>> STRAUSS? >> PRESENT. >> MOORE? >> PRESENT. >> RINCK? >> HERE. >> CHAIR? >> HERE. >> THERE'S FIVE PRESENT. >> I PROVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA IS THERE IS A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING TO, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS WHAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA, AND I ALWAYS WANT TO THANK OUR CENTRAL STAFF FOR HELPING US PREPARE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND WITHIN THE PER VIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. >> CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR TODAY? >> WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP. ONE IN PERSON. >> ONE VIRTUAL. >> OKAY, WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE IN-PERSON SPEAKER AND THEN MOVE TO THE REMOTE SPEAKERS. EACH ONE WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 20 MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN ORDER THEY ARE REGISTERED. IN-PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST AND THEN VIRTUAL. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT. THEY WILL BE MUTED TO ALLOW FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST, AND THAT IS MARK WOOD. >> MARK WEED. I WAS EXPECTING TO HAVE ONE OF MY ASSOCIATING HERE TODAY, AND I'M SORRY HE IS NOT HERE YET, BUT I'M SURE HE WILL COME IN RELIEVEMENT. WE REPRESENT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON SIXTH AVENUE, DOWN BY THE SODO STATION, AND TALKING TOWARDS THE ORDINANCE TODAY, WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE ORDINANCE. THE MISSING IS WHY ISN'T IT CITYWIDE? WHY IS IT ONLY FOR SOUND TRANSIT? IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT IN ORDER TO MOVE THINGS AHEAD FOR EVERYONE IN THE CITY THAT WE CONSIDER LOOKING AT IT IN A BROADER SENSE. IN ADDITION, IN THE CASE OF THE AREA DOWN THERE AROUND SODO STATION, ONE OF THE PROVISIONS WITHIN THE ORDINANCE IS MAKING SURE THE COMMUNITY IS BEST SERVED BY WHATEVER WORK IS BEING DONE AROUND THE STATION AREAS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS OBSERVED AND ACTUALLY EMBRACED FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE TIME TODAY. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> NEXT WE HAVE DAVID HAYNES. >> DAVID, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. >> DAVID HERE. THANK YOU. ON THE PRESENTATION, I NOTICED THERE'S SOMETHING ON THERE THAT SAYS INSURES A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AT ALL STATIONS, MAKING SURE THAT STATIONS ARE NOT WHITE SPACES. WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN? IT'S LIKE FIRST YOU ALL HAVE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. YOU'RE NOT QUALIFIED FOR CERTAIN POLLICIS, YET PUSHING THROUGH THINGS AS A FAVOR AND TAINTING EVERYTHING WITH RACISM. I SWEAR TO CHRIST THE DOJ NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR SPECIAL SELF-DEALING FAVORS AND UNQUALIFIED POLICIES THAT ARE DOING TO SQUANDER BILLIONS OF DOLLARS DOWN FROM THE TOP IN SEATTLE WHERE YOU CAN'T GET WITHOUT ANOTHER TRANSFER. YOU ARE SQUANDERING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON TAXES, AND YET YOUR SOCIETY CONTINUES TO IMPLODE. NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE IT TOTALLY SUCKS. YOU HAVE SPEAKERS BLARING IN YOUR EAR LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE JUNKIES AWAY, BOTHERING EVERYBODY ELSE, JOLTING IN THE TUNNEL MADE CHEAPLY BY CORRUPT UNIONS THAT GET A PUNCH PASS ON YOUR FAILURES. YOU KEEP PUSHING ALONG WITH ST3 WITH SPECIAL INTEREST FAVORS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN LINE THEIR POCKETS WITH TAX MONEY TO SELL OUT TO HAVE A STUPID TRAIN THAT BUILDS A RESUME FOR PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS. THE SAME ONES WHO HAVE TAINTED OUR SOCIETY WITH SKIN COLORED RACISM, AN IGNORANT CONJURING OF THE PAST WITH YOUR MISEDUCATION OF HATE. YOU ARE ALL REVOLTING. YOU'RE NO BETTER THAN THE PAST COUNCIL. YOU'RE JUST PUSHING THE ENVELOPE AND DUMPING PEOPLE OVER THE CLIFF WITH YOUR FAILURE OF BAD POLICIES OF RACISM. >> THERE ARE NO MR. SPEAKERS. >> VERY GOOD. AS THERE ARE NO MR. SPEAKERS, THE PUBLIC COMMENTARY PERIOD IS CLOSED. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE -- EXCUSE ME. WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE FIRST AND ONLY ITEM OF BUSINESS AS REFLECTED ON THE AGENDA INTO THE RECORD? >> AGENDA ITEM ONE. COUNCIL BILL 120975. AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND USE AND ZONING; ADDRESSING SIGNAGE; CLARIFYING REQUIREMENTS AND SUPPORTING EFFICIENT PERMITTING PROCESSES FOR LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT FACILITIES; ADDING NEW SECTIONS >> THANK YOU. I SEE OUR PRESENTERS ARE AT THE TABLE. IDENTIFY YOUR YOURSELF AND BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> I'M SARA MAXANA. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY. >> GOOD MORNING, LINDSAY KING, SOUND TRANSIT 3 PROJECT MANAGER. >> CENTRAL COUNCIL STAFF. >> COOL. >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US BACK AT THE TABLE. WE ARE EAGER TODAY TO FOLLOW UP OUR CONVERSATION FROM THE APRIL 30th COMMITTEE MEETING. WE HAVE A SLIDE DECK PREPARED THAT RESPONDS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION ITEMS FROM THAT COMMITTEE MEETING THAT PERTAIN TO ISSUES RELATED TO OUR CODE AMENDMENT LEGISLATION AS WELL AS SOME COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE PER VIEW OF CODE AMENDMENTS THAT WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS. OH THAT IS TRICKY, YEP. ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE GOING TO START OFF WITH TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE NONCODE AMENDMENT RELATED ISSUES INCLUDING SAFETY AND USER EXPERIENCE ON TRANSIT, RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS DISPLACEMENT, AND SOME OF THE ISSUES COMING UP WITH THE CODE AMENDMENT LEGISLATION, INCLUDING A BRIEF RECAP OF THE AMENDMENTS, WALKING THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE THREE PLUS YEARS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT INFORMED THIS PROPOSAL, AND THEN TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TREE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THAT CAME UP WITH THAT, AND THEN WRAP UP WITH THE NEXT STEPS. WE ALWAYS START OFF EVERY SLIDE JUST GROUNDING AGAIN IN SOUND TRANSIT 3, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY OVER 70% OF SEATTLE VOTERS BACK IN THE 2016 BALLOT INITIATIVE. IT IS THE LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN THE CITY'S HISTORY. WEST SEATTLE AND BALLARD, TOGETHER, COMBINED AND BRINGING TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFORM HOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACCESS THEIR HOMES, JOBS, AND DESTINATIONS, AND ALSO BRINGING VERY REAL IMPACTS TO THE CITY AS IT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED THROUGH EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. OUR TEAM IS AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL ONE SEATTLE EFFORT TO WORK ACROSS THE CITY DEPARTMENTS WITH SOUND TRANSIT, STAKEHOLDERS AND THE COMMUNITY IN THE PLANNING OF THE INVESTMENT. WE ARE LED BY THE WATER FRONT OF CIVIC TRANSIT BUT DEPEND ON THE EXPERTISE ACROSS DOZENS OF CITY DEPARTMENTS. WE ARE GOING TO START OFF TODAY TALKING ABOUT TWO ISSUES THAT CAME UP IN THE APRIL 30th COMMITTEE MEETING, SAFETY AND USER EXPERIENCE ON TRANSIT AND RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS DISPLACEMENT. I WANT TO START OFF TALKING ABOUT THE COUNCIL ACTION IN 2022, WHICH WAS FOLLOWING THE DRAFT EIS. AT THE TIME IT WAS THE DRAFT EIS FOR WEST SEATTLE AND BALLARD LINK EXTENSIONS. CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED 32055 THAT RECOMMENDED A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR WEST SEATTLE AND BALLARD LINK EXTENSIONS IN ADVANCE OF THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD ALTERNATIVE. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ACTION BECAUSE SELECTING THE STATION LOCATIONS AND WHERE THOSE GUIDEWAYS ARE GOING TO GO IS TYPICALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO EFFECT THE OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT. SO IT WAS A CRITICAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, FOR CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE A POSITION TO SHAPE THOSE OUTCOMES. THE ACTION CITY COUNCIL TOOK SPOKE SPECIFICALLY TO SAFETY, USER EXPERIENCE, AND DISPLACEMENT. A MAP OF THE WEST SEATTLE EXTENSION, AND ALL OF THE STATION LOCATIONS AND GUIDEWAYS IDENTIFIED IN THAT COUNCIL ACTION DID END UPPING IN THE STATIONS AND GUIDEWAYS THAT WERE SELECTED BY THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD LATER THAT YEAR. SO THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION BASED RECOMMENDATION FOR A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE ON FIVE KEY VALUES. RACIAL EQUITY, SAFETY AND USER EXPERIENCE, COMMUNITY INCLUDING COMMUNITY IMPACTS INCLUDING MINIMIZING RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS DISPLACEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, MINIMIZING IMPACTS TO SENSITIVE AREAS, AND THEN FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP, HAVING A MIND TOWARDS THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS BEING USED TO FUND THE PROJECT. WHILE WE WALK THROUGH THE SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT CAME UP AT THE APRIL 30th COMMITTEE MEETING, SAFETY AND USER EXPERIENCE, MINIMIZING RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS DISPLACEMENT WILL SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS COUNCIL ACTION HELPED TO SHAPE OUTCOMES IN A POSITIVE WAY. STARTING WITH SAFETY AND USER EXPERIENCE ON TRANSIT, SELECTING A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR WEST SEATTLE IN PARTICULAR, PRIORITIZE SAFETY AND USER EXPERIENCE OF THE ALTERNATIVE, THE EXAMPLE I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THE DELRIDGE STATION ALTERNATIVES IN ROUGHLY THREE DIFFERENT AREAS. DAKOTA STREET, DELRIDGE WAY, AND ANDOVER THE ALTERNATIVE ON THE NORTH END NEAR ANDOVER WAS MADE IN LARGE PART OVER THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DELRIDGE WAY. DELRIDGE WOULD HAVE CREATED SITE, PRECLUDED VISIBILITY, AND IT WOULD HAVE CREATED A DARK CORRIDOR UNDER WHICH PEOPLE ARE ACCESSING STATIONS, AND CREATED THE TYPE OF DESIGN SITUATION THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY LEND ITSELF TO FEELING SAFE, PARTICULARLY AT NIGHT, SO ONE OF THE DECISIONS TO SITE THE STATION FURTHER NORTH ALLOWED FOR A BETTER LIT AREA, BETTER, SAFER AREA FOR PEDESTRIANS. IN ADDITION FOR WEST SEATTLE AND BALLARD, WE ARE WORKING TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND USER EXPERIENCE THROUGH A NUMBER OF FINAL DESIGN AND PERMITTING CONSIDERATIONS INCLUDING ADVANCING SEPTED PRINCIPLES CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN. SOUND TRANSIT HAS AGREED FOR WEST SEATTLE TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO INCORPORATE INTO FINAL DESIGN. WE ARE APPLYING THE DESIGN GUIDES IN THE PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS INCLUDING SUITE OF STRATEGIES FOR DESIGN THAT INCLUDE OPEN SPACE DESIGN AND ACTIVATION, SAFETY COMFORT LIGHTING WAYFINDING, A LOT OF THE DESIGN FACTORS THAT CAN LEND ITSELF TO A SAFER ENVIRONMENT. SAFETY AND USER EXPERIENCE DOESN'T JUST RELATE TO DESIGN. IT RELATES TO THE EXPERIENCE PEOPLE HAVE ON TRANSIT THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP ON THE COMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT SAFETY ON TRAINS ITSELF. THE CITY IS PARTNERING WITH A NUMBER OF EFFORTS SPEAKING TO SAFETY ON TRAINS. THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL TRANSIT SAFETY TASK FORCE, A PARTNERSHIP WITH SOUND TRANSIT. I GUESS I HAVE SOUND TRANSIT TWICE ON THAT SIDE. LABOR, LAW ENFORCEMENT, WORKING TOWARDS ACHIEVABLE AND MEASURABLE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE FOCUS ON THE EXPERIENCE OF TRANSIT RIDERS AND EMPLOYEES. ALSO WORKING ON IMPROVING SAFETY AND ACCESS TO TRANSIT AND LOCAL DESTINATIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING AND ROLLING, BIKING, DRIVING THROUGH AND NEAR STATIONS THROUGH SEVERAL EFFORTS INCLUDING THE MLK JR. SAFETY PROJECT AND SOUND TRANSITS AT GRADE CROSSING PROGRAMS. LOOKING AT WAYS TO IMPROVE SAFETY IN THE VICINITY OF THE STATION AREAS. SPEAKING TO RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS DISPLACEMENT, AN ISSUE COMING UP AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING, RELATING TO THE SELECTION OF THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR THE DELRIDGE SEGMENTS. THE ACTION ON SELECTING AN ALTERNATIVE. THE LOWEST OR THE ON LOW END OF RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENT CONSIDERED TO THE OTHER OPTIONS BEING CONSIDERED. AND MODERATE. UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO SINGLE ALTERNATIVE THAT WOULD MINIMIZE BOTH. IT WAS LOOKING FOR A BALANCE THAT WOULD HAVE MINIMIZED PARTICULARLY RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENT AND OTHER ALTERNATIVES FOR DELRIDGE FOR EXAMPLE HAD SUBSTANTIALLY MORE DISPLACEMENT. WE ARE ALSO NOW WORKING WITH SOUND TRANSIT AND AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS INCLUDING BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS AS WEST SEATTLE IS NOW ENTERING THE FINAL DESIGN PHASE OF THE PROJECT. SOUND TRANSIT IS GOING TO BEGIN TO PROPERTY ACQUISITION, AND THAT INCLUDES ASSISTANCE TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS AFFECTED BY PROPERTY ACQUISITION OR RELOCATION. WE ARE SUPPORTING THAT PROCESS BY POINTING FOLKS TO THE RIGHT DEPARTMENTS AND STAFF AT SOUND TRANSIT TO HELP THEM GET THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. AND THEN IN ADDITION THE STATE LEGISLATURE JUST ADOPTED EARLIER THIS MONTH THE INCREASE TO THE CAP FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE DISPLACED. THAT WAS LEGISLATION THAT THE CITY SUPPORTED, AND SO BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE COMPENSATION IN THAT RELOCATION EFFORT. THAT NEW AMOUNT IS ALSO TO BE ADDRESSED, ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION OVER TIME. WE SEE THESE AS POSITIVE EFFORTS THAT ARE GOING TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES AS THEY ARE IMPACTED BY THE PROJECT. WITH THAT WE ARE GOING TO PIVOT TO THE ISSUES OR QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP RELATED TO THE CODE AMENDMENT PACKAGE ITSELF, AND I'M GOING TO HAND THINGS OVER TO LINDSAY TO WALK US THROUGH THESE NEXT SET OF SLIDES. >> THANK YOU, SARA. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO START BY RECAPPING WHERE WE WERE ON APRIL 30th WHEN I PRESENTED THE CODE AMENDMENTS UNDER CONSIDERATION. PARTICULARLY TWO GROUPS. THE PROCESS RELATED IMPROVEMENTS AND DESIGN RELATED IMPROVEMENTS. JUST TO RECAP, WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST FIVE YEARS DEVELOPING THE CODE AMENDMENT PACKAGE AS IT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU. OUR GOALS ARE TO RESOLVE CODE CONFLICTS TO BE ABLE TO PERMIT THE CENTRAL FACILITY AND STREAMLINE THE PROCESS BY REMOVING REDUNDANT OR UNNECESSARY PROCESS STEPS TO FACILITATE TIMELY DELIVERY OF PERMITS. OUR PROCESS RELATED IMPROVEMENTS FOCUSING ON THREE AREAS. THE FIRST TREE LINING THE MASTER USE PERMIT PROCESS. OUR GOAL WITH STREAMLINING THE MASTER USE PERMIT PROCESS WAS TO MAKE THE APPEAL PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT AND TIMELY WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE PUBLIC TOUCH POINT IN THE PROCESS. SO OUR MASTER USE PERMITS WILL INCLUDE THE LARGE WHITE SIGN, PUBLIC MAILINGS AND NOTICE, ALONG WITH POTENTIAL PUBLIC MEETINGS IN COMMUNITY BEFORE WE RENDER A DECISION, THAT WAY A COMMUNITY CAN BE INVOLVED WHEN IT IS MOST TIMELY TO INFORM PERMITTING DECISIONS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS. THE SECOND IS TO CREATE A PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN. THE PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN WAS A TOOL TO BE USED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERMIT PROCESS TO LAY OUT THE STRATEGY FOR CONSTRUCTION WHEN MULTIPLE PERMITS WILL BE OCCURRING IN THE SAME AREA AND GEOGRAPHY. WE NEED TO MAINTAIN MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES PEDESTRIANS BUSES PEOPLE WALKING, ROLLING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE CONSTRUCTION IS OCCURRING, AND THE PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN IS A TOOL TO HELP US SUPPORT THAT PROCESS. THE THIRD CREATING A PROJECT-LEVEL TREE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN, WE WILL DIVE IN TO DETAIL LATER TODAY, BUT A HOLISTIC STRATEGY FOR TREE MANAGEMENT. THE DESIGN RELATED IMPROVEMENTS, AND SARA SPOKE TO THESE AS WELL. TO ESTABLISH LIGHT RAIL SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND DESIGN GUIDELINES TO FACILITATE AN EFFICIENT AND CLEAR REGULATORY STRUCTURE FOR STATIONS REGARDLESS OF THEIR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION IN THE CITY, AND WE INTEND TO REVISE THE BICYCLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS SIMILARLY TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE GEOGRAPHY AND STATIONS ARE LOCATED. WE WILL ESTABLISH THE ADVISORY REVIEW BODY WITH PUBLIC FACING MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE IN STATION DESIGN. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU FOR ASKING US TO DETAIL WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SPACE, AND APOLOGIES FOR NOT INCLUDING THAT IN THE LAST PRESENTATION. I WILL START WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS AND DETAIL WHERE WE WENT, WHO WE TALKED TO, WHAT WE HEARD, AND HOW THAT INFORMED OUR CODE AMENDMENTS IN 2023 WE KICKED OFF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS WITH A STATION PLANNING SURVEY AND BIKE SURVEY AND A SERIES OF PUBLIC OPEN HOUSES IN FALL OF 2023 AND SPRING OF 2024. THE SURVEY AND THE ONLINE OPEN HOUSES GENERATED OVER 2100 RESPONSES. SPECIFICALLY TO WHAT COMMUNITY PRIORITIES ARE AROUND STATION DESIGN, SO THAT COULD INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND THE DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU. COMMUNITY RESPONDED THAT THEY WANTED SAFE AND CLEAN SPACES. THEY ALSO WANTED TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO EASILY TRANSFER BETWEEN MOVEMENTS OF VEHICLES, BUSES, AND STATIONS. ALL OF THESE HELP INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WILL GUIDE STATION DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT, LIGHTING, PATHS OF TRAVEL, LOCATING KEY INTERSECTIONS FOR MODES AND STATION ENTRIES. BOTH OF THOSE STATION PLANNING SURVEY AS WELL AS THE OPEN HOUSES PROVIDED WITH IN-LANGUAGE SUPPORT. IN 2023 AND '24, WE CONTINUED OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH BY BEING IN THE COMMUNITY AT VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE ALIGNMENTS. IN 2024, WE STARTED A SERIES OF DIFFERENT SEATTLE DESIGN COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETINGS, PRIMARILY SOUND TRANSIT WAS PRESENTING THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING DESIGNS FOR ALL OF THE WEST SEATTLE LINK STATIONS AND GUIDEWAY SEGMENTS. THE FEEDBACK PROVIDED BY THE PUBLIC DURING THESE MEETINGS AS WELL AS THE SEATTLE DESIGN COMMISSIONERS FURTHER HELPED INFORM WHETHER OR NOT WE NEEDED TO AMEND OUR AMENDMENTS TO DESIGN BETTER DESIGN OUTCOMES EITHER THROUGH THE CREATION OF DESIGN STANDARDS OR THROUGH THE DESIGN GUIDELINES. LATER WE GAVE SPECIFIC BRIEFINGS ON THE DESIGN GUIDELINES AND CODE DEVELOPMENT TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK TO INFORM THOSE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE BIG BULK OF OUR ENGAGEMENT KICKED OFF IN FALL OF LAST YEAR, SENDING NEARLY 100 DIFFERENT E-MAILS TO INTERESTED PARTIES, BOTH TRIBES, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS AND KEY STAKE HOLDER GROUPS BOTH IN THE ALIGNMENT AREA OR WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE ELEMENTS OF OUR PROPOSAL INCLUDING TREES AND BICYCLE PARKING. THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE INTERESTED PARTIES THEN INFORMED A SERIES OF BRIEFINGS THAT WE COMPLETED OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. OUR BRIEFINGS INCLUDED TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INCLUDING THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION REGARDING THE TREE MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE SEATTLE DESIGN COMMISSION, AS NOTED PREVIOUSLY, AS WELL AS THE BIKE BOARD AND THE TRANSIT BOARD. THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION LARGELY SUPPORTED EARLY AND SYSTEMATIC ADDRESSING OF TREES THROUGH A SINGULAR TREE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR EACH LINK EXTENSION. THE SUPPORT OF A PUBLIC-FACING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOOL FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND TREE IMPACTS AND THE MITIGATION BEING PROPOSED WAS REVOLUTIONARY AND SUPPORTED ACROSS THE BOARD. THE SEATTLE BICYCLE BOARD AS WELL AS THE TRANSIT BOARD SUPPORTED THE STATION TYPOLOGY THAT WE ARE PROPOSING REGARDING THE BICYCLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT STATION LOCATION MATTERS AS FAR AS BICYCLE PARKING NEED. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT ACROSS THE BOARD FOR BICYCLE PARKING, WHAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE IS SAFE PARKING THAT IS CLOSE TO STATION ENTRIES WITH GOOD LIGHTING AND VISIBILITY AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT TYPES OF BICYCLES. SOUND TRANSIT ALSO DID A SURVEY IN THE SUMMER OF 2024 IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM PARKING AT BICYCLE OR BICYCLE FACILITIES AT EXISTING STATIONS, AND WHAT PEOPLE FOUND WAS THAT MANY PEOPLE NEEDED BICYCLES FOR THE LAST MILE OF THEIR TRIP, HOWEVER, WITH THE LARGE DISTRIBUTION OF STATIONS ACROSS THE CITY, WE ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE MORE NEED FOR BICYCLE PARKING THAN WHAT THE CURRENT SYSTEM REQUIRES. ONCE WE DID OUR CODE AMENDMENT ENGAGEMENT, WE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS WHO WANTED VERY SPECIFIC BRIEFINGS TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS AS THEY HAD IDENTIFIED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. FROM THERE WE WENT TO THE SODO BIA, THE DOWNTOWN ST3 STEERING COMMITTEE, THE DELRIDGE DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND PRESENTED TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND ENGAGED WITH TRIBES REGARDING THEIR CONCERNS. CONCERNS ARE VARIED, HOWEVER IT SHOULD BE NOTED BOTH THE BIA AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE HAD CONCERNS OVER THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LIGHT RAIL FACILITIES. WE DECIDED TO PUT THE PLAN IN THE CODE IN RESPONSE TO THEIR DIRECT CONCERNS. LASTLY WE WRAPPED UP WITH OUR CPA PROCESS INCLUDING PUBLIC NOTICE, PUBLICATION IN THE LUBI AND INFORMATION ON SDOT WEBSITES INCLUDING FACT SHEETS AND IN-LANGUAGE SUPPORT. IF ANYONE HAS ASKED FOR A BRIEFING AROUND CODE AMENDMENTS, WE HAVE PROVIDED A BRIEFING AROUND CODE AMENDMENTS. ANYONE AND EVERYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT IT, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE, EVEN LEADING UP TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT IS AN OPEN INVITATION. WE ARE PROUD OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WE DID AS WELL AS CREATING A CODE THAT WAS RESPONSIVE TO WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED TO SURVEYS OR SHOWED UP TO IN-PERSON EVENTS OR REQUESTED SPECIFIC BRIEFINGS. >> IF THERE'S ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSCORE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE SEVERAL YEARS OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE DID, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO THE CODE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO YOU FOR THE THREE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS WHICH RELATES TO THE THREE, THOSE WILL PUTT IN PLACE NEW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTS THAT DO NOT EXIST TODAY. NOT ONLY ARE WE PUTT A GOOD DEAL OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO SHAPE THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT MOVING FORWARD. >> SO FROM HERE WE WILL PIVOT TO THE SPECIFIC REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE TREE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN. TO REVISIT WHAT THE KEY ADVANTAGE OF THE TREE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT IT WILL CREATE A TRANSPARENT PROCESS WITH UPFRONT ENGAGEMENT AS SARA MENTIONED. THE TRICK HERE WITHOUT THE DO NOTHING SCENARIO, SDI WOULD BE ISSUING AND REVIEWING PERMITS, HUNDREDS OF THEM IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS WITHOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. >> DO YOU MIND IF WE PAUSE REALLY QUICKLY FOR A QUESTION? I BELIEVE THERE'S A QUESTION ON THE PREVIOUS PORTION REGARDING ENGAGEMENT? >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ROUND TWO AND ADDRESSING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAD LAST TIME. ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CAN YOU TALK A BIT ABOUT -- I UNDERSTAND THE ENGAGEMENT TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND SPECIALTY GROUPS AND STAKEHOLDERS THE CITY NORMALLY ENGAGES WITH. I WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT WAS DONE IN TERMS OF BROAD COMMUNITY. SO I SEE FARMERS MARKETS, BUT NOT EVERYONE GOES TO THEIR FARMERS MARKETS. I MEAN THE BIA, UNLESS YOU'RE IN THE COMMITTEE, POINTED OUT THE CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS AND CONCERNS AROUND THAT. THAT IS SOMETHING THEY KNOW IS SHARED BROADLY BY RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY. WHAT ENGAGEMENT WAS DONE WITH JUST THE AVERAGE RESIDENT ON THIS? BECAUSE MY EXPERIENCE IS IF WE DON'T DO THE OUTREACH ON THE FRONT END, ON THE BACK END, PEOPLE GET REALLY UPSET, AND THERE WILL BE DISRUPTION. THAT'S JUST NATURE. WE TRY TO MITIGATE, BUT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THE THING IS PEOPLE GET REALLY UPSET IF THEY DON'T KNOW AHEAD OF TIME. ON THE BACK END, THEY READ SOME POSTING, CPA POSTING, THERE'S GOING TO BE A DISRUPTION HERE, AND THAT'S HOW THEY FOUND OUT, AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY WEREN'T BROUGHT ALONG. THE STAKE HOLDER GROUPS WE DO A GREAT JOB OF LETTING THEM KNOW AHEAD OF TIME. THE AVERAGE PERSON, NOT SO MUCH. I WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT, AND THEN I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, LINDSAY, IN THE PLAN THAT IS GOING TO BE IN THE CODE -- SORRY. >> CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT? >> EXACTLY. THERE'S OUTREACH BEING DETAILED IN THERE, AND MAYBE YOU CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IS THE PLAN TO DO SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH BEFORE THE PERMITTING GETS ISSUED? OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT POST? OR AT WHAT POINT? >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> AS FAR AS THE BROAD OUTREACH, WE WERE TRYING TO BE IN THE COMMUNITIES FIRST AND FOREMOST THAT WERE BEING AFFECTED BY THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM. THE OPEN HOUSES THAT WERE HELD IN 2023 AND 2024 WERE SPECIFIC AND OPEN AND AVAILABLE FOR ALL FOUR STATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LOCATED IN THE WEST SEATTLE AREA. THERE WAS REPRESENTATION AND OUTREACH GIVEN TO EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES WITH STATIONS LOCATED IN THOSE AREAS, AND THERE WAS -- I CAN'T REMEMBER HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THOSE MEETINGS. >> AND I'D LIKE TO ADD, TOO, THAT WHILE THAT WAS THE WEST SEATTLE OPEN HOUSES, ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES WE HAD IN DEVELOPING THE CODE AMENDMENTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, SOUND TRANSIT AT THE SAME TIME WAS WORKING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS FOR BOTH WEST SEATTLE AND BALLARD, WHICH MEANT THERE HAVE BEEN EVENTS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT HAVE BROUGHT COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOGETHER AND DRAFT EIS WITH COMMENTS. WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN COMBING THROUGH THE COMMENTS AND LISTENING AT BOARD MEETINGS TO COMMENTS FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS ON THE PROJECT, WHERE WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PEAR FROM AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS L THERE DISPLACEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OR ACCESS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACTS TO ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS IN WEST SEATTLE OR CONCERNS ABOUT TREE LOSS SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO -- I WOULD SAY PIGGYBACK ON LISTENING IN AND BEING PART OF SOUND TRANSIT'S PROCESS OVER THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, COVERING NOT ONLY THE GEOGRAPHY THAT IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THE WHOLE BREATH OF ISSUES THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE BRINGING. >> VERY GOOD POINT. AND THEN REGARDING THE PRELIMINARY CONCERNS FOR MANAGEMENT PLANS SPECIFICALLY, THE IDEA BEHIND IT, IT WOULD BE CREATED IN DRAFT FORM IN ADVANCE OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS BEGINNING. SO THAT AS THE PERMIT PROCESS BEGINS, THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR BOTH PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT AS PART OF THE PROCESS. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARLY ENGAGEMENT IN ADVANCE OF PERMITTING, BUT WE HAVE NOT COMMITTED AT A BROAD SCOPE TO HOLDING PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR EVERY PERMIT THAT COMES IN THE DOOR. HOW WE PACKAGE OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS REMAINS TO BE DETERMINED. THE IDEA IS WE WOULD BE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SOLICITING FEEDBACK ON THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN, SO THAT IF PEOPLE'S CONCERNS ARE NOT ADEQUATELY REPRESENTED IN THE MANAGEMENT PLAN, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO A TIMELY COMMENT BEFORE IT'S ACTIONABLE. >> LINDSAY, COULD YOU DESCRIBE A PERMIT THAT WOULD HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING AND ONE THAT MIGHT NOT? >> SURE. EVERY STATION WE INTEND TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THERE ARE ALSO OTHER MAJOR PERMITS THAT ARE LOCATED IN SENSITIVE AREAS LIKE PIGEON POINT OR LONG FELLOW CREEK THAT HAVE BROAD PUBLIC SIGNIFICANCE. WE WOULD ANTICIPATE MEETINGS WHERE THERE IS BROAD PUBLIC SIGNIFICANCE TO HELP STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING PROCESS. >> THANK YOU, LINDSAY AND SARA. I KNOW SARA, YOU'RE NO STRANGER TO THIS HAVING WORKED ON THE MERCER BLOCK. I HAVE -- MY FINAL QUESTION, THANK YOU, CHAIR, IF THAT'S OKAY? IS SO I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BEFORE YOU OR AS PART OF IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PERMITTING PROCESS, NOT BEFORE YOU DO THE PERMITTING NECESSARILY? >> IT COULD HAPPEN EITHER WAY. WE COULD DO ENGAGEMENT BEFORE STARTING PERMITTING IF IT INFORMS MULTIPLE PERMITS POTENTIALLY. IF IT'S ONE PRIMARY PERMIT, WE MIGHT WANT TO DO IT IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTING PERIOD SO THERE COULD BE ADVANTAGES TO TIMING IT EITHER WAY. >> SO IS THIS CONTAINED IN THE PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT? IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION YET? AND THEN THERE'S THE SOUND TRANSIT A TOTALLY SEPARATE ENTITY AND AGENCY THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER. I GET THAT PART, BUT -- THIS PART OF OUR PERMITTING PROCESS, WE ARE DOING THE ENGAGEMENT, AND PRESUMABLY THEY ARE DOING THEIRS? >> CORRECT. >> HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOME INSIGHT INTO THEIRS, AND AT SOME POINT THEY WILL BE SHARING? >> I WILL SAY ONE THING THAT WE DID LEARN FROM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED ABOVE, IT'S BEST TO DO ENGAGEMENT WITH SOUND TRANSIT. IF YOU ARE IN COMMUNITY, WE BOTH WANT TO HEAR WHAT COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY AND HOW THAT WOULD INFORM OUR PROCESS. ANY ENGAGEMENT THAT WE DO IN COMMUNITY, SOUND TRANSIT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPRESENTING THEIR PROJECT. WE WOULD NEED TO BE IN COORDINATION OF SOUND TRANSIT AND REPRESENT THE REGULATORY SIDE OF THE MEETING THAT BEING SAID, THE PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CODE ELEMENT ISN'T SPECIFIC TO THE PRELIMINARY MANAGEMENT CONSTRUCTION PLAN. IT'S AN OVERARCHING ALLOWANCE FOR US TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS WHEREVER WE WOULD LIKE TO INFORM THE PERMITTING PROCESS, SO WHEN YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE ARE GOING TO HOLD IT, THERE'S FLEXIBILITY IN THE CODE TO HOLD IT WHEN IT'S MOST IMPACTFUL TO THE PROJECT, BUT IT ISN'T TIDE TO ANY ONE SPECIFIC CODE AMENDMENT THAT WE ARE PRESENTING. IT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL OF IT JUST TO INFORM PERMITTING. SORRY IF THAT'S CONFUSING. >> IT'S NOT CONFUSING. I'M JUST GLAD TO HEAR YOU ARE WORKING WITH SOUND TRANSIT ON THE ENGAGEMENT PLAN BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I WOULD WANT TO DO IT. IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE, AND WE SHOULD BE COLLABORATING AND WORKING TOGETHER ON THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. I WOULD LIKE TO -- AS PART OF THIS, HEAR A MORE CONCRETE PLAN AND TIME LINE FOR WHEN THAT ENGAGEMENT RATHER THAN THIS FLEXIBILITY PIECE BECAUSE -- >> GOT IT. >> IT WOULD BE -- IT WOULD INSPIRE MORE CONFIDENCE IF WE KNEW LIKE THIS IS THE TIME LINE FOR THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS PART OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS, VERSES THERE'S THE FLEXIBILITY NOW. >> GOT IT. >> AND THEN THE PUBLIC, I MEAN WE ARE CONSTANTLY IN THE SPACE WITH PUBLIC WHERE THEY DON'T ALWAYS TRUST GOVERNMENT. >> SURE. >> AND OUR AGENCIES. >> YES. >> THAT ARE AFFILIATED, AND IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW AT WHAT POINT. >> PERFECT. >> IN THIS PROCESS YOU WILL DO THAT ENGAGEMENT. >> THE WAY THE CODE IS WRITTEN CURRENTLY IS THAT THE PUBLIC MEETING WOULD OCCUR DURING THE PERMIT PROCESS. WE HAVE SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD BE MOST TIMELY AND LESS IMPACTFUL TO THE SCHEDULE PROCESS TO DO SO DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WE WOULD HOLD THE PUBLIC MEETING WHILE THE PUBLIC IS CURRENTLY COMMENTING, SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS. >> OKAY, THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE BEFORE WE LET THEM PROCEED? ALL RIGHT. SO PLEASE PROCEED. I HAVE QUESTIONS, TOO, BUT WE WILL WAIT UNTIL THE END. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> BACK TO THE TVMP, THE TREE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT. WHERE WE LEFT OFF, IT WAS ONE DOCUMENT THAT WOULD ADDRESS TREE AND VEGETATION BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER CONSTRUCTION. THE BENEFIT IS A CONSOLIDATED DOCUMENT IN LIEU OF A PERMIT BY PERMIT ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. THE ABILITY TO CREATE ONE PUBLIC FACING DOCUMENT ALLOWS FOR THE UPFRONT TREE LOSS AND WHERE TREES WILL BE PLANTED AND MAINTAINED. THAT IS UNIQUE AND NOVEL AS FAR AS FREE MANAGEMENT IS CONCERNED. WE INTEND TO DO SPECIFIC ENGAGEMENT WITH THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION. WE WENT TO THEM TO OUTLINE WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDE INNED THE TREE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN. THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE CONCEPT, BUT WANTED TO GET MORE INTO THE DETAILS. THAT'S WHERE WE ENVISION A PHASE TWO ENGAGEMENT WHERE THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN WOULD BE SHARED WITH THE URBAN AND FORESTRY COMMISSION FOR THEIR FEEDBACK IN ADVANCE OF BEING APPROVED. TRIBES ALSO COMMENTED THEY WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE TREE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN IN ADVANCE OF IMPLEMENTING. THAT'S PART OF THE 106 PROCESS AND HAD BEEN ENVISIONED ALREADY. THE OTHER MAJOR BENEFIT OF THE TREE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT IS CREATING A HOLISTIC FORWARD-FACING STRATEGY WITH THE ABILITY TO START TREE REPLACEMENT EARLIER AND DURING CONSTRUCTION, NOT PLAYING CATCHUP AFTER LIGHT RAIL IS CONSTRUCTED, BUT BEING PROACTIVE AND INCLUDING IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. NEXT SLIDE. AS PART OF OUR LAST BRIEFING ON APRIL 30th , YOU REQUESTED SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE ABILITY TO TRANSPLANT TREES. THE CITY HAS TAKEN THAT REQUEST AND TURNAWAY, AND CONFIRMED WITH OUR ARBORISTS AND SOUND TRANSIT ARBORISTS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF BEING ABLE TO DO THAT. , TRANSPLANTING TREES. THERE'S A NUMBER OF LIMITATIONS AND COST OUTCOMES THAT WE NEED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM UNIVERSALLY SAYING WE CAN TRANSPLANT TREES OR NOT. IT REQUIRES MORE WORK AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE. THE LIMITATIONS WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND SIZE SPECIES GENUS, AND HEALTH ARE PARAMOUNT TO IF A TREE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR TRANSPLANT IN THE FIRST PLACE. ALSO THERE'S AN ACCESSIBILITY CONCERN FOR BOTH THE SENDING SITE AND RECEIVING SITE. A SIMPLE WAY OF CONSIDERING ACCESSIBILITY, IF THERE'S POWER LINES FOR INSTANCE NEXT TO A SITE, IT WILL BE VERY HARD TO MOVE THE TREE OFF THE SITE WITHOUT ASSOCIATED COST FOR THE POWER LINES. SECOND, THERE ARE WORSES OF THE PROJECT IN UNIQUE GEOGRAPHIES THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW THE RELOCATION OF TREES. IMAGINE SLOPES OR SLIDES. WE WILL NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE THEM OUT OF THE HILLSIDES WITHOUT CREATING HARM TO THE SURROUNDING SITES. WE UNDERSTAND THAT LARGER TREES ARE HARDER TO TRANSPLANT AND HAVE A LOWER SURVIVAL RATE THAT TYPICALLY IF THERE HAS BEEN SUCCESS, IT IS WITH SMALLER TREES THAT ARE MORE NIMBLE TO BE TRANSPLANTED. THE THIRD BULLET IS CRITICAL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. THE SEASON AND TIME NEEDED FOR TRANSPLANTING MAY NOT ALIGN WITH THE PROJECT SCHEDULE. YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TRANSPLANT TREES AT EVERY SEASON OF THE YEAR. THAT IT IS LIMITED IN SCOPE WHEN YOU CAN TRANSPLANT TREES. YOU COUPLE THAT WITH THE ACQUISITIONS ARE UNKNOWN, AND WHEN THEY DO COME THROUGH, THEY IMMEDIATELY LIKE TO START CONSTRUCTION. THE SEQUENCE OF ACQUIRING LAND OBTAINING PERMITS AND STARTING CONSTRUCTION IS VERY, VERY SEQUENTIAL, AND AT THE STALE OF THE PERMITS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DELAYS OF WEEKS OR MONTHS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE KNOCK-DOWN EFFECTS ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT SCHEDULE. IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ALIGN THE PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS ALONG WITH THE SEASON FOR TRANSPLANTING, COUPLE THAT WITH WHEN WE NEED TO START CONSTRUCTION LOGISTICALLY HAS MANY, MANY SCHEDULE IMPLICATIONS. THE COST OF TRANSPLANTING TREES IS SIGNIFICANT. AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, SOUND TRANSIT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TRANSPLANT TREES WITHIN THEIR OWN PROJECT FOOTPRINT SINCE THEY ARE CONSTRUCTING WITHIN THEIR PROJECT FOOTPRINT. TREES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE TRANSPLANTED WOULD BE COORDINATED WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO CITY PROPERTY. THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRANSPLANT TREES OF THEIR OWN AND WOULD NEED TO CONTRACT OUT TO SPECIALISTS IN ORDER TO DO SO. INITIAL ESTIMATES SEEM TO COME IN BETWEEN 10 AND 100 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE TREE REPLACEMENT. IN A SCENARIO WHERE SO MUCH COSTS ARE INCURRED, SOUND TRANSIT HAS WHAT IS CONSIDERED OR WHAT THEY CALL A BETTERMENT POLICY. SOMETHING THAT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CODE THAT INCURS A LOT OF COST BECOMES THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY TO PAY FOR. IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT TRANSPLANTING TREES WOULD BECOME BETTERMENTS, BUT IT'S LIKELY A CONSIDERATION FOR US MOVING FORWARD. LASTLY, THE CITY HAS EXPERIENCED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TRANSPLANTING RECENTLY THAT HAD VERY LOW SURVIVAL RATE, AND SO THE COST BENEFIT OF BEING ABLE TO TRANSPLANT TREES IS IN QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE MORE YOU WOULD ADD? >> I COULD ADD, WE DID -- I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LINDSAY AND I ARE NOT THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN URBAN FORESTRY OR CERTAINLY TREE TRANSPLANTING. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH OUR ARBORISTS AT THE CITY. THE URBAN FORESTRY TEAM AT SDOT AND OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT AND SEATTLE PARKS IN DEVELOPING THESE -- THE INFORMATION ON THIS SLIDE. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC EXAMPLES THAT THE CITY CAN POINT TO IN RECENT HISTORY IN TRANSPLANTING TREES THAT HAVE NOT YIELDED SURVIVAL OF THE TREES, AND THERE'S A GOOD DEAL OF HESITATION ABOUT THE UP-FRONT COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT THAT IS NOT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE OR TECHNICAL ABILITY THE CITY HAS. WE HAVE TO CONTRACT OUT, AND THE LOW SURVIVAL RATE OF THE TREES. THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO APPROACH WITH A LOT OF CAUTION. I ALSO WANT TO UNDERSCORE FROM THE POINT OF THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT IN ANY IDENTIFICATION OF BETTERMENTS, WE THINK THIS WOULD LIKELY QUALIFY AS A BETTERMENT UNDER POLICY AND POINTING TO THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT JUST ADOPTED LAST MONTH ABOUT PRECLUDING THE SITING OF AN ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FACILITY THAT STATES THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING A TIMELY -- SHOOT, I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE EXACT WORDS WITH ME. TIMELY ISSUANCE OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS THAT IS ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IN AN EXPEDITED MATTER. THAT THIS CONCEPT, WHILE I THINK COMING FROM A PLACE OF ABSOLUTELY WANTING TO PRESERVE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING AND CANOPY, WE THINK WOULD INTRODUCE UNCERTAINTY TO THE SCHEDULE IN A WAY THAT COULD TRIGGER SOME OF THOSE STATUTORY CONCERNS. >> WE DO, THOUGH, WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING TO GET READY, KIND OF PIVOTING TO THERE'S A LOT THAT THE CITY IS DOING TO PREPARE FOR OUR ROLE IN THE TREE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN. LINDSAY, MAYBE I WILL LET YOU TAKE THOSE BULLETS, AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE LAST ONE. >> OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THE TAG TEAM. >> REALLY QUICK. WE DO HAVE SOME MEMBERS WHO DO HAVE A HARD STOP IN A FEW MINUTES, SO I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN PAUSE HERE FOR THEM TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE OR HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR PRESENTATION? >> I THINK THERE'S TWO MORE SLIDES MAYBE. NOT TOO MUCH. YOU WANT TO LET THEM ROLL? >> YEAH. >> CONTINUE, PLEASE. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE TREE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN. THE NEXT STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TREE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN IS TO REVIEW THE DRAFT PLAN. THE CITY WILL COMPLETE ITS FIRST REVIEW IN THE COMING QUARTERS, AND WE WILL GO OUT FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THE PLAN AS NOTED WITH THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION AND AVAILABLE MORE GENERALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THE PLAN. IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTORS MUST APPROVE THE PLAN BEFORE IT'S ADOPTED, AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACQUIRE LARGER TREES WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT WHEN FEASIBLE. YOU CAN SEE WHAT SOUND TRANSIT CALLS THE VEGETATED CLEAR ZONE AROUND THE GUIDEWAY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHILE SOUND TRANSIT IS ACQUIRING LAND TO BUILD THE GUIDEWAY, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO INFORM WHERE AND HOW TREES ARE PLACED AROUND THE GUIDEWAY WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE CLEAR ZONE AROUND IT. NOT ALL AREAS OF THE GUIDEWAY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TREES, BUT THOSE AREAS THAT DO, WE WILL ENCOURAGE THE LARGEST TREES POSSIBLE. >> AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS OF THIS IS THAT THERE ARE GOING BE A LOT OF TREES THAT ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE REPLACED OUTSIDE OF THE PROJECT FOOTPRINT. WE ARE DEVELOPING A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE ST3 TREE REPLACEMENT THAT WILL HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF THE PROJECT AREA, AND IN THAT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONSIDER, AGAIN, THE STRATEGIES TO ENCOURAGE CONFERS AND LARGER TREES AND ASSESS THE TRANSPLANT OF TREES THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. >> AND THEN JUST TO BRING HOME THE FINAL PART ABOUT THE CODE AMENDMENTS GENERALLY. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY FOR MANY YEARS TO HELP CREATE THE CODE AMENDMENTS IN ORDER TO STREAMLINE THE HUNDREDS OF PERMITS THAT WE ANTICIPATE. OUR GOALS ARE TO CREATE CLEAR STANDARDS, STREAMLINE THE PERMIT PROCESS, MAINTAIN AND SHEPHERD A TRANSPARENT AND PUBLIC PROCESS, AND ALWAYS MAINTAIN OUR AUTHORITY TO ASSESS AND MITIGATE IMPACTS OF LIGHT RAIL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION. >> AND THIS IS OUR LAST SLIDE. NEXT STEPS, EXPECTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 29th, AND THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION LATER THIS YEAR RELATED TO WEST SEATTLE, AND THEN PERMITTING FOR WEST SEATTLE IS EXPECTED TO START IN EARNEST IN Q3 AND Q4. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE TEAM AND THE PRESENTATION TODAY. THE LAST TIME WE TALKED AND SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THAT, INDIVIDUALLY IN MY OFFICE, COLLEAGUES THIS IS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION THAT KEEPS US MOVING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER LIGHT RAIL FASTER, MORE EFFICIENTLY WITH LESS EXPENSE. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, IF WE RETAIN THE CURRENT SYSTEM AS WITHOUT THIS BILL, WE WILL BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY ON PROCESSES RATHER THAN OUTCOMES. THIS BILL IS DESIGNED TO RETAIN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT STEPS AND PROCEDURES FOR EVERYONE TO BE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED, AND IT BATCHES THEM IN TO PROCESSES THAT CREATE MORE EFFICIENCY. THIS IS NEEDED. IT'S NEEDED NOW BECAUSE WORK ON WEST SEATTLE IS ALREADY OCCURRING. I'M TAKING A TOUR IN NINE MINUTES. WORK THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOING ON IN SEATTLE FOR THE WEST SEATTLE SEGMENT THAT THIS BILL DIRECTLY APPLIES TO. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT. I THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR WORK. I URGE A YES VOTE. THANK YOU, CHAIR. RY MUCH, CHAI AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR COMING BACK WITH THE MUCH MORE FLUSHED OUT PRESEASONNATION ON THE TREE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN. I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT THAT HAS GONE IN TO THAT. I GUESS I WOULD SAY I STILL HAVE A FAIR NUMBER OF QUESTIONS, BASICALLY WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS TO TRANSPLANT TREES, AND I GUESS I'M NOT QUITE READY TO GIVE UP ON THAT. SO I WILL CERTAINLY HAVE QUESTIONS AND THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE OFFLINE. I THINK IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO WORK WITH THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION AND ASSESSING WHERE WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY TRANSPLANT TREES, SO I JUST WON'T GO IN TO ALL OF MY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT, BUT BOTH TO APPRECIATE THE SORT OF HOLISTIC APPROACH, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT RATHER THAN PERMIT BY PERMIT, BUT I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME ROOM FOR MORE TREE PRESERVATION THAN WHAT HAS BEEN PUT HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION WITH THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. I FEEL LIKE I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES YOU HAVE PRESENTED AROUND PRESERVING A TREE, AND AT THE SAME TIME, I FEEL LIKE WE CAN -- WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE CALCULATIONS AS THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION. I UNDERSTAND, PERHAPS, WE CAN'T SAVE ALL OF THE TREES, BUT I THINK IT'S HARDER ON THE OUTSET OR EASIER ON THE OUTSET TO SAY ALL OF THE REASONS WHY IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT AND THEN NOT DO IT, RATHER THAN LET'S SEE IF THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE THAT CAN BE PRESERVED. THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. AND THEN WE ARE MAKING REALLY INFORMED DECISIONS VERSES LIKE A WHOLE -- WE CAN'T DO IT, SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO IT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. I DO APPRECIATE, THOUGH THAT YOU LOOKED INTO THIS. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE SO FAR INTO LOOKING INTO THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF PLAN FOR, CAN WE SAVE SOME OF THE TREES, UNDERSTANDING WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAVE ALL OF THEM. IT SHOULDN'T BE ALL OR NONE BECAUSE IT'S HARD. IT SHOULD BE WHAT CAN WE DO? NOT WHAT CAN'T WE DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK. I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THE IMPORTANT LEGISLATION TO KEEP PROJECTS ON TRACK. AS A POINT OF CURIOSITY, APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO TREES. I'M PARTICULARLY STRUCK BY THE BULLET POINT AROUND COST, SEEING THAT TRANSPLANTING TREES INDICATES HIGHER COSTS 10 TO 100 TIMES HIGHER THAN A TREE REPLACEMENT. CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT? ARE THERE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES YOU CAN POINT TO IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND ON IT A LITTLE BIT. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH SOME, AGAIN, WE ARE NOT THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, BUT THERE'S AN EFFORT AND A PARTNERSHIP ACROSS SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT SUCCESSFUL TREE TRANSPLANT EXAMPLES FROM OTHER AREAS, AND THERE WAS A RECENT EXAMPLE IN BOISE THAT HAS HAD A GOOD DEAL OF ATTENTION WHERE IN WHICH A SEQUOIA WAS MOVED FROM A DEVELOPMENT, ESSENTIALLY A HOSPITAL I UNDERSTAND, AND IT WAS MOVED TO A GREEN FIELD SITE ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY OR NOT VERY FAR AWAY. THE TOTAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY $300,000, INVOLVING PREP WORK A YEAR IN ADVANCE TO THE ROOT SYSTEM TO GET THE TREE -- I GUESS THERE'S A PRUNING PROCESS YOU DO TO THE ROOTS ABOUT A YEAR IN ADVANCE AND GIVE THE TREE SOME TIME TO REPAIR FOR THAT, ABOUT A YEAR IN ADVANCE OF MOVING. IT REQUIRED CLEAR ACCESS TO THE PRE AND POST TRANSPLANT SITES. AS LINDSAY MENTIONED, POWER LINES OR GETTING HEAVY MACHINERY ON THE RECEIVING AND SENDING SITE FOR THAT LARGE-SCALE MACHINERY. IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, THEY WERE ABLE TO CLEAR THE ACCESS ROOT. IT WAS A SHORT, LEVEL ROOT, TO MOVE THE TREE FROM ONE SITE TO ANOTHER. AND THEN THERE WAS FIVE YEARS OF MAINTENANCE THAT WAS INVOLVED FOLLOWING THE TRANSPLANTING, BY A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR THAT INCLUDED IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AT THE ROOTS, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN THE CROWN, AND A FULL ANCHOR SYSTEM TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE, AND ALL OF THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE FOR FIVE YEARS BY A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR BEFORE IT WAS HANDED OVER TO THE FOLKS THERE. THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THERE. AT FIVE YEARS, THE TREE IS STILL ALIVE. WE HAVE NOT HAD SIMILAR SUCCESS WITH RECENT TREE PLANTINGS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE SCALE AND AMOUNT OF TIME IN ADVANCE. A YEAR OF PREPWORK, BUT MAY ASK A FOLLOWUP? >> THAT 300,000 FIGURE, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE FIVE YEARS OF MAINTENANCE WORK? OR IS THAT JUST THE INITIAL YEAR OF PREP AND MOVING IT? >> OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? IN MY NOTES I DON'T HAVE IT EXPLICITLY. I BELIEVE IT INCLUDED SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE WORK, BUT I COULD FIND THAT OUT FROM THE FOLKS THEY BELIEVE THE SEATTLE PARKS THAT ARE DOING THAT RESEARCH. >> CERTAINLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT. I WOULD LOVE A FOLLOWUP JUST FOR THE CLARITY. CERTAINLY THE NUMBERS HELP TO COLOR A LITTLE MORE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE EFFORTS. CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES MY EFFORTS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION. >> I SEE COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP AGAIN? >> I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT. ACTUALLY IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS SO INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL IS BEING USED AS A MODEL HERE TO SHOOT DOWN A SIMILAR ATTEMPT HERE. PERSONAL, ADDITIONAL DATA SHOWS THAT ACTUALLY THE GIANT SEQUOIA BEING CUT DOWN TODAY AT GREEN LAKE COULD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN MOVED WITHOUT HAVING TO BEGIN THE TREE ROOT PRUNING EARLIER BECAUSE IT IS BASED ON SEQUOIAS ARE MUCH EASIER TO TRANSPLANT. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE THAT COULD HAVE MADE THIS HAPPEN FOR LESS COST, SO I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT MUCH OF THIS IS BASED ON THE SPECIES OF THE TREE AND THE WILLINGNESS TO GET IT DONE AND NOT USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE. IT WAS A UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF A VERY, VERY BIG AND VERY, VERY OLD TREE, AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO FIND GIANT SEQUOIAS ALL ALONG THIS PROPOSED ROUTE, SO LET'S NOT USE THAT EXCEPTION, WHICH ACTUALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DONE HERE FOR LESS MONEY AND DONE NOW TO SAY THAT THIS CANNOT BE DONE AND IT IS UNSUCCESSFUL. I WOULD APPRECIATE FURTHER CLARIFICATION ABOUT ALL OF THIS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH THE ARBORISTS AND PARKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT BEING ABLE TO MOVE THE GIANT SEQUOIA TODAY AND OTHER TREES, AND THERE'S MANY REASONS THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. ANOTHER THING I WOULD LOOK AT, WHAT IS THE SURVIVAL RATE OF SAPLINGS VERSES TRANSPLANTED TREES. A VERY LOW RATE OF SAPLINGS, AND THEY REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND TIME. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, THERE WILL NOT BE A VOTE ON THIS TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 29th. OKAY. AND WE WILL BE VOTING ON THE 29th ON THIS. IT'S UP TO ME? COOL, ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO A COUPLE OF FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS, AND ALSO RELATED TO THE TREES, I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF TREE LOCATION VERSES TREE REPLACEMENT. THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SURVIVAL RATE IS VERY GOOD TO HAVE, BUT AS, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN POINTED OUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S GENUS SPECIFIC, TIME OF YEAR SPECIFIC, TIER SPECIFIC, SO, AGAIN, GOOD INFORMATION, GOOD CLARIFICATION TO HAVE. I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WHERE POSSIBLE, PRESERVE RATHER THAN REPLACE, AND IF THAT MEAN YOU DESIGN AROUND THE THING, DESIGN AROUND IT. OKAY, IT'S A COUPLE MORE CURVES. SO WHAT? AND SINCE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED SEPTED IN TERMS OF STATION DESIGN, I ALSO WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT CONCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO VEGETATION AND LIGHTING. SO MY ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE PLANNERS OF THESE STATIONS IS LOOK AT THE VEGETATION PLAN AND LIGHTING PLAN AND PUT THEM ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND MAKE SURE THEY DON'T CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER. THE LIGHTING PLAN WHEN THE TREE PLAN COMES INTO FULL MATURITY IT BLOCKS IT. CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE NINE PLEASE? AND THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DISPLACEMENT AND THE -- I GUESS COMPENSATION FOR THE FOLKS WHO WILL BE DISPLACED? I KNOW THERE'S DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BUSINESSES GETTING UP TO 200K, AND ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION FOR THE DISPLACEMENT OF THEIR BUSINESSES, AND THAT DOESN'T TELL ME WHAT ABOUT THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL FOLKS. HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE MADE WHOLE IF THEIR PROFIT IS IN THE PATH OF THE RAIL? AND YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING HOUSING PRICES IN SEATTLE, 200K AIN'T GOING TO CUT IT. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? >> THE 200K, JUST TO NOTE THAT IS RELATED TO THE BUSINESS REESTABLISHMENT. IT'S NOT FOR THE PHYSICAL -- THE ACTUAL PROPERTY RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROVIDED WHETHER RESIDENTIAL OR BUSINESS IS SEPARATE FROM THE REESTABLISHMENT COMPONENT. WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS SOUND TRANSIT AND SOUND TRANSIT'S ROLE TO PROVIDE THE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE, AND WE DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TOO MUCH TO IT, OR OVERSPEAK TO IT, BUT THAT DURING THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION PROCESS, RELOCATION ASSISTANCE, WHETHER IT'S TO TENANTS, PROPERTY OWNERS, OR BUSINESSES ARE PROVIDED THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE NEGOTIATED WITH SOUND TRANSIT. SOUND TRANSIT'S REAL PROPERTY DIVISION IS WORKING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING IN WEST SEATTLE WITH EARLY ACQUISITIONS IDENTIFIED BY THE BOARD LAST YEAR, WELL IN ADVANCE OF PERMITTING, THEY WERE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS. WE ARE SUPPORTING THAT PROCESS. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO GET INFORMATION BACK TO THIS COUNCIL FROM SOUND TRANSIT ABOUT THE SPECIFICS. I THINK THAT IT IS VERY SPECIFIC TO EACH PROPERTY WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ENDS UP BEING BECAUSE IT'S SENSITIVE TO THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY. >> AND THEN IF YOU GO TO SLIDE 12 PLEASE? YEAH, THE WHOLE PART OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THERE'S A CONCERN, AND LET'S SAY THERE'S BEEN A HISTORY OF CONCERN ABOUT SOUND TRANSIT ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, HAVE THEY BEEN FULLY TRANSPARENT? HAVE THEY BEEN FULLY ENGAGING WITH NEIGHBORHOODS? WE CAN THINK OF SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THAT HAS BEEN THE CONCERN OR USE COULD EVEN SAY THE CRITICISM, HEY, WE WERE REALLY NEVER REALLY BROUGHT INTO THE PROCESS, SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND WE LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE TO CODE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT I THINK FOR EVERYONE ON THIS PANEL THAT THERE'S BEEN SINCERE AND GENUINE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. YOU KNOW, NOT JUST TO THE BIA, WHICH ALSO VERY IMPORTANT. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. HOW MUCH OPPORTUNITY DOES THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE HOW MUCH HAVE THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN? THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US. WE WANT TO MAKE SENSE OF THAT, AND IF THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE ENGAGEMENT BAKED IN BEFORE STUFF HAPPENS, BEFORE WE PUT PEN TO PAPER OR WHATEVER, I THINK YOU MAY BE SEEING THE REQUEST, LET'S MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING OUR PART, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT SOUND TRANSIT DOES, BUT WE CAN CONTROL WHAT WE DO. SO, AGAIN, WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, AND LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE MOST ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE CAN PRIOR TO PEN GOING TO PAPER OR SHOVEL HITTING DIRT. >> COULD I JUST RESPOND REALLY QUICKLY? >> YEAH. >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I THINK WE JUST WANT TO SAY WE SHARE THAT CONCERN, AND I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AGAIN AT THESE PROCESS-RELATED IMPROVEMENTS, ALL THREE OF THOSE WILL BAKE IN ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WOULD NOT EXIST UNDER THE CURRENT CODE. >> OKAY. >> THIS IS VERY MUCH AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS AND SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD DURING THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PERMIT PROCESS ISN'T JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE EXERCISE, YOU KNOW, ON THE 19th FLOOR OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL TOWER PERMIT BY PERMIT, BUT RATHER AN UP FRONT OPPORTUNITY WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS IN THE GEOGRAPHY AND HAVE A CHANCE TO BE INVOLVED IN WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN OR TREE AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN LOOK LIKE. >> OKAY, AND WILL THAT BE IN WRITING? >> YES, THAT'S IN THE CODE AMENDMENT. >> SWEET. OKAY, COOL. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO CHIME IN ON? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR SOLOMON, MY APOLOGIES FOR MISREADING MY CALENDAR. I WAS READING 30 MINUTES AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, AND THAT'S WHY I RETURNED HERE. YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE PAYMENTS FOR EITHER PEOPLE OR BUSINESSES THAT ARE BEING DISPLACED, IT HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL OVER THE YEARS WHICH IS WHY THERE'S SUCH A VERY PRESCRIPTIVE SITUATION TO ADDRESS EACH AND EVERY PLACE. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A BILL BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR THAT PASSED THAT MAKES SOME CHANGES. THERE'S A -- FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, THERE'S A VERY CLEAR FRAMEWORK FOR WHAT DOES AND DOES NOT OCCUR. I ALSO WANT TO FLAG FOR THE CONVERSATIONS, WE GOT INTO THE CONVERSATION OF BETTERMENTS. IT'S A TERM OF ART WITH SOUND TRANSIT. IT IS THE -- AND WE PASSED THE SOUND TRANSIT POLICIES EARLIER THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR, AND REALLY CREATING CLEAR, IN OR OUT POLICIES FOR BETTERMENT. WHAT IS, WHAT IS NOT A BETTERMENT. WHO IS AND WHO IS NOT PAYING FOR THAT BETTERMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN A DIFFERENT APPLICATION IN DIFFERENT CITIES AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM, AND SO THERE'S, AGAIN, A CLEAR POLICY THAT WE JUST HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THAT IF WE ARE MAKING THESE DECISIONS, IT'S NOT SOUND TRANSIT THAT WILL BE PAYING FOR CERTAIN THINGS IT WILL BE THE CITY OF SEATTLE, SO JUST WANTED TO KEEP THAT CONVERSATION GOING, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO -- YOU SAID THIS IS GOING TO BE VOTED ON IN THE NEXT COMMITTEE S THAT CORRECT? >> YES, IT WILL. >> IT'S IMPORTANT WE PASS THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, THE RECORD OF DECISION HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST SEATTLE. WE ARE AT THE GO-NO GO STAGE. IF THE COUNCIL IS A NO GO, EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> YES, UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> LOOKING TO SEE IF I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LAST ONE ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH STAKEHOLDERS. CAN YOU SPEAK BRIEFLY TO HOW HAVE THE CONCERNS RAISED DURING THOSE ENGAGEMENTS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR MITIGATION? >> SO SPECIFICALLY THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN AND HOW THE CONCERNS -- OKAY. STAKEHOLDERS AT THE SODO AND DOWNTOWN ENTRANCE STEERING COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES IN THEIR GEOGRAPHIC AREA WHILE CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY, AND NOT JUST ONE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, BUT MULTIPLE PROJECT IMPACTS BEING CONSIDERED CUMULATIVELY, AND THE PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN HAS NEVER BEEN VISIONED IN THE CODE BEFORE, AND SPECIFYING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER CONSTRUCTION IMHOLISTICALLY IS THE CONCEPT THAT IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIVE. SOUND TRANSIT WOULD BE COMING IN AND ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE PERMITS ALONE. WE ARE ASKING THEM TO ASSESS THE IMPACTS OF THE PERMIT IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE PERMITS IN THE GEOGRAPHY. THE DOWN TOUR CORE, FRICTION, IF YOU HAVE THREE STATIONS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT ONE TIME, HOW DO GOODS MOVE AROUND THE DOWNTOWN CORE IN THAT SCENARIO? YOU CAN'T LOOK AT IT WITH JUST ONE STATION. YOU HAVE TO THINK OF THREE IF THEY WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE SAME TIME. THAT IS WHERE THE PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN IS BEING RESPONSIVE. IT CREATES THE TOOL FOR US TO DO THAT ASSESSMENT WITH SOUND TRANSIT AND HAVE IT BE TRANSPARENT AND PUBLIC FACING FOR THOSE COMMUNITY STAKE HOLDERS TO PARTICIPATE IN. >> IF I COULD JUST ADD QUICKLY THAT IS A CONCERN THAT CAME UP IN THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, I WOULD SAY FROM THE SODO BUSINESS OWNERS, PORT OF SEATTLE, ALL THROUGH DOWNTOWN, SEATTLE CENTER, THEY WERE VOCAL IN OUR ENGAGEMENT ABOUT THE CONCERNS RELATED TO OUR CONSTRUCTION, BUT BY PUTTING THIS IN THE CODE, IT IMPACTS THE BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS WITH THE UPFRONT MITIGATION PLANNING IN ADVANCE OF PERMITTING. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> CHAIR, THANK YOU. SARA, THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THIS IS AN SDOT PIECE. HOW ARE YOU MOVING FOLKS AROUND WHILE CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING? FOLKS HAVE HAD IN THE PAST AND CURRENTLY A LOT OF FRUSTRATION WITH SDOT AND THEIR ABILITY TO MANAGE FOR TRAFFIC AND MOVING OF PEOPLE AND GOODS DURING THIS TIME. SO THAT IS VERY MUCH PART OF THE OUTREACH I'M TALKING ABOUT AT THE FRONT END AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TALKING TO FOLKS ABOUT BEFORE IS IMPORTANT. AND I WILL SAY THAT JUST HAVING YESTERDAY, TRYING TO GET AROUND THE MARKET WITH ALL OF THE CLOSURES, AND THERE DOES SEEM TO BE EVEN IN THE TIMING OF THE LIGHTS CHANGING IS ONE WAY THAT YOU COULD DO TO MITIGATE FOR MOVING PEOPLE AROUND, AND FROM WHAT I SAW YESTERDAY, IT DID NOT INSPIRE CONFIDENCE BECAUSE I AM NOT -- I AM NO TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BUT I'M SITTING THERE THINKING F THIS LIGHT HAD CHANGED AT THE SAME TIME AS THIS LIGHT, WE WOULD BE MOVING PEOPLE FASTER THAN JUST NOW WAITING, AND BY THE TIME THE LIGHT -- YOU GET THE PICTURE. YOU HAVE DONE THIS, TOO. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE TRAFFIC. IT'S BUSES, AND IT'S JUST FOOT TRAFFIC, SO YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE EXPERIENCES ARE LEGITIMATE REASONS FOLKS MAY HAVE CONCERN. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ADDRESSING THIS ON THE FRONT END WITH THE COMMUNITY FOLKS, RESIDENTS, AND BUSINESSES WHO ARE IMPACTED AND WILL BE EVERY DAY. AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN BECAUSE I SAID IT LAST TIME, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF SOUND TRANSIT 3. I'M A BIG PUBLIC TRANSIT ADVOCATE. DID NOT HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE UNTIL I WAS 30. TRUE STORY. THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE AN OBSTRUCTIONIST. WE NEED TO DO THE OUTREACH ON THE FRONT END ROBUSTLY SO ON THE BACK END WE MITIGATE FOR FOLKS GETTING REALLY UPSET BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S COMING. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING BEFOREHAND, AND THEN AS IT IS OCCURRING, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP GOING THESE OUTREACH POINTS, AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME KIND OF OUTREACH WITH TIME LINE PLAN FOR AS THESE PERMITS ARE COMING UP, HOW WE ARE GOING TO ENGAGE WITH FOLKS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING THIS WORK AND NOT JUST SOUND TRANSIT, BUT SDOT IS VERY MUCH A BIG PARTNER IN THIS AND WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO TO MITIGATE THINGS. IT'S NOT JUST NAMING IT NOW, ACKNOWLEDGING IT NOW, AND THEN DURING. IT'S THAT WE NEED TO DO SOME THINGS, OUTREACHWISE DURING AS WELL I'M JUST NOT HEARING THAT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. LET'S SEE, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? ANY FINAL COMMENTS FROM THE PANEL? >> I THINK THE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WITH REGARDS TO THE OUTREACH PLAN, OUTREACH SHOULD BE A HOLISTIC STRATEGY. THERE SHOULD BE CODE ENGAGEMENT, BUT THAT SHOULD NOT BE THE ONLY PLACE SPECIFYING THE ENGAGEMENT DONE WITH THE COMMUNITY. NOT NECESSARILY RELYING ON CODE TO SPECIFY EVERY SINGLE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY, BUT TO DEVELOP A HOLISTIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH SDOT THAT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST THE INDIVIDUAL PERMITS WE ARE CREATING THOSE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AROUND. >> ALL OF THAT. >> OF IT. >> YOU WANT A BIGGER STRATEGY. >> YEP, THANK YOU. >> THANKS, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND PRESENTING. AS WAS MENTIONED, WE WILL HAVE A MEETING ON THE 29th. THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AT THAT MEETING, AND I AM ANTICIPATING WE WILL VOTE AT THAT MEETING AS WELL. SO THAT ACTUALLY CONCLUDES OUR -- YOU KNOW THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE MEETING TODAY. SO IF THERE IS A -- IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE? OKAY, HEARING NONE, OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, MAY 29th AT 2:00 P.M. HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THE TIME IS 10:47. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.