THE JULY 15th, 2025 MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 9:31 A.M. I'M ROB SAKA, CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> PRESENT. >> VICE- CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. >> HERE. >> CHAIR SAKA. >> HERE. >> CHAIR, THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK IS GOING TO BE LOGGING ON REMOTELY. >> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK IS EXCUSED UNTIL SHE LOGS ON REMOTELY. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS HEREBY ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, FOR TUNING IN TODAY. VIRTUALLY AND SOME IN PERSON. WELCOME TO TODAY'S TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING. WE HAVE THREE IMPORTANT AGENDA TOPICS TO DISCUSS TODAY. ALL INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ITEMS. OUR FIRST AGENDA TOPIC WILL BE A PRESENTATION ON THE DISTRICT PROJECT FUND. THIS CONCEPT WAS ULTIMATELY DELIVERED ON -- DURING OUR 2024 BUDGET CYCLE. AND WILL BE A VITAL TOOL FOR OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO BETTER RESPOND TO ACUTE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS THAT IMPACT SAFETY IN OUR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES AND COUNCIL DISTRICTS. SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM OUR STROLL STAFF, ESPECIALLY ON THE STEPS REQUIRED TO ACTUALIZE AND IMPLEMENT THIS IMPORTANT PRIORITY. OUR SECOND AGENDA ITEM WILL BE A PRESENTATION FROM SDOT ON THEIR POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM. NOW, DURING THE 2024 BUDGET CYCLE, I HELPED LEAD AN EFFORT TO REQUEST SDOT PRODUCE A REPORT, BASICALLY ANALYZING THE PERFORMANCE AND KEY METRICS THEY USE TO MEASURE THE EFFICACY OF THEIR POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM. I'VE OFTEN NOTED, WELL, I GUESS I SEEMED TO HAVE EARNED AN REPUTATION, AT LEAST, AS THE KING OF POTHOLES. FOR MANY THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE NO SURPRISE BUT THE MONITOR DOES HIGHLIGHT MY OWN PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO HAVING OUR CITY REALLY DELIVER ON THE EVERYDAY BASICS OF TRANSPORTATION IN AN EXTRAORDINARY WAY. AND SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PRESENTATION IN PARTICULAR. KING OF POTHOLES, THERE IT IS. SO, THANK YOU TO SDOT FOR THEIR RESPONSE ON THIS IMPORTANT SLIDE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE FROM OUR EXPERT SDOT TEAM TODAY. AND OUR THIRD AND FINAL AGENDA ITEM WILL BE A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION RELATED TO FINAL APPROVAL OF AN ALLEY VACATION. I LEARNED THIS PROJECT IS IN DISTRICT 3, REPRESENTED BY MY VICE- CHAIR, HOLLINGSWORTH, AND A BLOCK AWAY FROM DISTRICT 2, REPRESENTED BY COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. SO WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CENTRAL STAFF ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC AS WELL. WE'LL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND/OR WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? >> CURRENTLY WE HAVE ZERO IN PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED UP AND THERE IS ONE REMOTE SPEAKER. THEY'RE NOT PRESENT YET. >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS AND MAYBE THEY'LL JOIN US. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES, WE'LL START WITH THE -- IF THERE IS IN PERSON, WE WOULD START WITH IN PERSON FIRST, BUT WE'LL -- SOUNDS LIKE JUST MOVE TO THE REMOTE. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS? >> YES. >> PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 20 MINUTES, SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED, SPEAKERS WILL ALTERNATE BETWEEN SETS OF IN PERSON AND REMOTE SPEAKERS UNTIL THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS ENDED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR TIME, SPEAKERS' MICS WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DON'T END THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. >> SIR, IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE MIC. TWO MINUTES. >> GO AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR SIGNING UP. FLOOR IS YOURS. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE IN SUPPORT OF MORE BUS LANES IN SEATTLE. LAST THURSDAY WE HOSTED A RACE WHERE HUNDREDS OF SEATTLEITES JOINED US, NOT BY BIKING, NOT BY RUNNING, NOT EVEN BY WALKING, WE WENT EVEN SLOWER, WE DID THE CHA- CHA SLIDE, HOPSCOTCHED, LEAPFROGGED EACH OTHER'S HEADS, DANCED IN A CONGA LINE. ROUTE 8 HAS A LOT OF ISSUES AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED. I'M GOING TO SAY WE NEED BUS LANES ALL AROUND SEATTLE. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE OUR EXPLODING POPULATION. IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE, SEATTLE GREW BY 19,000 PEOPLE. SA STA 30% OF PEOPLE WHO WORK IN SEATTLE DRIVE ALONE TO WORK. THAT MEANS THAT IN THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE ADDED OVER 3,000 CARS FROM PEOPLE COMMUTING TO AND FROM WORK. I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTION AND TRAFFIC THAT COMES WITH 3,000 CARS AND WE'RE ADDING THAT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND THAT'S BEFORE WE EVEN CONSIDER THE REST OF THE POPULATION GROWTH IN OUR REGION THAT IS COMMUTING INTO SEATTLE FOR WORK. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO GET THESE DRIVERS ON TO BUSES BY ADDING BUS LANES. WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE IN SEATTLE DON'T LIKE TO DRIVE. THEY DON'T LIKE TO FIND AND PAY FOR PARKING, THEY JUST DRIVE BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH FASTER THAN BUSES AND OUR BUS SYSTEM CAN BE SO UNRELIABLE AT TIMES. AND A BUS LANE CAN FIX THAT. SO, I'M ASKING YOU TO INSTALL BUS LANES AND INCENTIVIZE DRIVERS TO GET ON TO TRANSIT, BECAUSE THOSE 3,000 CARS ALL THE TRAFFIC AND POLLUTION THAT COMES WITH THEM, PRETTY MUCH DISAPPEARS ONCE YOU GET THEM ON A PUBLIC TRANSIT. SO, I'M URGING YOU, ADD BUS LANES, NOT JUST FOR ROUTE 8, BUT ACROSS SEATTLE AS A WHOLE, SO WE CAN MEET OUR VISION ZERO GOALS, FACE OUR CLIMATE CRISIS HEAD ON AND GET PEOPLE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE GOING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE REMOTE SPEAKER, WE HAVE ONE, DAVID HAINES ARE YOU PRESENT? I DON'T SEE YOU PRESENT YET. DAVID HAINES, LAST CALL. NO. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 1 INTO THE RECORD? >> AGENDA ITEM 1, DISTRICT PROJECT FUND PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU. WILL OUR PRESENTERS PLEASE JOIN US AT THE TABLE AND SHARE YOUR PRESENTATIONS? START OFF, PLEASE, BY INTRODUCING YOURSELVES AND THEN YOU CAN PROCEED. >> CALVIN CHOW, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. >> GOOD MORNING. I'M MEGAN SHEPPARD, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION. >> I'M MEGAN HOYT, I'M THE MAJOR PROJECT MANAGER WITHIN SDOT'S CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY DIVISION. >> WELCOME. >> COUNCIL SAKA, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. YOU ASKED FOR A PRESENTATION ON WHAT WAS IN THE BUDGET IDENTIFIED AS THE COUNCIL DISTRICT FUND, BUT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE DISTRICT PROJECT FUND. SO I'M HERE TO GIVE A BIT OF A CONTEXT SETTING AND BACKGROUND, SORT OF CURRENT STEPS AND WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT IS NEEDED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM. AND I THINK IT IS INTENDED TO LEAD TO A CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUR INTENTIONS FOR WHERE WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS IMPLEMENTATION. SO, JUST FOR SOME CONTEXT, IN TERMS OF NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, THE CITY HAS LONG TRIED TO FUND NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE PROJECTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FUND WAS THE SORT OF LONG- STANDING PROGRAM THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGHOUT THE LAST LEVY, PREDATED THAT LEVY, BUT IT USED A THREE- YEAR IMPLEMENTATION CYCLE TO SELECT PROJECTS, DESIGN THEM, MOVE THEM THROUGH CONSTRUCTION THOSE PROJECTS, BEFORE WE HAD DISTRICT REPRESENTATION ON THE COUNCIL, THEY WERE RUN THROUGH DISTRICT COUNCILS TO APPROVE THE PROJECT LIST AND SINCE THEN WE HAD MOVED ON TO PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING INCLUDING ONLINE VOTING FOR WHICH PROJECTS WOULD GET FUNDED -- ACCESS TO FUNDS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE PROJECTS INCLUDING VISION ZERO, SAFE ROUTES FOR SCHOOLS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATED SAFETY PARTNERSHIP, NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAMS, A NUMBER OF OTHER PROGRAMS THAT TOUCH ON THESE THINGS LIKE PEDESTRIAN SPOT IMPROVEMENTS OR TRANSIT SPOT IMPROVEMENTS. SO, THEY DEFINITELY HAVE PROGRAMS THAT MEET THE SCALE OF PROJECT THROUGH THEIR REGULAR WORK AS WELL. AND THEN COUNCIL HAS OFTEN ESTABLISHED SPECIFIC BUDGET EARMARKS, EITHER LARGER PROJECTS WITH SPECIFIC CIP PROJECT IDENTIFIED OR AS A PROVISO OCCASIONALLY IMPLEMENTED IN THE BUDGET TO HIGHLIGHT A SPECIFIC NEED. THE COUNCIL DISTRICT FUND WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED IN THE MAYOR'S INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY AS A DISTRICT PROJECT FUND. AND IT WAS A PROJECT THAT GOT SOME COUNCIL INTEREST. COUNCIL REQUESTED A PROPOSAL FOR HOW IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN OUR COMPANION RESOLUTION TO THAT LEVY. HOWEVER, IN THE FINAL DECISION OF WHAT TO PUT BEFORE VOTERS, THE COUNCIL REMOVED THE FUNDING FOR THAT PROGRAM AND SO THE VOTERS -- THE VOTER LEVY DID NOT INCLUDE THE COUNCIL DISTRICT FUND. IN THE 2025 BUDGET, THE PROPOSAL CAME BACK AND IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY COUNCIL AS THE COUNCIL DISTRICT FUND. IT FUNDS NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE, TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER DISTRICT PROJECTS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE BUDGET AND CIP IDENTIFIED 7 MILLION IN 2025 AND ANOTHER 7 MILLION IN 2026. ANY MONEY THAT IS UNSPENT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY CARRY FORWARD TO FUTURE YEARS AS THIS IS IDENTIFIED AS A CAPITAL PROJECT IN THE CIP. CURRENTLY THERE IS NO SECURED FUNDING IDENTIFIED BEYOND 2026. AND THE COUNCIL ALSO ESTABLISHED A FUNDING PROVISO THAT SAYS THAT THE MONEY CANNOT BE SPENT UNTIL AUTHORIZED BY FUTURE COUNCIL ACTION. SO THAT LEADS US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WITH NEXT STEPS FOR IMPLEMENTATION. THE PROGRAM DOES NEED TO ESTABLISH OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES FOR HOW IT IS GOING TO BE ADMINISTERED. AND THAT CAN BE DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY ON SDOT'S SIDE WITH -- OR DONE THROUGH A RESOLUTION TO GET SOME MORE BUY- IN AND UNDERSTANDING -- COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE MANAGED. THE PROCEDURES ARE NEEDED TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS TO MONITOR THE FUNDING COMMITMENTS, TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY AND DEVELOP THE COST SUBMITS FOR THE PROJECT AND MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL, DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SHARED EXPECTATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE PROGRAM WILL BE DELIVERED. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE DO HAVE TO LIFT THE BUDGET PROVISO TO ALLOW ANYTHING TO MOVE FORWARD. SO, THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. SDOT STAFF IS HERE WITH ME, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IDEAS OF HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS, BUT CURRENTLY THERE IS NO PROPOSAL YET AND WE ARE HERE TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND TAKE DIRECTION FROM YOU ON IF THERE ARE THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE US TO PURSUE FURTHER. >> THANK YOU. BEFORE I TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE OUR PARTNERS AT SDOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHIME IN AND SAY ANYTHING FROM YOUR . PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BEST WAY THAT THIS PROGRAM CAN WORK TO MEET THE NEEDS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE PRIORITIES WITHIN YOUR DISTRICTS. OUR HOPE AND INTENT FOR THE DISTRICT PROJECT FUND IS THAT ONE, IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE PRIORITIES THAT MAY NOT MAKE IT TO THE TOP OF THE LIST THROUGH SDOT'S REGULAR PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA. JUST BECAUSE THE SCALE OF THE NEEDS CITYWIDE IS SO GREAT. WE'RE ALSO EXCITED, I THINK, TO DISCUSS HOW OPERATIONALLY WE CAN COME UP WITH A PROGRAM THAT WILL BALANCE SDOT'S MACHINE AND THAT'S WHY MEGAN HOYT IS HERE BECAUSE SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT REALLY WELL. OUR ANNUAL CYCLE THAT WE GO THROUGH TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS, TO, LIKE, LOOK AND SEE IF THEY'RE FEASIBLE AND IF THEY MEET ALL OF OUR CONDITIONS AND WARRANTS AND REQUIREMENTS AND THEN GET THEM INTO BASICALLY, LIKE, THE HOPPER SO THEY CAN BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED. SO, WE WANT TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM THAT WILL WORK WITH THE MISSION WE ALREADY HAVE, AND THAT WILL ALSO, YOU KNOW, BE AS EXPEDIENT AS POSSIBLE IN ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS. SO MINDFUL OF, LIKE, THE SCALE AND SCOPE. SO, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GENERALLY HOPING TO FURTHER DISCUSS WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND OUR CONTINUED WORK WITH COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF IS TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT CAN FIT IN REALLY WELL, BUT ALSO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS IN A WAY YOU CAN COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS FROM BOTH. SO, REALLY IMPORTANT POLICY PRIORITY AND ALLOWS US AS A CITY TO BETTER SHOW RESPONSIVENESS TO DELIVER UPON IMPORTANT SAFETY PRIORITY AT THE SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE LEVEL, AND TRADITIONALLY AS MR. CHOW NOTED, THE WAY COUNCIL WAS ABLE TO EXERT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OR INPUT INTO, YOU KNOW, SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE SAFETY PROJECT WAS THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AN ANNUAL PROCESS THAT STARTS AND ENDS IN THE FALL. AND THAT'S A ONE- TIME A YEAR THING. AND SO I THINK THE WHOLE GOAL AND INTENT OF THIS IS TO PROVIDE A SUPPLEMENTAL AVENUE FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL DISTRICTS. THAT AT LEAST ALLOWS US TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THINGS IN THE QUEUE EARLIER THAN EVERY ONCE A YEAR. NOW, WHEN AND HOW THAT PROJECT GETS DELIVERED IS ANOTHER CONVERSATION, BUT THE -- WE SHOULD AT LEAST BE ABLE TO PUT ITEMS IN THE QUEUE FOR FUTURE DELIVERY, MORE THAN EVERY ONCE A YEAR. SO THIS ALLOWS US TO DO THAT. AND SUCH A GREAT IDEA, AND THE MAYOR'S ORIGINAL PROPOSAL FOR THE LEVY, THE FINAL LEVY THAT VOTERS APPROVED DID NOT ULTIMATELY INCLUDE THIS, BUT IT WAS SO POPULAR AMONG THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME THAT WE BROUGHT IT BACK AND IT WAS -- IT WAS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED DURING OUR FALL BUDGET, SO, NOW WE NEED TO FLESH OUT SOME DETAILS AND THIS IS AN INITIAL FRAMEWORK SO THAT -- THAT KIND OF HAS BEEN AERATING ON COLLABORATING ON WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND WITH MR. CHOW, BEHIND THE SCENES, THE PAST FEW MONTHS. IN ANY EVENT, IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT STUFF. COLLEAGUES, NOW I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS FEEDBACK, INSIGHTS FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, STARTING FIRST WITH COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. THANK YOU, MISS STEFAN, MISS HOYT FOR COMING. STILL MY FAVORITE BRIEFER. THOUGH WE NEEDED A MORE -- WE NEEDED A FULL BRIEF THIS MORNING, BUT YOU STILL HOLD THE NUMBER ONE SPOT. AND, OF COURSE, MR. CHOW FROM CENTRAL STAFF. REALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC IN THE SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, IT IS ABOUT FLEXIBILITY. IT IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THAT IF YOU WATCH COUNCIL BRIEFING YESTERDAY, I TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE DISTRICT GRASP BUT ALSO THE CITYWIDES, THAT WE'RE TOUCHING THESE PIECES SO MUCH, EVERY DAY WE'RE WORKING SOME PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE NEW DISTRICT SYSTEM. AND REALLY TODAY, THE SAME THING APPLIES TO TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW. WE GET QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME REGARDING TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, AND THE LIKE, AND I REMEMBER DOING THIS WHEN I SERVED ON THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL WITH THE EARLIER FUNDS, YOU KNOW, TO LEVERAGE THOSE TO GET IMPROVEMENTS FOR QUEEN ANNE AND WE DID. AND WE NOTED MY FRIENDS IN MAGNOLIA NOTED THAT QUEEN ANNE SEEMS TO GET MORE OF THIS THAN MAGNOLIA. THIS IS LIKE AN AREA WHERE MY COLLEAGUE, DISTRICT 6, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER ON IDEAS FOR MAGNOLIA, BOTH THE D- 7 AND D- 6 SIDE, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T QUITE HAVE THAT SAME ENGAGEMENT. BUT NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SIMILAR -- BECAUSE THAT DEMAND SIGNAL IS STILL THERE. AND IT IS JUST A DIFFERENT WAY OF CHANNELING IT. SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BASICALLY MAKE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE LINES OF VISION ZERO, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL KIND OF PIECES, IN THAT KIND OF VAIN. I'VE EVEN -- THAT'S LIKE A PRIMARY AREA FOR ME AND WE HAVE OUR DISTRICT SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, WE HAVE GONE OUT ONCE ON TRANSPORTATION PIECES AND WE'LL GO OUT AGAIN TO GET AN UPDATED LIST IN TERMS OF IDEAS FOR THOSE POSSIBILITIES OF, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE FUNDS. AND I'LL BE UP- FRONT TOO, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME SAFETY CHALLENGES WITH BIKE LANES THAT'S REALLY CITYWIDE, BUT IT IS IN MY DISTRICT, WITH THE CASCADE BICYCLE CLUB. AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO LOOK AT THIS FUND AS A POTENTIAL MEANS TO HELP IN THAT PROCESS OF GAINING A SOLUTION TO THAT SAFETY CHALLENGE. AND SO THIS IS HOW I LOOK AT IT. I LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING ON THESE PIECES, PARTICULARLY AS THINGS CHANGE. I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, MY MEETING WITH THE FIRST AVENUE TRANSIT ALLIANCE ABOUT BRINGING BUS SERVICE TO FIRST AVENUE. MAYBE THERE IS SOME PIECES THERE WHERE WE CAN MAKE SOME SMART MOVES FOR THE BELLTOWN COMMUNITY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS -- A COMMUNITY THAT REALLY DOES NEED THE LOVE. THEY'RE GETTING SOME NOW WITH THE BELL STREET PROJECT, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THERE. SO, ANYWAY, THAT'S -- CHAIR THAT'S MY VIEW AND FOR SDOT AND FOR CENTRAL STAFF, YOU KNOW. THESE ARE THE PIECES I'M THINKING ABOUT AND I'M HAPPY AND I KNOW MY TEAM IS HAPPY TO ENGAGE ON WHATEVER CAN HELP IMPROVE PARTICULARLY THE SAFETY OF OUR ROADS AND OUR STREETS AND IN MY CASE DISTRICT 7 BUT REALLY CITYWIDE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILMEMBER. I DID WANT TO JUST -- YOUR COMMENTS MADE ME JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE NEW PROGRAM HERE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAKE DIRECTION AND HOW TO BE RESPONSIVE AND ALSO TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE QUESTION FROM THE COUNCIL IS HOW MUCH DIRECTION TO REALLY GO DIRECT TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS, OR SOME BROAD UNDERSTANDING AND TRACKING AMONG NOT JUST THE COUNCIL, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FUNDING IS GOING TO BE USED FOR. CURRENTLY IT IS NOT THAT MUCH MONEY IN THE SPECTRUM OF THE ENTIRE CITYWIDE, SO $14 MILLION, $2 MILLION PER DISTRICT, MIGHT NOT ADDRESS ISSUES LIKE FIRST AVENUE TRANSIT TYPE THINGS, FOR INSTANCE. BUT THE POINT IS WELL TAKEN IN TERMS OF IT COULD FIT THE GAP FOR THINGS LIKE POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, EVALUATION OR FEASIBILITY OR SOME OTHER COMPONENTS THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY OR SOME SMALLER PORTION OF IT. AGAIN, I THINK THERE IS ANOTHER ISSUE WITH SDOT'S REGULAR PROGRAMMING OF HOW TO MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE TOO OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD BE BORN BY THIS PROGRAM, WHAT IS THE DISTRICT PRIORITY FOR THIS -- THESE FUNDS, VERSUS MAYBE HAVING TO WAIT LONGER FOR FUNDING THROUGH A REGULAR SDOT PROGRAM. ALL WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY I THINK THE INTENT OF THIS IS TO HAVE SOME BUFFER FOR THE DISTRICT COUNCILMEMBERS, THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MATTERS TO THAT DISTRICT. BUT I DO THINK TO OPERATIONALIZE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS -- WHAT DOES THE BODY OF THE COUNCIL -- WHAT MAKES SENSE TO THE NINE OF YOU FOR HOW TO SPEND THIS MONEY. NOT FOR HOW TO SPEND IT, BUT FOR THE PROCEDURES OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY. >> VERY GOOD POINTS AND JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, I DO KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST AVENUE BUS SERVICE IS A BIGGER PROJECT, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE SMALLER, LIKE -- THERE COULD BE THINGS TO LEVERAGE. BUT I DO SEE IT MORE AS VISION ZERO AND SO FORTH. WHAT YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING IS THE COMMUNICATION AND YOU'RE REALLY AT THE FULCRUM, MR. CHOW, WITH WORKING WITH SDOT, SO, TO WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THIS PROCESS, WORKING WITH YOU, AND WORKING WITH CHAIR AND THETHE COMMITTEE, THAT IT IS IN SYNC, THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT YOU'RE GETTING TO, THAT IT IS IN SYNC WITH SDOT'S WORK AND TO ENSURE IT IS COMPLEMENTING AND NOT STEPPING ON EACH OTHER'S TOES. AND THAT'S WHERE THE COMMUNICATION IS. AS YOU KNOW, WE WILL WORK WITH YOU 110% AND BY EXTENSION, WITH MR. LABOARD AND THE GALLERY THERE TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT WORKING CROSS PURPOSES. BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A WASTE. SO IT IS ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND, LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE AT THAT KEY FULCRUM FOR THAT COMMUNICATION, SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND ALTHOUGH MISS HOYT DID NOT COME PREPARED WITH A FORMAL PRESENTATION, I DO THINK SDOT DID REALLY HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH THE FAIRLY BRIEF, TERSE REMARKS WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN TERMS OF SHARING OUT WHAT THE KIND OF VISION AND GOALS OF THIS PROJECT AND PROGRAM ARE AND WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE. SO, ALL GOOD. AND, YES, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T INTENDED NECESSARILY TO FUND SOME OF THESE LARGER SCALE OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITIES. I'M SURE IT COULD FUND SOMETHING BIGGER, POTENTIALLY LIKE A BLOCK OF SIDEWALK, CURB AND GUTTER MAYBE, BUT THAT MIGHT -- THAT WOULD PROBABLY COST THE ENTIRE ALLOCATION OF WHATEVER THE -- WHATEVER IS LEFT, THE BALANCE, FOR A PARTICULAR COUNCILMEMBER. BUT I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, PAINT, ENHANCED CROSSWALKS, MORE SIGNAGE, SPEED HUMPS, SPEED CUSHIONS BUMPS WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED, ALL OF THE ABOVE, SMALLER SCALE THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ME PERSONALLY I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER. I DON'T PURPORT TO BE. BUT I DO ELEVATE CONCERNS ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND LET SDOT MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATION ON HOW TO ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING SAFETY CONCERN OR UNDERLYING SAFETY CHALLENGE. AND IN ANY EVENT, I ALSO NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK HAS JOINED US VIRTUALLY. WELCOME. AND SHE HAS HER HAND UP, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WILL CALL ON VICE- CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, ALL, FOR BEING HERE. I DO WANT TO ADDRESS, I KNOW THAT WE HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT OR COMMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE LATE EIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. USUALLY HALF MY EMAIL INBOX IS DEDICATED TO PEOPLE THAT ARE ADVOCATING FOR BUS LANES ON DENNY AND THE LATE 8 AND I WOULD MENTION I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOME GARFIELD STUDENTS AND I ASKED THEM WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THEY WANT US TO FIX IN THE CITY. THREE OF THE KIDS SAID WE WANT YOU TO FIX THE LATE 8. KNOWING THEY GO FROM THE CENTRAL DISTRICT TO THE SEATTLE CENTER, AND DOWNTOWN, AND SO I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SDOT. WE TALKED. I KNOW THE CHAIR, WE TALKED ABOUT IT TOO AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, CLOSE CONVERSATION WITH KING COUNTY COUNCILMEMBER BARONE AS WELL AND HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP NUMEROUS TIMES AND I KNOW JUST TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT PIECE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT BUS IS CHRONICALLY LATE. SO, JUST WANTED TO HELP ELEVATE THAT AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HARD AT WORK TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT CORRIDOR. I'M NOT AN EXPERT, BUT WE'LL KEEP POUNDING THE PAVEMENT ON THAT, SO THANK YOU TO THE COMMENTER, PUBLIC COMMENTER WHO BROUGHT THAT UP AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO SEND US EMAILS. PLEASE. I'M ADVOCATING FOR THAT. IT'S GOOD. I ALSO WANT -- I DON'T REALLY HAVE A -- I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT, QUICK COMMENT, ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS. I KNOW THAT WHEN I RECEIVE MESSAGES FROM CONSTITUENTS, USUALLY THE THING THAT I BUMP UP THE MOST, IF IT IS SOMETHING SMALL, LIKE A POTHOLE, I'M, LIKE, FIND IT, FIX IT AND WALK THEM THROUGH. BUT OTHER STUFF THAT, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW I ELEVATED TO SDOT ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL HIT OFF 36th AND ASKED FOR A REPAINT OF THAT CROSSWALK BECAUSE THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THAT COMMUNITY AND JUST ELEVATION AND BILL RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY AND WAS, LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE PROCESS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH, WHICH WAS GREAT. ANOTHER KID, SHOUTOUT RAZA, GOT HIT IN PORTAGE BAY, HIS DAD REACHED OUT AND HE'S HEALED, WHICH IS GREAT AND HE'S HEALING SO HE'LL HAVEHAVE GREAT SUMMER. BUT THEY HAD ASKED FOR BETTER SIGNAGE, TRAFFIC COMING IN THE EAST -- OR PORTAGE BAY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE ROUNDABOUT. THOSE ARE THINGS I ELEVATE TO SDOT WHICH I WOULD THINK WOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR SOME DISTRICT PROJECTS BECAUSE THOSE ARE DIRECT CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE REACHED OUT WHO SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT A SAFER STREET, SAFER COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN HIT, THEY'RE ELEVATING IT BECAUSE OF ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE TO THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HELP, YOU KNOW IF THOSE WERE SOME DISTRICT PROJECTS THAT WE COULD DO TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE PRIORITIZING THEIR SAFETY, ESPECIALLY AFTER SOMEONE GETS HIT. AND ELEVATING WHEN THESE KIDS GET HIT. THESE WERE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WHO GOT HIT AND UNFORTUNATELY THE GIRL CAN'T COMMENT, SHE HAS HEALED, BUT MISSED OUT HER SUMMER FOR HER SPORTS. SO, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND ELEVATE THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >> ALL RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU, VICE-CHAIR. I'LL LET ANYONE AT THE TABLE GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. OUR HOPE IS THAT IN, YOU KNOW, IN OUR INTENT AS WE CREATE THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER IS THAT IT DOESN'T ENTIRELY REPLACE THE WAY THAT WE CURRENTLY WORK WITH CITY COUNCIL. YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE HAVING THESE ISSUES RAISED TO YOU AND YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO BRING THEM TO, LIKE, OUR ATTENTION. AND IN PLACES WHERE THERE IS AN URGENT OR EMERGENT NEED, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU THE WAY WE ALWAYS HAVE. THE DISTRICT PROJECT FUND IS, LIKE, ANOTHER, IT IS ADDING ANOTHER TOOL TO THE WAY WE WORK WITH YOU TO HELP, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS YOUR CONSTITUENT CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY THE -- IN THOSE PLACES WHERE IT MIGHT NOT GET UP TO THE TOP OF SDOT'S OTHERWISE WAY OF PRIORITIZING THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE WAY YOU'RE WORKING WITH US NOW WE EXPECT TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH ALL COUNCIL. IT IS JUST THIS GIVES US -- THIS WOULD GIVE US ANOTHER PATHWAY. >> YEAH. IF I MAY, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU. I KNOW A LOT OF STUFF SOMETIMES DOESN'T GET BUMPED UP TO THE PRIORITY LIST, BUT THAT WOULD -- THAT WOULD BE GREAT. JUST FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A RESPONSE THAT IS IMMEDIATE OR, HEY WE CAN FIX THIS QUICK SIGNAGE, MAYBE THAT DOESN'T COME OUT OF THIS BUCKET, MAYBE IT COMES OUT OF ANOTHER BUCKET, BUT JUST KNOWING THERE IS TWO DIFFERENT AVENUES FOR STUFF TO BE ABLE TO GET ELEVATED AND FIXED. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, VICE-CHAIR. LET'S SEE. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, GO AHEAD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. I APPRECIATE IT. AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK VICE- CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH FOR BRINGING UP THE LATE. I KNOW A NUMBER OF FOLKS MAY HAVE CAUGHT THE HEADLINES THAT I THINK IT WAS 200 OF OUR NEIGHBORS WENT TO RACE THE LATE WHICH I THINK SENDS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE JUST ABOUT SOME OF THE REAL CHALLENGES IN OUR SYSTEM WHEN FOLKS ARE ABLE TO OUTWALK OR OUTDANCE ONE OF OUR BUS LINES. WE HAVE A SYSTEM ISSUE AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PROJECTS THAT REALLY MEET THE NEED, WHETHER IT BE A BUS LANE ON DENNY WAY TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LATE LOSES ITS NICKNAME, OR CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS THAT HELP US IN MEETING OUR VISION ZERO GOALS THERE IS URGENCY FOR A NUMBER OF PROJECTS AROUND THIS CITY. AND I KNOW AS ONE OF THE CITYWIDE REPRESENTATIVES, YOU KNOW, I REALLY -- WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE ABILITY FOR CITY COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO FUND NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE SAFETY, TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. THINKING ABOUT THE URGENCY BEHIND THIS, I REALLY WANT TO BE FORWARD THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING THESE OPERATION PROCEDURES AND SO A QUESTION TO CALVIN HERE, NEXT STEP, WE AS COUNCIL HAVE THE DISCRETION TO LAY -- POTENTIALLY ESTABLISH A RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS THIS OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES. AND JUST THINKING ABOUT THE URGENCY AGAIN FOR A NUMBER OF THESE PROJECTS, WHAT IS AN IDEAL TIMELINE HERE WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DEVELOPING THESE OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES? YOU'VE CLEARLY OUTLINED HERE THE MARKET WE NEED TO HIT, BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A DECISION POINT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE GO ADMINISTRATIVE OR WE AS COUNCIL ESTABLISH BY RESOLUTION. THERE IS THAT DECISION POINT, PREPARED WITH THAT, IDEALLY WHAT IS A GOOD TIMELINE FOR US TO TRY AND SORT THIS OUT? >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. I GUESS I WOULD RESPOND BY ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OR IDEAS OF THEMES. I THINK THERE ARE SOME FUNDAMENTAL CHOICES FOR COUNCIL ABOUT HOW TO APPROACH THIS. SO ONE IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH TO MAKE THIS SORT OF REALLY DRIVEN BY DISTRICT COUNCILMEMBERS SORT OF INDIVIDUALLY AS FAST AS WE CAN, REALLY DRIVING TOWARD EXPEDIENCY AND MAKING DECISIONS QUICKLY. VERSUS HOW MUCH DOES THE BODY FEEL THE NEED TO DEMONSTRATE SOME BROADER OVERSIGHT OF THE PROGRAM, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE COUNCIL AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT WORKS. MAYBE THERE IS WAYS TO SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE THROUGH JUST THE WAY WE DO REPORTING AND THE WAY WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRACKING HOW THE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT. THERE IS THE ISSUE OF HOW WE GET PROJECTS INTO SDOT'S QUEUE AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR PROJECT DELIVERY. I THINK THERE ARE SMALLER SCALE PROJECTS WHERE IT MIGHT BE PAINT, MIGHT BE A POST THAT ARE EASIER TO FIGURE OUT HOW IF THERE IS A NEED, THOSE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE IMPLEMENTED QUICKLY. THERE ARE OTHERS WHERE THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED. WE HAVE TO HAVE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS DO THE FEASIBILITY, THE DESIGN WORK, FIND OUT HOW MUCH THE THING WILL ACTUALLY COST, AND THEN ONCE THAT HAS BEEN SORT OF AGREED UPON WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET IT INTO THE WORK ORDERS FOR THE CREWS TO DO THE WORK, SO, THERE CAN BE A DELAY IN TERMS OF WHEN THE PROJECT ACTUALLY GETS IMPLEMENTED DEPENDING ON HOW COMPLICATED THAT PROJECT IS. SO, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT IN PLAY A LITTLE BIT. TAKING SOME DIRECTION FROM THE CHAIR I'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSING MORE ON HOW TO KIND OF PUSH ON THE EXPEDIENCY SIDE OF THINGS AND I THINK THERE IS -- WE STILL HAVE TO COME FORWARD WITH A PROPOSAL WITH HOW WE MIGHT DO THAT. I SUSPECT A RESOLUTION WILL BE WHAT WE WILL WANT TO DO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE APPROACH. AND, YOU KNOW, PRESUMABLY IF IT GOES WELL, THEN THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE WILL WANT TO CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO FUND, A REMINDER WE ONLY IDENTIFIED TWO YEARS OF FUNDING CURRENTLY, THOUGH THE FUNDING AUTOMATICALLY CARRIES FORWARD, SO WE WON'T LOSE IT IF IT DOESN'T GET USED IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. WILL BE MANAGED TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD. SO I'M NOT SURE IF I ANSWERED ALL YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK IT IS ONE THAT IMPETUS IS TO GET IT TO MOVING THIS YEAR. >> AND IF I COULD ADD JUST A LITTLE -- THIS MIGHT HELP THE CONTEXT AS YOU THINK ABOUT THIS. FROM THE SDOT SIDE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PROJECTS THAT ARE MORE THAN JUST A SMALL THING THAT NEED ANY FEASIBILITY, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO THINK TOO IN TERMS OF, LIKE, A FEW DIFFERENT CHECKPOINTS. ONE OF THEM IS JUST ACTUALLY GETTING THE IDEAS BECAUSE THERE IS SOME KIND OF SORT OF BEAUTIFUL STAGE OF A PROJECT WHEN YOU START SEEING ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE SLATED OR POSSIBLE OR HOPED FOR, AND SOME OF THOSE AND YOU HINTED IT ALREADY IN SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, SOMETIMES WE CAN AUGMENT SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING. SO ONE IS JUST, LIKE, LEARNING THE POSSIBILITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE. AND THAT COULD BE THE MOMENT WHERE IF WE'RE ALREADY DOING SOME WORK THERE AND THIS ADDS ON TO IT, MAYBE IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. IT COULD ADD ON TO A PROJECT, OR IT IS THAT LAST LITTLE BIT PART OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT THAT AUGMENTS. SO THAT'S KIND OF A FIRST STAGE AND THEN AS CAL JUST MENTIONED, THERE IS FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS. AND AS YOU PROBABLY LEARNED, WITH TRAFFIC, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE COUNTS AND MEET WARRANTS AND THERE IS SOMETIMES PROCESS OR SOMETIMES JUST WATCHING THE SITUATION AT THE RIGHT TIME OF YEAR, SO I'LL JUST PLANT THAT THOUGHT THAT SOMETIMES IT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO CAPTURE THAT THING ON THAT BUSY SCHOOL DAY OR DURING THAT FESTIVAL SO THOSE THINGS CAN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN INSTANTANEOUSLY. HAVING A SENSE OF THINGS, BEING ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT WAY TO COLLECT INFORMATION AND THEN THE ACTUAL MOMENT OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING INTO DESIGN. WE HAVE A FEW -- IF THAT HELPS THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT POINTS WE WOULD PROBABLY TRY TO ALIGN WITH AN SDOT PROCESS. I THINK THOSE ARE THE MAIN ONES. >> IF I COULD ADD TO THAT TOO, I THINK THE OTHER SCENARIO THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AS WELL IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU AS COUNCILMEMBERS, MAYBE YOU HAVE, LIKE, THREE OR FOUR TOP PRIORITIES FOR YOUR DISTRICT. I'M JUST USING THAT NUMBER RANDOMLY, YOU PROBABLY HAVE 200. BUT IN THIS SCENARIO, RIGHT, AND SO THAT TOUCHPOINT OF, OKAY, THIS IS -- THESE ARE YOUR LESS AND THEN WE HAVE TO DO THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, WHETHER IT IS LIGHT OR HEAVY. AND THEN THERE IS THAT MOMENT TOO WHERE WE NEED TO BE, LIKE, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF DELIVERY AND COST. AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE, LIKE, THAT MOMENT WITHIN THE OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS WHERE CAN YOU AS A COUNCILMEMBER SAY, OKAY, WITHIN THE AMOUNT THAT IS AVAILABLE, THIS IS THE -- THESE ARE THE TWO THAT I WOULD PRIORITIZE. SO, WE NEED THAT TOUCHPOINT AS WELL AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW THIS COMES TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU, ALL, FOR THAT. I WANT TO COMMEND CAL JUST FOR ALSO YOUR WORK AND WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND TRYING TO SORT OUT THESE PARAMETERS. COLLEAGUES, I WOULD ENCOURAGE AND ASK THAT AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING OPERATION PROCEDURES WE OFTEN FIND A WAY FOR US TO BE IN CONFERENCE TALKING WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT KIND OF THE PROJECTS WE'RE HEARING ABOUT FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS. I KNOW OUR OFFICE HAS HEARD ABOUT A NUMBER OF, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMATIC CROSSINGS FOR RESIDENTS. SO I WOULD BE -- OFFER THAT AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING OPERATION, PROCEDURES, THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO ENSURE THAT CITYWIDE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE ABLE TO VOICE AND CHAMPION PROJECTS AS WELL. AND THAT'S JUST FINDING WAYS TO BE COMPLEMENTARY, WHETHER IT IS HAVING A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE AREAS FROM A CONSTITUENT REQUEST AND COMPARING THOSE WITH WHAT MAY BE ON SDOT'S RADAR TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FULL PERSPECTIVE. I WOULD JUST NAME THAT AS SOMETHING I'LL BE WANTING TO CHAMPION DURING THIS PROCESS. AND WITH THAT, THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. AND, I HAVE ASKED CAL AT MY DIRECTION TO WORK WITH SDOT AND MY OFFICE TO DEVELOP THIS FRAMEWORK. AND SO THIS IS REALLY A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. AND THE IDEA, COLLEAGUES, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT I AM CURRENTLY THINKING ABOUT, I THINK IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE THEMES THAT I'VE HEARD TODAY, AT THE DAIS, AND SOME OFFLINE CONVERSATIONS INDIVIDUALLY I'VE HAD AS WELL, IS THAT THE IDEAS THAT INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD BE ABLE TO PROPOSE ON THEIR OWN, WELL, ON BEHALF OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS, A NUMBER OF PROJECTS, POSSIBILITIES TO BE FUNDED AND DELIVERED UNDER THIS NEW PROGRAM. AND I'VE ALSO ASKED AS PART OF THIS, SO THERE IS TWO PATHS AND I'VE ALSO ASKED SDOT TO CURATE AND PROVIDE A LIST OF CURATED PROJECTS WITHIN INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT -- THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO UNFUNDED OR UNBUILT UNDER OUR CURRENT -- UNDER THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT'S CURRENT PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK, INCLUDING THOSE SET FORTH AS APPROVED IN OUR SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN LAST YEAR. SO IDEAS THAT COUNCILMEMBERS CAN CURATE AND I HAVE MY OWN LIST PERSONALLY, OF D-1 PROJECTS AND IDEAS THAT WE CURATE AND WE SEND THOSE ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO SDOT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME, AND SOME OF THEM STILL GO UNFUNDED AND UNBUILT, AND SO IDEAS THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW IN THAT EXAMPLE, WE COULD PULL SOME TO BE BUILT AND FUNDED THROUGH THIS PROJECT, BUT ALSO CURIOUS TO HEAR FROM SDOT'S PERSPECTIVE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE GO UNFUNDED PURSUANT TO ONE OF THE MANY PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, LIKE VISION ZERO, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATED SAFETY, JUST DOESN'T -- JUST FALLS BELOW THE CUT LINE AND AGAIN, WOULDN'T ORDINARILY BE FUNDED, CERTAINLY NOT THIS YEAR SO, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS CAN CHOOSE AND SO, IN ANY EVENT, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, IS THAT A STALE HAND OR DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER FOLLOW- UP QUESTION OR COMMENT? >> STALE HAND. APOLOGIES. >> NO WORRIES. NO WORRIES. ALL RIGHT. ANY FINAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? NO? ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. CHOW, SDOT, APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC AND, COLLEAGUES, STAY TUNED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. >> AWESOME. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 2 INTO THE RECORD? >> AGENDA ITEM 2, SDOT POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM PRESENTATION. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OUR NEWEST PRESENTERS ARE JOINING US AT THE TABLE. WELCOME. ONCE READY, PLEASE DO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION. >> RODNEY MAXIE, SDOT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR. >> ELSA TIBBITS, SDOT PAVE ING ENGINEERING MANAGER. >> TODAY, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR POTHOLE PROGRAM. I JUST WANTED TO PUT A PLUG IN, IN GENERAL, FOR MAINTENANCE OVERALL. MY CREWS AND MY DIVISIONS ARE THE RIGHT OF WAY MAINTENANCE, URBAN FORESTRY DIVISION AND THE PAVING, SIGNS AND MARKINGS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE DIVISION FOR SDOT. WHICH COVERS ALSO CREW CAPITAL DELIVERY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS. SO, WE'RE LOOKING TO FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS ON ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS, LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAD OVER THE MANY YEARS OF RESPONDING QUICKLY TO ANY CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE. BUT TODAY I HAVE MY PAVING ENGINEERING MANAGER TO DISCUSS THE CONDITION OF OUR ASSETS, ALMOST $20 BILLION WORTH OF PAVING ASSETS WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. SO, ELSA? >> THANK YOU, RODNEY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TO PRESENT OUR POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM TODAY. TODAY WE'LL BE DISCUSSING OUR PAVING PROGRAM, THE TECHNICAL ELEMENTS OF HOW AND WHY POTHOLES DEVELOP, AND HOW TO REPORT IT. WE'LL ALSO BE DISCUSSING OUR OPERATIONS RESOURCES AND WINTER WEATHER. AND FINALLY, WE WILL GO OVER BUDGET, PAVEMENT INVESTMENTS AND CONDITIONS OF OUR PAVEMENT. SEATTLE'S ARTERIAL STREETS HAVE 1,153 LANE MILES OF ARTERIAL ROADS TO MAINTAIN AND WE HAVE SEVERAL WAYS IN WHICH WE PERFORMPERFORM REPAIRS. POTHOLE REPAIR IS TRADITIONALLY LOOKED AT LIKE WE LIKE TO SAY, A BAND- AID TO THE OVERALL NETWORK TO A DISTRESSED STREET. POTHOLES ARE A SYMPTOM OF PAVEMENT INJURY AND THE REPAIRS ARE TEMPORARY IN NATURE. ANOTHER FORM OF MAINTENANCE IS OUR ARTERIAL MAJOR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, WE CONSIDER THIS ONE OF OUR MEDIC RESPONDERS THAT PROVIDES STITCHES AND REPAIRS TO OUR STREETS TO GAIN ANOTHER TWO TO FIVE YEARS OF LIFE CYCLE. BUT DOES NOT REPAIR THE SUBGRADE. SDOT'S CONCRETE AND ASEXUAL ASSAULT ASPHALT CREWS S DELIVER THIS DAY AND DAY OUT. STREETS SEVERE SURGERY TO SEVERERY INJURED SECTIONS OR A COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION TO RESTORE ITS ASSET BACK TO ITS HEALTH. UNDER THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION LEVY SDOT HAS A GOAL OF REPAIRING 80% OF REPORTED POTHOLES IN 72 HOURS. A POTHOLE IS AN ABRUPT DEPRESSION IN THE ROADWAY, TYPICALLY WHERE TRAFFIC LOADING HAS BROKEN LOOSE, A SECTION OF PAVEMENT. OVER TIME WITH HEAVY VEHICLE TRAFFIC, STRUCTURAL FATIGUE, THE EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS, WEATHERING, PAVEMENT STEADILY ACCUMULATES CRACKS AND OTHER DISTRESSES. POTHOLES OCCUR MOST FREQUENTLY AFTER PRECIPITATION WHEN IT HAS BEEN WEAKENED BY WATER THAT INFILTRATES THROUGH THE CRACKS OF AGING PAVEMENT. CYCLES OF FREEZING AND THAWING OVER S EXACERBATE THIS CONDITION. ALSO UTILITY CUTS WHICH ARE OFTEN RESTORED IN A TEMPORARY CONDITION. THIS IS THE REASON THAT WE COORDINATE CLOSELY WITH OUR UTILITIES ON MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS SO WE CAN DO UTILITY WORK WHILE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS OPEN TO PREVENT UTILITY CUTS INTO NEW PAVEMENT LATER. SEATTLE TYPICALLY FILLS 15,000 TO 25,000 POTHOLES EVERY YEAR. THE LONG- TERM SOLUTION IS TO REPAVE THE ROAD. POTHOLE REPAIR IS SDOT'S FIRST RESPONSE TO PAVEMENT DAMAGE ALLOWING SDOT TO KEEP STREETS SERVICEABLE. SDOT RECEIVES REPORTS OF POTHOLES FROM SEATTLE RESIDENTS, THROUGH SEVERAL WAYS. FIND IT FIX IT APP IS OUR MOST COMMON. THEY CAN ALSO CALL OUR SDOT CUSTOMER SERVICE CARE CENTER. ANOTHER OPTION IS THE CHARLES STREET DISPATCH OFFICE, WHICH IS 206-386-1218. AND FINALLY WE ALSO CAN REPORT POTHOLES ONLINE. SDOT GOAL IS TO RESPOND TO POTHOLE REPAIR REQUESTS WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS WITHIN COMPLETION OF 80% IN 72 HOURS, STARTING ON THE DAY AFTER THE REQUEST IS RECEIVED IN ORDER TO MEET THIS DEPARTMENTAL GOAL, THE POTHOLE CREWS RESPOND WITH A FIRST REPORTED FIRST REPAIRED METHOD. AS THE PRIORITIZATION MODEL. IN ADDITION TO THOSE MORE FORMAL MEANS OF REPORTING, SDOT ROADWAY MAINTENANCE CREWS IDENTIFY POTHOLES DURING DAY TO DAY WORK WHILE RESPONDING TO THE REPORTED POTHOLE REPAIRS. SDOT ALSO RECEIVES SPECIFIC REPAIR REQUESTS OR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THROUGH CITY COUNCIL. WHEN A POTHOLE IS REPORTED, MAINTENANCE CREWS MOBILIZE TO THE LOCATION AND DETERMINE IF A POTHOLE CAN BE -- A REPAIR IS THE APPROPRIATE REPAIR METHOD. IN THE EVENT THE PAVEMENT DEFECT IS MUCH MORE THAN A POTHOLE REPAIR, SDOT STREET MAINTENANCE WORKS WITH MY TEAM, PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, AND WE COME UP WITH A LARGER REPAIR PLAN. IN 2024, SDOT'S POTHOLE PROGRAM EXPANDED ALMOST $5 MILLION. THE PROGRAM HAS RUN OUT OF SDOT MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS DIVISION AND INCLUDES FOUR DISTRICT CREW CHIEFS, EIGHT TRUCK DRIVERS, FOUR ASPHALT RAKERS, RAKER, TRAFFIC AND DUMP TRUCKS, PAVERS GRINDERS, STEEL DRUM ROLLS, RUBBER TIRE ROLLS, SDOT MAINTAINS FOUR HOT BOX TRUCKS STRATEGICALLY LOCATED AROUND THE CITY IN THE NORTHEAST, NORTHWEST WEST SEATTLE AND CENTRAL GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS. AND IN 1997, THE CITY BOUGHT FOUR TRUCKS FITTED WITH SPECIAL BOXES TO KEEP PATCHING ASPHALT HOT AND DUBBED THE CREW POTHOLE RANGERS. GREG NICHOLS CAMPAIGN FOR MAYOR ON FAST RESPONSE POTHOLE REPAIR ESTABLISHING A 48- HOUR GOAL FOR RESPONDING TO THE MOST POTHOLE REQUESTS AS HE CAME INTO OFFICE IN 2002. AS THE BRIDGING THE GAP LEVY CAME ONLINE IN 2006, SDOT COULD INVEST MORE IN SDOT PAVING AND OTHER CREW MAINTENANCE WORK AS WELL AS AAC PROJECTS. WITH CREWS BUSIER THAN EVER, ATTENDING TO THE VARIETY OF MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND COSTS OF ASPHALT INCREASING, THE CITY SHIFTED TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE 72- HOUR GOAL IN 2010. SDOT AIMS TO PROVIDE 72 HOUR RESPONSE TO REPORTED POTHOLES BY THE PUBLIC, AND IN 2024 THE TARGET WAS MET 90% OF THE TIM. THE CHART SHOWS POTHOLE RESPONSE AND POTHOLES REPAIR ED 2014 TO 2024, THE WINTER -- THE WEATHER IN THE WINTER 2017 WAS PARTICULARLY ACTIVE, LEADING TO A HIGHER NUMBER OF POTHOLES IN NEED OF REPAIR. IN 2022 AND 2023, IMPACTS TO STAFFING DURING THE PANDEMIC AND AN ACTIVE WINTER IN BOTH YEARS ALSO LED TO AN INCREASE IN POTHOLE REQUESTS WHERE THE DEMAND GOES UP AND THE RESPONSE TIME FRAME TURNS DOWN DUE TO VOLUME. A 72 HOUR POTHOLE GOAL RESPONSIBLE CAREFULLY BALANCED TO OPTIMIZE THE PERFORMANCE OF WHAT IS PRIMARILY A REACTIVE PROGRAM. SDOT HAS SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVED 80% GREATER RESPONSE TO POTHOLES WITHIN 72 HOURS AND EIGHT OF THE PAST 11 YEARS. IN 2017, DESPITE ONLY ACHIEVING THAT METRIC 78% OF THE TIME, SDOT FILLED OVER 35,000 POTHOLES. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT OUTPUT COMPARED TO THE ANNUAL AVERAGE. 72 HOUR RESPONSE COMMUNICATES SOLID CUSTOMER SERVICE AND GOOD GOVERNANCE WHILE STILL PROVIDING SOME CAPACITY FOR CREWS TO ADDRESS POTHOLES OUTSIDE OF THE SPECIFIC CAPACITY. FOR CREWS TO RESPOND -- SORRY, SPECIFIC GOAL FOR FILLING POTHOLES IN 30 DAYS. A FEW EXAMPLES OF OTHER CITIES AND THEIR RESPONSE TIME WOULD BE, LIKE, SAN FRANCISCO HAS 72 HOURS. BALTIMORE HAS 90 DAYS. WASHINGTON, D.C. HAS 72 HOURS. TAMPA, FLORIDA, 72 HOURS. SACRAMENTO, 72 HOURS. AND TULSA, 72 HOURS. >> GOOD JOB. >> IN ADDITION TO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER EVENTS OR SEASONS RESULTING IN HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF NEW POTHOLES, TYPICALLY AFTER A STORM SDOT WILL DEPLOY CREWS TO IDENTIFY POTHOLES OUTSIDE OF THE ROUTINE CUSTOMER SERVICE RESPONSE, OPTIMIZING EFFICIENCY AND IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THIS GRAPH, THE BLUE LINE REPRESENTS THE FULL SCOPE OF THE DEMAND BY THE PUBLIC, WHICH COULD INCLUDE DUPLICATE REPORTS OF POTHOLES AT THE SAME LOCATION. THE GREEN LINE REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF POTHOLES REPAIRED. A SINGLE WORK ORDER COULD BE ISSUED FOR REPAIRS THAT INCLUDE MULTIPLE POTHOLES WITHIN THE SPECIFIC LOCATION, WHICH IS WHY YOU'LL SEE MORE WORK ORDERS REPAIRED THAN REPORTED WHILE MAINTAINING THE 72 HOUR RESPONSE TIME WITH THE FIRST- COME FIRST- SERVED APPROACH. WE ALSO PATROL UNDER REPORTED, UNDERSERVED AREAS PROACTIVELY AND MAKE POTHOLE REPAIRS IN ADDITION TO OUR KNOWN POTHOLE REPORTS. EXPENDITURES HAS EXCEEDED THE BUDGET CONSISTENTLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND IN 2023, BUDGET PROCESS SDOT WAS APPROVED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL 1. 3 MILLION FROM THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT FUND BACKED BY VEHICLE LICENSE FEE REVENUES TO ESTABLISH A HIGHER BASELINE BUDGET FOR POTHOLE REPAIR GOING FORWARD. OUR NEED EXCEEDS THE ALLOCATED BUDGET, BUT WE CONTINUE TO MEET OUR GOAL OF 80% IN 72 HOURS. POTHOLES ARE A SYMPTOM OF THE COMBINATION OF AN AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND WEATHER AND WITH OUR FUTURE PAVEMENT INVESTMENTS, A BIG SHOUTOUT AND THANK YOU TO THE SEATTLE VOTERS, THE SEATTLE COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR FOR PASSING A $1. 55 BILLION SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION LEVY. THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO INVEST INTO OUR ASSETS. IN 2024 TRANSPORTATION LEVY VIA NEW DOLLARS TO THE ARTERIAL ASPHALT AND CONCRETE PROGRAM REACHED THE HIGHEST FUNDING LEVEL FOR PAVING IN DECADES. $330 MILLION OVER EIGHT YEARS OR $41. 25 MILLION ANNUALLY, WHERE AS THE PREVIOUS MOVE SEATTLE LEVY ALLOCATED $250 MILLION OVER 9 YEARS OR $27. 8 MILLION A YEAR. THIS IS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF $80 MILLION OF THE LIFE OF THE 2024 TRANSPORTATION LEVY. WE UPDATED OUR PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX EVERY TWO YEARS. OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS WE'LL BE ASSESSING OUR NONARTERIAL STREET NETWORK AS WELL. THIS SHOWS THE CONDITION FROM 2004 TO 2023, WHERE AS THE 60% OF OUR NETWORK IS IN FAIR TO EXCELLENT CONDITION, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE PAVEMENT CONDITION IS TRENDING DOWN, BUT IT HAS BEEN MAINTAINING A RATING SINCE 2018 AND REFLECTING THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ARTERIAL BACKLOG OF 460 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS 312 LANE MILES AND REHABILITATION PROJECTS, SHOWN IN THE ORANGE. IN ADDITION THERE ARE ANOTHER 1. 4 BILLION IN THE CROSS, 286 LANE MILES OF ARTERIAL STREETS THAT HAVE FALLEN INTO THE LOWEST CONDITION RANGE AND REQUIRE RECONSTRUCTION. HOWEVER, WITH THE INCREASED FUNDING FOR OUR AMM, CREW PAVING PROJECTS THAT WE REFER TO AS MEDIC ONE, WE CAN INCREASE OUR RESPONSE TO STITCH THE AREAS OF DISTRESS IN THE STREET SEGMENTS TO EXTEND THE LIFE FOR TWO TO FIVE YEARS VERSUS 20 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION. AMM PROGRAM IS WHERE WE ARE MAKING A LOT OF INVESTMENTS RECENTLY WITH THE SEVEN TO EIGHT LANE MILES WE CAN PRODUCE OUT OF THAT BUDGET. WE KNOW WE DO NOT HAVE 1. 4 MILLION TO MAKE ALL THE REPAIRS, BUT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WITH THE INCREASED PAVEMENT INVESTMENTS WE CAN APPLY ALL REPAIR METHODS TO EXTEND THE OVERALL NETWORK QUALITY TO CONTINUE TO FILL POTHOLES, REPAIR PAVEMENT SECTIONS WITH SPOT REPAIRS AND SLURRY SEAL METHODS AND INVEST IN LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2024 TRANSPORTATION LEVY. AGAIN, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND IN INVESTING IN SDOT FOR OUR PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE AND A LONG- TERM SOLUTION OF REPAVING THE ROAD. THANK YOU. >> EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. I SUPPOSE I COULD BE A LITTLE BIASED, BUT GREAT JOB, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. MAXIE, MISS TIBBITS. COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE? YES. ALL RIGHT. OH, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. TOOK ME A SECOND TO FIND MY HAND. MY ELECTRONIC HAND. MR. MAXIE AND MISS TIBBITS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. NOW MR. LA BOARD HAS COME FORWARD TO THE TABLE, SO THANK YOU AS WELL FOR JOINING US. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND REALLY IMPACTS, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY AND OUR DISTRICT AND MY DISTRICT IN THE NSE OF IS THERE ARE ARTERIALS FOR TRANSIT, HIT WITH POTHOLES. THE ONE IN MY HEAD RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, 10th AVENUE, BECAUSE YOU'VE COME THROUGH AND IMPROVED IT. AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, SO, YOU KNOW TO HAVE THOSE KIND OF SUCCESSES AND EVEN BETTER, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK IN TERMS OF THE BROADER EFFORT IN TERMS OF DENNY, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT CROSSES 99, THAT WHOLE PROJECT. AND I WOULD ADD, YOU KNOW, THE BALLARD BRIDGE CONNECTING D- 7 AND D- 6 AND THE WORK ON BOTH SIDES. THE BRIDGE ITSELF, BUT ON BOTH SIDES, PARTICULARLY GOING INTO MY COLLEAGUES' DISTRICT. THAT'S A MAJOR EFFORT AND THAT GOES TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE BROADER MAINTENANCE, WHICH I GET, 110%. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE EFFORTS. AND PART OF THIS TOO IS IT IS NOT NECESSARILY A SINKHOLE -- A POTHOLE. SOMETIMES IT IS MORE OF A SINKHOLE AND I KNOW THERE IS AN EFFORT UNDER WAY TO GO FROM ASPHALT TO CONCRETE ON THE TRANSIT ROUTES. BUT THERE IS SOME TRANSIT ROUTES THAT ARE KIND OF SECONDARY THAT DON'T NECESSARILY GET THE LOVE, IF YOU WILL. BUT BECAUSE OF THE HEAT, AND RIGHT NOW I'M THINKING ABOUT SOUND TRANSIT AND THE INABILITY FOR RAILS TO DEAL WITH HEAT, WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE TO ME, IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE MASSIVE SINKHOLES FROM THE BUSES AND THESE NONARTERIAL KIND OF AREAS THAT HAVE AN IMPACT, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE LOOKING OUT FOR, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GET, YOU KNOW, FIND IT FIX IT? IT IS NOT A TRADITIONAL POTHOLE, BUT HAS THE SAME EFFECT IN A LOT OF WAYS. >> IT IS NOT. THE BUSES, AGAIN, ARE, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN THE CITY AND WAS BORN IN THE '60s AND THE BUSES ARE A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER, LET'S SAY, THAN THEY WERE BACK THEN. AND THE CITY WAS BUILT TO ENGINEERING STANDARDS OF THE 1930s, 1940s, AND 1950s WHEN THE PAVING HAS BEEN DONE. WE HAVE BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY GOING BACK. IF YOU LOOK AT A REGULAR CONCRETE PANEL THAT WAS BUILT IN 1940, IT IS FOUR INCHES DEEP, WITH NO REINFORCED STEEL. YOU COME FORWARD TO NOW, AND YOU LOOK AT THE CONCRETE AND THE PAVING WE DID ON MADISON, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 8 TO 14 INCHES AND IN SOME PLACES 18 INCHES THICK, WITH REINFORCED STEEL DOWELS THAT ARE 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER. THOSE NEW DESIGN STREETS WITH ELSA'S PAVING ENGINEERS, WE REDESIGNED THE STREETS SO THEY CAN HANDLE THE WEIGHT. AND THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED THE STREET TO BE IN THE BEST CONDITION FOR ALL MODES. SO IF YOU HAVE THE STREET IN THE BEST CONDITION FOR TRANSIT, USUALLY IT IS IN THE BEST CONDITION FOR EVERY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THAT CONDITION GRADUALLY, HOPEFULLY OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS OR SO. BUT AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE TERRAIN IN SEATTLE, AND THE WEATHER, AND THE OTHER INTERESTING FACT IS THAT WE HAVE 60% OF OUR ROADS ARE CONCRETE. ON AVERAGE, AMERICAN CITY ONLY HAS 5% OF ITS ROADS. SO, THOSE ARE THE LITTLE BIT OF THE CHALLENGES, BUT WE MADE GREAT PROGRESS BECAUSE WE JUST PAVED DENNEY WITH ELSA'S AAC PROGRAM BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING IN THE PROCESS OF PAVING EASTLAKE, BECAUSE WE JUST PAVED 15th AND THE BALLARD BRIDGE, HUNDREDS OF POTHOLES ARE NOT GOING TO OCCUR FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS. THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO WORK HAND AND HAND WITH YOU GUYS AND PUT, YOU KNOW, DO THE BEST INVESTMENTS AT THE RIGHT TIME. >> THANK YOU. AND, YEAH, THE WORK ON MADISON IS INCREDIBLE. BY THE WAY, I WAS TALKING TO SMALL BUSINESSES ALONG MADISON, I WAS ASKING HOW THE CHANGES ARE IMPACTING THEM AND THEY WERE SAYING, ACTUALLY, THAT THERE IS A PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT, BUT THERE IS PEOPLE WHO NOW TAKE THE TRANSIT TO GO TO THAT BUSINESS AND SO THERE MAY BE SOME POSITIVE NEWS AND AS WE ADAPT TO THE -- THAT'S A MAJOR CHANGE ON MADISON. AND I NOTE HOW IT COMES DOWN . >> AND WE LOVE DELRIDGE. WE HAVE THE COMMON SENSE TO PAVE IT FIRST SO THAT IT CAN HANDLE THE BUS LOADS AND THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL PROJECT. >> OKAY. WELL, THAT'S -- YEAH, THOSE SINKHOLES, I UNDERSTAND MAYBE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, I RECOGNIZE THERE ARE PRIORITIZATIONS ON THIS AND I'M TALKING FOR THE SECONDARY ROADS AS THE BUSES ARE MAYBE TURNING AROUND TO GET LINED UP FOR THEIR ROUTE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RETURN RUN, THOSE -- THERE ARE IMPACTS THERE TOO AND THE CONCRETE IS DOING WONDERS, PARTICULARLY AT THE BUS STOPS THEMSELVES. THEY NEED THOSE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE -- >> ONE THING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE ON FAIR VIEW AND ON MADISON, ON THE TURN AROUNDS, WHEN THE BUS GOES INTO THE RESIDENTIAL, WE DID REPLACE ALL THOSE PANELS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T UP TO THAT SPEC, SO WE CAN AVOID THAT PROBLEM. BUT ALSO A LOT OF THOSE SINKHOLES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS AGING UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. SO SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR US TO FIX THAT. WE USUALLY COME BACK AND ELSA WILL DESIGN, LIKE SHE SAID, SHE'LL DESIGN A SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN BACK FILL AND GET IT SAFE AND WORK WITH THE UTILITIES A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE PIPES LEAKING, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE HAVE TO REPLACE TO GET THE PERMANENT FIX. >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT, YES. I CAN SEE THAT. THAT'S PART OF THE COMPLETE STREETS APPROACH, BUT, YEAH, VERY IMPORTANT. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE TOO, IT IS NOT JUST THE BUSES THAT HAVE GOTTEN BIGGER AND HEAVIER, IT IS ALSO OUR RESPONDERS, FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND NOW WE HAVE LADDER TRUCKS AND FIRE ENGINES RESPONDING TO MEDIC CALLS. SO, THEY'RE PUTTING WAY MORE WEIGHT ON OUR ROADS BECAUSE OF THESE INCREASED CALL RESPONSES, NOT JUST FOR FIRES, BUT FOR EVERYTHING. AND MEDIC ONE AND THE HEALTH ONE AND THAT, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THERE SO WE HAVE SOME HEAVY VEHICLES RESPONDING TO INCREASED NUMBER OF CALLS. AND THAT, TOO, IS AN IMPACT. AND BY THE WAY, THERE HAS BEEN SOME QUESTIONS TO YOUR POINT ABOUT DO ALL THESE VEHICLES NEED TO BE AS BIG AS THEY ARE, YOU KNOW. AND SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING AS PART OF THE CONSIDERATIONS AS WE DENSEIFY ANOTHER REASON FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT. AND SO, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND REGARDING POTHOLES, A LOT OF THE POTHOLES, KING, HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN DISTRICT 7. THANK YOU. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? HEARING AND -- YEAH, GO AHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO START WITH THE APPRECIATION THAT I HAVE FOR YOU SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. A LOT OF POTHOLES AND A LOT OF LONGER STRETCHES AND REMIND ME WHAT IS THE TERM WHEN IT IS NOT A POTHOLE, IT IS SOMETHING BIGGER AND WORSE THAT TAKES MORE TIME, WHAT IS THE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY FOR THAT? >> AGAIN, IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT IS ALL PAVING DEFECT, BUT IT DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, THE SCALE. LIKE WE SAID, A LOT OF THOSE MIGHT BE -- IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, 20 YARDS TO TWO BLOCKS. >> YES. WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THAT? JUST IN COMMON LANGUAGE? >> WE CALL IT AMM PROGRAM, ARTERIAL CREW MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT -- WHERE YOU HAVE TO RECONSTRUCT LOCALLY THOSE AREAS IN ORDER TO FIX, LIKE, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE SAID, IF YOU HAVE THOSE BIGGER AREAS. THE POTHOLE CREW IS MORE FOR THAT QUICK KIND OF JUST MAKE IT SAFE OR HAVE A SHIM, IF WE HAVE, LIKE, A JOINT THAT GOES UP FOUR INCHES OR SOMETHING AND IS JARRING PEOPLE ON TRANSIT, OR CAUSING MOTORCYCLISTS TO CRASH, ET CETERA. >> YOU CAN USE SPOT REPAIR. >> YEAH. >> THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON TERM THAT WE USE. >> THANKS. THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. SO SPOT REPAIR IS A LARGER SECTION THAN JUST A POTHOLE THAT NEEDS MORE WORK. A POTHOLE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE FILLED WITHIN 72 HOURS. >> CORRECT. >> RIGHT. AND IT IS THE AMM PROGRAM IS ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO FOUR BLOCKS WITH ALL LANE MILES FROM CURB AND GUTTER. IT CAN BE, LIKE I SAID, 10 TO 20 YARDS, JUST, YOU KNOW, LOCATION, OR IT CAN BE UP TO THREE BLOCKS. WE DON'T GO OVER THAT USUALLY BECAUSE OF THE BID LIMITS. AND THE PUBLIC WORKS. >> THANK YOU. SO, WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY IS THAT YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK, I CAN SEE IT, AND WE NEED TO BE BETTER ABOUT COMMUNICATION. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS JUST IN THIS CONVERSATION IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET AROUND WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE BETWEEN WHAT -- WE ARE HERE -- YOUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND TOGETHER WE'RE GOVERNING AND PROVIDING SERVICES FOR OUR CITY. BUT SINCE THE LAST TIME I RECEIVED THIS PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, I'VE RECEIVED ABOUT THREE TIMES, MAYBE JUST SINCE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA CAME INTO OFFICE, AND I RECEIVED IT A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE. EVEN SINCE THE FIRST TIME I'VE RECEIVED THIS PRESENTATION, THE SECTION ON 24th FROM 80th TO 85th REMAINS ONE OF THE SPOT IMPROVEMENTS. I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO FIX IT TODAY. YOU FIXED -- SINCE THE LAST PRESENTATION, YOU FIXED ON 24th FROM 80th DOWN TO 65th, WHERE YOU COMPLETELY REPAVED THE ENTIRE SECTION, MUCH LIKE YOU DID ON THE BALLARD BRIDGE. THE BALLARD BRIDGE, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY COMPLAINTS I RECEIVED BECAUSE IT HAD GOTTEN SO BAD. BUT WE COULDN'T FIX IT RIGHT AWAY, YOU WERE IN THERE TO DO A LARGER PROJECT, RIGHT? SO, THE COMMUNICATION CHALLENGE I HAVE IS I PICKED UP A CONSTITUENT REQUEST FROM COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, KETTLE'S DISTRICT, AND PASSED IT TO HIM, BUT DOWN HERE IN BELLTOWN WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL HAD REPEATEDLY SUBMITTED FIND IT FIX IT REQUEST FOR VERY LARGE POTHOLES, ANOTHER WAY TO SAY THAT, A POTHOLE THAT WILL EAT YOUR TIRE, BUT THE CITY HADN'T RESPONDED TO THEM. AND IT WAS BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THESE, AGAIN, SPOT IMPROVEMENTS, SPOT REBUILD, SPOT RECONSTRUCTION, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CALL WHAT IS NOT A POTHOLE BECAUSE A POTHOLE IS A VERY SPECIFIC THING DEFINED WITHIN OUR BUSINESS OF GOVERNING ON BEHALF OF SEATTLE. BUT TO A COMMON PERSON, THEY JUST SEE A HOLE IN THE ROAD THAT IS GOING TO MESS UP THEIR AXEL. AND SO THAT'S MY ONLY FEEDBACK TODAY. BECAUSE, AGAIN, SINCE THE FIRST TIME THAT I RECEIVED THIS PRESENTATION TODAY, THERE ARE STILL HOLES ON 24th THAT MAKE ME VERY WARY OF DRIVING THROUGH THEM. SO, AND STILL THAT'S NOT A POTHOLE RESPONSE, WHICH IS WHY YOUR POTHOLE RESPONSE NUMBERS ARE SO HIGH. BECAUSE, AGAIN, YOU'RE OUT THERE DOING GOOD WORK. BUT WE NEED TO BE BETTER ABOUT COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT -- THEY SUBMITTED A FIND IT FIX IT AND JUST GET A CLOSED TICKET THAT SAYS WE HAVE DEALT WITH YOUR POTHOLE, BUT THEY STILL SEE THE HOLE IN THE ROAD THAT WILL EAT THEIR TIRE. THAT'S MY ONLY FEEDBACK BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING REALLY GREAT WORK. >> OUR ARTERIAL MAJOR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM DOES ABOUT THREE BLOCKS AT A TIME AND OFTEN EVERY YEAR THEY GO BACK AND DO ANOTHER THREE BLOCK SECTION AND THEN ANOTHER THREE BLOCK SECTION SO WE CAN JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD ON MAKING REPAIRS TO THAT CORRIDOR. SO, I'M GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT SECTION BECAUSE I THINK WE JUST FINISHED, LIKE WHAT YOU SAID, 60th, 65th, I'LL SEE IF THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRAM, IF THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP MOBILIZING UP 24 th. >> AND, AGAIN, I'M NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO CHANGE RESOURCES, CHANGE YOUR PLAN, I THINK MORE THE QUESTION IS THE LONGEVITY THAT THIS HAS REMAINED AN ISSUE, THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION SO MANY TIMES AND IT IS STILL THERE. THAT'S JUST THAT. I THINK THE BIGGER PROBLEM I'VE GOT TODAY IS THAT WE GOT RESIDENTS SUBMITTING FIND IT FIX ITS, HAVING THEIR TICKETS CLOSED, THE HOLE IS STILL IN THE STREET BECAUSE RECONFIGURATION AND NOT A POTHOLE. >> I THINK THE COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT AND I THINK OUR DIRECTOR AUTUMN EMORY BROUGHT THAT UP AND WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A BROADER COMMUNICATION PLAN. I THINK ONE THING AS YOU KNOW IN THE 11 YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN AN EXECUTIVE IN GE OF THIS PROGRAM, WE DO A GREAT JOB OF COMMUNICATING ABOUT THE BIG CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE DELRIDGE, THE 15th, THE MADISON, ET CETERA. BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO GET OUT -- WE WANT TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, ALL OF OUR MAINTENANCE AND SMALL CAPITAL AND LARGE CAPITAL BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR THE BIG CAPITAL, BUT WEREN'T DOING THAT FOR MAINTENANCE. I THINK OUR DIRECTOR ADIAM EMERY HAS A PLAN FOR THAT. AND I'M EXCITED TO BECAUSE WE'RE HE GOING TO GET TO BRING ELSA AND MYSELF AND BILL OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNICATE BETTER ABOUT THAT THE OTHER POINT ELSA MADE IS A WELL TAKEN POINT, THAT THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR DIDN'T QUALIFY AS AN AAC PROJECT. SO WHAT SHE HAS BEEN DOING, WHAT SHE'S ONLY ALLOWED TO DO BECAUSE OF PUBLIC WORKS IS DO THREE BLOCKS AT A TIME ON THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR. BUT THE -- THOSE ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE. AND LIKE YOU SAID, THE DEFINITION, THE LAY PERSON FEELS IT IS A POTHOLE, AND SOTO, MANUFACTURE MANY OF THOSE STREETS WE CAN'T PAVE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE DRAINAGE AND IF WE PAVE THEM THE COMMUNITY WILL FLOOD. THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO PUT IN THE LAST LEVY, THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP WE DID WITH SPU, WE PUT MONEY ASIDE AND BUILT THE DRAINAGE FIRST AND THEN PAVED SOUTH PARK. THANK YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK WE'RE ALL CIRCLING AROUND THE SAME THING. I'M GOING TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON THE BLOCKS IN BELLTOWN HAVE HOLES THAT CAN EAT YOUR TIRE. THE CONSTITUENT -- THE RESIDENT DIDN'T GET ANY RESPONSE FROM THE CITY OTHER THAN IT IS NOT A POTHOLE OR YOUR TICKET HAS BEEN CLEARED. IT TOOK THEM EMAILING US, ME AND BOB, THE REFERENCE NUMBER WE SENT IT TO BILL, BILL SAID WE GOT THIS PLANNED, HERE IS THE TIMELINE WE'RE LIKE GREAT SENT THAT TO THE RESIDENT AND THEY WERE HAPPY. BUT -- >> THAT'S AWESOME. >> BUT THE PROBLEM -- BUT THE PROBLEM THERE IS SOMEBODY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO EMAIL A COUNCILMEMBER TO GET AN ACCURATE ANSWER. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> YES. >> ABSOLUTELY. TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD AND THAT IS ONE THING ALSO WE'RE WORKING WITH FIND IT FIX IT TO -- FOR THE CITY TO DESIGN THE BACK HALF. WHEN THEY TAKE A PICTURE, PUT IN A FIND IT FIX IT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR CREW CHIEF TAKE A PICTURE AND AUTOMATICALLY SEND IT BACK TO THE CUSTOMER. SO TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU. >> KEEP UP YOUR GOOD WORK. IT IS NOTICEABLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. >> WE'RE TRYING. >> KEEP IT UP. THANK YOU. >> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY OTHER FINAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO? GOOD TO GO. I HAVE A FEW, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND GOING BACK TO SLIDE NINE, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. LOVE THIS. PERFORMANCE TARGETS FILL 80% OF POTHOLES, INFERENCE AREAS REPORTED POTHOLES WITHIN 72 HOURS. AND LOVE THE 10 OR 11-YEAR ROLLUP OF HOW WE MEASURED AGAINST THAT GOAL RIGHT THERE. I'LL HIGHLIGHT THE YEAR 2024, WHEN OUR CITY WAS ABLE TO FILL 90% OF REPORTED POTHOLES WITHIN 72 HOURS, WHICH IS EXCELLENT WORK. THE TEAMS ARE DOING EXCELLENT WORK. AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, BRIEFLY YESTERDAY, 24 OR 90% OF REPORTED POTHOLES WERE FILLED. LAST YEAR. SINCE MANY BUT NOT ALL OF US AT THIS DAIS TOOK OFFICE. MYSELF INCLUDED. 90%. EXCELLENT. WE HAD SOME REALLY INTENTIONAL SUSTAINED INVESTMENTS IN BOOSTING THE POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM LAST YEAR AS A POLICY MATTER. WE HAVE ELEVATED THE IMPORTANCE OF POTHOLES AND POTHOLE REPAIR TO OUR BROADER ROAD AND MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR STRATEGY. SOME WOULD SAY, OH, 11% INCREASE, YEAR OVER YEAR, WOW, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? IS IT JUST HAPPENSTANCE OR CHANCE OR COINCIDENCE? NO. IT IS NOT. NOT AT ALL. WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS OR, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE, POTHOLE REPAIR IMPROVEMENTS, IT IS NOT ALL THE MYTHICAL FORCES OF THE WORLD AND STARS ALIGNING AND JUST PURE HAPPENSTANCE. THIS IS AN INTENTIONAL DELIBERATIVE POLICY DECISION THAT WE MADE TO BETTER INVEST AND FOCUS ON THINGS LIKE POTHOLE REPAIR. AND WE HAVE ENSHRINED THAT AT LEAST FOR AN EIGHT- YEAR PERIOD, WE FUNDED IT AND ENSHRINED THE PERFORMANCE GOAL OF 80% WITHIN 72 HOURS WITHIN VOTER APPROVED LEGISLATION LAST YEAR. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAMMER ON IT. BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN BY PURE HAPPENSTANCE. BECAUSE IF THE TREND WENT ANOTHER DIRECTION, PUBLIC WOULD NECESSARILY BE UPSET WITH US, NOT WITH YOU ALL, BUT US. THAT'S HOW ACCOUNTABILITY WORKS. WORKS BOTH WAYS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EMPOWERED, AGAIN, WITH CLEAR DIRECTION, CLEAR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EXECUTIVE, AND IMPORTANTLY INVESTMENT TO BACK THIS WORK. AND MADE CLEAR IT WAS A PRIORITY, GOT OUT OF THE WAY, AND LET YOU ALL DO WHAT YOU ALL DO BEST. THE GREAT WORK TO BUILD THESE POTHOLES BUT BY NO HAPPENSTANCE IN THIS CASE. THIS IS 90% LAST YEAR. WE WITH OULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, IT IS A HIGH MARK, NOT THE HIGH WATER MARK OF 95% WE SAW IN 2016 AND 2018, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT -- THOSE CONTINUE SUSTAINED INVESTMENTS AND PERFORMANCE OVER TIME. CERTAINLY AS LONG AS I'M AROUND. THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK. AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING OUT MAYOR NICHOLS' CAMPAIGN PLEDGE IN 2002 TO REPAIR TO HAVE 48 HOUR RESPONSE TIMES. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS ALL OF US, MYSELF INCLUDED, BUILDING UPON THAT WORK AT THE ELECTED OFFICIAL LEVEL. PRIORITIZING POTHOLE REPAIR AS AN IMPORTANT PILLAR OF HOW WE DELIVER EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE SERVICES TO THE TAXPAYER. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD UPON THAT, SO SHOUTOUT TO MAYOR NICHOLS FOR HIS INITIAL LEADERSHIP AND ALSO APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTING THE COMPARISONS OF HOW OTHER CITIES DO SIMILAR WORK IN TERMS OF MIAMI, SACRAMENTO, YOU KNOW, ALSO HAVING 72- HOUR RESPONSE TIME GOALS. BALTIMORE, 90- DAY RESPONSE TIMES. BALTIMORE, PLEASE, GET WITH IT. WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT? 90 DAYS FOR A POTHOLE REPAIR? IN ANY EVENT, THIS IS MISSION CRITICAL WORK. AND I APPRECIATE THE CREWS BEING ABLE TO DELIVER UPON THAT AND DO THEIR WORK SO EXPERTLY. ON THE -- SO MY QUESTION IS ON THE SORT OF COMPARISONS OF OTHER MAJOR CITIES, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE -- THE MARKET, BALTIMORE, 90- DAY OUTLIER, BUT THE MARKET IS 72- HOUR RESPONSE TIME GOAL. WHAT IS -- DOES THAT -- IS THERE ANY INDICATION OF HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE AT THE 80% OF REPORTED POTHOLE AS WE ARE OR DO THEY HAVE, LIKE, 75% OR 85% OR, LIKE, WHAT PROPORTION OF THOSE POTHOLES DO WE HAVE AN INDICATION OF, LIKE, HOW MANY 100%? >> WE DON'T -- I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ALL THAT DATA AT THIS TIME, CHAIR SAKA. BUT WE DEFINITELY CAN WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND SISTER CITIES TO GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DISCLOSE THAT. >> ONE THING I CAN ADD FROM DOING SOME OF THE RESEARCH FOR OTHER CITIES IS THAT IT REALLY VARIES. AND SOME ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL AT MAINTAINING, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR RATIO AS SEATTLE AND OTHERS REALLY DON'T COME CLOSE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THOSE CITIES, ABOUT COMING CLOSE. I FOUND SEVERAL NEWS ARTICLES IN THE D.C. AREA COMPLAINING ABOUT DDOT'S ABILITY TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR 72- HOUR COMMITMENT. AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CITIES HAVE GREAT WEATHER CONDITIONS YEAR ROUND. OTHERS REALLY GET SLAMMED IN THE WINTERTIME. AND, YEAH, AS WE SAW, THAT'S A BIG VARIABLE FACTOR. >> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE SURGE WE DO IN OUR STRATEGY THAT I'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST 11 YEARS IS THAT SINCE WE KNOW POTHOLES OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY ON THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE GIVEN YOU IN THE PAST. IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL, RIGHT AFTER THE WINTER SEASON, WE'LL COME AND HAVE A PAUSE ON SOME OTHER PAVING JOBS AND MOVE 10 TO 20 CREWS IN AND WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE CORRIDORS, SEPARATE FROM THE CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE AND TRY TO GET AS MANY OF THOSE PATCHED UP SO THEY DON'T BECOME FIND IT FIX IT COMPLAINTS. I THINK THAT HELPS WHEN YOU DO THAT AT THE RIGHT TIME OF YEAR. >> YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, YEAH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION TODAY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR THE TERRIFIC WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAMS DO EVERY DAY TO HELP OUR CITY BETTER DELIVER UPON AND BRING TO LIFE AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE OF GOVERNMENT THAT PRIORITIZE PRIORITIZES OUR MOST BASIC NEEDS AND THE TRANSPORTATION CONTEXT IS OFTEN POTHOLE REPAIR. SO, COLLEAGUES, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY, I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE VISIT, A SITE VISIT ALONGSIDE ONE OF THE CREWS PERFORMING THIS WORK. I'VE DONE MULTIPLE POTHOLE VISITS WITH THE FRONT LINE CREWS, NOT JUST FOCUSING ON POTHOLES, I'VE DONE -- I TRY TO -- AS CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, I TRY TO PRIORITIZE AT A BARE MINIMUM SITE VISITS IF NOT MORE FREQUENT. BUT I KNOW -- UNDERSTANDING AND SEEING THAT WORK, I'VE DONE MULTIPLE POTHOLE TOURS AGAIN AS AN ASIDE, I THINK ONE OF THE NEXT ONES, I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN MR. MAXIE, BUT WOULD LOVE TO BETTER SEE SOME OF THE DELIVERY OF SOME OF OUR ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES AND THAT WORK GOING ON BECAUSE IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. BUT MY COLLEAGUES ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIND TIME IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY AT SOME POINT, AT LEAST ONCE, DURING YOUR FIRST TERM HERE, TO VISIT THE CREWS WITHIN SDOT AND DOESN'T HAVE TO BE POTHOLE REPAIR, BUT THERE IS ANY NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES, BUT IT REALLY DOES HELP BRING TO LIFE IN A -- IN A CONCRETE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, TANGIBLE WAY, THE WORK THAT WE DO WRITING APPROPRIATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS AND CODE AND LEGISLATION THAT GUIDES THE WORK, IT REALLY DOES HELP BRING TO LIFE IN A CONCRETE AND IMPORTANT AND TANGIBLE WAY WAY ALLOWS US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO BETTER CONNECT WITH THE WORKERS ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK AND THE POTHOLE CASE AND VISITED THE POTHOLE RANGERS MANY TIMES, MANY OF THEM ARE MEMBERS OF THE UNIONS, AND SO -- ANYWAY, THERE IS ANY NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES. PLEASE DO IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY GIVE A CHANCE TO VISIT. I KNOW THE WORKERS THEMSELVES REALLY DO APPRECIATE HAVING ELECTED OFFICIALS JOIN THEM. AND WE ALL COLLECTIVELY OVERSEE 40 PLUS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, SO CAN'T, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY GO TO ALL AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, DIVE DEEP WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS, BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND AND UNPACK WHAT IS GOING ON AND HOW THIS WORK IS ACTUALLY IMPACTING AND AFFECTING PEOPLE'S LIVES AND CONNECT WITH THE WORKERS DOING IT. THAT'S THE KEY. SO, IN ANY EVENT, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, AGAIN, SDOT, REALLY APPRECIATE THE GREAT PRESENTATION HERE. AND AS AN ASIDE, MR. MAXIE, BEST OF LUCK AND MIGHT SEE YOU IN A COUPLE DAYS. >> YEAH, MIGHT SEE YOU TOMORROW. WE'LL SEE. WE'RE DOWN TO THE LAST FOUR TEAMS IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. SO -- >> WE'LL -- >> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR TEAM AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING YOU AGAIN. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING YOU TOO, MR. MAXIE'S DAUGHTER IS A STAR PITCHER AND IT IS GOOD IT SEE YOU ON THE SIDELINES THERE AND WEST SEATTLE DOES WHAT WEST SEATTLE DOES, CAME OUT ON TOP OF THAT ONE, BUT WE'RE STILL IN THE FIGHT, AND IN ANY EVENT, WE'RE ALL CONNECTED, PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND, YOU KNOW, GOOD SEEING YOU THERE. BEST OF LUCK. >> DEFINITELY. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. >> MY VOICE IS RUNNING THIN, YELLING AND SHOUTING AND HOLLERING. YOU SAW ME ON THE SIDELINES. >> YEAH. NO, YOUR DAUGHTER AND THE TEAM, YOUR TEAM IS OUTSTANDING AND THAT'S WHAT COMPETITION FOR YOUNG KIDS AND LADIES IS ABOUT. WE WANT PEOPLE TO -- WE'RE TEACHING LIFE SKILLS ABOUT HOW TO WORK AS A TEAM, AND HOW TO PERFORM UNDER PRESSURE. AND THESE GIRLS, ALL 13 TEAMS THAT MADE IT TO STATE, WERE JUST AMAZING. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALL SHOULD BE PROUD OF. >> BEAUTIFUL THING TO WATCH. ALL RIGHT, MR. MAXIE, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TRAVELING UP HERE IN PERSON, AS I DID, FROM THE STATE TOURNAMENT. AND PRIORITIZING THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC. AND REALLY MORE IMPORTANTLY DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR CREWS DO EVERY DAY. THIS IS SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK I WOULD ARGUE. SO, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT FROM THE WHOLE CITY COUNCIL AND BUDGET CHAIR STRAUSS, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE INVESTMENTS YOU HAVE MADE TO HELP US DO, YOU KNOW, BE STRONGER AND BETTER AND GIVE MORE QUICK SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO A THIRD AND FINAL ITEM OF BUSINESS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 3 INTO THE ITEM. >> COUNCIL BILL 121026, AN ORDINANCE VACATING THE ALLEY IN BLOCK 14 KINNEAR ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE IN THE NORTH RAINIER HUB URBAN VILLAGE AND ACCEPTING A PROPERTY USE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON THE PETITION OF GRAND STREET KI- MOONS LLC NOW GRAND STREET COMMONS MBH LLLP, CLERK FILE 314459. >> PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES, AND BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATIONS. >> HOLLY GARDNER, PROJECT MANAGER. >> BEVERLY BARNETT, SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. >> GOOD MORNING, MICHAEL JENKINS, SEATTLE DESIGN COMMISSION. >> SO, COUNCIL BILL 121026 IS THE FINAL APPROVAL FOR A ALLEY VACATION AND IN A NORTH RAINIER JUDKINS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. IT -- THE ALLEY VACATION FACILITATED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THREE BLOCK PROJECT NEAR THE FUTURE JUDKINS PARK LIGHT RAIL STATION. TRANSFORMED AN AREA THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL INTO A MIXED USE COMMUNITY. THE LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF YOU WOULD GRANT FINAL APPROVAL. INITIAL APPROVAL WAS GRANTED IN 2021. THE COUNCIL PLACED 13 CONDITIONS ON THE ALLEY VACATION THOSE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN MET, AND SO WE ARE BACK HERE IN FRONT OF YOU WITH FINAL APPROVAL OF THE VACATION. IF GRANTED, THE ORDINANCE WOULD ACCEPT A PROPERTY USE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT ENSURES THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE CONTINUE TO BE MAINTAINED AND WOULD GRANT FINAL TRANSFER OF THE ALLEY PROPERTY TO MT. BAKER HOUSING. >> OKAY. GOOD MORNING. I DID WANT TO THANK CHAIR SAKA AND IAN FOR MAKING SURE WE WERE ON THIS AGENDA. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I THINK LISH HAS COVERED MOST OF THE BACKGROUND AND MICHAEL IS GOING TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE DESIGN COMMISSION REVIEW. AND THEN HOLLY IS GOING TO GO OVER THE PROJECT. BUT I DID WANT TO, AGAIN, TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED A TWO- STEP APPROVAL PROCESS FOR VACATIONS. SO, AS LISH INDICATED, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL IN 2021, AND THAT IS THE SUBSTANTIVE APPROVAL OF THE VACATION. SO AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE VOTE ON THE CLERK FILE THAT CONTAINS THE PETITION, THE DEVELOPER IS FREE TO GO FORWARD AND BUILD OVER THE ALLEY REMOVE THE UTILITIES, DO EVERYTHING AND THE POLICIES PROVIDE FOR A TWO- STEP APPROVAL IN ORDER FOR THE COUNCIL TO MONITOR THE DEVELOPMENT, MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPER PROVIDES ALL THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS A VISION, PAYS ALL THE FEES, MEETS ALL OF THE CONDITIONS. SO WE HOLD OUT THE FINAL VACATION ORDINANCE AS A VERY IMPORTANT ACCOUNTABILITY TOOL. SO WE'RE HERE NOW AND AS LISH HAS INDICATED, WE CAN AFFIRM THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS MET ALL OF THE VACATIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IMPOSED ON THE PROJECT. THE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO MAKE WHICH YOU'LL SEE WHEN HOLLY GOES THROUGH IS THAT THIS VACATION WAS REALLY VERY POWERFUL TOOL IN SUPPORTING THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT SO THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTED THE VACATION ALLOWED THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE SITE AND REALLY REDUCED THE COST OF DEVELOPING THE HOUSING AND WAS PROBABLY A KEY FACTOR IN WHETHER THIS COULD BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR NOT. SO, THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTED THE VACATION, AND THE WAIVER OF THE VACATION FEE, AND THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION AND PROVIDING FUNDING WERE REALLY KEY IN MAKING THIS PROJECT HAPPEN AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE OUT THERE, THE PROJECT TURNED OUT REALLY WELL. I THINK IT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A PARTNERSHIP AND THE POWER OF CITY SUPPORT WHEN WE BRING THESE KIND OF VACATIONS IN FRONT OF YOU. SO, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS THERE IS OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THEN WE WANTED MICHAEL TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DESIGN COMMISSION, WHICH WAS A VERY POWERFUL VOICE ON THIS AS WELL. >> THANKS, BEVERLY. IN 2015 THE SEATTLE DESIGN COMMISSION ADOPTED A POLICY ON DESIGN THAT ELEVATES EQUITY AND EQUITABLE OUTCOMES. THIS PROJECT IS A FUNDAMENTAL RESULT OF THAT POLICY, AND REALLY ELEVATED WHAT THE COMMISSION LIKES TO SEE IN ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE LOOK AT. HOW ARE YOU ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HOW CAN THE COMMUNITY SEE THEIR IDENTITY THEIR CULTURE, AND THEIR EXPECTATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SPACES THAT ARE CREATED. THIS PROJECT WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE POLICY THAT WE LAY OUT THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY. AND THEY DID IT NOT ONLY IN THE HIRING OF AN ARTIST THAT CENTERED THE COMMUNITY'S IDENTITY AND EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY IN A NUMBER OF WAYS IN THOSE PUBLIC SPACES, THEY TOOK AN UNPRECEDENTED STEP BY CREATING A LONG- TERM COMMITMENT WITH THE CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY TO SET ASIDE A GROUND LEVEL SPACE TO BE USED BY THE COMMUNITY, BOTH MANAGED AND CURATED BY THE CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY OVER A SIGNIFICANT TERM OF LIFE FOR THE PROJECT. IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED. WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE THIS, THEY RAISED THE BAR FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS TO DO THE SAME THING, AND TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STEP. THE COMMISSION PUSHED THEM VERY HARD IN THIS AREA. THEY RESPONDED IN WAYS THAT WERE UNEXPECTED AND THAT WE WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF SEEING. YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE PRESENTATION COMING. >> YEAH, SO NOW WE'LL HAVE THE GOOD STUFF, FINALLY. HOLLY WILL GO OVER THE PROJECT ITSELF WITH BILL -- HE'S OUR AV GUY, WE TAKE HIM EVERYWHERE TO HELP US. >> GOOD MORNING. I HOPE THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING PRESENTATION YOU HEAR TODAY. SO AS YOU HEARD, GRAND STREET COMMONS IS A MIXED USE PROJECT OFF RAINIER SOUTH AND GRAND STREET IN DISTRICT 3. YOU HEARD HOW IT WAS IMPORTANT IN THE DELIVERY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I KNOW THAT LISH TOUCHED ON THE RE- USE OF AN UNDERUTILIZED SITE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS ALSO A BROWNFIELD SITE AND WE DID A SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP. SO, THIS PROJECT BROUGHT A LOT OF GOOD TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WAS VERY COMPLEX IN ITS PARTNERSHIP. IT CONSISTS OF THREE BUILDINGS, TWO OF WHICH, IF YOU -- YES, GO AHEAD, THANK YOU. SO, TWO OF WHICH ARE LABELED HERE GSE WEST AND EAST. THOSE WERE MARKET RATE PROJECTS DEVELOPED BY LAKE UNION PARTNERS, THEY DID OPT IN TO MFTE AND MHA TO DELIVER 25% OF THEIR÷÷ UNITS AT AFFORDABILITY LEVELS AND SOUTH IS DEVELOPED BY MT. BAKER HOUSING, FULLY AFFORDABLE, 206 UNITS. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SOUTH GRAND STREET AND THE PLAZA CREATED THROUGH ALL OF THIS SO IT REALLY CREATED A MICROCOMMUNITY WITHIN THE GREATER NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, IN ORDER FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT ON GSE SOUTH TO BE EFFICIENT IN ITS FLOOR PLATE AND MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE CAN PROVIDE, WE REQUESTED A VACATION OF AN EXISTING ALLEY RUNNING NORTH TO SOUTH BETWEEN SOUTH GRAND STREET AND SOUTH HOLGATE STREET. THE ALLEY VACATION WAS APPROVED. WITH PUBLIC BENEFIT CONDITIONS THAT INCLUDED INCREASED PEDESTRIAN AND RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC PLAZA WITH A WOONERF, PROGRAMMING SPACE AND ENHANCED LANDSCAPING, THE DEDICATED RETAIL SPACE OFF THE PLAZA FOR CSA TO PROVIDE YEAR ROUND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING, WHICH MICHAEL SPOKE TO, AND THEN SEVERAL PLAZA AMEN TIZ IES AND CULTURAL ELEMENTS. THE COMBINED DEVELOPMENT PROVIDED 775 NEW UNITS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND 364 OF THESE ARE AFFORDABLE BETWEEN 50 AND 80% AMI. 206 OF THOSE ARE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT BY MT. BAKER AND THAT'S AT A DEEPER LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY BETWEEN 50 AND 60% AMI. 40 OF THOSE UNITS ARE THREE-BEDROOM HOMES BECAUSE WE REALLY WANTED TO PRIORITIZE FAMILY SIZED UNITS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PLAZA WAS DESIGNED TO DRAW PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC INTO AND THROUGH SOUTH GRAND STREET. YOU CAN SEE THE WOONERF CREATED HERE OFF OF RAINIER THROUGH SOUTH GRAND AND THEN CONNECTS AGAIN. IT FEATURES A PUBLIC SPLASH FOUNTAIN FOR THE PUBLIC TO UTILIZE, IT HAS FIVE IN GROUND ART INSTALLATIONS THAT WILL LOOK AT HERE SHORTLY, THERE IS A NUMBER OF SEATING OPPORTUNITIES ABUNDANT LANDSCAPING AND THEN ONE OF THE ART ELEMENTS THAT IS INCORPORATED, YOU CAN SEE SOME LITTLE GLOWING BULBS ON HERE IS WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL GARLIC GLOBES FEATURED ALONG THE WALKWAY, WHICH IS A SHOUTOUT TO THE HISTORY OF THE SITE AND THE IMMIGRANTS THAT USED TO SETTLE IN THIS LOCATION. THE OTHER THING WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT THIS PLAZA THAT WE WERE CREATING COULD BE USED FOR PUBLIC EVENTS. SO, WE DID STUDIES AND LOOKED ATHE AT AT THE LAYOUT. EVENTS CONCERTS, WHATEVER MAY BE WITHIN THIS SPACE. AND THEN THE ART THAT WE SELECTED WAS DONE THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND GABRIELLE TESFAYE WAS OUR SELECTED ARTIST. HER ART, WHICH YOU CAN SEE SAMPLES OF HERE, TELLS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL STORY OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER ACROSS ALL CULTURES. AND IT IS FEATURED IN FIVE GROUND PLAIN MOSAIC INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PLAZA. AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE NEXT SLIDE. YES. SO WE HAVE THREE THERE NEAR THE PUBLIC FOUNTAIN AND THEN TWO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SOUTH GRAND STREET. THEY'RE ALL QUITE LARGE INSTALLATIONS, WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL PLAQUES THAT TELL THE STORY OF THE MEANING BEHIND THEM. AND THE CULTURES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THESE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE PLAZA. THE FINISHED PLAZA DELIVERED ON ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS REQUESTED, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY AND MY FAVORITE PART IS IT IS EVEN BETTER THAN THE RENDERING. YOU ENVISION THIS PROJECT -- WE DID ENVISION THIS PROJECT FOR SIX YEARS. TO SEE THE FINISHED PROJECT HERE AND SEE IT ACTIVATED, TO SEE THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS COMING AND GATHERING IN THIS SPACE AND USING THIS SPLASH PARK IS PRETTY POWERFUL. IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE MORE DETAILED REQUIREMENTS, THE CIP WORK WAS CREATED IN NOVEMBER OF 2024. ALL PUBLIC BENEFIT COORDINATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, INCLUDING WORKING WITH METRO FOR A LAST MINUTE REQUEST TO ADD A RAPID RIDE STATION FOR A FUTURE RAPID EXPANSION ON THIS LINE. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT IN AT THE LAST MINUTE. WE COORDINATED WITH THE ART COMMITTEE AS YOU HEARD FROM MICHAEL, WE PUT IN PUBLIC ACCESS AND FREE SPEECH SIGNAGE POSTED AT MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS THROUGHOUT THE PLAZA, SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS THEY'RE WELCOME HERE. AND THEN FINALLY WE COMPLETED A PROPERTY USE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS RECORDED TO CAPTURE ALL OF THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THIS SITE TO THE SAME LEVEL OR BETTER AS IT IS AT TODAY. THE END RESULT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLAZA. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO CHECK IT OUT. IT IS INCREDIBLY WELCOMING. THE ART, THE LIGHTING, THE LANDSCAPING, THE SEATING, IT DRAWS YOU IN AND FEELS LIKE A PLACE OF HOME IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS BARNETT, MR. JENKINS, MISS GARDNER, MR. WHITSON, OF COURSE, AS ALWAYS. AND THEN MR. LABOARD. SO, COLLEAGUES, I PROMISED I WOULD GET YOU OUT OF HERE NO LATER THAN 11:15. APPRECIATE -- LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ON TIME AND ON TARGET. BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I WELCOME ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, ON THIS PARTICULAR BRIEFING. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE FROM VICE- CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'LL KEEP QUICK, KEEPING TO YOUR SCHEDULE. JUST TO CONFIRM, THIS IS JUST SOUTH OF THE I- 90 CORRIDOR, WHICH IS WHERE DEER AUTO -- NORTH OF DEER AUTO AND -- OKAY. WHICH IS GREAT. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A TON -- THANK YOU, ALL, NUMBER ONE, FOR THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS. IT IS GORGEOUS. I ALWAYS SAW THIS -- SAW THIS LAND AND WAS, LIKE, THIS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME HOUSING AND HERE WE ARE, BOOM. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TO COLLEAGUES THAT THERE IS A PROJECT JUST NORTH OF THE I- 90 CORRIDOR THAT IS OPEN AND URBANLY, ACROSS THE STREET, WHERE THE OLD 7- ELEVEN OR BURGER KING BURNED DOWN THAT'S GOING FOR THEIR NEW HEADQUARTERS, WHICH IS GOING HAVE FAMILY HOUSING. SO THAT CORRIDOR OF RAINIER AVENUE, JUST THAT JUDKINS AREA, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LIGHT RAIL AS WELL, IS REALLY HAS DEVELOPED AND TRANSFORMED AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING THIS TYPE OF SPACE THERE AND OPEN SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK THROUGH AND JUST REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE INTENTIONALITY BEHIND SOME OF THE DESIGNS AND THE AESTHETICS. I'M A BIG AESTHETICS PERSON. SO JUST THE AESTHETICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE WAY IT FEELS. I GO BY THERE OFTEN AND SO JUST THANK YOU, ALL, AND THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, VICE- CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. ANY FINAL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, FROM MY COLLEAGUES? HEARING AND SEEING NONE, THANK YOU, AGAIN. GREAT PRESENTATION. LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK AT ONE OF OUR NEXT MEETINGS SO WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THIS. AND FRIENDLY REMINDER, THIS IS THE LAST STAGE AS THEY -- AS WAS POINTED OUT EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION OF MULTIYEAR PROCESS, SO NOW WE'RE AT THE ORDINANCE STAGE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S MEETING. OUR NEXT MEETING IS AUGUST 5th AT 9:30 A.M. IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BEFORE WE ADJOURN TODAY? AND HEARING AND SEEING NONE, NO FURTHER BUSINESS HAS COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, WE ARE