>> JANUARY 15 , 2025 SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2:04 P.M. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> VICE-CHAIR RIVERA >> PRESENT >> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA >> HERE >> CHAIRR STRAUSS >> PRESENT >> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE >> PRESENT >> NUMBER MORE >> PRESENT >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON >> PRESENT . >> EVERYONE'S HERE IN PRESENT AND ALIVE AND WELL. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE AGENDA. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING AND SEEING NONE, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. BEFORE WE GET INTO PUBLIC COMMENT I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR REMINDING ME THAT IT IS WHAT LUTHER KING'S BIRTHDAY. HE WAS BORN JANUARY 15, 1929 IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. IS ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS OF OUR TIME AND HE WENT TO MOREHOUSE, MONTGOMERY WHITE CUT. HE'S KNOWN FOR HIS I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH AND NOBEL PEACE PRIZE BUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES THAT HE TALKS ABOUT AND I THINK IT IS MORE OF A TIME TO THINK IT IS TIME TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT LOVE IS THE ONLY FORCE CAPABLE OF TRANSFORMING AN ENEMY INTO A FRIEND SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES THE CONSEQUENCE OF -- COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAN BRING A LOT OF ENEMIES. BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT AS WE TAKE REFLECTION OF OUR OWN LIVES ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE THE DREAM THAT HE SAW FOR ALL OF US TO LIVE IN A SOCIETY WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER , LOVE ON EACH OTHER, BE RESPECTFUL, AND ALSO HAVE ECONOMIC JUSTICE, AS WELL. THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HE TALKED ABOUT AND SO JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AND GROUND US AND SET THE TONE BEFORE WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID CUP -- PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD BE RELATED TO THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR WITHIN PURVIEW OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP? >> 37. 16 ONLINE. >> AWESOME. WE ARE GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY ONE MINUTE. I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE -- WE USUALLY GIVE TWO MINUTES, BUT PUBLIC, JUST 20 MINUTES AND WE CONTINUE TO EXTEND IT, SO WE CAN GET THROUGH SPEAKERS TODAY, IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE GOT TO GET TO THE WORK WITHOUT PCD . YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SEND IN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS DIRECTLY TO US. THIS IS ALSO A REMINDER THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WE ARE JUST LISTENING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THAT IS ON FEBRUARY 5th AT 5:00 P.M. EVERYONE WILL GET TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND WE WILL BE HERE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES FOR US TO GET EVERYONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON FEBRUARY 5th AT 5:00 P.M., AND THAT WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE WE WILL BE HERE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO GET THROUGH EVERYONE. WITH THAT BEING SAID WE WILL JUMP INTO -- EXCUSE ME, OUR CLERK WILL READ THE ROLES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED ON THE WEBSITE AND FROM THE SIGN-UP SHEET HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. WE WILL START WITH IN PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST. IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO SPEAK, SIGN-UP BEFORE THE END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND SIGN UP ON THE PUBLIC SIGN-UP SHEET FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT MICROPHONE. THE LINK IS LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA. WHEN SPEAKING, PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING YOUR NAME ON THE ITEM YOU'RE ADDRESSING. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT. IF SPEAKERS DO NOT AND THE COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE TIME PROVIDED, THEIR MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT PERSON. >> I WILL BE READING OFF THE SPEAKER'S NAME TODAY. I'M GOING TO CALL EVERYBODY'S NAMES IN THREES. THERE ARE THREE MICROPHONES. TWO IN THE FRONT, ONE ON THE SIDE. FIRST OFF WE HAVE ALEXIS. I CAN'T READ YOUR LAST NAME, I APOLOGIZE. THEN WE HAVE RANDY AND MORGAN ROBINSON. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. ALEXIS? AWESOME. YOU CAN GO WHENEVER YOU ARE READY. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] SOME PEOPLE CALL IT END OF LINE AS WELL. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROPOSES TO REZONE HUNDREDS OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES INTO FIVE STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS . NOT A GREAT IDEA. I WOULD URGE THE COUNSEL TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE CITY TO NOTIFY HOMEOWNERS THAT THEIR PROPERTIES OR THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO REZONING. IT WOULD BE -- IT WOULD ADD RESPECT TO THE PROCESS AND IT WOULD ALSO ADD MORE TRANSPARENCY TO THE PROCESS. IF YOU CAN PUT THAT ON THE DOCKET, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THE EIS IS WORTH WHAT -- WORTHLESS UNLESS IT EXAMINES THE IMPACT ON SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT FAMILY ROY, IT IS DOMINATED BY THE FERRY DOCK. BY 2040, THE STATE ESTIMATES THERE WILL BE 2 MILLION VEHICLES USING THIS AREA. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU, ALEXIS. AND YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL, WITH OUR CLERK. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, RANDY. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF KING COUNTY REALTORS AND WE ARE HERE FOR GREATER HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. OUR REGION HAS EXPERIENCED JOB GROWTH DURING THE PAST 20 YEARS. THE HOUSES FOR THE JOB GOES AT NIGHT. BUT THERE ARE MORE JOBS THAN HOUSES, HOUSES GET EXPENSIVE AND IT REALLY IS ABOUT SUPPLY AND DEMAND. WE HAVE DONE A VERY POOR JOB OF PROVIDING ENOUGH ZONE CAPACITY TO ENABLE THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO BUILD HOUSING IN RESPONSE TO DEMAND. IT HAS HARMED OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND SENT MANY WILL INCOME FAMILIES OUT OF SEATTLE IN SEARCH OF AFFORDABILITY. THE COMP PLAN UPDATE MUST INCREASE HOUSING SUPPLY AND ZONE DENSITY , SUFFICIENT HOUSING RELATIVE TO DEMAND IS THE FIRST AND BEST STRATEGY TO MAKE HOUSING AFFORDABLE. WE NEED HOUSING IN A MANNER THAT MAKES HER NEIGHBORHOODS AND SAID EVEN MORE VIBRANT AND WELCOMING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, RANDY. MORGAN IN THE NEXT THREE WILL BE MET, BLAIR, AND DEB. >> MY NAME IS MORGAN ROBINSON FROM MADRONA AND I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT [ INAUDIBLE ] THE CURRENT PLAN IS ATTEMPTING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD HAPPEN AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED ARE NOT ONLY STEEP SLOPES , BUT LANDSLIDE AREAS. SPECIFICALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE, THE BLUE REPRESENTS STEEP SLOPES . THE RED REPRESENTS KNOWN LANDSLIDE AREAS. THE GREEN AREA IS LANDSLIDE RISK AND THE BLUE AND BLACK CIRCLES ARE PLACES WHERE LANDSLIDES HAVE OCCURRED. I HAVE TO ASK , HOW ON EARTH HAVE WE DECIDED TO HAVE EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT IN PLACE IN KNOWN LANDSLIDE ZONES? IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHEN REPLACE THESE AND THAT MEANS THESE THINGS NEED A MORE THOROUGH REVIEW, NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE -- THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MATT, BLAIR, AND DEB. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM A RESIDENT OF MADRONA. THIS IS THE STREET I LIVE ON. IT IS GRAND AVENUE. TWO THIRDS OF GRAND AVENUE IS SLATED FOR UP-ZONING AND GRAND AVENUE IS A VERY NARROW, CURVED STREET WITH PARKED CARS ON ONE SIDE AND A CONCRETE WALL ON THE OTHER . WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE STREET, SOMEONE HAS TO BACKUP. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A TRUCK OF ANY KIND , THE CAR ALWAYS HAS TO BACKUP. THERE IS ALMOST NEVER ANY OPEN PARKING SPOTS, SO WE HAVE TO EITHER WAIT FOR 10 MINUTES WHILE THE TRUCK DOES ITS BUSINESS OR SOMEONE HAS TO BACKUP AROUND A CURVED STREET ON A HILL. MORE CONCERNING THAN THAT TO US AS THINGS LIKE THIS. THIS IS NEWPORT, ONE STREET ADJACENT TO GRAND, WHERE A FIRE TRUCK ENCOUNTERED THE CAR. YOU CAN SEE HOW INCREDIBLY CLOSE THAT FIRE TRUCK IS TO THE CAR. FORTUNATELY, THE CAR IT ENCOUNTERED WAS VERY [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE DEB , AND RON NEXT, THEN MARTY McCOWAN. >> MY NAME IS BLAIR AND I AM ALSO A RESIDENT OF MADRONA. I HAVE LIVED IN MADRONA OVER 45 YEARS AS MY PARENTS CAME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE 1970s, AND WHEN I WAS ABLE, I BOUGHT A HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I CHOSE MADRONA FOR MANY REASONS, PARAMOUNT IS MADRONA'S HISTORY OF RACIAL INTEGRATION WHICH CONTINUES TODAY. THE RACIAL DIVERSITY IN MADRONA WAS NOT BY ACCIDENT. UP UNTIL THE 1960s, REDLINING AND RACIAL TENSIONS SEGMENTED ARE IMMUNITY. BLACK PANTHERS, SEATTLE CITIZENS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS FOUGHT FOR THE INTEGRATION THAT ALLOWED MY PARENTS TO PURCHASE THEIR HOME. MY PARENTS PAID WHAT THE MARKET DEMANDED FOR THEIR PROPERTY BUT WERE NO LONGER INCLUDED -- EXCLUDED BY LAWS THAT DISALLOW THE PURPOSE. I RETURNED TO MADRONA BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY AS WELL AS THE BEAUTIFUL TREE CANOPY, VIEWS, AND LOCATION. I'VE MADE MANY FINANCIAL SACRIFICES TO MAKE RETURNING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD A REALITY. THE PROPOSED UP SEWING IS DRAMATIC AND DEVASTATING . [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU, BLAIR. AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM MADRONA, WHICH I REPRESENT. I WILL BE HAVING A MEETING WITH YOU ALSO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT IT IS ON THE DOCKET. DEB. HI, DEB. >> THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE CONCERNS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS AT LAST WEEK'S MEETING. YOU NOW HAVE OVER 850 SIGNATURES FROM MAPLE LEAF NEIGHBORS WHO DID NOT SUPPORT THE DESIGNATION OF MAPLE LEAF IS A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. WE REALIZE THE CITY IS GROWING AND NEEDS MORE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE AND FAMILY-FRIENDLY HOUSING. HOWEVER, WE WANT SMART COMMUNITY-APPROPRIATE REZONING THAT SUPPORTS A VIBRANT, MULTIGENERATIONAL AND LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT PROTECTS AND ENHANCES OUR TREE CANOPY. WE ALSO WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR NEWLY DEVELOPED GREENLAND AS A SAFE STREET WITHOUT PROLIFERATION OF HIGH-RISE APARTMENT BUILDINGS. SIMPLY DESIGNATING MAPLE LEAF AS A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER WITH NO OVERALL PLAN OR INPUT FROM RESIDENTS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A VERY HAPHAZARD APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT AND WILL BE LEFT TO DEVELOPERS TO DO WHAT THEY WANT WHERE THEY WANT. WE WANT TO SEE A WELL-THOUGHT-OUT PLAN FOR GROWTH THAT INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT AND THOROUGH ASSESSMENT OF TRANSIT AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. WE WANT TO PLAN WITH GREATER CHANCES OF SUCCESS IN MEETING THE GOALS [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU, DEB. NEXT UP WE HAVE RUN CHAMBERS , MARTY McCOWAN. I PROBABLY BUTCHERED YOUR NAME, I'M SORRY, THEN MAGGIE LEWIS. MR. RON, YOU'RE UP. >> HI. I DID NOT GET ANYTHING UNTIL DECEMBER 15th, SOMEONE STICKS A FLYER IN MY MAILBOX. THAT IS IT. THAT IS ALL THE OUTREACH WE GOT. MY NEIGHBORS GOT THE SAME THING. SOME OTHER AREAS GOT THE SAME THING, NO OUTREACH. SAME ADDRESS. 45 YEARS. SAME PHONE NUMBER 50 YEARS. NOTHING BUT THIS FLYER. SO, THEY SAY THERE WAS OUTREACH. WHERE? OH, IT WENT TO THE DEVELOPERS. I GET IT. SO THE DEVELOPERS GOT THE OUTREACH AND THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF ALL THOSE PHONE CALLS I HAVE BEEN GETTING PAID MR. CHAMBERS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SELL YOUR HOUSE? MR. CHAMBERS, WE HAVE A CASH OFFER FOR YOUR HOUSE. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON. NOW I DO. I AM ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THESE DEVELOPERS CUTTING CORNERS WHEN WE GO TO BUILDING STRUCTURES BECAUSE WE HAVE OFTEN SEEN NEW STRUCTURES UP THERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOOM AND PLUMBING IS BAD. ROOFS LEAK. WHAT IS GOING ON? ANYWAY, TALK TO THE CITY INSPECTORS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE BUILDING GOOD BUILDINGS. OTHERWISE, WE WILL HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. >> WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DO YOU LIVE IN, DO YOU MIND ME ASKING? >> WEST GREEN LAKE. NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. YES, MA'AM. >> UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE MARTY, MAGGIE, AND THEN BOB . >> MY NAME IS MARTY McEWAN. I'M ALSO FROM THE WEST GREEN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD. I AGREE WITH RUN CHAMBERS ' PREVIOUS COMMENTS. NO ONE I TALKED TO IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS HEARD OF THIS PROPOSAL UNTIL DECEMBER 15th AND MANY HAVE NOT YET. WHATEVER OUTREACH MAY HAVE HAPPENED, IT DID NOT REACH US. I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AND PROPOSED COURSE OF ACTION. IN SHORT, WE REQUEST ADOPTING A MINIMALLY REQUIRED COMPREHENSIVE LAND-USE PLAN TO MEET THE HB 1110 DEADLINE, THEN PROOF OF CONCEPT, PROTOTYPE LOCATIONS COULD DETERMINE WHETHER THERE ARE HOPED-FOR RESULTS, AND WE COULD CONSIDER A CITYWIDE PHASED ROLLOUT. FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE SCRAMBLING TO UNDERSTAND THIS, IT IS CRUCIAL TO POINT OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STATEWIDE HB 1110 REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT THE MAYORS OVERLAID ONE SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENTAILS. I PROPOSE THAT WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LIST OF OUR QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE COMPILED SO THAT YOU CAN ASK [ INAUDIBLE ] >> YES, YOU CAN PUT THAT RIGHT THERE, AND WE WILL GET IT. THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE MAGGIE, BOB IS NEXT. HI, MAGGIE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> THANK YOU. I LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE IN THE GATEWOOD AREA MORE OR LESS. WE DO NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. HOWEVER, AND THAT IS WHY HOUSE BILL 1110 WAS PASSED. HOWEVER, THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN GOES WAY BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED BY HOUSE BILL 1110. I REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL VOTE ON THOSE PARTS OF THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE LAW , BUT DO NOT VOTE ON THE REST OF THE PLAN UNTIL IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ARE THOROUGHLY ANSWERED. THINGS SUCH AS WHY ARE URBAN VILLAGE BOUNDARIES BEING EXPANDED WHEN CURRENT URBAN VILLAGES HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY DEVELOPED ACCORDING TO THE FORMER PLAN. I DO SOME OF THOSE EXPANDED BOUNDARIES INCLUDE AREAS THAT HAVE STEEP RAVINES THAT HAVE ALREADY HAD SLIDES? WHY ARE THERE FOUR AND FIVE STORY BUILDINGS ALONG ALL FAST TRANSIT RETURN MAYBE THREE-STORY BUILDINGS WOULD BE SUFFICIENT. DO CITY PLANNERS LOOK CAREFULLY AT WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT? ARE THEY JUST USING A RULER AND FLAT MAP? ARE THEY LOOKING AT THE SMALL STREETS? ARE THEY LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC? >> THANK YOU, MAGGIE. HI, BOB. YOU CAN GO TO ANYONE AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO TELL US YOUR LAST NAME, BECAUSE I BUTCHERED IT. I'M SORRY. >> YOU DID JUST FINE. MY NAME, LIKE PUPPY. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE GATEWOOD AREA OF SEATTLE FOR THE LAST 42 YEARS OR SO. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ASK THAT THE VOTE ON THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN GO BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED BY HOUSE BILL 1110 AND POSTPONE UNTIL THE CITY TAKES MEASURES TO DIRECTLY THROUGH EMAIL, TEXT, PHONE CALLS AND THINGS LIKE THIS THAT DID NOT GET SENT TO US. THIS CAME FROM SOUND TRANSIT. IT DID NOT COME FROM THE CITY. UNTIL WE GET -- UNTIL WE CAN GET A PROCESS TO SUBSTANTIALLY ADD TIME TO THIS PROCESS SO WE CAN REALLY THINK ABOUT WHICH PARTS OF OUR CITY NEED TO HAVE TALLER BUILDINGS IN WHICH PARTS DON'T, THERE WERE TWO POSTERS AND -- IN TWO LIBRARIES IN WEST SEATTLE. THERE WERE TWO MENTIONS IN A NEWSLETTER [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU, BOB. THE NEXT THREE NAMES ARE AP HEARD, RUTH -- I'M SORRY, I'M THE WORST AT READING HANDWRITING. PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. AND THEN, ANGELA DAVIS. >> THANK YOU. I AM AP HEARD AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK AND FAVOR OF KEEPING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN THE COMP PLAN. WE HAVE A DEEP SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THERE IS ONLY TWO WAYS TO GET IT. SUBSIDIZE MORE, WHICH WE ARE KIND OF AT THE LIMIT OF WHAT TAXPAYERS CAN PAY OR MAYBE NOT, I HOPE WE WILL GET MORE, AND ALSO MAKE IT LESS EXPENSIVE TO BUILD. I WORK IN LAND-USE AND I ADVISED CITIES AND COUNTIES AND TRANSIT AGENCIES ABOUT HOW TO GET MORE HOUSING THERE TRANSIT. I HAVE ALSO BUILT BUILDINGS IN SEATTLE INCLUDING THE FIRST MASS TIMBER WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT IN THE COUNTRY. HELPERS TO BUILD HOUSING. I LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS BECAUSE THE LOWER BUILDINGS MAKE FOR A SIMPLER STRUCTURE THAT IS LESS EXPENSIVE TO BUILD, AND THERE IS ROOM TO PARK THE CARS ON THE STREET SO WE ARE BUILDING HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT MAKING IT A PREREQUISITE TO BUILD HOUSING FOR THE CARDS. IF WE MAKE IT LESS EXPENSIVE TO BUILD QUALITY HOMES FOR PEOPLE IN THREE TO FOUR BUILDINGS WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE IN SEATTLE AND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. I URGE YOU TO MAINTAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN THE COMP PLAN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, AP. CAN I JUST REMIND FOLKS TO SPEAK IN THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR IT ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL AND ALSO FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS, AS WELL. NOW WE HAVE RUTH AND THEN MS. ANGELA. GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH. >> THE CORE FLAW IN THE DRAFT PLAN IS TOTAL HOUSING CAPACITY, FAR BEYOND WHAT IS NEEDED BASED ON FORECASTS. WE SAW ALTERNATIVES OF 80 TO 120,000 UNITS. HOW DID WE GET FROM THOSE TO 160,000 FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 330,000? FOUR TIMES THE STATE MANDATE. THE CITY OF BELLEVUE HAS 66,000 HOUSING UNITS. DO WE NEED TO SHOEHORN THE EQUIVALENT OF FIVE VALUES AND TO SEATTLE? THIS IS A 10-YEAR PLAN, ONE WE WILL REVISIT 10, NOT 20 YEARS FROM NOW. THE CITY APPEARS TO ADOPT THE STATES MODEL HOUSING ORDINANCE WHICH INCREASES LOT COVERAGE AND DECREASES SETBACK. THIS IS OPTIONAL. ACCORDING TO THE LAW, THE CITY MAY APPLY CURRENT STANDARDS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING TO MIDDLE HOUSING. SHOW US WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE, HEIGHT LIMITS AND SETBACKS. THE SETBACKS DEFY NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER. THESE ARE RADICAL CHANGES . OUR HEADS ARE SPENDING EVERY TIME I MEET PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVE NOT HEARD. WE URGE YOU TO SLOW DOWN AND DIAL IT BACK. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW WE HAVE ANGELA. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> LOUD AND CLEAR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I AM A SEATTLE NATIVE. I CURRENTLY LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE. I HAVE LIVED IN CENTRAL DISTRICT, SOUTH SEATTLE AND OTHER PARTS OF KING COUNTY . WHATEVER DECISION IS MADE , IT IS VITAL THAT WE INTEGRATE THE MIND-SET FROM THE WOMB TO THE TOMB, FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGNING HOUSING. WE CAN NO LONGER CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THERE ARE ELDERLY ISOLATED IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND SPACES, PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES ARE NOT ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS BECAUSE THE DESIGN IS NOT CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF THESE INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS. WHEN WE CONSIDER THAT, WE ARE ALSO CONSIDERING THE DECREASE IN THE NEED FOR SOCIAL SERVICES WHEN WE HAVE FAMILY UNITS THAT ARE CONNECTED AND INTEGRATED IN HOUSING. >> THANK YOU, MS. ANGELA. WE HAVE CECELIA, ANNA, AND TANISHA. I HOPE I SAID THOSE RIGHT. CECELIA, ANNA, AND TANISHA. HI, CECELIA. WELCOME. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS CECELIA LIKE. I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER . TRANSIT CORRIDORS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS OF THE TWO PRIMARY AREAS THAT WILL ADD ACCESSIBLE HOUSING. WE CANNOT LOSE THIS. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE CAN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO FIND ACCESSIBLE HOUSING IN THE CITY. IT TOOK ME EIGHT MONTHS TO FIND A WHEELCHAIR-ACCESSIBLE APARTMENT NEAR TRANSIT AND SERVICES I COULD WALK TO. IT HAS BEEN LIFE-CHANGING. WHEN YOU FACE A MANY TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS LIVING IN A WORLD NOT FOR YOU, WALK ABILITY AS A LIFELINE. UNLIKE MOST DISABLED PEOPLE, I CAN AFFORD THE RENT IN URBAN CENTERS. ALMOST ALL ACCESSIBLE HOUSING IS MULTIFAMILY HOUSING . IT MUST MEET SOME LEVEL OF ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. IS THE HIGH RISE BUILDINGS WITH FOUR OR MORE STORIES THAT HAVE ELEVATORS. LESS THAN 10% OF NEW SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ARE ACCESSIBLE, WHICH MEANS DISABLED PEOPLE HAVE VERY FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCESS THE 75% OF SEATTLE ZONED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING. >> THANK YOU, CECELIA. NEXT WE HAVE ANNA AND THEN TANISHA. HOPEFULLY I SAID THAT RIGHT. >> HELLO. THERE IS A GLARING OMISSION IN SEATTLE'S STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND THAT IS THE IMPACT OF COMPANION ANIMALS. PEOPLE BRING THEIR ANIMALS WITH THEM. WITH MORE PEOPLE, THERE WILL BE MORE PET BUSINESSES NEEDING REGULATION, MORE ANIMAL CRUELTY CASES THAT NEED INVESTIGATING. OFF-LEASH AREAS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY LEADING TO TENSIONS BETWEEN PARK USERS. OVERLAPS WITH DIFFICULT SOCIAL ISSUES SUCH AS HOMELESSNESS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL FOR INCREASED ATTENTION AND GREATER SHELTER OPTIONS. THE PLAN HAS NO MENTION OF THE BURDEN OF PET FEES ON RENTERS , THE LACK OF PET-FRIENDLY HOUSING, THE NEEDS FOR LOW COST THAT -- VETERINARIAN CARE, PET FEUDS AND SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES, THE DEMAND FOR WHICH WILL INCREASE. THESE ARE ALSO ISSUES OF EQUITY. IT IS REASONABLE TO ASK FOR THIS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CITIES PLANNING. THE CITY HAS A PET FRIENDLY REPUTATION. LET'S SEE OUR GROWTH PLANNING REFLECT THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WERE YOU ANNA? OKAY. >> TOO MANY AND US. >> I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T READ LAST NAMES, MY FAULT. GO AHEAD. WE GOT TWO ANISE. THANK YOU, ANNA AND GO AHEAD, ANNA. >> THANK YOU. HI. I AM HERE AS A RESIDENT OF THE HELMAND CITY NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE ALSO IN THE GRAND STREET AREA THAT IS GETTING UP ZONED. REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE INCREASED DENSITY BECAUSE IT MEANS WE WILL HAVE BETTER TRANSIT SERVICE AND MORE SERVICES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I WAS TRYING TO GET CASPER TO SHARE BUT ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAD TO MOVE AWAY RECENTLY BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD HOUSING IN SEATTLE AND THEY HAD A KID WHO WAS HIS GOOD FRIEND SO HE WANTED TO ALSO SHARE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE HOUSING ALL OF US CAN AFFORD SO FAMILIES CAN REMAIN IN SEATTLE AND HE DOESN'T LOSE FRIENDS AFTER BEING PRICED OUT OF THE CITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ANNA. HI, TANISHA. GO RIGHT AHEAD. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS TANISHA AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THE WEST SEATTLE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD AND I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE URBAN VILLAGES AND UP ZONING IN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS DUE TO THE FACT THAT , AS CECELIA WAS SAYING, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OFTEN HAVE AN EXTREMELY HARD TIME FINDING HOUSING. I KNOW I HAVE IN THE PAST, AND EVEN NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO POSSIBLY MOVING INTO A MORE PERMANENT HOME OR RESIDENCE. I WOULD LOVE TO STAY IN THE WEST SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DO LOVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASPECT OF THAT AREA. HOWEVER, WE KNOW THE CITY IS GROWING AND WE KNOW THAT BY EXCLUDING CERTAIN AREAS, IT IS ESSENTIALLY CONTINUING A HISTORY OF REDLINING THAT WE NO LONGER WANT TO SEE BROUGHT BACK TO OUR CITY. IT IS OFTENTIMES DIVERSITY, AND THAT IS INCLUDING SOCIOECONOMIC [ INAUDIBLE ] THAT MAKES A NEIGHBORHOOD MORE LIVABLE. IT REALLY MAKES OUR COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER , AND WE NEED MORE HOUSING THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE. >> THANK YOU, TANISHA. APPRECIATE YOU. THE NEXT THREE WILL BE LISA PFEIFFER -- AND WHEN START READING PEOPLE'S LAST NAME BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH SAME NAMES. LISA PFEIFFER, JASMINE SMITH, SCOTT BERKLEY AND I THINK WE ALREADY HAD ANNA HENNESSY SPEAK, SO PLEASE SEND -- LISA, JASMINE, SCOTT. >> MY NAME IS LISA PFEIFFER. I AM A HOMEOWNER IN THE MADISON VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD. I AM A HOMEOWNER SIMPLY BECAUSE I MOVED HERE IN 2010. IF I WERE TO MOVE HERE TODAY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT. SEATTLE HOMEOWNERS LIKE ME HAVE MADE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS SIMPLY BY THE LUCK OF WHEN THEY MOVED TO SEATTLE. MYSELF OF THE PAST IS NO MORE DESERVING OF THIS WINDFALL THAN MYSELF OF TODAY . MY POINT IS THAT HOMEOWNERS HAVE THE INCENTIVE TO PROTECT THIS WINDFALL BY OPPOSING CHANGE SUCH AS YOU HEARD TODAY. YOU HEAR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS. THIS OPPOSITION IS FULLY CONSISTENT WITH OUR FINANCIAL INCENTIVES. HOWEVER, I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS MENTALITY IS NOT A GOOD OR DESIRABLE SYSTEM . IT IS YOUR JOB REPRESENTING THE CITY TO PLAN FOR WHAT IS BEST FOR EVERYONE. IF WE WANT A CITY WHERE FAMILIES CAN MOVE TO, WHERE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FUNDS NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, WHERE PEOPLE CAN UPSIZE OR DOWNSIZE DEPENDING ON THEIR LIFESTAGE WE MUST PLAN FOR THE GROWTH OF HOUSING. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU, LISA. WE HAVE JASMINE SMITH. WELCOME, AND THEN SCOTT BERKLEY IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU. HI, JASMINE. >> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I AM FROM FUTURE -WISE, AND A NEIGHBOR OF QUEEN ANNE. THIS TRANSIT EXPANDS IN THE CITY OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS THERE IS AN IMMENSE NEED FOR MORE HOUSING ALONG WITH IT TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT IS WHY IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE EXPAND AND EXCUSE ZONING AROUND TRANSIT CORRIDORS FOR SPACES FOR CHILDCARE, GROCERY STORES, SMALL BUSINESSES IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND EXPAND EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AROUND TRANSIT. HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS A HUGE ISSUE NOT JUST FOR BRINGING THE COST OF RENT THEM, BUT ENSURING THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY, AS WE JUST HEARD. AS WE ARE MAKING SURE WE ARE ABLE TO STAND IN THIS CRISIS AND DO SOMETHING BOLD, AS OUR NEIGHBORS CONTINUE TO GET PRICED OUT AND THE KIDS CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FOR YOUNG FAMILIES, SENIORS AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS . AS WE LOOK TO BE LEADERS IN OUR REGION ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT IS [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU, JASMINE. HI, SCOTT. WELCOME. GO AHEAD AND START WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SCOTT BERKLEY. I AM A WEST SEATTLE RESIDENT AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA HAS BEEN DOING TREMENDOUS WORK ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE . WE RECENTLY PASSED A HISTORIC TRANSPORTATION LEVY TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE . LIKE MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, I DON'T ENJOY SITTING IN TRAFFIC OR FIGHTING FOR A PARKING SPOT. THAT IS WHY IT IS SO WONDERFUL THAT WE HAVE SUCH GREAT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND WAYS OF GETTING AROUND. UNFORTUNATELY, DESPITE THE NAME COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT OF AN OVERSIGHT OF INTEGRATING OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN WITH OUR HOUSING PLAN TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW. SOME OF THE DENSITY BONUSES -- ELIMINATION OF PARKING MANDATES ARE BASED AROUND CURRENT TRANSIT FREQUENCY BUT IN OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN WE HAVE THE FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK THAT IS WHAT WE WILL HAVE IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO INTEGRATE THOSE. MY BACK >> THANK YOU, SCOTT. ANNA HENNESSY ALREADY WENT SO NEXT WE HAVE LILY HAYWARD, PARKER DAWSON , AND DONNA BROSKI. >> HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON . MY NAME IS LILY HAYWARD SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE MORE THAN 2500 MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND AS A MEMBER OF THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES COALITION AND SUPPORT OF A BOLD AND AMBITIOUS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE WOULD LIKE TO COMMAND MAYOR HARRELL FOR PROPOSING A PLAN THAT WOULD CREATE 300 UNITS OF HOUSING. THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR MORE COMMERCIAL SPACES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IMPROVING WORKABILITY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW SMALL BUSINESSES RIGHT IN OUR DISTRICTS. HOUSING IS CRITICAL TO THE HEALTH OF OUR ECONOMY. AS WE WELCOME EMPLOYERS WE ALSO NEED TO CREATE HOUSING STOCK SO WORKERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS CAN AFFORD TO LIVE AND GROW THEIR FAMILIES IN SEATTLE. HOUSING CONTINUES TO BE A TOP PRIORITY . ACCORDING TO THE CHAMBER'S INDEX POLLING, 20% OF VOTERS SUPPORT NEW AND DIVERSE HOUSING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AS YOU CONTEMPLATE THIS PLAN WE ASK THAT YOU RESERVE ITS STRENGTHS INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND ENSURE THAT ANY AMENDMENTS ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH THE CITY WILL INEVITABLY UNDERGO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, LILY. PARKER AND THEN DONNA. WELCOME. >> PARKER DAWSON, MASTER BUILDERS. I AM HERE TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO FIRST CONSIDER THE TRUE COST OF CANOPY LOSS IN SEATTLE. WE REVIEWED THE 2024 PS RC REPORT FOR SEATTLE'S 2021 ASSESSMENT THAT ASSERTS A 1.2% CANOPY LOSS IN NEIGHBORHOOD AREAS BUT A 5.1% LOSS IN PARKLAND FOR SDC I STATED CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND PROTECTS MORE THAN FOUR TIMES THE NUMBER OF TREES IT REMOVES. I'M ALSO HERE TO URGE THE COUNCIL COMES -- TO CONSIDER INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY. AN ESTIMATED THREE TO FIVE UNITS OF HOUSING IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND HOW SDOT FUNDED JUST 250 OF 13.5 THOUSAND MISSING BLOCKS OF SIDEWALK IN THE LAST NINE YEARS. THIS COUNSEL WILL BE FACED WITH HARD TRUTHS AND DIFFICULT DECISIONS IN THE COMP PLAN PROCESS BUT THE FACT IS WE NEED MORE HOUSING AND OUR CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS EACH OF YOU TO MEET THIS OPPORTUNITY AND CHALLENGE WITH THE URGENCY OR CIRCUMSTANCES DEMAND. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, PARKER. HI, DONNA. WELCOME. YOU CAN START WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS DONNA BROSKI. I AM A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER. MY AREA OF PRACTICE INCLUDES WATER SYSTEM DESIGN AND POLICY ANALYSIS. ON JANUARY 6 JUST OVER A WEEK AGO, THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RELEASED APPENDICES FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WITHIN IS REFERENCED IN OUTDATED 2019 SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES WATER SYSTEM PLAN . THE 2019 BUSINESS PLAN IS OUTDATED AS CONFIRMED BY THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR AT SPU WHERE SHE STATED THE WATER SYSTEM TODAY IS NOT THE WATER SYSTEM OF 2019. WHAT IS BLATANTLY MISSING FROM THE INFORMATION RELEASED ON JANUARY 6 AND THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS AN IDENTIFIED PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCE NEEDED TO ADDRESS REPLACEMENT OF AGING WATER PIPES WITH NO NEW TAPS [ INAUDIBLE ] SPU'S NO NEW TAPS POLICY IS FOUND WITHIN DIRECTORS RULE 440. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MILES OF NO NEW TAPS. GO TO THE GIS [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU, DONNA. NEXT UP, WE HAVE SANDY SHETLER. DAVID GLOBIN , AND JOSH FRIEDMAN. >> HI, COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM REQUESTING THAT HARD ESCAPE IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES BE REDUCED. CLIMATE CENTRAL IS A CLEARINGHOUSE FOR PEER-REVIEWED STUDIES AND RATES SEATTLE NUMBER FIVE IN THE NATION FOR URBAN HEAT ISLANDS. IT IS NOT BECAUSE WE ARE HOTTER THAN CITIES LIKE PHOENIX. IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE ADDED SO MUCH PAVEMENT . LIVING IN A HEAT ISLAND IS A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN SUMMER HEAT WAVES AND IT CAUSES YOUR BODY 'S INFLAMMATORY MARKERS TO SPIKE. THE NEW ZONING PLANS FOR 90% HARD SCAPE IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL WHERE MOST OF OUR TREES ARE, THAT IS 50% FOR BUILDINGS AND 40% FOR OTHER PAVEMENT . SURPRISINGLY, FEW PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING INDUSTRY KNOW THAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING LOT COVERAGE, SEATTLE ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO COUNT HALF OF THE ALLEY , SO ON ANY LOT WITH AN ALLEY , OVER 90% OF IT CAN BE LEGALLY PAVED UNDER THE NEW PLAN. PLEASE REQUIRE SHARED WALLS TO ELIMINATE LOT SPRAWL AND REDUCE LOT COVERAGE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SANDY. >> WE HAVE DAVID AND NEXT, JOSH FRIEDMAN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DAVID GLOVER , AND AM RESIDENT OF SEATTLE. AT THE LAST MEETING MEMBERS OF OCD WERE TOUTING HOW MUCH INFORMATION THEY PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC BUT THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN. HOWEVER THE MEETING I ATTENDED AT NATHAN HALE HIGH SCHOOL INCLUDED FACTS THAT WERE VERY DECEPTIVE AT BEST IF NOT TOTALLY UNTRUTHFUL. ONE BOARD STATED, THE TREE PROTECTION CODE LIMITS THE NUMBER, SIZE AND TYPE OF TREES THAT CAN BE REMOVED . THIS IS NOT TRUE. SEATTLE'S TREE ORDINANCE PROVIDES LITTLE PROTECTION FOR TREES AND PROPERTIES UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF WE HAVE SEEN A PRETTIES CLEAR-CUT OF ALL IMMATURE TREES, INCLUDING ONCE NOT IN THE WAY OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THE CURRENT DRAFT OF THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN DOES NOTHING TO CHANGE THIS AND THERE ARE OTHER OMISSIONS . OPEN SPACE. IF SEATTLE IS TRUE TO THIS, WHY DOESN'T OPCD GO BACK AND MAKE THE PLAN FIT WITH THE BOARD STATED ? WE CAN MAKE SEATTLE GREEN FILE [ INAUDIBLE ] >> THANK YOU, DAVID. I APOLOGIZE FOR SAYING YOU'RE WRONG LAST NAME. YOUR LETTER AND LOOKS LIKE A R. >> HELLO. I AM JOSH FRIEDMAN. I AM A LAND-USE ATTORNEY HERE IN TOWN. I REPRESENT THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES COALITION AND LIVE IN THE SEWARD PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. WE COMMEND THE CITY'S STAFF AND THEIR CAREFUL WORK CREATING A BOLD, METHODICAL STRATEGY TO LEGALIZE MORE HOUSING FOR ALL THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS NEED TO DO THEIR FAIR SHARE FOR AFFORDABILITY AND WELCOME DUPLEXES, FOURPLEX IS AND YES, EVEN MIDRISE APARTMENTS. FOR TOO LONG, OUR RAGS HAVE EXCLUDED MIDDLE HOUSING. NOW WE MUST CORRECT FOR THAT BY PRIORITIZING OPTIONS. MORE DENSITY IS NEEDED TO ALLOW FOR EQUITABLE, LIVABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT SEATTLE. WITHOUT THOSE RAGS, WE CANNOT ACHIEVE SHARED GOALS OF PROSPERITY, INCLUSION AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS WERE ALL COUNTING ON US TO THINK BRAVELY NOW. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, DAVID. I APOLOGIZE FOR SAYING YOU'RE WRONG LAST NAME. YOUR N LOOKS LIKE A R. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE IN PERSON? WE HAVE JESSE SIMPSON. WE HAVE GORDON THAN ICL. -- I SEE AL. >> I AM JESSE SIMPSON, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. ALSO A LIFELONG SEATTLEITE GROWING UP IN WEST SEATTLE ON THE CURRENT CAPITOL HILL RESIDENT. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF A BOLD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE THAT ALLOWS FOR MORE HOUSING ACROSS SEATTLE. PAST PLANS AND RESTRICTIVE ZONING HAVE LIMITED OUR ABILITY TO ADD MORE HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS SEATTLE, DELIBERATELY SO, AND EVEN AS DEMAND HAS GROWN, THIS HAS CREATED AN INTENSE COMPETITION FOR THE LIMITED HOMES WE HAVE. THE GROWING COMPETITION FOR HOMES THAT EXIST HAS SQUEEZED OUT YOUNG FAMILIES , AGING SENIORS AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO ARE -- WHO WE NEED FOR OUR OVERALL ECONOMY AND SOCIETY TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE BASIC FRAMEWORK FOR GROWTH. I WANT TO COMMEND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OPCD FOR GOING BEYOND STATE MINIMUMS TO ALLOW MORE HOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, TRANSIT CORRIDORS AND EXPANDED URBAN CENTERS ACROSS THE CITY. IF WE WANT MORE HOUSING, WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE GORDON NEXT. HI, GORDON. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM A LIFELONG D3 RESIDENT AND I WORK FOR SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS. YOU'RE PROBABLY USED TO BECOMING AND CHATTING ABOUT VISION ZERO AND SIDEWALK SO WHY IS THIS GUY HERE TALKING ABOUT COMP PLAN OF THE REASON IS WALK ABILITY. SEATTLEITES LOVE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS BUT RIGHT NOW ONLY 46% OF SEATTLEITES CAN WALK TO SOME OF THEIR DAILY NECESSITIES AND THIS PLAN REPRESENTS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SEATTLE MORE WALKABLE SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. WE HOPE TO SEE THOSE EXPANDED. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK TODAY ABOUT THE TRANSIT CORRIDOR. SOME REALLY GOOD THINKING HAS GONE INTO THAT IN ONE AREA I LOVE TO COLLABORATE ON IS THE CORNER STORE LEGISLATION. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT SHORELINE BEAT US TO THE PUNCH. THEY JUST ADOPTED A NEW COMP PLAN THAT GOES EVEN FURTHER THAN SEATTLE'S PROPOSED REGULATIONS, RE-ALLOWING CORNER STORES, WHICH CAN REALLY PROVIDE AMENITIES FOR FOLKS TO WALK TO, SO I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH SOME OF YOU ABOUT THAT. THANKS. >> THANK YOU, GORDON. >> HI. THANK YOU, COUNSEL FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE SEATTLE COMP PLAN AS WELL OF ALL OF THE ZONING THAT IS PROPOSED -- NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, URBAN VILLAGES AND HAVING THAT BE TRANSIT-ORIENTED. I AM A RESIDENT OF LAKE CITY. I AM A RENTER, AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS ME AND PEOPLE IN MY GENERATION AND MY PEERS PROFOUNDLY. WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING , AS WE DO IN SEATTLE, WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE PLAY A GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS. WOULD-BE HOMEOWNERS BECOME HIGH AND RENTERS. HIGH AND RENTERS BECOME LOW AND RENTERS AND THOSE WHO MIGHT BE LOW AND RENTERS, WE ARE SEEING THEM ALL OUT ON THE STREET AND WE'LL PAY THE PRICE OF THAT WHETHER THAT BE FROM TAXES, PAYING FOR SERVICES FOR FOLKS LIVING OUT THERE OR JUST THE MORAL COST OF WALKING BY SOMEONE IN OUR CITY LIVING IN SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS SO I WANT TO APPLY THE COUNCIL ON CREATING A BOLD PLAN FOR MOVING SEATTLE FORWARD AND SPEAK IN FAVOR OF UP ZONING ACROSS THE BOARD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS THE END OF OUR IN PERSON SPEAKERS. WE WILL NOW SWITCH TO OUR ONLINE SPEAKERS AS WELL. >> SPEAKERS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR SIX WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROMPT TO UNMUTE. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS READ HAMPTON FOLLOWED BY DENNIS SILLS. >> HI, COUNSEL. I'M HERE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS THIS PLAN INCLUDES, WHICH I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THROUGH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED IN BALLARD FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS NOW AND HAVE COMPLETELY FALLEN IN LOVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UNFORTUNATELY, FOR MANY PEOPLE IT IS OUT OF REACH. THE PRICE OF ENTRY FOR A STARTER HOME IN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAS PUSHED TO $1 MILLION. FOR SOME OF US A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME IS PREFERRED BUT WE SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PEOPLE TO BE EITHER A PERPETUAL RENTER OR $1 MILLION SINGLE-FAMILY HOME OWNER. WE SHOULD NOT DENY OUR NEIGHBORS THE OPPORTUNITY OF PURCHASING A PLACE THEY CAN CALL HOME EVEN IF IT IS DIFFERENT FROM YOUR HOME. WITHOUT THE INCREASED DENSITY IN THIS PLAN, PRICES WILL REMAIN HIGH AS PEOPLE COMPETE FOR SCARCE RESOURCES. RENTS PRICE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAKE IT THAT MUCH HARDER TO STAY. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND INCREASED DENSITY AT THIS TIME. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DENNIS AND THEN MICHAEL. I, DENNIS. PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU CAN SPEAK. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. I WORK AT PLYMOUTH HOUSING IN SEATTLE. WE PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORT HOUSING TO MORE THAN 1300 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS. I SUPPORT THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES [ INAUDIBLE ] TO IMPROVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE WORK TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO EXIT HOMELESSNESS. IN THE BOOK, HOMELESSNESS IS A HOUSING PROGRAM, THE AUTHOR SHARES HOW DEVELOPING MORE HOUSING UNITS IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN SEATTLE. MANY OF OUR STAFF MUST TRAVEL FAR FROM OTHER COUNTIES JUST TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS. ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR'S BIRTHDAY THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO HONOR HIS LEGACY THEN TO SUPPORT A ROBUST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, DENNIS. NEXT, WE HAVE MICHAEL THAN ON DECK, JENNIFER. GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR SIX, AND GO AHEAD AND TALK. >> HI. I LIVE IN WEST GREEN LAKE AND WANTED TO CALL IN TO SUPPORT THE COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH PLAN. I MOVED TO SEATTLE 16 YEARS AGO FROM DALLAS AND AT THAT TIME DESPITE LOTS OF CHANGE IN THE CITY, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY GOT WORSE. I STILL HAVE FAMILY SPREAD OUT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHO WOULD LOVE TO MOVE HERE BUT THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING HAS MADE THAT IMPOSSIBLE. WE NEED NOT JUST MORE GROWTH BUT MORE CHOICE AND HOUSING OPTIONS. THIS INCLUDES NEW AND UP ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. WE ALSO MUST EXPAND MIXED-USE ZONING SO WE HAVE SPACE FOR CHILD CARE, MIXED-USE CORNER STORES AND CORNER STORES WOULD INCREASE WALK ABILITY AND LIVABILITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS HAS WORKED FOR OTHERS IN THE AUSTIN BILTMORE HOUSING SUPPLY. IT HAS WORKED THERE AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT HERE. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE JENNIFER GODFREY , THEN HENRY ROLLER, YOU ARE ON DECK. STAR SIX THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> HELLO. THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING MY COMMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE MINIMAL STATE REQUIREMENT BY STATE BILL 1110 . I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE FINAL DECEMBER 17 RITUAL IN SEATTLE PLAN MEETING. I ARRIVED AT THE MEETING AT THE SAME TIME AS HER FRIENDS PUBLIC QUESTION HAD BEEN ANSWERED AND HER SECOND QUESTION HAD BEEN PUBLISHED, YET MY QUESTION AT THE SAME TIME WAS NOT ALLOWED, WHY WHALES ARE NOT PROTECTED [ INAUDIBLE ] I ASKED MORE THAN FOUR TIMES WHY MY QUESTION WAS NOT PUBLISHED. THERE WERE NO SIMILAR QUESTIONS TO MIND THAT WERE PUBLISHED. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW LOCAL CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES WOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM A SO-CALLED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. I WOULD REQUEST THE SEATTLE CITY GOVERNMENT FOLLOW THE SEATTLE NOAA KILLER WHALE PLAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE HENRY AND FOLLOWING THAT, SARAH BELL. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. THANK YOU. >> HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> LOUD AND CLEAR. THANK YOU. >> COOL. I SUPPORT HAVING INCREASED DENSITY IN SEATTLE. HOWEVER, I AM ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR LARGE TREES. THIS IS URGENTLY NEEDED TO ADDRESS [ INAUDIBLE ] AS SCIENCE SHOWS THAT LARGE TREES ARE CRITICAL FOR REDUCING DILUTION IN STORMWATER. PROTECTING LARGE TREES WHILE ALLOWING MORE DEVELOPMENT WOULD ALLOW US TO PROTECT ORCAS AS WELL AS SALMON, BOTH OF WHICH ARE LISTED ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT. HOWEVER I WOULD LIKE THE COUNSEL TO MAKE SURE LARGE TREES ARE PROTECTED IN ORDER TO HELP FILTER STORMWATER, REDUCE POLLUTANTS AND PROTECT SALMON AND ORCAS. PLEASE CONSIDER POLICY TO PROTECT LARGE TREES THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WHILE PROVIDING BENEFITS TO HUMANS, SALMONS AND WALES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, HENRY. NEXT WE HAVE SARAH BELL FOLLOWED BY GRACE. WE ARE ABOUT 54 MINUTES INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE ABOUT 12 MORE PEOPLE TO GO WHO ARE PRESENT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO GO. STAR SIX. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES. GO AHEAD. >> PERFECT . I WANTED TO COMMENT THAT IF THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE RESPECT IN THE PROCESS AS A SEATTLE HOMEOWNER I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNSEL AND EVERYONE ELSE PRESENT THAT THERE ARE 60% OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS WHO ARE RENTERS AND ALSO WERE NOT INFORMED OF THIS PROCESS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I REALLY WANTED TO REMIND THE COUNSEL THAT IN THE UPCOMING TURBULENT YEARS THAT WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO COME TO SEATTLE, AND WE SHOULD CONSIDER THOSE FUTURE RESIDENTS AND CONSIDER HOW WELCOMING AND HOW MUCH WE WANT TO MAKE THEIR LIFE EASIER, GIVEN WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH AND THE REST OF THIS COUNTRY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE GRACE AND THEN MATTHEW. HI, GRACE. >> HELLO. HI THERE. HI. MY NAME IS GRACE AND I AM A RESIDENT OF MADRONA. I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE CURRENT ZONING ABILITY TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I AM A HOMEOWNER OF A MODEST BUNGALOW AND SINCE THIS PLAN CAME TO LIGHT LAST SPRING, I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING UNSOLICITED CALLS AND TEXTS DAILY, AND ONE WHILE I WAS WAITING ON HOLD FOR THIS MEETING FROM LOCAL, OUT-OF-STATE AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPERS OFFERING TO PURCHASE MY HOME, SIGHT UNSEEN, AT HIGH PRICES. MOST RECENTLY I HAD AN OFFER FAR ABOVE CURRENT MARKET VALUE. THE ONLY PEOPLE BENEFITING FROM THIS ARE THE DEVELOPERS AND THERE IS NO WAY THIS WILL CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ANYONE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE MATTHEW HAGAN AND STEVE, YOU ARE ON DECK. HI, MATTHEW. STAR SIX. YOU MIGHT BE MUTED, MATTHEW PRESS STAR SIX. IF WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU. MATTHEW, CAN YOU HEAR US? >> NOW, SORRY, SORRY. I'M HERE, SORRY. MY NAME IS MATTHEW HAGAN. I LIVE IN THE WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD . I'M A LOCAL ARCHITECT WITH MY OWN SMALL FIRM. I WANT TO ADVOCATE IN FAVOR OF THE MAYOR'S PLAN AND PUT IT SIMPLY, PLEASE KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INTACT. I HAVE BEEN SADDENED BY SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS AND COUNCILMEMBERS TRYING TO KEEP THE STATUS QUO, ATTEMPTING TO WATER DOWN THE PLANS THAT OF ALREADY BEEN WATERED DOWN FROM WHAT A MAJORITY OF SEATTLE CITIZENS HAVE RECENTLY ASKED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. I ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT IT IS THE ENTIRE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO INCREASE DENSITY AND NOT JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD . DENSITY SHOULD BE MORE OF A PRIORITY IN OUR FLUID NEIGHBORHOODS THAT COMPLETELY LACK ANY DENSITY AND I WANT TO REMIND THE COUNSEL IT IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HISTORICALLY REDLINED AREAS TO INCREASE DENSITY SIMPLY TO SAVE THE VIEWS AND PARKING FOR THE AFFLUENT. THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS PROPOSED ARE THE LEAST YOU CAN DO TO FAIRLY ADDRESS THE DENSITY UNIFORMLY. >> THANK YOU, MATTHEW. NEXT, WE HAVE STEVE THAN RUBY, YOU ARE ON DECK. PRESS STAR SIX . >> THIS IS STEVE SPEAKING FOR FRIENDS OF SEATTLE FOREST AND TREE PACKED. IN 2023 THE STATE LEGISLATURE AMENDED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REQUIREMENTS . HOUSE BILL 1181 ADDED ARE RESILIENCY ELEMENT THE SAID WE MUST ENHANCE RESILIENCY AND REDUCE THE ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN HUMAN COMMUNITIES AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THROUGH PROGRAMS CONSISTENT WITH THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE AND SCIENTIFICALLY CREDIBLE CLIMATE REJECTION IMPACT SCENARIOS THAT MODERATE HARM AND ENHANCE THE RESILIENCY OF NATURAL HUMAN SYSTEMS AND ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. THIS INCLUDES IDENTIFY, PROTECT AND ENHANCE COMMUNITY RESILIENCY INCLUDING SOCIOECONOMIC AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT FACTORS . [ INAUDIBLE ] THE COUNSEL NEEDS TO INCORPORATE MORE WAYS TO SAVE AND PLANT TREES IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. TREES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE THE HOLLAND THEN ADRIAN THORNSBERRY IS ON DECK. >> MY NAME IS RUBY HOLLAND AND I LIVE IN THE CD. UP ZONING HAS LED TO MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT FOR SEATTLE'S WORKING-CLASS AND URBAN VILLAGES, ESPECIALLY IN THE CD. PLEASE REJECT THE NEW COMP PLAN WHICH THREATENS TO FURTHER THOUGHTS ON THE CD, DISPLACE US AND HAVE NO ADEQUATE DISPLACEMENT PLAN IS MANDATED BY GOVERNOR HEMSLEY. I TOTALLY SUPPORT HB 1110 TO HELP WITH GROWTH. UP ZONING HAS CREATED MILLION DOLLAR TOWNHOMES , NOT AFFORDABILITY OR DENSITY. SOMEHOW, IT IS NOT BE IN CONNECTED, WHAT WE ARE HEARING AND WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING WITH WHAT IS BEING BUILT ON THE GROUND. WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MS. RUBY. NEXT WE HAVE ADRIAN THORNSBERRY THAN GABRIEL NEWMAN. GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU ARE GOOD TO GO. >> HELLO, COUNSEL. I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT TO SUPPORT [ INAUDIBLE ] SEATTLE HAS EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN HOUSING PRICES . TO MAKE UP WITH THIS WE MUST ALLOW MORE HOMES AND MORE NEIGHBORHOODS AND INCREASE OVERALL HOUSING CAPACITY TO ALLOW SEATTLE TO GROW WITH FUTURE HOUSING DEMAND. THE PROPOSED PLAN WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN ALLOWING MORE HOMES AND MORE NEIGHBORHOODS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS HAVE BEEN THOUGHTFULLY PLACED WITH MORE DENSITY FOR IT MAKES SENSE. GROCERY STORES, INTERSECTION OF TRANSIT LINES [ INAUDIBLE ] I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS TO LIVE IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS IN SEATTLE. I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PROCESS FOR YEARS, GIVING MY INPUT THROUGH EACH PHASE TO SUPPORT WAREHOUSING. EXTENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH HAS BEEN DONE AND CULMINATED IN THE MAYOR'S EXCELLENT PLAN. AM ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL PROPOSAL. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE GABRIEL THEN MATT HUTCHINSON . HI, GABRIEL. STAR SIX. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. I AM GABRIEL, THE POLICY COUNSEL AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MANAGER AT WASHINGTON'S I'LL BE LGBTQ AND ALLIED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WE SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY COMPLETE COALITIONS REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING. I AM HERE WITH AN ADDITIONAL SIMPLE REQUEST, THAT YOU MANAGE A PLAN TO ALLOW CORNER STORES TO OPEN ANYWHERE IN SEATTLE'S RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL CALLS TO ALLOW CORNER STORES ONLY ON CORNERS. IT IS UNFORTUNATELY [ INAUDIBLE ] THE POTENTIAL CORNER STORES COULD BRING. THESE ESTABLISHMENTS SUPPORT SMALL MICRO-ENTREPRENEURS WHO TAKE THEIR FIRST STEP TOWARD BRICK-AND-MORTAR SALES, HELP NEIGHBORS GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY BY INCREASING EYES ON THE GROUND. I HAVE EXPANDED ON ADVOCACY IN THE LETTER I SENT TO YOU TODAY. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE SIMPLE UPDATE AND ALLOWING MORE STORES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BYE-BYE. >> THANK YOU, GABRIEL. TIME CHECK. 3:02. WE HAVE SEVEN MORE ONLINE SPEAKERS. MATT HUTCHINS, YOU ARE NEXT TO THEM ON DECK WE HAVE KAREN DAVIS. HI, MATT. PRESS STAR SIX YOU ARE GOOD TO GO. >> HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES. GO AHEAD. >> MY NAME IS MATT HUTCHINSON I AM AN ARCHITECT WORKING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND I AM A WEST SEATTLE RESIDENT. IN THIS DISCOURSE WITH THIS MANY-YOUR HORIZON IT IS EASY TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE FOREST FOR THE TREES. SEATTLE IS GROWING AND THAT IS A GOOD THING. WE ARE REALLY LUCKY , SO HOW DO WE BEST TURN THE SATURATION INTO AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A PATH TOWARD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MORE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, LOWER CARBON FOOTPRINT PER PERSON. LESS CARS, MORE CAFES. LESS PARKING, MORE PARKS. LESS HOMELESS, MOREHOUSE. THIS PLAN IS A GOOD ONE. IT COULD CERTAINLY BE BETTER BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN A STRONG VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY . THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE KAREN DAVIS AND THEN ELIZABETH . HI, KAREN. PRESS STAR SIX. >> HI. THANKS FOR TAKING MY COMMENT. THIS PLAN HAS TWO GLARING OMISSIONS. IT FAILS TO PROTECT LARGE TREES WHICH ARE CRUCIAL TO OUR HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF OUR ECOSYSTEM. IT ALSO FAILS TO MENTION KILLER WHALES AS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES. THE SOUTHERN RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ESA LISTED FOR 20 YEARS IN THIS OFFICIAL STATUS AFFORDS THEM PROTECTION BY LAW. UNDER THE ESA, DEVELOPERS MUST ASSESS OF THE PROJECT MIGHT IMPACT ENDANGERED SPECIES ARE THE CRITICAL HABITAT, WHICH THIS PLAN DOES. IF SO, THEY MUST TAKE STEPS TO AVOID OR MINIMIZE THOSE IMPACTS. THIS IS THE LAW, NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN CHOOSE TO IGNORE. TREES ARE ESSENTIAL TO CLEANING AND FILTERING THE RUNOFF THAT ENTERS OUR WATERWAYS. TOXIC RUNOFF IS ONE OF THE THREE MAIN THREATS TO OUR SOUTHERN RESIDENTS. WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE BEINGS WHO CALL THIS PLACE HOME, NOT JUST THE HUMAN ONES. SINCE YOU CLEARLY DON'T HAVE THE GOOD SENSE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT FOR OURSELVES THANK GOODNESS THERE IS A LAW IN PLACE THAT MAKES US DO IT FOR THE SPECIES WE ARE DRIVING TO EXTINCTION. THANK YOU. >> NEXT, WE WILL HAVE ELIZABETH. YOU ARE UP AND THEN LOIS MARTIN. PRESS STAR SIX. >> MY NAME IS ELIZABETH AND I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SEATTLE. I WAS BORN HERE. I LIVE IN THE SOUTH LAKE UNION NEIGHBORHOOD AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE WAY THE SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADDRESSES THAT. I AM A SENIOR WHO DEPENDS ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR MY PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME, SO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME , FOR SENIORS LIKE ME, SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP OUR HOUSING AND DON'T BECOME UNSHELTERED OR HOMELESS. THAT IS WHY I AM URGING YOU TO SUPPORT THE SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MORGAN CITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. GOODBYE. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE LOIS MARTIN THAN ERICA. HI, MS. LOIS. PRESS STAR SIX. LOIS, ARE YOU THERE? PRESS STAR SIX. IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE ON AND COME BACK TO SEE WHEN YOU CAN JOIN US. >> THERE WE GO. SORRY ABOUT THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR LEADING THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. HAVING YOUR CALM HAND AT THE HELM MAKES ME HOPEFUL THAT COMMUNITY VOICES WILL BE CONSIDERED AND NOT JUST THE TINKLING BRASS OF THOSE PAID TO REPRESENT THE SELF-INTEREST OF OTHERS. THE CURRENT DRAFT GROWTH STRATEGY ZONING AND CONSEQUENTIAL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PLAN CONTINUE TO CAUSE HARM TO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN DAMAGED BY REDLINING, GENTRIFICATION AND OF ZONING. PLEASE REJECT IT. THESE CONSTANT DISRUPTORS ALTER THE SOCIAL FABRIC AND CAUSE CURRENT RESIDENTS TO LEAVE THE AREA AS DEVELOPERS POACH, TAXES RISE IN LIVABILITY DECLINES. SINCE THE 1990s, OUR AREA HAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE OF ZONES THAT HAVE RESULTED IN MANY WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES BEING PUSHED OUT. >> LESS TREES IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS LOSING ITS [ INAUDIBLE ] PLEASE REJECT THIS PLAN. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ERICA, MORGAN, AND PATRICK. HI, ERICA. GO AHEAD. >> HELLO. THIS IS ERICA. I AM CALLING IN TODAY TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK WE ARE SEEING UNDERTAKEN BY THIS COUNSEL . SPECIFICALLY , I ESPECIALLY EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS . [ INAUDIBLE ] THE APP ZONING. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THIS WONDERFUL PLACE. I ALSO WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR REMOVING PARKING MINIMUMS IS CITYWIDE. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT DITTIES THAT ILLUMINATE THESE REQUIREMENTS CITYWIDE ARE BETTER ABLE TO BUILD CITY HOUSING AND FOSTER DENSER COMMUNITIES. THE POLITY -- POLICY BETTER CONTRIBUTES TO TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE AND OVERALL URBAN VITALITY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR WORK. >> THANK YOU, ERICA. NEXT WE HAVE MORGAN IN OUR LAST SPEAKER IS PATRICK. >> HEY THERE. MY NAME IS MORGAN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM A HOMEOWNER OF A MODEST HOUSE IN SEATTLE AND I HAVE LIVED IN SEATTLE FOR 20 YEARS. I WOULD PLEASE LIKE TO AMEND THIS UP ZONING BILL SPECIFICALLY FROM AND ARE THREE TO LR THREE SEGMENT ON THE EAST AND THE 45th STREET BASED ON THE MISCHARACTERIZATION OF THIS AREA AS PART OF A FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK. THE PROPOSED UP ZONING IS BEING JUSTIFIED BY THE DESIGNATION OF THIS EASTERN SEGMENT IS A FREQUENT TRANSIT CORRIDOR. HOWEVER, THIS DESIGNATION IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE EXISTING SEATTLE TRANSIT MASTER PLAN. TRANSIT MASTER PLAN ACTUALLY TERMINATES WITH [ INAUDIBLE ] ON 38th AVENUE SO JUST FOR THAT SEGMENT, SO PLEASE AMEND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, AND PATRICK TAYLOR. >> HI, PATRICK. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS PATRICK TAYLOR. I'M A HOMEOWNER IN THE NORTH BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD. I AM AN ARCHITECT FOCUSED ON HOUSING AND FOURTH GENERATION OF MY FAMILY TO LIVE IN THE CITY. I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT THE NEW HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES PROPOSED IN THE MAYOR'S PLAN. WE ARE IN A HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS CRISIS. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH HOUSING, NOT ENOUGH KINDS OF HOUSING AND NOT ENOUGH PLACES. EVIDENCE SHOWS IN COMMUNITIES THAT BUILD HELMS -- HOMES, RENTS DO NOT GO UP AS MUCH. THE BEST WE CAN DO FOR DEVELOPERS AND LANDLORDS IS TO DEVELOP LESS HOUSING WHICH WILL GIVE THEM MORE POWER TO RAISE RENT. THE BEST CHOICE WE CAN MAKE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND ACCLIMATE US TO BUILD URBAN HOMES. EVERY HOUSE IN THE SUBURBS COMES WITH THE COST OF FIELD AND FOREST. EVERY URBAN HOME BUILT ALLOW SOMEONE TO WALK LESS AND DRIVE -- DRIVE LESS AND WALK MORE. PLEASE ADOPT THE MAYOR'S PLAN AS PROPOSED AND DO NOT REDUCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO LIVE IN OUR GREAT CITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, PATRICK. WITH THAT, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME IN PERSON TODAY AND ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLINE AS WELL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE FEBRUARY 5th IS A PUBLIC HEARING AT 2:00 P.M.. EXCUSE ME, FEBRUARY 5th AT 5:00 P.M. 5:00 P.M., WE WILL HEAR EVERYONE'S COMMENT AND BE HERE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES. EVERYONE WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES AS WE LISTEN. NOW LET'S PROCEED TO ITEM OF BUSINESS. WILL CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD FROM THE AGENDA. >> AGENDA ITEM ONE GROWTH STRATEGY OVERVIEW FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO THANK OPCD AND OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE GROWTH STRATEGY . I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO -- I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES ONE-ON-ONE TO HELP PROVIDE BACKGROUND, MAPS, INFORMATION AND TIMELINE SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AS WE ARE SEEING ORGANIZED ON OUR AND TO ENSURE THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALL THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO ENGAGE IN THESE CONVERSATIONS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED BY OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICE. DURING THIS PRESENTATION , BEFORE OUR PRESENTERS JUMP INTO IT, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ASK QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE A BRIEFING OF THE PRESENTATION. THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE SO PLEASE USE YOUR HAND AND I WILL CALL ON YOU SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO STEER THE CONVERSATION THAT WAY. IF WE START GETTING INTO THE WEEDS OF THINGS WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG THE PRESENTATION SO WE CAN GET THROUGH IT BUT JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE FOR YOU ALL THAT YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ENGAGE IN THAT WAY. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> CHRIS, DIRECTOR OF POLICY IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. >> RICO QUIRINDONGO. >> MICHAEL HUBNER, OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. >> BRENNON STALEY, OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. >> I'M GOING TO KICK IT OFF TODAY WITH A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE COVERING. BEFORE I DO THAT I KNOW THAT I HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT DISPLACEMENT. WE, TOO, ARE CONCERNED ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AND WE ARE SLATED TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 29th TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE EXISTING ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES THE CITY HAS IN PLACE AS WELL AS WAYS IN WHICH WE THINK WE CAN DO BETTER ON THOSE, SO WE WILL BE BACK ON THAT TOPIC. BUT, I DO WANT TO NOTE RESEARCH INDICATES ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT IS TO SUPPORT MORE HOUSING PRODUCTION, SO THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON TODAY. OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF WILL BE PRESENTING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED GROWTH STRATEGY. AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED, THE GROWTH STRATEGY IS A REQUIRED COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MUST DEMONSTRATE HOW WE WILL ACCOMMODATE EXPECTED FUTURE POPULATION AND JOB GROWTH. AS YOU WILL SEE TODAY, OUR PROPOSAL ASSUMES WE NEED ENOUGH CAPACITY TO NOT ONLY MEET, BUT TO EXCEED SEATTLE CHICKS ASSIGNED GROWTH TARGET FOR HOUSING. THE REALITY IS, SEATTLE HAS OUTPACED ITS GROWTH ALLOCATIONS IN BOTH PAST AND PRESENT PLANNING CYCLES. PROVIDING ADEQUATE ZONING CAPACITY IS FOUNDATIONAL AND SUPPORTING CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO BRING ABOUT MORE HOUSING. ABSENT MORE SUPPLY, HOUSING COST WILL CONTINUE TO ESCALATE. TO THIS END, MAYORS HARRELL AND KENT HAVE DESIGNED A PLAN THAT THOUGHTFULLY ADDS MORE HOUSING DIVERSITY AND CAPACITY AT A SCALE NECESSARY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WHILE A SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF THE ANTICIPATED ZONING CHANGES IN THE MAYOR'S PLAN STEM FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE HOUSE BILL 1110 WHICH AIMS TO ADDRESS CONSTRAINTS ON BUILDING WERE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, WE WILL ALSO HEAR ABOUT ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES THE MAYOR IS ADVANCING TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RENTERS AND ASPIRING HOMEOWNERS. FINALLY, STAFF WILL EXPLAIN HOW DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE MAYOR'S PLAN WILL BE ADDRESSED IN DIFFERENT PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND THE TIMING OF EACH OF THOSE PIECES AND FILE WE MAY BE MAKING FURTHER REFINEMENTS TO DRAFT LEGISLATION BEFORE TRANSMITTAL, WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE PLAN THAT WE RELEASED AS PART OF THIS LATEST ROUND OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, SO THERE MIGHT BE MORE TWEAKS TO COME AS WE TRANSMIT THE LEGISLATION BUT I JUST WANTED TO -- GIVEN THAT WE HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH ALL THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK WE HAVE RECEIVED SO I WANTED TO HAVE THAT CAVEAT IN THERE AND WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR DEPARTMENT STAFF TO GET INTO THE PROPOSAL. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US BACK. I'M GOING TO KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORT. THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT WITH US. WE ARE THROWING A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONVENING AND SMOOTH RUNNING OF THESE MEETINGS , REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AS WE CONTINUE TO ROLLOUT INFORMATION. WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MICHAEL. >> THAT WAS BRIEF. THANK YOU. SO, I'M GOING TO START OFF A PRESENTATION TODAY THAT WILL GET INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS AROUND OUR GROWTH STRATEGY AND ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE ZONING CHANGES , IMPLEMENTING THE GROWTH STRATEGY AND HOUSE BILL 1110 BUT WE WILL START OFF WITH A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS THE CENTERPIECE OF ANY OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, AND THIS IS THE LATEST UPDATE AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANS THAT EXTEND BACK TO THE 1990s, A GROWTH STRATEGY DESCRIBES WHERE AND HOW THE CITY WILL ACCOMMODATE HOUSING AND JOBS AND IN THE CASE OF THE CURRENT UPDATE TO ACHIEVE A MORE EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT PATTERN. ZONING IS A KEY TOOL. WE ARE A GROWING CITY. I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. IN THE PAST DECADE, SEATTLE HAS GROWN AT A VERY RAPID PACE . SINCE 2015 WHEN THE LAST COMP PLAN UPDATE WAS ADOPTED SEATTLE HAS INCREASED IN POPULATION BY 150,000 PEOPLE AND HAS ALSO ADDED MORE THAN HUNDRED THOUSAND JOBS. SEATTLE IS LIKELY TO REACH A POPULATION OF 1 MILLION PEOPLE BY 2050 ARE QUITE LIKELY BEFORE THEN. HOUSING PRODUCTION MEANWHILE IS NOT KEPT PACE WITH JOB GROWTH AND HOUSING COSTS HAVE SOARED. FROM 2010 TO 2020, THE LAST DECADE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC DISRUPTED MANY OF OUR MARKETS AND OUR GROWTH PATTERNS, JOBS INCREASED IN SEATTLE BY 40% WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, HOUSING ONLY INCREASED BY 20%. DURING THAT SAME PERIOD, PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL ESTIMATED THAT FOR OUR ENTIRE METRO REGION WE SANK INTO A DEFICIT OF NEARLY 15,000 HOUSING UNITS AS A REGION AND OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THE FLATTENING OF OUR JOB GROWTH , PANDEMIC, RECOVERY AND ONGOING HOUSING PRODUCTION IN THE CITY WE HAVE BEGUN TO DIG OUT OF THAT HOLE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK YET TO DO. IF WE DON'T CREATE ENOUGH HOUSING UNITS IN THE FUTURE, HOUSING COSTS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE , PUSHING MANY PEOPLE OUT OF SEATTLE, WORSENING OR HOMELESS CRISIS AND MAKING MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ACCESSIBLE ONLY TO HIGH INCOME HOUSES. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF AN ONGOING AND ACUTE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND SUPPLY CRISIS . SOME OF THE HIGH-LEVEL STATISTICS THAT ARE REALLY QUITE WORRISOME DURING THIS CRISIS THAT WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING INCLUDE HOMEOWNERSHIP, WHICH IS NOW OUT OF REACH OF MANY PEOPLE. OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A DETACHED HOME HAS BEEN DOUBLED TO NEARLY $1 MILLION AND AS A RESULT, MANY RENTERS OR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MOVE HERE SEE THE PROSPECT OF EVER OWNING A HOME IN SEATTLE AN IMPOSSIBILITY. RENTS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY UNAFFORDABLE, AS WELL. THE MEDIAN MONTHLY COST OF RENT AND BASIC UTILITIES HAS INCREASED BY 75% FROM JUST OVER $1000 IN 2011 TO NEARLY $1800 IN 2021 , AND MANY WORKING HOUSEHOLDS CANNOT EVEN AFFORD TO RENT A HOME IN SEATTLE AND FOR PEOPLE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE RENT, THEY CANNOT SAVE FOR A DOWN PAYMENT. FINALLY, MORE RESIDENTS ARE HOW-TOS AND COST BURDEN. ALMOST 20% OF RENTERS NOW PAY MORE THAN HALF THEIR INCOME FOR RENT , AND INCREASING COST BURDEN, ESPECIALLY FOR RENTERS, MAKES IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT FOR EXISTING RESIDENTS TO REMAIN IN THE CITY. AS WE BRIEFLY COVERED AT THE LAST PRESENTATION WITH YOU, THERE ARE MANY BENEFITS TO PROVIDING MORE HOMES THROUGH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN . THOSE INCLUDE SUPPORTING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND MOBILITY BY DECREASING COSTS AND INCREASING HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES . IT HELPS TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS. A RECENT STUDY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HIGHLIGHTED THAT HOUSING PRICES AND HOUSING COSTS IN REGIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS A MAJOR DRIVER OF HOMELESSNESS. IT HELPS TO CREATE INCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE MORE PEOPLE CAN FIND THE HOUSING THAT WORKS FOR THEIR HOUSEHOLDS AND ALSO WHERE THEY CAN REMAIN IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY LOVE. IT REDUCES REGIONAL SPRAWL AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. TRANSPORTATION IS THE LEADING SECTOR CONTRIBUTE TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND FINALLY, IT HELPS BUSINESSES ATTRACT AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES. IN OUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN , THE SEATTLE 2035 PLAN, OUR GROWTH STRATEGY IS CALLED THE URBAN VILLAGE STRATEGY AND THAT HAS BEEN SEATTLE'S GROWTH STRATEGY WITH RELATIVELY MINOR CHANGES SINCE 1994. THE URBAN VILLAGE STRATEGY CONCENTRATES NEW HOUSING AND JOBS IN DESIGNATED URBAN CENTERS AND VILLAGES AND ALSO DESIGNATES MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL CENTERS AND YOU CAN SEE A MAP IMAGE OF THAT GROWTH STRATEGY HERE ON THE SLIDE. THE AIM OF THE STRATEGY IN TERMS OF OUR POLICY INTENT IS TO FOCUS GROWTH IN COMPACT, WALKABLE MIXED-USE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE LINKED BY TRANSIT AND OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, MORE THAN 80% OF OUR HOUSING HAS ACTUALLY BEEN BUILT IN THE DESIGNATED CENTERS AND VILLAGES. MEANWHILE, MOST OF THE LAND OUTSIDE OF THE URBAN CENTERS AND VILLAGES IS OCCUPIED PRIMARILY BY SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND THERE HAS BEEN A GROWING CONCERN OVER TIME, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THIS HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING, THAT THE URBAN VILLAGE STRATEGY HAS LIMITED THE SUPPLIER DIVERSITY OF HOUSING AVAILABLE AND RESTRICTED NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TO JUST A FEW AREAS OF THE CITY. AS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS WE CONDUCTED AT THE START OF THE UPDATE PROCESS, THE ORIGINS OF THE STRATEGY ARE ROOTED IN A LONG-STANDING PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS SHAPED BY RACIAL SEGREGATION AND EXCLUSION. THINGS LIKE REDLINING IN RACIAL COVENANTS THAT WE STILL SEE REFLECTED IN [ INAUDIBLE ] WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW. THE CITY IS TAKING STEPS WITH THIS UPDATE TO MOVE AWAY FROM PAST INEQUITIES, AND TO MEET HOUSING NEEDS MORE EFFECTIVELY GOING FORWARD. ONE KEY STEP IS FOR MOST -- PROMOTING MIDDLE HOUSING. NEW CONSTRUCTION IN RECENT YEARS HAS MOSTLY BEEN RENTAL APARTMENTS IN LARGE BUILDINGS. MORE THAN 75% OF NEW UNITS ARE RENTALS. 70% OF THOSE ARE IN BUILDINGS WITH 15 OR -- 15 OR MORE UNITS. MISSING BY CONTRAST OR SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY THAT WOULD INCLUDE DUPLEXES AND FOR PLEXUS, TOWNHOMES OR SMALLER APARTMENT OPTIONS LIKE STACKED FLATS OR COURTYARD OPTIONS. LEE -- CURRENTLY LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OF CAPACITY IS FOR HOUSING OF THAT TYPE. AS WE WILL HEAR ABOUT TODAY, THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THAT CAPACITY TO NEARLY ONE THIRD OF THE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL UNITS GOING FORWARD. I WILL CLOSE BY SUMMARIZING THE GOALS FOR UPDATING THE GROWTH STRATEGY. THOSE ARE TO PROVIDE MORE HOUSING OVERALL, MORE HOUSING DIVERSITY, OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABILITY , OPPORTUNITIES FOR WEALTH BUILDING OR MORE UNITS. MISSING BY CONTRAST OR SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY THAT WOULD INCLUDE DUPLEXES AND FOURPLEX'S, TOWNHOMES OR SMALLER APARTMENT >> AS WE TALK ABOUT THE COMP PLAN AND THE GROWTH STRATEGY GOING TO START BY TAKING A MINUTE TO GO OVER THOSE. THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF NUMBERS. ONE ARE THE GROWTH TARGETS. THESE ARE NUMBERS CREATED THROUGH STATE AND REGIONAL TARGETS ULTIMATELY ADOPTED BY THE PLANNING COUNCIL. THAT REQUIRE SEATTLE TO PLAN FOR AT LEAST 80,000 HOMES. THESE ARE NOT FORECAST. THESE ARE REALLY MINIMUMS NECESSARY THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO PLAN FOR. GIVEN THE NUMBER OF JOBS THAT WE HAVE IF WE ONLY PLAN FOR 80,000 HOMES WE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SEE UNDERPRODUCTION OF HOUSING GOING FORWARD. TO THE SECOND SET OF NUMBERS WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, THOSE ARE ASSUMPTIONS WE USE TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS GROWTH MIGHT HAVE IN THE FUTURE. THE STUDY LOOKED AT FIVE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES THAT LOOKED AT A RANGE OF HOUSING ASSUMPTIONS AND GROWTH IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS, BUT THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, WHICH REPRESENTS THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED GROWTH STRATEGY STUDIES 120,000 NEW HOUSING UNITS OVER 20 YEARS. AGAIN THESE ARE ASSUMPTIONS WE ARE STUDYING TO UNDERSTAND POTENTIAL IMPACTS. THIS IS NOT A FORECAST. THE LAST OF THE NUMBERS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY. THESE ARE HIGH-LEVEL ESTIMATES OF THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT COULD THEORETICALLY BE BUILT ON PROPERTIES THAT ARE POTENTIALLY RE-DEVELOPABLE. THESE ARE INTENDED TO BE A HIGH-LEVEL PLANNING ESTIMATE FOR WHAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO OCCUR. THESE NUMBERS REALLY LOOK AT COMPARING THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD OCCUR UNDER ZONING WITH WHAT EXISTS TODAY.DO NOT LOOK AT CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS LOCAL HOUSE PRICES OR MARKET VALUES. THEY DON'T LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS OR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ON PROJECTS AND ALSO DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING OR LAND THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY MODELS WERE CREATED WITH THE IDEA OF LOOKING FOR WHERE THERE MIGHT BE INSUFFICIENT, KIND OF AS A WARNING LIGHT RATHER THAN AS AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT IS NEEDED, BUT IT DOES HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OF CHANGE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN AND WITH THE ZONING CHANGES UNDER THE MAYOR'S PLAN, IT WOULD DOUBLE THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY TO 330,000 UNITS AND THAT WILL HELP TO RELIEVE MARKET PRESSURES THAT HAVE BEEN DRIVING UP PRICES AND CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING AT ALL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THE SUMMARY OF HOW THAT DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY WOULD OCCUR BY PLACE TYPE. IN BLUE, WHAT WE HAVE TODAY UNDER EXISTING ZONING AND THE GRAY IS WHAT IS PROPOSED UNDER THE MAYOR'S PLAN. YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT THE BIGGEST CHANGES IN OUR URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD PLACED SITES IN THOSE AREAS REMAINING IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONING. A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN CAPACITY . IT HAS PRETTY LIMITED DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY TODAY. NEXT YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGE ON FREQUENT TRANSIT. THERE IS A SMALL BUT MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN URBAN CENTERS, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND REALLY ONLY MINOR CHANGES IN OUR REGIONAL CENTERS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ALTERNATIVES. ON THE RIGHT ARE FIVE ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE LOOKED AT IN THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT LOOKING AT GROWTH FROM 80,000 TO 120,000 JOBS AND DIVERSITY OF DISTRIBUTIONS. THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE ON THE LEFT AGAIN IS ANALYZING AT THE HUNDRED AND 20 THOUSAND HOUSING UNIT ASSUMPTION. IT IS IN THE RANGE OF ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE STUDIED IN THE DRAFT BUT MOST CLOSE TO ALTERNATIVE FIVE, SO THE HIGH END OF THAT RANGE. THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED GROWTH STRATEGY FOCUSES ON FIVE KEY PLACED TYPES, AND THESE PLACED TYPES BASICALLY DESCRIBE THE ROLE THAT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY WILL HAVE AN ACCOMMODATING JOBS AND HOUSING AND THEY ALSO DESCRIBE THE TYPES OF ZONING THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE IN THOSE AREAS. THE FIRST OF THOSE PLACED TYPES IS REGIONAL CENTERS. THESE WERE PREVIOUSLY CALLED URBAN CENTERS. THESE ARE AREAS OF REGIONAL IMPORTANCE WITH THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF HOUSING AND JOBS. THE NEXT IS URBAN CENTERS, PREVIOUSLY CALLED URBAN VILLAGES. THESE ARE PLACES OF THE CITY-WIDE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT STILL HAVE A DENSE MIX OF HOUSING AND JOBS. AND THEN LASTLY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER , AND THAT WOULD ALLOW A MIX OF MODERATE DENSITY HOUSING AROUND THE COMMERCIAL CORE OR FREQUENT TRANSIT AREA. AREAS OUTSIDE OF CENTERS INTENDED FOR PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL USE ARE CALLED URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS A NEW PLACE TYPE THAT REALLY COMBINES DIFFERENT EXISTING ONES. MOST OF THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD PLACE TYPE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE COMPOSED OF PLACES ZONE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT , BUT WOULD ALSO LOOK TO ALLOW A MIX OF LOW AND MODERATE HOUSING AROUND ARTERIALS. THE LAST OF THOSE KEY PLACED TYPES OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL CENTERS. THESE ARE AREAS OF CONCENTRATED INDUSTRIAL, MANUFACTURING AND MARITIME ACTIVITY. THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL CENTER PLACE TYPE WAS RECENTLY UPDATED AS PART OF THE MARITIME STRATEGY SO WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY FURTHER CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARIES ARE THE BASIC POLICIES IN THAT AREA. SO, THOSE PLACED TYPES WERE LOCATED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AND THIS MAP YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED GROWTH STRATEGY . THERE WOULD BE SEVEN REGIONAL CENTERS, WHICH ARE SHOWN IN THAT DARK BLUE. THERE ARE 26 URBAN CENTERS WHICH ARE SHOWN IN THIS LIGHTER BLUE , AND THE NEON BLUE REPRESENTS FOR THOSE ARE PROPOSED TO BE EXPANDED. THERE ARE 30 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS WHICH ARE THE LIGHTEST LUKE, AND ARE SMALLER IN SCALE THAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS REPRESENTED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY IN YELLOW, THEN THE GRAY AREAS ARE THE TWO MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL CENTERS. NOW I'M GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME GOING BY PLACE TYPE TO DESCRIBE WHAT THEY MEAN AND THE CHANGES WE ARE PROPOSING THERE. FOR REGIONAL CENTERS AGAIN WE ARE PROPOSING SEVEN REGIONAL CENTERS. THOSE ARE THE SIX EXISTING, WHICH INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTER CITY, THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT OF NORTHGATE AND WE ARE ALSO REPOSING TO RECLASSIFY BALLARD AS A REGIONAL CENTER BASED ON THE GROWTH THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING THERE OVER RECENT YEARS. WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING BOUNDARY EXPANSIONS TO TWO CENTERS, ONE UPTOWN NEAR THE NEW LIGHT RAIL STATION THAT IS PROPOSED THERE, AND IN THE FIRST HILL CAPITAL HILL AREA, PORTION OF SQUIRE PARK WHICH WOULD HELP FILL IN A GAP IN AND THE AREA SURROUNDED BY CENTERS TODAY. SO, REGIONAL CENTERS ARE INTENDED TO HAVE A DIVERSE MIX OF MODERATE AND HIGH DENSITY HOUSING AND CAN INCLUDE HIGH-RISE TOWERS, AS WELL. THERE ALSO MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS. WE ARE STILL EXPECTING THE SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF JOB GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS WOULD CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IN THESE AREAS. WE ARE PROPOSING 26 URBAN CENTERS, 25 OF THOSE ARE EXISTING AND WE ARE PROPOSING ONE NEW, THE PINEHURST HOLLERED LIKE URBAN CENTER LOCATED AROUND THE 130 LIGHT RAIL CENTER. WE ARE PROPOSING EXPANSIONS AROUND EXISTING URBAN CENTERS. FOUR OF THOSE ARE EXPANSIONS THAT ARE SMALLER THAN OTHER URBAN CENTERS AND DON'T MEET THE CRITERIA FOR A COUNTY-WIDE TENDERS UNDER KING COUNTY'S PLANS. THERE ARE A COUPLE AREAS THAT HAVE NEW LIGHT RAIL STATIONS THAT WOULD ALSO BE EXPANDED AND THEN A SMALL EXPANSION ALSO AROUND THE SQUIRE PARK AREA TO HELP FILL IN A GAP THAT IS OTHERWISE SURROUNDED BY URBAN CENTERS. THE SIZE OF THESE AREAS ARE GENERALLY AREAS WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK OF A LIGHT RAIL STATION AROUND THE HALF-MILE, OR EIGHT-MINUTE WALK AROUND THE CENTRAL INTERSECTION IF NO LIGHT RAIL EXISTENT AGAIN THAT IS AROUND 2000 FEET. THE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT WOULD BE EXPECTED HERE IS GENERALLY MODERATE DENSITY HOUSING OF THREE STORIES. BECAUSE THESE ARE GOOD SIZE, IT DOES ALLOW FOR TRANSITIONS SO IF YOU HAVE MORE DENSITY IN THE MIDDLE IT GENERALLY TAPERS AS IT GOES OUT TO THE EDGES. THE NEXT PLACE TYPE IS THE NEW PLACE TYPE, NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. WE ARE PROPOSING 30 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. THAT IS 29 NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS PLUS WE ARE PROPOSING TO RECLASSIFY SOUTH PARK AS A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER GIVEN A LOT OF THE ISSUES AND CONSTRAINTS IN THAT AREA. NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS , THIS NEW PLACE TYPE ARE PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED AROUND FREQUENT TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. THE BASIC IDEA IS WE WANT TO CREATE HOUSING IN PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK TO SHOPS, SERVICES, TRANSIT SO IT IS EASIER TO MEET YOUR EVERYDAY NEEDS AND A SHORT DISTANCE FROM YOUR HOUSE. AS WE CREATED THE INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR THESE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, THE MAJOR CRITERIA LOOKED AT OUR DO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSIT, ARE THERE SHOPS AND SERVICES, ESPECIALLY A LOCAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. WE ALSO TRY TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A GOOD GEOGRAPHIC SPREAD WHEN LOOKING AT BOTH NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND REGIONAL CENTER SO THAT ALL AREAS OF THE CITY CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A DIVERSE MIX OF HOUSING SO PEOPLE CAN STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEY LOVE AS THEIR NEEDS CHANGE. THE SIZE OF THESE ARE GENERALLY A FOUR-MINUTE WALK FROM AN INSERT SECTION THAT IS ABOUT 1000 SQUARE FEET OR ONE TO THREE BLOCKS. NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ARE IN A LOT OF WAYS SIMILAR TO URBAN CENTERS. ONE OF THE WAYS THEY ARE DIFFERENT IS THAT THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER, GENERALLY ABOUT ONE FOURTH OR 1/5 OF THE SIZE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, AND BECAUSE OF THAT THEY HAVE A SLIGHTLY LOWER INTENSITY WITHIN THEM. THE TYPES OF HOUSING THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE HERE ARE GENERALLY THREE TO SIX STORY BUILDINGS. HOWEVER, WE REALLY , ESPECIALLY THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO GET FIVE AND SIX STORY MULTIFAMILY ZONES BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE CAN ENCOURAGE APARTMENTS AND CONDOS. ONE OF THE KEY PURPOSES OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IS TO CREATE A GREATER DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TYPES AND NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND REALLY WHAT WE FIND IS THAT YOU REALLY DON'T GET APARTMENTS UNTIL YOU GET INTO FIVE AND SIX-STORY ZONES. LOOKING BACK IN HISTORY, THERE HAS BEEN ALMOST NO APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT IN HOUR THREE AND FOUR STORY ZONES TO DATE. IN PLACES WHERE THERE ARE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, WE ARE LOOKING BACK AND FOUND NO EXAMPLES OF APARTMENTS AND ZONES THAT WERE LESS THAN FIVE STORIES AND THAT IS REALLY BECAUSE THE COST OF THE UNDERGROUND PARKING, YOU REALLY HAVE TO GET TO FIVE STORIES TO TAKE THAT VIABLE AND AGAIN, THAT IS NOT EXCLUDING COMMERCIAL ZONES WHICH ARE VERY DIFFERENT. ONE OF THE KEY THINGS HERE IS TRYING TO ESPECIALLY GET THAT FIVE-STORY ZONING BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE THINK WE CAN START TO PRODUCE MORE APARTMENTS AND CONDOS. LASTLY AGAIN IS URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE ARE AREAS OUTSIDE OF CENTERS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL GROWTH. AND AGAIN, IN THESE AREAS ZONING WOULD PRIMARILY CONTINUE TO BE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL BUT AGAIN, COMPLYING WITH HB 1110 WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ALLOW A BROADER RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES IN THOSE AREAS -- DUPLEXES, TRIPLEX IS, TOWNHOUSES, STACKED FLATS, COURTYARD APARTMENTS AS WELL AS CONTINUE TO SEE PRODUCTION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND THESE ARE ALSO THE AREAS WHERE WE ARE REQUIRED TO ALLOW AT LEAST FOUR UNITS PER LOT AND SIX UNITS IF IT IS WITHIN A QUARTER-MILE OF LIGHT RAIL OR RAPID TRANSIT OR IF TWO ARE AFFORDABLE. IN ADDITION TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONING, WE ARE PROPOSING TO ALLOW SOME HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING ON AREAS THAT ARE FREQUENT TRANSIT SO PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO OR IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTES IN THOSE AREAS. AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO GO MORE INTO THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL. OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE GROWTH STRATEGY WHICH IS PRIMARILY REPRESENTED IN THE COMP PLAN ITSELF AND CHANGES TO NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL WILL BE IN THAT FIRST PIECE OF LEGISLATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HB 1110 COMPLIANCE LEGISLATION SO WE ARE GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT INTO DETAIL. OBVIOUSLY THE MAJOR CHANGE HERE IS THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOW A WIDER VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES. THIS IS THE KIND OF ILLUSTRATIONS OF THOSE TYPES THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT PUT TOGETHER BY COMMERCE. THAT WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY CHANGING THE NUMBER OF HOMES OR DENSITY, CHANGING THE FLOOR AREA ALLOWED ON THE LOT AS WELL AS CHANGES TO SETBACKS AND OTHER FACTORS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN GET BETTER LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRADITIONAL HOMES. THERE ALSO ARE A COUPLE OF AREAS WE ARE GOING BEYOND HB 1110 TO DO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS TO RESPOND TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC. ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS WE ARE PROPOSING A STACKED FLAT BONUS. STACKED FLATS ARE CONDOS, APARTMENTS, BUILDINGS WHERE YOU CAN LIVE ON A SINGLE LEVEL. DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS WE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THIS THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE ON ONE FLOOR, SO THEY CAN HAVE ACCESSIBLE UNITS, THEY CAN AGE IN PLACE. WE ARE PROPOSING THAT IN LOTS THAT ARE 6000 SQUARE FEET OR GREATER AND LOCATED WITHIN A QUARTER-MILE OF FREQUENT TRANSIT, THAT IF YOU BUILD STACKED FLATS YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SLIGHTLY HIGHER FLOOR AREA AND A SLIGHTLY GREATER DENSITY SO LONG AS 6000 SQUARE FOOT LOT THAT WOULD BE NINE UNITS, OR THREE PER FLOOR. ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE A MAP OR IN BLUE WE ARE SHOWING THOSE LOTS IN WHICH THAT STACKED FLAT BONUS WOULD BE ALLOWED. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS. WE EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN VERY INFREQUENTLY AND DEVELOPERS WE TALK TO THINK THREE STORIES IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR DOING STACKED FLATS . OUR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT IS ALSO TRUE BUT WE ALSO HEARD FROM FOLLOWERS, -- HOMEOWNERS, PEOPLE WHO ALREADY OWN PROPERTY AND THEY WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO STACKED FLATS SO WE THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR MAKING THAT POSSIBLE. THE OTHER IS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONUS FOR BUILDINGS LOCATED WITHIN A QUARTER-MILE OF TRANSIT IF THEY PROVIDE AT LEAST HALF OF THE UNITS AS AFFORDABLE UNITS, THEY WOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT. THEY COULD DO FOUR STORIES RATHER THAN THREE. THEY WOULD HAVE AN ADDITIONAL DENSITY EQUAL TO ABOUT 12 UNITS ON A 5000 SQUARE-FOOT LOT. THEY COULD BUILD A LARGER BUILDING WITH MORE FLOOR AREA AND HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY ON LOT COVERAGE, AS WELL. FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS CASE, THAT MEANS HOUSING THAT IS RENT AN INCOME RESTRICTED SO THAT IT IS AFFORDABLE TO RENTERS WHO ARE NOT MAKING MORE THAN 60% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND HOMEOWNERS NOT MAKING MORE THAN 80% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME. AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE HIGH LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING A DEVELOPER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO USE BUT INSTEAD WOULD BE FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE GETTING PUBLIC SUBSIDY AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH HABITAT HOMES. THERE ARE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THIS TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY. ANOTHER AREA OF HB 1110 IS ALLOWING FOR CORNER STORES AND RESIDENTIAL AND THE RHIZOMES IN THESE WOULD BASICALLY BE RESTAURANTS OR RETAIL STORES ALLOWED IN THESE AREAS BASICALLY ON CORNER LOTS ONLY , AND THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR SIZE, HOURS OF OPERATION, NOISE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS. SO, IN ADDITION TO THOSE CHANGES IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, THAT WOULD BE THAT FIRST HB 1110 COMPLIANCE LEGISLATION. WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING ZONING CHANGES IN CENTERS AND CORRIDORS. AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE PART OF THAT SECOND PIECE OF LEGISLATION PROPOSED TO COME DOWN IN LATE MAY . BUT, WE ARE AGAIN PROPOSING CHANGES TO ZONING AND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS , ALONG TRANSIT CORRIDORS AND IN THE EXPANSION AREAS OF URBAN CENTERS. THE IDEA REALLY HEARS HB 1110 WOULD CREATE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIMARILY OWNERSHIP UNITS LIKE DUPLEXES, TRIPLEX'S, ET CETERA BUT THE ZONING IN CENTERS AND CORRIDORS CAN ALSO PROVIDE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR APARTMENTS AND CONDOS ALSO TOGETHER THOSE TWO THINGS WILL OPERATE IN ORDER TO INCREASE OUR SUPPLY IN ORDER TO ADDRESS HOUSING PRICE ISSUES BUT ALSO CREATE A WIDER DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TYPES FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY. ANOTHER CHANGE IS IN THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS . TODAY, NO PARKING IS REQUIRED IN CENTERS THAT ARE NEAR FREQUENT TRANSIT. YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP ON THE RIGHT, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE IN DARK BLUE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. WE ARE PROPOSING TO MAKE A CHANGE THAT NO PARKING WOULD BE REQUIRED WITHIN A HALF-MILE OF LIGHT RAIL AND BUS RAPID TRANSIT STOPS. THAT IS A REQUIREMENT OF HB 1110. THOSE ARE THE AREAS IN LIGHT PURPLE. WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING TO GO BEYOND THAT. THE MAYOR'S DRAFT PROPOSAL WOULD REDUCE THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY FROM WHAT TODAY IS GENERALLY ONE SPACE PER PRINCIPAL DWELLING UNITS ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME PLACES WHERE IT IS SMALLER AND OTHERS WHERE IT IS HIGHER SO IT WOULD BE A NEW REQUIREMENT OF ONE SPACE PER TWO PRINCIPAL DWELLING UNITS SO WE CAN HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR HOMES. NOT EVERY UNIT NEEDS TO HAVE A PARKING SPACE. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIVE OUT OF CARS. THERE WAS AN ARTICLE TODAY ABOUT HOW 20% OF HOUSEHOLDS DON'T HAVE A CAR IN OUR CITY AND THAT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR RENTAL PROPERTIES. AND THEN OF COURSE, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND HOUSING AREAS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE EXEMPT FROM PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS THEY ARE TODAY. IN TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY THIS IS A REQUIREMENT CERTAINLY DEVELOPMENTS HAVE TO EITHER SET ASIDE A PORTION OF UNITS AS AFFORDABLE OR PAY INTO A FUND TO DO THAT OFF-SITE. [ INAUDIBLE ] IS CURRENTLY APPLIED IN EXISTING MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL ZONES SHOWN IN BLUE ON THIS MAP. WE ARE PROPOSING TO APPLY NHA AND ALL THE AREAS THAT WOULD BE REZONED TO MULTIFAMILY OR COMMERCIAL ZONES. THOSE OF AREAS SHOWN IN RED AND MHA WOULD CONTINUE NOT TO APPLY AND NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONES WHICH ARE SHOWN IN THE YELLOW. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MICHAEL NOW TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH LEGISLATION. >> THANK YOU, BRENNAN. >> BEFORE YOU START, COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS. >> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE CHANGED PRESENTERS , EXCELLENT JOB HERE. I WANT TO GO OVER A GS MB MENTIONED BALLARD IS BEING REDESIGNATED AS A REGIONAL CENTER. I WANT TO CONFIRM WITH YOU SOMETHING I HAVE HEARD BEFORE WHICH IS THAT BALLARD ALREADY HAS THE ZONING THAT WOULD MEET THAT CRITERIA. IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES, THAT IS CORRECT. REGIONAL COUNSEL REQUIRES A CERTAIN DENSITY TO BE DESIGNATED , YES. >> MY NEW QUESTION TODAY YOU DIDN'T EXPECT COMING, ONE THING I HEARD FROM YOU IN THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT IT IS NOT JUST THE ZONING, BUT THE GROWTH HAS CAUGHT UP ON ME THAT DESIGNATION A REALITY . DID I CATCH THAT NUANCE CORRECTLY? MAYBE I WILL TEASE IT OUT. I'M GOING TO ASK BRENNON TO ANSWER THE QUESTION IF YOU COULD, WHICH IS JUST BECAUSE IT IS ON A CERTAIN WAY DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED THAT WAY BUT WHEN THOSE TWO BECOME TOGETHER IT BECOMES AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO REDESIGNATED IN THIS CASE FOR BALLARD EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BEEN ZONED AT THAT LEVEL, WE HAVE NOT HAD ACCESS TO THE TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS THAT COME ALONG WITH THE REGIONAL GROWTH CENTER. DID I GET THAT CORRECT? >> YES. AT A HIGH LEVEL I WAS SIMPLY POINTING OUT THAT BALLARD HAS HAD PRETTY STRONG GROWTH OVER RECENT YEARS AND THAT BASICALLY THAT AMOUNT OF GROWTH MAKES IT QUALIFY AS A REGIONAL RETAIL CENTER UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE PUT FORWARD . I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. THERE IS A LOT MORE THERE. >> ESSENTIALLY. WE WILL PROBABLY DIG IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER. YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE INDUSTRIAL MARITIME LANES WERE REZONED, THAT WE HAD CHANGES TO ZONES EARLIER IN 2023 . THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION YOU HAVE GIVEN US A FAIR AMOUNT OF BACKGROUND AND HISTORY ON ALL OF THESE OTHER AREAS. I NOTICED WE SKIPPED OVER A LITTLE BIT WITH INDUSTRIAL ZONES. CAN YOU REMIND ME , IT IS MY MEMORY THAT THERE WAS A FACILITATED STAKEHOLDER WORKGROUP THAT STARTED IN 2017 OR 2018 , TOOK A BRIEF PAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC, WAS RESTARTED AND FORMALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS AND 22. IS THAT GENERALLY CORRECT? >> I AM PROBABLY THE BEST PERSON TO ANSWER THAT. THAT IS THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK AND THAT WAS ALL ESSENTIALLY 2 1/2 YEARS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT LARGE STAKEHOLDER GROUP REPRESENTING AROUND 60 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT LED TO THE LEGISLATION TO BE ADOPTED IN JULY OF '23. >> THANKS IN THE REGION THAT WORKGROUP CAME TOGETHER IN 2017 IS THE LAST WORK ZONE OF INDUSTRIAL MARITIME LANDS HAD OCCURRED IN ABOUT 2007. IS THAT CORRECT? THANKS. I SAW AN AFFIRMATIVE HAD NOT FROM THE DIRECTOR AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE WORKGROUP HAD TO BE FACILITATED BY A THIRD PARTY, NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, WAS BECAUSE OF THE DIVERGENT NATURE OF THEIR PERSPECTIVES. THEY WERE SO FAR APART AND THERE WERE ISSUES THAT WE REALLY NEEDED SOMEBODY OTHER THAN THE CITY TO MEDIATE AND FACILITATE. IS THAT A GENERALLY CORRECT UNDERSTANDING? >> THE CITY BROUGHT ON A FACILITATOR TO HELP MEDIATE THE WIDE RANGE OF OPINIONS AND INTEREST, YES. >> VERY WELL SAID. SO, BETWEEN 2007 AND 2023, NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO INDUSTRIAL LANDS BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF DISAGREEMENT THAT HAD OCCURRED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS MY TAKE ON IT. THAT WAS MY QUESTION, AND WHEN THE MAYOR TRANSMITTED THE PLAN, IT DID NOT INCLUDE HOUSING IN SOTO. IS THAT CORRECT? >> I WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION . IN THAT LEGISLATION, WE REZONED ALL OF OUR INDUSTRIAL LANDS TO ONE OF THREE DESIGNATIONS. THE MOST FLEXIBLE OF THOSE THREE DESIGNATIONS DID INCLUDE ACCOMMODATION FOR UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF HOUSING WITHIN OUR INDUSTRIAL LANDS. THE STADIUM OVERLAY WAS EXCLUDED FROM THAT CONSIDERATION, SO THERE IS NO HOUSING ALLOWED IN THE STADIUM OVERLAY ZONE. >> AND WHEN HAVE YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN BECAUSE WHAT I JUST HEARD FROM YOU IS THAT HOUSING IS ALLOWED IN THE STADIUM OVERLAY ZONE. >> IS NOT. >> IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE STADIUM OVERLAY ZONE. THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AND THANK YOU FOR THAT HISTORY THAT WE DID INCLUDE FOR THE FIRST TIME POSSIBLY EVER THAT HOUSING OTHER THAN THE TWO CARETAKER UNITS THAT THERE WAS HOUSING ALLOWED IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES. COLLEAGUES, THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE INDUSTRIAL ZONES NEVER COME BACK. ONCE WE CHANGE THE DESIGNATION, THEY WILL NOT RETURN TO INDUSTRIAL ZONES. AS WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS OVER THE LAST YEAR, DESPITE DOWNTURN REVENUE FORECAST, THE TWO PLACES IN OUR ECONOMY THAT OUTPERFORMED THE REST OF THE NATION WAS IN OUR INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND PORCH ACTIVITIES AND IN GOOD ECONOMIC TIMES WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE AREAS BECAUSE THEY ARE PERFORMING AT A LOWER LEVEL THAN RETAIL OR TECH OR ANY OF THESE OTHER THINGS, BUT IN BAD ECONOMIC TIMES, BECAUSE INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING IMPORT ACTIVITIES DO NOT CHANGE WITH GREAT VARIABILITY, THEY ARE OUR BUOY IN HARD ECONOMIC TIMES AND SO WITH THIS SLIDE UP HERE, IF YOU WERE TO HAVE PROPOSED SUCH A CHANGE TO INDUSTRIAL LANDS, WHETHER IT WAS HOUSING IN SOTO OR ANY OTHER CHANGES, YOU WOULD'VE PROPOSED THOSE CHANGES IN WHAT IS BEFORE US WITH THIS SLIDE DECK IN ONE OF THESE THREE BUCKETS. IS THAT A GENERAL ASSUMPTION? IF YOU WERE TO HAVE CHANGED INDUSTRIAL ZONING NOW , WOULD IT HAVE COME IN THIS PROCESS? >> I THINK OPCD HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE UPDATE OF THE COMP PLAN THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE CONSIDERING CHANGES TO THE INDUSTRIAL ZONES AND MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL CENTERS AND WE DID NOT , VERY INTENTIONALLY, AND THE SCOPE FOR THIS PROJECT, WE DID NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL LANDS IN THAT SCOPE. THAT WAS THE CLEAREST STATEMENT FROM THE GET-GO OF THE BOUNDS OF THIS PROJECT. >> WOULD YOU SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAD JUST COMPLETED A SIX-YEAR PROGRESS -- PROCESS UPDATING THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> TO ADD TO THAT I WOULD SAY THE INDUSTRIAL MARITIME STRATEGY WORK WE DID OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME WAS ESSENTIALLY OUR FIRST INSTALLMENT AT A COMPREHENSIVE FUNDRAISER UPDATE BUT SPECIFIC TO THAT DESIGNATION OF OUR TWO MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL CENTERS. >> MAY I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER, CHAIR? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THIS IS THE BACK AND FORTH WITHOUT ASKING FOR THE CONTINUED MAY I SPEAK TO CORAM THAT CHAIR STRAUSS, WHEN HE WAS GOING OVER THE BUDGET, WAS NOT BEING FOLLOWED, BUT MORE TO THE POINT, THIS IS A DISCUSSION TAKING US A BIT OFF TRACK. IT IS CLEAR THE REASON FOR THIS DISCUSSION AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO AHEAD AND REBUT AND GET INTO A POLICY DISCUSSION ABOUT LEGISLATION THAT WAS INTRODUCED YESTERDAY. I JUST WOULD ASK THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH OUR DISCUSSION. >> CHAIR, I'M ALMOST FINISHED. >> ONE SECOND, PLEASE. I HEAR VICE CHAIR STRAUSS HAS THE FLOOR. I ALLOWED COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO INTERVENE AND HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE WITH VICE-CHAIRR STRAUSS JUST REAL QUICK. WE'RE GOING INTO THE DETAILS. CAN WE GET TO THE -- THANK YOU. >> AMEN. YOUR POINT WELL TAKEN THAT FROM THE GET-GO IN THIS ROUND OF ZONING CHANGES, THAT YOU ARE NOT PLANNING TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONES BECAUSE OF THE SIX YEARS OF WORK THAT HAD OCCURRED BEFORE. IF YOU WERE TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONES FROM THE TIME THAT WE WRAP THAT UP OR LET'S SAY THE NEXT SIX YEARS, IS THIS FOR YOU WOULD'VE DONE IT? IS THIS PROCESS FOR YOU WOULD'VE MADE CHANGES TO INDUSTRIAL LEVELS? >> I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING. I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER PART OF OUR CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, VICE-CHAIR STRAUSS. COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. JUST ONE QUESTION. I HAVE HAD THREE BRIEFINGS FROM OPCD , TWO RELATED TO D 7 AND WHEN I REQUESTED REGARDING THE PORT, THAT YOU BASICALLY STATED ALL THOSE POINTS THAT YOU MADE TO ME AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE TO ME AND YOUR ANSWER TO MY QUESTION THAT THE MARITIME INDUSTRIAL LAND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN , COLLECTING OPCD AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY, CORRECT? >> SORRY, I'M GOING TO REPEAT THAT BACK >> SURE I GET IT RIGHT. WE MADE A MAJOR -- TOOK A MAJOR REZONE ACTION RELATED TO MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL CENTERS, WHICH YOU ALL ADOPTED IN 2013 . BECAUSE WE DID THAT AT THAT TIME, WE DID NOT CONTEMPLATE ADDITIONAL CHANGES AS A PART OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN , EIS. >> YES, THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. IT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL. YOU KNOW, I AM NOT A BIG FAN OF A LOT OF THESE THINGS BUT IN LOOKING AT SLIDE 21, ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS -- ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I UNDERSTAND HB 1110 DOES REQUIRE THE HOUSING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE NATURE, CHARACTER, AND SCALE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, A LOT OF THEM TEND TO BE ONE OR TWO STORIES AND LOOKING AT THE OPTIONS THAT ARE PUT HERE ON 21, THOSE SEEM TO BE REALLY CONSISTENT AT LEAST VISUALLY WITH NATURE, CHARACTER AND SCALE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO I AM INTERESTED -- BUT THEN YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT BASICALLY WE NEED FIVE STORIES FOR APARTMENTS TO PENCIL OUT AGAIN, THE THINGS THAT I CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON, HOW DO WE GET AFFORDABILITY ? HOW DO WE GET HOMEOWNERSHIP? HB 1110 IS ALONG FOR ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, SO HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE? HOW DO WE GET AROUND THE NEED TO HAVE FIVE STORIES IN ORDER TO INCENTIVIZE THE BUILDING OF THESE KINDS OF OPTIONS, WHICH I THINK DO CREATE THE KIND OF DIVERSITY AND HARMONIZATION WITH SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS ? THAT IS ONE QUESTION IN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, SO YOU ARE SAYING THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEND US, WHAT WE ARE REALLY AIMING FOR THERE IS TO GET TO FIVE AND SIX STORY SO WE CAN GET APARTMENT BUILDINGS. MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT FIFTH AND SIXTH STORY GOING TO ACTUALLY BE MANDATED TO BE AFFORDABLE AT 60 OR 80% AMI? >> GREAT, YES. IN TERMS OF THESE HOUSING TYPES, YOU KNOW, THESE REPRESENT A WIDE RANGE OF BOTH ATTACHED AND DETACHED UNITS, THINGS LIKE TOWNHOUSES. IT IS EASY TO GET THAT TYPE OF DIVERSITY IN A WIDE VARIETY OF ZONES BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL OWNERSHIP UNITS WHERE YOU CAN OWN FROM THE FLOOR TO THE CEILING. THE CHALLENGE BECOMES WHEN YOU START STACKING THINGS AND WHEN YOU STACK UNITS THERE IS A WIDE VARIETY OF NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT COME INTO PLACE . THOSE ARE THINGS -- SOME OF THEM ARE STATE REQUIREMENTS LIKE CONDO LIABILITY LAW , WHICH HAD SUBSTANTIAL COST. SOME OF THOSE ARE BUILDING CODE ISSUES YOU KNOW, INCREASED FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLERS HALLWAYS , OR STAIRS AND SOME OF THOSE ARE MARKET FACTORS , YOU KNOW. YOU NEED TO HAVE MORE INSULATION BETWEEN FLOORS IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE NOISE AND FOR ALL THOSE REASONS , WHEN YOU START STACKING, IT HAS A LOT OF ADDITIONAL COST SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE LARGER BILLING TO MAKE THOSE COSTS IS SATISFIED. ALSO THERE IS IN A PLAY WITH PARKING REQUIREMENTS YOU KNOW. IT'S EASY TO FIND SPACE FOR TWO TO FOUR UNITS. IF YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING LOWRISE. ONCE YOU GET ABOVE THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IT UNDERGROUND SO ALSO ONCE YOU GET INTO THE UNDERGROUND PARKING , THERE IS A LOT MORE THERE SO I GUESS THE MAJOR FACTORS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE CAN PLAY WITH YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN LOBBY THE STATE FOR THINGS LIKE REFORM. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN DO LIKE THINKING ABOUT REDUCING OR REMOVING PARKING REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE ALSO BUILDING CODE THINGS. THERE'S KIND OF A WIDE RANGE OF THINGS YOU CAN DO TO MAKE IT EASIER TO BUILD STACKED FLATS, THAT THERE ARE SOME BIG HURDLES THERE SO THAT IS WHY AS IT IS TODAY, THAT BALANCE IS ENOUGH THAT YOU REALLY HALF TO START GETTING TO THE FIFTH FLOOR BEFORE IT MAKES SENSE. >> SO THE OTHER QUESTION YOU HAD WAS ABOUT THE FIVE TO SIX STORIES IN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS. IT IS MARKET RATE HOUSING . IT'S JUST GOING TO BE SOUND STRAIGHT UP FIVE TO SIX, BUT THOSE ARE AREAS WHERE WE ARE PROPOSING TO EXTEND THE MANDATORY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM AND SO THAT WILL BE APPLICABLE IN THOSE AREAS WHERE WE ARE ZONING HIGHER BEYOND HB 1110 SO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND ARTERIALS. >> OKAY. THAT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE LAST SLIDE SAYS NHA WOULD CONTINUE NOT TO APPLY TO NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONING, SO YOU'RE SAYING IT WILL APPLY ? >> NO. WHERE THE FIVE AND SIX STORIES ARE BEING ZONED IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN THE LONG SELECT ARTERIALS, THAT IS FOR MULTI-FAMILY ZONING. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE PROPOSING TO EXTEND NHA. WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO EXTEND NHA AND WHAT WE ARE CALLING THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONING CURRENTLY FOR HB 1110 WILL TAKE EFFECT SO HB 1110 IS FOUR UNITS ON ANY PARCEL , OR SIX, IF TWO OF THOSE ARE AFFORDABLE, SO THAT IN SOME WAYS THIS SORT OF ALREADY AND INCLUSIONARY ZONING STANDARDS AND SIX WITHIN A QUARTER-MILE OF MAJOR TRANSIT, SO WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ON THOSE IF SOMEONE BUILDS SIX UNITS WITHIN A QUARTER-MILE MAJOR TRANSIT THAT ANY OF THOSE HAVE TO BE AFFORDABLE. WE DO HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONUS WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS SEPARATELY AND THAT IS APPLICABLE TO ANY PARCEL. >> SO, THE AREAS YOU ARE PROPOSING TO THAT YOU HAVE DESIGNATED AS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, MHA WOULD APPLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER? OKAY. AND WOULD THAT BE ON SITE PERFORMANCE, OR WOULD THAT BE IN LIEU? >> THE PROGRAM DOES NOT DISTINGUISH OR REQUIRE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, SO IT WOULD BE UP TO THE DEVELOPER TO DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO EXECUTE ON THAT. >> OKAY. ASIDE FROM THAT, HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE THESE OTHER BUILDING TYPES FOR AFFORDABILITY AND OWNERSHIP SO WE ARE NOT RUNNING INTO THIS NEED TO GET TO FIVE IN ORDER FOR IT TO PENCIL OUT. >> CAN I ASK FOR CLARIFICATION? THE QUESTION IS, WHEN YOU SAY THESE NEW TYPES, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT COMMERCE TYPES? >> LIKE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE ON 21. ALL OF THOSE. HOW DO WE WORK WITH DEVELOPERS TO GET THESE THINGS BUILT RATHER THAN APARTMENT BUILDINGS, FIVE AND SIX STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN CURRENT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE I THINK THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF BUY-IN TO THESE OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING . WHAT I AM HEARING IS IT IS NOT PENCILING OUT. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO GO FOR THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS. HOW DO WE HELP THE CITY AND DEVELOPERS MAKE THESE PENCIL OUT SO THAT WE HAVE GOT BETTER DIVERSITY, BETTER OWNERSHIP, BETTER AFFORDABILITY , NATURE, SCALE AND CHARACTER HUMANIZATION? >> COUNCILMEMBER, I WILL OFFER ONE PIECE JUST RECALLING ANOTHER SLIDE THAT BRENNON COVERED ON THE STACKED FLAT BONUS, SO THAT VERY INTENTIONALLY IS JUST SUCH AN INCENTIVE WITH REGARD TO STACKED FLATS ESSENTIALLY PROVIDING MORE FLEXIBILITY TO BUILD LARGER STRUCTURE , OTHER RELAXATION, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WOULD WE HOPE INCENTIVIZE STACKED FLATS AND SELECTED LOCATIONS, GREATER THAN 6000 SQUARE FOOT LOT AND NEARBY TRANSIT. THAT IS AN INCENTIVE INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSAL. I WILL SAY ALSO GENERALLY, THE LEGISLATION THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU, ESPECIALLY THE LEGISLATION AND MAY , THE SECOND ROUND OF ZONING LEGISLATION IN ADDITION TO THE MAP CHANGES IN NUCLEAR CENTERS IN THE LONG CORRIDORS THAT WE WENT THROUGH A VERY THOUGHTFUL PROCESS OF LOOKING AT EXISTING LOWRISE ZONES FOR EXAMPLE AND TWEAKING SOME OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO BUILD STACKED FLATS , FOUR, FIVE, SIX STORY, IN THAT RANGE, MORE EASILY SO THOSE ARE STEPS WE HAVE TAKEN WITH THE PROPOSAL YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT. >> THANK YOU. >> CAN I ADD TO THAT? I THINK IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONES, THESE ARE ZONES THAT HAVE THREE-STORY HEIGHT LIMITS, I THINK THESE TYPES ARE THE THINGS THAT WILL NATURALLY OCCUR. THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE WILL BAILED -- BUILD. THE IDEA THOUGH IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY WOULD CONTINUE TO BE SOLD NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL SO WE WOULD CONTINUE TO SEE THESE IN THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY. THE IDEA IS THEY WOULD ALSO, IN THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, IT IS ALMOST ENTIRELY HOMEOWNERSHIP AND BECAUSE IT IS HOMEOWNERSHIP IT IS AFFORDABLE TO HIGHER INCOME FAMILIES GENERALLY SO WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WILL GET APARTMENTS AND CONDOS WHICH HAVE A LOWER COST AND ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE ON A SINGLE FLOOR AND THAT IS WHY THAT MIGHT OCCUR IN THOSE OTHER ZONES, SO LIKE THE LOWRISE ZONES . >> I APPRECIATE THAT BUT ALSO THINK IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE HOMEOWNERSHIP AFFORDABLE AND REACHABLE TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE ABLE TO, AND ALL OF THESE OTHER MODELS WOULD WORK BOTH AS CONDO AND CO-OPS, SO THAT IS ANOTHER THING WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT, IS HOW ARE WE EXPANDING OUR OWNERSHIP MODELS SO THAT WE CAN GET PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE IN THE HIGHER INCOME BECAUSE I MEAN I GUESS I WOULD PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT AND THAT I AM NOT SEEING THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. WHAT I'M SAYING IS TOWNHOUSES STARTING AT SEVEN AND 800,000. YOU KNOW, WHAT MANY , MANY PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD. HOW DO WE BUILD THINGS PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN AND HOW DO WE HELP SUBSIDIZE THAT AT A HIGHER LEVEL , SO THOSE ARE THINGS SPINNING AROUND IN MY MIND. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. I HEAR THE SAME THING. WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY TO HELP STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS AND WHEN I TALK TO FOLKS, I TALK ABOUT THE PERMITTING PROCESS OR IF THEY ARE DEVELOPING A PROPERTY THEY HAVE TO DO REPLACE A WATER MAIN AND THAT ADDS TO THE COST, OR HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THEM TO GET A METER INSTALLED IN ALL THIS STUFF GOES INTO THE COST WHEN YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING, AND THAT HITS THE BOTTOM LINE SO ANYWAYS, I HEAR THAT. WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY TO ADD COST TO THE HOUSING THAT MAKES IT UNAFFORDABLE FOR FOLKS IS WHAT I HEAR YOU SAY. I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT BACK WHAT YOU SAID BUT COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU STAFF FOR BEING HERE. I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD A LOT FROM CONSTITUENTS AND SO I WANT TO ASK IT IN A WAY THAT I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM ACCURATE AND REALLY MORSELS -- MORE SO FOLKS UNDERSTAND. PAGE 21 ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF HB 1110. THIS IS ALL NOW ALLOWABLE UNDER THE STATE LEGISLATURE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH. WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. >> CLOSE. THERE IS A BIT OF A NEW WANTS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS NINE TYPES OF METAL HOUSING. TECHNICALLY, HB 1110 REQUIRES THAT WE ALLOW SEVEN OUT OF THE NINE. BUT, THIS IS A RANGE OF UNIT TYPES THAT WE ACTUALLY GENERALLY ALLOW IN MANY PLACES IN THE CITY ANYWAY, ON THIS PROPOSAL JUST SIMPLIFIES IT. WE DO ALL MINE. IT WOULD BE NEARLY IDENTICAL LEGISLATION IF WE RESTRICTED ONE OR TWO OF THESE, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT NUANCED THERE. >> THANK YOU. WHICH TWO OF THESE ARE NOT ALLOWED UNDER HB 1110? THERE ARE TWO OF THESE THAT ARE NOT HB 1110 THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AS PART OF THE COMP PLAN? >> NO. I APOLOGIZE, LET ME TAKE ANOTHER CUT AT IT. HB 1110 HAS SOME COMPLICATED PROVISIONS SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR. THE STATE LAW IDENTIFIES ALL NINE OF THE TYPES THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE AND THEN IT SAYS WE MUST ALLOW AT LEAST SEVEN OF THE NINE . THAT ESSENTIALLY LEAVES IT UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY WHICH SEVEN THAT IT MUST PERMIT AND ALL OF ITS RESIDENTIAL AREAS. >> TO ME, MY ORIGINAL WAS ALL OF THESE ARE ALLOWED UNDER HB 1110 AND THE ANSWER IS YES AND SO ONE THING IS, AND COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THE CHARACTER. IT IS IN THE LEGISLATION THAT WHAT YOU BUILD HAS TO BE IN LINE WITH THE CHARACTER OF WHAT IS EXISTING CURRENTLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO FOLKS ARE ASKING ME WELL, THEN HOW CAN WE BE ALLOWING IN THESE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS EVEN MORE UPSET BECAUSE THAT IS NOT IN LINE WITH WHAT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO IT IS OUT OF CHARACTER AND THEN IT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH HB 1110 AND I THINK THAT IS BECAUSE WE CAN GO HIGHER THAN HB 1110, NOT LOWER, AND SO IT IS TRUE THAT IS NOT CAPTURED IN HB 1110 BUT WE CAN DO IT ANYWAY BECAUSE WE CAN GO STRONGER THAN THE STATE AND I SEE CENTRAL STAFF NODDING AND THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT IF WE ARE ONLY TO DO HB 1110 YES, EVERYTHING THAN UNDER HB 1110 WOULD HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT IN THE COMP PLAN, WE ARE GOING FURTHER THAN HB 1110, WHICH IS WHY YOU CAN GO OUTSIDE OF THAT CHARACTER PIECE AND I JUST -- I'M NOT TAKING A POSITION HERE. I JUST WANT CLARITY FOR CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE THIS IS THE PIECE THAT AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE FOUND FRUSTRATING, BECAUSE MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE ALSO FOUND IT FRUSTRATING AND ARE COMING TO US WITH THESE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. I JUST WANT TO GIVE THE INFORMATION SO PEOPLE ARE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, AND THERE IS NOT ANYTHING IN HERE THAT IS SOMEHOW HIDDEN OR INCONSISTENT WITH THE STATE BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY TO ME WELL, THIS IS NOT TRUE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING OR WHAT THE CITY IS DOING IS NOT ALLOWABLE. I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR SO PEOPLE HAVE THE ACCURATE INFORMATION. >> JUST ONE POINT OF CLARITY. HB 1110 DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT THE NEW DEVELOPMENT MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. RATHER, IT REQUIRES THAT WE ALLOW MIDDLE HOUSING AND DEFINES LITTLE HOUSING AS HOUSING THAT IS OF A SCALE THAT IS GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH IT SO THAT MEANS A THREE-STORY HEIGHT LIMIT. NOT HEIGHT LIMITS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL . IT IS ANYTHING THAT IS THREE STORIES OR LESS THEY DEFINE AS HOUSING SO THERE IS NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE TO REVIEW DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT IN THE THREE-STORY CONTEXT. >> THANK YOU. >> AWESOME. I KNOW THAT WE WERE ON SLIDE 26? NO, I LIED. 29. >> THIS IS NEARLY OUR LAST SLIDE . WE CAN PERHAPS COVER THE LAST TWO THEN GET ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SLIDE, BASED ON -- THERE IS A LOT OF DETAIL IN THE SLIDES, YOU HAVE HEARD TODAY. SOME OF THOSE DETAILS ARE INCLUDED IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SOME ARE IN DIFFERENT PIECES OF ZONING LEGISLATION, SO THIS SLIDE IS JUST TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE THE DIFFERENT PIECES RESIDE IN THE LEGISLATION YOU WILL BE CONSIDERING THIS YEAR'S THE FIRST THERE IS THE ADOPTION LEGISLATION FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN . THE ISSUES BEFORE YOU AND THE DECISIONS YOU WILL BE MAKING AND ADOPTING WITH THAT PLAN OF THE GROWTH STRATEGY AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THAT IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL MAP YOU SAW ON SOME OF THE SLIDES TODAY. FOR EXAMPLE, IT SHOWS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AS A SINGLE COLOR, A SIMPLIFIED METHOD INDICATES DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY AND THEIR ROLE AS WE ARE PLANNING FOR GROWTH. WE HAVE BOUNDARIES FOR THE EXPANSIONARY IS A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS THEMSELVES . BECAUSE YOU WILL BE CONSIDERING ZONING LEGISLATION LATER THIS YEAR, EFFECTIVELY, THOSE ARE IN A SENSE, PRELIMINARY BOUNDARIES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONSIDER THE DENSITY AND THE EXTENT OF HIGHER ZONING CHANGES AS YOU PROCEED THROUGH PIECES OF LEGISLATION. YOU WILL ALSO BE APPROVING POLICIES THAT DESCRIBE EACH TYPE OF AREA AND ITS ROLE IN HOUSING, GENERALLY THE SCALE. THREE TO SIX STORIES, THOSE THINGS ARE IN THE COMP PLAN. SECOND IS HOUSE BILL 1110. THAT IS NEARLY ENTIRELY JUST ADOPTING NEW NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONING THAT IS COMPLIANT WITH THE NEW STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS AND THAT HAS THOSE ADDITIONAL PIECES LIKE INCENTIVES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONUS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TODAY AND THEN THE THIRD PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS THAT SECOND ROUND OF THE ZONING LEGISLATION WHICH WE ARE CALLING CENTERS AND CORRIDORS, AND THAT IS PRIMARILY THE MAP CHANGES THAT THE NEW ZONING MAPS -- MUCH MORE DETAILED FOR AREAS WE ARE PROPOSING TO EXPAND EXISTING URBAN AND REGIONAL CENTERS ALONG FREQUENT TRANSIT CORRIDORS. THOSE ARE THE MAPS WE WENT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE FALL . THAT LEGISLATION WILL HAVE A VERSION OF THOSE MAPS, A REVISED VERSION. WE ARE TAKING IN , RIGHT NOW AND PUTTING A REVISED VERSION BACK AND THAT LEGISLATION THEN AS I MENTIONED, SOME MODEST, MINOR CHANGES TO EXISTING CODE IN LOWRISE AND OTHER ZONES TO PROMOTE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT JUST KIND OF CLEANUP AND MAKE OUR CODE MORE HOUSING FRIENDLY. THAT WILL BE IN THAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION. THAT IS FOR YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY LOOK IN DETAIL AT THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. >> THEN THE GOAL HERE NOW THROUGH JUNE IS TO MAKE A STATE DEADLINE FOR HOUSE BILL 1110. THERE ARE TWO THINGS WE NEED TO HAPPEN LEGISLATIVELY TO MEET THAT DEADLINE. ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ADOPT THE FIRST PIECE OF ZONING LEGISLATION WITH NEW NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL. WE WOULD HAVE MORE TIME AS A CITY TO ADOPT A SECOND PIECE OF LEGISLATION, CENTERS AND CORRIDORS. THE SCHEDULE, WHICH WE DEVELOP WITH CENTRAL STAFF, AIMS TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS BEFORE THE BUDGET SEASON IN THE FALL , SO MAYBE ACTION IN SEPTEMBER OR SO. THAT IS THE GAME PLAN. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE GETTING STARTED WITH IT NOW AND IT IS CERTAINLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE, DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS GO. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU. BEFORE WE HAVE PEOPLE JUMP IN THE SECOND QUESTIONS I KNOW COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE NOT HAD YOUR TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS. I DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE THIS TIME IF COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK AND COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA HAVE QUESTIONS AS WELL AND WE WILL START WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> THIS IS A FAST ONE. SORRY IF YOU MENTIONED THIS ALREADY, BUT HAS THE EIS BEEN PUBLISHED? >> IT HAS NOT. IT WILL BE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD WITH OUR CONSULTANTS TO GET OVER THE FINISH LINE. >> AWESOME. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU ALL COULD TALK ABOUT THE WINDOW FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY, THE 14-DAY WINDOW IN WHICH IT IS RELEASED, AND THE PUBLIC CAN COMMENT AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF REGARDING THE TIMELINE, AS WELL? >> ONCE THE EIS IS RELEASED THERE IS A 14-DAY PERIOD IN WHICH ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC COULD APPEAL THE FINDINGS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. THAT APPEAL WOULD GO TO THE SEATTLE HEARING EXAMINER AND STATE LAW SAYS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ACT ON LEGISLATION THAT IS STUDIED UNDER THE EIS UNTIL THE APPEAL IS RESOLVED. >> TO BE CLEAR, THERE IS NO COMMENT PERIOD? THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD AFTER THE DRAFT AND NO FINAL OR CHANGE AFTER THE DRAFT? >> THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME. PEOPLE STILL WILL COMMENT ON IT BUT THAT WINDOW HAS BEEN ALREADY GONE AND PASSED ALREADY. THIS IS A FINAL THAT PEOPLE CAN APPEAL DURING THAT 14-DAY WINDOW. THANK YOU. ARE THERE QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK, WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE RECOGNIZED OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA? NO? EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE. HEY, I'M JUST SHOCKED. ALSO, DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE GROWTH STRATEGY, AS WELL? NO? OKAY. THANK YOU. VICE-CHAIR STRAUSS. >> THANKS. THIS IS JUST FOLLOWING UP ON PUTTING MY SOUND TRANSIT BOARD MEMBER HAD ON FOLLOWING UP ON A CONVERSATION I HAD IT BRIEFING THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THE PINEHURST HOWLER LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS NEW CENTER. IT IS BEING ACCOMPANIED BY THE NEW LIGHT RAIL STATION, THE DEBORAH OR IS STATION SO I THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THAT CENTER TO DEBORAH JUAREZ. THANK YOU FOR NOT LAUGHING AT MY BAD JOKES. IN ALL REALITY, NEXT WEEK WHILE WE ARE HERE HAVING INTERVIEWS WITH POTENTIAL APPLICANTS TO FILL IN THE VACANT POSITION, SOUND TRANSIT WILL BE FINALIZING THE NAME FOR THAT STATION, WHICH IS SIMPLY PINEHURST AND SO COUNCILMEMBER MORE, WE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF CHANGE AND IT IS A BRAND-NEW STATION THAT IS NOT OPEN RIGHT NOW AND SO , BY NAMING THE STATION , IT HAS IMPLICATIONS ON NAMING THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE IN CONTROL OF THAT NAME AND I WILL SAY THE RESULTS FROM THE SURVEY REGARDING THE NAME WERE PRETTY CLEAR. IT WAS EITHER PINEHURST OR PINEHURST 1/30. PINEHURST IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR SO I JUST RAISE THAT TODAY. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT BRIEFLY ON THE DAIS BUT I WANTED TO RAISE THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AND BEFORE I JUMP INTO ANY OF MY QUESTIONS I WANT TO MAKE SURE ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES -- I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS. ABSOLUTELY, COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE. >> CHAIR, THANK YOU, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE COME TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT. I APPRECIATE IT, TO YOUR POINT, AT THE VERY BEGINNING, THIS IS A FRAUGHT TOPIC AREA. IT GOES TO EVERYONE'S HEART, SO I DO APPRECIATE IT. CLEARLY, WE NEED TO DENSIFY, BUT CLEARLY ALSO WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION SOME PIECES AND SO WHILE I AM FOR DENSIFICATION , PLAN THE FIVE GUY AND THE REST I DO RECOGNIZE SOME UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY EXIST , LIKE SOMEBODY MENTIONED, SLOPES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THERE ARE SOME PIECES THAT -- YOU KNOW, SOME TWEAKS MAY BE IN ORDER BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. I APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS EVERYONE HAS MADE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE. COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA. >> THANK YOU. I TOO WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP TODAY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND ALSO WANTED TO SAY WE JUST GOT THE COMP PLAN AND ALL THE TRANSPORTATION CLIMATE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS THAT ACCOMPANY IT, THE WHOLE THING IS ABOUT 360 PAGES, SO JUST REALLY FOR THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS, WE ARE REVIEWING AND READING THROUGH THAT VERY LENGTHY PLAN, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY I, FOR MY PART, DO NOT HAVE MORE QUESTIONS TODAY, BUT WILL, AND I KNOW WE WILL BE MEETING WITH OPCD INDIVIDUAL IN COUNCIL OFFICES TO CONTINUE TO DIG THROUGH THIS INFORMATION AND ASK QUESTIONS SO I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR THAT THIS IS IT. WE ARE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE. WE HAVE A LOT. WE ARE GETTING THROUGH ALL THIS READING OF THIS COMP PLAN AND WE WILL CONTINUE THE ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA. BEFORE WE CONTINUE AND CLOSEOUT I JUST WANT TO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS WHAT I HAVE HEARD TODAY FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE MET WITH MOST OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY. I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE MEETING WITH A COUPLE OF FOLKS BUT WHAT I HEARD TODAY OBVIOUSLY MARITIME LAND AND INDUSTRIAL LANDS ARE IMPORTANT. WE HAVE HEARD THAT. NUMBER TWO , HEARD FROM THE COMMENTS REGARDING HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE MORE STACKED FLATS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING, NOT JUST TOWNHOMES. I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE . IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR OUR OLDER SEASONED FOLKS -- MY PARENTS TOLD ME DON'T CALL THE MOLD, CALL THEM SEASONED -- SEASONED FOLKS TO GET UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS OR IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY OR TODDLER YOU KNOW, IT IS THREE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS. THAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT, SO INCENTIVIZING STACKED FLATS. I HEARD THAT AND I HAVE HEARD ABOUT WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALSO , TOO, WHICH I DON'T WANT US TO FORGET AND I MADE A COMMENT TO CENTRAL STAFF REGARDING THIS , IS OUR ABILITY TO WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. I KNOW WE DO NOT GOVERN WITH THEM, BUT WE HAVE A LOW ENROLLMENT WITH A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS AROUND SEATTLE AND THAT IS BECAUSE FAMILIES JUST CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE HERE, AND WE DON'T INCENTIVIZE TWO OR THREE BEDROOM HOMES AND APARTMENTS OR CONDOS IN SEATTLE, AND HOW THAT IS GOING TO -- OUR SOCIETY IS GOING TO ONLY EXIST WITH THE NEW GENERATION AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES AND PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE HERE ON THE NOT HEALTH OR SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THE FAMILY HOUSING PIECE, WHICH I THINK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM YOU AS WELL . ANYWAYS, AS WE WRAP THIS UP, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AND TALK TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I PLAN TO WALK ALL OF THE PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS THAT ARE IN OUR DISTRICT SO I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT AND JUST PHYSICALLY GET OUT THERE AND SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO JUST HANG ON FOR THAT. THAT IS COMING FROM ME IN DISTRICT 3. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. OUR NEXT MEETING IS JANUARY 29th . WE ARE STILL WORKING ON -- I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE PROPOSED LIKE FOUR SPICY TOPICS. THAT IS A LOT TO HANDLE. LIKE MHA ENTRIES, THAT ALONE IS LIKE A FIVE DAY PRESENTATION. >> I THINK WE ACTUALLY AMENDED THAT TO BE CLEAR, TO JUST FOCUS ON DISPLACEMENT, THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND WE ACTUALLY WERE NOT PLANNING ON BRINGING ANYTHING BACK ON MHA BEYOND WHAT WE PRESENTED TODAY UNLESS YOU WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME ON THAT ISSUE. AND THEN, WE ARE HAPPY TO TEE UP A DISCUSSION ON TREES IF YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST WE MAYBE FIND ANOTHER COMMITTEE TIME FOR THAT ONE. >> ABSOLUTELY. THERE ARE A LOT OF SPICY TOPICS AND I'M TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES, TOO, TO FIND OUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL AND WHAT EXTRA COMMITTEE TIME YOU WANT TO SPEND TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN TOPICS SO LET ME KNOW AND I WILL BE WORKING WITH OPCD AND CENTRAL STAFF IN CREATING AND CRAFTING THAT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. WITH THAT, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY, DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY MORE ITEMS OF BUSINESS FOR THIS SELECT COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE, THIS CONCLUDES OUR JANUARY 15 MEETING OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE NEXT MEETING IS JANUARY 29th AT 2:00 P.M., SUBJECT TO CHANGE, AS WELL. BUT 2:00 P.M. PLEASE PLAN ON THAT. IF NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING WILL ADJOURNED. HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.