1 00:00:04,437 --> 00:00:14,647 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:00:21,388 --> 00:00:26,025 -- ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. THE 3 00:00:26,025 --> 00:00:26,860 AUGUST 20th, 2026 MEETING OF THE 4 00:00:26,860 --> 00:00:28,762 SAFETY TRANSPORTATION 5 00:00:28,762 --> 00:00:29,396 ENGINEERING PROJECT SPORTS AND 6 00:00:29,396 --> 00:00:30,030 EXPERIENCES COMMITTEE WILL COME 7 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:33,400 TO ORDER. IT IS 9:32 A.M.. I'M 8 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:34,768 ROB SAKA, CHAIR OF THE 9 00:00:34,768 --> 00:00:35,368 COMMITTEE. WILL THE COMMITTEE 10 00:00:35,368 --> 00:00:40,373 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 11 00:00:40,373 --> 00:00:42,642 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 12 00:00:42,642 --> 00:00:43,410 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 13 00:00:43,410 --> 00:00:44,444 -- HERE 14 00:00:44,444 --> 00:00:53,853 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. VICE 15 00:00:53,853 --> 00:00:55,455 CHAIR. RINCK HERE. CHAIR SAKA. 16 00:00:55,455 --> 00:01:00,326 -- HERE. 17 00:01:00,326 --> 00:01:01,060 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HERE. 18 00:01:01,060 --> 00:01:02,162 -- CHAIR. THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS 19 00:01:02,162 --> 00:01:02,862 PRESENT. 20 00:01:02,862 --> 00:01:04,864 -- THANK YOU. LET THE RECORD 21 00:01:04,864 --> 00:01:05,498 REFLECT THAT COUNCILMEMBER LIN 22 00:01:05,498 --> 00:01:07,700 IS EXCUSED UNTIL HE ARRIVES. ALL 23 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:09,102 RIGHT. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, 24 00:01:09,102 --> 00:01:11,571 THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 25 00:01:11,571 --> 00:01:12,972 HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION, 26 00:01:12,972 --> 00:01:16,109 THE AGENDA IS HEREBY ADOPTED. 27 00:01:16,109 --> 00:01:17,343 GOOD MORNING. COLLEAGUES. 28 00:01:17,343 --> 00:01:20,246 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THANK YOU 29 00:01:20,246 --> 00:01:24,150 FOR JOINING US TODAY AT THIS 30 00:01:24,150 --> 00:01:25,285 MORNING'S MEETING. BEFORE WE 31 00:01:25,285 --> 00:01:25,852 BEGIN TODAY'S SUBSTANTIVE 32 00:01:25,852 --> 00:01:27,954 DISCUSSION, I WANT TO START WITH 33 00:01:27,954 --> 00:01:30,990 WHY WE ARE HERE IN DECEMBER 34 00:01:30,990 --> 00:01:32,859 2023. STEVE HOLTZMAN WAS STRUCK 35 00:01:32,859 --> 00:01:35,495 AND KILLED BY A CAR WHILE RIDING 36 00:01:35,495 --> 00:01:38,832 HIS BICYCLE IN WEST SEATTLE IN 37 00:01:38,832 --> 00:01:41,201 DECEMBER 2024. A 56 YEAR OLD 38 00:01:41,201 --> 00:01:42,469 WOMAN WALKING IN A CROSSWALK IN 39 00:01:42,469 --> 00:01:44,103 SOUTH PARK WAS STRUCK AND KILLED 40 00:01:44,103 --> 00:01:47,941 AT 14th AVENUE SOUTH AND SOUTH 41 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:50,243 HENDERSON STREET. TRAGICALLY, 42 00:01:50,243 --> 00:01:50,877 YET ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN WOULD BE 43 00:01:50,877 --> 00:01:52,111 KILLED AT THE VERY SAME 44 00:01:52,111 --> 00:01:53,379 INTERSECTION JUST MONTHS LATER, 45 00:01:53,379 --> 00:01:58,918 IN MAY OF 2025. THIS JUNE, MAYOR 46 00:01:58,918 --> 00:02:00,553 DE PADILLA WAS KILLED WHILE 47 00:02:00,553 --> 00:02:04,190 RIDING HER BICYCLE IN 48 00:02:04,190 --> 00:02:05,625 FAUNTLEROY. AND JUST LAST WEEK, 49 00:02:05,625 --> 00:02:08,328 A 37 YEAR OLD MAN RIDING AN 50 00:02:08,328 --> 00:02:11,331 ELECTRIC SCOOTER WAS STRUCK AND 51 00:02:11,331 --> 00:02:11,831 KILLED NEAR 24th AVENUE 52 00:02:11,831 --> 00:02:14,534 NORTHWEST AND NORTH WEST 85th 53 00:02:14,534 --> 00:02:18,805 STREET PEOPLE WALKING. PEOPLE 54 00:02:18,805 --> 00:02:22,308 BIKING, PEOPLE ROLLING. 55 00:02:22,308 --> 00:02:25,512 VULNERABLE USERS WHOSE LIVES 56 00:02:25,512 --> 00:02:26,980 WERE TRAGICALLY CUT SHORT ON 57 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:29,649 SEATTLE'S STREETS. FAMILIES AND 58 00:02:29,649 --> 00:02:31,417 COMMUNITIES FOREVER CHANGED AND 59 00:02:31,417 --> 00:02:34,521 TRAGICALLY, THEY'RE NOT ALONE. 60 00:02:34,521 --> 00:02:36,756 AS THIS IS SIMPLY AN 61 00:02:36,756 --> 00:02:37,991 ILLUSTRATIVE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO 62 00:02:37,991 --> 00:02:39,292 DIED ON SEATTLE ROADS IN THE 63 00:02:39,292 --> 00:02:42,462 LAST FEW YEARS ALONE. SO BEFORE 64 00:02:42,462 --> 00:02:43,663 WE CONTINUE, I'D LIKE US TO 65 00:02:43,663 --> 00:02:45,932 OBSERVE A BRIEF MOMENT OF 66 00:02:45,932 --> 00:02:46,633 SILENCE FOR STEVE MEREDITH, THE 67 00:02:46,633 --> 00:02:49,969 TWO PEDESTRIANS IN SOUTH PARK. 68 00:02:49,969 --> 00:02:51,104 THIS MOST RECENT VICTIM IN THE 69 00:02:51,104 --> 00:02:52,272 NORTH END, AND ALL THOSE WHO 70 00:02:52,272 --> 00:02:54,274 HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES ON SEATTLE 71 00:02:54,274 --> 00:03:01,681 STREETS 72 00:03:01,814 --> 00:03:12,292 THANK YOU. WHEN WE LAUNCHED THIS 73 00:03:15,328 --> 00:03:15,795 EXPANDED AND REORGANIZED 74 00:03:15,795 --> 00:03:17,931 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IN 75 00:03:17,931 --> 00:03:19,365 JANUARY, WE INTENTIONALLY PUT 76 00:03:19,365 --> 00:03:21,768 SAFETY FIRST. IT IS THE FIRST S 77 00:03:21,768 --> 00:03:24,103 AND STEPS. THE INFORMAL NAME. AT 78 00:03:24,103 --> 00:03:27,740 OUR VERY FIRST MEETING, I SAID 79 00:03:27,740 --> 00:03:29,842 SAFETY WOULD BE THE FOUNDATION 80 00:03:29,842 --> 00:03:30,443 OF EVERYTHING THIS COMMITTEE 81 00:03:30,443 --> 00:03:33,112 DOES. WE MADE VISION ZERO OUR 82 00:03:33,112 --> 00:03:35,181 VERY FIRST SUBSTANTIVE AGENDA 83 00:03:35,181 --> 00:03:37,550 ITEM, AND WE'VE MAINTAINED 84 00:03:37,550 --> 00:03:38,184 REGULAR TRAFFIC SAFETY OVERSIGHT 85 00:03:38,184 --> 00:03:38,952 THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, INCLUDING 86 00:03:38,952 --> 00:03:43,723 QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS FROM SDOT. 87 00:03:43,723 --> 00:03:44,357 IN APRIL, I FORMALLY REQUESTED A 88 00:03:44,357 --> 00:03:45,692 PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF SEATTLE'S 89 00:03:45,692 --> 00:03:48,228 VISION ZERO PROGRAM BECAUSE 90 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:49,929 ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIRES US TO 91 00:03:49,929 --> 00:03:51,731 UNDERSTAND WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT 92 00:03:51,731 --> 00:03:54,033 ISN'T, AND WHERE WE NEED TO 93 00:03:54,033 --> 00:03:56,235 SHARPEN OUR APPROACH. SEATTLE 94 00:03:56,235 --> 00:03:57,437 ADOPTED VISION ZERO MORE THAN A 95 00:03:57,437 --> 00:03:58,905 DECADE AGO. WE HAVE MADE SOME 96 00:03:58,905 --> 00:04:00,873 SOLID INITIAL PROGRESS, BUT 97 00:04:00,873 --> 00:04:07,180 PEOPLE ARE STILL DYING AND OUR 98 00:04:07,180 --> 00:04:07,814 OUTCOMES DEMONSTRATE SOMETHING 99 00:04:07,814 --> 00:04:09,349 IMPORTANT. ASPIRATION AND 100 00:04:09,349 --> 00:04:09,983 ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY ALONE ARE 101 00:04:09,983 --> 00:04:14,787 NOT ENOUGH. WHEN WE KNOW CERTAIN 102 00:04:14,787 --> 00:04:15,922 PRACTICES CAN SAVE LIVES, WE 103 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:19,425 SHOULD ASK WHETHER THEY DESERVE 104 00:04:19,425 --> 00:04:22,462 THE DURABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY 105 00:04:22,462 --> 00:04:23,863 AND FORCE OF LAW. AND THAT 106 00:04:23,863 --> 00:04:25,264 BRINGS US TO THE FIRST ITEM ON 107 00:04:25,264 --> 00:04:26,699 TODAY'S AGENDA, WHICH I'M PROUD 108 00:04:26,699 --> 00:04:31,137 TO FORMALLY UNVEIL TODAY. THE 109 00:04:31,137 --> 00:04:33,273 SEATTLE SAFER STREETS ACT. SAFER 110 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:34,340 STREETS IS A THREE PIECE 111 00:04:34,340 --> 00:04:35,775 LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE INTENDED TO 112 00:04:35,775 --> 00:04:36,909 TURN VISION ZERO FROM AN 113 00:04:36,909 --> 00:04:38,978 AMBITIOUS GOAL INTO THE WAY 114 00:04:38,978 --> 00:04:41,047 SEATTLE OPERATES. AMONG, AMONG 115 00:04:41,047 --> 00:04:42,715 OTHER REFORMS, THIS PACKAGE 116 00:04:42,715 --> 00:04:44,984 WOULD ESTABLISH A DURABLE 117 00:04:44,984 --> 00:04:46,619 BASELINE FOR HOW SDOT RESPONDS 118 00:04:46,619 --> 00:04:47,153 AFTER FATAL CRASHES WHILE 119 00:04:47,153 --> 00:04:49,255 PUTTING US ON A PATH TOWARD A 120 00:04:49,255 --> 00:04:52,892 FASTER AND MORE AMBITIOUS 121 00:04:52,892 --> 00:04:55,361 RESPONSE. IT WOULD ADVANCE 122 00:04:55,361 --> 00:04:55,962 INTERSECTION, DAYLIGHTING AND 123 00:04:55,962 --> 00:04:57,463 STRONGER VISION ZERO SAFETY 124 00:04:57,463 --> 00:04:58,698 REVIEWS. IT WOULD USE THE 125 00:04:58,698 --> 00:05:01,267 CITY'S CONTRACTING POWER TO 126 00:05:01,267 --> 00:05:03,703 ADVANCE TRUCK SIDECAR 127 00:05:03,703 --> 00:05:04,237 PROTECTIONS ON QUALIFYING 128 00:05:04,237 --> 00:05:06,939 VEHICLES, PERFORMING MUNICIPAL 129 00:05:06,939 --> 00:05:08,675 WORK. AND IT WOULD COMBINE AND 130 00:05:08,675 --> 00:05:12,078 STRENGTHEN OUR CHIEF TRAFFIC, 131 00:05:12,078 --> 00:05:14,113 ENGINEERING AND SAFETY 132 00:05:14,113 --> 00:05:14,681 LEADERSHIP, EMPOWERING THAT 133 00:05:14,681 --> 00:05:15,948 POSITION TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY 134 00:05:15,948 --> 00:05:18,818 AND CUT THROUGH INTER-DEPARTMENT 135 00:05:18,818 --> 00:05:22,221 SILOS WHEN SAFETY IS AT STAKE 136 00:05:22,221 --> 00:05:24,057 IMPORTANTLY, SAFER STREETS WAS 137 00:05:24,057 --> 00:05:24,691 NOT DEVELOPED IN ISOLATION HERE 138 00:05:24,691 --> 00:05:29,262 IN CITY HALL. WE LISTENED. WE 139 00:05:29,262 --> 00:05:29,796 WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH 140 00:05:29,796 --> 00:05:32,732 ADVOCATES, AFFECTED FAMILIES, 141 00:05:32,732 --> 00:05:34,967 TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZERS, LABOR 142 00:05:34,967 --> 00:05:35,601 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND OTHERS 143 00:05:35,601 --> 00:05:38,838 WHO CHALLENGED OUR CITY TO DO 144 00:05:38,838 --> 00:05:39,505 BETTER. I'VE PERSONALLY GOTTEN 145 00:05:39,505 --> 00:05:42,742 TO KNOW RITA HOLTZMAN, STEVE'S 146 00:05:42,742 --> 00:05:43,576 WIDOW, THROUGHOUT THIS WORK IN 147 00:05:43,576 --> 00:05:46,412 THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. RITA 148 00:05:46,412 --> 00:05:49,549 HAS BEEN ABLE TO TURN 149 00:05:49,549 --> 00:05:53,953 UNIMAGINABLE PERSONAL LOSS INTO 150 00:05:53,953 --> 00:05:55,321 PERSISTENT ADVOCACY. SHE HAS 151 00:05:55,321 --> 00:05:57,590 CHALLENGED THE STATUS QUO, 152 00:05:57,590 --> 00:05:58,925 CHALLENGED GOVERNMENT, AND YES, 153 00:05:58,925 --> 00:06:02,662 EVEN CHALLENGED ME AT TIMES BUT 154 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:05,698 ALWAYS IN A IN A THOUGHTFUL, 155 00:06:05,698 --> 00:06:08,968 RESPECTFUL WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE 156 00:06:08,968 --> 00:06:10,837 MANNER. HER THOUGHTFUL AND 157 00:06:10,837 --> 00:06:11,471 EXTENSIVE FEEDBACK HELPED SHAPE 158 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:13,573 THIS LEGISLATION AND MAKE IT 159 00:06:13,573 --> 00:06:15,775 STRONGER AS DID A NUMBER OF 160 00:06:15,775 --> 00:06:21,814 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CASCADE 161 00:06:21,814 --> 00:06:23,416 SEATTLE STREETS ALLIANCE AND SO 162 00:06:23,416 --> 00:06:26,953 MANY OTHERS. I'VE ALSO SPOKEN 163 00:06:26,953 --> 00:06:30,389 WITH LONNIE MEREDITH'S DAUGHTER, 164 00:06:30,389 --> 00:06:32,492 INCLUDING SHORTLY AFTER HER 165 00:06:32,492 --> 00:06:34,026 MOTHER'S TRAGIC DEATH AND AGAIN 166 00:06:34,026 --> 00:06:36,295 LAST WEEK AT FAUNTLEROY BICYCLE 167 00:06:36,295 --> 00:06:37,864 SAFETY FORUM, WHEN FAMILIES WHO 168 00:06:37,864 --> 00:06:38,664 HAVE EXPERIENCED THESE TRAGEDIES 169 00:06:38,664 --> 00:06:40,133 TELL US GOVERNMENT MUST MOVE 170 00:06:40,133 --> 00:06:44,270 WITH GREATER URGENCY. WE NEED TO 171 00:06:44,270 --> 00:06:46,305 LISTEN NOW. NO ORDINANCE OR 172 00:06:46,305 --> 00:06:48,508 POLICY DIRECTIVE CAN GUARANTEE 173 00:06:48,508 --> 00:06:50,009 ANOTHER TRAGEDY WILL NEVER 174 00:06:50,009 --> 00:06:52,545 OCCUR, AND NO SINGLE LEGISLATIVE 175 00:06:52,545 --> 00:06:54,213 PACKAGE WILL ACHIEVE VISION ZERO 176 00:06:54,213 --> 00:06:57,216 BY ITSELF. BUT THAT CANNOT THAT 177 00:06:57,216 --> 00:07:00,186 CANNOT BECOME AN EXCUSE FOR 178 00:07:00,186 --> 00:07:05,258 INCREMENTALISM OR INACTION. WE 179 00:07:05,258 --> 00:07:05,892 KNOW MANY OF THE INTERVENTIONS 180 00:07:05,892 --> 00:07:10,296 THAT MAKE STREETS SAFER. OUR 181 00:07:10,296 --> 00:07:14,300 RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE PROVEN 182 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:16,402 PRACTICES SYSTEMATIC, EMPOWER 183 00:07:16,402 --> 00:07:18,471 EXPERTS TO ACT, LEARN FROM 184 00:07:18,471 --> 00:07:20,373 TRAGEDY FASTER, AND ENSURE 185 00:07:20,373 --> 00:07:22,742 IMPORTANT SAFETY COMMITMENTS, 186 00:07:22,742 --> 00:07:25,845 ENDURE EVEN AS LEADERS, 187 00:07:25,845 --> 00:07:27,980 PERSONNEL AND PRIORITIES CHANGE 188 00:07:27,980 --> 00:07:30,082 OVER TIME. THAT'S WHAT SAFER 189 00:07:30,082 --> 00:07:32,118 STREETS IS ABOUT PRESERVING WHAT 190 00:07:32,118 --> 00:07:34,787 WORKS, REQUIRING WHAT MATTERS, 191 00:07:34,787 --> 00:07:35,388 EMPOWERING FASTER ACTION AND 192 00:07:35,388 --> 00:07:37,023 KEEP BUILDING AND ITERATING FROM 193 00:07:37,023 --> 00:07:40,626 THERE. AND IMPORTANTLY, TODAY'S 194 00:07:40,626 --> 00:07:42,328 BROADER AGENDA DEMONSTRATES THAT 195 00:07:42,328 --> 00:07:44,430 LEGISLATION IS ONLY ONE PIECE OF 196 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:46,833 THE WORK. OUR SECOND AGENDA ITEM 197 00:07:46,833 --> 00:07:48,801 CONCERNS APPOINTMENTS TO THE 198 00:07:48,801 --> 00:07:49,368 TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK 199 00:07:49,368 --> 00:07:50,536 FORCE, WHICH WILL EXAMINE LONG 200 00:07:50,536 --> 00:07:53,272 TERM STRATEGIES FOR MAJOR 201 00:07:53,272 --> 00:07:56,075 INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, INCLUDING 202 00:07:56,075 --> 00:07:58,945 SIDEWALKS, BRIDGES AND PAVEMENT, 203 00:07:58,945 --> 00:08:01,414 ROADS. THAT HAS A DIRECT SAFETY 204 00:08:01,414 --> 00:08:04,317 NEXUS. WE NEED SUSTAINABLE 205 00:08:04,317 --> 00:08:05,918 FUNDING TO IMPROVE OUR PAVEMENT 206 00:08:05,918 --> 00:08:07,987 CONDITIONS, AND THOSE 207 00:08:07,987 --> 00:08:08,621 INVESTMENTS CREATE OPPORTUNITIES 208 00:08:08,621 --> 00:08:11,390 TO REBUILD STREETS THROUGH OUR 209 00:08:11,390 --> 00:08:13,926 COMPLETE STREETS POLICY WITH 210 00:08:13,926 --> 00:08:14,494 SAFETY DESIGNED IN FROM THE 211 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:18,564 START. AND WE KNOW THAT ROUGHLY 212 00:08:18,564 --> 00:08:19,165 27% OF SEATTLE'S SIDEWALK 213 00:08:19,165 --> 00:08:22,034 NETWORK REMAINS MISSING. CLOSING 214 00:08:22,034 --> 00:08:24,136 THAT GAP AND MOVING WITH URGENCY 215 00:08:24,136 --> 00:08:27,240 TO DO SO IS A CRITICAL SAFETY 216 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,943 IMPERATIVE, PARTICULARLY FOR 217 00:08:30,943 --> 00:08:32,411 VULNERABLE USERS. SAFER STREETS 218 00:08:32,411 --> 00:08:33,880 STRENGTHENS HOW WE APPROACH 219 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:35,214 SAFETY. THE TASK FORCE CAN HELP 220 00:08:35,214 --> 00:08:37,116 US CONFRONT HOW WE SUSTAINABLY 221 00:08:37,116 --> 00:08:38,484 FUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED 222 00:08:38,484 --> 00:08:41,921 TO DELIVER IT, AND FINALLY, A 223 00:08:41,921 --> 00:08:44,891 THIRD AGENDA ITEM TODAY IS A 224 00:08:44,891 --> 00:08:45,558 BRIEFING FROM ON THE SEATTLE'S 225 00:08:45,558 --> 00:08:47,460 STREET IMPROVEMENT PERMITTING 226 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:49,495 PROGRAM AND HOW SDOT REVIEWS 227 00:08:49,495 --> 00:08:50,730 COMPLEX IMPROVEMENTS AND THE 228 00:08:50,730 --> 00:08:53,833 PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. IT IS 229 00:08:53,833 --> 00:08:54,934 DISTINCT AND SEPARATE FROM SAFER 230 00:08:54,934 --> 00:08:55,501 STREETS, BUT IT REPRESENTS 231 00:08:55,501 --> 00:08:57,670 ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART OF HOW 232 00:08:57,670 --> 00:09:00,306 OUR TRANSPORTATION POLICIES 233 00:09:00,306 --> 00:09:01,908 ULTIMATELY BECOME PHYSICAL 234 00:09:01,908 --> 00:09:03,509 STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND 235 00:09:03,509 --> 00:09:05,578 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE SAFE, 236 00:09:05,578 --> 00:09:06,178 ACCESSIBLE AND FUNCTIONAL FOR 237 00:09:06,178 --> 00:09:10,783 ALL. AND WE'LL LEARN THERE IS 238 00:09:10,783 --> 00:09:12,952 AN IMPORTANT NON-TRIVIAL HOUSING 239 00:09:12,952 --> 00:09:13,452 IMPERATIVE TIED TO THAT 240 00:09:13,452 --> 00:09:15,888 INITIATIVE AS WELL, IMPACTING 241 00:09:15,888 --> 00:09:17,390 OUR ABILITY TO TO QUICKLY BUILD 242 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:20,293 MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 243 00:09:20,293 --> 00:09:21,761 THERE'S A COMMON THREAD 244 00:09:21,761 --> 00:09:24,263 THROUGHOUT TODAY'S FULL AGENDA. 245 00:09:24,263 --> 00:09:24,830 SAFETY MUST BE SOMETHING WE 246 00:09:24,830 --> 00:09:28,868 DESIGNED FOR FUND, BUILD AND 247 00:09:28,868 --> 00:09:31,404 INSTITUTIONALIZE. THANK YOU. WE 248 00:09:31,404 --> 00:09:35,575 WILL NOW MOVE TO THE OPEN HYBRID 249 00:09:35,575 --> 00:09:37,443 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC 250 00:09:37,443 --> 00:09:38,077 COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS 251 00:09:38,077 --> 00:09:40,112 ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND WITHIN THE 252 00:09:40,112 --> 00:09:42,615 PURVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE TODAY. 253 00:09:42,615 --> 00:09:45,017 CLERK HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE 254 00:09:45,017 --> 00:09:45,318 SIGNED UP? 255 00:09:45,318 --> 00:09:47,253 -- CHAIR CURRENTLY, WE HAVE NINE 256 00:09:47,253 --> 00:09:48,654 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED UP, 257 00:09:48,654 --> 00:09:50,256 AND THERE ARE THREE REMOTE 258 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:51,090 SPEAKERS. 259 00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:52,191 -- GREAT. THANK YOU. EACH 260 00:09:52,191 --> 00:09:53,259 SPEAKER WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 261 00:09:53,259 --> 00:09:55,795 TWO MINUTES. WE WILL START WITH 262 00:09:55,795 --> 00:09:57,463 IN PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST. CLERK 263 00:09:57,463 --> 00:10:01,067 COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC 264 00:10:01,067 --> 00:10:01,534 COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS? 265 00:10:01,534 --> 00:10:02,401 -- SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN 266 00:10:02,401 --> 00:10:03,536 THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY 267 00:10:03,536 --> 00:10:05,204 REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A 268 00:10:05,204 --> 00:10:06,138 CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT 269 00:10:06,138 --> 00:10:09,308 OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS 270 00:10:09,308 --> 00:10:10,610 WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END 271 00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:11,143 THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE 272 00:10:11,143 --> 00:10:12,244 ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO 273 00:10:12,244 --> 00:10:14,714 CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE 274 00:10:14,714 --> 00:10:16,215 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW 275 00:10:16,215 --> 00:10:17,316 OPEN, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE 276 00:10:17,316 --> 00:10:20,853 FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. ROB 277 00:10:20,853 --> 00:10:24,624 MCVICAR'S. AFTER ROB, WE'LL HEAR 278 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:28,728 FROM KEVIN G. 279 00:10:28,728 --> 00:10:30,162 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ROB 280 00:10:30,162 --> 00:10:31,230 MCVICAR'S. WITH BUILD SOUND, 281 00:10:31,230 --> 00:10:33,265 WE'VE BUILT ABOUT 400 HOUSES IN 282 00:10:33,265 --> 00:10:35,935 THE LAST 20 YEARS. I'M HERE TO 283 00:10:35,935 --> 00:10:37,203 SPEAK ABOUT THE BROKEN SIP 284 00:10:37,203 --> 00:10:38,904 PROCESS. ACCORDING TO THE CITY 285 00:10:38,904 --> 00:10:41,941 DATA, AN AVERAGE SIP TAKES 1484 286 00:10:41,941 --> 00:10:45,611 DAYS, 610 DAYS OF THAT IN CITY 287 00:10:45,611 --> 00:10:47,747 CONTROL. A SIP LIGHT IS 675 288 00:10:47,747 --> 00:10:49,281 DAYS, 306 DAYS IN THE CITY 289 00:10:49,281 --> 00:10:51,150 CONTROL. I WANT TO GIVE TWO 290 00:10:51,150 --> 00:10:53,786 SCENARIOS THAT SPEAK TO THE. THE 291 00:10:53,786 --> 00:10:54,920 TIME SIPS TAKE THE COST OF SIPS 292 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:57,023 AND THE LARGER PROBLEMS. THESE 293 00:10:57,023 --> 00:10:58,357 ISSUES CREATE. THE FIRST EXAMPLE 294 00:10:58,357 --> 00:11:00,026 IS A PROJECT WHERE WE'RE 295 00:11:00,026 --> 00:11:01,460 REQUIRED TO INSTALL A NEW CURB 296 00:11:01,460 --> 00:11:03,529 AND SIDEWALK. THIS PARTICULAR 297 00:11:03,529 --> 00:11:05,765 SIP WAS A SIP LIGHT THAT TOOK 298 00:11:05,765 --> 00:11:07,066 708 DAYS TO ISSUE, AND THE 299 00:11:07,066 --> 00:11:11,303 PERMIT FEE WAS $29,230. THOSE 300 00:11:11,303 --> 00:11:12,571 NUMBERS ARE SHOCKING ENOUGH, BUT 301 00:11:12,571 --> 00:11:14,373 WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE 302 00:11:14,373 --> 00:11:14,974 ENGINEERING THAT WAS REQUIRED 303 00:11:14,974 --> 00:11:17,743 FOR THE SIP, WHICH COST $15,000, 304 00:11:17,743 --> 00:11:19,979 YOU CAN SEE THE DISPARITY OF 305 00:11:19,979 --> 00:11:22,114 FEES WERE ALMOST DOUBLE THE COST 306 00:11:22,114 --> 00:11:22,748 OF PRIVATE ENGINEERING. TO 307 00:11:22,748 --> 00:11:24,617 SIMPLY REVIEW THE WORK OF THE 308 00:11:24,617 --> 00:11:26,352 ENGINEER, AS SDOT REVIEWED THIS 309 00:11:26,352 --> 00:11:28,721 PERMIT FOR ALMOST 400 DAYS AND 310 00:11:28,721 --> 00:11:31,691 CHARGED TWICE AS MUCH MONEY AS 311 00:11:31,691 --> 00:11:33,859 THE ENGINEER THAT DID THE WORK. 312 00:11:33,859 --> 00:11:34,493 THE SECOND EXAMPLE I WOULD LIKE 313 00:11:34,493 --> 00:11:37,263 TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE SIP WE DID 314 00:11:37,263 --> 00:11:38,431 NOT APPLY FOR. WE HAD A SITE 315 00:11:38,431 --> 00:11:40,566 THAT HAD NONCONFORMING CURB ON 316 00:11:40,566 --> 00:11:41,734 OUR STREET FRONTAGE, SO THE ONLY 317 00:11:41,734 --> 00:11:43,669 WAY TO WEEP THE STORMWATER ONTO 318 00:11:43,669 --> 00:11:44,537 THE STREET WAS TO RAISE THE 319 00:11:44,537 --> 00:11:46,305 HEIGHT OF THE CURB, WHICH WOULD 320 00:11:46,305 --> 00:11:48,741 HAVE TAKEN A SIP. WE DETERMINED 321 00:11:48,741 --> 00:11:50,109 QUITE QUICKLY THAT TEARING A 322 00:11:50,109 --> 00:11:51,977 STREET UP PART OF THE CURB 323 00:11:51,977 --> 00:11:53,646 INCLUDED TO TIE DIRECTLY INTO 324 00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:54,714 THE STORM MAIN WAS A CHEAPER AND 325 00:11:54,714 --> 00:11:57,249 MORE CERTAIN PATH. WE HAVE 326 00:11:57,249 --> 00:11:58,751 CREATED A WORLD WHERE DIGGING A 327 00:11:58,751 --> 00:12:00,586 12 FOOT DEEP TRENCH ACROSS AN 328 00:12:00,586 --> 00:12:02,521 ENTIRE STREET IS A BETTER 329 00:12:02,521 --> 00:12:04,056 ALTERNATIVE TO GOING THROUGH THE 330 00:12:04,056 --> 00:12:05,624 SIP PROCESS TO SIMPLY MAKE A 331 00:12:05,624 --> 00:12:08,227 CURB THREE INCHES TALLER. 332 00:12:08,227 --> 00:12:10,262 RECENTLY, SPU SERVICE 333 00:12:10,262 --> 00:12:10,996 DEVELOPMENT CHARGES THAT ARE, IN 334 00:12:10,996 --> 00:12:12,865 THEORY, INTENDED TO SUBSIDIZE 335 00:12:12,865 --> 00:12:15,768 THE COST OF A BUILDER WOULD 336 00:12:15,768 --> 00:12:18,237 WOULD BEAR TO INSTALL NEW STORM 337 00:12:18,237 --> 00:12:21,574 OR SEWER MAINS. THESE NEW FAME, 338 00:12:21,574 --> 00:12:23,109 NEW FEES NOT ONLY ADD TO THE 339 00:12:23,109 --> 00:12:24,577 COST OF HOUSING, BUT NO BUILDER 340 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:26,479 THAT BUILDS FOR THE FOR SALE 341 00:12:26,479 --> 00:12:27,513 HOUSING WILL USE THIS PROGRAM. 342 00:12:27,513 --> 00:12:31,884 DUE TO THE FACT THAT ALL OF 343 00:12:31,884 --> 00:12:32,418 THESE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK 344 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:33,919 REQUIRES A SIP. THE SIP PROCESS 345 00:12:33,919 --> 00:12:36,288 IS SO BROKEN THAT NO BUILDER 346 00:12:36,288 --> 00:12:39,325 WANTS TO DECLARE 347 00:12:39,325 --> 00:12:40,860 -- YES SIR, THANK YOU AND FEEL 348 00:12:40,860 --> 00:12:42,027 FREE TO LEAVE YOUR WRITTEN 349 00:12:42,027 --> 00:12:43,028 COMMENTS IF YOU HAVE THEM IN 350 00:12:43,028 --> 00:12:44,897 THAT BOX RIGHT THERE. ALL 351 00:12:44,897 --> 00:12:47,733 COUNCILMEMBERS WILL WILL GET 352 00:12:47,733 --> 00:12:49,168 THEM AND FRIENDLY REMINDER TO TO 353 00:12:49,168 --> 00:12:50,503 FOLKS WHEN YOU HEAR THE CHIME, 354 00:12:50,503 --> 00:12:52,671 THAT MEANS 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT 355 00:12:52,671 --> 00:12:56,609 ON YOUR TIME. 356 00:12:56,609 --> 00:12:57,510 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 357 00:12:57,510 --> 00:13:03,015 KEVIN GEE FOLLOWING KEVIN. WE'LL 358 00:13:03,015 --> 00:13:06,185 HEAR FROM LONNIE BONARDI. 359 00:13:06,185 --> 00:13:07,820 -- HELLO, HELLO, MY NAME IS 360 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:10,222 KEVIN. I'M A SOUTH SEATTLE 361 00:13:10,222 --> 00:13:11,757 RESIDENT. I CAN'T DRIVE DUE TO 362 00:13:11,757 --> 00:13:14,293 PERSONAL REASONS, SO THAT MEANS 363 00:13:14,293 --> 00:13:16,529 I DEPEND ON STREET IMPROVEMENTS 364 00:13:16,529 --> 00:13:17,897 AND STREET SAFETY. IT WOULD 365 00:13:17,897 --> 00:13:20,432 BEHOOVE THE CITY TO THINK ABOUT 366 00:13:20,432 --> 00:13:22,968 STREAMLINING BOTH THE NORMAL CIP 367 00:13:22,968 --> 00:13:24,803 PERMITTING PROCESS, AS WELL AS 368 00:13:24,803 --> 00:13:26,839 THE CIP LIGHT PERMITTING 369 00:13:26,839 --> 00:13:27,640 PROCESS, BECAUSE IN. WHEN YOU 370 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:31,811 COMPARE IT TO CITIES LIKE FORT 371 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:33,379 WORTH, TEXAS, THEIR TIMELINES 372 00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:38,851 ARE IN WEEKS, NOT MONTHS. AND WE 373 00:13:38,851 --> 00:13:39,485 CAN DRASTICALLY IMPROVE SAFETY 374 00:13:39,485 --> 00:13:41,954 AND THE QUALITY LIVED EXPERIENCE 375 00:13:41,954 --> 00:13:46,826 OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IF WE 376 00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:48,060 INCREASE THE TIME. SORRY, 377 00:13:48,060 --> 00:13:53,132 SHORTEN THE TIMELINES FOR 378 00:13:53,132 --> 00:13:56,168 PERMITTING AND ALLOW WAY MORE 379 00:13:56,168 --> 00:13:57,002 STREET IMPROVEMENTS. I SEE THE 380 00:13:57,002 --> 00:13:58,037 REST OF MY TIME. 381 00:13:58,037 --> 00:14:01,473 -- THANK YOU KEVIN. 382 00:14:01,473 --> 00:14:03,075 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 383 00:14:03,075 --> 00:14:06,178 LONNIE. AFTER THAT, WE'LL HEAR 384 00:14:06,178 --> 00:14:08,981 FROM MIKE. HI, CHRIS. 385 00:14:08,981 --> 00:14:10,516 -- LONNIE. BUT GOOD, GOOD 386 00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:13,319 ATTEMPT. SO MY MOTHER WAS MARY 387 00:14:13,319 --> 00:14:15,221 BONO DILLA. SHE WAS IN GREAT 388 00:14:15,221 --> 00:14:18,891 HEALTH. SHE SPENT OVER 40 YEARS 389 00:14:18,891 --> 00:14:20,459 BIKING IN THIS CITY AND BIKING 390 00:14:20,459 --> 00:14:21,894 AROUND THE WORLD. SHE WAS A 391 00:14:21,894 --> 00:14:23,729 CYCLIST. SHE DID NOT HAVE TO 392 00:14:23,729 --> 00:14:27,399 DIE. I FEEL LIKE IF VISION ZERO 393 00:14:27,399 --> 00:14:29,969 HAD NOT BEEN HAD BEEN DOING ITS 394 00:14:29,969 --> 00:14:31,170 JOB BETTER. AND THAT PART OF 395 00:14:31,170 --> 00:14:32,938 WEST SEATTLE HAD NOT BEEN 396 00:14:32,938 --> 00:14:34,573 IGNORED, SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN 397 00:14:34,573 --> 00:14:37,109 SAFE ON THAT STREET. AS I SPENT 398 00:14:37,109 --> 00:14:39,044 TIME AT HER SITE, IT WAS VERY 399 00:14:39,044 --> 00:14:40,813 CLEAR EVERYONE WAS WELL AWARE 400 00:14:40,813 --> 00:14:41,981 HOW DANGEROUS THAT STREET WAS 401 00:14:41,981 --> 00:14:44,450 AND ROB TO TALK TO YOU. AND HAVE 402 00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:46,018 YOU NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT STREET 403 00:14:46,018 --> 00:14:47,419 AND HOW DANGEROUS IT WAS, WAS 404 00:14:47,419 --> 00:14:48,621 REALLY DISHEARTENING AND I HOPE 405 00:14:48,621 --> 00:14:49,655 THAT YOU'VE BEEN THERE. I'M 406 00:14:49,655 --> 00:14:51,457 GLAD YOU GUYS ARE REMOVING 407 00:14:51,457 --> 00:14:53,359 PARKING THERE, BUT YOU NEED TO 408 00:14:53,359 --> 00:14:55,494 DO MORE. YOU NEED TO PUT WEST 409 00:14:55,494 --> 00:14:57,296 SEATTLE BACK ON YOUR RADAR AND 410 00:14:57,296 --> 00:14:58,664 YOU NEED TO MAKE IT SAFE BECAUSE 411 00:14:58,664 --> 00:14:59,832 PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO BIKE THERE. 412 00:14:59,832 --> 00:15:01,300 PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE ARE SCARED 413 00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:03,602 OF THOSE STREETS. PEOPLE WHO 414 00:15:03,602 --> 00:15:04,236 COMMUTE THROUGH THERE ARE SCARED 415 00:15:04,236 --> 00:15:06,538 TO GO TO WORK ON THEIR BIKES. 416 00:15:06,538 --> 00:15:08,307 IT'S JUST NOT SAFE. AND TRUCK 417 00:15:08,307 --> 00:15:11,277 GUARDS ON MUNICIPAL VEHICLES 418 00:15:11,277 --> 00:15:12,478 JUST SEEMS LIKE IT BARELY 419 00:15:12,478 --> 00:15:14,647 SCRATCHES THE SURFACE. IT'S A 420 00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:15,581 NICE GESTURE, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE 421 00:15:15,581 --> 00:15:16,815 REQUIRED ON ALL TRUCKS. TRUCKS 422 00:15:16,815 --> 00:15:18,651 NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM CERTAIN 423 00:15:18,651 --> 00:15:20,786 STREETS THAT ARE TOO NARROW. 424 00:15:20,786 --> 00:15:23,455 LIKE THIS NEEDS TO JUST BE LIKE 425 00:15:23,455 --> 00:15:25,291 THE START OF IT. AND SO I HOPE 426 00:15:25,291 --> 00:15:28,327 THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON 427 00:15:28,327 --> 00:15:29,928 THESE THINGS SO THAT YOU CAN 428 00:15:29,928 --> 00:15:32,197 REACH YOUR GOAL BY 2030, BECAUSE 429 00:15:32,197 --> 00:15:33,465 I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BE 430 00:15:33,465 --> 00:15:36,035 PROACTIVE, LIKE VISION ZERO 431 00:15:36,035 --> 00:15:37,670 CALLS FOR INSTEAD OF REACTIVE. 432 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:38,470 AND PEOPLE LIKE US HAVE TO COME 433 00:15:38,470 --> 00:15:39,772 OUT AND TELL YOU HOW MUCH THESE 434 00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:44,276 PEOPLE MEANT TO US, BECAUSE SHE 435 00:15:44,276 --> 00:15:46,178 MEANT A LOT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, 436 00:15:46,178 --> 00:15:47,613 AND IT JUST DIDN'T HAVE TO 437 00:15:47,613 --> 00:15:49,848 HAPPEN. SO PLEASE KEEP 438 00:15:49,848 --> 00:15:51,784 YOURSELVES IN GEAR AND ADDRESS 439 00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:52,818 THESE ISSUES IN WEST SEATTLE AND 440 00:15:52,818 --> 00:15:54,553 AROUND THE CITY. THANK YOU. 441 00:15:54,553 --> 00:15:59,358 -- THANK YOU, LONNIE. 442 00:15:59,358 --> 00:16:00,726 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE MIKE 443 00:16:00,726 --> 00:16:02,461 AFTER MIKE WILL HEAR FROM 444 00:16:02,461 --> 00:16:04,596 EVEREST OROSI. 445 00:16:04,596 --> 00:16:06,332 -- YEAH. MIKE HERE BUILDER HERE 446 00:16:06,332 --> 00:16:08,033 IN WEST SEATTLE AREA. AND IT'S 447 00:16:08,033 --> 00:16:10,602 HARD TO FOLLOW THIS. MY OWN 448 00:16:10,602 --> 00:16:12,638 COUSIN IN 1963 WAS KILLED ON THE 449 00:16:12,638 --> 00:16:15,040 SEATTLE CITY STREET. SO I HEAR 450 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:16,775 YOU. I'M I'M EXCUSE ME. WE 451 00:16:16,775 --> 00:16:19,611 WERE VERY CLOSE. WE WERE BORN 452 00:16:19,611 --> 00:16:22,948 THREE MONTHS APART. SO 453 00:16:22,948 --> 00:16:23,515 JENNIFER'S MOM BECAME AN 454 00:16:23,515 --> 00:16:24,316 ACTIVIST. SHE WAS A UNIVERSITY 455 00:16:24,316 --> 00:16:25,718 OF WASHINGTON PROFESSOR. AND SHE 456 00:16:25,718 --> 00:16:29,054 SAW TO IT TO TAKE THE HOOD 457 00:16:29,054 --> 00:16:29,688 ORNAMENTS OFF THE VEHICLES THAT 458 00:16:29,688 --> 00:16:32,491 KILLED MY COUSIN NATIONWIDE. IT 459 00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:33,459 WAS BANNED BY 1965. THIS IS WHAT 460 00:16:33,459 --> 00:16:34,526 WE COULD DO TO HELP OUR STREETS. 461 00:16:34,526 --> 00:16:36,061 NOW I'M A BUILDER, OKAY? I'M 462 00:16:36,061 --> 00:16:37,296 OVER HERE IN WEST SEATTLE. I'M 463 00:16:37,296 --> 00:16:39,398 TRYING TO TRYING TO WIDEN ABOUT 464 00:16:39,398 --> 00:16:41,100 300FT OF STREET THAT'S WAY TOO 465 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:42,534 NARROW IN WEST SEATTLE. I AM NOW 466 00:16:42,534 --> 00:16:44,269 EIGHT YEARS. MY PERMIT PROCESS 467 00:16:44,269 --> 00:16:45,504 FOR THIS. THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR 468 00:16:45,504 --> 00:16:47,840 THAT. I HAVE FROM MY 469 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:48,474 ENGINEERING. I HAVE SPENT THE 470 00:16:48,474 --> 00:16:50,943 CITY REVIEW FEES ARE ALMOST 50. 471 00:16:50,943 --> 00:16:52,277 I'VE SPENT LIKE $70,000 IN 472 00:16:52,277 --> 00:16:54,446 ENGINEERING THE CITY REVIEW FEES 473 00:16:54,446 --> 00:16:57,149 ARE $120,000 SPENT. TO DATE. 474 00:16:57,149 --> 00:16:59,118 THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS. WE 475 00:16:59,118 --> 00:17:00,953 NEED OUR SIPS. WE NEED OUR 476 00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:02,821 PERMITS RIGHT NOW. NOW WE HAVE 477 00:17:02,821 --> 00:17:05,391 THE TECHNOLOGY HERE. WE LIVE IN 478 00:17:05,391 --> 00:17:06,592 THE LAND OF MICROSOFT, RIGHT? WE 479 00:17:06,592 --> 00:17:08,027 HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY NOW THAT CAN 480 00:17:08,027 --> 00:17:10,062 REVIEW THESE PERMITS. I HAVE THE 481 00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:10,929 SOFTWARE WILLING TO GIVE IT TO 482 00:17:10,929 --> 00:17:12,931 THE CITY THAT CAN REVIEW THESE 483 00:17:12,931 --> 00:17:16,568 PERMITS WITHIN 15 MINUTES, NOT 484 00:17:16,568 --> 00:17:17,369 EIGHT YEARS. SO WE NEED TO 485 00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:20,973 IMPROVE OUR SAFETY OF OUR 486 00:17:20,973 --> 00:17:22,841 STREETS. JENNIFER DIED 65 YEARS 487 00:17:22,841 --> 00:17:26,278 AGO. WE NEED TO GET ON THIS NOW. 488 00:17:26,278 --> 00:17:29,048 I WANT MY PERMITS NOW. I WANT TO 489 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:31,283 BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THESE STREETS 490 00:17:31,283 --> 00:17:33,085 NOW. THANKS FOR LISTENING. 491 00:17:33,085 --> 00:17:38,590 -- THANK YOU. MIKE. 492 00:17:38,590 --> 00:17:39,925 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 493 00:17:39,925 --> 00:17:41,860 EVEREST. AFTER EVEREST. WE'LL 494 00:17:41,860 --> 00:17:49,701 HEAR FROM CLIVE HAYWARD 495 00:17:49,935 --> 00:17:54,840 -- HI, MY NAME IS EVEREST AND 496 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,342 I'M A CENTRAL DISTRICT RESIDENT 497 00:17:57,342 --> 00:17:58,811 AND UW STUDENT. I'M MOSTLY 498 00:17:58,811 --> 00:17:59,311 CONCERNED ABOUT CURRENT 499 00:17:59,311 --> 00:18:00,712 TIMELINES FOR THE STREET 500 00:18:00,712 --> 00:18:01,680 IMPROVEMENT PERMITS. AS A 501 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:02,381 SEATTLE RESIDENT, I WANT TO SEE 502 00:18:02,381 --> 00:18:05,851 MORE STREET SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS 503 00:18:05,851 --> 00:18:06,785 AND ESPECIALLY MORE OF OUR 504 00:18:06,785 --> 00:18:08,887 STREETS BROUGHT TO MODERN 505 00:18:08,887 --> 00:18:09,521 ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS BECAUSE 506 00:18:09,521 --> 00:18:11,256 THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY 507 00:18:11,256 --> 00:18:12,191 SIDEWALKS AND AREAS IN OUR CITY 508 00:18:12,191 --> 00:18:14,393 THAT ARE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE 509 00:18:14,393 --> 00:18:15,461 TO NAVIGATE WITH A WHEELCHAIR OR 510 00:18:15,461 --> 00:18:18,063 MOBILITY AID. I'M FRUSTRATED 511 00:18:18,063 --> 00:18:19,231 WITH HOW LONG THESE IMPROVEMENTS 512 00:18:19,231 --> 00:18:20,966 ARE TAKING TO HAPPEN. ALSO, AS 513 00:18:20,966 --> 00:18:21,633 AN OCCASIONAL CYCLIST, THERE ARE 514 00:18:21,633 --> 00:18:22,734 A LOT OF ROUTES I JUST DON'T 515 00:18:22,734 --> 00:18:24,236 FEEL SAFE TAKING BECAUSE OF LACK 516 00:18:24,236 --> 00:18:26,038 OF PROTECTION FROM FAST MOVING 517 00:18:26,038 --> 00:18:27,072 TRAFFIC LANES. I'M CONCERNED 518 00:18:27,072 --> 00:18:28,841 THAT THE LONG PERMIT APPROVAL 519 00:18:28,841 --> 00:18:31,076 TIMES FOR BOTH CIP AND CIP LIGHT 520 00:18:31,076 --> 00:18:32,811 ARE UNDERMINING OUR ABILITY TO 521 00:18:32,811 --> 00:18:33,278 BUILD THESE ESSENTIAL 522 00:18:33,278 --> 00:18:34,446 IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL SAVE 523 00:18:34,446 --> 00:18:35,414 LIVES AND ENABLE MORE PEOPLE TO 524 00:18:35,414 --> 00:18:36,882 TRAVEL CAR, LIGHT OR CAR FREE. 525 00:18:36,882 --> 00:18:41,520 THANK YOU. 526 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:41,987 -- THANK YOU, EVERS. 527 00:18:41,987 --> 00:18:43,555 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CLIVE 528 00:18:43,555 --> 00:18:47,493 HAYWARD. AFTER CLIVE, WE'LL HEAR 529 00:18:47,493 --> 00:18:47,926 FROM JOSH FRIEDMAN. 530 00:18:47,926 --> 00:18:49,161 -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. 531 00:18:49,161 --> 00:18:53,365 DURING THE LAST SEATTLE 532 00:18:53,365 --> 00:18:54,399 WATERFRONT MEETING ABOUT THE 533 00:18:54,399 --> 00:18:56,435 FREE SPEECH SPACES AT THE 534 00:18:56,435 --> 00:18:58,770 WATERFRONT. I'M NOT GOING TO 535 00:18:58,770 --> 00:19:00,739 RE-ARGUE THE POLICY. I JUST WANT 536 00:19:00,739 --> 00:19:03,375 TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER 537 00:19:03,375 --> 00:19:07,079 I SPEAK AFTER THE MEETING I 538 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:08,247 WROTE REGARDING WHAT THE STAFF 539 00:19:08,247 --> 00:19:10,382 SAID, I OFFERED TO PRESENT IT TO 540 00:19:10,382 --> 00:19:12,751 ANSWER QUESTIONS IN WRITING AND 541 00:19:12,751 --> 00:19:13,652 TO WALK THE PARK WITH ANY OF 542 00:19:13,652 --> 00:19:17,956 YOU. SO FAR, NO ONE REPLIED, 543 00:19:17,956 --> 00:19:20,159 THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL. IT'S A 544 00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:24,796 PATTERN. 15 MONTHS OF IT, NO 545 00:19:24,796 --> 00:19:26,031 ENGAGEMENT, AND EVERYTHING SWEPT 546 00:19:26,031 --> 00:19:28,166 UNDER THE RUG. THE ONLY WINDOW I 547 00:19:28,166 --> 00:19:29,601 HAVE INTO THE CITY IS IT'S 548 00:19:29,601 --> 00:19:33,939 PUBLIC RECORDS. 12 OF MINE ARE 549 00:19:33,939 --> 00:19:35,774 STILL OPEN. THE OLDEST IS OPEN 550 00:19:35,774 --> 00:19:38,243 FOR SINCE JULY LAST YEAR. WHAT 551 00:19:38,243 --> 00:19:41,513 COMES BACK IS A DEPARTMENT THAT 552 00:19:41,513 --> 00:19:43,282 CANNOT PRODUCE TRAINING RECORDS. 553 00:19:43,282 --> 00:19:45,317 IT CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR A VIDEO. 554 00:19:45,317 --> 00:19:47,753 ITS COMMANDER TOLD ME HE HAD 555 00:19:47,753 --> 00:19:49,121 WATCHED AND IT DID NOT WRITE A 556 00:19:49,121 --> 00:19:50,589 REPORT. ON THE NIGHT OF ONE OF 557 00:19:50,589 --> 00:19:52,925 HIS OFFICERS PUT HIS HANDS ON 558 00:19:52,925 --> 00:19:56,395 ME. I'VE LOST MY ABILITY TO 559 00:19:56,395 --> 00:19:57,663 EXERCISE MY FIRST AMENDMENT 560 00:19:57,663 --> 00:20:02,501 RIGHTS IN A PUBLIC FORUM. I'VE 561 00:20:02,501 --> 00:20:07,506 LOST AN INCOME STREAM AND SO 562 00:20:07,506 --> 00:20:08,373 HAVE MANY OTHER PERFORMERS. IF 563 00:20:08,373 --> 00:20:10,709 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ENGAGE WITH 564 00:20:10,709 --> 00:20:12,945 ME, SAY SO. IF NO ONE REACHES 565 00:20:12,945 --> 00:20:16,515 OUT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE 566 00:20:16,515 --> 00:20:17,382 MEETING, NEXT ONE, THE NEXT 567 00:20:17,382 --> 00:20:18,850 COMMITTEE MEETING, I WILL HAVE 568 00:20:18,850 --> 00:20:21,119 MY ANSWER 569 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,156 -- THANK YOU, MR. HAYWARD 570 00:20:24,156 --> 00:20:26,725 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JOSH 571 00:20:26,725 --> 00:20:28,193 FRIEDMAN, AFTER JOSH WILL HEAR 572 00:20:28,193 --> 00:20:30,062 FROM CLARA CANTOR. 573 00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:30,729 -- MR. CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF THE 574 00:20:30,729 --> 00:20:31,663 COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS JOSH 575 00:20:31,663 --> 00:20:33,065 FRIEDMAN, AND I'M AN ATTORNEY 576 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:35,133 WHO HELPS AFFORDABLE MARKET AND 577 00:20:35,133 --> 00:20:36,101 WORKFORCE HOUSING PROVIDERS AS 578 00:20:36,101 --> 00:20:37,703 THEY TRY TO BRING NEW HOUSING 579 00:20:37,703 --> 00:20:41,940 ONLINE IN SEATTLE. THANK YOU FOR 580 00:20:41,940 --> 00:20:42,474 CONVENING THIS SESSION TO 581 00:20:42,474 --> 00:20:43,942 INVESTIGATE THE DEEPLY 582 00:20:43,942 --> 00:20:44,810 PROBLEMATIC DELAYS AND COSTS 583 00:20:44,810 --> 00:20:46,845 THAT THE CIP PROCESS HAS BEEN 584 00:20:46,845 --> 00:20:48,814 IMPOSING ON NEW HOUSING PROJECTS 585 00:20:48,814 --> 00:20:50,315 AT ALL AFFORDABILITY LEVELS. 586 00:20:50,315 --> 00:20:52,651 EVEN IN THE MIDST OF AN ACUTE 587 00:20:52,651 --> 00:20:55,020 HOUSING SUPPLY SUPPLY CRISIS, 588 00:20:55,020 --> 00:20:57,656 OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE 589 00:20:57,656 --> 00:20:59,324 BUREAUCRACY BADLY NEEDS YOUR 590 00:20:59,324 --> 00:21:01,159 LEADERSHIP TO REDUCE THE DEGREE 591 00:21:01,159 --> 00:21:03,395 TO WHICH GAS GUZZLING CARS AND 592 00:21:03,395 --> 00:21:05,130 DANGEROUS AUTOMOTIVE HABITS ARE 593 00:21:05,130 --> 00:21:07,232 BEING SUBSIDIZED ON THE BACKS OF 594 00:21:07,232 --> 00:21:07,766 RENTERS AND THEIR HOUSING 595 00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:09,801 PROVIDERS. THANK YOU. 596 00:21:09,801 --> 00:21:12,604 -- THANK YOU, JOSH. 597 00:21:12,604 --> 00:21:14,539 -- NEXT, WE'LL HEAR FROM CLARA 598 00:21:14,539 --> 00:21:18,877 CANTOR AFTER CLARA. IT'LL BE 599 00:21:18,877 --> 00:21:23,148 TYLER VASQUEZ. 600 00:21:23,148 --> 00:21:25,284 -- HI. HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? MY 601 00:21:25,284 --> 00:21:27,753 NAME IS CLARA CANTOR. I'M A 602 00:21:27,753 --> 00:21:30,889 COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH SEATTLE 603 00:21:30,889 --> 00:21:31,990 STREETS ALLIANCE, AND I'M HERE 604 00:21:31,990 --> 00:21:33,859 TO SPEAK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, 605 00:21:33,859 --> 00:21:35,827 TRAFFIC SAFETY ORDINANCE. I DO 606 00:21:35,827 --> 00:21:37,496 WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR 607 00:21:37,496 --> 00:21:38,130 HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF 608 00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:39,564 SAFETY ON OUR STREETS AND VISION 609 00:21:39,564 --> 00:21:40,599 ZERO. WE'VE HEARD FROM A NUMBER 610 00:21:40,599 --> 00:21:43,268 OF PEOPLE TODAY WHO HAVE LOST 611 00:21:43,268 --> 00:21:46,805 LOVED ONES. AS WE HEARD OVER THE 612 00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:48,140 COURSE OF THIS YEAR, AS WE HEARD 613 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:49,708 AFTER ROB MASON WAS KILLED, 614 00:21:49,708 --> 00:21:51,877 AFTER STEVE HOLZMANN WAS KILLED 615 00:21:51,877 --> 00:21:52,544 EARLIER THIS YEAR, ALL OF THESE 616 00:21:52,544 --> 00:21:53,578 PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND 617 00:21:53,578 --> 00:21:55,747 I'M GRATEFUL TO THE COUNCIL FOR 618 00:21:55,747 --> 00:21:59,051 TAKING THIS MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT 619 00:21:59,051 --> 00:22:02,554 THIS ISSUE. I, I THINK THIS IS 620 00:22:02,554 --> 00:22:04,222 IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO DO, 621 00:22:04,222 --> 00:22:06,224 TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, TO 622 00:22:06,224 --> 00:22:07,326 START THIS MEETING, TO CODIFY 623 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:10,762 THE LANGUAGE OF SAFETY INTO 624 00:22:10,762 --> 00:22:12,631 SEATTLE'S INTO AN ORDINANCE 625 00:22:12,631 --> 00:22:15,634 LIKE THIS. AND I'M ALSO EXCITED 626 00:22:15,634 --> 00:22:16,468 TO KEEP WORKING WITH THIS 627 00:22:16,468 --> 00:22:18,136 COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THIS FALL 628 00:22:18,136 --> 00:22:20,906 THAT WE'RE FUNDING PROJECTS THAT 629 00:22:20,906 --> 00:22:22,340 WILL ACTUALLY MAKE THESE SAFETY 630 00:22:22,340 --> 00:22:24,609 IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE MOVING 631 00:22:24,609 --> 00:22:25,677 PROJECTS FORWARD THAT WOULD HELP 632 00:22:25,677 --> 00:22:29,047 SAVE LIVES ON OUR STREETS AND I 633 00:22:29,047 --> 00:22:31,349 THINK WHILE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT 634 00:22:31,349 --> 00:22:32,884 AND VITAL STEP, IT'S ALSO 635 00:22:32,884 --> 00:22:34,519 IMPORTANT TO KEEP WORKING ON ON 636 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:36,121 THE INDIVIDUAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT 637 00:22:36,121 --> 00:22:37,723 ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY SAVE 638 00:22:37,723 --> 00:22:39,391 LIVES. I AM PARTICULARLY EXCITED 639 00:22:39,391 --> 00:22:41,860 ABOUT INTERSECTION DAYLIGHTING, 640 00:22:41,860 --> 00:22:44,129 WHICH PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM 641 00:22:44,129 --> 00:22:44,696 PARKING ILLEGALLY CLOSE TO 642 00:22:44,696 --> 00:22:49,568 CROSSWALKS AND STOPS STOPS CARS 643 00:22:49,568 --> 00:22:51,570 FROM BLOCKING SIGHT LINES AT 644 00:22:51,570 --> 00:22:52,938 INTERSECTIONS. MOST OF OUR 645 00:22:52,938 --> 00:22:55,073 INJURIES AND FATALITIES IN 646 00:22:55,073 --> 00:22:56,742 SEATTLE ARE AT INTERSECTIONS AND 647 00:22:56,742 --> 00:22:57,375 IMPROVING THE VISIBILITY. THERE 648 00:22:57,375 --> 00:22:59,711 IS A VERY QUICK, VERY 649 00:22:59,711 --> 00:23:02,080 INEXPENSIVE, VERY EASY WAY TO 650 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,249 MAKE INTERSECTIONS A LOT SAFER. 651 00:23:04,249 --> 00:23:05,784 WE CAN ALSO INCREASE 652 00:23:05,784 --> 00:23:07,753 ACCESSIBILITY BY UTILIZING THAT 653 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:08,487 SPACE TO PARK SCOOTERS OFF THE 654 00:23:08,487 --> 00:23:09,721 SIDEWALKS AT THE SAME TIME, 655 00:23:09,721 --> 00:23:11,590 WHICH ALSO MAKES OUR SIDEWALKS 656 00:23:11,590 --> 00:23:13,191 MORE ACCESSIBLE. AND IN MY LAST 657 00:23:13,191 --> 00:23:13,825 10 SECONDS, I JUST WANT TO SAY 658 00:23:13,825 --> 00:23:16,027 THAT I'M ALSO ON THE AGENDA TO 659 00:23:16,027 --> 00:23:16,495 BE CONFIRMED FOR THE 660 00:23:16,495 --> 00:23:18,563 TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK 661 00:23:18,563 --> 00:23:19,197 FORCE. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO 662 00:23:19,197 --> 00:23:21,767 FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE 663 00:23:21,767 --> 00:23:23,235 COUNCIL TO PUSH FORWARD 664 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:24,669 PROGRESSIVE FUNDING THROUGH THAT 665 00:23:24,669 --> 00:23:28,440 BODY. THANK YOU. 666 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:29,040 -- THANK YOU, CLAIRE. 667 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:30,575 -- OUR FINAL IN-PERSON SPEAKER 668 00:23:30,575 --> 00:23:37,149 IS TYLER VASQUEZ. 669 00:23:37,149 --> 00:23:38,183 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 670 00:23:38,183 --> 00:23:39,851 TYLER VASQUEZ. I'M WITH CASCADE 671 00:23:39,851 --> 00:23:41,953 BICYCLE CLUB. I'M ALSO A 672 00:23:41,953 --> 00:23:43,355 RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE. ONE 673 00:23:43,355 --> 00:23:46,124 OF THE THINGS THAT IS VERY 674 00:23:46,124 --> 00:23:47,359 PERSONAL TO ME IS I WAS 675 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:47,993 INTRODUCED TO DEATH REALLY EARLY 676 00:23:47,993 --> 00:23:51,563 IN MY LIFE. ONE OF THE FIRST 677 00:23:51,563 --> 00:23:53,732 DEATHS THAT I REMEMBER WAS 678 00:23:53,732 --> 00:23:54,966 WARMING UP FOR A BASEBALL GAME, 679 00:23:54,966 --> 00:23:56,434 AND OUR PITCHER WASN'T PRESENT 680 00:23:56,434 --> 00:23:57,068 BECAUSE HE WAS KILLED THAT 681 00:23:57,068 --> 00:23:58,503 NIGHT. AND THIS IS EIGHT YEARS 682 00:23:58,503 --> 00:24:00,005 OLD. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS 683 00:24:00,005 --> 00:24:02,474 TRAFFIC SAFETY, WHEN I LOOK AT 684 00:24:02,474 --> 00:24:03,675 VISION ZERO, WHEN I LOOK AT MY 685 00:24:03,675 --> 00:24:06,344 WORK, I LOOK AT LITTLE TYLER 686 00:24:06,344 --> 00:24:08,713 WITH A LOT OF UNANSWERED 687 00:24:08,713 --> 00:24:10,415 QUESTIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS 688 00:24:10,415 --> 00:24:12,050 THAT MY PARENTS DID IS THEY 689 00:24:12,050 --> 00:24:14,186 DIDN'T HAVE THE VOCABULARY TO 690 00:24:14,186 --> 00:24:15,120 DESCRIBE WHAT THIS WAS, OR 691 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:16,555 ANSWER THE MANY QUESTIONS OF THE 692 00:24:16,555 --> 00:24:18,757 WHOLE TEAM. THESE ARE THE 693 00:24:18,757 --> 00:24:21,293 COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE THAT ARE 694 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:23,061 IMPACTED DAILY BY OUR TRAFFIC 695 00:24:23,061 --> 00:24:24,529 SYSTEM, REGARDLESS OF IF YOU'RE 696 00:24:24,529 --> 00:24:25,797 DRIVING A CAR, IF YOU'RE RIDING 697 00:24:25,797 --> 00:24:28,633 A BIKE, IF YOU'RE WALKING ON OUR 698 00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:29,734 STREETS OR YOU'RE SIMPLY ROLLING 699 00:24:29,734 --> 00:24:30,635 JUST TO GET FROM POINT A TO 700 00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:33,071 POINT B, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 701 00:24:33,071 --> 00:24:34,973 I'M EXCITED ABOUT WITH THE 702 00:24:34,973 --> 00:24:37,843 SAFETY ORDINANCE IS THE ASPECT 703 00:24:37,843 --> 00:24:38,310 OF OPERATIONALIZING, 704 00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:40,212 OPERATIONALIZING, AND 705 00:24:40,212 --> 00:24:40,645 ACCELERATING SAFETY 706 00:24:40,645 --> 00:24:41,947 IMPROVEMENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS 707 00:24:41,947 --> 00:24:44,282 THAT I KNOW IS THAT SAFETY 708 00:24:44,282 --> 00:24:44,816 IMPROVEMENTS ARE THE MOST 709 00:24:44,816 --> 00:24:46,585 VISIBLE CONSTRUCTION THAT WE 710 00:24:46,585 --> 00:24:47,452 HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN YOU 711 00:24:47,452 --> 00:24:49,654 SEE VISIBLE TRANSFORMATION OF 712 00:24:49,654 --> 00:24:50,956 YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU SEE TRUST, 713 00:24:50,956 --> 00:24:52,257 YOU SEE TRUST IN YOUR WORK, YOU 714 00:24:52,257 --> 00:24:53,959 SEE TRUST IN IN THE MAYOR'S 715 00:24:53,959 --> 00:24:55,627 WORK. AND YOU ALSO SEE TRUST IN 716 00:24:55,627 --> 00:24:56,862 SDOT. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE 717 00:24:56,862 --> 00:25:00,198 TO DO TODAY IS BE ABLE TO ASPECT 718 00:25:00,198 --> 00:25:02,200 AND LET'S BUILD TRUST. LET'S, 719 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:03,134 LET'S BUILD THOSE BRIDGES THAT 720 00:25:03,134 --> 00:25:04,870 NEED TO BE THAT NEED TO HAPPEN 721 00:25:04,870 --> 00:25:06,705 WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND LET'S 722 00:25:06,705 --> 00:25:07,639 MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK TOWARDS 723 00:25:07,639 --> 00:25:09,341 VISION ZERO. AND IN 2030, WE 724 00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:10,475 HAVE ZERO DEATHS. YOU KNOW, 725 00:25:10,475 --> 00:25:13,144 THAT'S NOT ASPIRATIONAL. 726 00:25:13,144 --> 00:25:14,246 THAT'S A POLICY. AND WE HAVE A 727 00:25:14,246 --> 00:25:15,714 POLICY PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE 728 00:25:15,714 --> 00:25:17,449 SOLVED BY A MANAGEMENT ISSUES. 729 00:25:17,449 --> 00:25:19,050 AND WHEN WE SEE MANAGEMENT 730 00:25:19,050 --> 00:25:21,386 ISSUES, THAT'S YOUR JOB. AND SO 731 00:25:21,386 --> 00:25:22,554 WHEN I TAKE AWAY THE TAKE AWAY 732 00:25:22,554 --> 00:25:24,756 TODAY, WHEN YOU ASK QUESTIONS, 733 00:25:24,756 --> 00:25:26,591 ASK ABOUT THE PROACTIVE STUFF 734 00:25:26,591 --> 00:25:29,027 THAT'S HAPPENING, THE FATAL 735 00:25:29,027 --> 00:25:33,732 RESPONSE SYSTEMS, THE ASPECTS OF 736 00:25:33,732 --> 00:25:34,199 HARDENING, HARDENING, 737 00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:36,101 DAYLIGHTING, INTERSECTIONS, WHY? 738 00:25:36,101 --> 00:25:37,168 THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I 739 00:25:37,168 --> 00:25:39,337 HAD WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY 740 00:25:39,337 --> 00:25:40,438 WARMING UP FOR THAT BASEBALL 741 00:25:40,438 --> 00:25:41,606 GAME. SO THANK YOU AND GOOD. 742 00:25:41,606 --> 00:25:42,540 GOOD LUCK TODAY. 743 00:25:42,540 --> 00:25:46,211 -- THANK YOU. TYLER. 744 00:25:46,211 --> 00:25:48,680 -- WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR 745 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,383 REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTERS. FIRST 746 00:25:51,383 --> 00:25:53,919 ON THE LIST IS SARAH SCHACHT. 747 00:25:53,919 --> 00:25:57,489 AFTER SARAH, WE'LL HEAR FROM 748 00:25:57,489 --> 00:25:58,056 BILLY HEATHERINGTON. SARAH, 749 00:25:58,056 --> 00:26:08,567 PLEASE HIT STAR SIX TO TALK. 750 00:26:09,734 --> 00:26:12,771 -- I'M A RESIDENT OF SEATTLE 751 00:26:12,771 --> 00:26:14,906 MAPLE LEAF NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M 752 00:26:14,906 --> 00:26:17,375 COMMENTING TODAY REGARDING THE 753 00:26:17,375 --> 00:26:20,278 MAPLE LEAF, PINEHURST OR 754 00:26:20,278 --> 00:26:21,112 ROOSEVELT PINEHURST SAFETY PLAN, 755 00:26:21,112 --> 00:26:23,582 WHICH HAS NOT BEEN CLEARLY 756 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:25,717 COMMUNICATED TO THE COMMUNITY 757 00:26:25,717 --> 00:26:28,186 AND AYE. A LOT OF THE DETAILS OF 758 00:26:28,186 --> 00:26:30,956 THE PLAN. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE 759 00:26:30,956 --> 00:26:33,391 FILED A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST 760 00:26:33,391 --> 00:26:34,192 WITH SCOTT AND HAVE BEEN 761 00:26:34,192 --> 00:26:36,127 STONEWALLED. I FIND THIS 762 00:26:36,127 --> 00:26:36,761 INTERESTING BECAUSE I HAVE OVER 763 00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:37,796 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN OPEN 764 00:26:37,796 --> 00:26:40,065 GOVERNMENT AND TRANSPARENCY, 765 00:26:40,065 --> 00:26:41,466 WORKING WITH GOVERNMENTS AROUND 766 00:26:41,466 --> 00:26:43,301 THE WORLD, AND THAT ASSAD IS 767 00:26:43,301 --> 00:26:44,669 USING A COMMON TACTIC TO STALL 768 00:26:44,669 --> 00:26:48,173 AND DELAY. THEY HAVE NOT POSTED 769 00:26:48,173 --> 00:26:51,042 THE ACTUAL REPORTS OF COMMUNITY 770 00:26:51,042 --> 00:26:53,545 FINDINGS AND HAVE NOT TASTED 771 00:26:53,545 --> 00:26:55,313 IMPACT ON PARKING ON THE 772 00:26:55,313 --> 00:26:57,048 SURROUNDING AREA, AND HOW THIS 773 00:26:57,048 --> 00:26:59,985 WOULD IMPACT THE DENSEST AREA IN 774 00:26:59,985 --> 00:27:03,488 MAPLE ALONG ROOSEVELT WAY, WITH 775 00:27:03,488 --> 00:27:06,391 THE LOWEST INCOME RESIDENTS, WHO 776 00:27:06,391 --> 00:27:07,392 ARE OFTENTIMES NEW TO THE UNITED 777 00:27:07,392 --> 00:27:10,261 STATES AND LIVING IN THESE LOWER 778 00:27:10,261 --> 00:27:12,831 INCOME, DENSER HOUSING. WE 779 00:27:12,831 --> 00:27:15,000 ALREADY SEE WHERE CONFLICTS OR 780 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,303 ACCESS TO EMERGENCY SERVICES IS 781 00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:20,005 HAMPERED BY DELIVERIES. USING 782 00:27:20,005 --> 00:27:22,674 OUR MULTIFAMILY DRIVEWAYS ON 783 00:27:22,674 --> 00:27:24,676 ROOSEVELT INSTEAD OF PARKING, 784 00:27:24,676 --> 00:27:25,910 AND OVER 90% OF THE PARKING IN 785 00:27:25,910 --> 00:27:27,245 THIS AREA WILL BE REMOVED BY 786 00:27:27,245 --> 00:27:31,816 THIS PROJECT. WE CAN, WE ASSUME 787 00:27:31,816 --> 00:27:34,052 THAT THERE WILL BE HIGHER LEVELS 788 00:27:34,052 --> 00:27:36,154 OF CONFLICT, THAT THESE PARKING. 789 00:27:36,154 --> 00:27:39,357 THESE DRIVERS WILL BE BLOCKED BY 790 00:27:39,357 --> 00:27:41,259 DELIVERIES AND THAT THIS WILL 791 00:27:41,259 --> 00:27:42,927 LEAD TO SPILLAGE OF PARKING 792 00:27:42,927 --> 00:27:44,362 ENFORCEMENT, PARKING ONTO SIDE 793 00:27:44,362 --> 00:27:46,498 STREETS WHICH DO NOT HAVE 794 00:27:46,498 --> 00:27:49,901 SIDEWALKS, AND PEDESTRIAN 795 00:27:49,901 --> 00:27:51,736 DANGERS. IT IS SOMETHING THAT 796 00:27:51,736 --> 00:27:53,405 DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AS TAKEN 797 00:27:53,405 --> 00:27:56,608 INTO ACCOUNT BY SDOT. AND SO 798 00:27:56,608 --> 00:27:57,976 I'M ASKING THIS COMMITTEE ONE 799 00:27:57,976 --> 00:27:58,676 TO REQUEST AS NOT TO RELEASE ITS 800 00:27:58,676 --> 00:28:00,178 REPORTS AND FINDINGS FROM ITS 801 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:00,879 RESEARCH. IT'S GONE OVER THE 802 00:28:00,879 --> 00:28:01,246 LAST YEAR AND. 803 00:28:01,246 --> 00:28:03,048 -- A HALF. 804 00:28:03,048 --> 00:28:05,950 -- AND AGE WITH RESIDENTS ALONG 805 00:28:05,950 --> 00:28:07,819 ROOSEVELT WAY ON THE IMPACT THAT 806 00:28:07,819 --> 00:28:10,588 THEY WILL SEE AND NOT TO DELAY 807 00:28:10,588 --> 00:28:11,189 THESE FINDINGS AND ENGAGEMENT 808 00:28:11,189 --> 00:28:12,691 SINCE WORK BEGINS IN JANUARY, 809 00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:17,062 AND WE'VE ONLY BEEN TOLD. 810 00:28:17,062 --> 00:28:19,364 -- THANK YOU, SIR. 811 00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:21,099 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 812 00:28:21,099 --> 00:28:22,033 BILLY HEATHERINGTON. AFTER 813 00:28:22,033 --> 00:28:23,601 BILLY, WE'LL HEAR FROM GORDON 814 00:28:23,601 --> 00:28:25,537 PADELFORD. BILLY, PLEASE HIT 815 00:28:25,537 --> 00:28:32,243 STAR SIX. 816 00:28:32,243 --> 00:28:33,978 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR AND MEMBERS 817 00:28:33,978 --> 00:28:35,380 OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS 818 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:37,082 BILLY HEATHERINGTON. I'M THE 819 00:28:37,082 --> 00:28:38,583 POLITICAL DIRECTOR FOR LIUNA 820 00:28:38,583 --> 00:28:40,051 LOCAL 242 AND SERVE AS THE 821 00:28:40,051 --> 00:28:40,618 PRESIDENT OF THE WASHINGTON 822 00:28:40,618 --> 00:28:42,721 STATE GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION. I 823 00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:45,423 JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO ITEM TWO, 824 00:28:45,423 --> 00:28:45,957 THE RESOLUTION APPOINTING 825 00:28:45,957 --> 00:28:47,459 MEMBERS OF THE TASK FUNDING TASK 826 00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:50,495 FORCE, WHICH I AM A PART OF, AND 827 00:28:50,495 --> 00:28:52,831 I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF 828 00:28:52,831 --> 00:28:54,766 DURING THE PROCESS. THEY'VE 829 00:28:54,766 --> 00:28:55,266 BEEN VERY ATTENTIVE AND 830 00:28:55,266 --> 00:28:56,034 RESPONSIVE TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT 831 00:28:56,034 --> 00:28:58,002 I MIGHT HAVE HAD, AND JUST 832 00:28:58,002 --> 00:29:00,338 THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 833 00:29:00,338 --> 00:29:02,740 TO SERVE IN THIS BODY THROUGHOUT 834 00:29:02,740 --> 00:29:03,741 MY CAREER AS A LABORER, I WORKED 835 00:29:03,741 --> 00:29:06,077 ON SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT WERE 836 00:29:06,077 --> 00:29:09,247 FUNDED BY SEATTLE TAXPAYERS 837 00:29:09,247 --> 00:29:11,750 AROUND ADA, ACCESSIBILITY SAFETY 838 00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:13,118 MEASURES IN AND AROUND THE 839 00:29:13,118 --> 00:29:15,587 SEATTLE AREA. AND SO JUST REALLY 840 00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:16,588 HAPPY THAT I CAN BRING THAT 841 00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:17,589 EXPERIENCE, COUPLED WITH THE 842 00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:19,824 EXPERIENCE I'VE HAD WORKING 843 00:29:19,824 --> 00:29:21,693 WITH WITH LIUNA TO THIS TASK 844 00:29:21,693 --> 00:29:24,963 FORCE. SO LASTLY, JUST A QUICK 845 00:29:24,963 --> 00:29:25,997 NOTE FOR STAFF. I JUST WANTED TO 846 00:29:25,997 --> 00:29:28,399 CORRECT THE MY LAST NAME IS NOT 847 00:29:28,399 --> 00:29:30,769 SPELLED WITH AN A, IT'S HETH. 848 00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:31,069 THANK YOU. 849 00:29:31,069 --> 00:29:35,173 -- THANK YOU, MR. HETHERINGTON. 850 00:29:35,173 --> 00:29:38,643 -- OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS GORDON 851 00:29:38,643 --> 00:29:40,712 PADELFORD GORDON. PLEASE HIT 852 00:29:40,712 --> 00:29:48,920 STAR SIX. 853 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:49,554 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 854 00:29:49,554 --> 00:29:51,523 MY NAME IS GORDON PADELFORD, THE 855 00:29:51,523 --> 00:29:52,056 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 856 00:29:52,056 --> 00:29:53,358 SEATTLE STREETS ALLIANCE. AND 857 00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:54,459 I'M JUST CALLING IN TO SAY 858 00:29:54,459 --> 00:29:57,962 THANK YOU FOR KEEPING A FOCUS ON 859 00:29:57,962 --> 00:29:59,697 VISION ZERO AND MAKING SURE 860 00:29:59,697 --> 00:30:01,232 EVERYONE GETS HOME SAFELY. MY 861 00:30:01,232 --> 00:30:03,101 HEART GOES OUT TO MEREDITH 862 00:30:03,101 --> 00:30:05,136 FAMILY, WHO'S IN ATTENDANCE 863 00:30:05,136 --> 00:30:06,838 TODAY. WE NEED TO PREVENT 864 00:30:06,838 --> 00:30:07,372 TRAGEDIES LIKE THAT FROM 865 00:30:07,372 --> 00:30:08,239 OCCURRING. EVERYONE SHOULD BE 866 00:30:08,239 --> 00:30:09,908 ABLE TO GET HOME SAFELY TO THEIR 867 00:30:09,908 --> 00:30:13,511 LOVED ONES. I WANT TO CALL OUT 868 00:30:13,511 --> 00:30:14,145 SPECIFICALLY ONE STRATEGY THAT 869 00:30:14,145 --> 00:30:15,346 WE'VE BEEN EMPHASIZING THAT WE 870 00:30:15,346 --> 00:30:17,448 FEEL LIKE WOULD HAVE SAVED LIVES 871 00:30:17,448 --> 00:30:19,250 THIS YEAR AND IN PREVIOUS YEARS, 872 00:30:19,250 --> 00:30:21,519 AND IT IS SORT OF A OBSCURE 873 00:30:21,519 --> 00:30:22,754 STRATEGY, BUT IT MAKES A REAL 874 00:30:22,754 --> 00:30:24,856 DIFFERENCE, WHICH IS TRUCK SIDE 875 00:30:24,856 --> 00:30:28,660 GUARDS, YOU KNOW, THE US D.O.T. 876 00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:30,895 REPORTS THAT, YOU KNOW, LARGE 877 00:30:30,895 --> 00:30:34,332 TRUCKS COMPRISE ONLY 4% OF 878 00:30:34,332 --> 00:30:35,066 VEHICLES, BUT 8% OF PEDESTRIAN 879 00:30:35,066 --> 00:30:37,135 FATALITIES AND 11% OF PEOPLE 880 00:30:37,135 --> 00:30:38,469 BIKING WHO ARE KILLED ARE 881 00:30:38,469 --> 00:30:39,871 INVOLVED WITH A LARGE VEHICLE. 882 00:30:39,871 --> 00:30:42,440 AND WE KNOW THAT 50% OF PEOPLE 883 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,243 BIKING IN 25% OF PEOPLE WALKING 884 00:30:45,243 --> 00:30:47,478 ARE ACTUALLY HIT BY THE SIDE OF 885 00:30:47,478 --> 00:30:48,213 THE TRUCK FIRST BEFORE THEY ARE 886 00:30:48,213 --> 00:30:48,846 KILLED BY THAT TRUCK. THE TRUCK 887 00:30:48,846 --> 00:30:54,452 SIDE GUARDS HAVE A REAL POSITIVE 888 00:30:54,452 --> 00:30:56,588 SAFETY BENEFIT FATALITY RATE FOR 889 00:30:56,588 --> 00:31:00,425 PEOPLE BIKING AND WALKING. 890 00:31:00,425 --> 00:31:02,594 DECREASED 61% AND 20%, 891 00:31:02,594 --> 00:31:03,127 RESPECTIVELY, FOLLOWING A 892 00:31:03,127 --> 00:31:04,596 NATIONAL SIDE GUARD 893 00:31:04,596 --> 00:31:05,196 IMPLEMENTATION IN THE UNITED 894 00:31:05,196 --> 00:31:06,865 KINGDOM IN THE 1980s. 895 00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:08,766 FORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T WAIT FOR 896 00:31:08,766 --> 00:31:10,301 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HERE IN 897 00:31:10,301 --> 00:31:11,970 THE UNITED STATES FOR OBVIOUS 898 00:31:11,970 --> 00:31:12,770 REASONS. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO DO 899 00:31:12,770 --> 00:31:15,607 WHAT WE CAN LOCALLY AND THE 900 00:31:15,607 --> 00:31:18,509 STATE LEVEL. SO I APPRECIATE THE 901 00:31:18,509 --> 00:31:19,177 COUNCIL'S PENSION DIVISION ZERO 902 00:31:19,177 --> 00:31:20,945 AND ATTENTION ON PROVEN SAFETY 903 00:31:20,945 --> 00:31:23,114 COUNTERMEASURES. YOU KNOW, 904 00:31:23,114 --> 00:31:24,048 THERE'S NO ONE SILVER BULLET. 905 00:31:24,048 --> 00:31:26,484 IT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE SUITE 906 00:31:26,484 --> 00:31:27,585 OF STRATEGIES THAT HELP KEEP 907 00:31:27,585 --> 00:31:28,453 PEOPLE SAFE ON OUR STREETS. 908 00:31:28,453 --> 00:31:33,091 THANK YOU. 909 00:31:33,091 --> 00:31:33,758 -- THANK YOU, GORDON. 910 00:31:33,758 --> 00:31:34,759 -- CHAIR, THAT WAS OUR FINAL 911 00:31:34,759 --> 00:31:36,060 PUBLIC COMMENTER. 912 00:31:36,060 --> 00:31:37,095 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IF 913 00:31:37,095 --> 00:31:38,196 THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLIC 914 00:31:38,196 --> 00:31:39,964 COMMENTERS SIGNED UP, WE WILL 915 00:31:39,964 --> 00:31:40,965 NOW MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF 916 00:31:40,965 --> 00:31:42,600 BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 917 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:47,572 READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD 918 00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:49,941 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE BRIEFING AND 919 00:31:49,941 --> 00:31:50,575 DISCUSSION SEATTLE SAFER STREETS 920 00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:52,911 ACT DRAFT REVIEW OF TRAFFIC 921 00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:54,445 SAFETY LEGISLATION. 922 00:31:54,445 --> 00:31:56,381 -- THANK YOU AND LOOKS LIKE OUR 923 00:31:56,381 --> 00:31:57,015 PRESENTERS HAVE ALREADY JOINED 924 00:31:57,015 --> 00:32:01,352 US AT THE TABLE. WELCOME. BEFORE 925 00:32:01,352 --> 00:32:01,986 INTRODUCING YOURSELVES, I WANT 926 00:32:01,986 --> 00:32:05,023 TO TAKE A MOMENT TO BRIEFLY PUT 927 00:32:05,023 --> 00:32:05,657 THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THIS 928 00:32:05,657 --> 00:32:10,028 CRITICAL WORK ON THE RECORD. SO 929 00:32:10,028 --> 00:32:12,330 AS I HOPE IS CLEAR, TRAFFIC 930 00:32:12,330 --> 00:32:13,598 SAFETY IS MY HIGHEST PRIORITY AS 931 00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:17,735 CHAIR, AS PART OF OUR BROADER 932 00:32:17,735 --> 00:32:18,202 PUBLIC SAFETY CHARTER 933 00:32:18,202 --> 00:32:20,772 RESPONSIBILITY. AND MY OFFICE 934 00:32:20,772 --> 00:32:23,074 HAS INITIATED THIS LEGISLATIVE 935 00:32:23,074 --> 00:32:23,708 WORK STREAM BACK IN JANUARY OF 936 00:32:23,708 --> 00:32:27,512 THIS YEAR, AND APPRECIATE THAT 937 00:32:27,512 --> 00:32:30,081 CENTRAL STAFF HAS DEVELOPED AN 938 00:32:30,081 --> 00:32:31,482 INITIAL DRAFT THROUGH LATE 939 00:32:31,482 --> 00:32:34,552 APRIL, AND A FEW WEEKS LATER, WE 940 00:32:34,552 --> 00:32:36,821 NEEDED TO TEMPORARILY PAUSE THE 941 00:32:36,821 --> 00:32:38,823 TO FOCUS ON THE SEATTLE TRANSIT 942 00:32:38,823 --> 00:32:40,391 MEASURE, INCLUDING 30 PLUS 943 00:32:40,391 --> 00:32:46,030 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND IN JULY, 944 00:32:46,030 --> 00:32:48,166 AFTER THE. THE MEASURE WORK 945 00:32:48,166 --> 00:32:51,336 STREAM CONCLUDED. MY OFFICE 946 00:32:51,336 --> 00:32:52,103 DIRECTED THAT WORK RESUME AND 947 00:32:52,103 --> 00:32:54,672 PROVIDED SUBSTANTIVE POLICY 948 00:32:54,672 --> 00:32:57,976 DIRECTION FOR A SIGNIFICANTLY 949 00:32:57,976 --> 00:32:58,543 STRENGTHENED TRAFFIC SAFETY 950 00:32:58,543 --> 00:32:59,177 PACKAGE ON AUGUST 5th, CENTRAL 951 00:32:59,177 --> 00:33:01,846 STAFF AND I AGREED THAT UPDATED 952 00:33:01,846 --> 00:33:04,048 DRAFTS WOULD BE DEVELOPED FOR 953 00:33:04,048 --> 00:33:05,149 REVIEW AT TODAY'S COMMITTEE 954 00:33:05,149 --> 00:33:06,984 MEETING AND ALSO EARLIER THIS 955 00:33:06,984 --> 00:33:08,419 MONTH TO HELP MEET THAT 956 00:33:08,419 --> 00:33:11,889 DEADLINE, I DECIDED TO SLIGHTLY 957 00:33:11,889 --> 00:33:12,724 NARROW THE FOCUS AND SCOPE OF 958 00:33:12,724 --> 00:33:15,593 THE INITIAL PACKAGE, BUT STILL 959 00:33:15,593 --> 00:33:17,762 PUT FORTH COMPREHENSIVE 960 00:33:17,762 --> 00:33:19,664 LEGISLATION SO WE COULD ADVANCE 961 00:33:19,664 --> 00:33:20,264 STRONG PRIORITY REFORMS THIS 962 00:33:20,264 --> 00:33:21,666 YEAR, STARTING THIS YEAR, AND 963 00:33:21,666 --> 00:33:23,868 BUILD UPON THAT LATER. RETURNING 964 00:33:23,868 --> 00:33:24,502 TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL MEASURES 965 00:33:24,502 --> 00:33:29,140 AND CONCEPTS IN 27 AND BEYOND. 966 00:33:29,140 --> 00:33:33,478 SO I TOTALLY RECOGNIZE THAT THIS 967 00:33:33,478 --> 00:33:35,413 IS A COMPLEX. LEGISLATION 968 00:33:35,413 --> 00:33:35,947 LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE ON A 969 00:33:35,947 --> 00:33:37,348 COMPRESSED TIMELINE. AND I 970 00:33:37,348 --> 00:33:39,650 APPRECIATE CENTRAL STAFF'S 971 00:33:39,650 --> 00:33:41,753 DILIGENT WORK AND STRONG 972 00:33:41,753 --> 00:33:43,521 PARTNERSHIP ON THIS. THAT SAID, 973 00:33:43,521 --> 00:33:45,256 THE PACKAGE WE. WE EXPECTED TO 974 00:33:45,256 --> 00:33:46,924 HAVE BEFORE US TODAY IS NOT YET 975 00:33:46,924 --> 00:33:49,160 COMPLETE. SO TODAY'S INITIAL 976 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:50,828 BRIEFING, THEREFORE MARKS 977 00:33:50,828 --> 00:33:53,030 SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, BUT IS NOT 978 00:33:53,030 --> 00:33:55,833 THE FINISH LINE. OF COURSE. AND 979 00:33:55,833 --> 00:33:58,069 I EXPECT US TO COMPLETE THE 980 00:33:58,069 --> 00:33:59,337 REMAINING WORK PROMPTLY AND 981 00:33:59,337 --> 00:34:01,272 MAINTAIN THE URGENCY. THIS ISSUE 982 00:34:01,272 --> 00:34:03,107 DEMANDS. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN 983 00:34:03,107 --> 00:34:07,879 IT OVER TO CENTRAL STAFF ONCE 984 00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:08,446 AGAIN. PLEASE DO INTRODUCE 985 00:34:08,446 --> 00:34:09,047 YOURSELVES AND BEGIN YOUR 986 00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:11,649 PRESENTATION. 987 00:34:11,649 --> 00:34:12,784 -- GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. AMANDA 988 00:34:12,784 --> 00:34:14,619 ALLEN WITH CENTRAL STAFF. 989 00:34:14,619 --> 00:34:15,253 -- I'M CALVIN CHAO, COUNCIL 990 00:34:15,253 --> 00:34:20,057 CENTRAL STAFF 991 00:34:20,057 --> 00:34:23,861 -- SHOULD WE JUMP RIGHT IN? 992 00:34:23,861 --> 00:34:31,903 -- YEAH. 993 00:34:32,136 --> 00:34:40,044 -- OKAY. TODAY WE'RE TALKING 994 00:34:40,044 --> 00:34:42,880 ABOUT THE SEATTLE SAFER STREETS 995 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,183 ACT. THAT COUNCILMEMBER THAT THE 996 00:34:45,183 --> 00:34:47,819 CHAIR CHAIR SAKA HAS PUT 997 00:34:47,819 --> 00:34:49,787 TOGETHER. I'LL WALK THROUGH 998 00:34:49,787 --> 00:34:51,956 SOME OF THE DRAFT CONCEPTS THAT 999 00:34:51,956 --> 00:34:53,925 WE, THE DRAFT ORDINANCES AND 1000 00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:55,159 SOME OF THE OTHER COP. ANOTHER 1001 00:34:55,159 --> 00:34:57,261 CONCEPT THAT HASN'T YET BEEN 1002 00:34:57,261 --> 00:34:59,764 DRAFTED INTO AN ORDINANCE AND 1003 00:34:59,764 --> 00:35:03,234 JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF AN 1004 00:35:03,234 --> 00:35:05,670 OVERVIEW. IF I CAN MOVE TO THE 1005 00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:14,612 NEXT SCREEN. 1006 00:35:14,612 --> 00:35:22,353 -- OKAY. OKAY. 1007 00:35:22,353 --> 00:35:24,188 -- SO THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS 1008 00:35:24,188 --> 00:35:26,357 TO THE SAFER STREETS ACT. THERE 1009 00:35:26,357 --> 00:35:28,459 IS A DRAFT TRAFFIC SAFETY 1010 00:35:28,459 --> 00:35:31,362 ORDINANCE, A DRAFT ORDINANCE 1011 00:35:31,362 --> 00:35:33,865 THAT SPEAKS TO COMBINING 1012 00:35:33,865 --> 00:35:35,967 RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE TRAFFIC 1013 00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:40,771 SAFETY OR SORRY, CHIEF SAFETY 1014 00:35:40,771 --> 00:35:42,507 OFFICER AND TRAFFIC ENGINEER. 1015 00:35:42,507 --> 00:35:43,474 AND THEN A CONCEPT THAT WE WANT 1016 00:35:43,474 --> 00:35:46,744 TO TALK ABOUT RELATED TO 1017 00:35:46,744 --> 00:35:52,984 REQUIRING TRUCK SIDE GUARDS. THE 1018 00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:54,185 FIRST PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS 1019 00:35:54,185 --> 00:35:55,553 THE THAT I'M GOING TO TALK 1020 00:35:55,553 --> 00:35:59,257 ABOUT IS THE TRAFFIC SAFETY 1021 00:35:59,257 --> 00:36:01,859 ORDINANCE. SO THIS LEGISLATION 1022 00:36:01,859 --> 00:36:04,028 PROPOSES CHANGES TO THE 1023 00:36:04,028 --> 00:36:06,497 MUNICIPAL CODE WORKING TO CODIFY 1024 00:36:06,497 --> 00:36:10,067 THE CITY'S VISION ZERO PLAN AND 1025 00:36:10,067 --> 00:36:12,170 TO CODIFY THE USE AND RELIANCE 1026 00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:14,205 ON THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF 1027 00:36:14,205 --> 00:36:17,742 TRANSPORTATION SAFE SYSTEMS 1028 00:36:17,742 --> 00:36:21,245 APPROACH. AS VISION ZERO. 1029 00:36:21,245 --> 00:36:26,684 PROGRAM WAS FIRST LAUNCHED IN 1030 00:36:26,684 --> 00:36:27,318 2015 AS A FRAMEWORK TO EVOLVE 1031 00:36:27,318 --> 00:36:29,887 OUR APPROACH BASED ON BEST 1032 00:36:29,887 --> 00:36:32,823 PRACTICES AND EVALUATION OF OUR 1033 00:36:32,823 --> 00:36:34,258 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK WITH AN 1034 00:36:34,258 --> 00:36:35,526 OVERARCHING GOAL TO END TRAFFIC 1035 00:36:35,526 --> 00:36:37,728 DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON 1036 00:36:37,728 --> 00:36:43,367 CITY STREETS BY 2030. THIS 1037 00:36:43,367 --> 00:36:46,470 SEATTLE SPECIFIC PLAN IS BASED 1038 00:36:46,470 --> 00:36:48,105 ON THE SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH. 1039 00:36:48,105 --> 00:36:50,408 THE SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH IS A 1040 00:36:50,408 --> 00:36:55,213 FRAMEWORK THAT USDOT HAS CREATED 1041 00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:57,782 FOR SAFETY OR SORRY, FOR 1042 00:36:57,782 --> 00:37:00,384 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY, CENTERED 1043 00:37:00,384 --> 00:37:01,619 ON THE IDEA THAT THERE ARE 1044 00:37:01,619 --> 00:37:04,755 MULTIPLE LAYERS OF PROTECTION TO 1045 00:37:04,755 --> 00:37:07,124 PREVENT COLLISIONS FROM 1046 00:37:07,124 --> 00:37:09,126 OCCURRING AND TO REDUCE THEIR 1047 00:37:09,126 --> 00:37:11,629 SEVERITY. THUS, THEIR SEVERITY, 1048 00:37:11,629 --> 00:37:13,097 SEVERITY WHEN THEY DO OCCUR, 1049 00:37:13,097 --> 00:37:15,666 IT'S BASED ON SIX PRINCIPLES 1050 00:37:15,666 --> 00:37:17,635 ONE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURIES 1051 00:37:17,635 --> 00:37:21,906 ARE UNACCEPTABLE. TWO HUMANS DO 1052 00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:25,743 MAKE MISTAKES. THREE HUMANS ARE 1053 00:37:25,743 --> 00:37:27,612 VULNERABLE. RESPONSIBILITY IS 1054 00:37:27,612 --> 00:37:29,780 SHARED. FIVE THAT SAFETY IS 1055 00:37:29,780 --> 00:37:32,450 PROACTIVE. AND THE SIXTH IS THAT 1056 00:37:32,450 --> 00:37:36,087 REDUNDANCY IS CRUCIAL SO THE 1057 00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:40,291 LEGISLATION DRAFT THAT YOU ALL 1058 00:37:40,291 --> 00:37:43,628 HAVE. SEEKS TO WORK. THE VISION. 1059 00:37:43,628 --> 00:37:45,930 REFERENCES TO VISION ZERO AND 1060 00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:48,165 THE SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH 1061 00:37:48,165 --> 00:37:49,333 THROUGHOUT THE. THE CODE THAT 1062 00:37:49,333 --> 00:37:55,973 SDOT NEEDS TO FOLLOW. IN SECTION 1063 00:37:55,973 --> 00:37:58,442 THREE, THERE'S ALSO A REFERENCE 1064 00:37:58,442 --> 00:38:01,879 REQUESTING THAT WASHINGTON STATE 1065 00:38:01,879 --> 00:38:02,480 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 1066 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:06,384 RETURN FEEDBACK ON SDOT ON. ON 1067 00:38:06,384 --> 00:38:10,187 AND OFF RAMP DESIGNS WITHIN 180 1068 00:38:10,187 --> 00:38:15,993 DAYS. AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT 1069 00:38:15,993 --> 00:38:17,094 THROUGHOUT THE LEGISLATION, 1070 00:38:17,094 --> 00:38:20,498 YOU'LL SEE THAT IT WORKS TO IN 1071 00:38:20,498 --> 00:38:22,600 INFUSE THE VISION ZERO AND SAFE 1072 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:23,167 SYSTEMS APPROACH THROUGHOUT 1073 00:38:23,167 --> 00:38:24,802 STATES PLANNING, OPERATIONS AND 1074 00:38:24,802 --> 00:38:28,739 MAINTENANCE WORK. LAST AND LAST 1075 00:38:28,739 --> 00:38:32,476 ON THIS SLIDE, THE LEGISLATION 1076 00:38:32,476 --> 00:38:34,912 WORKS TO LEVERAGE THE CITY'S 1077 00:38:34,912 --> 00:38:37,381 RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY INDEX 1078 00:38:37,381 --> 00:38:37,948 FOR INVESTMENTS TO ADDRESS 1079 00:38:37,948 --> 00:38:39,850 ISSUES IDENTIFIED VIA THE HIGH 1080 00:38:39,850 --> 00:38:44,689 INJURY NETWORK. THE HIGH INJURY 1081 00:38:44,689 --> 00:38:48,159 NETWORK IS SDOT TRACKING OF 1082 00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:50,494 COLLISIONS AND RATING OF THE 1083 00:38:50,494 --> 00:38:55,700 SEVERITY OF COLLISIONS. IT 1084 00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:57,968 EXCLUDES PARKING COLLISIONS THAT 1085 00:38:57,968 --> 00:39:00,571 TOOK PLACE WHEN CARS WERE BEING 1086 00:39:00,571 --> 00:39:02,640 PARKED OR REAR ENDED, AND IT 1087 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:05,810 ALSO FACTORS IN THE SEVERITY OF 1088 00:39:05,810 --> 00:39:13,250 INJURIES THAT THAT TOOK PLACE. 1089 00:39:13,250 --> 00:39:15,386 THE LEGISLATION GOES ON TO JUST 1090 00:39:15,386 --> 00:39:18,155 CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENT AND THE 1091 00:39:18,155 --> 00:39:20,825 NEED TO PROTECT VULNERABLE 1092 00:39:20,825 --> 00:39:23,661 USERS. WE WOULD SAY PEDESTRIANS, 1093 00:39:23,661 --> 00:39:30,668 ANYBODY ROLLING. WHETHER IT'S 1094 00:39:30,668 --> 00:39:32,036 ELECTRIC, MICROMOBILITY OR A 1095 00:39:32,036 --> 00:39:34,371 BICYCLE OR A WHEELCHAIR PERSON 1096 00:39:34,371 --> 00:39:35,806 IN A WHEELCHAIR WOULD ALL BE 1097 00:39:35,806 --> 00:39:38,242 CONSIDERED UNDER THOSE 1098 00:39:38,242 --> 00:39:40,478 VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND ALSO 1099 00:39:40,478 --> 00:39:42,980 SPECIFICALLY ADDS REFERENCES TO 1100 00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:46,650 SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES, SUCH AS 1101 00:39:46,650 --> 00:39:48,686 LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS. NO 1102 00:39:48,686 --> 00:39:52,156 TURN ON RED RESTRICTIONS AND 1103 00:39:52,156 --> 00:39:56,060 DAYLIGHTING INTERSECTIONS. AND 1104 00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:57,261 IT ALSO WORKS TO CLARIFY THE 1105 00:39:57,261 --> 00:40:00,598 DIMENSIONS OF DATA COLLECTION IT 1106 00:40:00,598 --> 00:40:04,135 CODIFIES THE COLLECTION OF WHERE 1107 00:40:04,135 --> 00:40:04,769 THESE COUNTERMEASURES ARE BEING 1108 00:40:04,769 --> 00:40:07,371 INSTALLED AND HELPS TO MAKE 1109 00:40:07,371 --> 00:40:15,646 PUBLIC THAT DATA. THE PIECES OF 1110 00:40:15,646 --> 00:40:17,548 THE LEGISLATION THAT ARE STILL 1111 00:40:17,548 --> 00:40:21,585 UNDER DEVELOPMENT THAT THE 1112 00:40:21,585 --> 00:40:24,355 COUNCILMEMBER IS INTERESTED IN, 1113 00:40:24,355 --> 00:40:26,190 ONE WOULD MAKE A REQUIREMENT 1114 00:40:26,190 --> 00:40:29,393 THAT SDOT ADD INTERSECTION AT 1115 00:40:29,393 --> 00:40:32,663 INTERSECTIONS. DAYLIGHTING ALSO, 1116 00:40:32,663 --> 00:40:36,967 THAT SDOT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO 1117 00:40:36,967 --> 00:40:39,436 PERFORM VISION ZERO REVIEWS ON 1118 00:40:39,436 --> 00:40:41,672 ALL PROJECTS WITH THE ABILITY TO 1119 00:40:41,672 --> 00:40:45,009 REQUEST DESIGN REVISIONS PRIOR 1120 00:40:45,009 --> 00:40:48,412 TO APPROVAL OR FINALIZATION OF 1121 00:40:48,412 --> 00:40:50,714 THE PROJECT. AND LASTLY, 1122 00:40:50,714 --> 00:40:53,451 REQUIRES THE CODIFICATION OF 1123 00:40:53,451 --> 00:40:57,321 POST-CRASH POST CRASH SAFETY 1124 00:40:57,321 --> 00:41:05,863 REVIEWS. COUNCIL MEMBER, ARE YOU 1125 00:41:05,863 --> 00:41:07,097 INTERESTED IN. I'LL JUST GO 1126 00:41:07,097 --> 00:41:09,767 THROUGH ALL THE. THE WHOLE 1127 00:41:09,767 --> 00:41:11,602 PRESENTATION. YEAH, YEAH. 1128 00:41:11,602 --> 00:41:12,469 -- THAT SOUNDS GREAT. AND THEN 1129 00:41:12,469 --> 00:41:13,904 WE'LL TAKE COMMENTS. QUESTIONS 1130 00:41:13,904 --> 00:41:16,340 RIGHT AFTER THAT. OKAY. I MIGHT 1131 00:41:16,340 --> 00:41:20,044 CHIME IN WITH A FEW PIECES OF 1132 00:41:20,044 --> 00:41:21,846 ADDITIONAL EXPLANATORY CONTEXT 1133 00:41:21,846 --> 00:41:25,683 AS NEEDED, BUT LET'S JUST PRESS. 1134 00:41:25,683 --> 00:41:25,883 OKAY. 1135 00:41:25,883 --> 00:41:26,884 -- THANK YOU. 1136 00:41:26,884 --> 00:41:27,952 -- SO THE SECOND PIECE OF 1137 00:41:27,952 --> 00:41:29,453 LEGISLATION THAT YOU HAVE IN 1138 00:41:29,453 --> 00:41:35,159 DRAFT FORM WORKS TO COMBINE THE 1139 00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:36,494 POSITION, RESPONSIBILITIES. AS I 1140 00:41:36,494 --> 00:41:39,263 MENTIONED, THE CHIEF 1141 00:41:39,263 --> 00:41:39,897 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY OFFICER, 1142 00:41:39,897 --> 00:41:41,699 OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES WOULD 1143 00:41:41,699 --> 00:41:44,068 BE COMBINED WITH THE DUTIES 1144 00:41:44,068 --> 00:41:46,570 CODIFIED FOR THE CITY TRAFFIC 1145 00:41:46,570 --> 00:41:48,806 ENGINEER. IT WOULD ADD KEY AREAS 1146 00:41:48,806 --> 00:41:50,374 OF OVERSIGHT FOR THE TRAFFIC 1147 00:41:50,374 --> 00:41:53,110 ENGINEER TO ACT AS PRIMARY 1148 00:41:53,110 --> 00:41:55,713 ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY AND 1149 00:41:55,713 --> 00:41:56,280 EXECUTIVE COORDINATOR OVER 1150 00:41:56,280 --> 00:42:00,618 VISION ZERO, THE VISION ZERO 1151 00:42:00,618 --> 00:42:01,051 INITIATIVE. THIS IS 1152 00:42:01,051 --> 00:42:02,386 OPERATIONALLY TAKING PLACE 1153 00:42:02,386 --> 00:42:03,754 TODAY. THIS WORKS TO. THIS 1154 00:42:03,754 --> 00:42:06,190 LEGISLATION WOULD WORK TO CODIFY 1155 00:42:06,190 --> 00:42:12,530 THAT IT ALSO ADDS OVERSIGHT OF 1156 00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:13,864 THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND OR SORRY, 1157 00:42:13,864 --> 00:42:16,700 THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO 1158 00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:19,003 REVIEW AND PROVIDE 1159 00:42:19,003 --> 00:42:19,637 RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENHANCE THE 1160 00:42:19,637 --> 00:42:20,371 SAFETY OF ROADWAYS AND 1161 00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:23,340 TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. 1162 00:42:23,340 --> 00:42:26,343 THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL NEW 1163 00:42:26,343 --> 00:42:29,480 AUTHORITY EMERGENCY AUTHORITY 1164 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:32,583 PROPOSED FOR THE TRAFFIC 1165 00:42:32,583 --> 00:42:33,117 ENGINEER, WHICH INCLUDES 1166 00:42:33,117 --> 00:42:35,619 DIRECTING THE DIRECTING AND 1167 00:42:35,619 --> 00:42:37,521 EXPEDITING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS 1168 00:42:37,521 --> 00:42:40,491 ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, 1169 00:42:40,491 --> 00:42:41,125 INCLUDING REQUIRING COORDINATION 1170 00:42:41,125 --> 00:42:43,527 ACROSS ALL OF SDOT DIVISIONS AND 1171 00:42:43,527 --> 00:42:45,663 ESTABLISHING PRIORITY PROTOCOLS 1172 00:42:45,663 --> 00:42:49,266 FOR RAPID, LOW COST SAFETY 1173 00:42:49,266 --> 00:42:51,268 TREATMENTS. AND LASTLY, IT 1174 00:42:51,268 --> 00:42:54,038 EXPLICITLY GRANTS AUTHORITY TO 1175 00:42:54,038 --> 00:42:55,906 IMPLEMENT IMMEDIATE TEMPORARY OR 1176 00:42:55,906 --> 00:42:59,043 PILOT PILOT SAFETY INTERVENTIONS 1177 00:42:59,043 --> 00:43:04,048 TO RESPOND TO IMMINENT RISKS. 1178 00:43:04,048 --> 00:43:05,082 AND THEN THE LAST. 1179 00:43:05,082 --> 00:43:06,650 -- AMANDA, IF I MAY JUST CHIME 1180 00:43:06,650 --> 00:43:08,018 IN HERE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND 1181 00:43:08,018 --> 00:43:10,521 GOING BACK TO THAT SLIDE 1182 00:43:10,521 --> 00:43:12,523 BRIEFLY. SO JUST TO PILE ON FROM 1183 00:43:12,523 --> 00:43:14,291 MY PERSPECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO 1184 00:43:14,291 --> 00:43:16,594 TWO OF THE PROVISIONS LISTED 1185 00:43:16,594 --> 00:43:19,196 THERE, ONE, THE POST-CRASH 1186 00:43:19,196 --> 00:43:22,132 RESPONSE. SO I HAVE IN MY HAND A 1187 00:43:22,132 --> 00:43:26,036 COPY OF THE CURRENT SDOT 1188 00:43:26,036 --> 00:43:30,274 POST-CRASH RESPONSE PROGRAMMATIC 1189 00:43:30,274 --> 00:43:30,841 FATAL CRASH RESPONSE POLICY 1190 00:43:30,841 --> 00:43:34,445 DATED MAY 18th, 2026. IT IS 1191 00:43:34,445 --> 00:43:37,147 OBVIOUSLY A FAIRLY RECENT NEW 1192 00:43:37,147 --> 00:43:40,617 LEAD DEVELOPED INTERNAL 1193 00:43:40,617 --> 00:43:41,185 DEPARTMENT POLICY THAT SDOT 1194 00:43:41,185 --> 00:43:46,023 DEVELOPED. I THINK IT'S A A GOOD 1195 00:43:46,023 --> 00:43:47,958 A GOOD START, AND I'M GRATEFUL 1196 00:43:47,958 --> 00:43:49,159 FOR SDOT AND THEIR THEIR 1197 00:43:49,159 --> 00:43:50,961 LEADERSHIP IN PUTTING THIS 1198 00:43:50,961 --> 00:43:52,496 TOGETHER TO TO FORMALIZE, YOU 1199 00:43:52,496 --> 00:43:53,564 KNOW, HOW WE SHOULD SHOW UP AND 1200 00:43:53,564 --> 00:43:57,801 RESPOND TO, TO THESE TRAGEDIES 1201 00:43:57,801 --> 00:44:01,005 AND HAVING TALKED WITH MANY 1202 00:44:01,005 --> 00:44:02,940 MEMBERS OF VARIOUS COMMUNITIES 1203 00:44:02,940 --> 00:44:04,575 OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, I ALSO 1204 00:44:04,575 --> 00:44:08,212 THINK IT LEAVES A BIT MORE TO BE 1205 00:44:08,212 --> 00:44:10,914 DESIRED. AND SO THE INTENT IN 1206 00:44:10,914 --> 00:44:13,584 TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO REQUIRE 1207 00:44:13,584 --> 00:44:18,756 A, A STRONGER, MORE PROMPT 1208 00:44:18,756 --> 00:44:20,824 RESPONSE. AND SO THE INTENT HERE 1209 00:44:20,824 --> 00:44:23,661 IS TO CODIFY EXISTING CURRENT 1210 00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:24,294 DEPARTMENT POLICY WITH RESPECT 1211 00:44:24,294 --> 00:44:26,664 TO THIS ONE SPECIFIC PROVISION, 1212 00:44:26,664 --> 00:44:29,566 BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY THEY ARE 1213 00:44:29,566 --> 00:44:32,403 CAPABLE OF AND THEY ARE 1214 00:44:32,403 --> 00:44:33,470 OPERATIONALIZING IT TODAY, BUT 1215 00:44:33,470 --> 00:44:35,172 ALSO PUT THEM AS PART OF THIS 1216 00:44:35,172 --> 00:44:38,242 LEGISLATION, PUT THEM ON A PATH 1217 00:44:38,242 --> 00:44:40,911 TO COME BACK AND STUDY SOME 1218 00:44:40,911 --> 00:44:44,048 OPTIONS. WHAT WHAT ADDITIONAL 1219 00:44:44,048 --> 00:44:46,984 RESOURCES, PERSONNEL, POTENTIAL, 1220 00:44:46,984 --> 00:44:49,820 OTHER POLICY REVISIONS MIGHT BE 1221 00:44:49,820 --> 00:44:51,155 NEEDED AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL 1222 00:44:51,155 --> 00:44:54,425 WITH SOME OPTIONS NEXT YEAR THAT 1223 00:44:54,425 --> 00:44:56,293 LAYS THINGS OUT, IDEALLY WITH 1224 00:44:56,293 --> 00:44:59,163 THE GOAL OF PROVIDING A A 72 1225 00:44:59,163 --> 00:45:01,331 HOUR RESPONSE THAT WOULD BE THE 1226 00:45:01,331 --> 00:45:07,104 MOST AMBITIOUS. AND WE COULD 1227 00:45:07,104 --> 00:45:10,808 THEN CODIFY THAT BUT THE 1228 00:45:10,808 --> 00:45:12,276 DEPARTMENT IS NOT POSITIONED TO 1229 00:45:12,276 --> 00:45:14,311 ACHIEVE THAT TODAY. AND SO THIS, 1230 00:45:14,311 --> 00:45:17,448 THIS, THIS SPECIFIC ELEMENT 1231 00:45:17,448 --> 00:45:20,150 CODIFIES WHAT THEY ARE POSITION 1232 00:45:20,150 --> 00:45:21,351 TO ACHIEVE TODAY AND ALSO PUTS 1233 00:45:21,351 --> 00:45:25,022 US ON A STRONGER PATH TO BE MORE 1234 00:45:25,022 --> 00:45:26,757 AMBITIOUS, MORE RESPONSIVE, WITH 1235 00:45:26,757 --> 00:45:28,192 THE GOAL OF A 72 HOUR RESPONSE, 1236 00:45:28,192 --> 00:45:30,327 AND FOR CLARITY TO SET 1237 00:45:30,327 --> 00:45:31,728 EXPECTATIONS, YOU KNOW, THE 1238 00:45:31,728 --> 00:45:34,264 ENGINEERS, JUST BECAUSE THIS 1239 00:45:34,264 --> 00:45:37,301 WOULD PURPORT TO REQUIRE MORE 1240 00:45:37,301 --> 00:45:38,869 PROMPT RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, THE 1241 00:45:38,869 --> 00:45:39,536 EXPERTISE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, 1242 00:45:39,536 --> 00:45:40,637 YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HAVE TO 1243 00:45:40,637 --> 00:45:42,539 THEY WOULD HAVE FINAL DECISION 1244 00:45:42,539 --> 00:45:44,341 MAKING AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE IF 1245 00:45:44,341 --> 00:45:47,244 AND WHAT SPECIFIC SAFETY 1246 00:45:47,244 --> 00:45:48,278 TREATMENTS ARE NEEDED. AND THEN 1247 00:45:48,278 --> 00:45:49,980 THE SECOND PIECE I'LL, I'LL 1248 00:45:49,980 --> 00:45:52,149 JUST BRIEFLY SPEAK TO IS THE 1249 00:45:52,149 --> 00:45:54,852 EXPANDED AUTHORITY FOR SDOT 1250 00:45:54,852 --> 00:45:56,153 LEADERSHIP COLLEAGUES. FRIENDLY 1251 00:45:56,153 --> 00:45:57,621 REMINDER OVER THE LAST FEW 1252 00:45:57,621 --> 00:46:01,158 YEARS, THIS COUNCIL HAS PASSED 1253 00:46:01,158 --> 00:46:06,630 LEGISLATION THAT GRANTS EXPANDED 1254 00:46:06,630 --> 00:46:09,466 AUTHORITY TO ACT TO CERTAIN 1255 00:46:09,466 --> 00:46:10,033 LEADERSHIP AND AND EXPERTS 1256 00:46:10,033 --> 00:46:12,903 WITHIN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, 1257 00:46:12,903 --> 00:46:13,904 PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO 1258 00:46:13,904 --> 00:46:15,672 PUBLIC SAFETY. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, 1259 00:46:15,672 --> 00:46:18,542 LAST YEAR WE PASSED THE CHRONIC 1260 00:46:18,542 --> 00:46:21,545 PUBLIC NUISANCE ORDINANCE, WHICH 1261 00:46:21,545 --> 00:46:23,680 GRANTED THE POLICE CHIEF 1262 00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:24,948 EXPANDED AUTHORITY TO TO TAKE 1263 00:46:24,948 --> 00:46:25,682 STRONGER ACTION IN CERTAIN 1264 00:46:25,682 --> 00:46:27,885 INSTANCES, PROCEEDING. THAT BILL 1265 00:46:27,885 --> 00:46:32,623 WAS THE VACANT FIRE LEGISLATION, 1266 00:46:32,623 --> 00:46:33,190 VACANT BUILDING LEGISLATION 1267 00:46:33,190 --> 00:46:37,628 GRANTING THE FIRE MARSHAL AND 1268 00:46:37,628 --> 00:46:39,496 THE SEATTLE FIRE CHIEF EXPANDED 1269 00:46:39,496 --> 00:46:40,063 AUTHORITY TO TAKE STRONGER 1270 00:46:40,063 --> 00:46:42,900 ACTION TO TO TO ADDRESS PROBLEM 1271 00:46:42,900 --> 00:46:44,201 VACANT BUILDINGS AND THE BECAUSE 1272 00:46:44,201 --> 00:46:46,770 THEY POSE A SIGNIFICANT RISK AND 1273 00:46:46,770 --> 00:46:49,106 HAZARD TO FIRE AND SAFETY. AND 1274 00:46:49,106 --> 00:46:53,343 SO ALONG THE SAME LINES, BECAUSE 1275 00:46:53,343 --> 00:46:55,412 BECAUSE IF WE CAN EXPAND 1276 00:46:55,412 --> 00:46:57,481 AUTHORITY FOR EXPERTS IN OTHER 1277 00:46:57,481 --> 00:46:58,015 CONTEXTS AS IT RELATES TO 1278 00:46:58,015 --> 00:46:59,750 BROADER PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR 1279 00:46:59,750 --> 00:47:00,818 BROADER PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGY, 1280 00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:02,886 SURELY WE CAN DO THE SAME THING 1281 00:47:02,886 --> 00:47:04,721 HERE. AND ALSO THERE ARE SOME 1282 00:47:04,721 --> 00:47:05,622 INTER-DEPARTMENT SILOS THAT WE 1283 00:47:05,622 --> 00:47:08,592 WANT TO WE WANT TO ADDRESS AND 1284 00:47:08,592 --> 00:47:10,427 BETTER POSITION. YOU KNOW, OUR 1285 00:47:10,427 --> 00:47:11,528 TEAMS TO MOVE MORE, BE MORE 1286 00:47:11,528 --> 00:47:14,298 NIMBLE, MOVE MORE QUICKLY. SO 1287 00:47:14,298 --> 00:47:19,570 THANK YOU. THANK YOU 1288 00:47:19,570 --> 00:47:20,938 -- OKAY. THE LAST CONCEPT THAT 1289 00:47:20,938 --> 00:47:23,240 WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL 1290 00:47:23,240 --> 00:47:25,309 TODAY IS THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER 1291 00:47:25,309 --> 00:47:28,212 DEVELOPMENT IS THE IDEA OF 1292 00:47:28,212 --> 00:47:30,781 CREATING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD 1293 00:47:30,781 --> 00:47:31,315 REQUIRE CONTRACTORS, CITY 1294 00:47:31,315 --> 00:47:32,983 CONTRACTORS, TO HAVE SIDE GUARDS 1295 00:47:32,983 --> 00:47:36,720 ON THEIR TRUCKS. AND SO THIS 1296 00:47:36,720 --> 00:47:38,856 BILL, AS ENVISIONED, WOULD 1297 00:47:38,856 --> 00:47:40,524 REQUIRE ALL CONTRACTORS USING 1298 00:47:40,524 --> 00:47:43,026 TRUCKS IN THE CITY TO DO WORK. 1299 00:47:43,026 --> 00:47:46,396 SORRY, ALL CONTRACTORS DOING 1300 00:47:46,396 --> 00:47:50,767 WORK IN THE CITY NO, LET ME SAY 1301 00:47:50,767 --> 00:47:53,670 THAT AGAIN. ALL CITY CONTRACTORS 1302 00:47:53,670 --> 00:47:56,573 WITH TRUCKS DOING OUR WORK WOULD 1303 00:47:56,573 --> 00:47:58,575 HAVE SIDE GUARDS INSTALLED. SIDE 1304 00:47:58,575 --> 00:48:00,944 GUARDS ARE THE SAFETY BARRIERS 1305 00:48:00,944 --> 00:48:03,413 INSTALLED ON THE SIDES OF TRUCKS 1306 00:48:03,413 --> 00:48:07,017 AS SEEN IN THIS VISUAL, WHICH 1307 00:48:07,017 --> 00:48:09,086 WILL HELP PREVENT PEDESTRIANS, 1308 00:48:09,086 --> 00:48:09,720 CYCLISTS AND MOTORCYCLISTS FROM 1309 00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:13,423 BEING RUN OVER OR CRUSHED IN. 1310 00:48:13,423 --> 00:48:18,595 WHEN SIDE IMPACTS OCCUR. SIDE 1311 00:48:18,595 --> 00:48:19,129 IMPACT COLLISIONS OCCUR. 1312 00:48:19,129 --> 00:48:21,298 -- THANK THANK YOU AMANDA. AND 1313 00:48:21,298 --> 00:48:23,867 SO SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT ON 1314 00:48:23,867 --> 00:48:24,635 THAT PARTICULAR INITIATIVE. 1315 00:48:24,635 --> 00:48:26,436 FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK 1316 00:48:26,436 --> 00:48:30,774 COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF THEIR 1317 00:48:30,774 --> 00:48:32,609 TREMENDOUS IDEAS AND, AND 1318 00:48:32,609 --> 00:48:35,746 INVOLVEMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, 1319 00:48:35,746 --> 00:48:36,280 HELPING OUR OFFICE COBBLE 1320 00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:38,348 TOGETHER COMMUNITY. THAT'S 1321 00:48:38,348 --> 00:48:39,416 EFFECTIVELY WHAT WENT ON HERE. 1322 00:48:39,416 --> 00:48:41,685 COBBLE, WE COBBLE TOGETHER 1323 00:48:41,685 --> 00:48:42,185 COMMUNITY IDEAS INTO A 1324 00:48:42,185 --> 00:48:44,121 COMPREHENSIVE THREE PIECE 1325 00:48:44,121 --> 00:48:45,455 LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE. AND THIS IS 1326 00:48:45,455 --> 00:48:48,091 ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITY IDEAS 1327 00:48:48,091 --> 00:48:49,192 THAT HAS BEEN LONG HAS BEEN 1328 00:48:49,192 --> 00:48:52,663 CITED, OFTEN CITED AND REQUESTED 1329 00:48:52,663 --> 00:48:54,097 SINCE AT LEAST EARLIER THIS 1330 00:48:54,097 --> 00:48:56,533 SUMMER. BUT THE CONVERSATION 1331 00:48:56,533 --> 00:48:58,936 PRECEDED THAT AS WELL. AND SO I 1332 00:48:58,936 --> 00:49:02,906 WANT TO THANK THE THE MANY 1333 00:49:02,906 --> 00:49:06,009 ADVOCATES, THIS ONE HERE IS 1334 00:49:06,009 --> 00:49:07,811 WE'RE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, LEAST 1335 00:49:07,811 --> 00:49:09,613 ALONG IN TERMS OF FINALIZING, 1336 00:49:09,613 --> 00:49:10,714 BUT WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE STILL 1337 00:49:10,714 --> 00:49:12,449 FAIRLY CLOSE, WHICH IS WHICH IS 1338 00:49:12,449 --> 00:49:16,620 GOOD NEWS AND GOOD NEWS. I WANT 1339 00:49:16,620 --> 00:49:19,256 TO THANK TOM FROM THE SEATTLE 1340 00:49:19,256 --> 00:49:21,958 BIKE BLOG FOR HIS REPORTING 1341 00:49:21,958 --> 00:49:23,360 YESTERDAY REVEALED THAT THERE IS 1342 00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:27,864 A MODEL TO, TO BUILD OFF OF THE 1343 00:49:27,864 --> 00:49:30,801 BOSTON. THE CITY OF BOSTON 1344 00:49:30,801 --> 00:49:32,569 CODIFIED A. THE FIRST IN THE 1345 00:49:32,569 --> 00:49:35,072 NATION TRUCK CIGAR CONTRACTOR 1346 00:49:35,072 --> 00:49:36,873 TRUCK CIGAR ORDINANCE BACK IN I 1347 00:49:36,873 --> 00:49:40,243 THINK 2014. AND SO WE HOPE TO. 1348 00:49:40,243 --> 00:49:41,678 AS PART OF THIS EFFORT, LEVERAGE 1349 00:49:41,678 --> 00:49:42,879 THAT AS A MODEL, AS AT LEAST AS 1350 00:49:42,879 --> 00:49:45,515 A STARTING POINT TO TO BUILD OUT 1351 00:49:45,515 --> 00:49:47,150 OUR OWN SORT OF ORDINANCE. AND 1352 00:49:47,150 --> 00:49:48,618 FOR CLARITY, THESE ARE STARTING 1353 00:49:48,618 --> 00:49:53,590 POINTS ONLY. BUT CONTINUED IN 1354 00:49:53,590 --> 00:49:54,291 ACTION. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, 1355 00:49:54,291 --> 00:49:57,027 HOPING THESE BEST PRACTICES 1356 00:49:57,027 --> 00:49:58,795 SURVIVE AND ADMINISTRATIONS 1357 00:49:58,795 --> 00:50:03,800 LEADERS POLICY POLICY SHIFTS AND 1358 00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:05,669 CHANGES OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, IS 1359 00:50:05,669 --> 00:50:06,503 NOT IS NOT THE BEST APPROACH. SO 1360 00:50:06,503 --> 00:50:08,872 THAT'S WHY WE ENDEAVOR TO MAKE 1361 00:50:08,872 --> 00:50:11,375 THESE BEST PRACTICES MORE 1362 00:50:11,375 --> 00:50:16,079 DURABLE. IN ANY EVENT, LOOKS 1363 00:50:16,079 --> 00:50:17,814 LIKE WE ARE WRAPPED UP WITH WITH 1364 00:50:17,814 --> 00:50:19,516 THE PRESENTATION. IS THAT 1365 00:50:19,516 --> 00:50:19,783 CORRECT? 1366 00:50:19,783 --> 00:50:22,853 -- YES. I COULD JUST ONLY SHARE 1367 00:50:22,853 --> 00:50:24,154 THAT THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE 1368 00:50:24,154 --> 00:50:26,023 MEETING AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER 8th, 1369 00:50:26,023 --> 00:50:29,493 AND WE WOULD PLAN TO CONTINUE 1370 00:50:29,493 --> 00:50:31,395 BRIEFING A DISCUSSION THAT WILL 1371 00:50:31,395 --> 00:50:34,765 NEXT BE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 1372 00:50:34,765 --> 00:50:36,233 17th, WHERE WE HOPE FOR A 1373 00:50:36,233 --> 00:50:37,934 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION AND 1374 00:50:37,934 --> 00:50:40,537 POSSIBLE VOTE ON THIS 1375 00:50:40,537 --> 00:50:40,871 LEGISLATION. 1376 00:50:40,871 --> 00:50:44,674 -- THANK YOU, AMANDA. AND BEFORE 1377 00:50:44,674 --> 00:50:46,543 I TAKE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, 1378 00:50:46,543 --> 00:50:47,944 COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES, I 1379 00:50:47,944 --> 00:50:50,147 WANT TO JUST JUST SHARE THAT 1380 00:50:50,147 --> 00:50:52,249 THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY 1381 00:50:52,249 --> 00:50:54,484 COMPREHENSIVE PIECE OF COMMUNITY 1382 00:50:54,484 --> 00:50:57,754 DRIVEN LEGISLATION THAT STITCHES 1383 00:50:57,754 --> 00:50:58,288 STITCHES TOGETHER, SAFETY 1384 00:50:58,288 --> 00:51:00,557 PROJECT REVIEW, POST FATALITY 1385 00:51:00,557 --> 00:51:02,025 RESPONSE AUTHORITY, DAYLIGHTING, 1386 00:51:02,025 --> 00:51:04,928 VULNERABLE USERS, TRANSPARENCY, 1387 00:51:04,928 --> 00:51:07,364 CONTRACTOR SAFETY AND OTHER 1388 00:51:07,364 --> 00:51:10,033 CRITICAL COMMUNITY LED 1389 00:51:10,033 --> 00:51:10,700 INITIATIVES. AND TO THAT END, I 1390 00:51:10,700 --> 00:51:13,437 WANT TO THANK THE MANY COMMUNITY 1391 00:51:13,437 --> 00:51:14,070 ADVOCATES FOR PARTNERING AGAIN 1392 00:51:14,070 --> 00:51:15,505 SO CLOSELY WITH ME. AND MY 1393 00:51:15,505 --> 00:51:17,307 OFFICE TO DEVELOP THIS PACKAGE. 1394 00:51:17,307 --> 00:51:20,010 I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH HOW 1395 00:51:20,010 --> 00:51:22,312 INSTRUMENTAL COMMUNITY IDEAS 1396 00:51:22,312 --> 00:51:25,782 WERE TO FORMULATING AND REVISING 1397 00:51:25,782 --> 00:51:28,318 THIS PACKAGE. AGAIN, DIVERSE 1398 00:51:28,318 --> 00:51:31,221 COALITION OF ADVOCATES, AFFECTED 1399 00:51:31,221 --> 00:51:31,855 FAMILIES, YOUTH TRANSPORTATION 1400 00:51:31,855 --> 00:51:36,593 ADVOCATES, LABOR AND OTHERS. SO 1401 00:51:36,593 --> 00:51:39,563 CAN'T CAN'T THANK FOLKS ENOUGH 1402 00:51:39,563 --> 00:51:42,799 ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU, MISS 1403 00:51:42,799 --> 00:51:45,168 ALLEN. MR. CHOW, APPRECIATE THE 1404 00:51:45,168 --> 00:51:46,203 PRESENTATION HERE, COLLEAGUES. I 1405 00:51:46,203 --> 00:51:46,970 WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALL FOR 1406 00:51:46,970 --> 00:51:49,272 ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS YOU MAY 1407 00:51:49,272 --> 00:51:51,341 HAVE FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, 1408 00:51:51,341 --> 00:51:55,212 STARTING FIRST WITH VICE CHAIR 1409 00:51:55,212 --> 00:51:55,445 RINCK. 1410 00:51:55,445 --> 00:51:58,682 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. I, I 1411 00:51:58,682 --> 00:52:01,318 WANT TO START MY REMARKS TODAY. 1412 00:52:01,318 --> 00:52:04,187 JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THE GRIEF 1413 00:52:04,187 --> 00:52:05,322 THAT'S IN THIS ROOM. AND I WANT 1414 00:52:05,322 --> 00:52:07,157 TO THANK EVERY PERSON WHO CAME 1415 00:52:07,157 --> 00:52:08,992 HERE TODAY TO SHARE ABOUT THEIR 1416 00:52:08,992 --> 00:52:10,427 LOVED ONES AND THE LIVES THAT 1417 00:52:10,427 --> 00:52:14,231 WE'VE LOST. MARY SHOULD BE 1418 00:52:14,231 --> 00:52:15,632 HERE. CHRISTIAN SHOULD BE HERE. 1419 00:52:15,632 --> 00:52:18,068 LILIANA SHOULD BE HERE. SO MANY 1420 00:52:18,068 --> 00:52:21,304 OTHERS SHOULD BE HERE. I KNOW 1421 00:52:21,304 --> 00:52:24,407 MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY 1422 00:52:24,407 --> 00:52:27,844 FOLLOW URBANIST JOURNALIST RYAN 1423 00:52:27,844 --> 00:52:30,046 PACKER, WHO REPORTS ON OUR 1424 00:52:30,046 --> 00:52:31,648 NEIGHBORS WHO ARE INJURED AND 1425 00:52:31,648 --> 00:52:35,552 KILLED ON SEATTLE STREETS AND I 1426 00:52:35,552 --> 00:52:36,553 ALWAYS GET NERVOUS WHEN I SEE A 1427 00:52:36,553 --> 00:52:38,622 POST FROM FROM RYAN FOR WHAT IT 1428 00:52:38,622 --> 00:52:40,824 MEANS KNOWING THE RIPPLING 1429 00:52:40,824 --> 00:52:42,559 IMPACTS THAT EVERY INJURY OR 1430 00:52:42,559 --> 00:52:43,927 DEATH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT 1431 00:52:43,927 --> 00:52:46,429 IT WHAT IT DOES TO ALL OF US. I 1432 00:52:46,429 --> 00:52:48,064 FOUND OUT MY FRIEND DIED FROM 1433 00:52:48,064 --> 00:52:54,371 ONE OF THOSE POSTS SO I THIS 1434 00:52:54,371 --> 00:52:55,872 CONVERSATION, EVERY DISCUSSION 1435 00:52:55,872 --> 00:52:57,507 WE HAVE ON VISION ZERO IN THIS 1436 00:52:57,507 --> 00:52:59,709 COMMITTEE FEELS VERY REAL, AND I 1437 00:52:59,709 --> 00:53:02,145 WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 1438 00:53:02,145 --> 00:53:04,881 BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR 1439 00:53:04,881 --> 00:53:06,917 NEIGHBORS WHO EVERY SINGLE ONE 1440 00:53:06,917 --> 00:53:10,754 OF THESE DEATHS IS ENTIRELY 1441 00:53:10,754 --> 00:53:12,122 PREVENTABLE. AND WE'VE LACKED 1442 00:53:12,122 --> 00:53:13,590 THE POLITICAL WILL AND FOCUS TO 1443 00:53:13,590 --> 00:53:15,358 BE ABLE TO MOVE THE ACTION THAT 1444 00:53:15,358 --> 00:53:19,563 HAS BEEN SO NEEDED. I KNOW MY 1445 00:53:19,563 --> 00:53:20,197 OFFICE HAS EXPLORED A NUMBER OF 1446 00:53:20,197 --> 00:53:22,699 THINGS. THE CITY CAN BE TAKING 1447 00:53:22,699 --> 00:53:24,601 UP. WE'VE HIT DEAD ENDS. WE'VE 1448 00:53:24,601 --> 00:53:27,270 FOUND WAYS, BARRIERS IN THE 1449 00:53:27,270 --> 00:53:29,005 WORK, BUT THERE'S STILL MUCH THE 1450 00:53:29,005 --> 00:53:32,342 CITY CAN AND SHOULD BE DOING. 1451 00:53:32,342 --> 00:53:32,909 BUILT ENVIRONMENT CHANGES. 1452 00:53:32,909 --> 00:53:34,811 THERE'S ACTION AND PARTNERSHIP 1453 00:53:34,811 --> 00:53:36,112 THAT WE NEED ON THE STATE LEVEL 1454 00:53:36,112 --> 00:53:36,746 TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CHANGES 1455 00:53:36,746 --> 00:53:38,715 THAT WE NEED. AND I KNOW ALL OF 1456 00:53:38,715 --> 00:53:40,584 US ON THIS BODY WANT TO BE ABLE 1457 00:53:40,584 --> 00:53:42,552 TO PUSH FORWARD FOR THAT CHANGE, 1458 00:53:42,552 --> 00:53:45,021 BECAUSE MEANINGFUL ACTION IS 1459 00:53:45,021 --> 00:53:45,722 OVERDUE. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR 1460 00:53:45,722 --> 00:53:48,658 THE DISCUSSION TODAY, AND I'M 1461 00:53:48,658 --> 00:53:50,460 GLAD THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO 1462 00:53:50,460 --> 00:53:51,561 MAKE THIS A FOCUS IN THIS 1463 00:53:51,561 --> 00:53:54,931 COMMITTEE. I UNDERSTAND THIS 1464 00:53:54,931 --> 00:53:56,233 DRAFT BILL BECAME PUBLIC 1465 00:53:56,233 --> 00:53:57,267 YESTERDAY, SO I HAVEN'T SPENT 1466 00:53:57,267 --> 00:53:59,402 AS MUCH TIME WITH THIS 1467 00:53:59,402 --> 00:54:01,071 LEGISLATION AS I WOULD HAVE 1468 00:54:01,071 --> 00:54:03,440 LIKED BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE. SO 1469 00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:06,242 MY QUESTIONS ON THIS TODAY ARE 1470 00:54:06,242 --> 00:54:08,745 MUCH MORE CLARIFYING ON WHAT 1471 00:54:08,745 --> 00:54:09,212 THIS LEGISLATION DOES 1472 00:54:09,212 --> 00:54:11,147 OPERATIONALLY AND PARTICULARLY 1473 00:54:11,147 --> 00:54:13,250 HOW THIS TRANSLATES TO 1474 00:54:13,250 --> 00:54:14,851 MEANINGFUL ACTION THAT OUR 1475 00:54:14,851 --> 00:54:16,052 COMMUNITY IS DEMANDING AND 1476 00:54:16,052 --> 00:54:19,089 FRANKLY, DESERVES. SO ON THAT 1477 00:54:19,089 --> 00:54:20,924 NOTE, THANK YOU, AMANDA, FOR 1478 00:54:20,924 --> 00:54:23,526 WALKING THROUGH THESE PIECES OF 1479 00:54:23,526 --> 00:54:25,195 LEGISLATION FOR IN JUST THE 1480 00:54:25,195 --> 00:54:27,764 SIMPLEST OF TERMS, CAN YOU 1481 00:54:27,764 --> 00:54:30,800 HIGHLIGHT WHAT ASPECTS OF THE 1482 00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:31,635 TWO DRAFT BILLS THAT ARE 1483 00:54:31,635 --> 00:54:33,236 DEVELOPED BEFORE US? I KNOW 1484 00:54:33,236 --> 00:54:34,671 THERE'S A THIRD BILL THAT IS 1485 00:54:34,671 --> 00:54:36,039 STILL PENDING DEVELOPMENT, BUT 1486 00:54:36,039 --> 00:54:38,608 FOR THE TWO DRAFT BILLS WHAT ARE 1487 00:54:38,608 --> 00:54:41,745 THE KIND OF CLEAR DIFFERENCES 1488 00:54:41,745 --> 00:54:43,380 BETWEEN CURRENT SDOT WORK AND 1489 00:54:43,380 --> 00:54:46,349 WHAT THESE BILLS ARE PROPOSING 1490 00:54:46,349 --> 00:54:46,583 TO DO? 1491 00:54:46,583 --> 00:54:48,952 -- YEAH. THANK YOU, 1492 00:54:48,952 --> 00:54:52,088 COUNCILMEMBER. I WOULD SAY THE 1493 00:54:52,088 --> 00:54:53,990 THE LEADING FOCUS OF THESE BILLS 1494 00:54:53,990 --> 00:54:58,061 IS REALLY TO WORK TO CODIFY 1495 00:54:58,061 --> 00:54:59,429 THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY TAKING 1496 00:54:59,429 --> 00:55:02,332 PLACE THAT WE THINK ARE BEST 1497 00:55:02,332 --> 00:55:07,304 PRACTICE AND ARE ALIGNED WITH. 1498 00:55:07,304 --> 00:55:10,306 IN THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY 1499 00:55:10,306 --> 00:55:12,108 IS CONSENSUS AS WHERE WE WANT TO 1500 00:55:12,108 --> 00:55:14,711 BE GOING. SO IT WORKS TO CODIFY 1501 00:55:14,711 --> 00:55:16,646 VISION ZERO, WHICH IS A POLICY 1502 00:55:16,646 --> 00:55:19,516 THAT'S BEEN OPERATIONALIZED 1503 00:55:19,516 --> 00:55:22,218 WITHIN SDOT. IT REALLY WORKS TO 1504 00:55:22,218 --> 00:55:24,654 INFUSE AND ENSURE THROUGH THE 1505 00:55:24,654 --> 00:55:25,855 CODE THAT VISION ZERO IS SHOWING 1506 00:55:25,855 --> 00:55:27,957 UP IN ALL ASPECTS OF SCOTT'S 1507 00:55:27,957 --> 00:55:32,495 WORK. AND THEN AGAIN, WORKS TO 1508 00:55:32,495 --> 00:55:36,132 OPERATIONALIZE OR SORRY, CODIFY 1509 00:55:36,132 --> 00:55:36,766 WHAT'S BEEN OPERATIONALIZED 1510 00:55:36,766 --> 00:55:41,137 WITHIN SDOT AS FAR AS THE THE 1511 00:55:41,137 --> 00:55:44,541 TRAFFIC ENGINEERS ROLES AND 1512 00:55:44,541 --> 00:55:48,178 RESPONSIBILITIES OF FORMALIZING 1513 00:55:48,178 --> 00:55:51,614 THE TRAFFIC. THE CHIEF SAFETY 1514 00:55:51,614 --> 00:55:56,353 OFFICER ROLE WITHIN. SO REALLY, 1515 00:55:56,353 --> 00:55:59,222 WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR 1516 00:55:59,222 --> 00:56:02,859 LEGISLATIVE RESPONSIBILITY OR 1517 00:56:02,859 --> 00:56:03,860 OUR LEGISLATIVE OPPORTUNITY TO 1518 00:56:03,860 --> 00:56:06,796 CODIFY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN 1519 00:56:06,796 --> 00:56:12,202 OPERATIONALIZED I THINK IT ALSO 1520 00:56:12,202 --> 00:56:15,405 ASKS SDOT TO CREATE ADDITIONAL 1521 00:56:15,405 --> 00:56:15,905 DATA AROUND THE SAFETY 1522 00:56:15,905 --> 00:56:20,410 COUNTERMEASURES AND TO MAKE 1523 00:56:20,410 --> 00:56:22,412 THOSE COUNTERMEASURES. THE 1524 00:56:22,412 --> 00:56:22,879 INSTALLATION OF THOSE 1525 00:56:22,879 --> 00:56:25,315 COUNTERMEASURES VISIBLE TO THE 1526 00:56:25,315 --> 00:56:28,251 PUBLIC AND ADDITIONALLY, 1527 00:56:28,251 --> 00:56:30,954 FORMALLY GRANTS THE 1528 00:56:30,954 --> 00:56:33,590 RESPONSIBILITIES OF IMMEDIATE 1529 00:56:33,590 --> 00:56:37,227 RESPONSE TO THE TRAFFIC 1530 00:56:37,227 --> 00:56:37,494 ENGINEER. 1531 00:56:37,494 --> 00:56:38,261 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT, AMANDA. 1532 00:56:38,261 --> 00:56:41,231 WHEN I LOOK AT 1533 00:56:41,231 --> 00:56:44,134 -- SECTION ONE OF THE FIRST 1534 00:56:44,134 --> 00:56:47,871 DRAFT BILL. I'M NOTICING JUST IN 1535 00:56:47,871 --> 00:56:49,672 THE THE BEGINNING PORTION, 1536 00:56:49,672 --> 00:56:52,509 THESE. SECTION ONE READS AS 1537 00:56:52,509 --> 00:56:59,616 RECITALS. SOME OF THESE. SEEM I 1538 00:56:59,616 --> 00:57:01,584 WANT TO SAY JUST. I'M JUST 1539 00:57:01,584 --> 00:57:03,386 NOTICING SOME LANGUAGE 1540 00:57:03,386 --> 00:57:04,454 DIFFERENCES HERE IN THE RECITAL 1541 00:57:04,454 --> 00:57:06,923 SECTION IN TERMS OF DECLARING 1542 00:57:06,923 --> 00:57:11,127 AND THAT THAT FIRST PORTION. AND 1543 00:57:11,127 --> 00:57:12,929 I'M WONDERING WHY THESE ARE. 1544 00:57:12,929 --> 00:57:15,698 THIS LANGUAGE IS REFLECTED THIS 1545 00:57:15,698 --> 00:57:16,966 WAY AND THAT WE'RE PUTTING SOME 1546 00:57:16,966 --> 00:57:17,567 OF THIS INTO CODE RATHER THAN 1547 00:57:17,567 --> 00:57:20,737 HAVING THESE AS TYPICAL RECITAL 1548 00:57:20,737 --> 00:57:22,806 PARAGRAPHS 1549 00:57:22,806 --> 00:57:24,674 -- PERHAPS THE CHAIR WANTS TO 1550 00:57:24,674 --> 00:57:25,942 RESPOND TO THAT. 1551 00:57:25,942 --> 00:57:27,610 -- YEAH, I CAN SPEAK ON THAT. 1552 00:57:27,610 --> 00:57:28,211 APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. AND 1553 00:57:28,211 --> 00:57:30,180 I'LL LET CENTRAL STAFF CHIME IN 1554 00:57:30,180 --> 00:57:33,149 IF THEY HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS. 1555 00:57:33,149 --> 00:57:35,785 BUT RECITALS ARE IMPORTANT. 1556 00:57:35,785 --> 00:57:37,954 THEY'RE ALSO NON-BINDING. AND 1557 00:57:37,954 --> 00:57:41,791 SO THE GOAL AND INTENT HERE IS 1558 00:57:41,791 --> 00:57:47,197 TO PUT THE THE MOST IMPACTFUL 1559 00:57:47,197 --> 00:57:47,764 FINDINGS OF FACTS. I THINK 1560 00:57:47,764 --> 00:57:49,499 THAT'S WHAT THE THE FRAMING 1561 00:57:49,499 --> 00:57:50,567 HERE IS FINDING COUNCIL FINDINGS 1562 00:57:50,567 --> 00:57:54,471 OF FACT AND DECLARATIONS THAT 1563 00:57:54,471 --> 00:57:55,939 UNDERLIE THIS IMPORTANT WORK AND 1564 00:57:55,939 --> 00:57:58,374 REALLY SHOW OUR INTENT, POLICY 1565 00:57:58,374 --> 00:58:00,810 GOAL AND RATIONALE, AND SORT OF 1566 00:58:00,810 --> 00:58:04,581 REALLY SPEAK TO WHY AND, AND, 1567 00:58:04,581 --> 00:58:07,750 BUT DO SO IN, IN A MORE 1568 00:58:07,750 --> 00:58:11,487 STRINGENT AND BINDING MANNER. 1569 00:58:11,487 --> 00:58:12,689 AND, BUT IT'S AN ASTUTE 1570 00:58:12,689 --> 00:58:14,524 OBSERVATION THAT THEY, THEY 1571 00:58:14,524 --> 00:58:16,059 DEFINITELY READ LIKE RECITALS, 1572 00:58:16,059 --> 00:58:17,927 BUT THAT IS AN INTENTIONAL 1573 00:58:17,927 --> 00:58:19,028 POLICY CHOICE TO STRUCTURE IT IN 1574 00:58:19,028 --> 00:58:23,366 SUCH A WAY TO MAKE IT MORE 1575 00:58:23,366 --> 00:58:23,833 DURABLE AND BINDING. 1576 00:58:23,833 --> 00:58:25,168 -- THANK YOU FOR OUTLINING THAT. 1577 00:58:25,168 --> 00:58:27,237 I WAS THAT WAS JUST A POINT OF 1578 00:58:27,237 --> 00:58:28,938 CURIOSITY. AND SO UNDERSTANDING 1579 00:58:28,938 --> 00:58:29,706 THAT A DIRECT DECISION TO PUT 1580 00:58:29,706 --> 00:58:31,407 THIS INTO CODE, TO ENSURE THAT 1581 00:58:31,407 --> 00:58:33,009 THESE COMPONENTS ARE BINDING IS 1582 00:58:33,009 --> 00:58:37,013 HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND AND 1583 00:58:37,013 --> 00:58:38,248 WONDERING. JUST IN THAT SAME 1584 00:58:38,248 --> 00:58:41,117 SPIRIT, I KNOW WE TALKED A 1585 00:58:41,117 --> 00:58:43,920 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEW FATAL 1586 00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:44,554 CRASH POLICY THAT THE DEPARTMENT 1587 00:58:44,554 --> 00:58:47,991 HAS DEVELOPED. I AM UNCLEAR AT 1588 00:58:47,991 --> 00:58:49,759 THIS TIME WHAT THE EFFECTIVE 1589 00:58:49,759 --> 00:58:50,460 DATE OF THAT HAS BEEN. I DON'T 1590 00:58:50,460 --> 00:58:52,262 KNOW IF WE'VE PUT THAT POLICY 1591 00:58:52,262 --> 00:58:54,464 INTO PRACTICE YET. I MEAN, AND 1592 00:58:54,464 --> 00:58:57,867 IF IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN INTO PLAY, 1593 00:58:57,867 --> 00:58:58,434 WOULD LOVE SOME ADDITIONAL 1594 00:58:58,434 --> 00:59:02,372 DETAIL ON THAT POINT. 1595 00:59:02,372 --> 00:59:07,310 -- SO THE THE POLICY MEMO THAT 1596 00:59:07,310 --> 00:59:09,579 THE COUNCILMEMBER WAS REFERRING 1597 00:59:09,579 --> 00:59:12,548 TO EARLIER, THE MAY 18th, 2026 1598 00:59:12,548 --> 00:59:13,082 PROGRAMMATIC FATAL CRASH 1599 00:59:13,082 --> 00:59:14,250 RESPONSE POLICY IS SOMETHING 1600 00:59:14,250 --> 00:59:17,820 THAT'S IN EFFECT IN STOCK 1601 00:59:17,820 --> 00:59:21,424 CURRENTLY. 1602 00:59:21,424 --> 00:59:23,893 -- CERTAINLY. THANK YOU. AND 1603 00:59:23,893 --> 00:59:24,527 WONDERING TO JUST THIS MATTER OF 1604 00:59:24,527 --> 00:59:29,565 HEARING THAT THE INTENT IS TO 1605 00:59:29,565 --> 00:59:30,199 INCORPORATE THIS LANGUAGE INTO 1606 00:59:30,199 --> 00:59:32,802 CODE, I I'M WONDERING HOW WE CAN 1607 00:59:32,802 --> 00:59:33,269 STRIKE THE BALANCE TO 1608 00:59:33,269 --> 00:59:35,104 UNDERSTANDING HAVING FLEXIBILITY 1609 00:59:35,104 --> 00:59:36,839 FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO 1610 00:59:36,839 --> 00:59:38,574 ITERATE AS THEY IMPLEMENT THIS 1611 00:59:38,574 --> 00:59:41,811 NEW POLICY, AND WONDERING IF 1612 00:59:41,811 --> 00:59:43,513 CENTRAL STAFF HAS AN ANALYSIS ON 1613 00:59:43,513 --> 00:59:45,248 WHETHER SOME OF THESE MOVES MAY 1614 00:59:45,248 --> 00:59:45,915 BIND THE DEPARTMENT IN A WAY 1615 00:59:45,915 --> 00:59:53,723 THAT COULD BE COUNTERINTUITIVE. 1616 00:59:53,723 --> 00:59:55,391 -- THE. THE FATAL CRASH RESPONSE 1617 00:59:55,391 --> 00:59:57,927 POLICY DOES HAVE TWO DIFFERENT 1618 00:59:57,927 --> 01:00:02,365 PHASES OF RESPONSE. THERE IS 1619 01:00:02,365 --> 01:00:04,867 PHASE ONE, WHICH THEY DESCRIBE 1620 01:00:04,867 --> 01:00:06,102 AS FATAL CRASH RAPID RESPONSE, 1621 01:00:06,102 --> 01:00:08,104 WHICH IS TYPICALLY 2 TO 4 WEEKS 1622 01:00:08,104 --> 01:00:11,074 AFTER A POLICE. AFTER THE FINAL 1623 01:00:11,074 --> 01:00:13,142 POLICE TRAFFIC COLLISION REPORT. 1624 01:00:13,142 --> 01:00:16,312 SO THAT'S NOT AFTER THE ACCIDENT 1625 01:00:16,312 --> 01:00:18,514 HAPPENS, BUT RATHER AFTER WE GET 1626 01:00:18,514 --> 01:00:21,184 THE POLICE REPORT. AND THAT IS 1627 01:00:21,184 --> 01:00:23,586 TO ADDRESS MAINTENANCE AND 1628 01:00:23,586 --> 01:00:26,823 REPAIR OPTIONS AND PROVIDE 1629 01:00:26,823 --> 01:00:29,325 REPAIR OPTIONS AS APPROPRIATE, 1630 01:00:29,325 --> 01:00:31,094 WHICH THEN WOULD BE BUILT WITHIN 1631 01:00:31,094 --> 01:00:32,195 1 TO 3 MONTHS. AND IT HAS A 1632 01:00:32,195 --> 01:00:36,899 PHASE TWO RESPONSE, WHICH TAKES 1633 01:00:36,899 --> 01:00:39,469 A MORE PROGRAMMATIC REVIEW OF 1634 01:00:39,469 --> 01:00:40,803 FATAL CRASHES. AND IS SOMETHING 1635 01:00:40,803 --> 01:00:42,405 THAT TAKES PLACE EVERY SIX 1636 01:00:42,405 --> 01:00:45,108 MONTHS. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT 1637 01:00:45,108 --> 01:00:50,713 BOUND TO ONE SINGLE CRASH AT ONE 1638 01:00:50,713 --> 01:00:52,248 LOCATION. IT'S A BRIGHTER, 1639 01:00:52,248 --> 01:00:56,452 BROADER, CITY WIDE VIEW. SO 1640 01:00:56,452 --> 01:00:59,389 ANYTHING DEPARTING FROM WHAT'S 1641 01:00:59,389 --> 01:01:01,090 IN THE POLICY CURRENTLY IS 1642 01:01:01,090 --> 01:01:05,962 SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE TO 1643 01:01:05,962 --> 01:01:07,163 EXPLORE WITH THE DEPARTMENT. AND 1644 01:01:07,163 --> 01:01:12,402 AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS 1645 01:01:12,402 --> 01:01:14,670 RESPONSE POLICY IS A SIGNIFICANT 1646 01:01:14,670 --> 01:01:16,272 CHANGE FROM WHAT SDOT HAS 1647 01:01:16,272 --> 01:01:18,274 COMMITTED TO IN THE PAST WITH A 1648 01:01:18,274 --> 01:01:22,512 SHORTER TIME FRAME 1649 01:01:22,512 --> 01:01:24,414 -- THANK YOU AMANDA. AND JUST TO 1650 01:01:24,414 --> 01:01:25,882 PILE ON, APPRECIATE THE 1651 01:01:25,882 --> 01:01:26,849 QUESTION, VICE CHAIR RINCK, JUST 1652 01:01:26,849 --> 01:01:30,319 TO PILE ON FROM THE AUTHOR'S 1653 01:01:30,319 --> 01:01:36,693 INTENT PERSPECTIVE I, I SHARE 1654 01:01:36,693 --> 01:01:39,796 100% SHARE YOUR GOAL. YOU KNOW, 1655 01:01:39,796 --> 01:01:41,230 LIKE AS IMPLIED BY THE QUESTION 1656 01:01:41,230 --> 01:01:43,766 THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE DON'T 1657 01:01:43,766 --> 01:01:46,035 WANT TO HAVE ADVERSE OR 1658 01:01:46,035 --> 01:01:48,137 UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. AND SO, 1659 01:01:48,137 --> 01:01:48,938 AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, I ASK 1660 01:01:48,938 --> 01:01:51,040 CENTRAL STAFF TO WORK CLOSELY 1661 01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:54,343 WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO CODIFY 1662 01:01:54,343 --> 01:01:55,511 WHAT THEY DO TODAY. IT IS I NOTE 1663 01:01:55,511 --> 01:01:57,947 THAT THIS IS A FOUR PAGE 1664 01:01:57,947 --> 01:01:59,315 DOCUMENT. SO OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD 1665 01:01:59,315 --> 01:02:05,121 NOT, YOU KNOW, DETAIL WITH WITH 1666 01:02:05,121 --> 01:02:06,489 THE PROLIXITY OF A CODE, ALL 1667 01:02:06,489 --> 01:02:08,658 FOUR PAGES, BUT INCLUDE JUST 1668 01:02:08,658 --> 01:02:11,027 HIGH LEVEL ELEMENTS ONLY. AND 1669 01:02:11,027 --> 01:02:12,095 THE INTENT GOAL THERE. JUST WANT 1670 01:02:12,095 --> 01:02:15,164 TO EMPHASIZE IS DURABILITY. WE 1671 01:02:15,164 --> 01:02:16,532 KNOW THE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO 1672 01:02:16,532 --> 01:02:18,367 DO THIS TODAY, AND THEY'RE DOING 1673 01:02:18,367 --> 01:02:22,438 THIS TODAY. AND, AND IT'S A GOOD 1674 01:02:22,438 --> 01:02:26,008 START. WE ALSO WANT STRONGER, 1675 01:02:26,008 --> 01:02:27,777 MORE RAPID ACTION AS WELL. AND 1676 01:02:27,777 --> 01:02:29,979 THE INTENT IS TO PUT US ON A 1677 01:02:29,979 --> 01:02:32,982 PATH. BUT I SHARE YOUR GOAL AND 1678 01:02:32,982 --> 01:02:35,218 LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU 1679 01:02:35,218 --> 01:02:36,853 AND, AND CENTRAL STAFF TO 1680 01:02:36,853 --> 01:02:38,721 FINALIZE THAT LANGUAGE. 1681 01:02:38,721 --> 01:02:40,189 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR SAKA. AND IF 1682 01:02:40,189 --> 01:02:42,525 I MAY, I JUST HAVE ONE LAST 1683 01:02:42,525 --> 01:02:43,493 QUESTION ON THIS. IF WE CAN GO 1684 01:02:43,493 --> 01:02:45,161 TO PAGE FOUR OF THE 1685 01:02:45,161 --> 01:02:47,430 PRESENTATION, IT IT LISTS SOME 1686 01:02:47,430 --> 01:02:50,533 AREAS HERE THAT ARE STILL 1687 01:02:50,533 --> 01:02:52,268 UNDECIDED OR UP IN THE AIR, BUT 1688 01:02:52,268 --> 01:02:54,704 A PART OF THE CONVERSATION ON 1689 01:02:54,704 --> 01:02:56,472 THIS ARE JUST FOR THE PURPOSES 1690 01:02:56,472 --> 01:02:57,406 OF MY UNDERSTANDING, ARE THESE 1691 01:02:57,406 --> 01:02:59,041 POLICIES MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN 1692 01:02:59,041 --> 01:03:01,043 THIS BILL, OR ARE WE GOING TO BE 1693 01:03:01,043 --> 01:03:02,378 CONSIDERING THEM AT A LATER 1694 01:03:02,378 --> 01:03:04,981 DATE? AND I ASK BECAUSE JUST 1695 01:03:04,981 --> 01:03:07,283 THINKING ABOUT DIGGING INTO THIS 1696 01:03:07,283 --> 01:03:08,851 TOPIC, I'M I'M JUST WONDERING 1697 01:03:08,851 --> 01:03:10,453 KIND OF WHAT IF THERE'S GOING TO 1698 01:03:10,453 --> 01:03:12,355 BE MAJOR CHANGES TAKING PLACE 1699 01:03:12,355 --> 01:03:13,756 WITH THIS BILL? I KNOW WE'RE 1700 01:03:13,756 --> 01:03:17,093 WORKING UNDER A VERY COMPRESSED 1701 01:03:17,093 --> 01:03:17,360 TIMELINE. 1702 01:03:17,360 --> 01:03:18,394 -- THE GOAL CURRENTLY IS TO TRY 1703 01:03:18,394 --> 01:03:21,731 TO INCLUDE AS MANY OF THESE INTO 1704 01:03:21,731 --> 01:03:25,601 THE CURRENT BILL FOR FOR THE 1705 01:03:25,601 --> 01:03:29,205 SEPTEMBER MEETING DATES. 1706 01:03:29,205 --> 01:03:31,541 -- OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 1707 01:03:31,541 --> 01:03:31,841 THANK YOU. 1708 01:03:31,841 --> 01:03:33,509 -- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR, AND 1709 01:03:33,509 --> 01:03:37,847 GREAT QUESTIONS. APPRECIATE THE 1710 01:03:37,847 --> 01:03:41,417 FEEDBACK THERE. AND I CAN'T 1711 01:03:41,417 --> 01:03:43,986 EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THE THE 1712 01:03:43,986 --> 01:03:47,089 CONSTRUCTS UNDERLYING THIS, THIS 1713 01:03:47,089 --> 01:03:49,492 WHOLE PACKAGE OF DURABILITY. SO 1714 01:03:49,492 --> 01:03:54,497 AS, AS WAS NOTED, YOU KNOW, WITH 1715 01:03:54,497 --> 01:03:56,065 VICE CHAIRS, QUESTIONS AND, AND 1716 01:03:56,065 --> 01:03:57,733 SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT WE 1717 01:03:57,733 --> 01:04:00,269 HEARD TODAY, THIS PACKAGE 1718 01:04:00,269 --> 01:04:02,572 CODIFIES KEY ELEMENTS OF S 1719 01:04:02,572 --> 01:04:04,040 DOT'S CURRENT APPROACH. THAT'S 1720 01:04:04,040 --> 01:04:06,776 AN INTENTIONAL CHOICE BECAUSE 1721 01:04:06,776 --> 01:04:08,411 AGAIN, ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES 1722 01:04:08,411 --> 01:04:10,012 AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL CHANGE 1723 01:04:10,012 --> 01:04:12,982 LEADERSHIP CHANGES, PRIORITIES 1724 01:04:12,982 --> 01:04:14,617 CHANGE, PRACTICES DISAPPEAR. 1725 01:04:14,617 --> 01:04:15,585 WAYNE. SO THE PURPOSE OF 1726 01:04:15,585 --> 01:04:19,121 LEGISLATION IS IN PART TO DECIDE 1727 01:04:19,121 --> 01:04:19,755 WHICH PRACTICES ARE SUFFICIENTLY 1728 01:04:19,755 --> 01:04:21,924 IMPORTANT THAT THEY SHOULD 1729 01:04:21,924 --> 01:04:23,326 OUTLAST THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY 1730 01:04:23,326 --> 01:04:24,961 RUNNING CITY HALL. SO ON THE ONE 1731 01:04:24,961 --> 01:04:27,597 HAND, THIS PACKAGE CERTAINLY 1732 01:04:27,597 --> 01:04:29,265 DOES CODIFY KEY ELEMENTS OF S 1733 01:04:29,265 --> 01:04:30,800 DOT'S APPROACH. ON THE OTHER 1734 01:04:30,800 --> 01:04:32,635 HAND, IT GOES BEYOND THAT IN A 1735 01:04:32,635 --> 01:04:33,936 MORE COMPREHENSIVE MANNER AND 1736 01:04:33,936 --> 01:04:36,539 DOES OTHER THINGS, INCLUDING 1737 01:04:36,539 --> 01:04:39,442 MANDATORY SAFETY PROJECT 1738 01:04:39,442 --> 01:04:41,711 REVIEWS, EXPANDED CROSS SILO 1739 01:04:41,711 --> 01:04:44,347 AUTHORITY, SYSTEMIC AND 1740 01:04:44,347 --> 01:04:44,847 AUTOMATIC DAYLIGHTING, 1741 01:04:44,847 --> 01:04:47,083 CONTRACTOR CIGAR PROTECTIONS, 1742 01:04:47,083 --> 01:04:49,885 AND LEGISLATIVELY REQUIRED 1743 01:04:49,885 --> 01:04:52,255 PATHWAY TOWARD FASTER FATAL 1744 01:04:52,255 --> 01:04:54,290 CRASH RESPONSE, AMONG OTHER 1745 01:04:54,290 --> 01:04:56,792 THINGS. AND SO DURABILITY IS THE 1746 01:04:56,792 --> 01:04:59,662 HALLMARK OF OF THIS LEGISLATIVE 1747 01:04:59,662 --> 01:05:01,631 PACKAGE. ALL RIGHT. BUT GREAT 1748 01:05:01,631 --> 01:05:03,666 QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 1749 01:05:03,666 --> 01:05:06,035 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 1750 01:05:06,035 --> 01:05:08,471 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. AND 1751 01:05:08,471 --> 01:05:09,338 I'LL JUST START BY SAYING I 1752 01:05:09,338 --> 01:05:11,741 APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT WAS 1753 01:05:11,741 --> 01:05:13,943 HERE TODAY. AND JUST MY 1754 01:05:13,943 --> 01:05:15,111 GRATITUDE TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR 1755 01:05:15,111 --> 01:05:17,513 THEIR WORK AND, AND JUST FEELING 1756 01:05:17,513 --> 01:05:18,981 THE HEAVINESS OF LISTENING TO 1757 01:05:18,981 --> 01:05:21,117 THE FAMILIES HERE TESTIFY THIS 1758 01:05:21,117 --> 01:05:22,852 MORNING AND OTHER COMMUNITY 1759 01:05:22,852 --> 01:05:24,120 MEMBERS, JUST TESTIFY ABOUT YOUR 1760 01:05:24,120 --> 01:05:27,823 EXPERIENCE. AND I KNOW THAT THAT 1761 01:05:27,823 --> 01:05:29,325 IS NOT EASY TO BOTH HAVE THE 1762 01:05:29,325 --> 01:05:30,326 EXPERIENCE AND THEN COME SHARE 1763 01:05:30,326 --> 01:05:32,662 IT WITH US IN THE PUBLIC. SO I 1764 01:05:32,662 --> 01:05:34,730 JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND 1765 01:05:34,730 --> 01:05:38,234 SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR DOING 1766 01:05:38,234 --> 01:05:39,635 THAT WORK. AND YEAH, JUST 1767 01:05:39,635 --> 01:05:42,271 FEELING HEAVY. BUT I'M REALLY 1768 01:05:42,271 --> 01:05:44,507 LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUED 1769 01:05:44,507 --> 01:05:46,242 THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION ON HOW 1770 01:05:46,242 --> 01:05:48,844 WE MAKE PROGRESS AS A CITY TO 1771 01:05:48,844 --> 01:05:51,580 ACHIEVE VISION ZERO. I WANT TO 1772 01:05:51,580 --> 01:05:53,516 ASK A QUESTION AROUND THE THE 1773 01:05:53,516 --> 01:05:55,251 CODIFICATION OF THE THE SAFETY 1774 01:05:55,251 --> 01:05:55,885 STANDARD AND FOLLOW UP A LITTLE 1775 01:05:55,885 --> 01:05:57,353 BIT ON COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 1776 01:05:57,353 --> 01:05:58,954 QUESTIONS AND VICE CHAIR RIGGS 1777 01:05:58,954 --> 01:06:00,156 QUESTIONS. SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE 1778 01:06:00,156 --> 01:06:02,358 SEE THE NEW SAFETY STANDARD CAME 1779 01:06:02,358 --> 01:06:03,459 FROM THE DEPARTMENT, I THINK IN 1780 01:06:03,459 --> 01:06:08,064 IN MAY, DO WE HAVE EXAMPLES OF 1781 01:06:08,064 --> 01:06:12,568 WHERE THE SAFETY STANDARD HAS 1782 01:06:12,568 --> 01:06:13,035 BEEN APPLIED ALREADY? 1783 01:06:13,035 --> 01:06:15,738 -- ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE 1784 01:06:15,738 --> 01:06:18,574 FATAL POST CRASH? 1785 01:06:18,574 --> 01:06:18,841 -- YEAH. 1786 01:06:18,841 --> 01:06:21,544 -- THAT'S CORRECT. THE FOUR 1787 01:06:21,544 --> 01:06:21,911 PAGE DOCUMENT. 1788 01:06:21,911 --> 01:06:24,547 -- AND YOU'RE WONDERING IF IF 1789 01:06:24,547 --> 01:06:27,316 WHAT INSTANCES SDOT HAS ALREADY 1790 01:06:27,316 --> 01:06:30,820 YOU KNOW, I'M I AM NOT AWARE 1791 01:06:30,820 --> 01:06:33,322 WITH AWARE OF SPECIFIC 1792 01:06:33,322 --> 01:06:35,725 APPLICATIONS. AND I UNDERSTAND 1793 01:06:35,725 --> 01:06:37,560 THAT THIS IS ALREADY IN PLACE. 1794 01:06:37,560 --> 01:06:39,795 AND I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT. 1795 01:06:39,795 --> 01:06:42,331 WELL, I, I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD 1796 01:06:42,331 --> 01:06:45,968 SOME FATALITIES. WELL SINCE MAY 1797 01:06:45,968 --> 01:06:47,003 HAVE WE HAD. 1798 01:06:47,003 --> 01:06:48,170 -- SO I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE 1799 01:06:48,170 --> 01:06:49,672 DEPARTMENT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT 1800 01:06:49,672 --> 01:06:51,474 THE APPLICATION OF THE NEW 1801 01:06:51,474 --> 01:06:53,609 STANDARD. AND IN PART, THE. 1802 01:06:53,609 --> 01:06:54,543 THAT'S RELATING TO MY OTHER 1803 01:06:54,543 --> 01:06:57,413 QUESTION, WHICH IS JUST THROUGH 1804 01:06:57,413 --> 01:07:00,516 THE PROPOSAL HERE TO CODIFY THIS 1805 01:07:00,516 --> 01:07:02,885 STANDARD. WOULD THAT REQUIRE. 1806 01:07:02,885 --> 01:07:04,520 THEN START COMING BACK TO 1807 01:07:04,520 --> 01:07:06,756 COUNCIL IF THEY WANT TO CONTINUE 1808 01:07:06,756 --> 01:07:09,158 TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR 1809 01:07:09,158 --> 01:07:10,526 SAFETY RESPONSE, WOULD THEY THEN 1810 01:07:10,526 --> 01:07:11,694 NEED TO COME BACK TO US TO GET 1811 01:07:11,694 --> 01:07:14,463 THAT RESPONSE APPROVED, OR WOULD 1812 01:07:14,463 --> 01:07:16,265 THEY BE ABLE TO KEEP MAKING 1813 01:07:16,265 --> 01:07:19,201 IMPROVEMENTS AND ITERATING 1814 01:07:19,201 --> 01:07:19,835 WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL? 1815 01:07:19,835 --> 01:07:21,103 -- YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD 1816 01:07:21,103 --> 01:07:22,338 QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER. I THINK 1817 01:07:22,338 --> 01:07:25,041 IT WOULD DEPEND. WE HAVEN'T 1818 01:07:25,041 --> 01:07:26,475 FINALIZED LANGUAGE, PROPOSED 1819 01:07:26,475 --> 01:07:28,444 LANGUAGE FOR AN ORDINANCE, AND 1820 01:07:28,444 --> 01:07:31,580 IT WOULD DEPEND ON HOW STRINGENT 1821 01:07:31,580 --> 01:07:32,548 THAT LANGUAGE IS, HOW NARROW THE 1822 01:07:32,548 --> 01:07:35,651 LANGUAGE IS. IF IT REFERS ONLY 1823 01:07:35,651 --> 01:07:38,521 TO S DOT'S PROGRAMMATIC FATAL 1824 01:07:38,521 --> 01:07:42,091 CRASH RESPONSE POLICY. IN BROAD 1825 01:07:42,091 --> 01:07:43,259 TERMS, THEN I WOULD SAY THAT 1826 01:07:43,259 --> 01:07:46,762 WOULD ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO 1827 01:07:46,762 --> 01:07:47,997 ITERATE AND MAKE CHANGES. IF IT 1828 01:07:47,997 --> 01:07:50,433 WAS PRESCRIPTIVE AND SAID THAT 1829 01:07:50,433 --> 01:07:52,201 CERTAIN THINGS HAD TO HAPPEN 1830 01:07:52,201 --> 01:07:55,471 WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMELINE, THAT 1831 01:07:55,471 --> 01:07:57,973 MIRRORED THE CURRENT POLICY, 1832 01:07:57,973 --> 01:07:59,575 THEN THAT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO 1833 01:07:59,575 --> 01:08:01,177 COME BACK IF THEY DECIDED THEY 1834 01:08:01,177 --> 01:08:02,378 NEEDED TO MAKE CHANGES. 1835 01:08:02,378 --> 01:08:03,212 -- OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. AND I 1836 01:08:03,212 --> 01:08:04,246 THINK I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 1837 01:08:04,246 --> 01:08:07,316 THAT IN THE PURSUIT OF THIS, 1838 01:08:07,316 --> 01:08:10,586 THIS POLICY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE 1839 01:08:10,586 --> 01:08:11,120 THAT WE ARE ALLOWING THE 1840 01:08:11,120 --> 01:08:12,822 DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE MAKING 1841 01:08:12,822 --> 01:08:13,656 IMPROVEMENTS. AND I THINK IT 1842 01:08:13,656 --> 01:08:15,825 WAS, YOU KNOW, THEIR THEIR WORK 1843 01:08:15,825 --> 01:08:18,327 INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT THAT PUT 1844 01:08:18,327 --> 01:08:18,928 TOGETHER THIS NEW RESPONSE IN 1845 01:08:18,928 --> 01:08:21,030 MAY. AND I WOULDN'T WANT US TO 1846 01:08:21,030 --> 01:08:23,032 TAKE AN ACTION THAT HAMPERS 1847 01:08:23,032 --> 01:08:24,700 THEIR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO 1848 01:08:24,700 --> 01:08:27,236 INNOVATE AND SPEED UP THEIR 1849 01:08:27,236 --> 01:08:27,736 RESPONSES IN PURSUIT OF 1850 01:08:27,736 --> 01:08:28,737 ACHIEVING VISION ZERO. SO 1851 01:08:28,737 --> 01:08:30,473 THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN 1852 01:08:30,473 --> 01:08:33,209 CONTINUE TO ENGAGE ON AS THIS 1853 01:08:33,209 --> 01:08:35,244 LEGISLATION GETS FURTHER 1854 01:08:35,244 --> 01:08:37,012 DEVELOPED AND FLESHED OUT. 1855 01:08:37,012 --> 01:08:38,147 -- THE COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, IF 1856 01:08:38,147 --> 01:08:40,049 I MAY, BECAUSE I APPRECIATE THAT 1857 01:08:40,049 --> 01:08:41,250 QUESTION. I KNOW IT WAS DIRECTED 1858 01:08:41,250 --> 01:08:43,385 AT CENTRAL STAFF, BUT I'LL JUST 1859 01:08:43,385 --> 01:08:47,723 PILE ON JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, THE 1860 01:08:47,723 --> 01:08:50,292 THE AUTHOR'S PERSPECTIVE, 100% 1861 01:08:50,292 --> 01:08:54,063 SHARE THE THE GOAL. THEY'RE NOT, 1862 01:08:54,063 --> 01:08:58,167 YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF NOT 1863 01:08:58,167 --> 01:09:00,136 WANTING TO LIMIT OR IMPEDE THE 1864 01:09:00,136 --> 01:09:02,438 DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO, TO 1865 01:09:02,438 --> 01:09:04,673 FURTHER ITERATE TO, TO OPERATE, 1866 01:09:04,673 --> 01:09:07,943 TO OPERATIONALIZE AND IMPROVE 1867 01:09:07,943 --> 01:09:09,311 THE CURRENT STANDARD. AND 1868 01:09:09,311 --> 01:09:10,346 COULDN'T AGREE MORE. IT REALLY 1869 01:09:10,346 --> 01:09:11,947 DEPENDS ON HOW IT'S STRUCTURED. 1870 01:09:11,947 --> 01:09:12,781 BUT I'LL SHARE, YOU KNOW, FROM 1871 01:09:12,781 --> 01:09:14,450 AN AUTHOR'S PERSPECTIVE, 1872 01:09:14,450 --> 01:09:16,385 DEFINITELY SHARE THAT GOAL. THE 1873 01:09:16,385 --> 01:09:18,254 INTENT HERE IS TO CODIFY THE 1874 01:09:18,254 --> 01:09:20,856 CURRENT EXISTING POLICIES AS THE 1875 01:09:20,856 --> 01:09:23,526 NEW BASELINE, AS THE NEW 1876 01:09:23,526 --> 01:09:25,928 BASELINE. THAT SDOT IS FREE TO 1877 01:09:25,928 --> 01:09:28,197 AND FULLY FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO ON 1878 01:09:28,197 --> 01:09:30,866 ITS OWN, ITERATE, IMPROVE, MAKE 1879 01:09:30,866 --> 01:09:32,935 BETTER. THEY JUST COULDN'T. THE 1880 01:09:32,935 --> 01:09:33,536 THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT THERE, 1881 01:09:33,536 --> 01:09:35,204 THEY JUST COULDN'T WATER IT DOWN 1882 01:09:35,204 --> 01:09:37,673 OR PARE IT BACK IN ANY WAY. IF 1883 01:09:37,673 --> 01:09:39,074 ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, 1884 01:09:39,074 --> 01:09:41,377 THEY, YOU KNOW, WOULD, I WOULD 1885 01:09:41,377 --> 01:09:42,611 APPRECIATE IF THEY MAKE IT MORE 1886 01:09:42,611 --> 01:09:44,280 STRINGENT. AND THEN THE NEXT 1887 01:09:44,280 --> 01:09:46,749 PIECE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, IS WHAT 1888 01:09:46,749 --> 01:09:47,449 I MENTIONED EARLIER IS, YOU 1889 01:09:47,449 --> 01:09:48,884 KNOW, PART OF THIS WOULD REQUIRE 1890 01:09:48,884 --> 01:09:51,720 THEM TO COME BACK WITH A PLAN 1891 01:09:51,720 --> 01:09:54,123 AND A PROPOSAL AND WITH SOME 1892 01:09:54,123 --> 01:09:56,992 OPTIONS TO INCLUDING WHAT 1893 01:09:56,992 --> 01:09:57,726 RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL, YOU 1894 01:09:57,726 --> 01:09:59,295 KNOW, WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE 1895 01:09:59,295 --> 01:10:01,463 A MORE STRINGENT, EXACTING 1896 01:10:01,463 --> 01:10:03,299 STANDARD, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY WITH 1897 01:10:03,299 --> 01:10:07,403 THE GOAL OF GETTING A 72 HOUR 1898 01:10:07,403 --> 01:10:08,871 RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, WINDOW. SO 1899 01:10:08,871 --> 01:10:12,107 BUT GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. 1900 01:10:12,107 --> 01:10:13,275 -- THANK YOU. AND THEN THE OTHER 1901 01:10:13,275 --> 01:10:15,244 QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK, I 1902 01:10:15,244 --> 01:10:17,580 APPRECIATED THE REFERENCE WITH 1903 01:10:17,580 --> 01:10:18,347 THE CONTRACTOR SIDE GUARD 1904 01:10:18,347 --> 01:10:20,115 REQUIREMENT. I APPRECIATED THE 1905 01:10:20,115 --> 01:10:22,785 REFERENCE TO BOSTON AS I THINK I 1906 01:10:22,785 --> 01:10:23,919 THINK MAYBE THAT CAME FROM THE 1907 01:10:23,919 --> 01:10:27,156 CHAIR EARLIER TODAY. I'M JUST 1908 01:10:27,156 --> 01:10:28,624 WONDERING, WHEN IT COMES TO SOME 1909 01:10:28,624 --> 01:10:31,060 OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE 1910 01:10:31,060 --> 01:10:32,728 IN THE THE TWO PIECES OF 1911 01:10:32,728 --> 01:10:34,930 LEGISLATION ARE THERE, AND I 1912 01:10:34,930 --> 01:10:36,465 KNOW MUCH OF WHAT YOU KNOW, IT 1913 01:10:36,465 --> 01:10:39,702 SEEMS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS 1914 01:10:39,702 --> 01:10:40,302 THE CODIFICATION OF EXISTING 1915 01:10:40,302 --> 01:10:41,737 STANDARDS. AND WE KNOW THAT 1916 01:10:41,737 --> 01:10:44,106 INTERSECTION DAYLIGHTING IS AN 1917 01:10:44,106 --> 01:10:45,174 ONGOING NEED AND AN ONGOING BODY 1918 01:10:45,174 --> 01:10:48,243 OF WORK. BUT MY QUESTION IS, ARE 1919 01:10:48,243 --> 01:10:49,712 THERE ANY OTHER PIECES OF THE 1920 01:10:49,712 --> 01:10:52,648 PACKAGE THAT ARE SORT OF BUILT 1921 01:10:52,648 --> 01:10:54,250 ON SUCCESSFUL WORK IN OTHER 1922 01:10:54,250 --> 01:10:55,417 CITIES? I THINK ONE OF THE 1923 01:10:55,417 --> 01:10:57,319 THINGS WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO 1924 01:10:57,319 --> 01:10:59,388 WITH VISION ZERO IS LOOK AT WHAT 1925 01:10:59,388 --> 01:11:00,022 WORKS AND WHAT'S PROVEN, AND 1926 01:11:00,022 --> 01:11:01,790 MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING 1927 01:11:01,790 --> 01:11:03,659 PACE AND IMPLEMENTING. AND I 1928 01:11:03,659 --> 01:11:06,261 WONDER IF YOU CAN JUST SPEAK TO 1929 01:11:06,261 --> 01:11:08,397 ANY OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES HERE 1930 01:11:08,397 --> 01:11:10,866 AND HOW THEY MIRROR OR REFLECT 1931 01:11:10,866 --> 01:11:15,170 KNOWN BEST PRACTICES. 1932 01:11:15,170 --> 01:11:16,905 -- SURE. SO, I MEAN, AS, AS I 1933 01:11:16,905 --> 01:11:19,975 MENTIONED EARLIER, VISION ZERO 1934 01:11:19,975 --> 01:11:22,111 WAS FIRST LAUNCHED IN 2015. 1935 01:11:22,111 --> 01:11:23,545 IT'S NOT A STATIC POLICY. AND 1936 01:11:23,545 --> 01:11:25,347 SDOT HAS CONTINUED TO ITERATE 1937 01:11:25,347 --> 01:11:28,417 AND IMPROVE UPON IT BASED ON OUR 1938 01:11:28,417 --> 01:11:30,653 OWN EXPERIENCE AS A CITY AND 1939 01:11:30,653 --> 01:11:33,856 ALSO ON OTHER CITIES. 1940 01:11:33,856 --> 01:11:35,291 EXPERIENCES. THAT BEING SAID, 1941 01:11:35,291 --> 01:11:38,594 THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CURRENT 1942 01:11:38,594 --> 01:11:41,030 DOCUMENTS THAT SPECIFICALLY IN 1943 01:11:41,030 --> 01:11:44,466 THE LAST MONTHS WAS INSPIRED BY 1944 01:11:44,466 --> 01:11:48,170 ONE PARTICULAR JURISDICTION. 1945 01:11:48,170 --> 01:11:50,439 -- GOT IT. THANK YOU. AND THEN 1946 01:11:50,439 --> 01:11:52,007 FINALLY, I KNOW THAT THE THE 1947 01:11:52,007 --> 01:11:54,476 THIRD PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS 1948 01:11:54,476 --> 01:11:55,878 UNDER DEVELOPMENT. DO WE KNOW 1949 01:11:55,878 --> 01:11:57,012 WHEN WE'RE. WELL, WE CAN EXPECT 1950 01:11:57,012 --> 01:12:00,582 TO SEE A DRAFT OF THAT 1951 01:12:00,582 --> 01:12:01,083 LEGISLATION, OR ARE WE 1952 01:12:01,083 --> 01:12:01,950 ANTICIPATING THAT THAT WOULD NOT 1953 01:12:01,950 --> 01:12:03,452 BE PART OF THE SEPTEMBER 1954 01:12:03,452 --> 01:12:06,088 COMMITTEE? 1955 01:12:06,088 --> 01:12:07,856 -- THE CHAIR'S GOAL IS THAT IT 1956 01:12:07,856 --> 01:12:11,460 WOULD BE PART OF THE SEPTEMBER 1957 01:12:11,460 --> 01:12:12,795 COMMITTEE REVIEW. I THINK WHAT 1958 01:12:12,795 --> 01:12:14,463 WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS 1959 01:12:14,463 --> 01:12:16,598 TRYING TO IDENTIFY REALLY HOW TO 1960 01:12:16,598 --> 01:12:21,203 CODIFY THAT REQUIREMENT, BECAUSE 1961 01:12:21,203 --> 01:12:22,171 IT WOULD IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE 1962 01:12:22,171 --> 01:12:23,639 A REQUIREMENT, WE WOULD NEED TO 1963 01:12:23,639 --> 01:12:26,975 KNOW. WE NEED TO HAVE MORE 1964 01:12:26,975 --> 01:12:28,711 INFORMATION ABOUT THE TYPES OF 1965 01:12:28,711 --> 01:12:31,714 TRUCKS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED. 1966 01:12:31,714 --> 01:12:33,015 AND POTENTIALLY COST IT COST TO 1967 01:12:33,015 --> 01:12:35,417 OUR CONTRACTS. AND THAT 1968 01:12:35,417 --> 01:12:36,018 INFORMATION IS NOT SOMETHING 1969 01:12:36,018 --> 01:12:37,519 THAT WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT. 1970 01:12:37,519 --> 01:12:38,487 -- OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1971 01:12:38,487 --> 01:12:40,322 THANK YOU CHAIR. 1972 01:12:40,322 --> 01:12:42,825 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1973 01:12:42,825 --> 01:12:45,327 FOSTER. EXCELLENT QUESTIONS AND 1974 01:12:45,327 --> 01:12:47,996 AND, AND APPRECIATE CENTRAL 1975 01:12:47,996 --> 01:12:51,300 STAFF COMMENT ON THAT AND, AND 1976 01:12:51,300 --> 01:12:51,934 REVEALING THE OPPORTUNITY. YOU 1977 01:12:51,934 --> 01:12:52,935 KNOW, GOOD NEWS IS THERE'S A 1978 01:12:52,935 --> 01:12:57,339 MODEL TO, TO, TO USE AND, YOU 1979 01:12:57,339 --> 01:12:58,874 KNOW, FIGURE OUT THE SEATTLE 1980 01:12:58,874 --> 01:12:59,341 SPECIFIC LEGISLATIVE 1981 01:12:59,341 --> 01:13:00,209 IMPLEMENTATION, WHAT THAT WOULD 1982 01:13:00,209 --> 01:13:01,276 BEST LOOK LIKE FOR THIS. WHEN WE 1983 01:13:01,276 --> 01:13:03,645 TALK ABOUT THE 2014 BOSTON 1984 01:13:03,645 --> 01:13:09,651 ORDINANCE. SO APPRECIATE MEDIA 1985 01:13:09,651 --> 01:13:11,820 JOURNALISTS, TOM, FOR, FOR 1986 01:13:11,820 --> 01:13:14,423 SURFACING THAT OPPORTUNITY. ALL 1987 01:13:14,423 --> 01:13:17,326 RIGHT. ANY FINAL COMMENTS 1988 01:13:17,326 --> 01:13:17,926 QUESTIONS COLLEAGUES ON THIS 1989 01:13:17,926 --> 01:13:21,630 PARTICULAR ITEM. ALL RIGHT. 1990 01:13:21,630 --> 01:13:24,500 LOOKS LIKE HEARING AND SEEING 1991 01:13:24,500 --> 01:13:27,970 NONE. THANK YOU. MR. CHOW. MISS 1992 01:13:27,970 --> 01:13:30,272 ALLEN AGAIN FOR YOUR 1993 01:13:30,272 --> 01:13:31,673 PRESENTATION TODAY. AND MORE 1994 01:13:31,673 --> 01:13:32,574 IMPORTANTLY FOR THE WORK, THE 1995 01:13:32,574 --> 01:13:33,509 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT 1996 01:13:33,509 --> 01:13:35,544 HAS GONE INTO THIS PACKAGE 1997 01:13:35,544 --> 01:13:39,014 TODAY. AND AND WE'LL GO INTO IT 1998 01:13:39,014 --> 01:13:40,582 IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS FOR CLARITY 1999 01:13:40,582 --> 01:13:41,950 IN THE RECORD, I EXPECT THE 2000 01:13:41,950 --> 01:13:43,819 COMPLETE LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE TO 2001 01:13:43,819 --> 01:13:45,254 BE INTRODUCED, REFERRED TO THIS 2002 01:13:45,254 --> 01:13:47,456 COMMITTEE AND READY FOR 2003 01:13:47,456 --> 01:13:48,090 CONSIDERATION AT OUR SEPTEMBER 2004 01:13:48,090 --> 01:13:49,825 8th SPECIAL MEETING OF THIS 2005 01:13:49,825 --> 01:13:51,927 COMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN FULLY 2006 01:13:51,927 --> 01:13:54,062 CONSIDER IT. AND THEN REMAIN 2007 01:13:54,062 --> 01:13:54,596 POSITIONED FOR POTENTIAL 2008 01:13:54,596 --> 01:13:56,131 COMMITTEE ACTION ON SEPTEMBER 2009 01:13:56,131 --> 01:13:58,767 17th, BEFORE OUR ANNUAL BUDGET 2010 01:13:58,767 --> 01:14:00,702 DELIBERATIONS PAUSE REGULAR 2011 01:14:00,702 --> 01:14:02,304 COMMITTEE WORK, WHICH WILL ALLOW 2012 01:14:02,304 --> 01:14:03,605 US TO TREAT THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE 2013 01:14:03,605 --> 01:14:06,575 WITH THE. THE URGENCY AND ACTION 2014 01:14:06,575 --> 01:14:07,576 THAT IT DESERVES FROM A 2015 01:14:07,576 --> 01:14:12,014 LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE. SO, SO 2016 01:14:12,014 --> 01:14:12,748 PLEASE WORK WITH ME. CONTINUE TO 2017 01:14:12,748 --> 01:14:14,750 WORK WITH ME IN MY OFFICE AND 2018 01:14:14,750 --> 01:14:16,552 ORGANIZE THE REMAINING DRAFTING 2019 01:14:16,552 --> 01:14:17,753 AND REVIEW ACCORDINGLY. I ALSO 2020 01:14:17,753 --> 01:14:21,323 WANT TO THANK THE CITY ATTORNEY, 2021 01:14:21,323 --> 01:14:25,027 EVANS, FOR HER PARTNERSHIP ON 2022 01:14:25,027 --> 01:14:27,930 THIS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY AND 2023 01:14:27,930 --> 01:14:30,332 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I 2024 01:14:30,332 --> 01:14:32,901 ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE HOW THEY 2025 01:14:32,901 --> 01:14:34,503 GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO HELP 2026 01:14:34,503 --> 01:14:36,738 PRIORITIZE AND EXPEDITE LEGAL 2027 01:14:36,738 --> 01:14:40,542 REVIEWS OF THIS PACKAGE AND SOME 2028 01:14:40,542 --> 01:14:41,643 SOME IMPORTANT LEGAL GUIDANCE TO 2029 01:14:41,643 --> 01:14:43,078 TO HELP SHAPE THIS. SO REALLY 2030 01:14:43,078 --> 01:14:45,881 APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP HERE. 2031 01:14:45,881 --> 01:14:49,852 AND THANK YOU FOR THE INITIAL 2032 01:14:49,852 --> 01:14:53,455 BRIEFING. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW 2033 01:14:53,455 --> 01:14:56,091 MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND ITEM OF 2034 01:14:56,091 --> 01:14:57,092 BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2035 01:14:57,092 --> 01:15:00,662 READ ITEM TWO INTO THE RECORD. 2036 01:15:00,662 --> 01:15:03,999 -- AGENDA ITEM TWO BRIEFING, 2037 01:15:03,999 --> 01:15:04,600 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE 2038 01:15:04,600 --> 01:15:07,502 RESOLUTION 32215 A RESOLUTION 2039 01:15:07,502 --> 01:15:09,104 APPOINTING THE MEMBERS OF THE 2040 01:15:09,104 --> 01:15:10,439 TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK 2041 01:15:10,439 --> 01:15:10,672 FORCE. 2042 01:15:10,672 --> 01:15:11,406 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LOOKS 2043 01:15:11,406 --> 01:15:12,841 LIKE OUR PRESENTERS ARE JOINING 2044 01:15:12,841 --> 01:15:14,977 US AT THE TABLE. WELCOME. WHEN 2045 01:15:14,977 --> 01:15:17,646 YOU'RE READY, PLEASE DO 2046 01:15:17,646 --> 01:15:18,280 INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND BEGIN 2047 01:15:18,280 --> 01:15:23,519 YOUR PRESENTATION. 2048 01:15:23,519 --> 01:15:28,991 -- BELL SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 2049 01:15:28,991 --> 01:15:29,591 TRANSPORTATION. 2050 01:15:29,591 --> 01:15:31,960 -- MEGAN SHEPHERD, DEPARTMENT OF 2051 01:15:31,960 --> 01:15:32,528 TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR OF 2052 01:15:32,528 --> 01:15:34,830 POLICY AND PLANNING 2053 01:15:34,830 --> 01:15:36,598 -- SARAH STRAND, SEATTLE. 2054 01:15:36,598 --> 01:15:37,232 -- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 2055 01:15:37,232 --> 01:15:39,334 POLICY AND PLANNING. 2056 01:15:39,334 --> 01:15:43,505 -- I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN TODAY 2057 01:15:43,505 --> 01:15:45,607 BY THANKING ALL OF THE ATTENDEES 2058 01:15:45,607 --> 01:15:47,576 WHO ARE HERE, AS WELL AS THE 2059 01:15:47,576 --> 01:15:50,145 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE 2060 01:15:50,145 --> 01:15:52,514 CHAIR, FOR HAVING US HERE TO 2061 01:15:52,514 --> 01:15:53,882 ADVANCE THIS IMPORTANT WORK. I 2062 01:15:53,882 --> 01:15:57,719 THINK THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE 2063 01:15:57,719 --> 01:15:59,888 HEARD TODAY CONNECTED TO SAFETY 2064 01:15:59,888 --> 01:16:01,957 AND CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY TIED 2065 01:16:01,957 --> 01:16:03,492 DIRECTLY TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE 2066 01:16:03,492 --> 01:16:04,993 GOING TO BE ASKING THE 2067 01:16:04,993 --> 01:16:06,061 TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK 2068 01:16:06,061 --> 01:16:07,396 FORCE TO ADVANCE. AND I 2069 01:16:07,396 --> 01:16:08,196 APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THAT 2070 01:16:08,196 --> 01:16:09,598 LINKAGE. IN YOUR OPENING 2071 01:16:09,598 --> 01:16:13,201 COMMENTS, CHAIR, WHEN THE 2024 2072 01:16:13,201 --> 01:16:17,306 SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION LEVY WAS 2073 01:16:17,306 --> 01:16:21,310 COMING TOGETHER, THE LEVY, WHICH 2074 01:16:21,310 --> 01:16:23,612 WE'RE SO THANKFUL TO THE VOTERS 2075 01:16:23,612 --> 01:16:24,646 FOR APPROVING BECAUSE OF THE 2076 01:16:24,646 --> 01:16:26,381 DEDICATED, STABLE FUNDING THAT 2077 01:16:26,381 --> 01:16:29,685 ALLOWS US TO PUT INTO SAFETY 2078 01:16:29,685 --> 01:16:30,586 IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS THE 2079 01:16:30,586 --> 01:16:32,788 OTHER NEEDS OF OUR 2080 01:16:32,788 --> 01:16:33,422 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. BUT WE 2081 01:16:33,422 --> 01:16:35,057 REALLY HEARD A LOT FROM THE 2082 01:16:35,057 --> 01:16:37,192 STAKEHOLDERS WHO WERE INVOLVED 2083 01:16:37,192 --> 01:16:39,861 IN THAT PROCESS ABOUT NEEDS 2084 01:16:39,861 --> 01:16:40,996 BEYOND THE EIGHT YEAR LIFE OF A 2085 01:16:40,996 --> 01:16:42,864 LEVY, THAT THEY WERE REALLY 2086 01:16:42,864 --> 01:16:48,403 ASKING US TO CONSIDER AND 2087 01:16:48,403 --> 01:16:49,671 ADDRESS AS WELL. AND SO THESE 2088 01:16:49,671 --> 01:16:52,207 NEEDS WENT INTO THE ACTUAL FINAL 2089 01:16:52,207 --> 01:16:54,743 LEGISLATION FOR THE LEVY. AND 2090 01:16:54,743 --> 01:16:55,978 SARAH'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE 2091 01:16:55,978 --> 01:16:58,413 BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT 2092 01:16:58,413 --> 01:16:59,715 SOME OF THE THINGS PEOPLE WERE 2093 01:16:59,715 --> 01:17:00,382 SAYING TO US, RIGHT, WERE LIKE, 2094 01:17:00,382 --> 01:17:02,751 WELL, THE LEVY IS GREAT. IT'S 2095 01:17:02,751 --> 01:17:04,319 GOING TO BUILD 350 NEW BLOCKS OF 2096 01:17:04,319 --> 01:17:05,754 SIDEWALKS. BUT HOW DO WE 2097 01:17:05,754 --> 01:17:07,622 CONTINUE TO BUILD THEM IN A CITY 2098 01:17:07,622 --> 01:17:09,157 THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MISSING 2099 01:17:09,157 --> 01:17:11,059 AROUND 11,000 BLOCKS OF 2100 01:17:11,059 --> 01:17:13,662 SIDEWALKS? AND THE CITY HAS 134 2101 01:17:13,662 --> 01:17:15,597 VEHICLE BRIDGES. AND HOW DO WE 2102 01:17:15,597 --> 01:17:17,933 CONTINUE TO PREPARE FOR 2103 01:17:17,933 --> 01:17:21,169 REPAIRING AND REPLACING THESE 2104 01:17:21,169 --> 01:17:23,438 AGING STRUCTURES? AND PAVING, 2105 01:17:23,438 --> 01:17:26,408 YOU KNOW, OUR ARTERIAL STREETS 2106 01:17:26,408 --> 01:17:27,743 CARRY PEOPLE MOVING, WHETHER 2107 01:17:27,743 --> 01:17:29,177 THEY'RE IN CARS, TRUCKS, 2108 01:17:29,177 --> 01:17:31,079 BUSSES, BIKING, WALKING, 2109 01:17:31,079 --> 01:17:32,447 THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THE ARTERIES 2110 01:17:32,447 --> 01:17:34,616 OF OUR NETWORK. AND WHEN WE 2111 01:17:34,616 --> 01:17:36,385 REPAVE THEM, THAT IS OFTEN OUR 2112 01:17:36,385 --> 01:17:38,353 OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY THINK IN A 2113 01:17:38,353 --> 01:17:40,589 SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT WAY 2114 01:17:40,589 --> 01:17:42,624 ABOUT HOW THAT STREET CAN BE 2115 01:17:42,624 --> 01:17:45,927 SAFER. SO THESE QUESTIONS LED TO 2116 01:17:45,927 --> 01:17:47,896 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEED 2117 01:17:47,896 --> 01:17:50,198 AND OUR CALL TO ACTION TO CREATE 2118 01:17:50,198 --> 01:17:53,001 THIS TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK 2119 01:17:53,001 --> 01:17:55,537 FORCE AND INVITE STAKEHOLDERS 2120 01:17:55,537 --> 01:17:56,905 AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SIT 2121 01:17:56,905 --> 01:18:00,976 AND LEARN WITH US AND TACKLE 2122 01:18:00,976 --> 01:18:01,576 SOME OF THESE REAL QUESTIONS 2123 01:18:01,576 --> 01:18:03,912 THAT WE HAVE. SO I WANT TO THANK 2124 01:18:03,912 --> 01:18:05,180 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR THEIR 2125 01:18:05,180 --> 01:18:06,915 PARTNERSHIP. I WANT TO THANK 2126 01:18:06,915 --> 01:18:07,816 COUNCIL FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP ON 2127 01:18:07,816 --> 01:18:09,418 GETTING TO THIS POINT. I REALLY 2128 01:18:09,418 --> 01:18:10,719 WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS OF YOU 2129 01:18:10,719 --> 01:18:13,055 WHO ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE 2130 01:18:13,055 --> 01:18:14,556 TODAY, AS WELL AS THE ONES WHO 2131 01:18:14,556 --> 01:18:16,258 ARE ONLINE, WHO HAVE AGREED TO 2132 01:18:16,258 --> 01:18:22,164 JOIN US ON THIS ADVENTURE 2133 01:18:22,164 --> 01:18:23,832 JOURNEY PROCESS TO EXPLORE OUR 2134 01:18:23,832 --> 01:18:25,233 NEEDS. AND SO THANK YOU ALL VERY 2135 01:18:25,233 --> 01:18:26,768 MUCH. I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO 2136 01:18:26,768 --> 01:18:28,470 SARAH STRAHM STRAND, WHO IS THE 2137 01:18:28,470 --> 01:18:29,304 PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS WORK, 2138 01:18:29,304 --> 01:18:31,339 AND SHE'LL JUST QUICKLY COVER 2139 01:18:31,339 --> 01:18:35,310 HOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW 2140 01:18:35,310 --> 01:18:35,644 WE GOT HERE. 2141 01:18:35,644 --> 01:18:39,181 -- THANKS, MEGAN. AND AS MEGAN 2142 01:18:39,181 --> 01:18:39,681 SO POIGNANTLY GAVE THE 2143 01:18:39,681 --> 01:18:41,149 BACKGROUND ON HOW THIS 2144 01:18:41,149 --> 01:18:43,418 ORIGINATED FROM THE 2024 VOTER 2145 01:18:43,418 --> 01:18:46,755 APPROVED SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION 2146 01:18:46,755 --> 01:18:48,790 LEVY. THIS IS A COMPLEX 2147 01:18:48,790 --> 01:18:49,558 CHALLENGE THAT THESE TASK FORCE 2148 01:18:49,558 --> 01:18:50,425 MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE HELPING 2149 01:18:50,425 --> 01:18:52,194 US WORK THROUGH. WE HAVE SOME 2150 01:18:52,194 --> 01:18:55,831 REALLY BOLD AND AMBITIOUS GOALS 2151 01:18:55,831 --> 01:19:01,436 THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE 2152 01:19:01,436 --> 01:19:02,037 EXPLORING THROUGH THIS WORK. 2153 01:19:02,037 --> 01:19:03,238 THREE DIFFERENT FOCUS AREAS FOR 2154 01:19:03,238 --> 01:19:06,041 ASSET CONDITION, INCLUDING OUR 2155 01:19:06,041 --> 01:19:08,810 PAVING, OUR SIDEWALK NETWORK, 2156 01:19:08,810 --> 01:19:10,078 OUR BRIDGES, AND SOME REALLY 2157 01:19:10,078 --> 01:19:11,546 SPECIFIC TOOLS THAT WE WANT TO 2158 01:19:11,546 --> 01:19:13,248 DIG IN AND EXPLORE AS WELL. AND 2159 01:19:13,248 --> 01:19:16,151 SO WE MADE THIS COMMITMENT 2160 01:19:16,151 --> 01:19:16,785 THROUGH THE LEVY. AND IF WE CAN 2161 01:19:16,785 --> 01:19:22,424 GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND 2162 01:19:22,424 --> 01:19:23,892 COUNCIL BUILT UPON THAT INITIAL 2163 01:19:23,892 --> 01:19:25,093 LEGISLATION OUT OF THE LEVY TO 2164 01:19:25,093 --> 01:19:26,728 GIVE US SOME MORE DIRECTION ON 2165 01:19:26,728 --> 01:19:28,363 HOW WE'LL GO FORWARD AND DO 2166 01:19:28,363 --> 01:19:30,499 THIS WORK. AND SO WE ARE 2167 01:19:30,499 --> 01:19:32,634 CONVENING THE TRANSPORTATION 2168 01:19:32,634 --> 01:19:35,103 FUNDING TASK FORCE. WE HAVE A 2169 01:19:35,103 --> 01:19:38,673 CLEAR SCOPE AND GUIDELINES FOR 2170 01:19:38,673 --> 01:19:40,675 WHAT WE WILL EXPLORE THROUGH 2171 01:19:40,675 --> 01:19:42,577 THIS WORK WILL BE CONVENING 2172 01:19:42,577 --> 01:19:43,145 THESE MEMBERS TO REVIEW THE 2173 01:19:43,145 --> 01:19:44,646 CURRENT FUNDING POLICIES AND 2174 01:19:44,646 --> 01:19:47,015 ASSET MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT 2175 01:19:47,015 --> 01:19:47,949 SDOT CURRENTLY OPERATES WITH, 2176 01:19:47,949 --> 01:19:50,352 AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING 2177 01:19:50,352 --> 01:19:52,154 ACROSS A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT 2178 01:19:52,154 --> 01:19:53,021 POLICY AND FUNDING TOOLS AND 2179 01:19:53,021 --> 01:19:55,524 MECHANISMS TO CONSIDER HOW THEY 2180 01:19:55,524 --> 01:19:58,527 MIGHT ADVANCE THOSE ASSET 2181 01:19:58,527 --> 01:20:00,228 CONDITION TARGETS AND BUILD OUT 2182 01:20:00,228 --> 01:20:03,298 THE NETWORK FURTHER. WE'LL BE 2183 01:20:03,298 --> 01:20:05,233 BACK TO CITY COUNCIL WITH 2184 01:20:05,233 --> 01:20:07,068 UPDATES AT SIX MONTH INCREMENTS 2185 01:20:07,068 --> 01:20:09,838 TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON WHERE 2186 01:20:09,838 --> 01:20:11,006 WE'RE AT WITH THE TASK FORCE'S 2187 01:20:11,006 --> 01:20:12,941 WORK, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING 2188 01:20:12,941 --> 01:20:14,609 FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY 2189 01:20:14,609 --> 01:20:17,445 COUNCIL. THE RESOLUTION DEADLINE 2190 01:20:17,445 --> 01:20:21,283 IS DECEMBER 2027. THERE'S ALSO 2191 01:20:21,283 --> 01:20:23,218 DETAILS IN THE GUIDING 2192 01:20:23,218 --> 01:20:25,754 RESOLUTION RELATED SPECIFICALLY 2193 01:20:25,754 --> 01:20:28,156 TO THE TASK FORCE COMPOSITION 2194 01:20:28,156 --> 01:20:29,491 AND MEMBERSHIP. AND THIS WAS 2195 01:20:29,491 --> 01:20:32,260 INTENDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 2196 01:20:32,260 --> 01:20:32,928 HAD ALL THE RANGE OF VOICES AT 2197 01:20:32,928 --> 01:20:33,962 THE TABLE THAT WILL HELP MAKE 2198 01:20:33,962 --> 01:20:36,731 THIS A STRONG AND SUCCESSFUL 2199 01:20:36,731 --> 01:20:38,266 PROCESS, WHETHER IT'S PEOPLE 2200 01:20:38,266 --> 01:20:38,867 WHO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS 2201 01:20:38,867 --> 01:20:42,237 THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS, 2202 01:20:42,237 --> 01:20:42,771 BUSINESSES, ACCESSIBILITY 2203 01:20:42,771 --> 01:20:45,140 ADVOCATES, MOBILITY ADVOCATES, 2204 01:20:45,140 --> 01:20:46,741 LABOR DEVELOPMENT, AND PEOPLE 2205 01:20:46,741 --> 01:20:48,143 WHO DO THIS AS A PROFESSION OR 2206 01:20:48,143 --> 01:20:49,778 HAVE EXPERTISE, WHETHER IT IS IN 2207 01:20:49,778 --> 01:20:52,214 FUNDING, FINANCE, POLICY, 2208 01:20:52,214 --> 01:20:55,517 DELIVERING AND BUILDING THIS 2209 01:20:55,517 --> 01:20:56,117 WORK, AND THE OTHER PIECE OF 2210 01:20:56,117 --> 01:20:57,419 THIS RESOLUTION IS THAT WE BRING 2211 01:20:57,419 --> 01:20:59,154 IT HERE TO YOU TO BE APPOINTED 2212 01:20:59,154 --> 01:21:04,993 BY CITY COUNCIL, BY RESOLUTION 2213 01:21:04,993 --> 01:21:06,027 AND SO WE WENT THROUGH A VERY 2214 01:21:06,027 --> 01:21:08,330 ROBUST PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT 2215 01:21:08,330 --> 01:21:10,198 WE BUILD A MEMBERSHIP SLATE THAT 2216 01:21:10,198 --> 01:21:12,467 MEETS THE CHARGE OF THAT 2217 01:21:12,467 --> 01:21:14,336 RESOLUTION. WE HAD A PUBLIC 2218 01:21:14,336 --> 01:21:15,804 PROCESS, A CALL FOR 2219 01:21:15,804 --> 01:21:17,072 APPLICATIONS, AND WE CAST A 2220 01:21:17,072 --> 01:21:19,975 REALLY WIDE NET. WE REACHED OUT 2221 01:21:19,975 --> 01:21:22,077 TO SO MANY DIFFERENT NETWORKS 2222 01:21:22,077 --> 01:21:22,544 ACROSS THOSE AREAS OF 2223 01:21:22,544 --> 01:21:23,878 REPRESENTATION. WE THANK YOU ALL 2224 01:21:23,878 --> 01:21:25,046 AGAIN ON COUNCIL AND IN THE 2225 01:21:25,046 --> 01:21:26,348 MAYOR'S OFFICE AND ALL OF OUR 2226 01:21:26,348 --> 01:21:29,751 NETWORKS OF STAKEHOLDERS AND 2227 01:21:29,751 --> 01:21:31,319 PUBLIC AGENCY PARTNERS WHO 2228 01:21:31,319 --> 01:21:32,954 HELPED GET THE WORD OUT AND 2229 01:21:32,954 --> 01:21:33,521 SPREAD THE WORD AND INVITE 2230 01:21:33,521 --> 01:21:35,590 PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO 2231 01:21:35,590 --> 01:21:38,226 APPLY. WE DID MULTIPLE Q&A 2232 01:21:38,226 --> 01:21:40,595 SESSIONS TO ANSWER ANY INQUIRIES 2233 01:21:40,595 --> 01:21:42,197 FOLKS HAD ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT, 2234 01:21:42,197 --> 01:21:43,565 WHAT THIS PROCESS WOULD LOOK 2235 01:21:43,565 --> 01:21:47,469 LIKE. AND WE HAD A REALLY GREAT 2236 01:21:47,469 --> 01:21:48,536 RESPONSE. AND SO WE WORKED 2237 01:21:48,536 --> 01:21:50,772 THROUGH ALL OF THE WRITTEN 2238 01:21:50,772 --> 01:21:54,075 APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED. 2239 01:21:54,075 --> 01:21:55,377 WE INTERVIEWED CANDIDATES TO 2240 01:21:55,377 --> 01:21:58,647 CONSIDER THE BEST FIT AND REALLY 2241 01:21:58,647 --> 01:22:00,282 THOUGHT THROUGH THE BALANCE OF 2242 01:22:00,282 --> 01:22:00,916 REPRESENTATION AND MAKING SURE 2243 01:22:00,916 --> 01:22:03,218 THAT WE HAD THAT DIVERSITY OF 2244 01:22:03,218 --> 01:22:05,820 VOICES AT THE TABLE. AND WE 2245 01:22:05,820 --> 01:22:07,922 COORDINATED REALLY CLOSELY PER 2246 01:22:07,922 --> 01:22:08,423 RESOLUTION WITH COUNCIL 2247 01:22:08,423 --> 01:22:11,893 LEADERSHIP AND THE MAYOR'S 2248 01:22:11,893 --> 01:22:12,560 OFFICE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD 2249 01:22:12,560 --> 01:22:13,595 ALL OF THOSE VOICES COVERED. SO 2250 01:22:13,595 --> 01:22:16,031 WE'RE HERE TODAY TO SUBMIT FOR 2251 01:22:16,031 --> 01:22:17,966 YOUR CONSIDERATION, APPOINTING 2252 01:22:17,966 --> 01:22:20,268 THESE MEMBERS. WE CAN JUMP TO 2253 01:22:20,268 --> 01:22:25,940 THE NEXT SLIDE. AND SO HERE YOU 2254 01:22:25,940 --> 01:22:28,510 HAVE YOUR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING 2255 01:22:28,510 --> 01:22:29,144 TASK FORCE APPOINTEES SUBMITTED 2256 01:22:29,144 --> 01:22:30,779 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY. 2257 01:22:30,779 --> 01:22:32,113 AND I JUST WANT TO PAUSE AND DO 2258 01:22:32,113 --> 01:22:34,349 A REALLY, REALLY BIG SHOUT OUT. 2259 01:22:34,349 --> 01:22:35,250 AND KUDOS TO ALL OF THESE FOLKS, 2260 01:22:35,250 --> 01:22:36,685 AS WELL AS THE FOLKS NOT SHOWN 2261 01:22:36,685 --> 01:22:37,819 HERE, WHO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO 2262 01:22:37,819 --> 01:22:40,355 SELECT BECAUSE WE HAD MORE 2263 01:22:40,355 --> 01:22:41,222 CANDIDATES THAN WE WERE ABLE TO 2264 01:22:41,222 --> 01:22:45,060 TAKE ON, AND STILL BALANCE THAT 2265 01:22:45,060 --> 01:22:46,528 REPRESENTATION AND SIZE OF THIS 2266 01:22:46,528 --> 01:22:48,730 GROUP. AND I DON'T WANT TO 2267 01:22:48,730 --> 01:22:49,331 UNDERSTATE THE VALUE OF FOLKS 2268 01:22:49,331 --> 01:22:50,899 WHO ARE WILLING TO RAISE THEIR 2269 01:22:50,899 --> 01:22:52,233 HANDS AND ROLL THEIR SLEEVES UP 2270 01:22:52,233 --> 01:22:54,903 AND VOLUNTEER THEIR PUBLIC 2271 01:22:54,903 --> 01:22:57,472 SERVICE, THEIR TIME TO THIS 2272 01:22:57,472 --> 01:22:58,373 REALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR THE 2273 01:22:58,373 --> 01:23:01,876 CITY. AND SO HUGE THANKS. AND IF 2274 01:23:01,876 --> 01:23:04,179 THERE ARE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE 2275 01:23:04,179 --> 01:23:05,113 WHO ARE BEING APPOINTED TODAY, 2276 01:23:05,113 --> 01:23:05,747 IF YOU WOULD LOVE TO LOVE, IF 2277 01:23:05,747 --> 01:23:07,015 YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR HAND AND 2278 01:23:07,015 --> 01:23:09,517 JUST IDENTIFY YOURSELF. AND SO, 2279 01:23:09,517 --> 01:23:10,785 AND FOLKS ONLINE AS WELL, AND 2280 01:23:10,785 --> 01:23:13,288 FOLKS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO JOIN 2281 01:23:13,288 --> 01:23:15,490 US TODAY, HUGE THANK YOU. WE'RE 2282 01:23:15,490 --> 01:23:17,492 REALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH 2283 01:23:17,492 --> 01:23:19,661 THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO REALLY 2284 01:23:19,661 --> 01:23:21,663 DEMONSTRATED JUST GREAT CALIBER 2285 01:23:21,663 --> 01:23:22,297 AND EXPERTISE AND PERSPECTIVES 2286 01:23:22,297 --> 01:23:27,268 TO ADD AND CONTRIBUTE TO THIS 2287 01:23:27,268 --> 01:23:30,772 WORK. AND SO LAST BUT NOT LEAST, 2288 01:23:30,772 --> 01:23:35,110 WE ARE GETTING TO WORK. PROGRESS 2289 01:23:35,110 --> 01:23:36,444 IS HAPPENING. THIS WORK IS 2290 01:23:36,444 --> 01:23:37,078 HAPPENING. WE'RE GOING TO BE 2291 01:23:37,078 --> 01:23:39,748 DOING ONE ON ONE ONBOARDING 2292 01:23:39,748 --> 01:23:40,749 MEETINGS WITH ALL OF OUR NEWLY 2293 01:23:40,749 --> 01:23:42,250 APPOINTED TASK FORCE MEMBERS. 2294 01:23:42,250 --> 01:23:44,285 WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING A 2295 01:23:44,285 --> 01:23:44,753 WELCOME RECEPTION AND 2296 01:23:44,753 --> 01:23:45,420 ORIENTATION TO KICK OFF THE 2297 01:23:45,420 --> 01:23:48,790 WORK, AND WE WILL BEGIN OUR 2298 01:23:48,790 --> 01:23:49,724 MONTHLY CADENCE OF MEETINGS TO 2299 01:23:49,724 --> 01:23:51,393 REALLY DIG IN AND WORK THROUGH 2300 01:23:51,393 --> 01:23:52,961 THIS PROCESS. IN OCTOBER. AND 2301 01:23:52,961 --> 01:23:55,597 AGAIN, WE'LL BE BACK WITH SOME 2302 01:23:55,597 --> 01:23:59,734 CITY COUNCIL UPDATES AT A SIX 2303 01:23:59,734 --> 01:24:01,236 MONTH INCREMENT. AND WE CAN. GO 2304 01:24:01,236 --> 01:24:02,337 ON. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS 2305 01:24:02,337 --> 01:24:07,075 IT OVER TO THE CHAIR. 2306 01:24:07,075 --> 01:24:09,043 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS 2307 01:24:09,043 --> 01:24:10,879 STRAND. MRS. SHEPHERD. MR. 2308 01:24:10,879 --> 01:24:13,648 LABORDE, FOR PRESENTING TODAY 2309 01:24:13,648 --> 01:24:17,051 AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND 2310 01:24:17,051 --> 01:24:19,587 CRAFTING THIS THIS PACKAGE AND 2311 01:24:19,587 --> 01:24:20,955 ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DID. 2312 01:24:20,955 --> 01:24:22,490 AND THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR'S 2313 01:24:22,490 --> 01:24:25,093 OFFICE AS WELL FOR FOR ALL THE 2314 01:24:25,093 --> 01:24:28,696 WORK YOU ALL LED IN CREATING 2315 01:24:28,696 --> 01:24:30,298 THIS PANEL OF EXPERTS. AND JUST 2316 01:24:30,298 --> 01:24:33,168 TO KIND OF FRAME THE 2317 01:24:33,168 --> 01:24:36,337 CONVERSATION AND PILE ON FROM MY 2318 01:24:36,337 --> 01:24:37,772 PERSPECTIVE, IS ONE OF THE SORT 2319 01:24:37,772 --> 01:24:41,176 OF ARCHITECTS OF THIS, OF THIS 2320 01:24:41,176 --> 01:24:42,410 EFFORT. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, 2321 01:24:42,410 --> 01:24:45,246 THIS FLOWED FROM A RECOGNITION 2322 01:24:45,246 --> 01:24:47,816 THAT AT THE TIME, WHAT WAS A THE 2323 01:24:47,816 --> 01:24:52,821 LARGEST LEVY IN SEATTLE'S 2324 01:24:52,821 --> 01:24:55,790 HISTORY, $1.55 BILLION. AT THE 2325 01:24:55,790 --> 01:24:59,527 TIME. THERE WERE CALLS FROM SOME 2326 01:24:59,527 --> 01:25:01,162 COMMUNITY ASKING FOR A $3 2327 01:25:01,162 --> 01:25:04,165 BILLION LEVY THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE 2328 01:25:04,165 --> 01:25:06,501 FUNDING FOR BRIDGES AND, YOU 2329 01:25:06,501 --> 01:25:10,104 KNOW, SORT OF WHERE WE LANDED IN 2330 01:25:10,104 --> 01:25:10,672 THE LEGISLATION IS A $1.55 2331 01:25:10,672 --> 01:25:12,040 BILLION PACKAGE AND INCLUDED 2332 01:25:12,040 --> 01:25:14,109 SOME GREAT THINGS TO IMPROVE 2333 01:25:14,109 --> 01:25:16,144 SAFETY, ADD MORE BIKE LANES, 2334 01:25:16,144 --> 01:25:18,279 SAFER CONNECTIONS TO TRANSIT, 2335 01:25:18,279 --> 01:25:20,148 IMPROVE THE OVERALL PAVEMENT 2336 01:25:20,148 --> 01:25:22,317 CONDITIONS, PROVIDING A 2337 01:25:22,317 --> 01:25:23,384 GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT AT A 2338 01:25:23,384 --> 01:25:26,020 BARE MINIMUM. PROBABLY THE 2339 01:25:26,020 --> 01:25:28,590 SINGLE BIGGEST, LARGEST CITY 2340 01:25:28,590 --> 01:25:29,257 INVESTMENT IN SEATTLE'S HISTORY, 2341 01:25:29,257 --> 01:25:30,925 BUT AT A BARE MINIMUM, 2342 01:25:30,925 --> 01:25:32,193 GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT IN NEW 2343 01:25:32,193 --> 01:25:35,330 SIDEWALKS AND COMPLETING OUR 27% 2344 01:25:35,330 --> 01:25:39,934 MISSING SIDEWALK GAP. BUT THIS 2345 01:25:39,934 --> 01:25:41,002 WAS THIS WAS SORT OF BORN OUT OF 2346 01:25:41,002 --> 01:25:46,708 THE FACT THAT EVEN IF WE HAD A 2347 01:25:46,708 --> 01:25:48,143 LARGER LEVY, WHICH, BY THE WAY, 2348 01:25:48,143 --> 01:25:50,912 WOULD HAVE IMPEDED OUR ABILITY 2349 01:25:50,912 --> 01:25:55,750 TO TO MAKE DECISIONS TO, TO 2350 01:25:55,750 --> 01:25:57,485 BOLSTER OUR LIBRARY. RECENTLY, 2351 01:25:57,485 --> 01:25:59,888 VOTER APPROVED LIBRARY LEVY AND 2352 01:25:59,888 --> 01:26:02,056 THE LIKE. BUT EVEN IF WE HAD 2353 01:26:02,056 --> 01:26:03,992 HEEDED SOME OF THOSE CALLS FOR 2354 01:26:03,992 --> 01:26:05,994 SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER, LARGER 2355 01:26:05,994 --> 01:26:08,263 PACKAGE, IT STILL WOULDN'T HAVE 2356 01:26:08,263 --> 01:26:09,597 BEEN ENOUGH TO MEET THE. THE 2357 01:26:09,597 --> 01:26:11,266 ROBUST NEED. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 2358 01:26:11,266 --> 01:26:12,901 THOSE THREE ASSET CLASSES, IN 2359 01:26:12,901 --> 01:26:19,007 PARTICULAR NEW SIDEWALKS OR 2360 01:26:19,007 --> 01:26:20,208 PAVEMENT CONDITIONS AND ROADS. 2361 01:26:20,208 --> 01:26:22,810 AND THEN THIRD AND FINALLY, 2362 01:26:22,810 --> 01:26:25,346 BRIDGES. AND AS WAS NOTED, 2363 01:26:25,346 --> 01:26:27,181 THERE'S 130 SOMETHING BRIDGES IN 2364 01:26:27,181 --> 01:26:30,185 THE CITY'S INVENTORY MY 2365 01:26:30,185 --> 01:26:31,553 UNDERSTANDING, MEGAN, WE'LL 2366 01:26:31,553 --> 01:26:32,320 TALK OFFLINE. I THOUGHT I 2367 01:26:32,320 --> 01:26:35,323 DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS THE THE 2368 01:26:35,323 --> 01:26:36,991 YOU MENTIONED. THAT WAS THE, THE 2369 01:26:36,991 --> 01:26:40,261 VEHICLE BRIDGE. I THOUGHT THAT 2370 01:26:40,261 --> 01:26:41,095 WAS ALL OF THE INCLUDING 2371 01:26:41,095 --> 01:26:42,931 PEDESTRIANS IN OUR INVENTORY. 2372 01:26:42,931 --> 01:26:44,032 BUT WE'LL ITERATE OFFLINE. SO 2373 01:26:44,032 --> 01:26:46,334 SO I CAN GET THE CLARITY I NEED. 2374 01:26:46,334 --> 01:26:48,269 I DEFER TO YOU FOR NOW, BUT BUT 2375 01:26:48,269 --> 01:26:51,239 WE HAVE A LOT OF BRIDGES THAT 2376 01:26:51,239 --> 01:26:53,508 THE CITY OWNS AND IS RESPONSIBLE 2377 01:26:53,508 --> 01:26:54,609 FOR MAINTAINING. SO THIS HELPS 2378 01:26:54,609 --> 01:26:56,844 BETTER POSITION US TO ACTUALLY 2379 01:26:56,844 --> 01:26:58,146 FUND AND PROPERLY TAKE CARE AND 2380 01:26:58,146 --> 01:27:03,651 SUSTAINABLY FUND OUR, OUR ROBUST 2381 01:27:03,651 --> 01:27:04,252 TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE 2382 01:27:04,252 --> 01:27:05,620 AND NETWORK ACROSS THE CITY. SO 2383 01:27:05,620 --> 01:27:06,354 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE 2384 01:27:06,354 --> 01:27:07,589 PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME. I 2385 01:27:07,589 --> 01:27:09,724 WELCOME ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS 2386 01:27:09,724 --> 01:27:11,025 FROM MY COLLEAGUES, STARTING 2387 01:27:11,025 --> 01:27:13,861 FIRST WITH VICE CHAIR RINCK. 2388 01:27:13,861 --> 01:27:14,896 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. FIRST 2389 01:27:14,896 --> 01:27:15,530 AND FOREMOST, I JUST WANT TO 2390 01:27:15,530 --> 01:27:17,231 NOTE MY EXCITEMENT THAT THIS IS 2391 01:27:17,231 --> 01:27:19,133 ALL COMING TOGETHER AND FOR THE 2392 01:27:19,133 --> 01:27:22,637 WORK OF THIS TASK FORCE TO 2393 01:27:22,637 --> 01:27:24,405 REALLY BEGIN. AND I'M JUST SO 2394 01:27:24,405 --> 01:27:25,306 GRATEFUL TO THE PEOPLE WHO WILL 2395 01:27:25,306 --> 01:27:26,240 BE A PART OF THIS TASK FORCE. SO 2396 01:27:26,240 --> 01:27:28,876 FOR THE FOLKS IN PERSON, THANK 2397 01:27:28,876 --> 01:27:29,711 YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING 2398 01:27:29,711 --> 01:27:32,413 TO SPEND YOUR TIME WITH US AND 2399 01:27:32,413 --> 01:27:33,314 PROBLEM SOLVING AROUND THIS SO 2400 01:27:33,314 --> 01:27:37,018 WE CAN FUND OUR IMPORTANT 2401 01:27:37,018 --> 01:27:37,785 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ACROSS 2402 01:27:37,785 --> 01:27:38,419 THE CITY. TRULY APPRECIATE IT. 2403 01:27:38,419 --> 01:27:41,522 AND THANK YOU FOR PULLING 2404 01:27:41,522 --> 01:27:43,791 TOGETHER SUCH AN INCREDIBLE, 2405 01:27:43,791 --> 01:27:45,927 DIVERSE SET OF STAKEHOLDERS TO 2406 01:27:45,927 --> 01:27:46,961 BE A PART OF THIS TASK FORCE. I 2407 01:27:46,961 --> 01:27:48,396 DO HAVE JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, 2408 01:27:48,396 --> 01:27:49,030 AND MAYBE YOU CAN READ THROUGH 2409 01:27:49,030 --> 01:27:50,765 THE LINES JUST HOW EAGER I AM TO 2410 01:27:50,765 --> 01:27:54,836 HEAR FROM THIS TASK FORCE. YOU 2411 01:27:54,836 --> 01:27:55,803 MENTIONED THAT THERE WILL BE 2412 01:27:55,803 --> 01:27:57,105 REPORTING BACK TO COUNCIL IN SIX 2413 01:27:57,105 --> 01:27:58,373 MONTH INCREMENTS. WHAT CAN WE 2414 01:27:58,373 --> 01:28:00,441 EXPECT TO SEE IN THOSE REPORT 2415 01:28:00,441 --> 01:28:01,342 BACKS? WHAT KIND OF LEVEL OF OF 2416 01:28:01,342 --> 01:28:02,043 INFORMATION? AND I UNDERSTAND A 2417 01:28:02,043 --> 01:28:05,413 FINAL REPORT WILL BE COMING IN 2418 01:28:05,413 --> 01:28:08,383 DECEMBER 2027. BUT AGAIN, FOR 2419 01:28:08,383 --> 01:28:13,021 THOSE SIX MONTH INCREMENT 2420 01:28:13,021 --> 01:28:15,189 UPDATES, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO 2421 01:28:15,189 --> 01:28:15,390 SEE? 2422 01:28:15,390 --> 01:28:16,791 -- YEAH. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH 2423 01:28:16,791 --> 01:28:19,227 THE TEAM TO ROADMAP OUT 2424 01:28:19,227 --> 01:28:20,561 BASICALLY MODULES THAT WILL STEP 2425 01:28:20,561 --> 01:28:21,229 THROUGH. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF 2426 01:28:21,229 --> 01:28:21,863 CONTEXT SETTING UP FRONT, BUT BY 2427 01:28:21,863 --> 01:28:22,497 THE SIX MONTH PERIOD, WE SHOULD 2428 01:28:22,497 --> 01:28:24,198 HAVE A SENSE OF THE BREADTH OF 2429 01:28:24,198 --> 01:28:24,799 TOOLS THAT ARE BEING EXPLORED 2430 01:28:24,799 --> 01:28:25,366 AND WILL BE GOING THROUGH A 2431 01:28:25,366 --> 01:28:25,967 NARROWING PROCESS. WE'LL BE 2432 01:28:25,967 --> 01:28:27,769 LOOKING AT WHAT IS LEGALLY 2433 01:28:27,769 --> 01:28:29,270 VIABLE, WHAT HAS THE HIGHEST 2434 01:28:29,270 --> 01:28:30,071 REVENUE POTENTIAL, A LOT OF 2435 01:28:30,071 --> 01:28:31,539 DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAT WILL BE 2436 01:28:31,539 --> 01:28:32,940 IN LARGE PART GUIDED BY THE TASK 2437 01:28:32,940 --> 01:28:35,410 FORCE AS WELL. AND SO WHEN WE 2438 01:28:35,410 --> 01:28:36,544 COME BACK, WE'LL BE ABLE TO 2439 01:28:36,544 --> 01:28:37,712 PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE 2440 01:28:37,712 --> 01:28:41,849 AT IN THAT CONVERSATION. 2441 01:28:41,849 --> 01:28:43,084 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 2442 01:28:43,084 --> 01:28:43,318 CHAIR. 2443 01:28:43,318 --> 01:28:44,919 -- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. 2444 01:28:44,919 --> 01:28:47,588 APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS THERE. 2445 01:28:47,588 --> 01:28:49,290 AND IF IS THERE ANY OTHER 2446 01:28:49,290 --> 01:28:51,259 COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THIS 2447 01:28:51,259 --> 01:28:55,129 ITEM? ALL RIGHT. WELL, HEARING 2448 01:28:55,129 --> 01:28:57,699 AND SEEING NONE, I WILL JUST 2449 01:28:57,699 --> 01:29:01,869 CONCLUDE THAT ALSO AN IMPORTANT 2450 01:29:01,869 --> 01:29:05,506 FEATURE OF THIS PARTICULAR TASK 2451 01:29:05,506 --> 01:29:10,545 FORCE IS, IS WE WANTED TO GET 2452 01:29:10,545 --> 01:29:11,145 COMMUNITY EXPERTS TOGETHER TO 2453 01:29:11,145 --> 01:29:11,879 COME UP WITH SOME SPECIFIC 2454 01:29:11,879 --> 01:29:13,281 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW WE CAN 2455 01:29:13,281 --> 01:29:15,683 SUSTAINABLY FUND THESE THREE 2456 01:29:15,683 --> 01:29:18,319 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ASSET 2457 01:29:18,319 --> 01:29:22,724 CLASSES. BUT AS PART OF THAT 2458 01:29:22,724 --> 01:29:25,126 BACKDROP, WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE 2459 01:29:25,126 --> 01:29:27,628 SURE THAT THE SPECIFIC IDEAS AND 2460 01:29:27,628 --> 01:29:30,098 PROPOSALS THAT ARE BEING PUT 2461 01:29:30,098 --> 01:29:32,667 FORTH FOR RECOMMENDATION AND 2462 01:29:32,667 --> 01:29:35,536 CONSIDERATION ARE TRULY 2463 01:29:35,536 --> 01:29:37,972 ACTIONABLE. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS 2464 01:29:37,972 --> 01:29:40,108 A GREAT REVENUE STABILIZATION 2465 01:29:40,108 --> 01:29:42,176 TASK FORCE A FEW YEARS BACK. 2466 01:29:42,176 --> 01:29:47,682 SOME OF THOSE IDEAS DIDN'T 2467 01:29:47,682 --> 01:29:49,117 FULLY HAVE THE THE FULL AND 2468 01:29:49,117 --> 01:29:50,585 COMPLETE LEGAL VETTING. AND 2469 01:29:50,585 --> 01:29:51,486 THEREFORE, WE'RE NOT TRULY 2470 01:29:51,486 --> 01:29:54,989 IMPLEMENTABLE, TRULY 2471 01:29:54,989 --> 01:29:56,657 OPERATIONAL, CAPABLE OF BEING 2472 01:29:56,657 --> 01:30:00,461 IMPLEMENTED AT THE CITY LEVEL 2473 01:30:00,461 --> 01:30:01,262 BECAUSE OF STATE PREEMPTION 2474 01:30:01,262 --> 01:30:03,364 ISSUES IN THE LAW, FOR EXAMPLE, 2475 01:30:03,364 --> 01:30:06,400 LIKE VACANT BUILDING FEES AND 2476 01:30:06,400 --> 01:30:09,137 THE LIKE. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE 2477 01:30:09,137 --> 01:30:11,873 BACKED THIS TASK FORCE WITH 2478 01:30:11,873 --> 01:30:12,907 APPROPRIATE FUNDING TO, TO MAKE 2479 01:30:12,907 --> 01:30:18,045 SURE WE CAN FULLY VET THE IDEAS 2480 01:30:18,045 --> 01:30:20,748 THAT THAT COME FORTH. SO THAT 2481 01:30:20,748 --> 01:30:22,483 SHOULD THIS BODY AND SHOULD THIS 2482 01:30:22,483 --> 01:30:24,852 MAYOR DECIDE TO PASS AND 2483 01:30:24,852 --> 01:30:27,688 IMPLEMENT ANY OF THESE 2484 01:30:27,688 --> 01:30:28,656 RECOMMENDATIONS, WE KNOW WE CAN 2485 01:30:28,656 --> 01:30:32,627 ACTUALLY DO IT. SO APPRECIATE 2486 01:30:32,627 --> 01:30:34,896 THE, THE PARTNERSHIP THERE AND 2487 01:30:34,896 --> 01:30:37,498 THE RESOURCES THAT WE COMMITTED 2488 01:30:37,498 --> 01:30:38,766 TO SDOT AND THIS BROADER WORK 2489 01:30:38,766 --> 01:30:40,468 STREAM TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE 2490 01:30:40,468 --> 01:30:44,405 FULLY VETTED, FLESHED OUT IDEAS. 2491 01:30:44,405 --> 01:30:48,042 IN ANY EVENT, THANK YOU AGAIN. 2492 01:30:48,042 --> 01:30:50,511 APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION 2493 01:30:50,511 --> 01:30:54,949 HERE. LET'S SEE. I MOVE THE 2494 01:30:54,949 --> 01:30:55,583 COMMITTEE RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF 2495 01:30:55,583 --> 01:30:58,052 THIS RESOLUTION. IS THERE A 2496 01:30:58,052 --> 01:30:59,187 SECOND? 2497 01:30:59,187 --> 01:30:59,787 -- SECOND. 2498 01:30:59,787 --> 01:31:01,255 -- THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED 2499 01:31:01,255 --> 01:31:02,190 AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND 2500 01:31:02,190 --> 01:31:07,829 ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION. IS 2501 01:31:07,829 --> 01:31:08,496 THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION 2502 01:31:08,496 --> 01:31:09,430 HEARING AND SEEING? NONE. WILL 2503 01:31:09,430 --> 01:31:10,898 THE COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE CALL 2504 01:31:10,898 --> 01:31:15,369 THE ROLL ON THE RECOMMENDATION? 2505 01:31:15,369 --> 01:31:15,903 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2506 01:31:15,903 --> 01:31:18,039 -- YES. 2507 01:31:18,039 --> 01:31:18,973 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2508 01:31:18,973 --> 01:31:20,975 -- AYE. 2509 01:31:20,975 --> 01:31:21,442 -- VICE CHAIR RINCK. 2510 01:31:21,442 --> 01:31:22,076 -- YES. 2511 01:31:22,076 --> 01:31:22,877 -- CHAIR SAKA. 2512 01:31:22,877 --> 01:31:24,078 -- AYE. 2513 01:31:24,078 --> 01:31:25,613 -- CHAIR. THERE ARE FOUR VOTES 2514 01:31:25,613 --> 01:31:27,615 IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. 2515 01:31:27,615 --> 01:31:28,816 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE 2516 01:31:28,816 --> 01:31:31,052 MOTION CARRIES AND THE COMMITTEE 2517 01:31:31,052 --> 01:31:31,652 RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY 2518 01:31:31,652 --> 01:31:34,088 COUNCIL ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION 2519 01:31:34,088 --> 01:31:34,622 APPOINTING MEMBERS OF THE 2520 01:31:34,622 --> 01:31:35,823 TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK 2521 01:31:35,823 --> 01:31:37,325 FORCE WILL BE SENT TO THE 2522 01:31:37,325 --> 01:31:40,194 SEPTEMBER 15th, 2026 CITY 2523 01:31:40,194 --> 01:31:41,829 COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU 2524 01:31:41,829 --> 01:31:42,697 AGAIN, SCOTT. COLLEAGUES. WE 2525 01:31:42,697 --> 01:31:43,631 WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR THIRD 2526 01:31:43,631 --> 01:31:45,600 AND FINAL ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL 2527 01:31:45,600 --> 01:31:48,269 THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM THREE 2528 01:31:48,269 --> 01:31:50,771 INTO THE RECORD. 2529 01:31:50,771 --> 01:31:53,407 -- AGENDA ITEM THREE BRIEFING 2530 01:31:53,407 --> 01:31:55,843 AND DISCUSSION. SEATTLE STREET 2531 01:31:55,843 --> 01:31:58,679 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 2532 01:31:58,679 --> 01:31:59,780 -- EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. AND 2533 01:31:59,780 --> 01:32:01,015 LOOKS LIKE OUR PRESENTERS ARE 2534 01:32:01,015 --> 01:32:02,950 JOINING US AT THE TABLE. 2535 01:32:02,950 --> 01:32:05,453 WELCOME. WHEN YOU'RE READY, 2536 01:32:05,453 --> 01:32:06,087 PLEASE DO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. 2537 01:32:06,087 --> 01:32:07,755 BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION. BEFORE 2538 01:32:07,755 --> 01:32:10,758 WE GET THERE, I WANT TO THANK 2539 01:32:10,758 --> 01:32:13,561 ALL THE 20 PLUS MEMBERS OF THE 2540 01:32:13,561 --> 01:32:14,795 COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR STEPPING 2541 01:32:14,795 --> 01:32:16,697 UP TO SERVE ON THIS IMPORTANT 2542 01:32:16,697 --> 01:32:17,431 TASK FORCE, A HANDFUL OF WHICH 2543 01:32:17,431 --> 01:32:23,371 ARE IN THIS ROOM. REALLY 2544 01:32:23,371 --> 01:32:24,005 APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR 2545 01:32:24,005 --> 01:32:25,373 YOUR EXPERTISE AND WILLINGNESS 2546 01:32:25,373 --> 01:32:28,376 TO SERVE IN SUCH A TRULY 2547 01:32:28,376 --> 01:32:30,511 PROFOUND AND IMPACTFUL CAPACITY. 2548 01:32:30,511 --> 01:32:31,913 THIS IS QUITE LITERALLY GOING TO 2549 01:32:31,913 --> 01:32:33,981 HELP SAVE LIVES AND PROVIDE 2550 01:32:33,981 --> 01:32:34,615 SUSTAINABLE FUNDING PATHS SO WE 2551 01:32:34,615 --> 01:32:37,952 CAN BETTER LOOK AFTER OUR OUR 2552 01:32:37,952 --> 01:32:38,552 ROBUST TRANSPORTATION NETWORK 2553 01:32:38,552 --> 01:32:39,921 AND INFRASTRUCTURE. SO YOUR WORK 2554 01:32:39,921 --> 01:32:41,222 MATTERS AND IS GREATLY 2555 01:32:41,222 --> 01:32:43,457 APPRECIATED. ALL RIGHT, 2556 01:32:43,457 --> 01:32:44,892 PANELISTS, WELCOME AGAIN. PLEASE 2557 01:32:44,892 --> 01:32:48,462 DO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND AND 2558 01:32:48,462 --> 01:32:50,865 SDOT HAS A FORMAL KIND OF 2559 01:32:50,865 --> 01:32:52,233 PRESENTATION. AND WE HAVE SOME 2560 01:32:52,233 --> 01:32:54,135 COMMUNITY VOICES AS WELL. 2561 01:32:54,135 --> 01:32:55,603 -- GREAT. THANK YOU. COMMITTEE 2562 01:32:55,603 --> 01:32:56,570 CHAIR SAKA. I'M LIZ SHELDON, 2563 01:32:56,570 --> 01:32:58,906 DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT S DOT. 2564 01:32:58,906 --> 01:32:59,407 -- I'M ELISE NELSON. 2565 01:32:59,407 --> 01:33:00,207 -- THE STREET USE DIVISION 2566 01:33:00,207 --> 01:33:02,176 DIRECTOR FOR SDOT. 2567 01:33:02,176 --> 01:33:04,378 -- GOOD MORNING. I'M CURRENTLY 2568 01:33:04,378 --> 01:33:07,114 OUT OF CLASS OPERATIONS MANAGER. 2569 01:33:07,114 --> 01:33:09,050 -- I'M LUCAS HERRERA WITH 2570 01:33:09,050 --> 01:33:10,184 BLUEPRINT CAPITAL, DIRECTOR OF 2571 01:33:10,184 --> 01:33:11,652 LAND USE POLICY 2572 01:33:11,652 --> 01:33:13,421 -- LOGAN SCHMIDT WITH THE MASTER 2573 01:33:13,421 --> 01:33:14,789 BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF KING AND 2574 01:33:14,789 --> 01:33:16,023 SNOHOMISH COUNTIES. I AM OUR 2575 01:33:16,023 --> 01:33:19,160 SEATTLE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 2576 01:33:19,160 --> 01:33:19,427 MANAGER. 2577 01:33:19,427 --> 01:33:22,196 -- ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE'LL 2578 01:33:22,196 --> 01:33:23,631 BEGIN OUR PRESENTATION. I WANT 2579 01:33:23,631 --> 01:33:24,799 TO SET THE STAGE HERE A LITTLE 2580 01:33:24,799 --> 01:33:26,667 BIT. WE WERE ASKED TO COME AND 2581 01:33:26,667 --> 01:33:27,735 GIVE THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT 2582 01:33:27,735 --> 01:33:29,370 CIPS. THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE 2583 01:33:29,370 --> 01:33:31,572 COVERED IN STREET USE 2584 01:33:31,572 --> 01:33:32,306 PERMITTING. SO AND I THINK WE 2585 01:33:32,306 --> 01:33:36,177 HAVE TEN MINUTES TO GIVE THIS 2586 01:33:36,177 --> 01:33:37,645 PRESENTATION. SO WE'LL MOVE 2587 01:33:37,645 --> 01:33:38,279 THROUGH THIS AT A PRETTY HIGH 2588 01:33:38,279 --> 01:33:39,981 CLIP. BUT WANT TO OFFER, IF 2589 01:33:39,981 --> 01:33:42,750 THERE ARE ANY THREADS THAT WOULD 2590 01:33:42,750 --> 01:33:45,252 BE HELPFUL TO TO COME BACK AT 2591 01:33:45,252 --> 01:33:46,053 PRESENT OR GIVE BRIEFINGS AT A 2592 01:33:46,053 --> 01:33:49,256 LATER DATE, HAPPY TO DO THAT. SO 2593 01:33:49,256 --> 01:33:49,924 THAT'S A LOT TO COVER IN A VERY 2594 01:33:49,924 --> 01:33:52,193 SHORT PRESENTATION WITH THE NEXT 2595 01:33:52,193 --> 01:33:54,695 SLIDE. THIS SLIDE, LET'S GO BACK 2596 01:33:54,695 --> 01:33:55,896 TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. I DO WANT 2597 01:33:55,896 --> 01:33:57,098 TO TAKE A MINUTE THOUGH TO ONE. 2598 01:33:57,098 --> 01:33:59,700 THANK OUR MASTER BUILDER FRIENDS 2599 01:33:59,700 --> 01:34:04,071 FOR BEING AT THE TABLE WITH US. 2600 01:34:04,071 --> 01:34:04,705 AND ALSO REFLECT A LITTLE BIT ON 2601 01:34:04,705 --> 01:34:06,941 SDOT AND OUR TRANSPORTATION, 2602 01:34:06,941 --> 01:34:08,342 VISION AND GOALS. AND JUST 2603 01:34:08,342 --> 01:34:10,611 REALIZE THAT AND RECOGNIZE THAT 2604 01:34:10,611 --> 01:34:13,314 WE CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT HAVING 2605 01:34:13,314 --> 01:34:15,249 THE, THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT 2606 01:34:15,249 --> 01:34:16,350 COMMUNITY AND OTHERS ON THE KIND 2607 01:34:16,350 --> 01:34:20,755 OF THE, THE PRIVATE SIDE OF THE, 2608 01:34:20,755 --> 01:34:23,124 THE CITY RECOGNIZE OUR VISION TO 2609 01:34:23,124 --> 01:34:24,158 HAVE A PLACE THAT ALL PEOPLE, 2610 01:34:24,158 --> 01:34:25,726 BUSINESS AND BUSINESSES CAN 2611 01:34:25,726 --> 01:34:26,327 ACCESS THEIR DAILY NEEDS AND 2612 01:34:26,327 --> 01:34:27,128 FEEL CONNECTED TO THEIR THEIR 2613 01:34:27,128 --> 01:34:28,362 COMMUNITY. THERE WOULD BE NO 2614 01:34:28,362 --> 01:34:30,031 COMMUNITY WITHOUT KIND OF THAT 2615 01:34:30,031 --> 01:34:31,899 BALANCE BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT AND 2616 01:34:31,899 --> 01:34:35,503 RIGHT OF WAY AGAIN, THIS IS 2617 01:34:35,503 --> 01:34:38,539 GOING TO BE A FAIRLY QUICK 2618 01:34:38,539 --> 01:34:45,246 STREET USE AND CIP 101. WE CAN 2619 01:34:45,246 --> 01:34:46,313 COVER THE AGENDA AS WE GO. ALL 2620 01:34:46,313 --> 01:34:47,148 RIGHT. SO I WANT TO BACK UP A 2621 01:34:47,148 --> 01:34:48,949 LITTLE BIT. AND OFTENTIMES YOU 2622 01:34:48,949 --> 01:34:50,885 HEAR HEAR THE ACRONYM SIPS OR 2623 01:34:50,885 --> 01:34:52,686 STREET IMPROVEMENT PERMITS OR 2624 01:34:52,686 --> 01:34:53,754 STREET IMPROVEMENT PLANS. AND 2625 01:34:53,754 --> 01:34:55,289 SOMETIMES THAT REALLY REFERS TO 2626 01:34:55,289 --> 01:34:55,990 SIPS. SOMETIMES THAT REFERS TO 2627 01:34:55,990 --> 01:34:57,825 THE KIND OF THE BROADER WORLD 2628 01:34:57,825 --> 01:34:59,260 AND REALM OF STREET USE 2629 01:34:59,260 --> 01:35:01,062 PERMITTING AS A WHOLE. SO 2630 01:35:01,062 --> 01:35:03,931 LOOKING AT KIND OF WHAT THAT 2631 01:35:03,931 --> 01:35:06,434 MEANS IS WE ISSUE A FEW 2632 01:35:06,434 --> 01:35:07,768 CATEGORIES OF PERMITS. ONE ARE 2633 01:35:07,768 --> 01:35:10,805 OUR SIMPLE PERMITS. THESE ARE 2634 01:35:10,805 --> 01:35:11,405 THINGS THAT TAKE VERY LITTLE 2635 01:35:11,405 --> 01:35:12,907 REVIEW CAN BE ISSUED FAIRLY 2636 01:35:12,907 --> 01:35:15,976 QUICKLY. THINGS LIKE RESIDENT 2637 01:35:15,976 --> 01:35:18,279 GETTING MOVING POD, OR KIND OF 2638 01:35:18,279 --> 01:35:20,147 THOSE SMALL KIND OF IN AND OUT, 2639 01:35:20,147 --> 01:35:22,883 LOW IMPACT USES OF THE RIGHT OF 2640 01:35:22,883 --> 01:35:24,618 WAY. THE SECOND, AND BY FAR MOST 2641 01:35:24,618 --> 01:35:26,620 ISSUED PERMIT THAT WE HAVE ARE 2642 01:35:26,620 --> 01:35:28,222 WHAT WE CALL RIGHT OF WAY USE 2643 01:35:28,222 --> 01:35:31,058 PERMITS. AND THOSE CAN INCLUDE 2644 01:35:31,058 --> 01:35:33,928 EITHER LIKE A PRIVATE DEVELOPER 2645 01:35:33,928 --> 01:35:35,663 DEVELOPER USING THE PUBLIC SPACE 2646 01:35:35,663 --> 01:35:38,499 FOR STORAGE OR CRANES, OR 2647 01:35:38,499 --> 01:35:41,836 LOADING. IT ALSO INCLUDES ALL OF 2648 01:35:41,836 --> 01:35:43,270 OUR UTILITY PARTNERS AS THEY ARE 2649 01:35:43,270 --> 01:35:43,904 DOING KIND OF MAINTENANCE WORK 2650 01:35:43,904 --> 01:35:46,607 IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO PSRC 2651 01:35:46,607 --> 01:35:48,642 HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, FIX A GAS 2652 01:35:48,642 --> 01:35:50,444 VALVE OR SOME SMALL AMOUNT OF 2653 01:35:50,444 --> 01:35:53,380 WORK THAT IS BASICALLY STRAIGHT 2654 01:35:53,380 --> 01:35:55,082 RESTORATION. AND THEN OUR LARGER 2655 01:35:55,082 --> 01:35:57,284 CONSTRUCTION PERMITS ARE CALLED 2656 01:35:57,284 --> 01:35:58,185 MAJOR PERMITS, AND THEY ARE BOTH 2657 01:35:58,185 --> 01:36:00,821 STREET IMPROVEMENT PERMITS, 2658 01:36:00,821 --> 01:36:02,723 WHICH ARE GENERALLY KIND OF 2659 01:36:02,723 --> 01:36:03,324 PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT OR CIVIC 2660 01:36:03,324 --> 01:36:05,126 PROJECTS. AND THEN UTILITY MAJOR 2661 01:36:05,126 --> 01:36:07,595 PROJECTS WHERE UTILITIES ARE 2662 01:36:07,595 --> 01:36:09,363 ACTUALLY ADDING NEW 2663 01:36:09,363 --> 01:36:09,997 INFRASTRUCTURE INTO THE INTO THE 2664 01:36:09,997 --> 01:36:11,732 PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. I THINK 2665 01:36:11,732 --> 01:36:14,201 IT'S ABOUT TWO THIRDS ONE 2666 01:36:14,201 --> 01:36:16,637 THIRD. IT VARIES A LITTLE BIT ON 2667 01:36:16,637 --> 01:36:17,271 THOSE MAJOR PERMITS BETWEEN KIND 2668 01:36:17,271 --> 01:36:19,673 OF THE PERMITS AND THE UTILITY 2669 01:36:19,673 --> 01:36:21,275 MAJOR PERMITS. AND THEN FINALLY, 2670 01:36:21,275 --> 01:36:23,177 OUR PUBLIC SPACE MANAGEMENT 2671 01:36:23,177 --> 01:36:24,245 PERMITS. SO THESE ARE NOT 2672 01:36:24,245 --> 01:36:25,813 CONSTRUCTION USE OF THE RIGHT OF 2673 01:36:25,813 --> 01:36:26,680 WAY. GENERALLY ACTIVATION 2674 01:36:26,680 --> 01:36:29,683 PERMITS. SO THINGS LIKE SIDEWALK 2675 01:36:29,683 --> 01:36:31,519 CAFES, BLOCK PARTIES, AND THEN 2676 01:36:31,519 --> 01:36:32,887 THEY CAN BE USED FOR KIND OF 2677 01:36:32,887 --> 01:36:33,554 LONG TERM MANAGEMENT OF THE 2678 01:36:33,554 --> 01:36:34,955 RIGHT OF WAY. SO THINGS LIKE IF 2679 01:36:34,955 --> 01:36:36,056 SOMEONE NEEDS TO BUILD A 2680 01:36:36,056 --> 01:36:37,057 RETAINING WALL IN THE RIGHT OF 2681 01:36:37,057 --> 01:36:41,896 WAY OR A ROCKERY. NEXT SLIDE. SO 2682 01:36:41,896 --> 01:36:45,065 AGAIN, IN CONTEXT, STREET 2683 01:36:45,065 --> 01:36:47,301 IMPROVEMENT PERMITS ARE UNDER 2684 01:36:47,301 --> 01:36:49,136 OUR MAJOR PERMIT CATEGORY AND 2685 01:36:49,136 --> 01:36:52,173 ARE REALLY ABOUT MAKE UP 5% OF 2686 01:36:52,173 --> 01:36:53,274 THE OVERALL NUMBER OF PERMITS 2687 01:36:53,274 --> 01:36:53,974 THAT WE ISSUE THROUGH THE STREET 2688 01:36:53,974 --> 01:36:58,712 USE PERMIT DIVISION. BUT THEY 2689 01:36:58,712 --> 01:37:00,047 ARE A CATALYST. SO THEY ARE A 2690 01:37:00,047 --> 01:37:01,982 CATALYST FOR A LOT OF THOSE 2691 01:37:01,982 --> 01:37:03,384 OTHER PERMITS. SO BOTH FOR KIND 2692 01:37:03,384 --> 01:37:04,819 OF THOSE USE OF RIGHT OF WAY 2693 01:37:04,819 --> 01:37:06,487 PERMITS AS DEVELOPERS ARE 2694 01:37:06,487 --> 01:37:07,955 WORKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, 2695 01:37:07,955 --> 01:37:08,622 USING SPACE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. 2696 01:37:08,622 --> 01:37:11,725 AND ALSO THEY, THEY KIND OF ADD 2697 01:37:11,725 --> 01:37:13,627 TO THE ABILITY TO THEN CREATE 2698 01:37:13,627 --> 01:37:14,762 THAT PUBLIC SPACE THAT WE WANT 2699 01:37:14,762 --> 01:37:16,497 IN THE PUBLIC REALM. SO THEY 2700 01:37:16,497 --> 01:37:17,798 OFTEN LEAD TO THOSE PUBLIC SPACE 2701 01:37:17,798 --> 01:37:19,033 MANAGEMENT PERMITS. I KIND OF 2702 01:37:19,033 --> 01:37:20,935 THINK OF IT AS A, AS AN OVERALL 2703 01:37:20,935 --> 01:37:23,103 CYCLE, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE THE 2704 01:37:23,103 --> 01:37:24,171 STREET IMPROVEMENT PERMIT. 2705 01:37:24,171 --> 01:37:26,040 THAT'S KIND OF THE START OF THAT 2706 01:37:26,040 --> 01:37:27,274 DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN AFTER 2707 01:37:27,274 --> 01:37:29,343 THAT, YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC SPACE 2708 01:37:29,343 --> 01:37:29,910 MANAGEMENT PERMITS THAT ARE 2709 01:37:29,910 --> 01:37:31,078 REALLY MANAGING THE RIGHT OF WAY 2710 01:37:31,078 --> 01:37:32,446 AND THE ACTIVATION AND THE RIGHT 2711 01:37:32,446 --> 01:37:33,981 OF WAY. AND THEN YOU START 2712 01:37:33,981 --> 01:37:34,915 GETTING INTO MORE OF THOSE RIGHT 2713 01:37:34,915 --> 01:37:36,016 OF WAY MANAGEMENT PERMITS WHERE 2714 01:37:36,016 --> 01:37:37,084 THERE STARTS TO NEED TO BE SOME 2715 01:37:37,084 --> 01:37:39,286 MAINTENANCE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, 2716 01:37:39,286 --> 01:37:42,556 EITHER THE UTILITIES OR PRIVATE, 2717 01:37:42,556 --> 01:37:43,824 PRIVATE BUILDINGS NEEDING TO DO 2718 01:37:43,824 --> 01:37:44,892 WORK ON THEIR FRONTAGES. AND 2719 01:37:44,892 --> 01:37:45,759 THEN YOU GET TO THE END OF KIND 2720 01:37:45,759 --> 01:37:47,695 OF THAT BUILDING LIFE CYCLE AND 2721 01:37:47,695 --> 01:37:50,030 ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT AGAIN, 2722 01:37:50,030 --> 01:37:50,631 WHAT THAT REDEVELOPMENT LOOKS 2723 01:37:50,631 --> 01:37:53,767 LIKE. AND BACK TO THE CIP 2724 01:37:53,767 --> 01:37:56,737 PERMIT. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT. 2725 01:37:56,737 --> 01:37:56,971 -- ONE. 2726 01:37:56,971 --> 01:37:57,938 -- I THINK THIS IS WHEN I TAKE 2727 01:37:57,938 --> 01:38:00,641 OVER. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT IS A 2728 01:38:00,641 --> 01:38:03,143 CIP? IT'S OUR MOST COMPLEX 2729 01:38:03,143 --> 01:38:06,914 PERMIT TYPE. THEY INVOLVE NEW 2730 01:38:06,914 --> 01:38:07,948 INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE WE NEED AN 2731 01:38:07,948 --> 01:38:09,483 ENGINEER AND A SURVEY TO HELP 2732 01:38:09,483 --> 01:38:13,420 DESIGN AND GUIDE THE DESIGN. IT 2733 01:38:13,420 --> 01:38:15,055 INVOLVES MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS, 2734 01:38:15,055 --> 01:38:15,689 A VARIETY OF CITY INFRASTRUCTURE 2735 01:38:15,689 --> 01:38:17,725 ASSETS, AND MANY DIFFERENT CODES 2736 01:38:17,725 --> 01:38:19,894 AND RULES. WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. 2737 01:38:19,894 --> 01:38:21,095 THERE'S ALSO SCL RECORD RECORDS 2738 01:38:21,095 --> 01:38:24,632 AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION SO WE CAN 2739 01:38:24,632 --> 01:38:25,132 DOCUMENT THOSE THAT NEW 2740 01:38:25,132 --> 01:38:27,868 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS ADDED. 2741 01:38:27,868 --> 01:38:30,471 THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 2742 01:38:30,471 --> 01:38:31,171 CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS OR 2743 01:38:31,171 --> 01:38:34,742 SDCI FOR SHORT. THEY DETERMINE 2744 01:38:34,742 --> 01:38:35,376 WHAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE REQUIRED 2745 01:38:35,376 --> 01:38:37,811 FOR A PROJECT BASED ON THE LAND 2746 01:38:37,811 --> 01:38:39,313 USE CODE. OUR ROLE IS TO REVIEW 2747 01:38:39,313 --> 01:38:40,748 AND APPROVE THE IMPROVEMENTS IN 2748 01:38:40,748 --> 01:38:42,683 THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND 2749 01:38:42,683 --> 01:38:46,186 ISSUE PERMITS FOR THEIR 2750 01:38:46,186 --> 01:38:50,157 CONSTRUCTION. TYPICAL PROJECTS 2751 01:38:50,157 --> 01:38:51,959 THAT REQUIRE CIP INCLUDE 2752 01:38:51,959 --> 01:38:53,527 PROJECTS THAT HAVE NEW CURBS, 2753 01:38:53,527 --> 01:38:53,994 SIDEWALKS OR FRONTAGE 2754 01:38:53,994 --> 01:38:55,362 IMPROVEMENTS. WATER, SEWER OR 2755 01:38:55,362 --> 01:38:57,364 STORMWATER MAINTENANCE, AND 2756 01:38:57,364 --> 01:38:59,133 EXTENSIONS, NEW PAVING OR STREET 2757 01:38:59,133 --> 01:39:01,001 WIDENING PROJECTS WHERE YOU'RE 2758 01:39:01,001 --> 01:39:04,071 ADDING MORE THAN 2000FT OF NEW 2759 01:39:04,071 --> 01:39:05,906 IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, AND ALSO 2760 01:39:05,906 --> 01:39:09,243 MAJOR PROJECTS SUCH AS OUR LIGHT 2761 01:39:09,243 --> 01:39:12,046 RAIL EXTENSIONS. HERE, I DON'T 2762 01:39:12,046 --> 01:39:14,481 EXPECT YOU TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT 2763 01:39:14,481 --> 01:39:16,150 THIS PLAN SET, BUT WE WANTED TO 2764 01:39:16,150 --> 01:39:17,351 INCLUDE A FEW SCREENSHOTS SO YOU 2765 01:39:17,351 --> 01:39:19,119 CAN SEE KIND OF WHAT A CIP LOOKS 2766 01:39:19,119 --> 01:39:20,921 LIKE. THIS IS THE GRAND STREET 2767 01:39:20,921 --> 01:39:22,089 COMMONS PROJECT NEAR JUDKINS 2768 01:39:22,089 --> 01:39:25,259 PARK LIGHT RAIL STATION, AND IT 2769 01:39:25,259 --> 01:39:27,361 INCLUDES OVER 700 NEW HOMES, 2770 01:39:27,361 --> 01:39:30,264 INCLUDING A MIX OF AFFORDABLE 2771 01:39:30,264 --> 01:39:31,865 HOUSING NEAR A TRANSIT STATION. 2772 01:39:31,865 --> 01:39:32,933 YOU MAY RECALL THIS PROJECT 2773 01:39:32,933 --> 01:39:34,134 BECAUSE IT CAME TO CITY COUNCIL 2774 01:39:34,134 --> 01:39:36,170 FOR A STREET VACATION, AND LIKE 2775 01:39:36,170 --> 01:39:37,271 I SAID, I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO 2776 01:39:37,271 --> 01:39:40,074 BE ABLE TO SEE THESE PLANS, BUT 2777 01:39:40,074 --> 01:39:42,009 THE POINT IS THAT CIPS ARE QUITE 2778 01:39:42,009 --> 01:39:43,210 COMPLEX AND COMPREHENSIVE, AND 2779 01:39:43,210 --> 01:39:45,112 THE REVIEW INCLUDES CONSIDERING 2780 01:39:45,112 --> 01:39:45,713 ROADWAY UTILITIES, PEDESTRIAN 2781 01:39:45,713 --> 01:39:46,613 AND BICYCLE FACILITIES, AND HOW 2782 01:39:46,613 --> 01:39:48,215 THEY'LL CONNECT WELL WITH THAT 2783 01:39:48,215 --> 01:39:53,654 PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. HERE'S 2784 01:39:53,654 --> 01:39:54,755 HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE. THIS IS 2785 01:39:54,755 --> 01:39:56,490 FROM GOOGLE STREET VIEW. SO YOU 2786 01:39:56,490 --> 01:39:57,791 CAN SEE THE SAME PROJECT BEFORE 2787 01:39:57,791 --> 01:39:59,460 AND AFTER. CIP PROJECTS ARE 2788 01:39:59,460 --> 01:40:01,395 CRITICAL IN HELPING CREATE 2789 01:40:01,395 --> 01:40:01,929 LIVABLE AND VIBRANT 2790 01:40:01,929 --> 01:40:03,997 STREETSCAPES. AS WE DEVELOP MORE 2791 01:40:03,997 --> 01:40:06,033 HOUSING AND JOBS IN SEATTLE. AND 2792 01:40:06,033 --> 01:40:07,835 JUST IMAGINE HOW GREAT THIS WILL 2793 01:40:07,835 --> 01:40:09,069 LOOK IN A FEW YEARS AS THE 2794 01:40:09,069 --> 01:40:11,305 STREET TREES CONTINUE TO GROW 2795 01:40:11,305 --> 01:40:13,607 LARGER AND NEW BUSINESSES AND 2796 01:40:13,607 --> 01:40:15,342 RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO MOVE IN 2797 01:40:15,342 --> 01:40:16,410 AND ADD AMENITIES SUCH AS 2798 01:40:16,410 --> 01:40:17,077 OUTDOOR CAFES, THAT WILL ONLY 2799 01:40:17,077 --> 01:40:23,884 ADD TO THE VIBRANCY. WE HAVE 2800 01:40:23,884 --> 01:40:26,553 CRITICAL LINKS WITH SDCI, AND WE 2801 01:40:26,553 --> 01:40:27,187 WORK CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT 2802 01:40:27,187 --> 01:40:27,788 THE ON SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND 2803 01:40:27,788 --> 01:40:28,389 STREET IMPROVEMENTS WILL WORK 2804 01:40:28,389 --> 01:40:32,025 WELL TOGETHER. WE HAVE TIE INS 2805 01:40:32,025 --> 01:40:33,894 WITH OUR CIP PROCESS AND SDCI 2806 01:40:33,894 --> 01:40:35,062 PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 2807 01:40:35,062 --> 01:40:36,730 DESIGN DOESN'T MOVE TOO FAR 2808 01:40:36,730 --> 01:40:38,732 AHEAD OF THE BUILDING PERMIT. WE 2809 01:40:38,732 --> 01:40:39,733 ALSO DON'T HOLD UP THE ISSUANCE 2810 01:40:39,733 --> 01:40:41,268 OF THE BUILDING PERMIT, BUT WE 2811 01:40:41,268 --> 01:40:42,903 DO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH 2812 01:40:42,903 --> 01:40:44,972 APPLICANT ON THEIR CIP. AND THEN 2813 01:40:44,972 --> 01:40:45,572 DURING CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE 2814 01:40:45,572 --> 01:40:47,841 COORDINATING BETWEEN OUR 2815 01:40:47,841 --> 01:40:48,475 INSPECTORS AND SDCI INSPECTORS 2816 01:40:48,475 --> 01:40:49,743 TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE 2817 01:40:49,743 --> 01:40:51,779 REQUIRED STREET IMPROVEMENTS ARE 2818 01:40:51,779 --> 01:40:53,313 COMPLETED BEFORE THE CERTIFICATE 2819 01:40:53,313 --> 01:40:57,584 OF OCCUPANCY IS ISSUED. IN 2820 01:40:57,584 --> 01:40:59,186 SUMMARY, WE WANT TO RELAY THAT 2821 01:40:59,186 --> 01:41:00,921 CIP PROJECTS HELP TRANSFORM 2822 01:41:00,921 --> 01:41:01,555 STREETS TO CREATE THE FUTURE 2823 01:41:01,555 --> 01:41:04,792 STREETSCAPE WE ENVISION FOR 2824 01:41:04,792 --> 01:41:07,628 SEATTLE. IN ADDITION, THESE 2825 01:41:07,628 --> 01:41:09,263 TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE 2826 01:41:09,263 --> 01:41:10,798 TALKING ABOUT TODAY, IN ADDITION 2827 01:41:10,798 --> 01:41:11,765 TO THE PROJECTS WE'RE TALKING 2828 01:41:11,765 --> 01:41:14,902 ABOUT TODAY, CIPS ALSO ARE TOOL 2829 01:41:14,902 --> 01:41:15,469 FOR PERMITTING MAJOR CIVIC 2830 01:41:15,469 --> 01:41:16,537 PROJECTS. THIS SLIDE FEATURES 2831 01:41:16,537 --> 01:41:17,671 SOME OF OUR MORE RECENT 2832 01:41:17,671 --> 01:41:19,206 EXAMPLES, INCLUDING THE OCEAN 2833 01:41:19,206 --> 01:41:20,674 PAVILION ON THE WATERFRONT 2834 01:41:20,674 --> 01:41:21,875 CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA, WASHINGTON 2835 01:41:21,875 --> 01:41:26,313 STATE CONVENTION CENTER, AND 2836 01:41:26,313 --> 01:41:28,582 SOUND TRANSIT FACILITIES. LIKE 2837 01:41:28,582 --> 01:41:30,117 LIZ TALKED ABOUT DURING THE 2838 01:41:30,117 --> 01:41:31,218 BEGINNING OF OUR PRESENTATION, 2839 01:41:31,218 --> 01:41:33,020 WE WANT TO KEEP CIP PERMITS IN 2840 01:41:33,020 --> 01:41:35,122 THE APPROPRIATE CONTEXT. THERE 2841 01:41:35,122 --> 01:41:37,157 ARE MANY MORE SDCI CONSTRUCTION 2842 01:41:37,157 --> 01:41:38,592 PERMITS ISSUED THAN CIP OR CIP 2843 01:41:38,592 --> 01:41:40,060 LIGHT PERMITS TRIGGERED. WE SEE 2844 01:41:40,060 --> 01:41:42,162 LESS THAN 3% OF OVERALL 2845 01:41:42,162 --> 01:41:42,796 CONSTRUCTION PERMITS REQUIRING A 2846 01:41:42,796 --> 01:41:44,164 CIP OR SEATTLEITE PERMIT. AND 2847 01:41:44,164 --> 01:41:45,766 WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO 2848 01:41:45,766 --> 01:41:46,400 SAILAJA, WHO WILL GO OVER THE 2849 01:41:46,400 --> 01:41:50,704 HIGH LEVEL PROCESS FOR CIP AND 2850 01:41:50,704 --> 01:41:51,138 CIP LIGHT PERMITS. 2851 01:41:51,138 --> 01:41:53,774 -- THANK YOU. AS YOU CAN SEE 2852 01:41:53,774 --> 01:41:55,509 HERE, THIS IS A FLOW SCHEMATIC 2853 01:41:55,509 --> 01:41:58,212 HIGH LEVEL FLOW SCHEMATIC. WE 2854 01:41:58,212 --> 01:42:00,347 HAVE TWO GROUPS THAT CLOSELY 2855 01:42:00,347 --> 01:42:01,515 WORK ON THE CIP PROJECTS FROM A 2856 01:42:01,515 --> 01:42:04,551 VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS, WE 2857 01:42:04,551 --> 01:42:06,220 PROVIDE EARLY GUIDANCE TO OUR 2858 01:42:06,220 --> 01:42:07,921 APPLICANTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT 2859 01:42:07,921 --> 01:42:10,023 COMMUNITY. RIGHT FROM THE 2860 01:42:10,023 --> 01:42:13,560 PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT REPORT 2861 01:42:13,560 --> 01:42:14,127 WHERE WE INFORM THEM OF THE 2862 01:42:14,127 --> 01:42:15,863 VARIOUS TYPE OF PERMITS THAT ARE 2863 01:42:15,863 --> 01:42:17,965 REQUIRED AND THEN GUIDE THEM 2864 01:42:17,965 --> 01:42:19,466 THROUGH ONCE THEY SUBMIT AN 2865 01:42:19,466 --> 01:42:22,402 APPLICATION WITH US, WHERE WE 2866 01:42:22,402 --> 01:42:24,438 PROVIDE INITIAL CONCEPTUAL 2867 01:42:24,438 --> 01:42:25,038 APPROVAL ON WHERE THESE CURBS 2868 01:42:25,038 --> 01:42:26,206 AND SIDEWALKS THAT ALICE HAS 2869 01:42:26,206 --> 01:42:29,476 SHOWED HAS TO BE PLACED. AND AS 2870 01:42:29,476 --> 01:42:30,577 WE GET THAT CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL 2871 01:42:30,577 --> 01:42:32,846 AND THEN TIE IN WITH SDCI, THEIR 2872 01:42:32,846 --> 01:42:35,048 APPLICATION, WE MOVE FORWARD 2873 01:42:35,048 --> 01:42:37,651 INTO MORE DETAILED DESIGN REVIEW 2874 01:42:37,651 --> 01:42:38,652 OF THE 60% DESIGN. AND THAT IS 2875 01:42:38,652 --> 01:42:40,821 WHERE WE MAKE SURE ALL THE 2876 01:42:40,821 --> 01:42:43,524 UTILITIES ARE COORDINATED AND 2877 01:42:43,524 --> 01:42:44,191 MAKE SURE THAT BOTH THE RIGHT OF 2878 01:42:44,191 --> 01:42:45,759 WAY AND THE PRIVATE PROPERTY IS 2879 01:42:45,759 --> 01:42:48,295 SEAMLESSLY CONNECTED SO THAT AS 2880 01:42:48,295 --> 01:42:49,062 PEOPLE ARE MOVING AND VEHICLES 2881 01:42:49,062 --> 01:42:51,765 ARE MOVING, THERE IS A 2882 01:42:51,765 --> 01:42:52,599 CONTINUOUS PATH FORWARD. AND 2883 01:42:52,599 --> 01:42:55,369 AFTER THAT, WE FURTHER DEEP DIVE 2884 01:42:55,369 --> 01:42:56,570 INTO THE HOLISTIC REVIEW OF THE 2885 01:42:56,570 --> 01:42:58,171 90% STAGE WHERE WE MAKE SURE 2886 01:42:58,171 --> 01:42:59,907 EVERYTHING IS COORDINATED ON 2887 01:42:59,907 --> 01:43:01,942 THIS COMPLEX DESIGN, AND WE 2888 01:43:01,942 --> 01:43:04,478 CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THEM THE 2889 01:43:04,478 --> 01:43:06,613 APPROVAL PROCESS AND ALSO 2890 01:43:06,613 --> 01:43:09,917 OVERSIGHT DURING CONSTRUCTION AS 2891 01:43:09,917 --> 01:43:11,952 WELL AS SIPS, AS WE HEARD, IS 2892 01:43:11,952 --> 01:43:13,320 DEFINITELY MORE COMPLEX. AND AS 2893 01:43:13,320 --> 01:43:15,088 YOU HAVE SEEN, AND AS MORE AND 2894 01:43:15,088 --> 01:43:16,857 MORE PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION 2895 01:43:16,857 --> 01:43:17,991 IMPROVEMENTS ARE IMPORTANT IN 2896 01:43:17,991 --> 01:43:20,894 THE CITY, WE WE INTRODUCED A 2897 01:43:20,894 --> 01:43:24,431 FAST TRACK PROCESS IN 2020 IN 2898 01:43:24,431 --> 01:43:25,933 THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC. AND, 2899 01:43:25,933 --> 01:43:27,201 YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOR SMALL 2900 01:43:27,201 --> 01:43:29,536 SCALE STREET IMPROVEMENTS. BUT 2901 01:43:29,536 --> 01:43:31,872 AFTER WE AFTER WE IMPLEMENTED IN 2902 01:43:31,872 --> 01:43:33,674 2020, WE STARTED WORKING BACK 2903 01:43:33,674 --> 01:43:37,411 WITH OUR MBA PARTNERS IN 2023. 2904 01:43:37,411 --> 01:43:39,046 AFTER WE CAME BACK INTO THE 2905 01:43:39,046 --> 01:43:40,147 OFFICES AND UNDERSTOOD THERE 2906 01:43:40,147 --> 01:43:41,315 WERE SOME, SOME PAIN POINTS. SO 2907 01:43:41,315 --> 01:43:42,849 WE CLOSELY WORKED WITH THE MBA 2908 01:43:42,849 --> 01:43:43,817 COMMUNITY ON THE ENGINEERING 2909 01:43:43,817 --> 01:43:45,919 COMMUNITY AND THEN FURTHER 2910 01:43:45,919 --> 01:43:46,553 REFINED THE PROCESS. IN THE LAST 2911 01:43:46,553 --> 01:43:49,089 ONE AND A HALF YEAR, WE DID 2912 01:43:49,089 --> 01:43:51,725 PILOT TESTING OF A MUCH FASTER 2913 01:43:51,725 --> 01:43:52,359 PROCESS. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT 2914 01:43:52,359 --> 01:43:56,930 SLIDE, PLEASE, WHERE WE HAVE 2915 01:43:56,930 --> 01:43:57,564 FURTHER REDUCED SOME OF THE TIE 2916 01:43:57,564 --> 01:43:59,800 INS, THESE ARE LIKE SMALL SCALE 2917 01:43:59,800 --> 01:44:01,735 PROJECTS, BUT YET VERY PROFOUND, 2918 01:44:01,735 --> 01:44:05,439 LIKE CURB RAMPS, WHICH HAPPEN AT 2919 01:44:05,439 --> 01:44:07,207 THAT INTERSECTION. AND AS YOU 2920 01:44:07,207 --> 01:44:08,609 KNOW, WITH MORE COST OF INCREASE 2921 01:44:08,609 --> 01:44:09,576 IN THESE INFRASTRUCTURE, IT IS 2922 01:44:09,576 --> 01:44:11,445 VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE 2923 01:44:11,445 --> 01:44:14,715 ARE IN THE CITY AS A CONSENT 2924 01:44:14,715 --> 01:44:15,983 DECREE WITH THE FOR THE ADA. AND 2925 01:44:15,983 --> 01:44:18,485 WE MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE WELL 2926 01:44:18,485 --> 01:44:20,554 DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED. AND SO 2927 01:44:20,554 --> 01:44:23,256 HENCE, YEAH, WE REDUCED SOME OF 2928 01:44:23,256 --> 01:44:26,126 THE INITIAL TIE INS AND THEN 2929 01:44:26,126 --> 01:44:27,261 VERY STREAMLINED PROCESS. WE 2930 01:44:27,261 --> 01:44:28,662 BELIEVE THAT THE ENGINEERING 2931 01:44:28,662 --> 01:44:30,330 COMMUNITY IS DOING A GOOD JOB. 2932 01:44:30,330 --> 01:44:32,532 AND SO HENCE WE MOVED IT FROM 2933 01:44:32,532 --> 01:44:34,568 THE 3060 WE REMOVED AND THEN 2934 01:44:34,568 --> 01:44:38,038 DIRECTLY MOVING IT TO 90% LEVEL 2935 01:44:38,038 --> 01:44:39,473 PROCESS. LIZ, BACK TO YOU. 2936 01:44:39,473 --> 01:44:41,274 -- ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL WRAP THIS 2937 01:44:41,274 --> 01:44:43,010 UP. 2938 01:44:43,010 --> 01:44:44,845 -- SO SIPS MATTER. THEY MATTER. 2939 01:44:44,845 --> 01:44:46,813 AND THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT 2940 01:44:46,813 --> 01:44:51,652 FOR REALLY CREATING THAT, THAT 2941 01:44:51,652 --> 01:44:53,353 LIVABLE CITY THAT WE WANT AND 2942 01:44:53,353 --> 01:44:55,255 THAT WE CAN SEE AND THAT REALLY 2943 01:44:55,255 --> 01:44:56,990 CONNECTS TO THE, THE 2944 01:44:56,990 --> 01:44:59,693 NEIGHBORHOOD, PARTICULARLY AS 2945 01:44:59,693 --> 01:45:00,327 DEVELOPERS ARE BUILDING OUT, YOU 2946 01:45:00,327 --> 01:45:02,396 KNOW, PREVIOUSLY SINGLE FAMILY 2947 01:45:02,396 --> 01:45:03,830 AND SMALLER AREAS THAT WE'RE 2948 01:45:03,830 --> 01:45:05,399 ABLE TO CREATE AND REFLECT THAT 2949 01:45:05,399 --> 01:45:09,036 DENSITY IN OUR, OUR PUBLIC 2950 01:45:09,036 --> 01:45:09,670 TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. I 2951 01:45:09,670 --> 01:45:12,606 DO WANT TO RUN FAST. OKAY. 2952 01:45:12,606 --> 01:45:16,076 LET'S SEE. SO NEXT SLIDE. THEY 2953 01:45:16,076 --> 01:45:17,911 ARE REALLY COMPLEX. AND I THINK 2954 01:45:17,911 --> 01:45:20,347 ONE THING TO NOTE IS WE HAVE 2955 01:45:20,347 --> 01:45:22,582 HISTORICALLY BEEN MANAGING OUR 2956 01:45:22,582 --> 01:45:24,418 REVIEW PROCESSES ON EACH REVIEW 2957 01:45:24,418 --> 01:45:25,152 CYCLE. AND SO I WANT TO 2958 01:45:25,152 --> 01:45:25,786 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS WORK 2959 01:45:25,786 --> 01:45:28,021 TO BE DONE TO HELP US CONTINUE 2960 01:45:28,021 --> 01:45:28,655 TO STREAMLINE AND MAKE SURE THAT 2961 01:45:28,655 --> 01:45:31,491 THEY ARE BOTH THAT WE ARE 2962 01:45:31,491 --> 01:45:32,859 GETTING WHAT WE NEED OUT OF THE 2963 01:45:32,859 --> 01:45:34,594 CIP PROCESS, AND THAT IT IS NOT 2964 01:45:34,594 --> 01:45:35,595 AN UNDUE BURDEN, AND THAT WE ARE 2965 01:45:35,595 --> 01:45:37,664 CONTINUING TO BE REFLECTIVE OF 2966 01:45:37,664 --> 01:45:38,665 AS SMALLER SCALE DEVELOPMENTS 2967 01:45:38,665 --> 01:45:40,600 COME ONLINE. HOW TO BE 2968 01:45:40,600 --> 01:45:41,468 RESPONSIVE TO THOSE NEEDS. SO WE 2969 01:45:41,468 --> 01:45:43,804 HAD HISTORICALLY BEEN MEASURING 2970 01:45:43,804 --> 01:45:45,906 THINGS AT A REVIEW CYCLE, TIME 2971 01:45:45,906 --> 01:45:46,506 FRAME, AND HAVE BEEN MEETING 2972 01:45:46,506 --> 01:45:48,241 THOSE GOALS FAIRLY CONSISTENTLY. 2973 01:45:48,241 --> 01:45:50,577 BUT WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED OVER 2974 01:45:50,577 --> 01:45:54,281 TIME IS THAT AS YOU MANAGE THAT, 2975 01:45:54,281 --> 01:45:55,349 MANAGING TO REVIEW CYCLES HAS 2976 01:45:55,349 --> 01:45:56,983 ACTUALLY LED TO A LONGER PROCESS 2977 01:45:56,983 --> 01:45:57,818 AND MANY REVIEW CYCLES. SO THE 2978 01:45:57,818 --> 01:45:59,453 KIND OF OUR NEXT STEPS OF WHAT 2979 01:45:59,453 --> 01:46:00,554 WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS REALLY HOW 2980 01:46:00,554 --> 01:46:05,025 TO DRAW DOWN THOSE OVERALL TIME 2981 01:46:05,025 --> 01:46:05,659 FRAMES FROM PERMIT APPLICATION 2982 01:46:05,659 --> 01:46:06,927 OVER TO PERMIT ISSUANCE. THERE 2983 01:46:06,927 --> 01:46:08,428 ARE LIKELY SOME SOME NEEDS FOR 2984 01:46:08,428 --> 01:46:10,697 SOME LAGS IN THERE. AS WE 2985 01:46:10,697 --> 01:46:11,732 COORDINATE WITH SDCI, BUT REALLY 2986 01:46:11,732 --> 01:46:13,600 WANT TO BE MINDFUL AND 2987 01:46:13,600 --> 01:46:14,234 UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE WE'RE 2988 01:46:14,234 --> 01:46:16,236 BECOMING MORE EFFECTIVE AS WE 2989 01:46:16,236 --> 01:46:19,206 CONTINUE REVIEWS. WE ARE WORKING 2990 01:46:19,206 --> 01:46:19,573 CLOSELY WITH AN 2991 01:46:19,573 --> 01:46:21,041 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO KIND 2992 01:46:21,041 --> 01:46:23,310 OF CONTINUE OUR IMPROVEMENTS. SO 2993 01:46:23,310 --> 01:46:25,312 I MENTIONED THE THE SIP LIGHT 2994 01:46:25,312 --> 01:46:26,313 PERMIT, AND THAT WAS REALLY 2995 01:46:26,313 --> 01:46:29,249 INTENDED TO GET TO KIND OF SOME 2996 01:46:29,249 --> 01:46:30,283 OF THE SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS AND 2997 01:46:30,283 --> 01:46:32,552 REFLECTING KIND OF THE LOWER 2998 01:46:32,552 --> 01:46:33,520 COMPLEXITY OF THOSE, BUT NEED TO 2999 01:46:33,520 --> 01:46:34,855 DO WORK. SO JUST WANT TO 3000 01:46:34,855 --> 01:46:35,756 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN KIND OF THIS 3001 01:46:35,756 --> 01:46:40,560 WRAP UP SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. 3002 01:46:40,560 --> 01:46:42,162 AGAIN, THIS IS AGAIN, LOOKING AT 3003 01:46:42,162 --> 01:46:43,196 A DIFFERENT VERSION OF HOW LONG 3004 01:46:43,196 --> 01:46:45,165 IT TAKES TO GET TO A PERMIT IN 3005 01:46:45,165 --> 01:46:46,266 CALENDAR DAYS. SO LOOKING AT 3006 01:46:46,266 --> 01:46:47,067 THERE'S A, THERE'S A GOOD CHUNK 3007 01:46:47,067 --> 01:46:50,337 OF TIME THAT IS KIND OF UNDER 3008 01:46:50,337 --> 01:46:51,772 CITY CONTROL. THERE'S ALSO A 3009 01:46:51,772 --> 01:46:54,341 GOOD CHUNK OF TIME THAT'S UNDER 3010 01:46:54,341 --> 01:46:54,941 APPLICANT CONTROL. SO REALLY 3011 01:46:54,941 --> 01:46:56,543 LOOKING AT HOW TO BALANCE AND 3012 01:46:56,543 --> 01:46:59,412 ALIGN WHERE WE ARE ASKING FOR 3013 01:46:59,412 --> 01:47:00,013 REQUIREMENTS AND HOW TO MAKE 3014 01:47:00,013 --> 01:47:00,814 SURE THAT WE AREN'T GOING 3015 01:47:00,814 --> 01:47:02,783 THROUGH MULTIPLE REVIEW 3016 01:47:02,783 --> 01:47:03,417 ITERATIONS, I THINK IS KIND OF 3017 01:47:03,417 --> 01:47:05,252 WHERE, WHERE OUR NEXT STEPS ARE 3018 01:47:05,252 --> 01:47:07,721 TO LOOK AT IMPROVEMENTS. SORRY, 3019 01:47:07,721 --> 01:47:10,157 I CONDENSED THAT REALLY FAST, 3020 01:47:10,157 --> 01:47:10,891 BUT HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 3021 01:47:10,891 --> 01:47:12,826 NEXT SLIDE IS JUST QUESTIONS. 3022 01:47:12,826 --> 01:47:16,296 -- SURE. WELL, FIRST OFF, THANK 3023 01:47:16,296 --> 01:47:19,132 YOU SO MUCH TO SDOT FOR THIS 3024 01:47:19,132 --> 01:47:23,870 THIS VERY HELPFUL OVERVIEW. SUCH 3025 01:47:23,870 --> 01:47:24,438 A TRULY IMPACTFUL PROGRAM. 3026 01:47:24,438 --> 01:47:27,407 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND 3027 01:47:27,407 --> 01:47:27,874 APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR 3028 01:47:27,874 --> 01:47:30,510 FLEXIBILITY HERE BECAUSE IN 3029 01:47:30,510 --> 01:47:33,980 ABOUT TEN MINUTES AT 1130, WE'RE 3030 01:47:33,980 --> 01:47:35,448 GOING TO LOSE AT LEAST ONE 3031 01:47:35,448 --> 01:47:36,883 MEMBER AND POTENTIALLY THEREFORE 3032 01:47:36,883 --> 01:47:38,952 LOSE QUORUM. SO, SO I APPRECIATE 3033 01:47:38,952 --> 01:47:41,955 YOUR, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO, TO BE 3034 01:47:41,955 --> 01:47:43,457 FLEXIBLE AND PRESENT THE HIGHEST 3035 01:47:43,457 --> 01:47:46,793 LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE, OF THIS 3036 01:47:46,793 --> 01:47:48,195 IMPORTANT PROGRAM. BEFORE I TURN 3037 01:47:48,195 --> 01:47:51,698 IT OVER TO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 3038 01:47:51,698 --> 01:47:54,467 OR QUESTIONS, I DO, WE DO HAVE A 3039 01:47:54,467 --> 01:47:57,604 SOME STAKEHOLDERS HERE DIRECTLY 3040 01:47:57,604 --> 01:47:58,705 FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WOULD 3041 01:47:58,705 --> 01:47:59,873 LOVE TO FOR YOU ALL TO SHARE 3042 01:47:59,873 --> 01:48:01,842 YOUR OWN WORDS, YOU KNOW, KIND 3043 01:48:01,842 --> 01:48:04,978 OF HOW THIS PROGRAM IMPACTS 3044 01:48:04,978 --> 01:48:08,048 YOUR, YOUR WORK AND YOUR ABILITY 3045 01:48:08,048 --> 01:48:10,917 TO, TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN WHAT YOU 3046 01:48:10,917 --> 01:48:11,084 DO. 3047 01:48:11,084 --> 01:48:11,852 -- GREAT. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR 3048 01:48:11,852 --> 01:48:15,021 HAVING US HERE TODAY. YEAH. 3049 01:48:15,021 --> 01:48:15,589 MEMBERS SEE FIRSTHAND WHERE 3050 01:48:15,589 --> 01:48:16,790 PROJECTS STALL AND WHERE THESE 3051 01:48:16,790 --> 01:48:19,125 COSTS COMPOUND AND WHERE THESE 3052 01:48:19,125 --> 01:48:21,328 POLICY CHANGES CAN MEANINGFULLY 3053 01:48:21,328 --> 01:48:23,797 REDUCE THE BARRIERS. THE REASON 3054 01:48:23,797 --> 01:48:25,065 FOR IMPROVING PROCESSES LIKE THE 3055 01:48:25,065 --> 01:48:28,134 CIP IS PRETTY SIMPLE. TIMELINESS 3056 01:48:28,134 --> 01:48:28,702 AND PREDICTABILITY DIRECTLY 3057 01:48:28,702 --> 01:48:30,370 TRANSLATE TO HOUSING 3058 01:48:30,370 --> 01:48:32,439 AFFORDABILITY AND AVAILABILITY. 3059 01:48:32,439 --> 01:48:33,440 COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE HAVE HAD 3060 01:48:33,440 --> 01:48:34,674 A DIRECT HAND IN SHAPING THE ONE 3061 01:48:34,674 --> 01:48:36,676 SEATTLE PLAN AND OUR GROWTH 3062 01:48:36,676 --> 01:48:37,944 STRATEGY. IN ORDER FOR THE ONE 3063 01:48:37,944 --> 01:48:38,945 SEATTLE PLAN TO BE SUCCESSFUL, 3064 01:48:38,945 --> 01:48:41,248 WE NEED TO ADDRESS THESE 3065 01:48:41,248 --> 01:48:42,949 INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROCESS 3066 01:48:42,949 --> 01:48:43,884 BARRIERS THAT WILL PRESENT THAT 3067 01:48:43,884 --> 01:48:46,553 OR PREVENT THAT VISION FROM 3068 01:48:46,553 --> 01:48:47,187 BECOMING ACHIEVED. AND WE WANT 3069 01:48:47,187 --> 01:48:49,990 TO SEE THAT THAT VISION ACHIEVED 3070 01:48:49,990 --> 01:48:51,224 TO AT MAX, ONE THING I 3071 01:48:51,224 --> 01:48:52,225 DEFINITELY WANT TO FRAME IS, YOU 3072 01:48:52,225 --> 01:48:55,529 KNOW, WITH THE ISSUE OF WITH 3073 01:48:55,529 --> 01:48:56,096 INFRASTRUCTURE IS THAT OUR 3074 01:48:56,096 --> 01:48:57,864 MEMBERS ARE NOT OPPOSED TO THE 3075 01:48:57,864 --> 01:48:59,466 ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE 3076 01:48:59,466 --> 01:49:02,536 IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED. 3077 01:49:02,536 --> 01:49:05,138 IT'S THE ISSUE OF THE TIMELINE 3078 01:49:05,138 --> 01:49:07,974 AND PROCESS AND SCOPE, AND 3079 01:49:07,974 --> 01:49:09,075 RATHER THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF 3080 01:49:09,075 --> 01:49:12,078 THIS PROCESS IN TRYING TO DO 3081 01:49:12,078 --> 01:49:14,514 THOSE UPGRADES. AND SDOT IS NOT 3082 01:49:14,514 --> 01:49:16,650 ALONE IN THIS BARRIER. THERE'S 3083 01:49:16,650 --> 01:49:18,184 MANY OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE 3084 01:49:18,184 --> 01:49:19,085 BARRIERS THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH 3085 01:49:19,085 --> 01:49:21,154 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT IN THEIR 3086 01:49:21,154 --> 01:49:22,255 UNDERGROUNDING, SEATTLE PUBLIC 3087 01:49:22,255 --> 01:49:24,891 UTILITIES AND THEIR WATER MAIN 3088 01:49:24,891 --> 01:49:27,727 EXTENSIONS. BUT NEARLY ALL OF 3089 01:49:27,727 --> 01:49:28,194 THOSE DEPARTMENT'S 3090 01:49:28,194 --> 01:49:28,828 INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS ALSO 3091 01:49:28,828 --> 01:49:29,863 DO ROOT THROUGH THE CIP PROCESS, 3092 01:49:29,863 --> 01:49:31,164 WHICH KIND OF MAKES IT A VISIBLE 3093 01:49:31,164 --> 01:49:33,633 CHOKE POINT IN MAKING ALL OF 3094 01:49:33,633 --> 01:49:36,469 THOSE A REALITY I'LL HAVE LUCAS 3095 01:49:36,469 --> 01:49:39,039 KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT TO 3096 01:49:39,039 --> 01:49:41,408 SOME OF THE COSTS WITH SOME OF 3097 01:49:41,408 --> 01:49:42,609 THESE PROJECTS, BUT FOR US, 3098 01:49:42,609 --> 01:49:45,512 YEAH, WE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE 3099 01:49:45,512 --> 01:49:48,181 SOME MORE, MORE PUBLISHED 3100 01:49:48,181 --> 01:49:50,984 STANDARDS AND REVIEW TIMELINES, 3101 01:49:50,984 --> 01:49:51,918 AS WELL AS SOME OF THOSE 3102 01:49:51,918 --> 01:49:54,521 PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS AND 3103 01:49:54,521 --> 01:49:56,256 HAVING THOSE BROKEN DOWN BY 3104 01:49:56,256 --> 01:49:57,624 PROJECT SIZE AND TYPE, AS WELL 3105 01:49:57,624 --> 01:49:58,124 AS SOME OF THE ACTUAL 3106 01:49:58,124 --> 01:50:00,594 INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS 3107 01:50:00,594 --> 01:50:01,161 CLARIFYING AND REDUCING THE 3108 01:50:01,161 --> 01:50:01,795 NUMBER OF REVIEWERS. I THINK 3109 01:50:01,795 --> 01:50:05,899 THAT'S A BIG ISSUE IS, AS SDOT 3110 01:50:05,899 --> 01:50:06,533 MENTIONED, THERE'S A LOT OF 3111 01:50:06,533 --> 01:50:07,167 THIRD PARTY REVIEWERS THAT GOES 3112 01:50:07,167 --> 01:50:10,270 TO SDCI TRAFFIC OPS, SPU FOR 3113 01:50:10,270 --> 01:50:13,306 OTHER FOR OTHER COMMENTS WHICH 3114 01:50:13,306 --> 01:50:14,407 DO DELAY THE PROCESS OUTSIDE OF 3115 01:50:14,407 --> 01:50:16,309 S DOT'S CONTROL TO SOME DEGREE. 3116 01:50:16,309 --> 01:50:19,779 YEAH. JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 3117 01:50:19,779 --> 01:50:20,380 AGAIN TO MY COUNTERPARTS HERE 3118 01:50:20,380 --> 01:50:22,015 FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS AND 3119 01:50:22,015 --> 01:50:23,483 CHAIR SAKA FOR, FOR HAVING US 3120 01:50:23,483 --> 01:50:26,519 ALL HERE TODAY. THE BRIEFING IS 3121 01:50:26,519 --> 01:50:27,120 THIS BRIEFING IS JUST SORT OF 3122 01:50:27,120 --> 01:50:29,389 THE START OF THIS WORK. AND 3123 01:50:29,389 --> 01:50:31,191 WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO BE A 3124 01:50:31,191 --> 01:50:31,591 HELPFUL PARTNER. 3125 01:50:31,591 --> 01:50:33,226 -- YEAH. 3126 01:50:33,226 --> 01:50:35,562 -- THANKS, LOGAN. YEAH. I'LL 3127 01:50:35,562 --> 01:50:36,930 JUST SAY FOR BLUEPRINT, WHAT WE 3128 01:50:36,930 --> 01:50:38,999 MAINLY WORK ON IS INFILL MIDDLE 3129 01:50:38,999 --> 01:50:40,266 HOUSING PROJECTS. AND, AND I 3130 01:50:40,266 --> 01:50:41,868 THINK YOU'LL SEE IN THE 3131 01:50:41,868 --> 01:50:42,636 PRESENTATION TODAY, YOU WON'T 3132 01:50:42,636 --> 01:50:44,070 SEE ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE 4 OR 6 3133 01:50:44,070 --> 01:50:45,772 UNITS OR LESS, BUT THEY'RE, 3134 01:50:45,772 --> 01:50:48,141 THEY'RE SUBJECT TO THE CIP 3135 01:50:48,141 --> 01:50:48,908 PROCESS. AND IT'S A MAJOR 3136 01:50:48,908 --> 01:50:50,010 REASON WHY WE DON'T DO PROJECTS 3137 01:50:50,010 --> 01:50:53,146 IN THE CITY. WE JUST CAN'T, 3138 01:50:53,146 --> 01:50:53,913 ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME. WE 3139 01:50:53,913 --> 01:50:55,715 CAN'T TAKE ON THE RISK AND THE 3140 01:50:55,715 --> 01:50:57,117 THE YEAR PLUS TIMELINE OF 3141 01:50:57,117 --> 01:50:58,351 GETTING A CIP PERMIT WITH THE 3142 01:50:58,351 --> 01:50:59,219 FOUR UNIT PROJECT. SO IT'S JUST, 3143 01:50:59,219 --> 01:51:01,087 IT'S JUST A A CHOKE POINT FOR 3144 01:51:01,087 --> 01:51:01,788 MIDDLE HOUSING THAT THAT REALLY 3145 01:51:01,788 --> 01:51:04,958 NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. IT'S NOT 3146 01:51:04,958 --> 01:51:05,959 SCALABLE FOR SMALL PROJECTS. 3147 01:51:05,959 --> 01:51:07,460 SOME EXAMPLES ARE, YOU KNOW, 3148 01:51:07,460 --> 01:51:09,562 MINOR IMPROVEMENTS LIKE ALLEY 3149 01:51:09,562 --> 01:51:10,864 CRUSHED ROCK CAN COST US, YOU 3150 01:51:10,864 --> 01:51:13,466 KNOW, UP TO $45,000 IN TOTAL 3151 01:51:13,466 --> 01:51:16,703 FEES AND ABOUT 10,000 OF THAT IS 3152 01:51:16,703 --> 01:51:17,637 REALLY CONSTRUCTION. THAT MEANS 3153 01:51:17,637 --> 01:51:18,304 FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE'RE SPENDING 3154 01:51:18,304 --> 01:51:19,072 IN CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE SPENDING 3155 01:51:19,072 --> 01:51:24,744 ABOUT $4 ON PERMITTING AND 3156 01:51:24,744 --> 01:51:25,612 DESIGN AND ENGINEERING. SO IT'S 3157 01:51:25,612 --> 01:51:27,247 JUST A REAL CHALLENGE, 3158 01:51:27,247 --> 01:51:27,847 ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WITH THE 3159 01:51:27,847 --> 01:51:29,649 MARKET. AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN 3160 01:51:29,649 --> 01:51:30,283 GET A BUILDING PERMIT IN THE 3161 01:51:30,283 --> 01:51:33,053 CITY OF SEATTLE IN ABOUT 3 TO 6 3162 01:51:33,053 --> 01:51:33,653 MONTHS. AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE 3163 01:51:33,653 --> 01:51:37,323 NUMBERS, THE CIP CAN TAKE 3 TO 6 3164 01:51:37,323 --> 01:51:37,957 TIMES THAT, THAT LENGTH. SO IT 3165 01:51:37,957 --> 01:51:38,725 JUST DOESN'T WORK WITH SMALL 3166 01:51:38,725 --> 01:51:40,226 DEVELOPMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE, 3167 01:51:40,226 --> 01:51:41,728 WE WANT TO DO THESE 3168 01:51:41,728 --> 01:51:43,196 IMPROVEMENTS, AS LOGAN ALLUDED 3169 01:51:43,196 --> 01:51:44,798 TO, WE WANT NICE SIDEWALKS. WE 3170 01:51:44,798 --> 01:51:46,399 WANT NICE ALLEYS. IT'S JUST THE 3171 01:51:46,399 --> 01:51:48,101 PAIN TO GET TO THAT POINT IS TOO 3172 01:51:48,101 --> 01:51:50,170 MUCH OF A STRETCH FOR SMALL 3173 01:51:50,170 --> 01:51:51,905 DEVELOPERS TO DO. AND RIGHT NOW, 3174 01:51:51,905 --> 01:51:53,006 MIDDLE HOUSING IS SUFFERING 3175 01:51:53,006 --> 01:51:54,407 BECAUSE OF IT. AND THE LAND USE 3176 01:51:54,407 --> 01:51:55,608 CODE. MAYBE THAT'S FOR ANOTHER 3177 01:51:55,608 --> 01:51:56,509 TIME. IT HAS A BIG PART TO PLAY 3178 01:51:56,509 --> 01:52:00,280 IN THIS. AND SO SPU AND SODA 3179 01:52:00,280 --> 01:52:01,915 CITY, AND LIKE I SAID, THE CIP 3180 01:52:01,915 --> 01:52:02,482 PROCESS WAS DESIGNED AT THE 3181 01:52:02,482 --> 01:52:05,251 HEIGHT OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. 3182 01:52:05,251 --> 01:52:05,819 THEY'RE DESIGNED FOR BIG 3183 01:52:05,819 --> 01:52:06,786 PROJECTS THAT ARE TAKE TWO YEARS 3184 01:52:06,786 --> 01:52:08,655 TO BUILD, A YEAR TO PERMIT. THAT 3185 01:52:08,655 --> 01:52:10,824 WORKS FINE IN THAT TIMELINE FOR 3186 01:52:10,824 --> 01:52:12,192 UNIT SITES THAT TAKE THREE THREE 3187 01:52:12,192 --> 01:52:13,593 MONTHS TO PERMIT AND SIX MONTHS 3188 01:52:13,593 --> 01:52:15,128 TO BUILD, DON'T WORK WITH A SIP 3189 01:52:15,128 --> 01:52:18,364 PROCESS AND I'LL JUST USE 3190 01:52:18,364 --> 01:52:21,000 KIRKLAND AS AN EXAMPLE. THEY 3191 01:52:21,000 --> 01:52:21,634 HAVE AN INTEGRATED PROCESS WITH 3192 01:52:21,634 --> 01:52:22,235 THEIR BUILDING PERMIT. YOU 3193 01:52:22,235 --> 01:52:24,738 SUBMIT ONE PERMIT WITH ALL YOUR 3194 01:52:24,738 --> 01:52:25,505 ON SITE IMPROVEMENTS, WITH YOUR 3195 01:52:25,505 --> 01:52:27,240 BUILDING PERMIT, AND ALL OF YOUR 3196 01:52:27,240 --> 01:52:27,874 INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN 3197 01:52:27,874 --> 01:52:29,209 THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND WE CAN GET 3198 01:52:29,209 --> 01:52:30,944 THAT PERMIT IN SIX MONTHS WITH 3199 01:52:30,944 --> 01:52:32,512 EVERYTHING, IT'S A LITTLE BIT 3200 01:52:32,512 --> 01:52:33,813 MORE UPFRONT AND DESIGN. AND FOR 3201 01:52:33,813 --> 01:52:35,682 US, A HEAVY LIFT TO GET IT ALL 3202 01:52:35,682 --> 01:52:37,083 DESIGNED AND SUBMITTED. BUT IN 3203 01:52:37,083 --> 01:52:38,952 THE END, A SIX MONTH TURNAROUND 3204 01:52:38,952 --> 01:52:40,653 IS WORTH IT FOR US. AND WE WOULD 3205 01:52:40,653 --> 01:52:41,354 MAKE THAT LEAP IF WE HAD MORE 3206 01:52:41,354 --> 01:52:42,789 SURETY IN SEATTLE. IF WE HAD 3207 01:52:42,789 --> 01:52:45,792 THOSE NUMBERS. THANK YOU. 3208 01:52:45,792 --> 01:52:48,027 -- THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE 3209 01:52:48,027 --> 01:52:48,661 COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE AND VOICE 3210 01:52:48,661 --> 01:52:50,263 ON THIS IMPORTANT POLICY TOPIC 3211 01:52:50,263 --> 01:52:53,133 AS WELL. AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU 3212 01:52:53,133 --> 01:52:54,667 THE SURETY THAT YOU NEED TO TO 3213 01:52:54,667 --> 01:52:56,369 BE SUCCESSFUL. AND I APPRECIATE 3214 01:52:56,369 --> 01:52:56,970 OUR PARTNERS AT SDOT WORKING 3215 01:52:56,970 --> 01:52:59,239 HARD EVERY DAY TO, TO DELIVER ON 3216 01:52:59,239 --> 01:53:01,908 EXACTLY THAT. IT SOUNDS LIKE 3217 01:53:01,908 --> 01:53:02,575 THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR 3218 01:53:02,575 --> 01:53:04,811 CONTINUED ITERATION. OF COURSE, 3219 01:53:04,811 --> 01:53:08,281 WITH ANY PROGRAM, BUT REALLY 3220 01:53:08,281 --> 01:53:08,848 APPRECIATE THE PERSPECTIVE. 3221 01:53:08,848 --> 01:53:09,716 WE'LL NOTE BEFORE I TURN IT 3222 01:53:09,716 --> 01:53:11,718 OVER TO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, 3223 01:53:11,718 --> 01:53:12,652 WE'LL KNOW A COUPLE THINGS. 3224 01:53:12,652 --> 01:53:15,355 FIRST OFF, AS WAS ALLUDED TO, 3225 01:53:15,355 --> 01:53:18,691 THIS IMPORTANT PROGRAM COULD 3226 01:53:18,691 --> 01:53:20,360 HAVE VERY GIVEN THE CROSS 3227 01:53:20,360 --> 01:53:22,028 FUNCTIONAL CROSS POLICY NATURE 3228 01:53:22,028 --> 01:53:22,829 OF THIS PROGRAM, IT COULD HAVE 3229 01:53:22,829 --> 01:53:25,064 VERY WELL EASILY BEEN PRESENTED 3230 01:53:25,064 --> 01:53:26,399 IN THE LAND USE COMMITTEE, 3231 01:53:26,399 --> 01:53:29,736 CHAIRED BY COUNCILMEMBER LYNN. 3232 01:53:29,736 --> 01:53:32,005 THE. GIVEN THE HOUSING NEXUS 3233 01:53:32,005 --> 01:53:34,541 COULD HAVE BEEN VERY EASILY 3234 01:53:34,541 --> 01:53:35,742 PRESENTED IN THE HOUSING, ARTS 3235 01:53:35,742 --> 01:53:36,309 AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE, 3236 01:53:36,309 --> 01:53:37,977 CHAIRED BY COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER 3237 01:53:37,977 --> 01:53:39,846 FOSTER. YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE 3238 01:53:39,846 --> 01:53:42,115 IMPORTANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 3239 01:53:42,115 --> 01:53:42,782 AND LABOR PIECES COULD HAVE BEEN 3240 01:53:42,782 --> 01:53:45,318 IN, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMITTEE 3241 01:53:45,318 --> 01:53:48,021 THAT YOU. CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, 3242 01:53:48,021 --> 01:53:48,655 RINCK CITY LIGHT, ANY NUMBER OF 3243 01:53:48,655 --> 01:53:51,457 COMMITTEES. BUT I WANTED TO AT 3244 01:53:51,457 --> 01:53:52,058 LEAST INITIATE THIS IMPORTANT 3245 01:53:52,058 --> 01:53:53,860 CONVERSATION HERE TODAY BECAUSE 3246 01:53:53,860 --> 01:53:55,862 IT DOES TOUCH SO MANY DIFFERENT 3247 01:53:55,862 --> 01:53:59,299 ASPECTS OF VARIOUS POLICIES, NOT 3248 01:53:59,299 --> 01:54:02,335 JUST LIMITED TO THE THE RIGHT OF 3249 01:54:02,335 --> 01:54:03,570 WAY. WHICH OF COURSE, SDOT 3250 01:54:03,570 --> 01:54:06,206 GENERALLY OWNS AND MANAGES OR 3251 01:54:06,206 --> 01:54:07,941 BEARS, I'LL SAY PRIMARY 3252 01:54:07,941 --> 01:54:11,544 RESPONSIBILITY, NOT EXCLUSIVE 3253 01:54:11,544 --> 01:54:13,079 RESPONSIBILITY. AND. ALL RIGHT. 3254 01:54:13,079 --> 01:54:15,481 LET ME LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE WE 3255 01:54:15,481 --> 01:54:16,850 HAVE SOME SOME YOUTH IN THE 3256 01:54:16,850 --> 01:54:19,519 ROOM. WE HAVE THAT JUST ARRIVED 3257 01:54:19,519 --> 01:54:21,254 A MOMENT AGO. MEMBERS OF THE 3258 01:54:21,254 --> 01:54:24,190 TRANSPORTATION EQUITY WORKGROUP 3259 01:54:24,190 --> 01:54:25,692 YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. 3260 01:54:25,692 --> 01:54:27,060 WELCOME, EVERYONE. LOOKING 3261 01:54:27,060 --> 01:54:28,761 FORWARD TO CONNECTING WITH YOU 3262 01:54:28,761 --> 01:54:31,030 ALL OFFLINE FOR A BIT AFTER 3263 01:54:31,030 --> 01:54:32,498 THIS, THIS COMMITTEE MEETING 3264 01:54:32,498 --> 01:54:34,167 ENDS, BUT WELCOME AND GLAD 3265 01:54:34,167 --> 01:54:35,368 YOU'RE ABLE TO TO KICK THE 3266 01:54:35,368 --> 01:54:36,769 TIRES A LITTLE BIT. AND IN TERMS 3267 01:54:36,769 --> 01:54:38,304 OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS, NITTY 3268 01:54:38,304 --> 01:54:40,073 GRITTY NUTS AND BOLTS OF LOCAL 3269 01:54:40,073 --> 01:54:42,075 GOVERNMENT. ALL RIGHT. 3270 01:54:42,075 --> 01:54:43,309 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOU ARE OR 3271 01:54:43,309 --> 01:54:45,345 VICE CHAIR RINCK YOU'RE 3272 01:54:45,345 --> 01:54:45,645 RECOGNIZED. 3273 01:54:45,645 --> 01:54:49,482 -- THANK YOU AND WELCOME. AND 3274 01:54:49,482 --> 01:54:51,784 THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE 3275 01:54:51,784 --> 01:54:52,385 PRESENTATION. APPRECIATE THE 3276 01:54:52,385 --> 01:54:54,420 WORK THAT YOU DO ON THIS REALLY 3277 01:54:54,420 --> 01:54:55,421 IMPORTANT POLICY MATTER. AND SO 3278 01:54:55,421 --> 01:54:57,390 THANK YOU FOR WALKING US THROUGH 3279 01:54:57,390 --> 01:54:58,458 BOTH THE BODY OF WORK AND THEN 3280 01:54:58,458 --> 01:54:59,392 THE STEPS YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN TO 3281 01:54:59,392 --> 01:55:03,630 TRY AND, AND STREAMLINE THINGS 3282 01:55:03,630 --> 01:55:04,264 AND ALSO WANT TO APPRECIATE THE 3283 01:55:04,264 --> 01:55:04,864 INSIGHTS THAT THE BUILDERS AT 3284 01:55:04,864 --> 01:55:06,165 THE TABLE HAVE SHARED ON THIS 3285 01:55:06,165 --> 01:55:09,736 MATTER I, IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF 3286 01:55:09,736 --> 01:55:12,005 SOME OF THE DATA SHARED TODAY 3287 01:55:12,005 --> 01:55:14,807 FROM SDOT, WE SEE THAT THIS 3288 01:55:14,807 --> 01:55:18,478 PROCESS CAN TAKE MANY MONTHS AND 3289 01:55:18,478 --> 01:55:19,545 AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT SIP LIGHT 3290 01:55:19,545 --> 01:55:21,281 BEING BROUGHT ONLINE AS A WAY TO 3291 01:55:21,281 --> 01:55:23,549 TRY AND MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT 3292 01:55:23,549 --> 01:55:26,619 FASTER. WE KNOW THAT THIS TIME 3293 01:55:26,619 --> 01:55:28,354 STILL CAN. OFTEN WITH A 3294 01:55:28,354 --> 01:55:30,189 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, TAKING 3295 01:55:30,189 --> 01:55:30,790 ADDITIONAL TIME CAN INCREASE 3296 01:55:30,790 --> 01:55:34,460 COSTS AND CREATE AGAIN, THAT 3297 01:55:34,460 --> 01:55:36,796 UNCERTAINTY. AND SO I'M 3298 01:55:36,796 --> 01:55:38,731 WONDERING, BEYOND PUBLISHING A 3299 01:55:38,731 --> 01:55:40,667 DASHBOARD, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK 3300 01:55:40,667 --> 01:55:42,168 LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT CREATING 3301 01:55:42,168 --> 01:55:44,504 SOME MORE PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS 3302 01:55:44,504 --> 01:55:46,439 OR A PUBLIC TIMELINE FOR 3303 01:55:46,439 --> 01:55:47,006 REVIEWING, REDUCING REVIEW 3304 01:55:47,006 --> 01:55:48,841 TIMES? AND CAN THAT DATA 3305 01:55:48,841 --> 01:55:50,777 POSSIBLY BE BROKEN UP BY PROJECT 3306 01:55:50,777 --> 01:55:53,513 SIZE OR TYPE? 3307 01:55:53,513 --> 01:55:53,913 -- YEAH, I'M. 3308 01:55:53,913 --> 01:55:56,816 -- HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT. SO TO 3309 01:55:56,816 --> 01:55:58,618 YOUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT ADDING 3310 01:55:58,618 --> 01:55:59,752 MORE GRANULAR DATA. ABSOLUTELY. 3311 01:55:59,752 --> 01:56:00,753 WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. I 3312 01:56:00,753 --> 01:56:02,322 THINK, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT 3313 01:56:02,322 --> 01:56:04,223 I'VE BEEN WANTING TO LOOK AT 3314 01:56:04,223 --> 01:56:05,858 NEXT IS REALLY FORMALIZING THAT 3315 01:56:05,858 --> 01:56:06,960 STRUCTURE. AGAIN, I TALKED ABOUT 3316 01:56:06,960 --> 01:56:10,697 LIKE EACH REVIEW CYCLE IS TAKING 3317 01:56:10,697 --> 01:56:12,432 IS, IS GENERALLY CLOSE TO ON 3318 01:56:12,432 --> 01:56:13,933 TIME. AND WE'RE GENERALLY 3319 01:56:13,933 --> 01:56:15,068 MEETING OUR OR CLOSE TO MEETING 3320 01:56:15,068 --> 01:56:17,537 OUR METRICS. BUT REALLY THE 3321 01:56:17,537 --> 01:56:18,738 NUMBER OF REVIEWS IS WHAT'S 3322 01:56:18,738 --> 01:56:19,739 DRIVING THAT LENGTH OF TIME. SO 3323 01:56:19,739 --> 01:56:20,373 WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO 3324 01:56:20,373 --> 01:56:22,408 IS START LOOKING AT HOW MANY 3325 01:56:22,408 --> 01:56:23,843 REVIEW CYCLES AND BEING ABLE TO 3326 01:56:23,843 --> 01:56:26,346 PUBLISH HOW THAT HAPPENS, AND 3327 01:56:26,346 --> 01:56:31,017 THEN ALSO LOOKING AT PROCESS. IF 3328 01:56:31,017 --> 01:56:33,353 PROJECTS ARE INDEED MAKING, LIKE 3329 01:56:33,353 --> 01:56:35,455 WHY ARE PROJECTS GETTING INTO 3330 01:56:35,455 --> 01:56:37,023 MULTIPLE REVIEW CYCLES? IS IT 3331 01:56:37,023 --> 01:56:38,091 SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHERE, 3332 01:56:38,091 --> 01:56:39,125 WHERE IS THAT BREAKING DOWN? AND 3333 01:56:39,125 --> 01:56:43,096 SO LOOKING AT FOR IMPROVEMENTS 3334 01:56:43,096 --> 01:56:44,831 THERE, THE QUESTION, THE SECOND 3335 01:56:44,831 --> 01:56:46,599 QUESTION IS A LITTLE BIT MORE 3336 01:56:46,599 --> 01:56:48,468 DIFFICULT OF LIKE PROJECT SIZE. 3337 01:56:48,468 --> 01:56:51,170 AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT A 3338 01:56:51,170 --> 01:56:55,508 LOT OF THE. WORK IN THE PUBLIC 3339 01:56:55,508 --> 01:56:58,311 RIGHT OF WAY CAN BE COMPLEX, 3340 01:56:58,311 --> 01:57:01,748 COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF HOW 3341 01:57:01,748 --> 01:57:03,416 BIG A PROJECT IS, PARTICULARLY 3342 01:57:03,416 --> 01:57:06,119 WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 3343 01:57:06,119 --> 01:57:07,954 SOMETHING LIKE A 4 TO 6 UNIT 3344 01:57:07,954 --> 01:57:10,223 BUILDING. IF IT HAPPENS TO BE IN 3345 01:57:10,223 --> 01:57:14,460 A LOCATION WITH, YOU KNOW, EASY 3346 01:57:14,460 --> 01:57:16,896 GRADES TO MATCH INFRASTRUCTURE 3347 01:57:16,896 --> 01:57:20,099 THAT'S ALREADY THERE, CLOSE TO 3348 01:57:20,099 --> 01:57:23,069 AN ALREADY DEVELOPED STREET, 3349 01:57:23,069 --> 01:57:25,671 THAT'S AN EASY, EASIER KIND OF 3350 01:57:25,671 --> 01:57:26,172 CONVERSATION ABOUT THE 3351 01:57:26,172 --> 01:57:27,507 ENGINEERING. THEN WHEN YOU ARE 3352 01:57:27,507 --> 01:57:31,644 LOOKING AT MAYBE THAT SAME 3353 01:57:31,644 --> 01:57:36,115 DEVELOPMENT IN A CLOSED CONTOUR 3354 01:57:36,115 --> 01:57:37,884 ALLEY THAT HASN'T BEEN IMPROVED 3355 01:57:37,884 --> 01:57:39,685 WITH OTHER SINGLE FAMILY 3356 01:57:39,685 --> 01:57:42,555 DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE COME AT 3357 01:57:42,555 --> 01:57:44,590 DIFFERENT GRADES OVER TIME, WITH 3358 01:57:44,590 --> 01:57:45,892 POTENTIALLY BUILDING INTO OUR 3359 01:57:45,892 --> 01:57:47,060 EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY. RIGHT. 3360 01:57:47,060 --> 01:57:51,164 AND SO IT, IT, IT'S HARD TO 3361 01:57:51,164 --> 01:57:53,533 EQUATE THE NUMBER OF UNITS WITH 3362 01:57:53,533 --> 01:57:54,400 THE COMPLEXITY THAT YOU'LL HAVE 3363 01:57:54,400 --> 01:57:56,069 TO SEE AS FAR AS THE ENGINEERING 3364 01:57:56,069 --> 01:57:58,805 THAT GOES INTO MAKING AN 3365 01:57:58,805 --> 01:58:01,040 ACCESSIBLE BUILDING THAT 3366 01:58:01,040 --> 01:58:02,241 DOESN'T HAVE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS 3367 01:58:02,241 --> 01:58:03,843 AND HAS THE UTILITIES THAT ARE 3368 01:58:03,843 --> 01:58:06,312 NEEDED TO SERVE IT. SO THAT'S A 3369 01:58:06,312 --> 01:58:07,847 LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT WE'VE 3370 01:58:07,847 --> 01:58:08,881 THOUGHT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, 3371 01:58:08,881 --> 01:58:10,149 BUT AND I KNOW LUCAS AND I HAVE 3372 01:58:10,149 --> 01:58:11,818 HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, 3373 01:58:11,818 --> 01:58:12,819 BUT IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT 3374 01:58:12,819 --> 01:58:15,855 HARD TO GET AT LIKE WHAT THAT 3375 01:58:15,855 --> 01:58:16,422 METRIC IS SPECIFICALLY FOR. 3376 01:58:16,422 --> 01:58:17,323 LIKE, IF IT'S ONE UNIT, IT 3377 01:58:17,323 --> 01:58:19,091 SHOULD BE THIS AMOUNT. IF IT'S 3378 01:58:19,091 --> 01:58:20,660 FOUR UNITS, IT SHOULD BE THIS 3379 01:58:20,660 --> 01:58:22,361 TIME FRAME. DOES THAT ANSWER 3380 01:58:22,361 --> 01:58:24,430 YOUR QUESTION? 3381 01:58:24,430 --> 01:58:26,666 -- YEAH, IT DOES. I THINK JUST 3382 01:58:26,666 --> 01:58:27,400 HOLISTICALLY WAYS THAT WE CAN 3383 01:58:27,400 --> 01:58:28,701 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DRIVING 3384 01:58:28,701 --> 01:58:31,337 TOWARDS, AGAIN, IMPROVING 3385 01:58:31,337 --> 01:58:32,672 PERFORMANCE AND SHORTENING THOSE 3386 01:58:32,672 --> 01:58:33,439 TIMELINES. IT WOULD BE 3387 01:58:33,439 --> 01:58:34,273 TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL. AND I 3388 01:58:34,273 --> 01:58:35,575 DON'T KNOW IF BUILDERS AT THE 3389 01:58:35,575 --> 01:58:36,976 TABLE HAVE ANY RESPONSE OR 3390 01:58:36,976 --> 01:58:38,444 FEEDBACK TO, TO THAT OR ANY 3391 01:58:38,444 --> 01:58:39,445 ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS TO SHARE ON 3392 01:58:39,445 --> 01:58:40,079 THIS TOPIC. 3393 01:58:40,079 --> 01:58:41,347 -- I GUESS I WOULD, I WOULD LEAN 3394 01:58:41,347 --> 01:58:43,683 BACK TO THE LAND USE CODE WHERE, 3395 01:58:43,683 --> 01:58:45,418 YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S THINGS 3396 01:58:45,418 --> 01:58:47,887 THAT CHANGE OVER TIME, BUT TWO 3397 01:58:47,887 --> 01:58:48,821 UNITS IN A SINGLE FAMILY ZONE 3398 01:58:48,821 --> 01:58:49,422 WAS ALL YOU COULD BUILD. AND 3399 01:58:49,422 --> 01:58:50,323 THAT'S ALL THE CODE EVER 3400 01:58:50,323 --> 01:58:51,290 DIDN'T REQUIRE IMPROVEMENT. AND 3401 01:58:51,290 --> 01:58:53,860 NOW WE WENT TO FOUR UNITS. AND 3402 01:58:53,860 --> 01:58:54,494 THAT REQUIRES A SIP OR IT'S 3403 01:58:54,494 --> 01:58:56,562 KIND OF JUST, IT'S KIND OF KIND 3404 01:58:56,562 --> 01:58:57,697 OF ELIMINATING THE BENEFIT OF 3405 01:58:57,697 --> 01:58:58,464 HAVING THAT FOURTH UNIT. NOW 3406 01:58:58,464 --> 01:59:02,135 WITH HB 1110. SO IT'S A THING 3407 01:59:02,135 --> 01:59:03,269 WHERE I THINK, I THINK THERE WAS 3408 01:59:03,269 --> 01:59:05,571 WIDE EYES AT HB 1110 AND THE NEW 3409 01:59:05,571 --> 01:59:06,939 PERMANENT CODE THAT JUST PASSED 3410 01:59:06,939 --> 01:59:10,076 UNTIL YOU LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT 3411 01:59:10,076 --> 01:59:10,710 THROUGH ALL LENSES, NOT JUST THE 3412 01:59:10,710 --> 01:59:11,777 LAND USE CODE, BUT LOOK AT THE 3413 01:59:11,777 --> 01:59:13,679 IMPACTS, ALL THE TRIGGERS. A SIP 3414 01:59:13,679 --> 01:59:15,481 WAS THAT BASICALLY GOING TO 3415 01:59:15,481 --> 01:59:16,082 NULLIFY THE BENEFIT OF ADDING 3416 01:59:16,082 --> 01:59:17,049 THAT LAND USE CAPABILITY? AND I 3417 01:59:17,049 --> 01:59:19,352 THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE, 3418 01:59:19,352 --> 01:59:20,686 YOU KNOW, I THINK THE COUNCIL 3419 01:59:20,686 --> 01:59:21,621 AND THE CITY NEED TO LOOK AT 3420 01:59:21,621 --> 01:59:23,022 THAT IN SEATTLEITE AND SPU 3421 01:59:23,022 --> 01:59:25,124 POLICIES IS LIKE, WHAT IS 3422 01:59:25,124 --> 01:59:25,958 IMPORTANT? IS THE HOUSING 3423 01:59:25,958 --> 01:59:26,859 IMPORTANT OR IS THE ADDITIONAL 3424 01:59:26,859 --> 01:59:27,827 CRUSH ROCK ON THE ALLEY 3425 01:59:27,827 --> 01:59:29,228 IMPORTANT? SO I THINK DECISIONS 3426 01:59:29,228 --> 01:59:32,231 NEED TO BE MADE 3427 01:59:32,231 --> 01:59:32,899 -- APPRECIATE. MAYBE WE'LL TAKE 3428 01:59:32,899 --> 01:59:33,699 A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. AND 3429 01:59:33,699 --> 01:59:34,800 LAND USE COMMITTEE WOULD LOVE TO 3430 01:59:34,800 --> 01:59:35,701 CONNECT THE DOTS THERE. JUST 3431 01:59:35,701 --> 01:59:36,936 MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING A 3432 01:59:36,936 --> 01:59:39,472 HOLISTIC APPROACH. AND MY NEXT 3433 01:59:39,472 --> 01:59:40,473 QUESTION YOU STARTED TO ANSWER 3434 01:59:40,473 --> 01:59:41,541 THIS, BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE 3435 01:59:41,541 --> 01:59:42,909 CAN DIG IN JUST A LITTLE BIT 3436 01:59:42,909 --> 01:59:45,578 MORE, JUST A MATTER OF HOW WE'RE 3437 01:59:45,578 --> 01:59:47,046 LOOKING TO SIMPLIFY THE SIP 3438 01:59:47,046 --> 01:59:47,547 PROCESS BY REDUCING OR 3439 01:59:47,547 --> 01:59:48,347 CLARIFYING THOSE NUMBER OF 3440 01:59:48,347 --> 01:59:50,082 REQUIREMENTS, OR THE REVIEWERS 3441 01:59:50,082 --> 01:59:51,784 INVOLVED, WHILE ALSO 3442 01:59:51,784 --> 01:59:54,186 ESTABLISHING A CLEAR PATH FOR 3443 01:59:54,186 --> 01:59:54,720 RESOLVING THOSE COMPETING 3444 01:59:54,720 --> 02:00:02,361 REQUIREMENTS FROM DEPARTMENTS. 3445 02:00:02,361 --> 02:00:02,895 -- SO 3446 02:00:02,895 --> 02:00:04,830 -- REGULATIONS ARE ALWAYS HARD 3447 02:00:04,830 --> 02:00:06,799 AS THINGS GET ADDED OVER TIME, 3448 02:00:06,799 --> 02:00:09,068 RIGHT? AND I THINK THERE'S 3449 02:00:09,068 --> 02:00:10,436 ALWAYS A NEED PERIODICALLY TO GO 3450 02:00:10,436 --> 02:00:15,374 BACK AND KIND OF REFRESH WHAT 3451 02:00:15,374 --> 02:00:16,409 EACH OF THOSE REGULATIONS HAVE 3452 02:00:16,409 --> 02:00:20,112 MEANT. AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL 3453 02:00:20,112 --> 02:00:20,646 REVIEWERS AND ADDITIONAL 3454 02:00:20,646 --> 02:00:23,449 CRITERIA, AND MAYBE REFLECT ON, 3455 02:00:23,449 --> 02:00:25,217 YOU KNOW, A NEW REQUIREMENT 3456 02:00:25,217 --> 02:00:26,886 COMES ONLINE, WE ADD A NEW 3457 02:00:26,886 --> 02:00:28,955 REVIEW, STOP A NEW AND, AND A 3458 02:00:28,955 --> 02:00:31,057 LOT OF THAT IS, IS RIGHTFULLY 3459 02:00:31,057 --> 02:00:34,493 NEEDED. AND WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK 3460 02:00:34,493 --> 02:00:36,062 PERIODICALLY ABOUT, OKAY, NOW 3461 02:00:36,062 --> 02:00:37,163 THAT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS OF US 3462 02:00:37,163 --> 02:00:39,465 DOING THAT KIND OF INCREMENTAL 3463 02:00:39,465 --> 02:00:40,166 REVIEW. HOW DO WE THEN GO BACK 3464 02:00:40,166 --> 02:00:41,667 AND LOOK AT THE EFFICIENCIES OF 3465 02:00:41,667 --> 02:00:43,869 THOSE REVIEW STOPS AND HOW TO 3466 02:00:43,869 --> 02:00:44,503 BEST PRIORITIZE? AND SO I THINK 3467 02:00:44,503 --> 02:00:47,473 THAT'S AN EFFORT WE'RE PLANNING 3468 02:00:47,473 --> 02:00:48,574 ON, ON UNDERTAKING KIND OF THE 3469 02:00:48,574 --> 02:00:49,408 TAIL END OF THIS YEAR. I THINK A 3470 02:00:49,408 --> 02:00:53,012 LOT OF OUR FOCUS, WE'RE THE SAME 3471 02:00:53,012 --> 02:00:53,846 GROUP THAT'S BEEN DOING A LOT OF 3472 02:00:53,846 --> 02:00:54,780 THE WORK TO BUILD UP TO FIFA AND 3473 02:00:54,780 --> 02:00:56,282 KIND OF THE PUBLIC SPACE 3474 02:00:56,282 --> 02:00:56,949 MANAGEMENT WORK. AND SO I THINK 3475 02:00:56,949 --> 02:00:59,819 WE CAN SHIFT A LITTLE BIT TO 3476 02:00:59,819 --> 02:01:00,820 REALLY TAKING THAT ON AND 3477 02:01:00,820 --> 02:01:04,991 LOOKING AT HOW TO REDUCE THOSE 3478 02:01:04,991 --> 02:01:07,260 REDUCE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT 3479 02:01:07,260 --> 02:01:09,895 EVERYONE WHO IS REVIEWING IS 3480 02:01:09,895 --> 02:01:10,529 ADDING VALUE THROUGH OUR EXCEL 3481 02:01:10,529 --> 02:01:11,564 AND THE PERMITTING SYSTEM, AND 3482 02:01:11,564 --> 02:01:14,233 THAT WE HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY 3483 02:01:14,233 --> 02:01:16,068 IN, IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE 3484 02:01:16,068 --> 02:01:16,636 TRACKING AND HOLDING PEOPLE 3485 02:01:16,636 --> 02:01:17,803 ACCOUNTABLE FOR EACH OF THOSE 3486 02:01:17,803 --> 02:01:18,871 REVIEWS, BECAUSE THEY DO BUILD 3487 02:01:18,871 --> 02:01:20,406 UP OVER TIME. SO I THINK THAT'S 3488 02:01:20,406 --> 02:01:21,407 SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO LOOK 3489 02:01:21,407 --> 02:01:24,243 AT IS, IS AS WE HAVE BUILT AND 3490 02:01:24,243 --> 02:01:27,079 ADDED PEOPLE, IS THERE A WAY TO 3491 02:01:27,079 --> 02:01:27,647 CONSOLIDATE THOSE AGAIN? SO 3492 02:01:27,647 --> 02:01:28,814 THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL LOOK AT, 3493 02:01:28,814 --> 02:01:30,483 AND I DO ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH 3494 02:01:30,483 --> 02:01:33,052 YOU. I THINK THE GETTING STUCK 3495 02:01:33,052 --> 02:01:34,387 IN THE REVIEW CYCLE CHURN. I 3496 02:01:34,387 --> 02:01:35,321 KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS 3497 02:01:35,321 --> 02:01:37,890 IS A PAIN POINT FOR EVERYONE. SO 3498 02:01:37,890 --> 02:01:39,725 REALLY LOOKING AT FORMALIZING A 3499 02:01:39,725 --> 02:01:41,293 STRUCTURE TO HAVE SOME OVERSIGHT 3500 02:01:41,293 --> 02:01:43,329 IN THOSE REVIEW STRUCTURES. AND 3501 02:01:43,329 --> 02:01:45,898 ONCE YOU HIT A CERTAIN NUMBER TO 3502 02:01:45,898 --> 02:01:47,633 LIKE TAKE A STEP BACK AND SAY, 3503 02:01:47,633 --> 02:01:49,135 IS THIS WHAT'S NOT WORKING 3504 02:01:49,135 --> 02:01:50,436 ABOUT GETTING THE PERMIT THROUGH 3505 02:01:50,436 --> 02:01:52,238 THE PROCESS? SO I THINK THOSE 3506 02:01:52,238 --> 02:01:52,838 ARE TWO IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE 3507 02:01:52,838 --> 02:01:53,706 REALLY WANT TO DIVE INTO. KIND 3508 02:01:53,706 --> 02:01:55,775 OF THE TAIL END OF THIS YEAR. 3509 02:01:55,775 --> 02:01:56,342 -- I REALLY APPRECIATE THE 3510 02:01:56,342 --> 02:01:58,177 THOROUGHNESS OF THAT RESPONSE 3511 02:01:58,177 --> 02:01:58,811 AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE COMPLEXITY 3512 02:01:58,811 --> 02:02:00,946 OF EVERYTHING YOU'RE HOLDING IN, 3513 02:02:00,946 --> 02:02:01,681 IN TRYING TO DO THIS. I KNOW 3514 02:02:01,681 --> 02:02:03,215 WE'RE ALL UNITED IN FINDING 3515 02:02:03,215 --> 02:02:04,684 TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO NOT GET 3516 02:02:04,684 --> 02:02:07,753 STUCK IN THE CHURN OF CONSTANT 3517 02:02:07,753 --> 02:02:08,320 REVIEWS AND JUST GET THINGS 3518 02:02:08,320 --> 02:02:10,189 GOING AND STREAMLINE THE WORK. 3519 02:02:10,189 --> 02:02:16,395 AND IF I MAY, MY MY LAST 3520 02:02:16,395 --> 02:02:16,929 QUESTION. SO IT'S MY 3521 02:02:16,929 --> 02:02:17,897 UNDERSTANDING THAT RIGHT OF WAY 3522 02:02:17,897 --> 02:02:19,365 IMPROVEMENTS UNDER CIP HAVE TO 3523 02:02:19,365 --> 02:02:21,767 BE COMPLETED AND ACCEPTED BEFORE 3524 02:02:21,767 --> 02:02:23,369 SDCI CAN ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF 3525 02:02:23,369 --> 02:02:24,804 OCCUPANCY. SO IF THE CIP PROCESS 3526 02:02:24,804 --> 02:02:26,639 IS DELAYED, IT DIRECTLY DELAYS 3527 02:02:26,639 --> 02:02:28,474 WHEN HOUSING CAN ACTUALLY BE 3528 02:02:28,474 --> 02:02:29,775 OCCUPIED OR SOLD, EVEN AFTER THE 3529 02:02:29,775 --> 02:02:31,477 BUILDING ITSELF MAY BE FINISHED. 3530 02:02:31,477 --> 02:02:32,611 AND AS WE DISCUSSED ON SMALLER 3531 02:02:32,611 --> 02:02:34,046 PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY, THOSE 3532 02:02:34,046 --> 02:02:35,448 DELAYS CAN INCREASE THE AMOUNT 3533 02:02:35,448 --> 02:02:38,818 OF BONDING REQUIRED TO KEEP THE 3534 02:02:38,818 --> 02:02:39,351 PROJECT OPEN, CREATING A 3535 02:02:39,351 --> 02:02:40,786 SIGNIFICANT AND ADDITIONAL 3536 02:02:40,786 --> 02:02:42,054 FINANCIAL BURDEN WHILE TYING UP 3537 02:02:42,054 --> 02:02:44,190 CAPITAL THAT COULD BE UTILIZED 3538 02:02:44,190 --> 02:02:45,524 ELSEWHERE. SO I'M WONDERING, 3539 02:02:45,524 --> 02:02:47,893 HOW ARE WE ACCOUNTING FOR SOME 3540 02:02:47,893 --> 02:02:49,495 OF THE COSTS OF CIP DELAYS FOR 3541 02:02:49,495 --> 02:02:50,996 UNITS THAT MIGHT BE SITTING ON 3542 02:02:50,996 --> 02:02:52,031 UNOCCUPIED? WHEN WE'RE 3543 02:02:52,031 --> 02:02:54,567 EVALUATING SOME OF THESE 3544 02:02:54,567 --> 02:02:54,867 TIMELINES. 3545 02:02:54,867 --> 02:02:56,569 -- I'D. 3546 02:02:56,569 --> 02:02:57,803 -- ACTUALLY PASS THAT TO OUR 3547 02:02:57,803 --> 02:03:01,440 MASTER BUILDERS FRIENDS. I'M 3548 02:03:01,440 --> 02:03:03,442 NOT SUPER AS FAR AS THE LIKE 3549 02:03:03,442 --> 02:03:04,643 POST CIP PERMIT ISSUANCE, I'M 3550 02:03:04,643 --> 02:03:06,112 NOT SURE. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT 3551 02:03:06,112 --> 02:03:06,879 OF DELAYS IN THE REVIEW PROCESS. 3552 02:03:06,879 --> 02:03:09,582 I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT TIES UP 3553 02:03:09,582 --> 02:03:11,083 WITH ONCE THE BUILDING IS BUILT. 3554 02:03:11,083 --> 02:03:13,018 IF THERE ARE LAGS GETTING THE 3555 02:03:13,018 --> 02:03:13,219 CIP. 3556 02:03:13,219 --> 02:03:14,754 -- YEAH, I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN, 3557 02:03:14,754 --> 02:03:15,721 WE DON'T DO A TON OF SIPS JUST 3558 02:03:15,721 --> 02:03:16,856 BECAUSE THEY'RE A BARRIER TO 3559 02:03:16,856 --> 02:03:19,525 ENTRY FOR US. WHEN WE HAVE DONE 3560 02:03:19,525 --> 02:03:22,027 THEM IN THE PAST IN A BETTER 3561 02:03:22,027 --> 02:03:23,996 MARKET, WE'VE HAD SALES FALL 3562 02:03:23,996 --> 02:03:25,064 OUT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET THE 3563 02:03:25,064 --> 02:03:26,732 CFO AND WE HAD TO BEG. BEG, BEG 3564 02:03:26,732 --> 02:03:27,833 FOR A TEMPORARY CFO. AND SOME 3565 02:03:27,833 --> 02:03:29,969 BANKS DON'T WANT THAT. SO IT 3566 02:03:29,969 --> 02:03:31,237 JUST CREATES A BIG FRICTION 3567 02:03:31,237 --> 02:03:34,507 POINT. AND RIGHT NOW THE MARKET 3568 02:03:34,507 --> 02:03:35,608 IS TERRIBLE TO SAY. THE THE BEST 3569 02:03:35,608 --> 02:03:40,646 OF WHAT IT IS. SO RIGHT NOW 3570 02:03:40,646 --> 02:03:41,347 IT'S IT'S A BIG PART OF IT. I 3571 02:03:41,347 --> 02:03:43,115 MEAN, IT FACTORS INTO THE TIME, 3572 02:03:43,115 --> 02:03:44,183 THE TIME AND REVIEW TO GET TO 3573 02:03:44,183 --> 02:03:46,619 GET IT SUBMITTED, YOU NEED TO 3574 02:03:46,619 --> 02:03:47,586 HAVE 60% APPROVAL ACCEPTED BY 3575 02:03:47,586 --> 02:03:48,888 SDOT. THAT CAN TAKE THREE MONTHS 3576 02:03:48,888 --> 02:03:50,456 PLUS TO GET TO THAT STAGE BEFORE 3577 02:03:50,456 --> 02:03:52,625 YOU CAN EVEN SUBMIT YOUR 3578 02:03:52,625 --> 02:03:53,626 BUILDING PERMIT. SO FOR A SMALL 3579 02:03:53,626 --> 02:03:55,427 PROJECT RIGHT THERE, RIGHT NOW, 3580 02:03:55,427 --> 02:03:58,831 THAT IS A NO. FROM THE START, A 3581 02:03:58,831 --> 02:04:03,068 FEW PROJECTS THAT MAY WORK FOR 3582 02:04:03,068 --> 02:04:04,103 VARIOUS REASONS. THE MAJORITY OF 3583 02:04:04,103 --> 02:04:04,870 THEM ARE JUST A NO RIGHT NOW. 3584 02:04:04,870 --> 02:04:06,839 AND I THINK THIS THIS BONDING 3585 02:04:06,839 --> 02:04:08,040 REQUIREMENT. WE HAVE ONE. I HAVE 3586 02:04:08,040 --> 02:04:09,542 ONE RIGHT NOW. EMBARRASSED TO 3587 02:04:09,542 --> 02:04:11,010 SAY IT'S WE IT WAS A TOWNHOUSE 3588 02:04:11,010 --> 02:04:11,677 PROJECT WE STARTED FIVE YEARS 3589 02:04:11,677 --> 02:04:13,045 AGO. IT IS NOT DONE. AND WE HAD 3590 02:04:13,045 --> 02:04:14,013 TO RE-UP OUR BOND. AND I THINK 3591 02:04:14,013 --> 02:04:15,915 WE PAID TEN GRAND FOR IT. SO 3592 02:04:15,915 --> 02:04:17,516 IT'S, IT'S IT'S A REAL DEAL 3593 02:04:17,516 --> 02:04:18,984 FOR BIG AND SMALL PROJECTS. AND 3594 02:04:18,984 --> 02:04:21,253 I'LL JUST SAY THIS AFFECTS NOT 3595 02:04:21,253 --> 02:04:22,788 JUST MARKET RATE DEVELOPERS. IT 3596 02:04:22,788 --> 02:04:24,523 AFFECTS HABITAT, ALL LOW INCOME 3597 02:04:24,523 --> 02:04:25,891 DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS NO 3598 02:04:25,891 --> 02:04:27,026 EXEMPTION OR ANYTHING. THEY GO 3599 02:04:27,026 --> 02:04:29,261 THROUGH THE SAME PAINS. THEY 3600 02:04:29,261 --> 02:04:30,763 AVOID PROJECTS FOR THE SAME 3601 02:04:30,763 --> 02:04:33,399 REASONS AS MARKET RATE 3602 02:04:33,399 --> 02:04:35,000 DEVELOPERS. 3603 02:04:35,000 --> 02:04:35,401 -- I APPRECIATE. 3604 02:04:35,401 --> 02:04:36,836 -- THAT RESPONSE AND ALSO 3605 02:04:36,836 --> 02:04:38,337 APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE ARE 3606 02:04:38,337 --> 02:04:39,905 TALKING ABOUT STRATEGIES TO 3607 02:04:39,905 --> 02:04:41,240 ADDRESS OUR HOUSING CRISIS HERE 3608 02:04:41,240 --> 02:04:43,642 IN THE TRANSPORTATION WATERFRONT 3609 02:04:43,642 --> 02:04:44,844 AND COMMITTEE. AND SO THANK YOU, 3610 02:04:44,844 --> 02:04:47,279 CHAIR, FOR PULLING TOGETHER THIS 3611 02:04:47,279 --> 02:04:48,480 TABLE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS 3612 02:04:48,480 --> 02:04:50,483 REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE. THIS 3613 02:04:50,483 --> 02:04:52,151 FEELS WORKABLE AND SOLVABLE. AND 3614 02:04:52,151 --> 02:04:52,818 SO HERE IS A PARTNER TO FIGURE 3615 02:04:52,818 --> 02:04:54,153 OUT HOW WE CAN STREAMLINE THESE 3616 02:04:54,153 --> 02:04:55,387 PROCESSES AND GET MORE HOUSING 3617 02:04:55,387 --> 02:04:57,323 ONLINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 3618 02:04:57,323 --> 02:04:57,890 THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU 3619 02:04:57,890 --> 02:04:58,123 CHAIR. 3620 02:04:58,123 --> 02:04:59,592 -- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR RINCK. 3621 02:04:59,592 --> 02:05:02,261 WELL SAID. 3622 02:05:02,261 --> 02:05:03,395 -- THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS AS 3623 02:05:03,395 --> 02:05:06,098 ALWAYS, COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER, 3624 02:05:06,098 --> 02:05:06,565 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 3625 02:05:06,565 --> 02:05:08,133 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 3626 02:05:08,133 --> 02:05:10,202 THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 3627 02:05:10,202 --> 02:05:10,836 I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT 3628 02:05:10,836 --> 02:05:12,571 YOU ALL ARE DOING, AND I'M JUST 3629 02:05:12,571 --> 02:05:14,206 GOING TO. I HAVE SEVERAL 3630 02:05:14,206 --> 02:05:15,341 QUESTIONS, BUT I UNFORTUNATELY 3631 02:05:15,341 --> 02:05:15,975 HAVE A FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING 3632 02:05:15,975 --> 02:05:17,576 TO ATTEND, SO I'LL JUST ASK ONE 3633 02:05:17,576 --> 02:05:19,378 OF THOSE, WHICH IS IT'S MY 3634 02:05:19,378 --> 02:05:21,247 UNDERSTANDING THAT AS WE TALKED 3635 02:05:21,247 --> 02:05:22,281 ABOUT THE KIRKLAND PROCESS, ONE 3636 02:05:22,281 --> 02:05:23,749 OF THE THINGS THAT CUTS DOWN ON 3637 02:05:23,749 --> 02:05:26,185 THE TIMELINE THERE IS THAT 3638 02:05:26,185 --> 02:05:29,188 THEY'RE DOING CONCURRENT REVIEW 3639 02:05:29,188 --> 02:05:29,822 AS OPPOSED TO SEQUENCED REVIEW. 3640 02:05:29,822 --> 02:05:31,156 I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THAT'S 3641 02:05:31,156 --> 02:05:32,958 CORRECT. AND THEN I WANT TO ASK 3642 02:05:32,958 --> 02:05:34,426 WHETHER WE HAVE TRIED TO DO THAT 3643 02:05:34,426 --> 02:05:38,530 KIND OF REVIEW HERE AT THE CITY. 3644 02:05:38,530 --> 02:05:41,133 -- YEAH. I MEAN, I JUST SAY 3645 02:05:41,133 --> 02:05:42,234 KIRKLAND. IT IS A UNIFIED 3646 02:05:42,234 --> 02:05:43,636 SUBMITTAL. YOU SUBMIT ALL YOUR 3647 02:05:43,636 --> 02:05:45,471 RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENT. THEY 3648 02:05:45,471 --> 02:05:46,605 REQUIRE MAIN EXTENSIONS AND 3649 02:05:46,605 --> 02:05:48,507 IMPROVEMENTS, JUST LIKE SEATTLE. 3650 02:05:48,507 --> 02:05:50,509 IT DOES TAKE US A LITTLE MORE TO 3651 02:05:50,509 --> 02:05:51,510 DESIGN BOTH PACKAGES TO GET YOUR 3652 02:05:51,510 --> 02:05:53,245 CIVIL DESIGN, ARCHITECTURAL 3653 02:05:53,245 --> 02:05:53,979 DESIGN, THEY NEED TO WORK 3654 02:05:53,979 --> 02:05:55,247 TOGETHER. IT TAKES A LITTLE MORE 3655 02:05:55,247 --> 02:05:55,881 COORDINATION, BUT YEAH, WE CAN 3656 02:05:55,881 --> 02:05:57,049 GET A PERMIT RIGHT THERE IN 3657 02:05:57,049 --> 02:05:59,318 ABOUT SIX MONTHS. I MEAN, 3658 02:05:59,318 --> 02:06:00,419 PERMITS ARE DOWN ALL OVER, BUT 3659 02:06:00,419 --> 02:06:01,954 THERE REVIEW TIMES ARE ABOUT SIX 3660 02:06:01,954 --> 02:06:02,821 MONTHS TO GET A PERMIT RIGHT NOW 3661 02:06:02,821 --> 02:06:04,256 FOR ALL THE WORK. 3662 02:06:04,256 --> 02:06:07,726 -- YEAH. AND PART OF THAT TOO IS 3663 02:06:07,726 --> 02:06:09,595 SEATTLE IN MOST INSTANCES HAS 3664 02:06:09,595 --> 02:06:10,896 CONCURRENCY IN THEIR REVIEW 3665 02:06:10,896 --> 02:06:12,197 PROCESS. SO IT'S NOT 3666 02:06:12,197 --> 02:06:14,233 NECESSARILY AN ISSUE OF THE 3667 02:06:14,233 --> 02:06:16,602 SEQUENCING. IT'S JUST THAT 3668 02:06:16,602 --> 02:06:18,437 THERE ARE THERE'S MULTIPLE 3669 02:06:18,437 --> 02:06:21,040 OWNERS OF THESE PERMITS AND 3670 02:06:21,040 --> 02:06:21,674 VARIOUS PERMIT PROCESSES. SDCI 3671 02:06:21,674 --> 02:06:24,076 SORT OF LIVES IN THEIR OWN WORLD 3672 02:06:24,076 --> 02:06:24,710 WITH THEIR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT 3673 02:06:24,710 --> 02:06:26,145 AND BUILDING PERMIT S DOT 3674 02:06:26,145 --> 02:06:28,480 OBVIOUSLY OVERSEES THE CIP. AND 3675 02:06:28,480 --> 02:06:32,318 SO THOSE DO RUN CONCURRENTLY. 3676 02:06:32,318 --> 02:06:33,652 BUT ARE. THE, YOU KNOW, FOR 3677 02:06:33,652 --> 02:06:34,753 BETTER OR FOR WORSE, JUST SORT 3678 02:06:34,753 --> 02:06:36,588 OF OUR EXISTING IN THEIR IN 3679 02:06:36,588 --> 02:06:39,858 THEIR OWN WORLDS. KIRKLAND AND A 3680 02:06:39,858 --> 02:06:42,895 LOT OF OTHER NEIGHBORING 3681 02:06:42,895 --> 02:06:45,364 JURISDICTIONS HAVE SORT OF ALL 3682 02:06:45,364 --> 02:06:48,067 IN HOUSE JUST ONE TEAM OF SENIOR 3683 02:06:48,067 --> 02:06:49,702 PLANNERS, OTHER REVIEWERS WHO 3684 02:06:49,702 --> 02:06:52,304 ARE OVERSEEING EVERY SINGLE 3685 02:06:52,304 --> 02:06:55,007 ASPECT OF THE OF ALL REVIEWS AND 3686 02:06:55,007 --> 02:06:58,177 PERMITS. SO IT'S, IT WOULD TAKE 3687 02:06:58,177 --> 02:07:01,847 A REALLY HUGE OVERHAUL OF, OF 3688 02:07:01,847 --> 02:07:03,649 SEATTLE'S ENTIRE PERMIT SYSTEM 3689 02:07:03,649 --> 02:07:05,250 ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS TO, TO 3690 02:07:05,250 --> 02:07:06,185 GET TO SOMETHING LIKE WHAT WE 3691 02:07:06,185 --> 02:07:09,088 HAVE IN A PLACE LIKE KIRKLAND. 3692 02:07:09,088 --> 02:07:10,022 BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY WAYS THAT 3693 02:07:10,022 --> 02:07:11,023 WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LITTLE 3694 02:07:11,023 --> 02:07:14,159 BIT MORE OF THAT 3695 02:07:14,159 --> 02:07:14,793 CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION 3696 02:07:14,793 --> 02:07:16,328 THAT CAN, CAN ABSOLUTELY SLOW 3697 02:07:16,328 --> 02:07:17,997 DOWN OR SORRY, THEY CAN 3698 02:07:17,997 --> 02:07:18,998 ABSOLUTELY SPEED UP THE PROCESS 3699 02:07:18,998 --> 02:07:22,935 THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE TODAY 3700 02:07:22,935 --> 02:07:24,036 -- JUST ECHOING WE DO. YEAH, WE 3701 02:07:24,036 --> 02:07:25,504 DO TRY TO RUN CONCURRENTLY AND 3702 02:07:25,504 --> 02:07:28,440 KIND OF THE PROCESS THAT I WAS 3703 02:07:28,440 --> 02:07:29,041 HIGHLIGHTING HAS KIND OF THE 3704 02:07:29,041 --> 02:07:31,143 TOUCH POINTS THAT WE HAVE THAT 3705 02:07:31,143 --> 02:07:32,511 TRY TO DRIVE TO THAT, THAT 3706 02:07:32,511 --> 02:07:32,945 CONCURRENT REVIEW. 3707 02:07:32,945 --> 02:07:34,246 -- GOT IT. AND I'LL JUST SQUEEZE 3708 02:07:34,246 --> 02:07:34,880 IN ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE I 3709 02:07:34,880 --> 02:07:36,248 HAVE TO RUN, WHICH IS AND I 3710 02:07:36,248 --> 02:07:37,282 APPRECIATE SOMEBODY BRINGING UP 3711 02:07:37,282 --> 02:07:38,417 THE IMPACT, NOT JUST FOR INFILL, 3712 02:07:38,417 --> 02:07:39,985 WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO SUPPORT. 3713 02:07:39,985 --> 02:07:42,721 AND THE WAY THAT THIS HAS 3714 02:07:42,721 --> 02:07:43,355 IMPACTED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 3715 02:07:43,355 --> 02:07:44,723 HB 1110. I REALLY APPRECIATE 3716 02:07:44,723 --> 02:07:45,991 THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU 3717 02:07:45,991 --> 02:07:47,893 ALSO BROUGHT UP THE CONNECTION 3718 02:07:47,893 --> 02:07:48,427 TO OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING 3719 02:07:48,427 --> 02:07:50,829 PROVIDERS AND THEIR COSTS. AND I 3720 02:07:50,829 --> 02:07:52,498 WONDER IF WE HAVE DONE ANY 3721 02:07:52,498 --> 02:07:54,700 ANALYSIS OR LOOKED AT THE OUR 3722 02:07:54,700 --> 02:07:55,901 UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIME THAT 3723 02:07:55,901 --> 02:07:58,570 THAT ADDS TO THAT. OUR PROCESS 3724 02:07:58,570 --> 02:08:01,006 ADDS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF 3725 02:08:01,006 --> 02:08:01,540 AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR THE 3726 02:08:01,540 --> 02:08:02,941 AVERAGE COST THAT IT ADDS TO THE 3727 02:08:02,941 --> 02:08:03,475 DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE 3728 02:08:03,475 --> 02:08:05,577 HOUSING 3729 02:08:05,577 --> 02:08:05,878 -- I KNOW. 3730 02:08:05,878 --> 02:08:06,779 -- OFFICE OF HOUSING HAS DONE 3731 02:08:06,779 --> 02:08:08,080 SOME OF THAT WORK. I DON'T HAVE 3732 02:08:08,080 --> 02:08:09,048 IT HERE, BUT I CAN GET IT FOR 3733 02:08:09,048 --> 02:08:10,916 YOU AS WELL. 3734 02:08:10,916 --> 02:08:11,617 -- AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 3735 02:08:11,617 --> 02:08:13,318 I'VE ALSO WE'VE BEEN IN 3736 02:08:13,318 --> 02:08:16,288 CONVERSATION WITH HABITAT FOR 3737 02:08:16,288 --> 02:08:16,922 HUMANITY AND SOME OF OUR OTHER 3738 02:08:16,922 --> 02:08:19,358 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNERS WHO 3739 02:08:19,358 --> 02:08:20,759 ARE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF 3740 02:08:20,759 --> 02:08:21,960 TODAY'S BRIEFING. WE'RE KIND OF 3741 02:08:21,960 --> 02:08:24,329 TIED UP WITH WITH OTHER 3742 02:08:24,329 --> 02:08:26,031 COMMITMENTS TODAY, BUT WE CAN 3743 02:08:26,031 --> 02:08:27,232 ABSOLUTELY WORK TO SORT OF GET 3744 02:08:27,232 --> 02:08:29,134 YOU SOME OF THAT DATA BECAUSE 3745 02:08:29,134 --> 02:08:30,169 THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THIS 3746 02:08:30,169 --> 02:08:31,003 CONVERSATION, TOO. 3747 02:08:31,003 --> 02:08:32,371 -- YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND 3748 02:08:32,371 --> 02:08:33,605 I THE REASON I RAISED THAT 3749 02:08:33,605 --> 02:08:34,773 QUESTION, OBVIOUSLY, AS CHAIR OF 3750 02:08:34,773 --> 02:08:36,375 HOUSING, WE I'VE HEARD THIS 3751 02:08:36,375 --> 02:08:37,743 CONCERN FROM A NUMBER OF OUR 3752 02:08:37,743 --> 02:08:38,410 AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS, 3753 02:08:38,410 --> 02:08:39,478 AS WELL AS OUR MARKET RATE 3754 02:08:39,478 --> 02:08:40,179 DEVELOPERS. AND IT SOUNDS THE 3755 02:08:40,179 --> 02:08:41,680 SAME, RIGHT? I THINK PEOPLE 3756 02:08:41,680 --> 02:08:43,449 BELIEVE IN WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO 3757 02:08:43,449 --> 02:08:44,950 CREATE WITH THE STREETS AND THE 3758 02:08:44,950 --> 02:08:45,884 KIND OF ACCESSIBILITY AND THE 3759 02:08:45,884 --> 02:08:46,819 DESIGN THAT WE WANT TO HAVE. AND 3760 02:08:46,819 --> 02:08:48,487 I'VE ALSO JUST TALKED ABOUT THE 3761 02:08:48,487 --> 02:08:50,222 IMPACT TO THEIR PROJECTS. IN 3762 02:08:50,222 --> 02:08:50,823 PARTICULAR, WHEN I HEAR FROM 3763 02:08:50,823 --> 02:08:51,724 FOLKS THAT'S AROUND WHEN 3764 02:08:51,724 --> 02:08:53,258 THEY'RE WORKING IN AREAS WHERE 3765 02:08:53,258 --> 02:08:56,228 THERE ISN'T A LOT OF NEIGHBORING 3766 02:08:56,228 --> 02:08:57,763 DEVELOPMENT, AND SOMETIMES THAT 3767 02:08:57,763 --> 02:09:00,466 MAKES IT A PLACE THAT IS EASIER 3768 02:09:00,466 --> 02:09:01,100 FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS 3769 02:09:01,100 --> 02:09:03,869 TO ACQUIRE, BUT THEN SHOWS UP 3770 02:09:03,869 --> 02:09:04,470 WITH ADDITIONAL COSTS BECAUSE 3771 02:09:04,470 --> 02:09:06,438 THERE IS NOT A LOT OF 3772 02:09:06,438 --> 02:09:07,072 NEIGHBORING DEVELOPMENT, MEANING 3773 02:09:07,072 --> 02:09:08,040 THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STREET 3774 02:09:08,040 --> 02:09:10,943 IMPROVEMENT TO DO. AND SO WE'VE 3775 02:09:10,943 --> 02:09:11,877 HEARD THAT CONCERN FROM FOLKS, 3776 02:09:11,877 --> 02:09:12,478 AND IT'S SOMETHING I LOOK 3777 02:09:12,478 --> 02:09:13,245 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL 3778 02:09:13,245 --> 02:09:14,613 TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS. THANK 3779 02:09:14,613 --> 02:09:17,816 YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 3780 02:09:17,816 --> 02:09:18,150 -- THANK YOU. 3781 02:09:18,150 --> 02:09:19,184 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 3782 02:09:19,184 --> 02:09:21,520 APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK HERE. 3783 02:09:21,520 --> 02:09:23,756 AS ALWAYS, COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER 3784 02:09:23,756 --> 02:09:28,026 COMMENTS QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM 3785 02:09:28,026 --> 02:09:30,195 OF BUSINESS HEARING. SEEING 3786 02:09:30,195 --> 02:09:32,865 NONE, I WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU 3787 02:09:32,865 --> 02:09:35,634 AGAIN. FIRST TO OUR PARTNERS AT 3788 02:09:35,634 --> 02:09:38,137 SENATE FOR BEING HERE AND 3789 02:09:38,137 --> 02:09:38,737 PROVIDING THIS PRESENTATION, 3790 02:09:38,737 --> 02:09:41,874 HELPING TO TO SHED LIGHT AND 3791 02:09:41,874 --> 02:09:42,474 BRING BRING TRANSPARENCY ONTO 3792 02:09:42,474 --> 02:09:45,177 THIS IMPORTANT WORK. AND THEN 3793 02:09:45,177 --> 02:09:46,378 ALSO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS 3794 02:09:46,378 --> 02:09:49,481 WELL, WHO, WHO HELP, WHO ARE 3795 02:09:49,481 --> 02:09:52,384 DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS WORK. 3796 02:09:52,384 --> 02:09:55,954 AND, AND KIND OF BROUGHT TO LIFE 3797 02:09:55,954 --> 02:09:59,324 SOME OF THE, THE CROSS 3798 02:09:59,324 --> 02:09:59,825 FUNCTIONAL CROSS POLICY 3799 02:09:59,825 --> 02:10:06,064 IMPLICATIONS OF THIS PROGRAM. SO 3800 02:10:06,064 --> 02:10:08,400 APPRECIATE EVERYONE. AGAIN. WE 3801 02:10:08,400 --> 02:10:10,669 HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S 3802 02:10:10,669 --> 02:10:11,904 ROBUST MEETING AGENDA. OUR NEXT 3803 02:10:11,904 --> 02:10:14,973 MEETING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, 3804 02:10:14,973 --> 02:10:17,009 SEPTEMBER 8th. SPECIAL MEETING 3805 02:10:17,009 --> 02:10:18,744 AT 2 P.M.. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS 3806 02:10:18,744 --> 02:10:20,412 AGAIN WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING 3807 02:10:20,412 --> 02:10:23,148 OUTSIDE OF OUR TYPICAL CADENCE, 3808 02:10:23,148 --> 02:10:24,616 IS THERE ANY FINAL BUSINESS TO 3809 02:10:24,616 --> 02:10:25,851 COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BEFORE 3810 02:10:25,851 --> 02:10:30,022 WE ADJOURN TODAY? HEARING AND 3811 02:10:30,022 --> 02:10:32,291 SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO 3812 02:10:32,291 --> 02:10:32,891 COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, WE 3813 02:10:32,891 --> 02:10:35,828 ARE ADJO