWNTOWN HUB AS WE MOVE TOWARDS 

1244
00:42:24,275 --> 00:42:27,545
SOME REALLY SOME NEAR TERM 

1245
00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:28,145
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL 

1246
00:42:28,145 --> 00:42:33,017
PLANNING AND HOUSING. SO THE 

1247
00:42:33,017 --> 00:42:35,386
FIRST THEME AND REALLY KIND OF A

1248
00:42:35,386 --> 00:42:36,720
CORE COMPONENT OF THE DOWNTOWN 

1249
00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:38,355
PLAN AS A WHOLE AND THE 

1250
00:42:38,355 --> 00:42:39,924
DIRECTION THAT, YOU KNOW, I 

1251
00:42:39,924 --> 00:42:42,559
THINK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WE,

1252
00:42:42,559 --> 00:42:45,095
WE REALLY HEARD RESOUNDING 

1253
00:42:45,095 --> 00:42:45,930
SUPPORT FOR IS THE IDEA OF 

1254
00:42:45,930 --> 00:42:48,232
DOWNTOWN IS HOME. SO REALLY 

1255
00:42:48,232 --> 00:42:51,502
WORKING TO TRANSITION AND 

1256
00:42:51,502 --> 00:42:52,636
SUPPORT ADDITIONAL HOUSING 

1257
00:42:52,636 --> 00:42:55,940
DOWNTOWN. THE PLAN CALLS FOR 

1258
00:42:55,940 --> 00:42:58,776
13,500 NEW HOUSING UNITS BY 

1259
00:42:58,776 --> 00:43:00,344
2044. AND TO DO THAT, WE WANT TO

1260
00:43:00,344 --> 00:43:01,879
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRESERVING

1261
00:43:01,879 --> 00:43:04,548
AND EXPANDING HOUSING ACROSS 

1262
00:43:04,548 --> 00:43:07,551
INCOME LEVELS, AS WELL AS 

1263
00:43:07,551 --> 00:43:09,987
EVOLVING DOWNTOWN AS A 

1264
00:43:09,987 --> 00:43:12,089
NEIGHBORHOOD, AS A SET OF 

1265
00:43:12,089 --> 00:43:12,723
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ACTUALLY THAT

1266
00:43:12,723 --> 00:43:13,958
REALLY MEET DIVERSE RESIDENT 

1267
00:43:13,958 --> 00:43:14,892
NEEDS OF, OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE 

1268
00:43:14,892 --> 00:43:19,296
THERE NOW AND FUTURE RESIDENTS. 

1269
00:43:19,296 --> 00:43:21,365
SO THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, 

1270
00:43:21,365 --> 00:43:21,966
SEVERAL POLICIES AND ACTIONS 

1271
00:43:21,966 --> 00:43:24,568
AROUND USING THINGS LIKE 

1272
00:43:24,568 --> 00:43:27,771
INCENTIVE ZONING AND, AND 

1273
00:43:27,771 --> 00:43:30,908
REDEVELOPMENT TOOLS TO ADVANCE 

1274
00:43:30,908 --> 00:43:34,044
HOUSING AND CONVERSION, 

1275
00:43:34,044 --> 00:43:35,212
CONVERSION OF EXISTING STOCK OR 

1276
00:43:35,212 --> 00:43:37,348
BUILDINGS TO, TO MEET THOSE 

1277
00:43:37,348 --> 00:43:39,750
NEEDS. AGAIN, ALSO EXPLORING KEY

1278
00:43:39,750 --> 00:43:42,353
OPPORTUNITIES FOR STATION AREA 

1279
00:43:42,353 --> 00:43:43,754
REDEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN 

1280
00:43:43,754 --> 00:43:48,292
WE THINK ABOUT THE NEED FOR 

1281
00:43:48,292 --> 00:43:49,493
FAMILY SCALE HOUSING. SO MAKE 

1282
00:43:49,493 --> 00:43:53,664
DOWNTOWN SAFE AND WELCOMING. 

1283
00:43:53,664 --> 00:43:54,231
THIS INVOLVES BOTH THINKING 

1284
00:43:54,231 --> 00:43:57,735
ABOUT SAFETY FOR EVERYONE AT ALL

1285
00:43:57,735 --> 00:44:00,704
HOURS IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES, AS 

1286
00:44:00,704 --> 00:44:02,706
WELL AS CREATING THAT WELCOMING 

1287
00:44:02,706 --> 00:44:03,340
AND INCLUSIVE PUBLIC REALM. THAT

1288
00:44:03,340 --> 00:44:05,409
INCLUDES EXPANDING PARKS AND 

1289
00:44:05,409 --> 00:44:07,644
GREEN SPACE AND CELEBRATING 

1290
00:44:07,644 --> 00:44:09,279
DOWNTOWN'S HISTORY AND CULTURE.

1291
00:44:09,279 --> 00:44:10,681
SO THINGS LIKE INVESTING IN NEW 

1292
00:44:10,681 --> 00:44:12,349
PUBLIC SPACE, AS WELL AS 

1293
00:44:12,349 --> 00:44:14,785
STEWARDING THE THE SPACES THAT 

1294
00:44:14,785 --> 00:44:17,254
WE HAVE SPECIFIC SAFETY 

1295
00:44:17,254 --> 00:44:18,222
STRATEGIES THAT THAT PAIR, THAT 

1296
00:44:18,222 --> 00:44:20,224
PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

1297
00:44:20,224 --> 00:44:20,657
WITH SOCIAL SERVICE 

1298
00:44:20,657 --> 00:44:22,926
COORDINATION, AND THEN WEAVING 

1299
00:44:22,926 --> 00:44:25,229
CULTURE AND HERITAGE 

1300
00:44:25,229 --> 00:44:25,829
PRESERVATION INTO OUR PUBLIC 

1301
00:44:25,829 --> 00:44:30,701
REALM. INVESTMENTS. MAKING USE 

1302
00:44:30,701 --> 00:44:32,436
OF EVERY SQUARE FOOT AGAIN. SO 

1303
00:44:32,436 --> 00:44:35,739
THE DOWNTOWN PLAN CALLS FOR 

1304
00:44:35,739 --> 00:44:37,441
PLANNING FOR 60,000 NET NEW JOBS

1305
00:44:37,441 --> 00:44:40,177
OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. AND TO 

1306
00:44:40,177 --> 00:44:41,979
DO THAT, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK 

1307
00:44:41,979 --> 00:44:43,213
AT HOW ARE WE USING THE SPACE 

1308
00:44:43,213 --> 00:44:46,383
THAT WE HAVE NOW BETWEEN 

1309
00:44:46,383 --> 00:44:48,585
EXISTING PARKING LOTS, VACANT 

1310
00:44:48,585 --> 00:44:52,956
LAND, VACANT STRUCTURES. SO THIS

1311
00:44:52,956 --> 00:44:55,793
THEME INCLUDES STRATEGIES TO TO 

1312
00:44:55,793 --> 00:44:56,293
ACTIVATE SOME OF THOSE 

1313
00:44:56,293 --> 00:44:59,029
PROPERTIES SUPPORTING NEW LEGACY

1314
00:44:59,029 --> 00:45:03,967
AND SMALL BUSINESSES. REALLY 

1315
00:45:03,967 --> 00:45:06,837
SUPPORTING AND OUR CREATIVE 

1316
00:45:06,837 --> 00:45:09,873
INDUSTRY THROUGH VISIBILITY AND 

1317
00:45:09,873 --> 00:45:11,875
SPACE INITIATIVES AND THINKING 

1318
00:45:11,875 --> 00:45:13,477
AGAIN ABOUT ADAPTIVE REUSE AND 

1319
00:45:13,477 --> 00:45:17,414
MIXED USE REPOSITIONING OF OF 

1320
00:45:17,414 --> 00:45:17,981
EXISTING BUILDINGS. 

1321
00:45:17,981 --> 00:45:21,018
-- THIS REALLY QUICK THERE WE 

1322
00:45:21,018 --> 00:45:23,353
GO. LIKE I CAN'T SEE OKAY. 

1323
00:45:23,353 --> 00:45:25,722
-- THEME FOR STEWARDING OUR HOME

1324
00:45:25,722 --> 00:45:27,724
FOR THE NEXT SEVEN GENERATIONS. 

1325
00:45:27,724 --> 00:45:29,827
THIS IS ABOUT CONNECTING PEOPLE 

1326
00:45:29,827 --> 00:45:31,829
TO NATURE, CARING FOR OUR 

1327
00:45:31,829 --> 00:45:34,932
NATURAL RESOURCES, REDUCING 

1328
00:45:34,932 --> 00:45:35,466
FOSSIL FUEL RELIANCE AND 

1329
00:45:35,466 --> 00:45:36,934
BUILDING RESILIENCE TO NATURAL 

1330
00:45:36,934 --> 00:45:38,735
DISASTERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE. 

1331
00:45:38,735 --> 00:45:41,105
AND SO IN DOWNTOWN, THAT 

1332
00:45:41,105 --> 00:45:42,739
INCLUDES USING A FOUNDATION OF 

1333
00:45:42,739 --> 00:45:46,310
INDIGENOUS LED DESIGN PRINCIPLES

1334
00:45:46,310 --> 00:45:46,777
AND MULTIGENERATIONAL 

1335
00:45:46,777 --> 00:45:48,812
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY. 

1336
00:45:48,812 --> 00:45:50,247
THINKING ABOUT OUR SEISMIC 

1337
00:45:50,247 --> 00:45:54,485
RESILIENCE AND RESOURCES, AS 

1338
00:45:54,485 --> 00:45:58,388
WELL AS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND

1339
00:45:58,388 --> 00:45:59,857
RECOVERING AND EXPANDING OUR 

1340
00:45:59,857 --> 00:46:02,493
TREE CANOPY DOWNTOWN, AS WELL AS

1341
00:46:02,493 --> 00:46:06,063
WATERFRONT ECOLOGICAL 

1342
00:46:06,063 --> 00:46:07,097
RESTORATION. AND LAST BUT NOT 

1343
00:46:07,097 --> 00:46:10,601
LEAST, FIND OUR WAY IS REALLY 

1344
00:46:10,601 --> 00:46:12,870
OUR AGAIN, OUR TRANSPORTATION 

1345
00:46:12,870 --> 00:46:15,672
FOCUSED THEME. THINKING ABOUT 

1346
00:46:15,672 --> 00:46:17,508
PEOPLE ORIENTED PUBLIC SPACES, 

1347
00:46:17,508 --> 00:46:20,777
RETHINKING STREET SPACE, MAKING 

1348
00:46:20,777 --> 00:46:21,378
TRAVEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE, 

1349
00:46:21,378 --> 00:46:23,614
CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS, 

1350
00:46:23,614 --> 00:46:24,181
CULTURAL, CULTURAL HISTORY 

1351
00:46:24,181 --> 00:46:25,883
THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION 

1352
00:46:25,883 --> 00:46:27,551
SYSTEM, AND BUILDING SUSTAINABLE

1353
00:46:27,551 --> 00:46:31,054
AND LEGIBLE MOBILITY. SO THINGS 

1354
00:46:31,054 --> 00:46:32,789
LIKE REBALANCING EXISTING STREET

1355
00:46:32,789 --> 00:46:35,425
RIGHT OF WAY, ENHANCING OUR 

1356
00:46:35,425 --> 00:46:36,360
WAYFINDING AND ACCESSIBILITY 

1357
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:38,662
INVESTMENTS, THINGS LIKE HILL 

1358
00:46:38,662 --> 00:46:41,932
CLIMB, SEATING AND SHADE, AND 

1359
00:46:41,932 --> 00:46:43,467
ADVANCING THE SEATTLE 

1360
00:46:43,467 --> 00:46:45,636
TRANSPORTATION PLAN PROJECTS FOR

1361
00:46:45,636 --> 00:46:47,070
MULTI MODAL CORRIDOR AND SAFETY 

1362
00:46:47,070 --> 00:46:47,638
PROJECTS. JESSE SPOKE A LOT 

1363
00:46:47,638 --> 00:46:49,072
ABOUT THAT IN THE NORTHGATE 

1364
00:46:49,072 --> 00:46:54,011
PLAN. THERE IS ALSO A A SEATTLE 

1365
00:46:54,011 --> 00:46:56,713
TRANSPORTATION PLAN PROJECT LIST

1366
00:46:56,713 --> 00:46:59,049
FOR DOWNTOWN AND THEN STREET 

1367
00:46:59,049 --> 00:46:59,683
DESIGN TO ADDITIONALLY SUPPORT 

1368
00:46:59,683 --> 00:47:01,618
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, THINGS LIKE 

1369
00:47:01,618 --> 00:47:03,654
ACTIVATED FRONTAGES, EVENT READY

1370
00:47:03,654 --> 00:47:07,324
CORRIDORS, THINGS LIKE. 

1371
00:47:07,324 --> 00:47:07,791
-- THAT. 

1372
00:47:07,791 --> 00:47:09,426
-- SO AGAIN, EACH REGIONAL 

1373
00:47:09,426 --> 00:47:11,295
CENTER PLAN INCLUDES A FUTURE 

1374
00:47:11,295 --> 00:47:15,966
LAND USE MAP. WE REALLY 

1375
00:47:15,966 --> 00:47:17,134
-- FOUND IN LOOKING AT DOWNTOWN,

1376
00:47:17,134 --> 00:47:19,603
THERE IS A LOT OF EXISTING 

1377
00:47:19,603 --> 00:47:21,004
CAPACITY. AND SO THIS IS MAYBE 

1378
00:47:21,004 --> 00:47:22,172
LESS OF A TRADITIONAL FUTURE 

1379
00:47:22,172 --> 00:47:26,443
LAND USE MAP MAP. AND INSTEAD IT

1380
00:47:26,443 --> 00:47:27,044
IDENTIFIES DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC 

1381
00:47:27,044 --> 00:47:28,412
PLACE TYPES AND DISTRICTS AND 

1382
00:47:28,412 --> 00:47:30,714
PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR HOW WE 

1383
00:47:30,714 --> 00:47:35,986
WANT APPROACH EACH AREA. IT DOES

1384
00:47:35,986 --> 00:47:37,054
INTRODUCE THE WATERFRONT AS A 

1385
00:47:37,054 --> 00:47:37,721
DISTINCT DISTRICT. AGAIN, IT'S 

1386
00:47:37,721 --> 00:47:40,691
NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT 

1387
00:47:40,691 --> 00:47:41,158
RENAMING ANY EXISTING 

1388
00:47:41,158 --> 00:47:43,093
NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT MORE MORE SO 

1389
00:47:43,093 --> 00:47:45,362
FOCUSING ON WHAT IS THE TYPE OF 

1390
00:47:45,362 --> 00:47:48,065
DEVELOPMENT WE WANT TO SEE IN 

1391
00:47:48,065 --> 00:47:48,699
THE WATERFRONT AREA AND HOW DO 

1392
00:47:48,699 --> 00:47:50,167
WE WANT TO SEE THAT AREA GROW 

1393
00:47:50,167 --> 00:47:52,169
AND CHANGE NOW THAT THAT WE'VE 

1394
00:47:52,169 --> 00:47:54,204
SEEN THE INVESTMENT THAT WE 

1395
00:47:54,204 --> 00:47:56,974
HAVE? SO IT DOES THE PLAN 

1396
00:47:56,974 --> 00:47:59,476
DISCUSSES HEIGHT AND DENSITY 

1397
00:47:59,476 --> 00:48:01,245
INCREASES NEAR THE CIVIC CAMPUS 

1398
00:48:01,245 --> 00:48:02,746
AND TRANSIT HUBS. AGAIN, THOSE 

1399
00:48:02,746 --> 00:48:05,349
OPPORTUNITIES FOR STATION AREA 

1400
00:48:05,349 --> 00:48:08,151
PLANNING, PROTECTING VIEW 

1401
00:48:08,151 --> 00:48:09,453
CORRIDORS AND AND MAINTAINING A 

1402
00:48:09,453 --> 00:48:12,222
LOWER SCALE NEAR PIKE PLACE 

1403
00:48:12,222 --> 00:48:14,191
MARKET. THINKING ABOUT ADAPTIVE 

1404
00:48:14,191 --> 00:48:15,993
REUSE AND EMPHASIZING THAT IN 

1405
00:48:15,993 --> 00:48:16,627
PLACES LIKE THE PIONEER SQUARE 

1406
00:48:16,627 --> 00:48:18,629
AS WELL AS STUDYING AN 

1407
00:48:18,629 --> 00:48:21,298
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT APPROACH IN 

1408
00:48:21,298 --> 00:48:25,402
PLACES LIKE THE CITY AND SO THIS

1409
00:48:25,402 --> 00:48:28,071
IS ALSO THIS IS SIMILAR TO BOTH 

1410
00:48:28,071 --> 00:48:30,007
PLANS. OUR IMPLEMENTATION 

1411
00:48:30,007 --> 00:48:32,342
APPROACH AND KIND OF HOW THESE 

1412
00:48:32,342 --> 00:48:34,144
PLANS WILL MOVE FORWARD OVER THE

1413
00:48:34,144 --> 00:48:36,980
NEXT 20 YEARS. EACH PLAN HAS 

1414
00:48:36,980 --> 00:48:39,182
THIS IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX THAT 

1415
00:48:39,182 --> 00:48:40,617
IDENTIFIES FOR EACH ACTION A 

1416
00:48:40,617 --> 00:48:44,021
CITY STEWARD AS WELL AS PARTNERS

1417
00:48:44,021 --> 00:48:45,522
AND AN ANTICIPATED KIND OF 

1418
00:48:45,522 --> 00:48:49,793
TIMELINE. SO OVERALL, OPCD WILL 

1419
00:48:49,793 --> 00:48:52,629
REMAIN THE PLAN'S CHAMPION. BUT

1420
00:48:52,629 --> 00:48:54,598
SIMILAR TO HOW WE'VE DEVELOPED 

1421
00:48:54,598 --> 00:48:56,066
THE PLANS, WE'LL BE WORKING IN 

1422
00:48:56,066 --> 00:48:57,167
VERY CLOSE COLLABORATION, 

1423
00:48:57,167 --> 00:49:00,504
COLLABORATION WITH ALL OF OUR 

1424
00:49:00,504 --> 00:49:01,138
INTERDEPARTMENTAL PARTNERS AND 

1425
00:49:01,138 --> 00:49:03,740
AND WORKING WITH THEM TO 

1426
00:49:03,740 --> 00:49:05,075
IMPLEMENT THE ACTIVITIES THAT 

1427
00:49:05,075 --> 00:49:06,576
ARE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS ALL OF 

1428
00:49:06,576 --> 00:49:09,379
THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. 

1429
00:49:09,379 --> 00:49:11,915
YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE PLANNING

1430
00:49:11,915 --> 00:49:12,649
NOW FOR 20 YEARS IN THE FUTURE. 

1431
00:49:12,649 --> 00:49:15,018
WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW ALL 

1432
00:49:15,018 --> 00:49:16,186
OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN 

1433
00:49:16,186 --> 00:49:17,754
IN 20 YEARS, JUST LIKE WE 

1434
00:49:17,754 --> 00:49:19,189
DIDN'T PREDICT COVID 19 OR THE 

1435
00:49:19,189 --> 00:49:20,791
IMPACT THAT THAT WOULD HAVE ON, 

1436
00:49:20,791 --> 00:49:23,593
ON DOWNTOWN. SO THE IDEA IS THAT

1437
00:49:23,593 --> 00:49:27,331
THESE ARE LIVING IMPLEMENTATION 

1438
00:49:27,331 --> 00:49:29,099
ROADMAPS AS KIND OF PRIORITIES 

1439
00:49:29,099 --> 00:49:31,301
AND RESOURCES CHANGE WITH THE 

1440
00:49:31,301 --> 00:49:32,936
CITY WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE PLANS 

1441
00:49:32,936 --> 00:49:33,770
ARE, ARE DEVELOPED TO BE, YOU 

1442
00:49:33,770 --> 00:49:36,506
KNOW, RESEQUENCED AND DIFFERENT 

1443
00:49:36,506 --> 00:49:38,608
ACTIONS BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE 

1444
00:49:38,608 --> 00:49:40,978
AS FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIPS AND 

1445
00:49:40,978 --> 00:49:44,214
OPPORTUNITIES EVOLVE AND I THINK

1446
00:49:44,214 --> 00:49:45,849
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE END OF 

1447
00:49:45,849 --> 00:49:46,717
OUR PRESENTATION ON DOWNTOWN AND

1448
00:49:46,717 --> 00:49:48,952
THE REGIONAL CENTERS. SO BEFORE 

1449
00:49:48,952 --> 00:49:51,021
WE TRANSITION TO THE 

1450
00:49:51,021 --> 00:49:51,621
MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL 

1451
00:49:51,621 --> 00:49:52,289
CENTERS, LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE

1452
00:49:52,289 --> 00:49:53,857
ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. 

1453
00:49:53,857 --> 00:50:02,466
-- OKAY, COLLEAGUES, ANY 

1454
00:50:02,466 --> 00:50:05,769
QUESTIONS AGAIN, I HAVE A FEW 

1455
00:50:05,769 --> 00:50:09,339
QUESTIONS AND JUST REFLECTIONS, 

1456
00:50:09,339 --> 00:50:15,112
BUT JUST GIVEN A ONE MORE SECOND

1457
00:50:15,112 --> 00:50:15,712
FOR COLLEAGUES, JUST THINKING 

1458
00:50:15,712 --> 00:50:17,014
ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN, OBVIOUSLY, 

1459
00:50:17,014 --> 00:50:19,383
IT'S A QUITE DIVERSE AREA WITH 

1460
00:50:19,383 --> 00:50:21,852
THE FIVE AREAS WE'VE GOT C, D, 

1461
00:50:21,852 --> 00:50:23,987
PIONEER SQUARE WE'VE GOT THREE 

1462
00:50:23,987 --> 00:50:24,488
DIFFERENT CITY COUNCIL 

1463
00:50:24,488 --> 00:50:25,455
DISTRICTS. WE'VE GOT OUR 

1464
00:50:25,455 --> 00:50:28,125
CITYWIDE FOLKS WHO REPRESENT 

1465
00:50:28,125 --> 00:50:31,528
THIS AREA, BUT SO UNIQUE ISSUES 

1466
00:50:31,528 --> 00:50:33,397
WITH EACH KIND OF DISTINCT PART 

1467
00:50:33,397 --> 00:50:35,665
OF DOWNTOWN. BUT ONE THING THAT 

1468
00:50:35,665 --> 00:50:40,670
JUST SORT OF CAUGHT MY ATTENTION

1469
00:50:40,670 --> 00:50:43,373
IS THE PLANNING FOR 60,000 

1470
00:50:43,373 --> 00:50:45,976
ADDITIONAL JOBS. AND, YOU KNOW, 

1471
00:50:45,976 --> 00:50:46,810
JUST THINKING ABOUT THE HISTORY 

1472
00:50:46,810 --> 00:50:51,782
OF OUR CITY AND WHAT HAS REALLY 

1473
00:50:51,782 --> 00:50:52,949
SORT OF DRIVEN IN THE 

1474
00:50:52,949 --> 00:50:55,018
TRANSFORMATION OF OUR CITY WAS 

1475
00:50:55,018 --> 00:50:58,221
IT'S THOSE JOBS, THE TECH 

1476
00:50:58,221 --> 00:50:59,556
SECTOR, RIGHT. AND BUT WE ARE 

1477
00:50:59,556 --> 00:51:02,959
SEEING THIS MAJOR SORT OF, YOU 

1478
00:51:02,959 --> 00:51:06,263
KNOW, CHANGE IN THAT INDUSTRY. 

1479
00:51:06,263 --> 00:51:09,433
WE SEE OFFICE VACANCIES QUITE 

1480
00:51:09,433 --> 00:51:12,102
HIGH. AND I DON'T KNOW FOR FROM

1481
00:51:12,102 --> 00:51:12,869
MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S A LITTLE 

1482
00:51:12,869 --> 00:51:15,806
BIT HARD TO PREDICT WHAT'S GOING

1483
00:51:15,806 --> 00:51:19,409
TO HAPPEN WITH WITH AI, WITH THE

1484
00:51:19,409 --> 00:51:22,612
JOB SECTOR, WITH OFFICE SECTOR. 

1485
00:51:22,612 --> 00:51:24,981
COULD YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT

1486
00:51:24,981 --> 00:51:27,984
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT'S, 

1487
00:51:27,984 --> 00:51:29,286
YOU KNOW, PLAYING OUT IN YOUR 

1488
00:51:29,286 --> 00:51:32,055
THINKING? WHAT SORT OF 

1489
00:51:32,055 --> 00:51:34,724
FLEXIBILITY DO WE HAVE DEPENDING

1490
00:51:34,724 --> 00:51:36,359
UPON, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON 

1491
00:51:36,359 --> 00:51:39,129
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE 

1492
00:51:39,129 --> 00:51:39,396
ECONOMY? 

1493
00:51:39,396 --> 00:51:40,497
-- YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO START 

1494
00:51:40,497 --> 00:51:42,732
THAT. SO I THINK YOU'RE 

1495
00:51:42,732 --> 00:51:43,500
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THERE'S ONLY 

1496
00:51:43,500 --> 00:51:45,402
SO MUCH THAT WE CAN CONTROL IN 

1497
00:51:45,402 --> 00:51:48,071
THE WORK THAT WE DO, WHAT WE CAN

1498
00:51:48,071 --> 00:51:51,308
HELP IS TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT

1499
00:51:51,308 --> 00:51:52,776
THAT'S CONDUCIVE TO ECONOMIC 

1500
00:51:52,776 --> 00:51:55,112
GROWTH AND TO LIVABILITY. AND 

1501
00:51:55,112 --> 00:51:56,813
WHAT THIS PLAN REALLY TRIED TO 

1502
00:51:56,813 --> 00:51:58,949
CENTER ON WAS CREATING A MUCH 

1503
00:51:58,949 --> 00:52:01,885
MORE DIVERSE AND ENGAGING 

1504
00:52:01,885 --> 00:52:04,287
DOWNTOWN THAT WAS INSPIRING FOR 

1505
00:52:04,287 --> 00:52:06,289
FOLKS TO DEVELOP AND TO COME 

1506
00:52:06,289 --> 00:52:08,992
HERE. I THINK WHAT WE JUST SAW 

1507
00:52:08,992 --> 00:52:10,560
WITH FIFA, WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER

1508
00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:14,331
TIME, IS THAT WE SOMETIMES 

1509
00:52:14,331 --> 00:52:15,532
FORGET HOW INCREDIBLE OUR CITY 

1510
00:52:15,532 --> 00:52:18,068
IS AND HOW MUCH OF AN INCREDIBLY

1511
00:52:18,068 --> 00:52:19,569
BEAUTIFUL, WALKABLE, ACCESSIBLE 

1512
00:52:19,569 --> 00:52:20,737
ENVIRONMENT WE HAVE HERE. AND 

1513
00:52:20,737 --> 00:52:23,173
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, WE'VE

1514
00:52:23,173 --> 00:52:24,641
LEANED IN REALLY HARD ON THAT 

1515
00:52:24,641 --> 00:52:26,977
TECH SECTOR, AND WE DO NEED TO 

1516
00:52:26,977 --> 00:52:29,446
DIVERSIFY. IT DOESN'T CREATE A 

1517
00:52:29,446 --> 00:52:30,647
RESILIENT ECONOMY. AND WHAT YOU 

1518
00:52:30,647 --> 00:52:32,115
WILL SEE IN THE SECTION, THE 

1519
00:52:32,115 --> 00:52:35,785
ECONOMIC SECTION OF THIS PLAN IS

1520
00:52:35,785 --> 00:52:37,354
TALKING ABOUT HOW IF WE DON'T 

1521
00:52:37,354 --> 00:52:38,622
SORT OF PAUSE AND TAKE NOTE OF 

1522
00:52:38,622 --> 00:52:40,524
THE NEED TO DIVERSIFY, WE PUT 

1523
00:52:40,524 --> 00:52:42,025
OURSELVES IN A REALLY RISKY 

1524
00:52:42,025 --> 00:52:44,227
PLACE. AND WE'VE HEARD A LOT 

1525
00:52:44,227 --> 00:52:46,296
FROM FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE 

1526
00:52:46,296 --> 00:52:49,533
PLANNING THAT THEY WANT A 

1527
00:52:49,533 --> 00:52:51,268
DIVERSE CITY. ARTISTS WANT TO 

1528
00:52:51,268 --> 00:52:53,770
WORK DOWNTOWN, EDUCATORS WANT TO

1529
00:52:53,770 --> 00:52:55,605
WORK DOWNTOWN. THE MARITIME 

1530
00:52:55,605 --> 00:52:57,340
INDUSTRY WANTS TO CONTINUE TO 

1531
00:52:57,340 --> 00:53:00,076
FUNCTION AND THRIVE DOWNTOWN. WE

1532
00:53:00,076 --> 00:53:02,445
HAVE AN INCREDIBLE DESIGN AND 

1533
00:53:02,445 --> 00:53:05,949
ARCHITECTURAL CULTURE HERE. WE 

1534
00:53:05,949 --> 00:53:07,884
HAVE INDUSTRIES BASICALLY THAT 

1535
00:53:07,884 --> 00:53:09,519
COVER EVERY SPECTRUM, AND WE 

1536
00:53:09,519 --> 00:53:11,655
NEED TO ENCOURAGE GROWTH IN ALL 

1537
00:53:11,655 --> 00:53:13,123
OF THOSE SECTORS VERSUS KIND OF 

1538
00:53:13,123 --> 00:53:16,159
LEANING INTO JUST ONE. AND I 

1539
00:53:16,159 --> 00:53:19,863
THINK THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HELP

1540
00:53:19,863 --> 00:53:21,398
SEATTLE THRIVE AND ACTUALLY 

1541
00:53:21,398 --> 00:53:24,367
BECOME WHAT THE PLAN DEFINES AS 

1542
00:53:24,367 --> 00:53:25,368
OUR LARGEST RESIDENTIAL HUB, AS 

1543
00:53:25,368 --> 00:53:29,472
WELL AS JUST JOB GROWTH. 

1544
00:53:29,472 --> 00:53:34,544
-- OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. IF 

1545
00:53:34,544 --> 00:53:37,647
THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR 

1546
00:53:37,647 --> 00:53:38,515
COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES, I CAN 

1547
00:53:38,515 --> 00:53:40,717
MOVE, MOVE ALONG. 

1548
00:53:40,717 --> 00:53:51,194
-- PASS IT OVER TO JIM HOME. 

1549
00:53:51,428 --> 00:54:01,671
-- IS THAT THERE? 

1550
00:54:05,875 --> 00:54:16,086
-- I AM READY. 

1551
00:54:28,431 --> 00:54:38,942
I AM HAVING TROUBLE. YEAH. IT'S

1552
00:54:47,884 --> 00:54:54,758
OH, YEAH. OKAY YOU SHOULD BE 

1553
00:54:54,758 --> 00:55:01,765
ABLE TO USE. AWESOME. THANK YOU.

1554
00:55:01,765 --> 00:55:02,699
-- OKAY. YEAH. COULD YOU GO 

1555
00:55:02,699 --> 00:55:04,267
AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR

1556
00:55:04,267 --> 00:55:05,502
THE RECORD AND PLEASE GO AHEAD 

1557
00:55:05,502 --> 00:55:06,836
AND GET STARTED WHEN YOU'RE 

1558
00:55:06,836 --> 00:55:07,737
READY. 

1559
00:55:07,737 --> 00:55:09,372
-- YEAH. JIM HOLMES, SENIOR 

1560
00:55:09,372 --> 00:55:11,274
PLANNER WITH OFFICE OF PLANNING 

1561
00:55:11,274 --> 00:55:13,410
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. I'M 

1562
00:55:13,410 --> 00:55:14,044
HERE TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION 

1563
00:55:14,044 --> 00:55:15,645
ON BOTH OF THE MANUFACTURING 

1564
00:55:15,645 --> 00:55:18,715
INDUSTRIAL CENTER PLANS. BEFORE 

1565
00:55:18,715 --> 00:55:22,085
I DO THAT, I REALLY WANT TO TALK

1566
00:55:22,085 --> 00:55:22,619
ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 

1567
00:55:22,619 --> 00:55:23,219
INDUSTRIAL MARITIME STRATEGY. 

1568
00:55:23,219 --> 00:55:26,289
AND THESE PLANS ARE AN 

1569
00:55:26,289 --> 00:55:26,923
IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT STRATEGY.

1570
00:55:26,923 --> 00:55:28,024
THAT STRATEGY WAS SOMETHING THAT

1571
00:55:28,024 --> 00:55:31,895
WAS INITIATED IN 2019. IT WAS 

1572
00:55:31,895 --> 00:55:34,731
INFORMED BY A VERY STRONG 

1573
00:55:34,731 --> 00:55:36,666
INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM AND A 60

1574
00:55:36,666 --> 00:55:37,600
PLUS COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER 

1575
00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:41,338
GROUP, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES

1576
00:55:41,338 --> 00:55:41,971
FROM INDUSTRY PROPERTY OWNERS, 

1577
00:55:41,971 --> 00:55:44,007
AGENCIES SUCH AS THE PORT OF 

1578
00:55:44,007 --> 00:55:47,010
SEATTLE AND SOUND TRANSIT. OTHER

1579
00:55:47,010 --> 00:55:47,610
GROUPS, LIKE THE GEORGETOWN 

1580
00:55:47,610 --> 00:55:49,479
COMMUNITY COUNCIL, 

1581
00:55:49,479 --> 00:55:49,979
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES 

1582
00:55:49,979 --> 00:55:53,283
COALITION, THAMES VALLEY RIVER 

1583
00:55:53,283 --> 00:55:53,883
CLEANUP COALITION, AND THERE 

1584
00:55:53,883 --> 00:55:55,652
WERE FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SUBGROUPS

1585
00:55:55,652 --> 00:55:58,922
FOCUSING ON BALLARD, INTERBAY, 

1586
00:55:58,922 --> 00:56:02,926
THE SODO AREA AND GEORGETOWN 

1587
00:56:02,926 --> 00:56:03,560
SOUTH PARK. IT ALSO INCLUDED A 

1588
00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:04,160
COMPONENT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH 

1589
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:05,562
BIPOC YOUTH ABOUT HOW TO ASSESS 

1590
00:56:05,562 --> 00:56:08,198
THESE JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THESE

1591
00:56:08,198 --> 00:56:09,599
SECTORS. AND FINALLY, WE HAD 

1592
00:56:09,599 --> 00:56:11,267
VERY DETAILED OUTREACH TO THE 

1593
00:56:11,267 --> 00:56:13,503
SOUTH PARK AND GEORGETOWN 

1594
00:56:13,503 --> 00:56:15,805
COMMUNITIES. AND IN JUNE 2021, 

1595
00:56:15,805 --> 00:56:17,373
THIS ADVISORY COUNCIL ADOPTED A 

1596
00:56:17,373 --> 00:56:19,609
SET OF CONSENSUS 

1597
00:56:19,609 --> 00:56:20,243
RECOMMENDATIONS. I'LL SHARE 

1598
00:56:20,243 --> 00:56:21,544
THOSE WITH YOU IN A MOMENT, BUT 

1599
00:56:21,544 --> 00:56:23,546
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT 

1600
00:56:23,546 --> 00:56:27,016
ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS

1601
00:56:27,016 --> 00:56:28,985
TO DATE IN 2022, SOME INITIAL 

1602
00:56:28,985 --> 00:56:30,920
BUDGET ACTIONS TO BEGIN 

1603
00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:31,554
IMPLEMENTING KEY FEATURES OF THE

1604
00:56:31,554 --> 00:56:34,157
STRATEGY, INCLUDING FUNDING 

1605
00:56:34,157 --> 00:56:37,393
AROUND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 

1606
00:56:37,393 --> 00:56:37,894
PROGRAMS, ENVIRONMENTAL 

1607
00:56:37,894 --> 00:56:38,728
REMEDIATION, STANDING UP A 

1608
00:56:38,728 --> 00:56:40,730
STEWARDSHIP ENTITY WHICH WE KNOW

1609
00:56:40,730 --> 00:56:42,432
TODAY, IS THE SOUND INDUSTRIAL 

1610
00:56:42,432 --> 00:56:45,502
ALLIANCE FUNDING FOR 

1611
00:56:45,502 --> 00:56:46,836
TRANSPORTATION STUDIES IN THE 

1612
00:56:46,836 --> 00:56:50,006
MIX. AND IN 2023, THE COUNCIL 

1613
00:56:50,006 --> 00:56:52,108
ADOPTED A PACKAGE OF LANDMARK 

1614
00:56:52,108 --> 00:56:54,110
LEGISLATION THAT REALLY 

1615
00:56:54,110 --> 00:56:54,744
REPRESENTED THE LARGEST REFORM 

1616
00:56:54,744 --> 00:56:57,080
OF OUR INDUSTRIAL LAND USE 

1617
00:56:57,080 --> 00:57:00,750
REGULATIONS IN ABOUT 30 YEARS. 

1618
00:57:00,750 --> 00:57:04,587
IT INCLUDED ALSO A SET OF 

1619
00:57:04,587 --> 00:57:05,221
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES FOR 

1620
00:57:05,221 --> 00:57:06,289
INDUSTRIAL LAND USE THAT WERE 

1621
00:57:06,289 --> 00:57:08,425
ADOPTED IN 2023 AND REAFFIRMED 

1622
00:57:08,425 --> 00:57:09,592
WITH THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN 

1623
00:57:09,592 --> 00:57:14,097
ADOPTION LAST FALL. ANOTHER 

1624
00:57:14,097 --> 00:57:14,664
IMPLEMENTATION HAS BEEN THE 

1625
00:57:14,664 --> 00:57:16,766
MASTER PLANNING AROUND THE WASCO

1626
00:57:16,766 --> 00:57:17,434
SITE. I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN 

1627
00:57:17,434 --> 00:57:21,938
THE NEXT SLIDE. AND FINALLY, THE

1628
00:57:21,938 --> 00:57:22,572
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL CENTER 

1629
00:57:22,572 --> 00:57:25,241
PLANS. SO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL 

1630
00:57:25,241 --> 00:57:28,211
RECOMMENDATIONS OUTLINED 11 

1631
00:57:28,211 --> 00:57:30,713
BROAD STRATEGIES UNDER 

1632
00:57:30,713 --> 00:57:31,281
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES WITH 

1633
00:57:31,281 --> 00:57:33,116
INVESTMENTS IN WORKFORCE 

1634
00:57:33,116 --> 00:57:35,919
DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING, PUBLIC

1635
00:57:35,919 --> 00:57:36,386
SAFETY PARTNERSHIPS, 

1636
00:57:36,386 --> 00:57:39,155
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS, 

1637
00:57:39,155 --> 00:57:39,956
ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES IN 

1638
00:57:39,956 --> 00:57:44,427
TERMS OF LAND USE STRATEGIES, 

1639
00:57:44,427 --> 00:57:44,961
STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR 

1640
00:57:44,961 --> 00:57:48,031
INDUSTRIAL LAND ENCOURAGING 

1641
00:57:48,031 --> 00:57:49,732
DENSE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 

1642
00:57:49,732 --> 00:57:52,802
AROUND FUTURE TRANSIT STATIONS, 

1643
00:57:52,802 --> 00:57:53,369
HEALTHIER TRANSITION AREAS 

1644
00:57:53,369 --> 00:57:56,105
BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AND 

1645
00:57:56,105 --> 00:57:58,474
NON-INDUSTRIAL AREAS. NO NEW 

1646
00:57:58,474 --> 00:58:00,777
RESIDENTIAL USES. THERE ARE SOME

1647
00:58:00,777 --> 00:58:02,312
OBVIOUS EXCEPTIONS IN THERE, BUT

1648
00:58:02,312 --> 00:58:04,180
GENERALLY SPEAKING, NO NEW 

1649
00:58:04,180 --> 00:58:05,882
RESIDENTIAL USES. THERE WERE 

1650
00:58:05,882 --> 00:58:07,083
SOME COMMUNITY GOALS IN THE 

1651
00:58:07,083 --> 00:58:08,184
GEORGETOWN AND SOUTH PARK 

1652
00:58:08,184 --> 00:58:09,152
NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WERE ABLE TO 

1653
00:58:09,152 --> 00:58:11,187
ADVANCE THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN 

1654
00:58:11,187 --> 00:58:13,256
TERMS OF ACTION STRATEGIES. 

1655
00:58:13,256 --> 00:58:16,526
THERE WERE TWO LARGE PARCELS IN 

1656
00:58:16,526 --> 00:58:17,660
THE MIX AND ONES IN BALLARD AND 

1657
00:58:17,660 --> 00:58:20,129
BAY NORTH END MANUFACTURING 

1658
00:58:20,129 --> 00:58:21,197
INDUSTRIAL CENTER. THE OTHER ONE

1659
00:58:21,197 --> 00:58:23,066
IS IN THE DUWAMISH MIC, AND 

1660
00:58:23,066 --> 00:58:25,635
THOSE ARE THE SITE AND THE 

1661
00:58:25,635 --> 00:58:26,603
ARMORY NATIONAL NATIONAL GUARD 

1662
00:58:26,603 --> 00:58:28,171
ARMORY SITE IN INTERBAY. THEY 

1663
00:58:28,171 --> 00:58:31,207
ARE OWNED BY THE STATE OF 

1664
00:58:31,207 --> 00:58:34,010
WASHINGTON. WASCA IS CURRENTLY 

1665
00:58:34,010 --> 00:58:34,611
UNDEVELOPED. THE ARMORY SITE 

1666
00:58:34,611 --> 00:58:38,448
WILL BE. ONCE THE NATIONAL GUARD

1667
00:58:38,448 --> 00:58:39,816
RELOCATES SO THAT WE HAVE 

1668
00:58:39,816 --> 00:58:40,650
INCORPORATED IN THE PLAN THAT. 

1669
00:58:40,650 --> 00:58:43,653
IN THE FUTURE WE WILL BE DOING 

1670
00:58:43,653 --> 00:58:44,153
SOME MASTER PLANNING IN 

1671
00:58:44,153 --> 00:58:44,888
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE TO 

1672
00:58:44,888 --> 00:58:47,257
DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENS ON THOSE 

1673
00:58:47,257 --> 00:58:48,525
LARGE PARCELS. AND FINALLY, 

1674
00:58:48,525 --> 00:58:49,092
STANDING UP THE STEWARDSHIP 

1675
00:58:49,092 --> 00:58:50,660
ENTITY, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT 

1676
00:58:50,660 --> 00:58:54,664
PART TO HELP US WORK WITH 

1677
00:58:54,664 --> 00:58:55,865
INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY. SO LET'S 

1678
00:58:55,865 --> 00:58:57,100
TALK ABOUT THE SUB AREA PLANS. 

1679
00:58:57,100 --> 00:59:00,637
AND AS EARLIER PRESENTERS SAID, 

1680
00:59:00,637 --> 00:59:01,104
IT'S REQUIRED FOR 

1681
00:59:01,104 --> 00:59:03,006
RECERTIFICATION OF THE 

1682
00:59:03,006 --> 00:59:03,539
MANUFACTURING, INDUSTRIAL 

1683
00:59:03,539 --> 00:59:06,342
CENTERS. AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR

1684
00:59:06,342 --> 00:59:09,178
CONTINUED FEDERAL FINANCING OF 

1685
00:59:09,178 --> 00:59:11,147
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. THE 

1686
00:59:11,147 --> 00:59:12,982
CHAPTERS IN BOTH THE PLANS ARE 

1687
00:59:12,982 --> 00:59:13,883
THE SAME. THERE'S A VISION 

1688
00:59:13,883 --> 00:59:15,118
STATEMENT, LAND USE CHAPTER, 

1689
00:59:15,118 --> 00:59:17,487
TRANSPORTATION, CHAPTER ECONOMIC

1690
00:59:17,487 --> 00:59:19,355
DEVELOPMENT, CHAPTER, 

1691
00:59:19,355 --> 00:59:19,989
ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER AND PUBLIC 

1692
00:59:19,989 --> 00:59:23,526
SERVICES, CHAPTER. WHEN YOU READ

1693
00:59:23,526 --> 00:59:24,994
THE PLAN, THEY ARE THIS IS A 

1694
00:59:24,994 --> 00:59:27,330
LITTLE BIT HOW IT'S ORGANIZED. 

1695
00:59:27,330 --> 00:59:28,898
EACH CHAPTER HAS AN OVERVIEW AND

1696
00:59:28,898 --> 00:59:30,500
BACKGROUND INFORMATION. IT'S 

1697
00:59:30,500 --> 00:59:32,602
VERY DESCRIPTIVE. THEN WE HAVE A

1698
00:59:32,602 --> 00:59:35,104
DISCUSSION SECTION DISCUSSING 

1699
00:59:35,104 --> 00:59:36,739
KEY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

1700
00:59:36,739 --> 00:59:38,608
RELATED TO THAT TOPIC AREA. AND 

1701
00:59:38,608 --> 00:59:42,078
FINALLY WE HAVE GOALS AND 

1702
00:59:42,078 --> 00:59:44,113
POLICIES. THE GOALS IN BOTH 

1703
00:59:44,113 --> 00:59:45,448
PLANS ARE THE SAME, AND MANY OF 

1704
00:59:45,448 --> 00:59:47,984
THEM ARE ALREADY BEING ADVANCED 

1705
00:59:47,984 --> 00:59:49,886
THROUGH CITYWIDE COMPREHENSIVE 

1706
00:59:49,886 --> 00:59:52,021
PLAN POLICIES. OTHER CITY WIDE 

1707
00:59:52,021 --> 00:59:52,855
FUNCTIONAL PLANS LIKE THE 

1708
00:59:52,855 --> 00:59:56,559
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN OR 

1709
00:59:56,559 --> 00:59:57,260
THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN OR OTHER

1710
00:59:57,260 --> 00:59:58,428
REGULATIONS. AND SO WHEN YOU SEE

1711
00:59:58,428 --> 01:00:01,798
A GOAL IN THE PLAN, YOU WILL SEE

1712
01:00:01,798 --> 01:00:03,466
A DESCRIPTION OF THE OTHER 

1713
01:00:03,466 --> 01:00:04,734
ACTIVITIES THAT THE CITY IS 

1714
01:00:04,734 --> 01:00:06,603
DOING TO ADVANCE THAT GOAL. AND 

1715
01:00:06,603 --> 01:00:09,372
THEN WE WILL HAVE MIC SPECIFIC 

1716
01:00:09,372 --> 01:00:10,707
POLICIES TO ADVANCE THAT GOAL. 

1717
01:00:10,707 --> 01:00:14,510
BELOW THAT. SO I'M GOING TO 

1718
01:00:14,510 --> 01:00:15,144
QUICKLY RUN THROUGH THE CHAPTERS

1719
01:00:15,144 --> 01:00:18,181
AND DO SOME POLICY HIGHLIGHTS. 

1720
01:00:18,181 --> 01:00:22,819
SO FOR LAND USE, KEY 

1721
01:00:22,819 --> 01:00:23,419
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES, 

1722
01:00:23,419 --> 01:00:24,654
YOU'LL SEE THE DARKER PRINT 

1723
01:00:24,654 --> 01:00:27,557
ONES ARE SHARED BY BOTH MICS. SO

1724
01:00:27,557 --> 01:00:28,391
THAT IS SOUND TRANSIT LIGHT RAIL

1725
01:00:28,391 --> 01:00:30,660
STATION INTEGRATION WITHIN THE 

1726
01:00:30,660 --> 01:00:33,529
MIC AND RESIDENTIAL ENCROACHMENT

1727
01:00:33,529 --> 01:00:35,598
IN THE MIC. FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT

1728
01:00:35,598 --> 01:00:37,433
OF THE INTERBAY ARMORY IS A 

1729
01:00:37,433 --> 01:00:39,302
MAJOR OPPORTUNITY, AND WE REALLY

1730
01:00:39,302 --> 01:00:41,738
WANT TO MAINTAIN IRREPLACEABLE, 

1731
01:00:41,738 --> 01:00:42,972
WATER DEPENDENT USES IN SALMON 

1732
01:00:42,972 --> 01:00:46,242
BAY. THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT 

1733
01:00:46,242 --> 01:00:47,343
MARITIME ECOSYSTEM THAT, ONCE 

1734
01:00:47,343 --> 01:00:51,147
LOST, PROBABLY WILL BE LOST 

1735
01:00:51,147 --> 01:00:53,116
FOREVER WITHIN THE DUWAMISH AM. 

1736
01:00:53,116 --> 01:00:57,887
I SEE THE WASCO SITE ENSURING 

1737
01:00:57,887 --> 01:00:58,454
SEATTLE'S CONTAINER PORT 

1738
01:00:58,454 --> 01:01:00,256
MAINTAINS A VITAL ECONOMIC 

1739
01:01:00,256 --> 01:01:01,591
ENGINE GOING INTO THE FUTURE. WE

1740
01:01:01,591 --> 01:01:04,027
REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO 

1741
01:01:04,027 --> 01:01:05,828
GEORGETOWN AND SOUTH PARK 

1742
01:01:05,828 --> 01:01:08,631
ADJACENCIES TO ENSURE THAT THERE

1743
01:01:08,631 --> 01:01:09,332
AREN'T DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF

1744
01:01:09,332 --> 01:01:10,166
IMPACTS BEING SUFFERED IN THOSE 

1745
01:01:10,166 --> 01:01:12,368
COMMUNITIES. LOOK AT THE 

1746
01:01:12,368 --> 01:01:13,903
OPPORTUNITIES WITH RECONNECT 

1747
01:01:13,903 --> 01:01:15,672
SOUTH PARK. THERE'S POTENTIAL 

1748
01:01:15,672 --> 01:01:16,305
TO CREATE NEW INDUSTRIAL LAND. 

1749
01:01:16,305 --> 01:01:18,341
ACTUALLY, WITH SOME OF THOSE 

1750
01:01:18,341 --> 01:01:21,110
SCENARIOS AND ENSURING STADIUM 

1751
01:01:21,110 --> 01:01:24,147
DISTRICT COMPATIBILITY WITH THE 

1752
01:01:24,147 --> 01:01:28,651
MIC. SO GOALS FOR BOTH MICS IN 

1753
01:01:28,651 --> 01:01:29,752
20 YEARS, THE MICS WILL BE 

1754
01:01:29,752 --> 01:01:31,454
DEFINED BY A STRONG PRESENCE OF 

1755
01:01:31,454 --> 01:01:34,257
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY. PREDICTABLE

1756
01:01:34,257 --> 01:01:35,692
LAND USES, TRANSIT THAT SUPPORTS

1757
01:01:35,692 --> 01:01:37,393
AND IS COMPATIBLE WITH 

1758
01:01:37,393 --> 01:01:39,128
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY, AND THAT 

1759
01:01:39,128 --> 01:01:39,729
THERE'S HEALTHY TRANSITIONS 

1760
01:01:39,729 --> 01:01:42,031
BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AND 

1761
01:01:42,031 --> 01:01:45,301
NON-INDUSTRIAL AREAS LAND USE 

1762
01:01:45,301 --> 01:01:47,904
POLICY HIGHLIGHTS GUIDANCE ON 

1763
01:01:47,904 --> 01:01:49,238
ARMORY MASTER PLANNING. SO 

1764
01:01:49,238 --> 01:01:49,872
THERE'S POLICY CRITERIA ABOUT 

1765
01:01:49,872 --> 01:01:51,507
WHAT A MASTER PLAN SHOULD LOOK 

1766
01:01:51,507 --> 01:01:52,742
LIKE ON THE NATIONAL GUARD 

1767
01:01:52,742 --> 01:01:54,077
ARMORY SITE. THE SAME IS TRUE 

1768
01:01:54,077 --> 01:01:59,182
FOR THE WASCO SITE. THERE'S 

1769
01:01:59,182 --> 01:01:59,849
SOME PARTS OF SEATTLE THAT HAVE 

1770
01:01:59,849 --> 01:02:01,284
INDUSTRIAL ZONING THAT PLAY AN 

1771
01:02:01,284 --> 01:02:03,352
IMPORTANT MARITIME USE THAT ARE 

1772
01:02:03,352 --> 01:02:05,722
OUTSIDE THE BIN MIC OR OUTSIDE 

1773
01:02:05,722 --> 01:02:08,024
THE DUWAMISH MIC. WE WOULD LIKE 

1774
01:02:08,024 --> 01:02:08,991
TO STUDY THE POTENTIAL OF 

1775
01:02:08,991 --> 01:02:10,193
INCLUDING THEM IN THE BIN MIC. 

1776
01:02:10,193 --> 01:02:11,194
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AREA ON 

1777
01:02:11,194 --> 01:02:14,997
SOUTHEAST LAKE UNION. WE WANT TO

1778
01:02:14,997 --> 01:02:16,833
AVOID SITING MAJOR NEW LAND USES

1779
01:02:16,833 --> 01:02:18,601
THAT WOULD DISRUPT THE 

1780
01:02:18,601 --> 01:02:20,303
FUNCTIONALITY OF CRITICAL RAIL 

1781
01:02:20,303 --> 01:02:23,372
AND TRUCK INFRASTRUCTURE. LINKS 

1782
01:02:23,372 --> 01:02:25,374
TO WATER DEPENDENT USES. ONE 

1783
01:02:25,374 --> 01:02:27,610
TIME THIS IS A BIG ONE. BOTH 

1784
01:02:27,610 --> 01:02:29,746
PLANS ALLOW FOR A ONE TIME CITY 

1785
01:02:29,746 --> 01:02:30,513
LED BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT FOR 

1786
01:02:30,513 --> 01:02:35,218
FUTURE SOUND TRANSIT STATIONS. 

1787
01:02:35,218 --> 01:02:36,319
THE INTENT THERE IS THAT 

1788
01:02:36,319 --> 01:02:39,322
WHATEVER IS DONE IS DONE IN A 

1789
01:02:39,322 --> 01:02:40,523
COMPREHENSIVE, NON PIECEMEAL 

1790
01:02:40,523 --> 01:02:42,425
WAY, AND WE OFFER CRITERIA FOR 

1791
01:02:42,425 --> 01:02:43,593
THAT ONE TIME ADJUSTMENT. FOR 

1792
01:02:43,593 --> 01:02:45,228
EXAMPLE, IN THE BIN MIC THERE 

1793
01:02:45,228 --> 01:02:49,499
HAS TO BE NO NET LOSS OF 

1794
01:02:49,499 --> 01:02:51,534
INDUSTRIAL LAND. ANOTHER POLICY 

1795
01:02:51,534 --> 01:02:52,635
IN THE DUWAMISH MIC PLAN THAT 

1796
01:02:52,635 --> 01:02:54,504
THERE WOULD BE NO HOUSING IN THE

1797
01:02:54,504 --> 01:02:57,106
STATION AREA. OVERLAY DISTRICT, 

1798
01:02:57,106 --> 01:02:58,441
AND THAT A WORKING GROUP BE 

1799
01:02:58,441 --> 01:03:00,376
ESTABLISHED TO GUIDE FUTURE 

1800
01:03:00,376 --> 01:03:00,943
PLANNING WITHIN THE STATION 

1801
01:03:00,943 --> 01:03:04,914
OVERLAY DISTRICT AND ADJACENT 

1802
01:03:04,914 --> 01:03:07,517
AREAS. THE TRANSPORTATION 

1803
01:03:07,517 --> 01:03:09,986
CHAPTER, COMMON TO BOTH MIX. 

1804
01:03:09,986 --> 01:03:11,988
MAINTAINING THE FREIGHT NETWORK.

1805
01:03:11,988 --> 01:03:14,624
INTEGRATING SOUND TRANSIT 

1806
01:03:14,624 --> 01:03:16,859
STATIONS AND IMPROVING A SAFE 

1807
01:03:16,859 --> 01:03:19,028
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK 

1808
01:03:19,028 --> 01:03:21,063
AND ENSURING TRAVEL TIME 

1809
01:03:21,063 --> 01:03:21,631
RELIABILITY OF THE FREIGHT 

1810
01:03:21,631 --> 01:03:24,700
NETWORK. UNIQUE TO THE BIN MIC 

1811
01:03:24,700 --> 01:03:26,435
IS ALSO THE. MAINTAINING THE 

1812
01:03:26,435 --> 01:03:27,670
VIABILITY OF 15th AVENUE 

1813
01:03:27,670 --> 01:03:30,173
CORRIDOR, INCLUDING THE BALLARD 

1814
01:03:30,173 --> 01:03:30,640
BRIDGE AND EAST WEST 

1815
01:03:30,640 --> 01:03:32,008
CONNECTIVITY IN INTERBAY WITHIN 

1816
01:03:32,008 --> 01:03:34,277
THE DUWAMISH MIC. RECONNECT 

1817
01:03:34,277 --> 01:03:36,445
SOUTH PARK THAT IS A POTENTIAL 

1818
01:03:36,445 --> 01:03:38,414
CHALLENGE THAT WE NEED TO 

1819
01:03:38,414 --> 01:03:39,949
MONITOR TO TO UNDERSTAND ITS 

1820
01:03:39,949 --> 01:03:40,550
POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON FREIGHT 

1821
01:03:40,550 --> 01:03:44,687
MOVEMENT TRANSPORTATION GOALS 

1822
01:03:44,687 --> 01:03:46,923
FOR BOTH MIX AND 20 YEARS. THERE

1823
01:03:46,923 --> 01:03:49,358
WILL BE A HIGH EFFICIENCY USE OF

1824
01:03:49,358 --> 01:03:50,126
LIMITED RIGHTS OF WAY AND A 

1825
01:03:50,126 --> 01:03:51,994
ROBUST FREIGHT NETWORK THAT WILL

1826
01:03:51,994 --> 01:03:54,063
HAVE STRONG INTERMODAL 

1827
01:03:54,063 --> 01:03:55,331
CONNECTIONS, AND THAT THERE WILL

1828
01:03:55,331 --> 01:03:58,034
BE AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION 

1829
01:03:58,034 --> 01:03:58,668
NETWORK SAFELY COEXISTING WITH 

1830
01:03:58,668 --> 01:04:00,570
THE FREIGHT NETWORK. POLICY 

1831
01:04:00,570 --> 01:04:02,638
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE NEW STREET 

1832
01:04:02,638 --> 01:04:04,440
TYPOLOGIES WITHIN THE URBAN, 

1833
01:04:04,440 --> 01:04:05,408
INDUSTRIAL AND INDUSTRY, AND 

1834
01:04:05,408 --> 01:04:07,043
INNOVATION ZONES. THESE ARE 

1835
01:04:07,043 --> 01:04:08,444
ZONES WHERE WE EXPECT MUCH MORE 

1836
01:04:08,444 --> 01:04:09,946
PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY IN THE 

1837
01:04:09,946 --> 01:04:12,548
FUTURE, AND SO WE WANT TO ENSURE

1838
01:04:12,548 --> 01:04:13,950
FREIGHT CAN MOVE SAFELY AND 

1839
01:04:13,950 --> 01:04:15,785
PEDESTRIANS CAN MOVE SAFELY. WE 

1840
01:04:15,785 --> 01:04:16,519
WANT TO IMPROVE LAST MILE 

1841
01:04:16,519 --> 01:04:18,454
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE TRANSIT 

1842
01:04:18,454 --> 01:04:23,826
STATIONS AND EMPLOYMENT 

1843
01:04:23,826 --> 01:04:24,393
LOCATIONS WITHIN BOTH MIX. 

1844
01:04:24,393 --> 01:04:25,895
RESURFACE AND IMPROVED ROADWAYS 

1845
01:04:25,895 --> 01:04:27,163
AND APPROACHES TO SMITH COVE AND

1846
01:04:27,163 --> 01:04:28,664
SALMON BAY THAT ARE IN 

1847
01:04:28,664 --> 01:04:29,632
SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS. THIS IS 

1848
01:04:29,632 --> 01:04:33,636
REALLY AN ISSUE IN THE MIC AND 

1849
01:04:33,636 --> 01:04:34,136
IMPROVED VISIBILITY OF 

1850
01:04:34,136 --> 01:04:34,770
PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE RIDERS TO 

1851
01:04:34,770 --> 01:04:37,673
TRUCK AND CAR DRIVERS SEEK TO 

1852
01:04:37,673 --> 01:04:40,176
SEPARATE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION 

1853
01:04:40,176 --> 01:04:43,746
FACILITIES FROM FREIGHT 

1854
01:04:43,746 --> 01:04:45,982
FACILITIES. THE ECONOMIC 

1855
01:04:45,982 --> 01:04:46,816
DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER, KEY 

1856
01:04:46,816 --> 01:04:49,485
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES 

1857
01:04:49,485 --> 01:04:52,255
COMMON TO BOTH MIX ENCROACHING 

1858
01:04:52,255 --> 01:04:53,589
LAND USES THE LIGHT RAIL 

1859
01:04:53,589 --> 01:04:54,490
STATIONS, WHICH COMES ACROSS. IN

1860
01:04:54,490 --> 01:04:58,661
MANY OF THESE. ALMOST ALL OF 

1861
01:04:58,661 --> 01:04:59,195
THESE CHAPTERS. EMERGING 

1862
01:04:59,195 --> 01:05:00,096
MARITIME INNOVATIONS THAT WILL 

1863
01:05:00,096 --> 01:05:02,565
KEEP THAT INDUSTRY CUTTING EDGE,

1864
01:05:02,565 --> 01:05:05,368
AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW THAT 

1865
01:05:05,368 --> 01:05:08,271
IMPACTS, PARTICULARLY THE WATER 

1866
01:05:08,271 --> 01:05:10,206
DEPENDENT AREAS WITHIN THE MIC. 

1867
01:05:10,206 --> 01:05:11,874
WE ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT THE 

1868
01:05:11,874 --> 01:05:13,576
BREWERY DISTRICT. AND LOOKING 

1869
01:05:13,576 --> 01:05:15,211
FORWARD ONCE AGAIN TO THE BAY 

1870
01:05:15,211 --> 01:05:17,580
ARMORY REDEVELOPMENT AS A MODERN

1871
01:05:17,580 --> 01:05:21,717
INDUSTRIAL PROJECT IN THE 

1872
01:05:21,717 --> 01:05:23,586
DUWAMISH MIC AS FAR AS ECONOMIC 

1873
01:05:23,586 --> 01:05:24,353
DEVELOPMENT, SEATTLE'S CONTAINER

1874
01:05:24,353 --> 01:05:25,488
PORT IS THE BIG STORY THERE, AND

1875
01:05:25,488 --> 01:05:27,356
WE REALLY WANT TO MAINTAIN ITS 

1876
01:05:27,356 --> 01:05:31,127
PRESENCE GOALS FOR BOTH MICS IN 

1877
01:05:31,127 --> 01:05:32,194
20 YEARS, THERE WILL BE A STRONG

1878
01:05:32,194 --> 01:05:34,497
PRESENCE OF INDUSTRIAL MARITIME 

1879
01:05:34,497 --> 01:05:35,931
SECTORS AND THE LIVING WAGE JOBS

1880
01:05:35,931 --> 01:05:37,700
THEY PROVIDE, WHICH IS REALLY 

1881
01:05:37,700 --> 01:05:38,701
THE MOTIVATOR FOR ALL OF THIS 

1882
01:05:38,701 --> 01:05:40,970
WORK, THAT THERE BE EQUITABLE 

1883
01:05:40,970 --> 01:05:42,405
ACCESS TO THOSE LIVING WAGE 

1884
01:05:42,405 --> 01:05:45,207
JOBS, THAT THESE AREAS ARE HOME 

1885
01:05:45,207 --> 01:05:46,876
TO EMERGING SUBSECTORS OF THE 

1886
01:05:46,876 --> 01:05:49,845
INDUSTRIAL AND MARITIME ECONOMY,

1887
01:05:49,845 --> 01:05:50,813
AND THAT AROUND LIGHT RAIL 

1888
01:05:50,813 --> 01:05:53,049
STATIONS, WE HAVE HIGH DENSITY 

1889
01:05:53,049 --> 01:05:53,549
EMPLOYMENT ANCHORED BY 

1890
01:05:53,549 --> 01:05:58,721
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY. POLICY 

1891
01:05:58,721 --> 01:05:59,355
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE SUPPORT FOR 

1892
01:05:59,355 --> 01:06:01,791
THE BALLARD BREWERY DISTRICT, 

1893
01:06:01,791 --> 01:06:05,628
RAISING AWARENESS OF MARITIME 

1894
01:06:05,628 --> 01:06:06,228
SECTOR CAREERS IN VOCATIONAL 

1895
01:06:06,228 --> 01:06:07,630
TRAINING PROGRAMS, HIGH SCHOOLS 

1896
01:06:07,630 --> 01:06:10,566
AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. ENSURE MAJOR

1897
01:06:10,566 --> 01:06:12,401
PUBLIC WORKS ARE DESIGNED TO 

1898
01:06:12,401 --> 01:06:13,736
PRESERVE THE FUNCTIONALITY AND 

1899
01:06:13,736 --> 01:06:17,306
OPERATION OF MARITIME AND 

1900
01:06:17,306 --> 01:06:18,541
INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS. ENCOURAGE

1901
01:06:18,541 --> 01:06:20,710
NEW INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS NEAR 

1902
01:06:20,710 --> 01:06:23,245
RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO OFFER JOB 

1903
01:06:23,245 --> 01:06:25,881
TRAINING AND INTERNSHIP 

1904
01:06:25,881 --> 01:06:26,449
OPPORTUNITIES TO THE LOCAL 

1905
01:06:26,449 --> 01:06:27,416
WORKFORCE, AND TO CONTINUE TO 

1906
01:06:27,416 --> 01:06:29,652
WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO 

1907
01:06:29,652 --> 01:06:31,287
SUPPORT MARITIME SECTOR 

1908
01:06:31,287 --> 01:06:33,723
INNOVATIONS TO ENSURE A THRIVING

1909
01:06:33,723 --> 01:06:34,256
AND MODERN CONTAINER PORT 

1910
01:06:34,256 --> 01:06:37,159
OPERATION AND FINALLY, IN THE 

1911
01:06:37,159 --> 01:06:39,862
ENVIRONMENT AND OPEN SPACE. 

1912
01:06:39,862 --> 01:06:43,332
CHAPTER COMMON OPPORTUNITIES 

1913
01:06:43,332 --> 01:06:45,234
CHALLENGES INCLUDE. BOTH AREAS 

1914
01:06:45,234 --> 01:06:46,602
FEATURE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF 

1915
01:06:46,602 --> 01:06:47,103
CONTAMINATION, HISTORIC 

1916
01:06:47,103 --> 01:06:48,671
CONTAMINATION AND FILL. SEA 

1917
01:06:48,671 --> 01:06:52,208
LEVEL RISE ALSO AFFECTS BOTH 

1918
01:06:52,208 --> 01:06:54,677
AREAS AND IMPROVING BIKE TRAIL 

1919
01:06:54,677 --> 01:06:57,179
CONNECTIVITY. FOR THAT ACTIVE 

1920
01:06:57,179 --> 01:06:59,215
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK WITHIN 

1921
01:06:59,215 --> 01:07:02,284
THE MIC, THE INNER BAY ARMORY IS

1922
01:07:02,284 --> 01:07:04,153
ALSO AN ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE 

1923
01:07:04,153 --> 01:07:06,822
GIVEN ITS LOCATION AND ITS 

1924
01:07:06,822 --> 01:07:07,757
HISTORY, AND THE COMBINED SEWER 

1925
01:07:07,757 --> 01:07:09,759
OVERFLOW. THAT'S A GREAT 

1926
01:07:09,759 --> 01:07:10,292
OPPORTUNITY. THAT'S AN 

1927
01:07:10,292 --> 01:07:11,427
INVESTMENT IN THE BAND THAT'S 

1928
01:07:11,427 --> 01:07:16,532
BEEN COMPLETED IN THE DUWAMISH 

1929
01:07:16,532 --> 01:07:18,367
MIC. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 

1930
01:07:18,367 --> 01:07:19,168
ISSUES, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO 

1931
01:07:19,168 --> 01:07:21,370
SOUTH PARK AND GEORGETOWN 

1932
01:07:21,370 --> 01:07:23,139
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ADVERSELY 

1933
01:07:23,139 --> 01:07:23,773
IMPACTED BY INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY 

1934
01:07:23,773 --> 01:07:26,442
IN THAT AREA, AND WATER QUALITY 

1935
01:07:26,442 --> 01:07:30,546
ON THE DUWAMISH RIVER IN 20 

1936
01:07:30,546 --> 01:07:32,214
YEARS, OUR GOAL WOULD BE THAT WE

1937
01:07:32,214 --> 01:07:34,550
WILL WE HAVE REHABILITATED 

1938
01:07:34,550 --> 01:07:37,186
ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREAS 

1939
01:07:37,186 --> 01:07:38,687
THAT. NEW PROJECTS WILL BE 

1940
01:07:38,687 --> 01:07:40,956
CHARACTERIZED BY INNOVATIVE 

1941
01:07:40,956 --> 01:07:41,824
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES,

1942
01:07:41,824 --> 01:07:43,726
THAT. THERE'S A HIGH QUALITY 

1943
01:07:43,726 --> 01:07:46,495
NETWORK OF OPEN SPACES AND 

1944
01:07:46,495 --> 01:07:48,664
TRAILS THAT WILL. WE WILL AVOID 

1945
01:07:48,664 --> 01:07:49,198
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON 

1946
01:07:49,198 --> 01:07:49,865
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, THAT. WE

1947
01:07:49,865 --> 01:07:51,734
WILL REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES. 

1948
01:07:51,734 --> 01:07:53,836
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE 

1949
01:07:53,836 --> 01:07:54,370
INNOVATIVE GREEN BUILDING 

1950
01:07:54,370 --> 01:07:57,706
PRACTICES IN NEW DEVELOPMENT. 

1951
01:07:57,706 --> 01:07:59,608
POLICY HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE 

1952
01:07:59,608 --> 01:08:01,710
INCLUDE ENCOURAGING SHORELINE 

1953
01:08:01,710 --> 01:08:03,512
RESTORATION, ASSISTING OPERATORS

1954
01:08:03,512 --> 01:08:05,147
OF VESSELS IN THE FISHING FLEET 

1955
01:08:05,147 --> 01:08:06,515
AND OTHER MARITIME COMPANIES 

1956
01:08:06,515 --> 01:08:08,517
BASED ON SALMON BAY AND ELLIOTT 

1957
01:08:08,517 --> 01:08:10,719
BAY. TO TRANSITION OVER TIME TO 

1958
01:08:10,719 --> 01:08:13,122
ALTERNATIVE FUELS INCENTIVIZE 

1959
01:08:13,122 --> 01:08:15,958
ENCOURAGE MASS TIMBER 

1960
01:08:15,958 --> 01:08:18,494
CONSTRUCTION, USE PUBLICLY OWNED

1961
01:08:18,494 --> 01:08:19,895
REMNANT SPACES FOR OPEN SPACE TO

1962
01:08:19,895 --> 01:08:20,463
SERVE NEARBY RESIDENTS AND 

1963
01:08:20,463 --> 01:08:24,433
WORKERS WORK WITH PROPERTY 

1964
01:08:24,433 --> 01:08:27,770
OWNERS ALONG THE SHORELINES THAT

1965
01:08:27,770 --> 01:08:29,171
ARE IMPACTED BY SEA LEVEL RISE 

1966
01:08:29,171 --> 01:08:31,507
TO COORDINATE PUBLIC PRIVATE 

1967
01:08:31,507 --> 01:08:34,109
INVESTMENTS TO PROTECT INLAND 

1968
01:08:34,109 --> 01:08:36,078
AREAS AND EXPAND ELECTRIC, 

1969
01:08:36,078 --> 01:08:36,679
ELECTRIC, TRANSPORTATION AND 

1970
01:08:36,679 --> 01:08:37,379
MARITIME AND MARINE 

1971
01:08:37,379 --> 01:08:39,215
INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING 

1972
01:08:39,215 --> 01:08:41,317
EXPANSION OF ELECTRICAL SHORE 

1973
01:08:41,317 --> 01:08:41,750
POWER AND CHARGING 

1974
01:08:41,750 --> 01:08:45,354
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HEAVY DUTY 

1975
01:08:45,354 --> 01:08:46,555
EQUIPMENT AND FREIGHT. AND THAT 

1976
01:08:46,555 --> 01:08:48,090
IS A PRESENTATION ON MIC PLANS 

1977
01:08:48,090 --> 01:08:51,560
AND HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

1978
01:08:51,560 --> 01:08:57,533
-- OKAY COLLEAGUES. 

1979
01:08:57,533 --> 01:08:58,033
-- VICE CHAIR STRAUSS. 

1980
01:08:58,033 --> 01:08:59,802
-- HEY, THANKS SO MUCH, JIM. 

1981
01:08:59,802 --> 01:09:02,104
GREAT WORK COLLEAGUES. YOU MAY 

1982
01:09:02,104 --> 01:09:04,673
OR MAY NOT KNOW JIM AND JEFF 

1983
01:09:04,673 --> 01:09:06,408
WETTELAND ARE THE TWO FOLKS FROM

1984
01:09:06,408 --> 01:09:08,344
OPCD, AMONGST MANY OTHERS. AND 

1985
01:09:08,344 --> 01:09:09,945
NOW NAOMI LEWIS ALSO WORKS AT 

1986
01:09:09,945 --> 01:09:12,681
OPCD, BUT THE THREE OF THEM AND 

1987
01:09:12,681 --> 01:09:14,917
CHASE KITCHEN REALLY GOT THE 

1988
01:09:14,917 --> 01:09:17,453
MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL PLANS 

1989
01:09:17,453 --> 01:09:20,155
PASSED IN 2023 AFTER SO MANY 

1990
01:09:20,155 --> 01:09:21,390
YEARS OF STAKEHOLDER. AND SO 

1991
01:09:21,390 --> 01:09:22,958
THIS IS GOOD TO SEE THIS BACK 

1992
01:09:22,958 --> 01:09:24,126
TODAY. AND JIM, THANK YOU FOR 

1993
01:09:24,126 --> 01:09:26,762
THE IN-DEPTH MEETING AS WELL AS 

1994
01:09:26,762 --> 01:09:28,764
THE COMPARISON POLICY CHART. 

1995
01:09:28,764 --> 01:09:31,066
JUST WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE. 

1996
01:09:31,066 --> 01:09:33,402
WELL, I'LL SHARE SOME BACKGROUND

1997
01:09:33,402 --> 01:09:35,504
JUST ABOUT THE SPACE THAT WE'RE

1998
01:09:35,504 --> 01:09:39,842
TALKING ABOUT AND BIN MIX, 

1999
01:09:39,842 --> 01:09:40,476
SPECIFICALLY DUWAMISH AS WELL, 

2000
01:09:40,476 --> 01:09:41,477
WHICH IS THE SALMON BAY, THE 

2001
01:09:41,477 --> 01:09:43,879
BALLARD IN THE BALLARD BIN MIC 

2002
01:09:43,879 --> 01:09:45,681
IS THE CLOSEST FRESHWATER PORT 

2003
01:09:45,681 --> 01:09:47,182
TO THE GULF OF ALASKA AND THE 

2004
01:09:47,182 --> 01:09:49,285
BERING SEA. THE IMPORTANCE OF IT

2005
01:09:49,285 --> 01:09:52,488
IS WHY WE HAVE THE NORTH PACIFIC

2006
01:09:52,488 --> 01:09:54,590
FISHING FLEET THERE. WE HAVE THE

2007
01:09:54,590 --> 01:09:55,190
LARGEST DOMESTIC PRODUCER OF 

2008
01:09:55,190 --> 01:09:58,093
SEAFOOD IN THE UNITED STATES, 

2009
01:09:58,093 --> 01:10:00,029
HEADQUARTERED IN SALMON BAY, 

2010
01:10:00,029 --> 01:10:02,898
TRIDENT SEAFOODS. I CAN'T REALLY

2011
01:10:02,898 --> 01:10:05,968
STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR 

2012
01:10:05,968 --> 01:10:07,803
MARITIME AND PORT LANDS ENOUGH. 

2013
01:10:07,803 --> 01:10:08,971
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE ONE THIRD

2014
01:10:08,971 --> 01:10:13,275
OF OUR SALES AND USE TAX COMES 

2015
01:10:13,275 --> 01:10:15,177
FROM THE MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL

2016
01:10:15,177 --> 01:10:18,480
ZONES. AND SO IN GOOD TIMES, 

2017
01:10:18,480 --> 01:10:19,848
GOOD ECONOMIC TIMES, SOME FOLKS 

2018
01:10:19,848 --> 01:10:21,951
OVERLOOK THEM. AND IN BAD 

2019
01:10:21,951 --> 01:10:23,819
ECONOMIC TIMES, THEY ARE THE 

2020
01:10:23,819 --> 01:10:25,387
ONLY ONES BUOYING US THROUGH THE

2021
01:10:25,387 --> 01:10:26,755
STORM. AND SO JUST WANTED TO 

2022
01:10:26,755 --> 01:10:29,758
JUMP IN HERE. ACTUALLY, IF YOU 

2023
01:10:29,758 --> 01:10:30,426
COULD GO BACK TO SLIDE SEVEN, I 

2024
01:10:30,426 --> 01:10:34,063
THINK IT IS A VERY DESCRIPTIVE 

2025
01:10:34,063 --> 01:10:38,968
SLIDE OF SERVICE AREA OF 

2026
01:10:38,968 --> 01:10:41,103
INTERBAY, SOMETHING THAT FOLKS 

2027
01:10:41,103 --> 01:10:42,571
MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT THIS

2028
01:10:42,571 --> 01:10:48,043
WAS A TIDELAND. IT WAS THERE HAS

2029
01:10:48,043 --> 01:10:49,845
BEEN INDIGENOUS POPULATION IN 

2030
01:10:49,845 --> 01:10:50,312
SALMON BAY SINCE TIME 

2031
01:10:50,312 --> 01:10:52,381
IMMEMORIAL. AND THE TIDE LAND 

2032
01:10:52,381 --> 01:10:55,851
THAT IS NOW A RAIL YARD AND 

2033
01:10:55,851 --> 01:10:57,519
INDUSTRIAL ZONE IS WAS THIS THIS

2034
01:10:57,519 --> 01:11:01,190
PICTURE RIGHT HERE? SO WHAT YOU 

2035
01:11:01,190 --> 01:11:03,392
SEE IN THE FOREGROUND ARE THE 

2036
01:11:03,392 --> 01:11:04,627
NET SHEDS ON SALMON BAY. AND IN 

2037
01:11:04,627 --> 01:11:05,928
THE FAR GROUND YOU SEE THE 

2038
01:11:05,928 --> 01:11:09,898
CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL. THIS AREA 

2039
01:11:09,898 --> 01:11:11,033
USED TO ALL BE TIED LAND. THAT 

2040
01:11:11,033 --> 01:11:14,136
WAS THE FOOD ACCESS FOR THE 

2041
01:11:14,136 --> 01:11:16,605
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY LIVING IN 

2042
01:11:16,605 --> 01:11:19,575
SALMON BAY. HERE. YOU SEE IT 

2043
01:11:19,575 --> 01:11:21,210
TODAY. AND WHAT IS STRIKING TO 

2044
01:11:21,210 --> 01:11:22,411
ME ABOUT THIS PHOTO IS WHEN YOU 

2045
01:11:22,411 --> 01:11:24,213
LOOK AT IT FROM THE SIDE, FROM 

2046
01:11:24,213 --> 01:11:27,216
THE SKY, IT LOOKS ALL VERY WELL 

2047
01:11:27,216 --> 01:11:29,718
CONNECTED. YOU KNOW, MAGNOLIA IS

2048
01:11:29,718 --> 01:11:31,654
VERY CLOSE TO QUEEN ANNE. SALMON

2049
01:11:31,654 --> 01:11:34,356
BAY IS VERY CLOSE TO ELLIOTT 

2050
01:11:34,356 --> 01:11:36,392
BAY, BUT OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT 

2051
01:11:36,392 --> 01:11:38,894
HAS CREATED A LOT OF BARRIERS 

2052
01:11:38,894 --> 01:11:39,495
HERE. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE 

2053
01:11:39,495 --> 01:11:41,930
YOU, JIM, BRINGING THIS UP. IN 

2054
01:11:41,930 --> 01:11:44,333
THIS MAP, YOU SEE ONE BRIDGE 

2055
01:11:44,333 --> 01:11:45,868
CROSSING THE TRAIN TRACKS RIGHT 

2056
01:11:45,868 --> 01:11:48,337
THERE. THAT'S THE BRIDGE. IT IS

2057
01:11:48,337 --> 01:11:51,140
ALREADY TOO SMALL. WHAT YOU SEE 

2058
01:11:51,140 --> 01:11:52,574
THERE USED TO BE AN ARMORY 

2059
01:11:52,574 --> 01:11:55,210
STREET BRIDGE CROSSING THE TRAIN

2060
01:11:55,210 --> 01:11:57,313
TRACKS HERE. AND THEN IN THE 

2061
01:11:57,313 --> 01:11:58,814
FOREGROUND YOU SEE THE CAUSEWAY 

2062
01:11:58,814 --> 01:12:00,049
OF THE BALLARD BRIDGE, WHICH 

2063
01:12:00,049 --> 01:12:02,551
COULD, IF IMPROVED, CREATE A 

2064
01:12:02,551 --> 01:12:04,486
MUCH BETTER CONNECTION BETWEEN 

2065
01:12:04,486 --> 01:12:05,587
QUEEN ANNE, THE PORT FACILITIES 

2066
01:12:05,587 --> 01:12:07,923
THERE. FISHERMEN'S TERMINAL AND

2067
01:12:07,923 --> 01:12:10,726
THE BALLARD AREA. AND SO, YOU 

2068
01:12:10,726 --> 01:12:12,494
KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AREA, 

2069
01:12:12,494 --> 01:12:13,595
YOU YOU ALSO ACTUALLY HERE YOU 

2070
01:12:13,595 --> 01:12:15,964
SEE A GOLF COURSE THERE. IT'S 

2071
01:12:15,964 --> 01:12:18,367
ON TOP OF A FORMER DUMP 

2072
01:12:18,367 --> 01:12:20,536
LANDFILL. AND IF YOU SQUINT 

2073
01:12:20,536 --> 01:12:23,405
REAL, REAL HARD, YOU CAN SEE THE

2074
01:12:23,405 --> 01:12:25,808
STORMS PRACTICE FACILITY. IF YOU

2075
01:12:25,808 --> 01:12:27,509
SQUINT EVEN HARDER, YOU CAN SEE 

2076
01:12:27,509 --> 01:12:30,512
THE INNER BAY STADIUM WHERE 

2077
01:12:30,512 --> 01:12:33,382
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS SALMON BAY FC

2078
01:12:33,382 --> 01:12:35,250
WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. 

2079
01:12:35,250 --> 01:12:37,052
RIGHT THERE. WE'VE GOT BALLARD 

2080
01:12:37,052 --> 01:12:37,986
FC HOT IN THE PLAYOFFS. THEY 

2081
01:12:37,986 --> 01:12:41,757
PLAY TOMORROW AT 3 P.M. AND YOU 

2082
01:12:41,757 --> 01:12:45,227
ALSO SEE IN THE FAR LEFT CORNER 

2083
01:12:45,227 --> 01:12:47,463
THE PICKLE AND THE PALMS, THE 

2084
01:12:47,463 --> 01:12:48,630
NEW PICKLEBALL COURT AND WHAT 

2085
01:12:48,630 --> 01:12:49,765
FOLKS MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW IS THE

2086
01:12:49,765 --> 01:12:52,267
OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY WAS THE 

2087
01:12:52,267 --> 01:12:55,871
HOST OF THE MOST RECENT RV SAFE 

2088
01:12:55,871 --> 01:12:58,006
LOT THAT IT'S BEEN CLOSED SO 

2089
01:12:58,006 --> 01:12:59,208
LONG THAT THEY'VE BUILT A 

2090
01:12:59,208 --> 01:13:00,309
BUILDING. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO 

2091
01:13:00,309 --> 01:13:03,378
OPEN A NEW RV SAFE LOT BEFORE 

2092
01:13:03,378 --> 01:13:05,948
THAT ONE CLOSED, AND YET GLASS 

2093
01:13:05,948 --> 01:13:07,382
YARDS COMMON STILL IS NOT OPEN. 

2094
01:13:07,382 --> 01:13:09,451
SORRY. ON THE BALLARD BRIDGE 

2095
01:13:09,451 --> 01:13:10,085
CAUSEWAY, YOU ALSO SEE THAT BIG 

2096
01:13:10,085 --> 01:13:12,221
LOOP DE LOOP OVER THERE ON THE 

2097
01:13:12,221 --> 01:13:14,990
LEFT HAND SIDE. THAT CREATES A 

2098
01:13:14,990 --> 01:13:15,691
LOT OF DISCONNECT. ALL OF THIS 

2099
01:13:15,691 --> 01:13:17,826
CREATES A LOT OF DISCONNECTION 

2100
01:13:17,826 --> 01:13:20,562
FOR THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH

2101
01:13:20,562 --> 01:13:23,232
INTERBAY. IT IS INCREDIBLY 

2102
01:13:23,232 --> 01:13:25,234
IMPORTANT THAT WE, AS JIM 

2103
01:13:25,234 --> 01:13:25,834
MENTIONED, CREATE MORE 

2104
01:13:25,834 --> 01:13:29,638
CONNECTIVITY ACROSS AND THROUGH.

2105
01:13:29,638 --> 01:13:31,173
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT 

2106
01:13:31,173 --> 01:13:33,275
ALL OF THE SPORTS ACTIVITY 

2107
01:13:33,275 --> 01:13:35,377
THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT HERE, I 

2108
01:13:35,377 --> 01:13:38,380
DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO START 

2109
01:13:38,380 --> 01:13:42,184
LOOKING AT HOW DO WE SUPPORT 

2110
01:13:42,184 --> 01:13:44,052
THAT VIBRANCY THAT NATIONAL 

2111
01:13:44,052 --> 01:13:46,455
CHAMPION SALMON BAY FC NATIONAL 

2112
01:13:46,455 --> 01:13:48,123
CHAMPIONS, BALLARD FC, THE MOST 

2113
01:13:48,123 --> 01:13:49,691
WINNINGEST TEAM IN SEATTLE'S 

2114
01:13:49,691 --> 01:13:51,426
HISTORY, THE SEATTLE STORM. HOW 

2115
01:13:51,426 --> 01:13:53,796
WE PROMOTE THESE AND REALLY 

2116
01:13:53,796 --> 01:13:55,664
PLACE MAKE TO SUPPORT ALL OF 

2117
01:13:55,664 --> 01:13:59,401
THESE EXCELLENT ATTRIBUTES OF 

2118
01:13:59,401 --> 01:14:00,569
OUR INDUSTRIAL ZONE. SO I JUST 

2119
01:14:00,569 --> 01:14:02,137
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME

2120
01:14:02,137 --> 01:14:04,006
WAX POETIC A LITTLE BIT THERE 

2121
01:14:04,006 --> 01:14:07,142
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF, YOU 

2122
01:14:07,142 --> 01:14:07,810
KNOW, THE FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL.

2123
01:14:07,810 --> 01:14:10,212
YOU SEE THOSE NET SHEDS RIGHT 

2124
01:14:10,212 --> 01:14:10,846
THERE? THAT IS THE HOME OF THE 

2125
01:14:10,846 --> 01:14:12,214
NORTH PACIFIC FISHING FLEET. AND

2126
01:14:12,214 --> 01:14:13,282
THEN ACROSS THE TRAIN TRACKS, 

2127
01:14:13,282 --> 01:14:14,817
THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR SPORT, THE

2128
01:14:14,817 --> 01:14:16,685
VIBRANCY OF OUR SPORTS COMMUNITY

2129
01:14:16,685 --> 01:14:21,590
HERE IN INTERBAY, SOMETHING THAT

2130
01:14:21,590 --> 01:14:23,091
JUST KIND OF STRIKES ME. AND I 

2131
01:14:23,091 --> 01:14:23,892
GUESS THAT'S THE END OF ME 

2132
01:14:23,892 --> 01:14:26,328
NEEDING THAT, THAT PICTURE TO 

2133
01:14:26,328 --> 01:14:27,863
SHOW THERE. I DO APPRECIATE SOME

2134
01:14:27,863 --> 01:14:30,065
OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN

2135
01:14:30,065 --> 01:14:32,734
PUT IN ABOUT THE LIGHT RAIL 

2136
01:14:32,734 --> 01:14:34,536
STATION AREA PLANNING. BALLARD 

2137
01:14:34,536 --> 01:14:35,370
LIGHT RAIL IS NOT DEAD. WE'RE 

2138
01:14:35,370 --> 01:14:37,272
GOING TO GET IT DONE. AND WHEN 

2139
01:14:37,272 --> 01:14:39,508
WE DO, WE NEED TO HAVE OUR LAND 

2140
01:14:39,508 --> 01:14:42,311
USE BECAUSE THE LIGHT RAIL 

2141
01:14:42,311 --> 01:14:43,479
STATION IN AT TRAVIS IS DEAD 

2142
01:14:43,479 --> 01:14:46,081
SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 

2143
01:14:46,081 --> 01:14:47,916
INDUSTRIAL ZONE AND UP ON 15th 

2144
01:14:47,916 --> 01:14:48,951
AND MARKET IS IT'S ON THE VERY 

2145
01:14:48,951 --> 01:14:50,986
EDGE OF THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE. AND

2146
01:14:50,986 --> 01:14:52,788
SO WE DO NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE. 

2147
01:14:52,788 --> 01:14:54,022
AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO

2148
01:14:54,022 --> 01:14:57,726
HAVE NO NET LOSS OF INDUSTRIAL 

2149
01:14:57,726 --> 01:14:58,327
ZONES DURING THOSE STATIONARY 

2150
01:14:58,327 --> 01:15:01,396
PLACEMENTS, BECAUSE IN THE 2023 

2151
01:15:01,396 --> 01:15:02,998
ZONING UPDATES FOR MARITIME AND 

2152
01:15:02,998 --> 01:15:06,835
INDUSTRIAL AREAS, WE PROVIDED A 

2153
01:15:06,835 --> 01:15:08,971
NEW LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY FOR 

2154
01:15:08,971 --> 01:15:10,305
INDUSTRIAL ZONES SURROUNDING 

2155
01:15:10,305 --> 01:15:13,375
LIGHT RAIL STATIONS. IN ADDITION

2156
01:15:13,375 --> 01:15:15,878
TO RELAXING THE HOUSING 

2157
01:15:15,878 --> 01:15:16,511
REQUIREMENTS, AND RELAXING THE 

2158
01:15:16,511 --> 01:15:18,280
HOUSING BANS INSIDE OF THE 

2159
01:15:18,280 --> 01:15:22,384
INDUSTRIAL ZONES, COMPLETELY BY 

2160
01:15:22,384 --> 01:15:23,685
JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR THE ONES 

2161
01:15:23,685 --> 01:15:24,720
THAT ARE RIGHT ALONG THE WATER, 

2162
01:15:24,720 --> 01:15:25,988
FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE, FOR THE 

2163
01:15:25,988 --> 01:15:30,058
ONES THAT AREN'T. AND THEN THE 

2164
01:15:30,058 --> 01:15:32,160
THE INDUSTRIAL BUFFER ZONES 

2165
01:15:32,160 --> 01:15:33,795
ALLOWED A LOT MORE HOUSING. AND 

2166
01:15:33,795 --> 01:15:34,930
SO I JUST SAY THAT AS WE DO THE 

2167
01:15:34,930 --> 01:15:36,698
STATIONARY PLANNING, WE'VE MADE

2168
01:15:36,698 --> 01:15:39,134
THOSE IMPORTANT LAND USE CHANGES

2169
01:15:39,134 --> 01:15:43,005
TO OUR INDUSTRIAL ZONE. AND IF 

2170
01:15:43,005 --> 01:15:44,706
WE NEED TO EXCHANGE PROPERTIES 

2171
01:15:44,706 --> 01:15:46,174
SO THAT THERE'S NO NET LOSS, I 

2172
01:15:46,174 --> 01:15:50,379
SEE THAT AS BEING IMPORTANT. ONE

2173
01:15:50,379 --> 01:15:51,079
THING THAT YOU'LL HEAR ME TALK 

2174
01:15:51,079 --> 01:15:51,947
ABOUT, BOTH IN THE COMP PLAN, 

2175
01:15:51,947 --> 01:15:53,248
YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE COMP 

2176
01:15:53,248 --> 01:15:56,618
PLAN, THROUGHOUT OUR DISPOSITION

2177
01:15:56,618 --> 01:16:00,222
POLICIES FOR THE CITY OWNED LAND

2178
01:16:00,222 --> 01:16:02,991
IS OUR NEED TO DO BETTER WITH 

2179
01:16:02,991 --> 01:16:05,627
RECOGNIZING TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY. 

2180
01:16:05,627 --> 01:16:07,496
AND SO, JIM, I'D LIKE TO TALK 

2181
01:16:07,496 --> 01:16:10,332
TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 

2182
01:16:10,332 --> 01:16:14,069
HOW THE MIC AND THE DUWAMISH MIC

2183
01:16:14,069 --> 01:16:17,039
PLANS IN PARTICULAR, CAN BETTER 

2184
01:16:17,039 --> 01:16:19,675
SUPPORT OUR FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED

2185
01:16:19,675 --> 01:16:22,644
TRIBES WHO MAY HAVE TRUST LAND 

2186
01:16:22,644 --> 01:16:23,712
WITHIN THE CITY. FOR THOSE 

2187
01:16:23,712 --> 01:16:25,247
VIEWING RIGHT NOW, TRUST LAND IS

2188
01:16:25,247 --> 01:16:29,952
A SPECIFIC LEGAL DESIGNATION OF 

2189
01:16:29,952 --> 01:16:31,053
LAND OWNED BY FEDERALLY 

2190
01:16:31,053 --> 01:16:32,454
RECOGNIZED TRIBES, AND THAT 

2191
01:16:32,454 --> 01:16:33,021
DESIGNATION IS THROUGH THE 

2192
01:16:33,021 --> 01:16:35,057
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND SO I DO 

2193
01:16:35,057 --> 01:16:36,158
THINK THAT WE WE NEED TO BE A 

2194
01:16:36,158 --> 01:16:38,126
LITTLE BIT MORE WE MIGHT NEED TO

2195
01:16:38,126 --> 01:16:39,261
MAKE ONE AD THERE. SO, JIM, I'D

2196
01:16:39,261 --> 01:16:44,266
LOVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ABOUT

2197
01:16:44,266 --> 01:16:45,867
THAT. AND. JUST REALLY 

2198
01:16:45,867 --> 01:16:46,935
APPRECIATE ALL. SORRY, I WAS 

2199
01:16:46,935 --> 01:16:48,036
CHECKING MY NOTES. I'VE BEEN 

2200
01:16:48,036 --> 01:16:49,271
LOOKING THROUGH ALL YOUR 

2201
01:16:49,271 --> 01:16:54,309
POLICIES HERE. I JUST WANT TO 

2202
01:16:54,309 --> 01:16:54,876
REALLY APPRECIATE ALSO THE 

2203
01:16:54,876 --> 01:16:55,510
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MIC DOES 

2204
01:16:55,510 --> 01:16:58,146
EXTEND. MAYBE NON CONTIGUOUSLY 

2205
01:16:58,146 --> 01:17:00,549
INTO LAKE UNION. IT'S REALLY 

2206
01:17:00,549 --> 01:17:02,951
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE 

2207
01:17:02,951 --> 01:17:05,120
PRESERVE OUR MARITIME INDUSTRY 

2208
01:17:05,120 --> 01:17:05,787
HERE, ESPECIALLY IN SALMON BAY. 

2209
01:17:05,787 --> 01:17:06,955
AS I SAID, IT'S THE CLOSEST 

2210
01:17:06,955 --> 01:17:08,023
FRESHWATER PORT TO THE GULF OF 

2211
01:17:08,023 --> 01:17:10,158
ALASKA IN THE BERING SEA, WHICH 

2212
01:17:10,158 --> 01:17:12,260
MEANS THAT IT IS THE SAFEST AND 

2213
01:17:12,260 --> 01:17:14,997
LEAST DESTRUCTIVE PLACE TO 

2214
01:17:14,997 --> 01:17:16,598
SOMEBODY'S VESSEL TO GET WORK 

2215
01:17:16,598 --> 01:17:22,237
DONE. AND TO, OVER THE WINTER, 

2216
01:17:22,237 --> 01:17:23,672
STAY HERE IN CALM, FRESH WATER. 

2217
01:17:23,672 --> 01:17:24,906
SO ALL OF THAT TO SAY, JIM, 

2218
01:17:24,906 --> 01:17:26,641
THANK YOU TO YOU AND JEFF FOR 

2219
01:17:26,641 --> 01:17:28,877
ALL YOUR WORK. I LOOK FORWARD TO

2220
01:17:28,877 --> 01:17:31,046
FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU ABOUT SOME

2221
01:17:31,046 --> 01:17:32,381
OF THESE ADDITIONS THAT I MAY 

2222
01:17:32,381 --> 01:17:34,950
BRING. THANK YOU. 

2223
01:17:34,950 --> 01:17:35,283
-- THANKS. 

2224
01:17:35,283 --> 01:17:37,252
-- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR STRAUSS

2225
01:17:37,252 --> 01:17:40,756
REALLY APPRECIATED THE IN-DEPTH 

2226
01:17:40,756 --> 01:17:44,593
LOOK AT THE INNER BAY AREA. WHEN

2227
01:17:44,593 --> 01:17:44,793
AYE. 

2228
01:17:44,793 --> 01:17:45,027
-- AYE. 

2229
01:17:45,027 --> 01:17:46,928
-- I GIVE ONE MORE THING. SORRY.

2230
01:17:46,928 --> 01:17:49,297
SURE, I MIGHT EVEN BE WILD 

2231
01:17:49,297 --> 01:17:51,733
ENOUGH TO ASK IF I CAN SHARE 

2232
01:17:51,733 --> 01:17:55,604
SCREEN JUST BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED

2233
01:17:55,604 --> 01:17:57,606
THE ARMORY SITE AND. 

2234
01:17:57,606 --> 01:17:58,740
-- YEAH, LET'S SEE IT. IF 

2235
01:17:58,740 --> 01:18:00,208
YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO 

2236
01:18:00,208 --> 01:18:01,977
DEVELOPMENT THERE. 

2237
01:18:01,977 --> 01:18:02,644
-- LET'S SEE IF IT WORKS HERE. 

2238
01:18:02,644 --> 01:18:06,681
GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND. I JUST 

2239
01:18:06,681 --> 01:18:09,351
WANTED TO BRING UP THE ARMORY 

2240
01:18:09,351 --> 01:18:11,253
SITE BECAUSE JIM DID MENTION 

2241
01:18:11,253 --> 01:18:14,723
THAT IT WILL BE UP FOR 

2242
01:18:14,723 --> 01:18:17,659
REDEVELOPMENT. YEAH. AND I 

2243
01:18:17,659 --> 01:18:20,195
DISCUSSED IT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 

2244
01:18:20,195 --> 01:18:22,097
THE TIDELANDS THAT ARE EXISTING 

2245
01:18:22,097 --> 01:18:25,534
THAT USED TO EXIST THERE. AND 

2246
01:18:25,534 --> 01:18:30,572
WHEN WE WERE FILLING IN INNER 

2247
01:18:30,572 --> 01:18:32,207
BAY IN THE 1930s, THE ARMORY 

2248
01:18:32,207 --> 01:18:34,710
SITE WAS ONE OF THE LAST PLACES 

2249
01:18:34,710 --> 01:18:37,145
TO BE FILLED IN, WHICH IS WHY 

2250
01:18:37,145 --> 01:18:38,980
THE THE STATE GOVERNMENT GOT IT.

2251
01:18:38,980 --> 01:18:42,651
AND SO HERE IS THE 1936 AERIAL 

2252
01:18:42,651 --> 01:18:43,852
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CITY OF 

2253
01:18:43,852 --> 01:18:46,188
SEATTLE. WE'RE GOING TO ZOOM 

2254
01:18:46,188 --> 01:18:49,524
RIGHT IN HERE INTO. AND YOU CAN 

2255
01:18:49,524 --> 01:18:52,027
SEE HERE SALMON BAY. AT THAT 

2256
01:18:52,027 --> 01:18:52,928
TIME, THE TIMBER CAPITAL OF THE 

2257
01:18:52,928 --> 01:18:56,598
WORLD. BUT HERE IS THE INNER BAY

2258
01:18:56,598 --> 01:18:57,999
AREA. YOU CAN SEE THE DUMP HERE,

2259
01:18:57,999 --> 01:19:00,235
WHICH IS NOW THE GOLF COURSE. 

2260
01:19:00,235 --> 01:19:04,673
HERE YOU SEE THE PORT TERMINALS.

2261
01:19:04,673 --> 01:19:11,079
BUT THIS IS THE EXACT OUTLINE OF

2262
01:19:11,079 --> 01:19:11,713
OUR ARMORY SITE TODAY. AND YOU 

2263
01:19:11,713 --> 01:19:13,448
CAN SEE IT IS UNDERWATER. AND SO

2264
01:19:13,448 --> 01:19:15,450
I JUST SHARE THAT WITH YOU 

2265
01:19:15,450 --> 01:19:17,919
BECAUSE ACROSS ALL OF MOST OF 

2266
01:19:17,919 --> 01:19:21,590
THE INNER BAY AREA, YOU CAN SEE 

2267
01:19:21,590 --> 01:19:22,424
HERE WHERE THE TIDELANDS ARE, 

2268
01:19:22,424 --> 01:19:24,192
THESE ARE ALL THIS WAS ALSO 

2269
01:19:24,192 --> 01:19:26,194
UNDER TIDELAND. HERE WE HAVE 

2270
01:19:26,194 --> 01:19:29,064
SMITH COVE PARK. NOW THESE ARE 

2271
01:19:29,064 --> 01:19:30,765
ALL ACTUALLY, SMITH COVE PARK IS

2272
01:19:30,765 --> 01:19:32,734
RIGHT HERE UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE

2273
01:19:32,734 --> 01:19:34,369
WHERE THERE WAS SHOREFRONT 

2274
01:19:34,369 --> 01:19:35,737
HOUSING AT THAT TIME. SO I JUST 

2275
01:19:35,737 --> 01:19:36,938
SHARE THAT WITH YOU BECAUSE I DO

2276
01:19:36,938 --> 01:19:39,307
BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT 

2277
01:19:39,307 --> 01:19:41,309
THAT AS MOST OF OUR INDUSTRIAL 

2278
01:19:41,309 --> 01:19:45,280
LAND IS BUILT ON FILL, THAT WE 

2279
01:19:45,280 --> 01:19:46,481
HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE

2280
01:19:46,481 --> 01:19:48,250
PLACE THERE, NOT ONLY FOR SEA 

2281
01:19:48,250 --> 01:19:51,987
LEVEL RISE, BUT ALSO FOR THE 

2282
01:19:51,987 --> 01:19:53,021
LIQUEFACTION, BECAUSE WE KNOW 

2283
01:19:53,021 --> 01:19:54,322
THAT WHEN YOU BUILD IN PLACES 

2284
01:19:54,322 --> 01:19:57,526
LIKE THIS, THE PILINGS HAVE TO 

2285
01:19:57,526 --> 01:19:58,693
BE VERY DEEP. THIS IS ONE OF THE

2286
01:19:58,693 --> 01:20:00,796
REASONS WHY THE NATIONAL GUARD 

2287
01:20:00,796 --> 01:20:02,931
IS MOVING, IS BECAUSE IT IS THEY

2288
01:20:02,931 --> 01:20:07,035
BASE THEIR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS 

2289
01:20:07,035 --> 01:20:09,504
OUT OF THERE, AND IF THEY'RE 

2290
01:20:09,504 --> 01:20:10,138
UNDERWATER DURING AN EMERGENCY, 

2291
01:20:10,138 --> 01:20:10,839
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO

2292
01:20:10,839 --> 01:20:11,573
HELP VERY MANY PEOPLE. AND I 

2293
01:20:11,573 --> 01:20:13,108
JUST THINK THAT WE WE NEED TO 

2294
01:20:13,108 --> 01:20:15,043
KEEP THAT IN CONSIDERATION. AS 

2295
01:20:15,043 --> 01:20:17,913
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE MIC THERE 

2296
01:20:17,913 --> 01:20:19,314
IN INTERBAY. THANK YOU FOR 

2297
01:20:19,314 --> 01:20:21,149
LETTING ME TAKE YOU ON MY AERIAL

2298
01:20:21,149 --> 01:20:22,150
VIEW TOUR AND. 

2299
01:20:22,150 --> 01:20:24,352
-- THANK YOU. HOW OLD WAS THAT 

2300
01:20:24,352 --> 01:20:27,889
IMAGE FROM. 19361936. THANK YOU,

2301
01:20:27,889 --> 01:20:29,591
THANK YOU, I LOVE, I LOVE 

2302
01:20:29,591 --> 01:20:31,193
GEEKING OUT ON THE HISTORY VICE 

2303
01:20:31,193 --> 01:20:33,195
CHAIR STRAUSS. 

2304
01:20:33,195 --> 01:20:35,730
-- ONLY 19 YEARS AFTER BALLARD 

2305
01:20:35,730 --> 01:20:36,865
WAS FORCIBLY ANNEXED BY 

2306
01:20:36,865 --> 01:20:37,199
-- [LAUGHTER] 

2307
01:20:37,199 --> 01:20:42,304
-- THE CITY OF SEATTLE 

2308
01:20:42,304 --> 01:20:43,205
-- SO I'LL JUST SHARE A LITTLE 

2309
01:20:43,205 --> 01:20:44,739
BIT. WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE IN 

2310
01:20:44,739 --> 01:20:46,241
1998, OUR OUR FIRST APARTMENT 

2311
01:20:46,241 --> 01:20:47,309
WAS RIGHT OFF TRAVIS. IT WAS 

2312
01:20:47,309 --> 01:20:49,244
14th AND. TRAVIS. RIGHT, RIGHT 

2313
01:20:49,244 --> 01:20:52,080
THERE. I USED TO LOVE TO EXPLORE

2314
01:20:52,080 --> 01:20:54,716
FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL. THAT 

2315
01:20:54,716 --> 01:20:56,618
WHOLE AREA AND JUST THIS WEEKEND

2316
01:20:56,618 --> 01:20:59,387
GOT TO. I DON'T MAKE IT UP TO 

2317
01:20:59,387 --> 01:21:00,488
THE LOCKS VERY OFTEN, BUT I GOT 

2318
01:21:00,488 --> 01:21:02,057
TO ENJOY THE LOCKS THIS SUNDAY 

2319
01:21:02,057 --> 01:21:04,693
WITH WITH MY MOM WANTED TO SHOW 

2320
01:21:04,693 --> 01:21:06,661
HER AND JUST AN INCREDIBLE 

2321
01:21:06,661 --> 01:21:08,096
HISTORY THERE. AND IT WAS FUN TO

2322
01:21:08,096 --> 01:21:12,734
LOOK AT THEY WERE LOOKING AT 

2323
01:21:12,734 --> 01:21:14,469
EXPLORING DIFFERENT PLACES TO DO

2324
01:21:14,469 --> 01:21:16,738
THE LOCKS, AND THEY HAD ALL 

2325
01:21:16,738 --> 01:21:17,706
THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. AND ONE

2326
01:21:17,706 --> 01:21:20,108
OF THEM, I THINK WAS THROUGH 

2327
01:21:20,108 --> 01:21:21,643
THROUGH INTERBAY ONE WAS THROUGH

2328
01:21:21,643 --> 01:21:23,478
LIKE SOUTH LAKE UNION, RIGHT 

2329
01:21:23,478 --> 01:21:28,383
THROUGH DOWNTOWN, ALL THESE 

2330
01:21:28,383 --> 01:21:29,017
DIFFERENT POTENTIAL. BUT IT'S 

2331
01:21:29,017 --> 01:21:29,684
JUST, IT'S INCREDIBLE TO, YOU 

2332
01:21:29,684 --> 01:21:31,653
KNOW, THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH WE 

2333
01:21:31,653 --> 01:21:35,557
HAVE CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE. AND 

2334
01:21:35,557 --> 01:21:38,593
FOR ME, IT'S JUST AS WE REFLECT

2335
01:21:38,593 --> 01:21:42,931
ON THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU 

2336
01:21:42,931 --> 01:21:47,369
KNOW, THIS, THIS AREA HAS BEEN 

2337
01:21:47,369 --> 01:21:49,704
THERE VERY FEW AREAS THAT ARE 

2338
01:21:49,704 --> 01:21:50,972
UNDISTURBED OR UNTOUCHED. WE 

2339
01:21:50,972 --> 01:21:53,441
HAVE JUST COMPLETELY CHANGED SO 

2340
01:21:53,441 --> 01:21:54,909
MANY PARTS OF THE LANDSCAPE. AND

2341
01:21:54,909 --> 01:21:58,146
SO HOW CAN WE, IN A SENSE, SORT 

2342
01:21:58,146 --> 01:21:59,214
OF UNEARTH HOW CAN WE KIND OF 

2343
01:21:59,214 --> 01:22:02,417
REIMAGINE AND DO BETTER AS PART 

2344
01:22:02,417 --> 01:22:03,418
OF THIS NEXT PHASE? SO I THINK, 

2345
01:22:03,418 --> 01:22:05,053
YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, 

2346
01:22:05,053 --> 01:22:06,087
COUNCILMEMBER VICE CHAIR STRAUSS

2347
01:22:06,087 --> 01:22:08,990
YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THAT ARMORY

2348
01:22:08,990 --> 01:22:09,724
AND SORT OF THE HISTORY THERE 

2349
01:22:09,724 --> 01:22:13,228
AND WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE, AND 

2350
01:22:13,228 --> 01:22:14,996
CAN WE DO ANYTHING THAT SORT OF 

2351
01:22:14,996 --> 01:22:16,631
HONORS AND RESPECTS SOME OF 

2352
01:22:16,631 --> 01:22:18,633
THAT, THAT HISTORY, AND 

2353
01:22:18,633 --> 01:22:19,234
CERTAINLY WOULD BE INTERESTED 

2354
01:22:19,234 --> 01:22:21,636
IN, IN THE IDEA OF TRUST LAND. 

2355
01:22:21,636 --> 01:22:23,338
SO WOULD LOVE TO WORK ON THAT 

2356
01:22:23,338 --> 01:22:28,777
WITH YOU ALSO THINK, YOU KNOW 

2357
01:22:28,777 --> 01:22:31,680
JUST TO, TO THE INCREDIBLE, 

2358
01:22:31,680 --> 01:22:34,015
INCREDIBLE IMPORTANCE OF THESE 

2359
01:22:34,015 --> 01:22:34,816
MARITIME INDUSTRIAL TO, TO OUR 

2360
01:22:34,816 --> 01:22:36,017
ECONOMY, TO MAKING SURE THAT AS 

2361
01:22:36,017 --> 01:22:39,554
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN, 

2362
01:22:39,554 --> 01:22:40,555
THE IMPORTANCE OF A DIVERSE 

2363
01:22:40,555 --> 01:22:43,325
ECONOMY, AS YOU MENTIONED, AND I

2364
01:22:43,325 --> 01:22:48,730
DO THINK TOO OFTEN MARITIME 

2365
01:22:48,730 --> 01:22:49,230
INDUSTRIAL KIND OF GETS 

2366
01:22:49,230 --> 01:22:51,333
OVERLOOKED IN TERMS OF THE 

2367
01:22:51,333 --> 01:22:54,669
IMPORTANCE TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY,

2368
01:22:54,669 --> 01:22:57,205
JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS FLASHY

2369
01:22:57,205 --> 01:22:57,939
OR IN THE NEWS AS SOME, YOU 

2370
01:22:57,939 --> 01:23:00,975
KNOW, OUR TECH SECTOR. BUT AS WE

2371
01:23:00,975 --> 01:23:03,645
THINK ABOUT LONG TERM, HAVING A 

2372
01:23:03,645 --> 01:23:05,046
DIVERSE ECONOMY AND JUST KIND OF

2373
01:23:05,046 --> 01:23:09,417
ONE QUESTION YOU KNOW, YOU 

2374
01:23:09,417 --> 01:23:09,951
MENTIONED CLIMATE CHANGE 

2375
01:23:09,951 --> 01:23:11,219
EARLIER. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 

2376
01:23:11,219 --> 01:23:14,589
SORT OF THE CHANGES, POTENTIAL, 

2377
01:23:14,589 --> 01:23:16,458
THE DIFFICULTIES OF PREDICTING 

2378
01:23:16,458 --> 01:23:17,592
WHERE OUR ECONOMY IS GOING TO GO

2379
01:23:17,592 --> 01:23:18,793
AND SORT OF LIKE TECH AND 

2380
01:23:18,793 --> 01:23:20,695
OFFICE. COULD YOU JUST SPEAK TO 

2381
01:23:20,695 --> 01:23:24,499
SORT OF LONG RANGE, ANY SORT OF 

2382
01:23:24,499 --> 01:23:28,470
THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW THE MARITIME 

2383
01:23:28,470 --> 01:23:30,005
INDUSTRIAL, ANY BELLWETHERS 

2384
01:23:30,005 --> 01:23:30,805
THERE, ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT 

2385
01:23:30,805 --> 01:23:32,507
NEED TO BE JUST CONCERNED ABOUT 

2386
01:23:32,507 --> 01:23:34,476
OR THINKING ABOUT IN THAT 

2387
01:23:34,476 --> 01:23:35,944
INTEREST, JUST BROADLY? 

2388
01:23:35,944 --> 01:23:38,046
-- I MEAN, WE KNOW THERE'S 

2389
01:23:38,046 --> 01:23:38,546
ALREADY SOME INDUSTRIAL 

2390
01:23:38,546 --> 01:23:39,447
INDUSTRIAL AREAS NEAR SOUTH PARK

2391
01:23:39,447 --> 01:23:43,251
THAT FLOOD DURING HIGH TIDES AND

2392
01:23:43,251 --> 01:23:44,319
STORMS THAT THE CITY, THROUGH 

2393
01:23:44,319 --> 01:23:45,487
MANY DEPARTMENTS, IS ACTIVELY 

2394
01:23:45,487 --> 01:23:46,621
WORKING TO MITIGATE. BUT 

2395
01:23:46,621 --> 01:23:47,756
THERE'S SOME LONG TERM 

2396
01:23:47,756 --> 01:23:50,258
INVESTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE

2397
01:23:50,258 --> 01:23:51,960
TO PROTECT FROM SEA LEVEL RISE 

2398
01:23:51,960 --> 01:23:53,428
IN THOSE AREAS. SO WE DON'T GET

2399
01:23:53,428 --> 01:23:55,196
CONTAMINATION WHEN THEY FLOOD 

2400
01:23:55,196 --> 01:23:57,432
INDUSTRIAL SITES AND OTHER 

2401
01:23:57,432 --> 01:23:58,800
THINGS WE TALK ABOUT IN THE 

2402
01:23:58,800 --> 01:24:00,235
CLIMATE ELEMENT OR THE 

2403
01:24:00,235 --> 01:24:02,370
ENVIRONMENT AND OPEN SPACE 

2404
01:24:02,370 --> 01:24:03,004
ELEMENT IS REALLY THE IMPORTANCE

2405
01:24:03,004 --> 01:24:06,007
OF DEVELOPING BETTER STORMWATER 

2406
01:24:06,007 --> 01:24:08,810
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO PROTECT 

2407
01:24:08,810 --> 01:24:10,612
WATER QUALITY, GREEN BUILDING 

2408
01:24:10,612 --> 01:24:12,580
DESIGN, TO REDUCE AND CONSERVE 

2409
01:24:12,580 --> 01:24:15,483
RESOURCES, USE AND PRODUCTION, 

2410
01:24:15,483 --> 01:24:17,152
AND TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS 

2411
01:24:17,152 --> 01:24:20,088
IN SHORE POWER AND OTHER 

2412
01:24:20,088 --> 01:24:20,655
ELECTRIFICATION OF MARITIME 

2413
01:24:20,655 --> 01:24:22,056
ACTIVITIES. IN TERMS OF BRINGING

2414
01:24:22,056 --> 01:24:23,425
DOWN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, I

2415
01:24:23,425 --> 01:24:24,459
MEAN, IT'S A FULL PACKAGE OF 

2416
01:24:24,459 --> 01:24:27,562
THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. 

2417
01:24:27,562 --> 01:24:28,763
SPECIFIC BELLWETHER. I CAN'T 

2418
01:24:28,763 --> 01:24:30,331
REALLY POINT TO. 

2419
01:24:30,331 --> 01:24:31,332
-- OKAY. 

2420
01:24:31,332 --> 01:24:34,969
-- FAIR ENOUGH. OKAY. THANK YOU 

2421
01:24:34,969 --> 01:24:40,975
SO MUCH. OKAY, COLLEAGUES, ANY 

2422
01:24:40,975 --> 01:24:41,576
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 

2423
01:24:41,576 --> 01:24:42,811
SEE, I BELIEVE THAT MIGHT BE IS 

2424
01:24:42,811 --> 01:24:45,914
THAT THE END OF OUR 

2425
01:24:45,914 --> 01:24:47,549
PRESENTATIONS FOR TODAY? I 

2426
01:24:47,549 --> 01:24:49,217
BELIEVE SO, OKAY. WELL, THANK 

2427
01:24:49,217 --> 01:24:54,255
YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE. THANK YOU

2428
01:24:54,255 --> 01:24:56,124
FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. AND 

2429
01:24:56,124 --> 01:24:59,294
LET'S SEE. OKAY. IF WE DON'T 

2430
01:24:59,294 --> 01:25:00,962
JUST DOUBLE CHECKING, OKAY, 

2431
01:25:00,962 --> 01:25:02,330
WE'VE REACHED THE END OF 

2432
01:25:02,330 --> 01:25:05,467
TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. 

2433
01:25:05,467 --> 01:25:06,801
THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO 

2434
01:25:06,801 --> 01:25:09,204
COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. WE 

2435
01:25:09,204 --> 01:25:11,639
ARE ADJOURNED AT 10:59 A.M.. 

2436
01:25:11,639 --> 01:25:13,808
THANK YOU 

2437
01:25:13,808 --> 01:25:15,276
-- ALL. 

2438
01:25:15,276 --> 01:25:23,151
-- [MUSIC] 

2439
01:25:23,284 --> 01:25:32,127
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