>> MEETING OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 9:34 A.M. I AM JOEY HOLLINGSWORTH. I'M CHAIR OF THE SELECT WOULD BE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? >> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS? >> PRESENT.'S BEEN A COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. >> HERE. IT'S BEEN A COUNCILMEMBER MORIN. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILPERSON NELSON. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL PERSON RIVERA . >> COUNCILMEMBER SECOND. >> HERE. >> AND CHAIR OF HOLLINGSWORTH. >> EIGHT PRESENT . >> AWESOME, THANK YOU. IT IS REALLY GREAT TO SEE A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES. I KNOW THAT THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING BACK FROM THE RECESS THAT WE HEAD SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US HERE FOR THE FIRST MEETING OF 2025 AT 9:30 A.M. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE AGENDA. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR OPEN HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD BE RELATED TO THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE. CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? >> WE HAVE 17 IN PERSON AND 11 REMOTE SPEAKERS. >> AWESOME. PERFECT. EVERYONE WILL GET TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR THEIR COMMENTS. I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME DOWN TODAY IN PERSON AND THINK THE PEOPLE ONLINE FOR COMING DOWN AND ENGAGING WITH US TODAY. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WILL THE CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? TWO MINUTES. >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS BY NAME IN ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTER. BOOTH ON THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE AND FROM THE SENATE SEATS AVAILABLE HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND WE'LL START WITH IN PERSON SPEAKER FIRST AND ALTERNATE WITH 10 SPEAKERS, I SHOULD SAY WE'LL COMPLETE IN PERSON SPEAKERS AND THEN REMOVED TO REMOTE SPEAKERS. IF YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED TO SPEAK AND WOULD LIKE TO YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. JUST GO TO THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE OR SIGN UP ON THE SIGN-UP SHEETS NEAR THE MICROPHONE. THE ONLY LINK ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WHEN SPEAKING, PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM WHICH YOU ARE ADDRESSING. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR ALLOTTED TIME. SPEAKERS DO NOT AND THEIR COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED TIME PERIOD PROVIDED THE SPEAKERS MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT PERSON. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKERS. AND GOING TO CALL THE FIRST 10 NUMBERS, NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 10, AND WE HAVE TWO MICROPHONES HERE AND ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE SO IF YOU PLEASE ALTERNATE THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SPEAKERS ONE THROUGH 10 STARTING WITH NUMBER ONE, WHO IS SPEAKER SUSAN McCORMICK. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M SUSAN McCORMICK SPEAKING TO THE COP PLAN AS IT APPLIES TO MADRONA. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF A LARGE GROUP OF MADRONA NEIGHBORS. ON A 24 YOUR HOMEOWNER IN MADRONA AND LET SCHEID BEFORE THAT. WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH THE CITY'S PLANS FOR A NEW MADRONA NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND DESIGNATING MADRONA DRIVE AS A FREQUENT TRANSIT ZONE ARE DEEPLY FLAWED. THE CITY PLAN GOES FAR BEYOND WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES WITH INCREASED ZONING CAPACITY FOR OVER 330,000 UNITS, MORE THAN DOUBLING THE CITY'S HOUSING CAPACITY AND FAR EXCEEDING THE SET GROWTH TARGETS. DRASTIC ZONING CHANGES ARE NOT NEEDED. MADRONA IS SLATED TO ALLOW FIVE STORY BUILDINGS SPINNING OUT SEVERAL SLEEP FROM ITS CENTER PLUS A LONG MADRONA DRIVE DOWN TO LAKE WASHINGTON. MADRONA IS A SMALL, OUT-OF-THE-WAY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT DOES NOT HAVE THE AMENITIES LISTED AS CRITERIA FOR AN UP ZONE AND IT DOES NOT HAVE EASY ACCESS TO RAPID TRANSIT. WHAT DOES IT HAVE? ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREAS WITH STEEP SLOPES AND PAST LANDSLIDES. EVEN WITH THE CURRENT NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, WE HAD SEWER OVERFLOW EVENTS INTO LAKE WASHINGTON. WE HAVE A UNIQUE TREE CANOPY, THE HIGHEST DEGREE THE CITY RECORDS AT 40% TO 68%, HELPING CLIMATE CHANGE AND TREE CANOPY GOALS . WITH THE 2023 TREE ORDINANCE, EVEN GIANT TREES CAN BE REMOVED FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROPOSED FIVE FOOT SETBACKS IN THIS PLAN ALSO WILL DESTROY TREES. WE WORRY ABOUT DISPLACEMENT OF LONG-TERM RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WHEN THEIR PROPERTY TAXES INCREASE WITH THE UP ZONE. LESLIE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING STARTS WITH AFFORDABLE LAND. THE LAND IN MADRONA IS EXPENSIVE. STABILIZING STEEP SLOPES IS EXPENSIVE, IF FEASIBLE AT ALL. THESE UNITS WILL NOT BE AFFORDABLE. DEVELOPERS WILL BUILD MORE FIVE-STORY, HIGH-END, HIGH PROFIT LUXURY BUILDINGS WITH VIEWS OF LAKE WASHINGTON AND MT. RAINIER, BLOCKING THE SAME VIEWS FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM PROWTREEBE GONE. THE MADRONA NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE FOREVER ALTERED AND THE CITY WILL NOT GET ITS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I VOTED FOR MANY OF YOU HAVE A. I INVITE OUR COUNCILMEMBER JOEY HOLLINGSWORTH TO WALK OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH US. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER NUMBER TWO, THEN FOLLOWING SPEAKER NUMBER TWO, LILY CHURCH, WILL BE DENNY, SPEAKER NUMBER THREE. >> WE ALSO HAVE, BEFORE YOU START, I'M SO SORRY, WE ALSO HAVE TWO MICROPHONES SO IF THE NEXT SPEAKER, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND STAND WITH THE MICROPHONE, JUST TO PREP, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS LOUIS CHURCH. I LIVED ON CAPITOL HILL IN MADRONA FOR FOUR YEARS, SUPPORTED EVERY TAX INCREASE AND VOTED FOR MANY OF YOU. I'VE FOUR POINTS TO BRING. NUMBER ONE, THE PROPOSED PLAN DOESN'T ACTUALLY SOLVE AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE DENSITY IN ITSELF DOESN'T TRANSLATE TO LOWER HOUSING COSTS. THERE'S MUCH SEATTLE DATA TO SUPPORT THAT. NUMBER TWO, WE WERE BLINDSIDED BY THE LACK OF OUTREACH AND SHORT DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS. DETAILS WEREN'T IDENTIFIED UNTIL OCTOBER 16th AND WE ONLY LEARNED ABOUT IT WEEKS LATER, BECAUSE SOME RESIDENT DISTRIBUTED FLYERS. AS CONSTITUENTS, WE NEED TO BE ENGAGED AND VALUED AS MUCH AS DEVELOPERS AND SPECIAL GROUPS HAVE BEEN. NUMBER THREE, AND THIS IS MY MOST IMPORTANT POINT -- THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS. MANY RESIDENTS, IN RESPONSE TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT, HAVE SPENT A WHOLE LOT OF THEIR TIME ON A VERY SHORT TIMELINE TO SUBMIT TO YOU HIGH-LEVEL RESEARCH, DATA, SMART SOLUTIONS. THE EXTENSIVE COMMENTS WILL ACTUALLY HELP YOU A LOT . THEY'VE DONE MUCH OF THE WORK FOR YOU. PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE. BUT YOU NEED TO READ THE DETAILS, NOT JUST SOME SUMMARY. NUMBER FOUR IS AN INVITATION. JOY, OUR DISTRICT HASN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM YOU GET ON THIS ISSUE. I LOVE YOU, LIKE SUSAN INVITED, TO VISIT US IN MADRONA. WE CAN WALK AROUND. YOU CAN LEARN WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STEEP SLOPES AND WE CAN HELP ADDRESS CONCERNS AND RESERVATIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER NUMBER THREE, THANK YOU. >> AND WE HERE OKAY? WORKS? GOOD MORNING , COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DENNY BECK MAYER. MY FAMILY AND I CHOSE TO LIVE IN MADRONA OVER 55 YEARS AGO. WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO OUR HISTORICAL AND VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD. I WILL NOT REPEAT THE DETAILED COMMENTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED ZONING PLAN THAT A NUMBER OF MY NEIGHBORS HAD SUBMITTED, BUT THEY ARE IMPORTANT. AND YOU AND YOUR STAFF OUGHT TO -- OWE IT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO READ AND TO CONSIDER CAREFULLY. YOU HAVE NO DOUBT HEARD OF A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM. NOT QUITE THE CASE HERE. MORE LIKE AN INAPPROPRIATE PROPOSED SOLUTION FOR A MISPERCEIVED PROBLEM, OR WORST CASE, A CRAVEN CONCESSION TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS AT THE EXPENSE OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS. HOMELESSNESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE REAL PROBLEMS. ADDRESS THEM. BUT ALLOWING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF REDUNDANT NEW HOUSING THAT DOES NOT ADDRESS THESE ISSUES IS NOT ONLY UNNECESSARY, IT FACILITATES GRATUITOUS DAMAGE TO SOME OF SEATTLE'S MOST VALUABLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSETS. MY REQUEST, SLOW DOWN. REASSESS ALL PARTS OF THE PROPOSED PLAN THAT EXCEED WHAT IS MANDATED BY HB 1110. THE TEMPLATE USED BY THE PLANNING COMMITTEE IS NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL. CONSIDERED THE EFFECT OF ITS PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN SPECIFIC CASES, INCREASING PERMISSIBLE NEIGHBORHOOD DENSITY ACROSS SEATTLE BY MORE THAN FOURFOLD IN ONE FELL SWOOP IS NOT ONLY UNNECESSARY, IT'S FOOLISH AND DESTRUCTIVE. REMEMBER, NEITHER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS NOR SPOKESPERSONS AND ADVISORS WHO STAND TO GAIN BY THEIR ACTIONS ARE YOUR LEGAL CONSTITUENCY. WE THE RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE. PLEASE LISTEN AND ACT RESPONSIBLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> NEXT SPEAKER NUMBER FIVE, CAROLYN, FOLLOWED BY SPEAKER NUMBER SIX. >> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. I'M CAROLINE ALLMAN. THIS IS MY NEIGHBOR, DEB LISTER. WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PLAN. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH YOU TODAY. WE LIVE IN MAPLE LEAF, IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED CENTERED AREA THAT ALLOWS FIVE-STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS ON NARROW SIDE STREETS. WE BRING A PETITION TODAY SIGNED BY 743 PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE THAT DESIGNATION, MOST OF WHOM LIVE IN MAPLE LEAF AND NEARBY. OUR COMMUNITY STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE NEED FOR WELL CITED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT WE HAVE GRAVE CONCERNS THAT THE MAYOR'S PLAN DOES NOT COME IN FACT, HELP THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT MOST. MAPLE LEAF IS THE WRONG SPOT FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER -- A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. DISSENTERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CITED AROUND COMMERCIAL CORES, WHERE YOU HAVE EASY ACCESS TO BIKE OR CYCLE, OR HOP A BUS TO GET TO THE GROCERY STORE, THE BANK, OR THE PHARMACY. NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT. WE DON'T HAVE A COMMERCIAL COURT. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE EVERYDAY SERVICES AND WE DON'T HAVE GOOD PUBLIC TRANSIT. WE ALSO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECT OF HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT ON THE CITY'S RECENTLY DESIGNATED 12th AVENUE GREENWAY, AND WE WILL BE BACK AT A LATER MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. AND WE ALSO ARE CONCERNED AS OTHERS ARE, ABOUT THE EFFECT OF MATURE TREES. WE, TOO, HAVE A MODERATE TREE CANOPY AND THE CITY'S OWN EIS SAID THAT DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AREA WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT REACHING THE CITY'S TREE CANOPY GOAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DONNA, I BELIEVE, AND THEN SPEAKER NUMBER SEVEN IS WILLIAM. >> GOOD MORNING, MISS DONNA. WELCOME. IF YOU CAN -- OUR CLERK WILL TAKE IT. THANK YOU. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS DONNA GRETZKY. I'M A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER. I'M HERE TODAY TO POINT OUT A REAL-TIME, ONGOING, SOCIAL INEQUITY CRISIS THAT IS CROSSING NEW HOUSING OUTCOMES WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS OF HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. GROUPED WITHIN A TWO BLOCK AREA ON 21st AVENUE SOUTH ARE FIVE LOTS IN WHICH A TOTAL OF 60 NEW DWELLING UNITS HAVE GONE ON DELTA THROUGH THE INABILITY TO OBTAIN NEW WATER SERVICE. THIS IS JUST A SMALL SAMPLING OF HOUSING PERMITS CRUSHED DUE TO THE ASSURANCE OF OVER 1600 NOT APPROVED WATER AVAILABILITY OF THE CERTIFICATES FROM THE LAST 10 YEARS. I AM HOLDING THE WATER SUPPLY LINE. THESE INCLUDE ASIAN WATER SUPPLY LINES AND FEEDER REMAINS THAT RUN IN A NORTH/SOUTH DIRECTION THROUGH BIP OC COMMUNITIES. SPO HAS DETERMINED THESE PIPES HAVE NO RESTRICTIONS. THERE ARE OVER 25 MILES OF THESE PIPES IN THE CITY. THE 16 POTENTIAL DWELLING UNITS ON 21st AVENUE SOUTH FELL VICTIM TO THE RESTRICTION. SBU'S KNOWN TAP POLICY CAN BE FOUND WITHIN DIRECTORS RULE WTR 440. BY VIRTUE OF THE LOCATION OF THE SUPPLY LINES, PREDOMINANTLY AND HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, THERE IS AN INHERENT SOCIAL INJUSTICE COMPONENT WITHIN SPU'S NO NEW TAPS POLICY. I TRUST COUNCIL WILL TAKE ACTION TO CORRECT THIS ALARMING ECHO OF REDLINING AND ENSURE THE FULL POTENTIAL FOR NEW HOUSING WITHIN BIPOC COMMUNITIES CAN BE ACHIEVED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MS. DONNA. >> FOLLOWING SPEAKER SEVEN WILL BE SPEAKER EIGHT, JANET. >> GOOD MORNING. >> HI. >> YOU CAN START ANYTIME. >> MY NAME IS WILL McNEIL. I'M A SEATTLE RESIDENT AND ONE OF HUNDREDS OF HOUSE BUILDERS WHO HAS BEEN BLINDSIDED BY DENIED WATER AVAILABILITY CERTIFICATE AND THUS BUILDING PERMITS FROM SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES. RATHER THAN PROVIDE PUBLIC WATER INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY FOR CITY GROWTH, SEATTLE IS TRYING TO FORCE HOMEOWNERS AND DEVELOPERS TO PAY FOR WHAT SHOULD BE CITY FUNDED AND MAINTAINED PUBLIC UTILITY SYSTEMS. BUILDING OFF OF WHAT DONNA SAID EARLIER, I PURCHASED A VACANT LOT ON CONCORD STREET IN SOUTHPARK, SHOWN ON THIS MAP HERE. IS A HISTORICAL AREA OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY WITHIN THE CITY, HOME TO MANY LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS THAT DESPERATELY NEED NEW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. MYSELF AND TWO OF MY NEIGHBORS WERE PLANNING TO DEVELOP OUR VACANT LOTS WITH SIMILAR HOMES TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE WERE DENIED WATER AVAILABILITY CERTIFICATES, AND THUS BUILDING PERMITS. SPU MANDATED IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY WITHIN A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME THAT I INSTALL AN EIGHT INCH DUCTILE IRON PIPE WATER MAIN FOR THE ENTIRE STREET, A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTING OVER $800,000 AND A BUBBLE OF SERVING HUNDREDS OF ADDITIONAL HOMES, ALL FOR A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WHICH COULD'VE EASILY BEEN SERVED BY A $20,000, ONE INCH WATER LINE, SIMILAR TO HOW ALL THE OTHER HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECT TO WATER. THIS $800,000 MANDATED WATER MAIN UP RATE IS NOT NECESSARY. IT STOPS DEVELOPMENT IN LOW SOCIOECONOMIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND IS CONTRARY TO SEATTLE'S GOALS OF PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. MY STORY IS NOT AN UNCOMMON ONE. AFTER LOOKING INTO SIMILAR CASES, SPU'S DENIAL OF WATER AVAILABILITY CERTIFICATES HAVE RESULTED IN OVER 5000 UNREALIZED HOUSING UNITS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS ALONE. THIS STATISTIC COMES FROM A PUBLISHED SOURCE IN THE URBANIST FROM OCTOBER 14th, 2024 POINT AS SEATTLE CONSIDERS IT TRANSIT PLAN MOVING FORWARD, I URGE COUNCILMEMBERS TO CONSIDER HOW AFFORDABLE, PUBLICLY FUNDED WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS ARE ESSENTIAL TOWARDS ACHIEVING THESE GOALS OF INCREASING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY, AS WELL AS THE REQUIREMENTS OF WASHINGTON'S GROWTH MANAGEMENT. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, SANDY. >> GOOD MORNING, I'M SANDY SHEPLER WITH THREE ACTION SEATTLE. I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE REQUIRE SHARED WALLS IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONES. SHARED WALLS SAVE TREES AND SPACE FOR FUTURE TREES. THIS PLAN WON'T GIVE US STACKED FLATS SURROUNDED BY TREES OR FRIENDLY COTTAGES AROUND THE COMMON GREEN SPACE. IF IT DID, WE WOULD ALREADY -- EXCUSE ME, I GET NERVOUS UP HERE. IF IT DID, WE WOULD ALREADY BE SEEING THESE IN SOUTHPARK, WHICH IS HAD THIS ZONING FOR 5 YEARS. INSTEAD, ALL SOUTHPARK HAS GOTTEN ON NEW PROJECTS IS LOT SPRAWL. THE TREES ARE CUT AND THE LAND IS CUT UP INTO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SURROUNDED BY PAVEMENT. THE HOUSES COST MORE THAN SHARED WALL UNITS AND THERE IS NO SPACE FOR TREES. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PRIORITY COMMUNITY. PLEASE END THIS PRACTICE THERE AND STOP IT FROM SPREADING TO THE REST OF SEATTLE. AND I BROUGHT YOU A PICTURE OF A SOUTHPARK PROJECT THAT IS BUILT TO THE CURRENT SPECIFICATIONS. I'LL LEAVE IT FOR YOU AND I'LL TAKE YOU THERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO. >> THANK YOU, SANDY. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER, SPEAKERS NINE AND 10, SANDY AND DAVID. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, DAVID. YOU CAN DO ANY MIC YOU CHOOSE. YOUR CHOICE. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DAVE PFLUEGER AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 5. I WILL BE COMMENTING ABOUT THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN AND THE CONNECTION TO THE KILLER WHALES OF PUGET SOUND. I SEARCHED THROUGH THE EIS, WHICH IS OVER 1000 PAGES LONG, AND I COULD NOT FIND THE WORD WHALE EVEN ONCE. THESE WHALES ARE DEFINED AS A CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE EIS THAT DEFINES HOW THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN WOULD AFFECT THE WHALES OR THEIR RECOVERY PLAN. THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN HOUSING DENSITY , WITH A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN HARD SCAPE AND A REDUCTION IN TREES, WOULD SURELY RESULT IN INCREASED RUNOFF AND INCREASED WATER TEMPERATURE AND THUS AN IMPACT ON THE WHALES. AND AGAIN, NOT A SINGLE WORD IN THE EIS. THE EIS IS ALSO LACKING IN ITS ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IT CALLS SEATTLE'S SMALL LAKES THAT IS GREEN LAKE, HALLER LAKE AND BITTER LAKE. IT STATES THAT THERE IS NO WATER QUALITY IMPAIRMENT FOR THESE LAKES. CONTRARY TO THIS, GREEN LAKE IS DESIGNATED BY THE WASHINGTON STATE'S DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY AS CATEGORY FIVE. THIS IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF IMPAIRMENT WHICH IS DUE TO HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOMS, PESTICIDES, PCBS, AND MORE, AND HALLER LAKE IS LISTED IN CATEGORY TWO. THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. WHY IS IT MISSING FROM THE EIS? THESE ARE JUST TWO SERIOUS ISSUES THAT ARE NOT ADDRESSED BY THE DRAFT EIS. IF THESE ITEMS ARE MISSING, HOW CAN THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN ADDRESS THESE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND BE READY TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT IT? PLEASE CONTACT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND KEEP SEATTLE GREEN AND LIVABLE. THANK YOU. >> SANDY? ARE YOU SPEAKER NUMBER NINE? >> 11. >> OKAY. >> SANDY SHEPLER? >> SHE ALREADY. >> SORRY, APOLOGIZE. YES, 11. JENNIFER FOLLOWED BY SPEAKER NUMBER 11 WILL BE NUMBER 12, JOSH. >> GOOD MORNING, JENNIFER. >> HI, SO I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN MEMORY OF J 61, WHO IS STILL BEING CARRIED BY [ INAUDIBLE ] AND A FOUR HOUR THREE DEAD, CRITICALLY ENDANGERED, SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALE BABIES THIS PAST YEAR. I REQUEST SEATTLE FOLLOWED THE AND OAA RECOVERY PLAN GUIDELINES, WHICH SAY HIGHEST POPULATION AREAS ON PUGET SOUND MUST TAKE GREATER MEASURES TO CONTROL POLLUTED RUNOFF AS POLLUTION IS ONE OF THEIR TOP THREE THREATS. J 35 IS STILL CARRYING HER DEAD CALF AS OF YESTERDAY, WHICH MEANS SHE'S NOT REALLY EATING. ORCHID GESTATION IS 15 MONTHS. THESE BELOVED GIANTS ARE TELLING US THROUGH THEIR RISING DEATHS THAT THEY CANNOT TAKE MORE HUMAN OBSTACLES LIKE POLLUTION INCREASES. THE WORKERS ARE NOT IN THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN., QUOTE, THE ONLY ESA LISTED OR STATE LISTED SPECIES KNOWN ARE EXPECTED TO USE HABITATS IN THE CITY ARE FISH. THAT'S FROM THE D EIS. COUNTY DNR, USDA, THE EPA SAY TREES ABSORB AND CLEAN STORMWATER, WHICH CAN BE HEAVILY POLLUTED, AND HARD SCAPE URBAN AREAS LACKING TREES. TREES COOL THE AIR, FIGHT URBAN HEAT ISLANDS AND CAN LOWER SALMON WATERWAY TEMPERATURES, EVEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT ADJACENT TO A WATERWAY. SALMON WATER TO THRIVE. HOT AIR TEMPERATURES CAN CREATE AN SURVIVABLE WATER TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS FOR SALMON. REMOVING SPACE FOR OUR MOST POWERFUL FIGHT OVER MEDIATORS IS NOT THE ANSWER, AS DEMONSTRATED BY PORTLAND'S LARGE TREE AMENDMENT AFTER THEIR 2019 HOUSING PROCESS. WEST POINT CANNOT REMOVE ALL OF THE HARMFUL CONTAMINANTS IN WASTEWATER AND WE ALSO ARE IN A MORE ENCLOSED BODY OF WATER THAN A LOT OF OTHER WEST COAST CITIES, WHICH MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR KILLER WHALES. ONE SEATTLE PLAN GOES WILL BE ON THE STATE HB 1110, ALLOWING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE HARD SCAPE AND EXPENSIVE LOT SPRAWL, NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ALLOWING OUR MOST -- >> YOU CAN ALSO SEND IN THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS TO COUNCIL, AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 13, SORRY, 12 IS JOSH FOLLOWED BY 13 IS JESSE AND THEN SPEAKERS 14 THROUGH 17. >> GOOD MORNING, JOSH. >> GOOD MORNING. COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS JOSH FRIEDMAN. I'M A LAND-USE LAWYER AT THE HILLIS CLARK LAW FIRM AND A BORN AND RAISED SEATTLE RESIDENT. ON THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES COALITION STEERING COMMITTEE, I REPRESENT MAY UP. TODAY UNCOMMON THING TO ASK YOU TO BE BOLD IN SUPPORTING AND BUILDING ON THE MAYOR'S STRONG START TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS. THE ONE SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAN BE FOCUSED ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND JOB CREATION AS WELL AS SUSTAINABLE INFILL DEVELOPMENT THAT BRINGS THIS HOUSING AND JOBS INTO OUR URBAN AREAS, INSTEAD OF SENDING THAT GROWTH AS SPRAWL INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF THE CASCADES. AS YOU REVIEW AND AUGMENT THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL, PLEASE REMEMBER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ZONED CAPACITY AND ACTUAL UNITS BROUGHT TO MARKET. JUST BECAUSE A PLAN PROVIDES ZONED CAPACITY FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS DOES NOT MEAN THOSE HOUSING UNITS ACTUALLY CAN OR WILL BE BUILT. IF THE COUNCIL IS AIMING TO PROVIDE ACTUAL HOUSING AND ACTUAL JOBS, THE PLAN NEEDS TO PROVIDE MORE THAN ZONED CAPACITY. IT NEEDS TO AIM HIGH AND IT NEEDS TO RESOLVE CODE AND ZONING ISSUES THAT ARE STOPPING HOUSING FROM BEING BUILT AND BEING AFFORDABLE IN OUR CITY. AT THIS FIRST STAGE, I HOPE YOU'LL PRIORITIZE INCREASE IN HOUSING CAPACITY ALONG EXISTING AND NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND CORRIDORS WITH MIXED RISE ZONING WHENEVER POSSIBLE. PLEASE MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MULTIFAMILY AROUND MAJOR TRANSIT HUBS AND ARTERIAL CORRIDORS. SIMILARLY, TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE DENSITY, PLEASE RETAIN THE CRITICAL PROPOSED HEIGHT INCREASES IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONES. THIS WILL BE CRITICAL TO ALLOW FOR SUSTAINABLE INFILL DEVELOPMENT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO ADVANCE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, JOB CREATION, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS OUR CITY. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M JESSE SIMPSON, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND POLICY FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM REPRESENTING ALL THE MAJOR NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND OPERATORS IN SEATTLE. I'M ALSO COCHAIR OF THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES COALITION, THE BROAD COALITION UNITED AND WANTING A FULL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE THAT ALLOWS FOR MORE FUNDED HOUSING ACROSS SEATTLE. HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS AT THE CORE OF SO MANY OF THE CHALLENGES THAT SEATTLE FACES. FAMILIES STRUGGLE TO STAY HOUSED. LOW-WAGE WORKERS ARE FORCED INTO UNITS AND COMMUNITIES FACE CONTINUAL DISPLACEMENT. WE NEED MORE HOMES OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES, IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS, TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING SHORTAGE AND TO BECOME A MORE AFFORDABLE, EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE CITY. COMPLETE COMMUNITIES COALITION PLOTS MANY OF THE STRONG APPRAISALS IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED AMENDED ONE SEATTLE PLAN INCLUDING ALLOWING FOR FOR PLEXUS INTO THE MIDDLE HOUSING TYPE CITYWIDE, CREATING 30 NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND EXTENDING EXISTING URBAN CENTERS NEAR TRANSIT. TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THIS PLAN WE URGE YOU TO ADOPT SPECIFIC ENHANCEMENTS, FIRST TO EXPAND PROPOSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS CITYWIDE AND TO COUPLE IT WITH THE SIMILAR BONUS FOR LOWRISE ZONES. SECOND TO ALLOW FOR SELECT STACKED FLATS ON ALL LOTS NEAR FREQUENT TRANSIT, REGARDLESS OF SIZE AND THE CREATION OF MORE ACCESSIBLE MIDDLE HOUSING. THIRD, TO EXPAND MIXED-USE ZONING ALONG TRANSIT CORRIDORS AND FOURTH, TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN HIGH OPPORTUNITY, LOW DISPLACEMENT. WE KNOW YOU HEARD AND WILL CONTINUE TO HEAR PUSHBACK FROM SOME VOICES . I URGE YOU TO STAY ANCHORED IN YOUR VALUES AND GUIDED BY A NORTHSTAR OF CREATING A SEATTLE WHERE EVERYONE CAN FEEL WELCOMED, WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE NEAR THEIR WORK, RAISE FAMILIES, FIND STABLE HOMES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. THANKS FOR A THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION AND YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THESE ISSUES. LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING MORE OVER THE COMING MONTHS. THANKS. >> THANK YOU, JESSE. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 14, DON, FOLLOWED BY RUTH, NUMBER 15. >> GOOD MORNING. >> HI, I'M DON SILER. I LIVE -- I'VE LIVED IN NORTH QUEEN AND FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THANK YOU FOR INVOLVING PUBLIC COMMENT. I REPRESENT OVER 400 NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE SIGNED A PETITION AND LETTER TO COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE OPPOSING PROPOSED LR THREE UP NORTH QUEEN ANNE THAT WOULD ALLOW FIVE-STORY UNITS, APARTMENTS WITH SCANT PARKING. WE SUPPORT COMMON SENSE GROWTH WHERE COMMUNITY CENTERS AND THE RESIDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN PLANNING, HOWEVER, WE WERE SHUT OUT OF THIS PROCESS. OUR COMMENTS TO THIS DRAMATIC UP ZONING ARE THE GOAL OF OSP UP ZONING IS TO LINK PEOPLE BETWEEN CENTERS TO TRANSPORTATION BUT THE NUMBER ONE BUS ONLY LINKS PEOPLE BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER QUEEN ANNE AND DOWNTOWN. OUR CONCERNS COVER ONLY THIRD TEEN HILLY BLOCKS ON NORTH QUEEN AND PUT IN THAT AREA INCLUDES 111 RESTORED HOMES OVER 100 YEARS OLD. THE AVENUE THAT RUNS THROUGH OUR LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE HISTORIC QUEEN AND BOULEVARD, IS THE ORIGINAL STREET SEATTLE'S PROBABLY RAN ON. WITHIN THAT AREA ARE 40 60 YEAR OLD LARGE TREES WHOSE CANOPIES PROVIDE SHADE THAT WILL BE DESTROYED. WHEN THE OPC UP ZONED OUR HISTORIC QUEEN ANNE BOULEVARD, IT DID NOT CONSIDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF OLD SEWER LINES, NARROW STREETS, LIMITED PARKING, ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC DILUTION AND DESTROYING SEATTLE'S HISTORY. THE PROPOSED PLAN HAS NO COMMUNITY BUY-IN. PCD PLANNERS EXCLUDED COMMUNITY COUNCILS AT THE EXHIBITION HALL PLANNERS LACKED KNOWLEDGE AND HAD VAGUE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WANT GROWTH AND WE ARE ASKING THE CITY TO PAUSE IN THE PLANNING TO GET BUY-IN FROM COMMUNITY COUNCILS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 15, RUTH. FOLLOWED BY RUTH WILL BE SPEAKER NUMBER 16, HENRY, AND 17. >> GOOD MORNING. WELCOME. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS RUTH. I LIVE ON QUEEN ANNE. NONE OF MY NEIGHBORS AND ALMOST NONE OF THE 400 PEOPLE WHO OUR POSITION ABOUT REZONING ON 10th AVENUE ABOUT ZONING CHANGES BEING PROPOSED. THEY WERE SHOCKED AND CONCERNED. MANY OF US WHO ATTENDED ONE OF THE PLANNING OPEN HOUSES CAME AWAY DISAPPOINTED. WE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A PRESENTATION TO SITTING PROUT WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, ALL WE'D BE ABLE TO HEAR. INSTEAD WE HAD PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF WHERE NO ONE ELSE BENEFITED FROM WHAT WE LEARNED. I CAME AWAY WITH MANY QUESTIONS EVEN AFTER READING MY OWN DOCUMENTS. AS HAS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS WHY 330,000 UNITS, 300% OR 400% MORE THAN WE ARE BEING REQUIRED TO PLAN FOR, ESPECIALLY GIVEN A RECENT SEATTLE TIMES REPORT THAT A RECORD NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS WERE BUILT IN 2024 AND THE 20 YEAR GOAL OF 70,000 NEW UNITS WAS RECENTLY MET 11 YEARS EARLY. I HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS AND I COULD TALK A LOT ABOUT THE HIGH DENSITY PROPOSED ON QUEEN ANNE COPPER, AN AREA THAT ALREADY CAN TAKE 40 MINUTES TO GET OFF NOW IT'S VERY RESTRICTED BY [ INAUDIBLE ] BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE. WHEN DOCUMENTS WERE HANDED OUT BY STAFF AT THE OPEN HOUSE, THEY DID NOT SHOW WHERE SIX UNIT MIDDLE HOUSING WILL BE ALLOWED IN NEIGHBORHOOD ZONES. NOT ON ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS I HAD HERE. I ONLY FOUND OUT BY ASKING STAFF. WHY DID THEY NOT MAKE IT CLEAR THAT NEARLY ALL OF QUEEN ANNE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR SIX UNITS? WHY DO THEY NOT MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THESE UNITS WILL BE 40 FEET HIGH PLUS PITCHED ROOF? ALSO, IT IS VERY UNCLEAR WHAT THE CITY CONSIDERS TO BE BUS RAPID TRANSIT OR MAJOR TRANSIT STOPS. APPARENTLY ANY BUS ROUTE IN QUEEN ANNE -- WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. NO ONE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD -- WE NEED THIS PROCESS. WE WELCOME ANY OF YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER NUMBER 16, HENRY, FOLLOWED BY WHAT NUMBER? >> SPEAKER NUMBER 13. >> I HAVE NUMBER 13, I HAVE JESSE SIMPSON. WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? >> MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. HAPPY NEW YEAR. MY NAME IS HENRY SAWYER. I'M HERE TO COMMENT ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS. I'VE LIVED IN MONTLAKE SINCE 1996 WITH MY FAMILY AND I'VE JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL WITHIN THE LAST WEEK. IT SEEMS TO ME A KIND OF CLEVER FORM OF REDLINING THAT HAS BEEN RAMROD IN THROUGH FOR THE BENEFIT OF BIG DEVELOPERS, BANKERS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. I THINK IS PRETTY HOUSEL WILL DESTROY NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH PEOPLE HAVE FOUGHT HARD FOR TO PRESERVE AND GROW. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO HAVING YOUR HOUSING CRISIS SOLVED, WHY NOT BEEN VACATION RENTALS BY HOME, BY OWNER? VERBAL AND AIRBNB, THIS IS WORKED IN OTHER CITIES AROUND THE WORLD AND IT CAN WORK HERE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, HENRY. >> JANET WAY , THEN FOLLOWING JANET WAY WILL BE OUR LAST IN-PERSON SPEAKER. IT WILL BE JASMINE SMITH. >> GOOD MORNING MS. JANET AND THE ORCA. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I'M JANET WAY . I'M FROM SHORELINE. WE LIVE IN THORNTON CREEK WATERSHED. ON A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THORNTON CREEK ALLIANCE. I'M A MEMBER OF TREES AND PEOPLE COALITION ENTRY PAC. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FATE OF THE BABY ORCA. WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF THIS ORCA IS POLLUTION. SEATTLE IS NOT PROPERLY ENFORCING THE CRITICAL AREAS ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS SO METICULOUSLY DRAFTED. IT INCLUDES STEEP SLOPES, WETLANDS, AND STREAM CORRIDORS, AND THAT IS WHERE THE TREES NEED TO BE PROTECTED. AND THEY ARE NOT BEING PROPERLY PROTECTED. SEATTLE IS SALMON HABITAT. SALMON, STEELHEAD, AND ORCA ARE KEY. THE EIS FOR THE COMP PLAN WAS NOT INCLUDING ORCA WHALES. TREES ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WATER QUALITY, AIR QUALITY CONTROL, VITAL REMEDIATION, AND STORMWATER IMPACT ENFORCER. YOUR PERMITTING AGENCIES MUST BE REQUIRED TO ENFORCE THE CIO, INCLUDING EXISTING TREES. PLEASE INSTRUCT STAFF TO EFFECTIVELY ENFORCE WHEN REVIEWING DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS. HOUSING CAN COEXIST WITH OUR TREES WITH GOOD DESIGN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> HI, MY NAME IS JASMINE SMITH. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF LOCAL ADVOCACY WITH FUTURE WISE AND COCHAIR OF THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES COALITION. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WILL BE DOING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN HAVE A ONE SEATTLE FOR EVERYBODY HER GO AND IT'S JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT A COMPLETE COMMUNITY CAN BE. IT'S WHEN, WITH AN OF HOUSING FOR ALL, ONE WITH BUSINESSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE CITY, FOR VIBRANT, WALKABLE COMMUNITIES. WE DESERVE A SEATTLE THAT EVERYONE CAN CALL HOME, FROM LAKE CITY TO COLUMBIA CITY, FROM QUEEN ANNE TO MADRONA. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT THERE IS ALREADY A LOT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE. FOR YEARS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT DONE WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE REALLY STRONG START THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD FROM THUS FAR. AND WHILE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH, WITH CAPACITY ON NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND CORRIDORS WHERE WE CAN EXPAND MIXED-USE WHEREVER POSSIBLE AND MAXIMIZE HOUSING AROUND TRANSIT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY CLEAR TO ME IS IT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE A CITY FOR EVERYONE, AND THAT WE ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR REGION AROUND US, TO BUILD AN OF HOUSING THAT WE AREN'T SPRAWLING OUT INTO SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES NEARBY AND SO THAT WE CAN DO OUR PART, AS WE ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS AND BUILD FOR WHAT WE NEED. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, JASMINE. >> MOVING TO REMOTE SPEAKERS. >> THANK YOU. >> ONCE I CALL A REMOTE SPEAKER'S NAME, STAFF WILL MUTE THE APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE. IF YOU ARE UNMUTED YOU WILL READ THE SPEAKER HIS QUEUE THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SPEAK. SPEAKER MUST PRESS STAR SIX TO BEGIN SPEAKING. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ROBIN BRIGGS. >> HELLO. I GOT THE QUEUE TO SPEAK BUT I'M ACTUALLY RUTH WILLIAMS. SHOULD I GO AHEAD? >> CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME? >> RUTH WILLIAMS. >> I DON'T SEE YOU SIGNED UP, RUTH. ARE YOU SIGNED UP? ON BEHALF OF ROBIN? >> NO, I DON'T KNOW WHO ROBIN IS BUT I DID SIGN UP. >> I'M ROBIN. >> SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SIGN RUTH UP. RUTH, JUST GIVE US A SECOND, BUT ROBIN, YOU ARE OFF MUTE AND YOUR TIME STARTS NOW. THANK YOU. >> SUPER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS ROBIN BRIGGS. I LIVE ON CAPITOL HILL AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE CLIMATE, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DETAILS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE CITY PLANS FOR REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND IMPROVING RESILIENCE. SO I URGE EMISSIONS INVENTORY RELEASED IN DECEMBER SHOWS WHY WE HAVE MADE INCREMENTAL PROGRESS REDUCING EMISSIONS WE ARE NOT NEARLY ON TRACK TO MEETING REDUCTIONS REQUIRED TO KEEP EMISSIONS TO THE 1.5 DEGREE LEVEL RISE CALLED FOR BY THE PARIS AGREEMENT. WE HAD A REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS FROM 2008 TO 2022 11%, WHICH IS POSITIVE, BUT IF WE WERE ON GOAL THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A 42% REDUCTION. NOR CAN WE BE SURE THAT THIS 11% REDUCTION IS NOT JUST A TEMPORARY BYPRODUCT OF THE PANDEMIC SINCE OUR EMISSIONS ARE GROWING YEAR-OVER-YEAR SINCE 2020. SO I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER CLIMATE FRIENDLY IMPROVEMENT. PEOPLES EMISSIONS GO DOWN WHEN THEY MOVED TO THE CITY. MORE DENSITY MEANS PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL AS MUCH TO MEET THEIR DAILY NEEDS, NOR DO THEY EXPEND AS MUCH ENERGY IN HEATING AND COOLING SPACES IN MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS. ARE WE PLANNING MASSIVE SEAWALLS IN SOUTH PARK AND SMITH GO? HOW WOULD ANOTHER AFFECT PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO: OR DON'T HAVE HOUSING. THIS IS A 20 YEAR PLAN. PLEASE LOOK AHEAD AND CREATE THE PLAN WE WILL NEED IN 2045. THANKS VERY MUCH. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JACOB CARL UNDER. >> GOOD MORNING, JACOB. >> PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX, JACOB. >> GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES. >> WONDERFUL. I'M JAKE VERLANDER, A RESIDENT FROM MONTLAKE IN THE AREA PLAN FOR OF ZONING UNDER THE COMPETENCE OF PLAN. ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I WANT MORE PEOPLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE HERE AND I FULLY SUPPORT THE UP ZONING PLAN. I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE FEW EXTRA COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCKS WHICH MAKE ROOM FOR MORE BUSINESSES TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. THE CHANGES SUPPORT OUR CITY'S URGENT NEED FOR DRAMATICALLY INCREASED HOUSING SUPPLY AND WILL MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STRONGER AND MORE VIBRANT. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS COLLEEN McKELLAR. >> MORNING, COLLEEN. JUST PRESS STAR SIX. >> GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL. WELCOME BACK. THIS IS COLLEEN McALEER AND I'M PRESIDENT OF LOCAL SEATTLE COMMUNITY COUNCIL. WE'VE GOT 2900 UNDER OUR JURISDICTION AND WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS JUST ABOUT THE COMP PLAN. FIRST OF ALL, THE EARLY SHAPING PROCESS, LOCATION IN THE SMALL DATA SIZE USED TO FORM IT MAKES THE WHOLE ONE SEATTLE PLAN SKEWED BY OPC D. EIGHT EXCLUDES BROADER INPUT FROM OFFICIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS, PARTICULARLY NORTH OF THE SHIP CANNOT WEAR 300,000 PEOPLE LIVE. THEY LIMITED TO FIVE ORGANIZATIONS WITH 300 PEOPLE SO THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON. SECOND, THE FINAL COMMENT PERIOD IS DECEMBER 20th FOLLOWED BY A TWO WEEK LONG HOLIDAY BREAK. WHO AND HOW ARE THE COMMENTS READ? COMMENT CHANGED IN AGREEMENT TO THE SEATTLE PLAN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TODAY. WILL THESE COMMENTS BE PART OF A FORMAL REVIEW PROCESS TO FORM AMENDMENTS? YOU HAD DUPLICATE ONCE FROM INDIVIDUALS [ INAUDIBLE ]? NUMBER THREE, WITH A BILLION-DOLLAR LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION THIS YEAR WHICH IS WHY IS SEATTLE REQUIRE IT'S ALSO MUCH MORE DENSITY REQUIRES BEYOND HB 1110 IN THE GMA TARGETS IN SEATTLE? THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE LAND, HIGHEST CONSTRUCTION COST IN THE REGION AND THE COMMUNITY IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS-EXPENSIVE IN 10 YEARS. NUMBER FOUR, THE FINAL ONE SEATTLE COMP PLAN AND THE TREE CANOPY MUST BE RETAINED FOR SEATTLE'S LIVABILITY, AND NOT BE GIVEN AWAY ITS CHARACTER. THE REQUIREMENTS OF HB 1110 SECTION 21 PAGE FIVE SAY, QUOTE, MIDDLE HOUSING MEANS BUILDING TO BE COMPATIBLE IN SCALE, FORM, AND CHARACTER WITH SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING, END POINT. DOUBLING AND TRIPLING THE HEIGHT OF THESE PROPOSED NEW ZONING CHANGES, ESPECIALLY ALONG BUS ROUTES, AND NOT EVEN MAJOR TRANSIT ROUTES, DOES NOT MEAN THE HB 1110 CRITERIA AND SHOULD BE AMENDED. THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS WITH ALL THESE COMPLEX IT IS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU. BYE-BYE. >> THANK YOU, COLLEEN. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JUNE. >> HI JANET, GOOD MORNING. JUST PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD. TIME IS YOURS. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> WE SURE CAN. >> HELLO. HELLO MY NAME IS JUNE BLUES. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2. THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO DO TWO THINGS BEFORE APPROVING ANY ZONING CHANGES, TO AVOID HARMING OUR PEOPLE, NEIGHBORHOODS, TREES AND ENVIRONMENT. ONE, HAVE A ROBUST, EFFECTIVE TREE PROTECTION ORDINANCE THAT PROTECTS BOTH MATURE TREES AND TREES ON LOTS UNDERDEVELOPMENT. TWO, CREATE A ROBUST, EFFECTIVE, ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PLAN. NOT YET EXIST. CONTRARY TO INFORMATION PRESENTED BY OPC B, THE PROPERTY TAX ASSESSOR USES THE STANDARD OF HIGHEST AND BEST USE TO DETERMINE TAX RATES, RAPIDLY INCREASING TAXES, PUSH OUT LEGACY HOMEOWNERS AND OTHER RESIDENTS, ALLOWING SIGNIFICANT OPPOSITIONS IN AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, RESULTING IN BLOCKS THAT TRANSFORM INTO TALL, MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS WITH NO ARCHITECTURAL RELATIONSHIPS FOR MISSING HOMES. THESE BUILDINGS SURROUND AND SHADE OUT ANY SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS THAT REMAIN. THIS ALSO PUSHES PEOPLE OUT. ANTI-DISPLACEMENT POLICIES MUST INCLUDE TAX RELIEF FOR HOUSEHOLDS, PARTICULARLY LEGACY HOMEOWNERS, REQUIRES ASSURING DAYLIGHT FOR RESIDENCE AROUND TALLER BUILDINGS AND DESIGN ARCHITECTURE CONSISTENT WITH NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER. THE BURDEN OF UP ZONING TO DATE HAS FALLEN DISPROPORTIONATELY ON THE CENTRAL AREA AND SOUTHEAST SEATTLE AND THE RAYNOR VALLEY, AREAS THAT WERE HARMED BY PAST DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING PRACTICES AND THAT HOUSE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF BIPOC IMMIGRANTS AND LOW-INCOME PEOPLE. THE CITY MUST EXEMPT THESE AREAS FROM ANY OF ZONES. ALMOST THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD OF [ INAUDIBLE ] CITY IS NOW DESIGNATED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, A DEPARTURE FROM EARLIER PLANS . HILLMAN CITY IS A VIBRANT, DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TYPES AND A BUSTLING BUSINESS DISTRICT. PROPOSED DRASTIC UP ZONES WILL COMPLETELY ALTER ITS CHARACTER THERE [ INAUDIBLE ] DO PLACE EXISTING RESIDENCE. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THANK Y >> >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HARVEY FOR LICK . >> MORNING, HARVEY. JUST PRESS STAR SIX AND COME OFF MUTE. ONCE YOU TALK YOUR TIME WILL BEGIN. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS HERBIE FROEHLICH. I'M SPEAKING FOR 4 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE MONTLAKE NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST LEFT OF 24th AND TWO BLOCKS FROM MONTLAKE ELEMENTARY. WE HAVE THREE CONCERNS WITH THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN THAT PROPOSES SIGNIFICANT ZONING CHANGES IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. THE FIRST IS PARKING. THAT WE LIVE NEAR VERY GOOD TRANSIT, THE REALITY IS THAT RESIDENCE HAVE PRIVATE CARS. WE MUST PLAN BASED ON THIS REALITY AND NOT WHAT WE WISH PEOPLE WOULD DO IN USING PUBLIC TRANSIT. IN FACT, THERE IS AMPLE EVIDENCE TODAY OF FUTURE PARKING PROBLEMS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DUE TO THE RENOVATION OF MONTLAKE ELEMENTARY. OUR STREETS HAVE BEEN LINED WITH MANY PRIVATE AND COMPANY VEHICLES OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. THERE'S BEEN MINIMAL EVIDENCE OF ENFORCEMENT OF THE TWO-HOUR LIMIT FOR DAYTIME PARKING. OUR SECOND CONCERN IS PROPERTY VALUES FOR INDIVIDUAL DETACHED HOMES LIKE OURS. INCREASED DENSITY CAN BE IMPROVED BY ADDING ADUS THAT ALSO ENHANCE PROPERTY VALUES. MULTI STORY HOUSING WILL NOT. OUR THIRD CONCERN IS PLACEMENT. FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PLAN AND OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE MENTIONED, THERE IS NO LIMIT ON LOCATION FOR THESE MIDDLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. PLACING THEM ON BUSY STREETS LIKE 24th MAKES SENSE, DEEP IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. THOSE ARE OUR THREE CONCERNS. MARKET, PROPERTY VALUE, PLACEMENT. OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE MENTIONED THAT DETAILED ALTERNATIVE PLANS, WILL THIS O SEATTLE PLAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> CLERK , HOW MANY MORE SPEAKERS DO YOU HAVE? >> WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT MORE SPEAKERS. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARTHA BASKIN. >> HI MARTHA, JUST PRESS STAR SIX AND YOUR TIME WILL START ONCE YOU SPEAK. >> HELLO. >> GOOD MORNING. >> YES HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? GOOD MORNING, HELLO THERE. YES, GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. I'M A MEMBER OF WORKS CONNECT SEATTLE'S CONSERVATION COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE TREE AND PEOPLE COALITION. THE GOAL OF THE COMP PLAN ZONING UP 80s TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY AND DIVERSITY OF HOUSING, NOT TO THE ARGUMENT THERE WAS ESPECIALLY THE IMPETUS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH ISN'T ENTIRELY CLEAR. BUT WHEN THE ZONING ALLOWS A RESIDENTIAL LOT CLEARING TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THE OUTCOME IS A GLOB OF HARD SCAPE, THE CITY IS DOING A DISSERVICE TO EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE, ESPECIALLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS SUFFERING FROM HEAVY INDUSTRY AND A LACK OF CANOPY. HOUSING SHOULDN'T BE A HUMAN RIGHT BUT IT SHOULDN'T MEAN A BARREN, DENUDED LANDSCAPE WITH NO AIR. THE ZONING UP DATES ARE AN ACT OF CLIMATE DENIAL WHICH WILL ENSURE HEAT ISLANDS, UNFILTERED WILDFIRE SMOKE AND STORM RUNOFF POURING INTO CITY STREETS, POISONING WATERWAYS. SETBACKS ARE SO LIMITED THAT THERE IS NO SPACE FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY OR STREET TREES, NO SPACE TO PROTECT TREES ON THE PERIPHERY OF A LOT WHERE THEY CAN ALSO BE SAVED WITH CREATIVE CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN. THE CANOPIES OF MATURE TREES MITIGATE THE ISLANDS WHILE THEIR ROOTS HELP CURB RUNOFF. THE INCREASED HARD SCAPE PRIORITIZES PAVEMENT OVER GREEN SPACE, A SURE RECIPE FOR AN UNLIVABLE AND VERY UNHEALTHY CITY. WHY IS THE CITY INTENT ON IGNORING ITS OWN CANOPY GOALS AND STATED ON EXPANDING OF CLIMATE CHANGE WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT DIVERSE HOUSING? CAN'T IT CHEW GUM AND WALK AT THE SAME TIME? CAN'T WE HAVE A DIVERSE SUPPLY OF HOUSING THAT INCLUDES PROTECTING EXISTING TREES WHICH SAVE THE PLANET MORE. SEATTLE DOES NEED A DIVERSE SUPPLY OF HOUSING, ESPECIALLY THE LIVABLE KIND, BUT 25 YEARS INTO THE 21st CENTURY IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE A CITY THAT'S READY FOR -- THAT TOOK CARE OF THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AND TYSON. >> WELCOME, ANNE, JUST PRESS STAR SIX AND YOUR TIME WILL START ONCE YOU SPEAK >> GOOD MORNING, A LONGTIME NORTHEAST SEATTLE RESIDENT. MY FAMILY HAS LIVED HERE SINCE 1951. I STRONGLY AGREE WITH THE CRITICISMS MADE BY CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AS WELL AS BY PRIOR COLORS ABOUT THE MISTAKE RUSHED PROCESS TREE CANOPY AND WILDLIFE AND UNNECESSARY OVERREACH OF THE PLAN. I REPRESENT MY NEIGHBORS VOICING STRONG OPPOSITION TO PROPOSE UP ZONING TO LR THREE ALONG THE SMALL SEGMENT OF NORTHEAST 45th STREET BETWEEN 30th AVENUE NORTHEAST AND 45th AVENUE NORTHEAST. THIS IS CLEARLY A PLANNING MISTAKE THAT WE RESPECT FULLY REQUESTED CORRECTED.'S PROPOSAL IS BASED ON A MISCHARACTERIZATION OF THIS AREA AS PART OF THE FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK. THIS IS SIMPLY WRONG. AS SHOWN ON THE SEATTLE TRANSIT MASTER PLAN, THIS SMALL SPUR ALONG THE END OF 45th STREET IS NOT PART OF THAT NETWORK. IN ADDITION, SUCH A SPUR WOULD BE CONTRARY TO THE SERVICE DESIGN PRINCIPLES USED TO ESTABLISH THIS FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK WHICH PRIORITIZES ROUTES THAT CONNECT URBAN CENTERS AND URBAN VILLAGES, PLACES WITH [ INAUDIBLE ], SERVICES AND ACTIVITY MAJOR TRANSIT. THIS SEGMENT OF NORTHEAST 45th STREET HAS NONE OF THAT IT'S RESIDENTIAL, HAS NO COMMERCIAL AND IS NOT SERVICE A DESTINATION FOR THE STATE OR REGION. IT'S ESSENTIALLY A DEAD END. THIS AREA DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR UP ZONING BASED ON ANY STATED CRITERIA. THE UP ZONING IS OVERWHELMINGLY OPPOSED BY RESIDENCE. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU CORRECT THIS ERROR AND GIVEN THE RUSHED PROCESS, TIME NEEDS TO BE TAKEN. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE PLANNING AUTHORITIES TO CONSIDER PUBLIC COMMENT SUCH AS MINE IN A VERY SHORT DURATION. THESE ARE VALID COMMENTS AND THEY NEED TO BE WEIGHED THROUGH A LEGITIMATE PROCESS. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN DAVIS. >> MORNING, KAREN. STAR SIX. >> HI, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. MY NAME IS KAREN DAVIS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS EFFORT TO CREATE MORE HOUSING. WE CLEARLY NEED THAT BUT AT WHAT COST ? I WANT TO ASK YOU ALL, WHY DO YOU LIVE HERE? WHY DO YOU LIVE IN SEATTLE? I LIVE IN SEATTLE BECAUSE OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THIS PLACE. I LIVE HERE FOR THE TREES, THE BIRDS, THE WATER, THE SALMON AND ORCA, AND ALL OF THAT IS AT RISK WITH THIS PLAN. THE SOUTHERN RESIDENT WORKERS ARE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED AND PROTECTED BY THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, AND YET THEY AREN'T EVEN MENTIONED IN THIS PLAN. THERE IS ONE SWIMMING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, CARRYING HER DEAD CALF, THAT DIED LIKELY FROM MALNUTRITION BECAUSE WE'VE KILLED THE SALMON AND WE'VE POLLUTED THE WATER. THIS IS MAKING WORLD NEWS AND IT'S NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN OUR PLAN. WHEN PEOPLE SEE PICTURES OF WORKERS BREACHING WITH DOWNTOWN IN THE BACKGROUND, THEY THINK IT'S PHOTOSHOP TO. THEY CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THAT ACTUALLY EXISTS AND IT ACTUALLY EXISTS BUT WE ARE RAPIDLY SEALING THEIR FATE, AND THIS PLAN IS JUST ONE MORE NAIL IN THE COFFIN. WE NEED TO SEE A PLAN WITH A LOT MORE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND GREEN SPACE. WE NEED TO SEE A PLAN THAT ALLOWS BIG TREES ON EVERY SINGLE CITY LOT. THE DECREASED SETBACK IN THE INCREASE OF HARD SCAPE AND 46 UNITS ON EVERY CITY LOT WILL NOT LEAVE ANY ROOM FOR SHADE TREES AND SHADE TREES ARE CRITICAL FOR FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE, ABSORBING AND FILTERING WATER, FOR PREVENTING FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES AND FOR BIODIVERSITY. THE BEAUTY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, THE GREEN, AND WILDLIFE ARE WHAT MAKE SEATTLE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL, LIVABLE CITY. AND THIS PLAN DOES NOT PRIORITIZE THAT. DENSITY WITHOUT LIVABILITY IS USELESS BECAUSE NO ONE WILL WANT TO LIVE YOUR. LIVABILITY MUST GO HAND-IN-HAND WITH DENSITY. WE ARE THE EMBLEM EMERALD CITY. HOW CAN WE BE THE EMERALD CITY WITHOUT ANY GREEN? PLEASE MAKE GREEN SPACE A PRIORITY IN THIS PLAN BY [ INAUDIBLE ] LET'S REMEMBER THE GREEN THAT GAVE EMERALD CITY ITS NAME, NOT JUST THE GREEN THAT LINES THE POCKETS OF DEVELOPERS. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID KEZERIAN. >> GOOD MORNING, DAVID. >> I THINK HE JUST DROPPED SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER, RUTH WILLIAMS. >> GOOD MORNING, RUTH. GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR SIX. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> LOUD AND CLEAR. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. HELLO. I'M RUTH WILLIAMS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THORNTON CREEK ALLIANCE, AN ALL VOLUNTEER GROUP OF 180 MEMBERS. THORNTON CREEK IS THE LARGEST WATERSHED IN BOTH SEATTLE AND SHORELINE. NO NEED TO REMIND THIS GROUP OF THE GRIEVING WORK ON MOTHER AND HOW URBAN RUNOFF IS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO GREATER CONDITION. INCREASED PAVEMENT WILL BRING INCREASED RUNOFF. THE SEATTLE PORTION OF THORNTON CREEK IS IN D5 POINT THIS HISTORICAL SALMON BEARING STRAIN, LIKE MANY URBAN STREAMS, IS TODAY A FEDERAL CATEGORY CO THREE THE IMPAIRED WATERWAY. RETURNING SALMON MOSTLY DIE AT THE MOUTH. THE POLLUTED WATERS FLOW INTO LAKE WASHINGTON AT [ INAUDIBLE ] WHERE THE PREVAILING CURRENT WASHES THEM OVER TO THE [ INAUDIBLE ]. THESE WATERS EVENTUALLY FLOW INTO URBAN THERE. VISION 2050 SET THIS ENVIRONMENTAL GOAL. THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IS RESTORED, PROTECTED AND SUSTAINED, PRESERVING AND ENHANCING NATURAL FUNCTIONS AND WILDLIFE HABITAT. WE DON'T SEE EFFORTS EXTENDED IN THIS DIRECTION. WHAT WE SEE IS HOMES BEING BUILT EVEN IN HISTORICAL WETLANDS AND LOTS BEING SCRAPED OF ALL VEGETATION FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF BUILDERS. THE MARCH CITES NUMEROUS FEDERAL REGULATION, IT'S NOT AT ALL CLEAR HOW IT APPLIES TO THEM. THE DISCUSSION AND ANALYSES ARE INADEQUATE AND ACCUMULATED IMPACT ANALYSIS IS COMPLETED. LET'S HOPE FOR MORE SUPPORTIVE OF SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE NEW EIS TO BE RELEASED LATER THIS MONTH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ALL YOUR WORK. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID HAYNES. >> GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR SIX. >> THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES. THE COMP PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE 21st CENTURY, FIRST WORLD QUALITY, ROBUST, FOUR PLAN HOUSING BUILD OUTS, WHERE YOU BUILD HIGHER THAN SIX STORIES TO GIVE LIVABLE AMENITY, 21ST-CENTURY QUALITATIVE SPACE, SO YOU CAN ENJOY THE VIEW FROM THE ROOFTOP WITHOUT DEALING WITH LOW LEVEL NOISE POLLUTIONS FROM THE STREET OR THE TRANSIT, WHERE YOU WANT TO BUILD THREE LEVELS, FIVE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS RUNNING TRASH TRUCKS IN BETWEEN. THE PROBLEM I HEAR WITH THESE PUBLIC COMMENTERS IS THE SAME THING THAT SABOTAGES THE COMP PLAN WHERE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD ANYTHING ELSE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY'RE ENTITLED AND ARE PRIVILEGED, LIKE HOMEOWNERS, THEY GET TO CLAIM TWO, THREE AND FOUR MORTGAGES THAT THEY TRY TO SELL OUT ON, MAKING SURE THAT NOBODY ELSE IS ALLOWED TO BUILD IN THE AREA, AND THEN WHATEVER IS BUILT IS SABOTAGED BY OTHER PEOPLE THAT SAY, WELL YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD THAT HIGH AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO IMPACT MY TREE THAT I NEED, DRIVING FOR, JUSTIFYING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE NEED A COMP PLAN THAT TRADES OUT THE SERVICE ROADS AND SOME OF THESE SIDE STREETS TO PEOPLE, TO ROBUSTLY BUILD OUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE EIGHT COMPLEXES THAT DON'T HAVE THE CAR DRIVING IN BETWEEN EACH SECTION OF THE QUAD. THAT THEY MISINTERPRETATI ON, IT'S CAR CENTRIC. WE NEED TO GET THE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, RESIDENT FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE YOU'RE NOT WALKING OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR AND BEING OVERWHELMED BY THIRD AVENUE STREET DUST AND PUBLIC SAFETY PREDATORS. IT'S LIKE, WHY DOES ANYBODY WANT TO LIVE IN SEATTLE IF WE HAVE A PRIORITY TO PUT REPEAT OFFENDING CRIMINALS CONNECTED TO THE UNDERWORLD IN SERVICES FIRST WITHOUT DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC POLICY OF THROWING DRUG PUSHERS IN JAIL AND HAVING A ROBUST HOUSING BUILD OUT WITHOUT SELLOUTS SABOTAGING IT. >> THANK YOU, DAVID. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MATT HUTCHINS. >> MAP, PRESS STAR SIX. >> HI, MY NAME IS MATT HUTCHINS AND I'M WORKING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING INFILL DEVELOPMENT. I STRUGGLE WITH HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS THE HIGH RENT, HOUSING INSTABILITY, AND ACCESS TO QUALITY HOUSING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE AND WORK ON YOUR PARKS AND SCHOOLS, IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR EVERYONE'S QUALITY OF LIFE, NOT JUST THE RESIDENCE. I WANT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND LOWERCASE LETTER A AFFORDABLE HOUSING. A AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS SUBSIDIZED BY [ INAUDIBLE ] MONEY VERSUS LOWERCASE LETTER A AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS JUST AN EXPENSIVE HOUSING BY NATURE OF ITS TYPE, SIZE, OR AGE. WE NEED TO ATTEND THIS PLAN HAS SOME OF WHAT IS NEEDED POINT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ARE A KEY ELEMENT FOR CAPITAL A AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHERE SUBSIDIZED BY PUBLIC MONEY BECAUSE NONPROFITS CAN BUILD THE SCALE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT. PLEASE PRESERVE EVERY ONE OF THESE AND CONSIDER ABANDONING THE SMALL A AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GIVING TO BE ALLOWING 4 AND 6 UNITS PER PARCEL. THIS CREATES LESS EXPENSIVE HOMES LIKE TOWNHOUSES AND FLATS, COTTAGES, AND THESE ARE ALSO IMPORTANT. THESE TWO ELEMENTS ARE TWO PRONGS OF GETTING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT OPACITY AND OR HOUSING GOALS, HAVING 330 POSSIBLE -- 330,000 POSSIBLE HOUSING UNITS DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE GOING TO GET THEM. A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE CAPACITY EVERY YEAR, DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY VERY HIGH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN THE PROCESS LATER. >> THANK YOU, MATT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE CHARLIE INMAN FOLLOWED BY RILEY AVON AND OUR LAST SPEAKER WILL GO BACK TO DAVID [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> GOOD MORNING, CHARLIE. >> GO AHEAD AND PRESS STAR SIX. >> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> LOUD AND CLEAR. >> YOU ARE ALL GOOD POINT IS BEEN THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HELLO, CONSIDER THE EXAMPLE OF SPOKANE WASHINGTON MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA AND AUSTIN, TEXAS AND ELIMINATING SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING IN SEATTLE AND AT A MINIMUM [ INAUDIBLE ] THE CURRENT PLAN TO ALLOW SEATTLE TO BUILD MORE HOUSING. ALLOW THE CITY TO MEET HOUSING DEMAND AND REDUCE HOUSING COSTS AS HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN OTHER AREAS IMPLEMENTING THE SOLUTIONS ACROSS THE NATION. STREET NUMBER, WHAT ARE RUNOFF, OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, IGNORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL DETRIMENT OF CONTINUED HOUSING AND AUTOMOBILE SPRAWL DOES TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND ACTIONS RELATING TO NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, DAYLIGHT [ INAUDIBLE ] DEVELOPERS, OUTREACH AND OTHER NIMBY CLAIMS ARE FACETIOUS AT BEST. THE CONCERNS ARE PROHIBITIVELY -- THE CONCERNS OF PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE HOUSING ENCLAVES DO NOT REPRESENT MOST OF SEATTLEITES PER HIS PLANS AND MEASURES FOR UP ZONING. THANK YOU. >> RILEY? >> GOOD MORNING, RILEY. JUST STAR SIX. GOOD MORNING, WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> MY NAME IS RILEY AVON AND I LIVE IN WEST SEATTLE, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA'S DISTRICT. FIRST THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGH OUTREACH AND SUPPORT OF THIS PLAN. SHOCKED WHEN PEOPLE -- DOZENS OF MEETINGS AND HUNDREDS OF COMMENTS, MULTIPLE PERIODS IN 2021. SECOND I LIVE IN AN AREA DUE TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY UP ZONED TO LR THREE AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT CHANGE. I HEAR MUCH CONCERN HERE ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER BUT THE CHARACTER OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN BUILDINGS IF WE DON'T ALLOW CHANGE TO THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRICE OUT EXISTING IN THESE NEIGHBORS. THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR ANYONE EXCEPT THE INCUMBENT HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE DRAMATICALLY OVERREPRESENTED. FINALLY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS DISPROPORTIONAT ELY WEALTHY AND SOME OF THE LOWEST DISPLACEMENT RISK NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MINE ARE THE PERFECT PLACE TO ALLOW EVEN MORE HOMES . WE ARE IN A HOUSING CRISIS SO LET'S ACT LIKE IT, BUILDING FOR MEDICALLY MORE HOMES IS THE ONLY SUSTAINABLE WAY TO DIG OURSELVES OUT. PLEASE THIS PLAN EVEN BOLDER AND QUICKER. THANK YOU. >> OUR LAST SPEAKER IS DAVID. >> A MORNING, DAVID. JUST PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. >> HI THERE, THANK YOU, SORRY ABOUT THAT EARLIER. MY NAME IS DAVID AND I'M A SEATTLE RESIDENT, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. AS AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST I'M CONCERNED THAT THE 10 PLAN DECREASES A DISABILITY TO LIFE ACTIVITIES NECESSARY FOR HUMAN HEALTH AND WELLNESS. THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATE BEGAN BICYCLE THAT A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS INEVITABLE RATHER THAN STARTING WITH EXISTING ECOSYSTEM ASSESSING THE SHORT AND LONG-TERM IMPACT OVERALL POLLUTION AND THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR CITY'S BUILT ENVIRONMENT ON THE HOTTEST, COLDEST, WETTEST, AND DRIEST AND WINDIEST DAYS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE WILL CONTINUE TO THROW AT US. OUR RESIDENCE, HUMAN AND OTHERWISE, CANNOT SURVIVE YET MORE PUBLIC SPRAWL PERK WE'VE ALREADY LOST FAR TOO MANY TREES DUE TO POOR PENNINE INNING AND LACK OF T.AND AN HONEST OF OUR MENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ADVERTISES TREES, ORCHIDS, AND ALL NATIVE RESIDENTS BEFORE COVERING IT MORE OF OUR ECOSYSTEM AND COUNTRY. THANK YOU. >> THAT'S OUR LAST REGISTERED SPEAKER. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS WHO CAME TODAY, AND ALSO ONLINE AS WELL. I -- ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS LISTENING TO WHEN YOU ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, IT REMINDED ME OF 2014 WHEN WE HAD THE OSO LANDSLIDE. I WAS LISTENING TO SOME OF THE TRIBES, INDIGENOUS TRIBES SPEAK ABOUT HOW THEY FELT LIKE MOTHER NATURE WAS CRYING DURING THAT TIME AND SEEING THE WHALE AND UNFORTUNATELY THE YOUNG ORCA THAT HAS PASSED AWAY, AND UNDERSTANDING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE DETECT OUR ENVIRONMENT SO JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE, LISTEN TO YOU ALL, I HEAR YOU ALL AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION TODAY. BEFORE I GO INTO MY COMMON SENSE AT THE TABLE, I WOULD LIKE US TO READ ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD SO WE CAN INVITE OUR GUESTS TO THE TABLE, AND THEN I WILL SAY MY COMMON SENSE AT THE TABLE AND WE'LL GET STARTED. THANK YOU. >> ITEM 1, INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN PROCESS FOR A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL. BEFORE WE JUMP INTO OUR PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO SET THE TABLE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I TOOK ON THIS RESPONSIVE VALIDITY ABOUT A MONTH AGO SO I APPRECIATE YOUR GRACE AND UNDERSTANDING AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS TOGETHER. I ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR OP CD, OUR COUNCIL STAFF, OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE. I KNOW YOU ALL WORKED HARD OVER THE RECESS BREAK TO PUT A PRESENTATION TOGETHER FOR US TO START OFF THE 2025 -- THERE'S NOTHING MORE FUN THAN STARTING OFF 2025 WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OKAY? I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. SHE'S THE FORMER CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. IT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE HER LAST OFFICIAL DAY ON RECORD. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK HER FOR THE -- I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH HER AND HER STAFF TO GO OVER A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THEY DID IN PREPARATION FOR THIS. SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT MEETING AND THANK YOU TO HER AND HER SERVICE TO OUR CITY, OFFICIALLY I KNOW A LOT OF US HAVE GONE ON RECORD. THANK YOU TO HER BUT I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AS WELL. I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT I HAVE TALKED TO MANY OF YOU OF MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT HOW HOUSING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL IN YOUR DISTRICTS AND ALSO IN ADDITION TO GROCERY STORES, AND PARKS, AND BUILDINGS, AND TREES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, TRAILS, GREEN SPACES, LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES. ALTHOUGH THIS HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR COUNTRY HAS A PLAN AND A LOAD OF THE VALUES THAT I'VE HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN, WE WANT A WELCOMING CITY FOR OUR NEWCOMERS AND OUR FAMILIES. WE ALSO WANT AFFORDABLE CITY FROM YOUNG TO OLD, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. WE NEED AN ACCESSIBLE CITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO NEED A LIVABLE CITY FOR SEATTLE AND WE ALSO NEED A SAFE CITY. ALL THESE PLAY INTO PARK WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. THIS MEETING FOR MY COLLEAGUES IS INTENDED TO US TO GIVE AN INTRODUCTION REGARDING THE PROCESS. THE MAYOR'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS BEING SENT DOWN TO COUNCIL TODAY, TRANSMITTED, AND WE WILL BE GETTING DURING THIS PRESENTATION, I'VE READ IT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR SENDING IT OVER FOR ME TO READ OVER AND EVERYTHING BUT THIS IS -- WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PRE-BRIEFINGS, THE LAYERS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ALSO THE AMENDMENT PROCESS. WE HAVE CENTRAL STAFF HERE WHO WILL TALK ABOUT THAT. ALSO THE HIGH-LEVEL TIMELINES AND DUE DATES AS WELL, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, NUMBER ONE, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AMENDMENTS AND TIMELINES, THAT WE STAY TRUE TO THOSE TIMELINES. THERE'S ALSO A LEGAL COMPONENT TO THAT . YOU KNOW A CERTAIN WINDOW IN WHICH WE ARE ALLOWED TO BRING AMENDMENTS, SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THAT AND BRING THAT UP. THE SECOND THING IS WHEN WE ARE RUNNING THESE MEETINGS, EVERYONE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE SECOND ROUND OF FOLKS WHO WANT TO SPEAK BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE ALWAYS HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FIRST. I ALSO WOULD LOVE FOR MY COLLEAGUES -- THIS IS A STRONG ASK FOR US TO DO OUR HOMEWORK, SO FOR YOU ALL TO GET PRE-BRIEFINGS ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE BLOOD OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE CAN BE ANSWERED IN OUR PRE-BRIEFINGS WITH OUR STAFF, WITH OP CD, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE HIGH-LEVEL AND WE CAN GO INTO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO OUR HOMEWORK. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE ARE MAKING CHANGES TO CITY CODE AND PEOPLE'S NEIGHBORHOODS, AND LIVES, AND ALL THESE THINGS, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A REALLY GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT PEOPLE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO CHANGE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WHAT THE IMPACT IS GOING TO BE. SO I JUST WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON TOP OF THAT AS WELL. I ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY VICE CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AS WELL, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND ALL OF YOUR STEWARDSHIP, AS WELL, AND COACHING IN THE BACKGROUND. YOU'RE A GREAT COACH AND LAST NOT LEAST, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THE COMMENTS I HAVE SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BUT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR PRESENTATION. WELCOME. AND PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND WE CAN JUST JUMP RIGHT IN. >> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS KRISTA PIUS, I'M DEFINITELY DIRECTOR OF POLICY IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR PULLING TOGETHER A SELECT COMMITTEE AND RECOGNITION OF THE MOST CRITICAL ISSUE BEFORE THE CITY PER GO AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, FOR STEPPING UP TO TAKE THE HELM. MAJOR UP DATES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAPPEN ONLY EVERY 10 YEARS AND THESE TEN-YEAR UPDATES REQUIRE JURISDICTIONS TO PLAN FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS OF ANTICIPATED GROWTH. THIS IS ALSO A FAIRLY COMPLEX AND LENGTHY PROCESS WITH NUMEROUS REQUIREMENTS AND LAYERS OF DECISION-MAKING INVOLVED SO I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT TO DATE ON THIS ISSUE, WHICH WE KNOW CAN SOMETIMES FEEL OVERLY BUREAUCRATIC AND DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO NOTE THAT THE LATEST AND LAST ROUND OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THE EXECUTIVE SIDE CONCLUDED ON DECEMBER 20th. STAFF FROM OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL VERY QUICKLY BE PULLING TOGETHER A READOUT ON THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED. WE WILL BE USING THIS TO REFINE TWO MAJOR PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WE WILL BE SENDING DOWN TO YOU IN MARCH AND MAY. OBVIOUSLY ALL OF YOU WILL ALSO HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SHAPING THE PLAN THAT IS ULTIMATELY ADOPT IT AND WE ANTICIPATE YOU WILL BE CONDUCTING URINE PUBLIC PROCESS, GATHERING INPUT FROM A VARIETY OF CONSTITUENTS AS YOU STRIVE TO BALANCE A RANGE OF INTERESTS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE COMING MONTHS AND HELPING TO SUPPORT YOUR DECISION-MAKING, AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR PLANNING STAFF, WHO HAVE PREPARED A PRESENTATION THAT IS LARGELY ABOUT TABLE SETTING AND WE'LL BE TAKEN UP IN THE COMING MONTHS. THANK YOU. >> AND BEFORE, REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT, MY COLLEAGUES, IF WE COULD WAIT TO THE END FOR US TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PRESENTATION AND IN THE END YOU'LL BE RECOGNIZED FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> AND YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? >> YES, DIRECTOR, YOU ARE GOOD. >> SO GOOD MORNING. WELCOME BACK FROM HOLIDAY AND THANK YOU ALL FOR STARTING OFF THE YEAR WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. MY NAME IS RICO QUIRINDONGO AND THE OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL KNOW THIS BUT JUST TO STATE ON THE RECORD, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF NINE MONTHS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE HAVE THREE PIECES OF LEGISLATION OVER THE COURSE OF THE NINE MONTHS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY, AND THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, FOR CHAIRING THIS COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION ALREADY, AND NOTE THAT YOU HAVE MANY THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RECONSIDER THIS YEAR, AND APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU WILL BE PUTTING FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE CONTEMPLATING IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR A GROWING CITY THAT IS CONTINUING TO EVOLVE AND EXPAND. WE HAVE A LOT TO JUMP INTO SO I WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORT BUT AGAIN, KNOW THAT WE WANT TO BE HERE FOR YOU AS STAFF AS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRESENT FOR YOU TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION YOU NEED AS YOU REACH OUT TO STAKEHOLDERS, AND KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY, ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE COME TODAY TO PROVIDE COMMENT ALREADY, THAT PROVIDED COMMENT ONLINE, WE ARE BEGINNING ANOTHER -- YOU ARE BEGINNING ANOTHER COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS IN ADVANCE OF A PUBLIC HEARING A MONTH FROM NOW AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. SO WE HAVE A SLIGHT DECK TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY, IF WE COULD PULL THAT UP. >> JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM, WE DON'T SEE YOUR SLIDES. >> THAT IS CONFIRMED. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL WORK ON THAT. >> NO WORRIES. >> I NOTICE YOU SAY NEXT SLIDE AND I WAS LIKE -- >> THIS IS A GREAT TIME FOR ME TO TALK TO PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. IF EVERYONE GOES VEGAN TODAY FOR ONE DAY, THAT WILL REDUCE YOUR TOTAL CARBON FOOT PRINT BY FEUD BY 70%. SO JUST THINK ABOUT THAT ONE DAY. THANK YOU. JUST WANT A. 70%. >> ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT WE ARE GOOD. >> WE ARE ALL GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT, VICE CHAIR. >> THE AGENDA THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND REQUIREMENTS, MOVING TO A CONVERSATION AROUND PLANNING FOR HOUSING GROWTH, TALKING ABOUT THE SCHEDULE OF CONSIDERATION, NOT ONLY THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST 2 1/2 YEARS BUT WHAT WE ANTICIPATE OVER THE NEXT NINE MONTHS. WE WANT TO TOUCH ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN UNDERWAY, INCLUDING THE RELEASE OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FORTHCOMING. WE ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT WE'VE CONDUCTED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL PROCESS THAT WE'LL BE CONDUCTING WITH YOU OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS. AND I WILL PASS ON TO OUR LAND-USE PLANNING MANAGER, MICHAEL HUTTON. >> THANK YOU, RICO. CAN YOU HEAR ME ? GREAT. THANK YOU, RICO. THANK YOU, KRISTA. GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS. FOR THE RECORD I'M MICHAEL HUBNER, ON THE LONG-RANGE PLANNING MANAGER IN THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROJECT LEAD FOR THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN CONFERENCE OF PLAN OF DATE. SO THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THE CITY'S VISION FOR 20 YEARS OF GROWTH, HOW AND WHERE WE WILL GROW, WHAT PRIORITIES GUIDE INVESTMENTS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS AS WE GROW. THE PLAN IS ALSO SHAPED BY REQUIREMENTS AT THE STATE AND REGIONAL LEVELS. HAVING A COMP PLAN TO BEGIN WITH IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE STATE IN 1991. EIGHT INCLUDES BOTH PROCEDURAL AND SUBSTANTIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR LOCAL PLAN. THE PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCILS, DIVISION 2050, IS THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR OUR FOUR COUNTY CENTRAL PUGET SOUND REGION. IT INCLUDES A REGIONAL GROWTH STRATEGY WITH EXPECTATIONS FOR COUNTIES AND CITIES LIKE SEATTLE. THE SRC DESIGNATES REGIONAL CENTERS IN WHICH THERE ARE SEVERAL WITHIN THE CITY AND IT DISTRIBUTES FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THE MOBILITY OF THE REGION AS WE GROW. IMPORTANTLY, PSO SEE ALSO REVIEWS OUR ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ONCE THEY ARE UPDATED AND CERTIFIES THEM. FINALLY UP THE COUNTY LEVEL THERE IS A BODY CALLED GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLANNING COUNCIL BUT ADOPT WORK CALLED COUNTYWIDE PLANNING POLICIES THAT PROVIDE MORE DETAILED GUIDANCE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND THOSE WERE ALSO RECENTLY A DATED IN 2021. SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD TO THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT, JUST AT A HIGH LEVEL, ON PROCESS, WE ARE REQUIRING TO UPDATE THE PLAN AT LEAST EVERY 10 YEARS. OUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS CALLED SEATTLE 2035. IT WAS ADOPTED IN 2015 SO WE ARE ABOUT AT THE POINT NOW WHEN WE TAKE THE PLAN, IT REQUIRES EARLY AND ONGOING PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT . WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT TODAY AS WELL AS IN A LATER MEETING WITH YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT FOR THIS PLAN. ONCE ADOPTED, THE PLAN CAN ONLY BE CHANGED ONCE PER YEAR FROM AN ANNUAL AMENDMENT PROCESS. ALL AMENDMENTS MUST RECEIVE PUBLIC HEARING AND THERE'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW THAT'S REQUIRED. AND IN THE CASE OF A MAJOR UPDATE WE ARE DOING A FULL EIS. SUBSTANTIVELY, THE COMP PLAN MUST ACCOMMODATE 20 YEARS GROWTH PROJECTIONS FOR BOTH POPULATION AND FOR JOBS. THE PLAN MUST INCLUDE SPECIFIC TOPIC AREAS CALLED ELEMENTS. THOSE ARE CHAPTERS IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU AT A LATER DATE, AS WELL. AND THE PLAN MUST INCLUDE CERTAIN DATA ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, AND FACILITIES AND SERVICES. SEVERAL IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS TO OUR STATE AND REGIONAL REQUIREMENTS OCCURRED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE UPDATED THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU AS A PRECURSOR TO TALKING ABOUT THIS UPDATE. THEY INCLUDE WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE DID IN ADOPTING SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENTS TO THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. HOUSE BILL 1220 WAS ADOPTED IN 2021, HAS NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR CITIES TO PLAN FOR HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND A FULL RANGE OF ECONOMIC LEVELS. THE PLAN MUST CONTAIN CERTAIN DATA, DETAIL, AND PLANNED ADDRESSED POLICIES ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY -- ON HOUSING SUPPLY, AFFORDABILITY, EQUITY AND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT. HOUSE BILL 1110, ADOPTED IN 2023, REQUIRES THAT CERTAIN MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES SUCH AS DUPLEXES AND TRY PLEXUS, TOWNHOMES AND STACKED FLATS BE ALLOWED ON ALL RESIDENTIAL LOTS, AND A DENSITY OF AT LEAST FOUR UNITS PER LOT OR SIX UNITS PER LOT AND PROXIMITY TO CERTAIN TRANSIT OPTIONS OR WHERE AFFORDABILITY IS PROVIDED. IMPORTANTLY HERE, TOO, BECAUSE A TIMING ASPECT TWO 1110 IS A STATE DEADLINE TO ADOPT THE ZONING IMPLEMENTS 1110 BY JUNE 30th OF 2025. WE'LL RETURN TO THAT IN HIGHLIGHTING THE MAJOR MILESTONES IN YOUR COUNCIL PROCESS. HOUSE BILL 1181 ALSO ADOPTED IN 2023, CREATED A NEW REQUIREMENT FOR A CLIMATE CHANGE ELEMENT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT ELEMENT MUST ADDRESS BOTH GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS >> JUST SPEAKING INTO THE MICROPHONE, JUST MOVE TOWARD YOU A LITTLE BIT. >> YES, APOLOGIES. >> NO WORRIES. >> IS THAT BETTER? >> YES, PERFECT. >> BOTH GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE. AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL, REGION 2050 WAS UPDATED IN 2020 WITH A REGIONAL GROWTH STRATEGY THAT FOCUSES HOUSING AND JOBS IN LARGE CITIES AND AROUND TRANSIT AND FINALLY THE COUNTYWIDE PLAN POLICIES ARE UP DATED IN 2021 POINT MOST IMPORTANTLY WITH NEW HOUSING AND JOB GROWTH TARGETS FOR CITIES, MINIMUM TO ACCOMMODATE IN THEIR PLANS NEXT SLIDE. SO A MAJOR THEME OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE IS TO ADDRESS THE CITY'S ONGOING HOUSING PRICES, TO ADDRESS SUPPLY AND PORTABILITY. WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO THIS IN JANUARY 15th TWO PRESENT AND DETAIL THE MAYORS RECOMMENDED GROWTH STRATEGY THAT PROVIDES AND ADDRESSES THE HOUSING NEEDS OF THE CITY OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND BEYOND. FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY'S INTRODUCTORY BRIEFING, WE JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO THINGS -- THE GOALS AROUND HOUSING THAT DROVE THIS UPDATE AND THE DEFINITION OF SOME KEY TERMS IN HOW WE TALK ABOUT A FUTURE HOUSING NEED AND NUMBERS. THE NUMBERS THAT ARE REFERENCED WITH REGARD TO HOUSING. THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN IS INTENDED TO RESULT IN MORE HOUSING OVERALL. THE PLAN WILL ENABLE US, AS WAS NOTED IN SOME OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, ADD MORE HOUSING AT A LEVEL OF 330,000 POTENTIAL NEW UNITS TO MEET FUTURE HOUSING NEEDS OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND BEYOND. MORE HOUSING DIVERSITY, ALLOWING MORE HOUSING TYPES ACROSS THE CITY INCLUDING FAMILY SIZED HOUSING. MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH INCENTIVES FOR AFFORDABILITY, ESPECIALLY IN YOUR TRANSIT. WEALTH BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY AROUND HOMEOWNERSHIP. HOUSING AND WALKABLE COMMUNITIES. WE ESPECIALLY ADDED HOUSING IN AREAS THAT HAVE HIGH QUALITY TRANSIT AND NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITIES. AND FINALLY, MORE EQUITABLE HOUSING INCLUDING REDUCING EXCLUSIONARY ZONING AND DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES. AS WE WALK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE MAYORS PLAN IN THE COMING WEEKS, WE WILL TALK ABOUT SEVERAL TYPES OF NUMBERS THAT QUANTIFY FUTURE NEED AND QUANTIFY WHAT THE MAYORS PLAN DOES TO MEET THAT NEED TO. SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ARE APPEARING IN MEDIA AND ONLINE, NOT ALWAYS ACCURATELY. WE WANT TO SET THE STAGE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WITH THE DEFINITION OF TERMS. FIRST IS THE HOUSING GROWTH TARGET ADOPTED BY [ INAUDIBLE ] WHEN PRORATED TO THE 20 YEARS [ INAUDIBLE ] BY THIS PLAN. THAT TARGET IS FOR APPROXIMATELY 80,000 NEW HOUSING UNITS OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. THE TARGET REPRESENTS THE MINIMUM THAT THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO PLAN FOR. WE CAN PLAN FOR MORE HOUSING AND THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO DO SO, WHICH WE SHALL DISCUSS. SECOND IS THE HOUSING GREAT HALL ASSUMPTION EIS. IN THE DRAFT EIS WE STUDY A BROAD RANGE OF GROWTH ALTERNATIVES. FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMPARING THE ALTERNATIVES IN THE EIS WE MADE SOME HIGH-LEVEL ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF HOUSING THAT MAY OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND THAT RANGED FROM A LOW OF 80,000 ADDITIONAL UNITS UP TO 120,000 ADDITIONAL UNITS. THE MAYORS PLAN AT THE TOP OF THAT RANGE STUDIED IN THE EIS, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT WE'LL DISCUSS ON JANUARY 15th. IT WOULD STRESS THAT THESE ARE ASSUMPTIONS AND NOT FORECASTS AND ACTUAL GROWTH OVER TIME MAY BE HIGHER OR LOWER. AND FINALLY, PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT, IS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY. CAPACITY REPRESENTS THE THEORETICAL NUMBER OF NEW HOUSING UNITS THE CITY COULD POTENTIALLY ADD IF WE NEEDED TO IN ORDER TO MEET DEMAND OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND BEYOND. WE HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THE MAYORS PLAN WOULD ROUGHLY DOUBLE OUR ZONING CAPACITY TO 330,000 UNITS AS NOTED. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A FORECAST, JUST AS REASON FOR IT DOESN'T MEAN IT GETS BUILT OVER 20 YEARS BUT MAINTAINING AMPLE CAPACITY IS IMPORTANT TO REDUCE MARKET PRESSURE AND PROVIDE FOR A VARIETY OF HOUSING CHOICES, AND TO BE PREPARED AS A CITY FOR THAT KIND OF RAPID DEMAND FOR HOUSING OVER THE LAST DECADE. AND AS I BEGAN, WE WILL RETURN JANUARY 15th AND DO A DEEPER DIVE ON THESE ISSUES OF NUMBERS, HOUSING NEED AND ESPECIALLY THE MAYOR'S GROWTH PRIORITIES. IT WAS AN ENVIRONMENT FULL IMPACT STATEMENT OR EIS SCOPING IN SUMMER OF 2022 INTO THE FALL. WE HAD DEEPER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN 2022 INTO 2023, DEVELOPED A DRAFT PLAN FOR ITS RELEASE IN SPRING OF LAST YEAR, 2024, AS WELL AS THE DRAFT EIS WHICH WAS ALSO RELEASED AT THAT TIME FOLLOWED BY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND A 60 DAY COMMENT PERIOD. JUST THIS LAST FALL WE DID ENGAGEMENT ON WHAT HAD BEEN RELEASED AS DRAFT ZONING THAT IMPLEMENTS THE GROWTH STRATEGY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DID ANOTHER ROUND OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND 60 DAY COMMENT PERIOD. WE ARE RELEASING TO THE PUBLIC A FINAL PLAN TODAY ON THE OPC THE WEBSITE AND WILL BE RELEASING THE FINAL EIS LATER THIS MONTH. AND OF COURSE THE COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IS BEGINNING AS WE SPEAK. I'M GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS. AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF DATE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO AN EIS. THIS IS A PROGRAMMATIC EIS AND A SCALE OF THE KINDS OF CHANGES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CITYWIDE . A FULL EIS IS REQUIRED. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT. THE PURPOSE OF THE EIS IS TO INFORM DECISION-MAKERS ABOUT A PROPOSAL'S POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO THE BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. IF THERE ARE IMPACTS THE EIS IDENTIFIES MEASURES THE CITY CAN TAKE TO MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS. IMPORTANTLY, IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF THE EIS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS BUT RATHER TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC AND YOU WITH THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. THERE ARE THREE MAJOR STEPS IN THE EIS PROCESS. AS I MENTIONED IN A PRIOR SLIDE, WE STARTED WITH SCOPING IN THE SUMMER AND FALL OF 2022, IDENTIFYING ALTERNATIVES TO STUDY AND THE EIS, THESE ALTERNATIVES WERE INFORMED BY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS BY THE COUNCIL ITSELF AT THAT TIME. THE DRAFT EIS WAS RELEASED LAST SPRING. IT ANALYZED THE IMPACTS OF FIVE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES THAT REPRESENT A BROAD RANGE OF CHOICES FOR THE EXECUTIVE AND FOR THE COUNCIL TO PLAN FOR THE LOCATIONS AND TYPES OF GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. THE PUBLIC REVIEW YIELDED A LARGE VOLUME OF PUBLIC COMMENTS WHICH WE ARE RESPONDING TO , AND THE LAST DOCUMENT, THE LAST STEP IN THE PROCESS, WHICH IS THE FINAL EIS, THAT WILL BE RELEASED LATER THIS MONTH. IT ANALYZES THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, AS WELL, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED GROWTH STRATEGY AND THAT VERY SAME KIND OF ANALYSIS WE DID WITH THE FIVE ACTION ALTERNATIVES DONE WITH THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE. ONCE RELEASED THERE IS A 14 DAY APPEAL PERIOD FOR THE F EIS. WE WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME HERE TALKING ABOUT THE EXTENSIVE ENGAGEMENT THAT PCD DID OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, FROM THE PLAN UP DATE. TO BEGIN WITH, WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DOING OUTREACH FOR A LONG-RANGE POLICY CENTERED INITIATIVE LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE OR TECHNICAL LAND USE PROPOSAL SUCH AS ZONING CAN BE A CHALLENGE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC AND FOR BRINGING AS MANY PEOPLE INTO THE PROCESS AS WE WOULD LIKE. PCD APPROACHED THIS CHALLENGE WITH A SUSTAINED EFFORT OVER SEVERAL YEARS, WITH DEDICATED STAFFING AND USING NEW AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES AND WE WERE GUIDED BY THE GOALS YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE. BROUGHT ENGAGEMENT, REACHING RESIDENCY NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY, ENGAGING SPECIFICALLY WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING A WIDE RANGE OF CITYWIDE AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY COUNCILS AND OTHERS, BY USING A HYBRID APPROACH WITH BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE PARTICIPATION, YOU MIGHT NOTE THAT LOOKING AT THIS CALENDAR IN 2022, WHEN WE LAUNCHED THE UPDATE, WE WERE STILL CLIMBING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE RESTRICTIONS ON COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE IN PERSON. THANKFULLY THAT RELAXED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT AND WE ADAPTED A VERY BROAD RANGE OF APPROACHES FOR MEETING WITH PEOPLE AND TALKING ABOUT THE PLAN. EQUITABLE ENGAGEMENT INCLUDED OUTREACH AND CAPACITY BUILDING TO REACH HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. VISIBILITY OF THE PLAN, WE RAISED AWARENESS THROUGH EMAIL, SOCIAL MEDIA, PRESS, ADVERTISING, FLYERS AND STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH. ACCESSIBILITY AND THEN PROVIDING INFORMATION WAS CLEAR AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC INCLUDING IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, AND PROVIDING MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUTS INCLUDING MULTIPLE OPTIONS TO COMMENT THAT WERE TAILORED TO THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND DECISION POINTS THAT EACH FACED IN THE PROCESS. AND FINALLY, TRANSPARENCY, PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO THE PUBLIC ON WHAT WE HEARD AND HOW THEIR INPUT WAS USED TO SHAPE THE PLAN. I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH EACH OF THE PHASES OF ENGAGEMENT AND JUST HIGHLIGHT AT A HIGH LEVEL WHAT THEIR PURPOSE WAS AND WHAT SOME OF THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES CAN BE AT OPCD. SO THE EARLY ENGAGEMENT WHICH WE CALLED LISTEN AND LEARN, IN EARLY 2022, WAS INTENDED TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE PLAN OF DATE, TO ESTABLISH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND TO SEEK EARLY INPUT ON THE VISION, ISSUES OF CONCERN TO THE PUBLIC, EARLY IDEAS FOR GROWTH CONCEPTS FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, AND ON THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS ITSELF, HOW BEST TO REACH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDED PRESENTATIONS OVER 20 CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, ESTABLISHING CONTRACTS WITH SEVEN DIFFERENT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ASSISTED US IN REACHING COMMUNITIES THAT HAD HISTORICALLY BEEN MARGINALIZED FROM THE KINDS PRO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATES, WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND SPECIFICALLY THE COMMUNITY LIAISON PROGRAM AS WELL TO ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO MEET MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE ACCESS AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT. INITIAL OUTREACH, AS WELL, WAS MADE TO CITYWIDE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. WE DID AN ONLINE PUBLIC SURVEY AND WE STARTED DOING POP-UP ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WHICH HAD BEGUN ITS PROCESS OF CREATING THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. PHASE TWO , WHICH WE CALLED SHAPE THE PLAN, STARTED IN 2022 AND EXTENDED THROUGH 2023. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THE EIS SCOPING, PARTICULARLY THE ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE STUDIED TO ENGAGE BIPOC AND OTHER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, TO CREATE MORE EQUITABLE GROWTH STRATEGY GOING FORWARD, AND TO SEEK INPUT OF POTENTIAL GOALS AND POLICIES IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOCUMENT ITSELF. THIS IS OUR FIRST ROUND OF OPEN HOUSE STYLE OFFENSE. WE HAD FIVE IN-PERSON EVENTS CITYWIDE AND ONE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE WITH OVER 1000 ATTENDEES. WE RECEIVED COMMENT LETTERS FROM OVER 30 STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE EIS SCOPING. WE MET WITH 40 STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED AROUND EQUITY AND DISPLACEMENT AND WE RECEIVED REPORT OUTS FROM EACH OF THE CBOS THAT WORKED WITH US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COMP PLAN. PHASE THREE, WHICH WE CALLED REVIEW AND REFINE, WAS CENTERED AROUND THE RELEASE OF KEY DRAFT DOCUMENTS TOWARD YOU THIS SPRING. ONE WAS THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE DRAFT GROWTH STRATEGY INCLUDING SEEKING THE INPUT ON THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF NEW AND EXPANDED CENTERS, NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, AND ALSO CORRIDORS WHICH ARE PROPOSED FOR NEW HOUSING DENSITY AND SUPPLY. A DRAFT APPROACH TO THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONES IN RESPONSE TO HOUSE BILL 1110 WAS ALSO RELEASED, AND FINALLY THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR ACTIVITIES INCLUDED ANOTHER ROUND OF OPEN HOUSES , SEVEN IN PERSON EVENTS, ONE IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, AND WE HAD OVER 1500 ATTENDEES. WE MET WITH OVER 30 CITYWIDE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY GROUPS INCLUDING COMMUNITY COUNCILS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS COMMUNITY, OTHERS, AND WE RECEIVED OVER 80 LETTERS FROM ORGANIZATIONS AND 6000 COMMENTS FROM INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE CITY, BOTH ON OUR WEBSITE, ENGAGEMENT HUB, EMAIL AND COMMENTS MADE AT THE OPEN HOUSES. FINAL PHASE OF ENGAGEMENT, WHICH JUST CONCLUDED IN DECEMBER, CENTERED ON THE ZONING PROPOSAL. SO THIS LOOKED BEYOND THE PLAN ITSELF, TO THE ZONES THAT WOULD BE APPLIED AND RECOMMENDED GROWTH STRATEGY FOR YOU RELEASED THAT GROWTH STRATEGY IN SEPTEMBER AND RELEASED DRAFT ZONING MAPS AND DRAFT LEGISLATION, BOTH FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND RESIDENTIAL, AND MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND OTHER ZONES TO PROMOTE HOUSING SUPPLY AND DIVERSITY. WE SOUGHT PUBLIC COMMENT OVER 60 DAYS ON THOSE ZONING PROPOSALS. WE HAD ANOTHER ROUND OF OPEN HOUSE STYLE SESSIONS WITH OVER 2000 PARTICIPANTS, THREE VIRTUAL ONLINE OPEN HOUSE INFORMATION SESSIONS, AND WE ALSO DID A NEW TACTIC USING OFFICE OUR SESSIONS WHICH ARE SEVERAL OUR PERIODS DURING THE DAY WHERE PEOPLE CAN LOG ON AND ASK THEIR QUESTIONS. WE HAD VERY HIGH PARTICIPATION FOR THE OFFICE HOURS AS WELL, DURING THIS LAST FALL. THE ZONING DATE WEBSITE ITSELF HAD AN INCORRECOTOLS AND RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMMENTS. I THINK AS RICO MENTIONED, WE ARE BUSILY PROCESSING THOSE COMMENTS AND WILL BE REPORTING UP TO YOU WHAT WE HEARD LATER THIS MONTH. WE ALREADY HAD TWO REPORTS ONLINE FROM EARLIER PHASES OF ENGAGEMENT, THAT PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO OF ENGAGEMENT POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE FOR SOME MONTHS AND WE WILL REPORTING OUT ON PHASE THREE AND PHASE FOUR IN JUST SEVERAL WEEKS HERE. FINALLY I WANT TO TURN TO THE COUNCIL PROCESS. WE ARE TRANSITIONING FROM THE EXECUTIVE LED ENGAGEMENT AND PROCESS OF CONSIDERING THE PLAN, OF COURSE. WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH ESSENTIAL STAFF AND WITH COUNCILMEMBER HEMSWORTH'S OFFICE TO PROJECT A PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR THE SELECT COMMITTEE IN THE COMING WEEKS AND SEVERAL MONTHS. TO BEGIN WITH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THREE PIECES OF LEGISLATION. THE FIRST IS THE LEGISLATION ADOPTING THE COMP PLAN ITSELF INCLUDING RENEWED GROWTH STRATEGY MAP. THAT WILL BE TRANSMITTED AS LEGISLATION TO COUNCIL BY EARLY FEBRUARY. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE PLAN CAN BE VIEWED TODAY ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL STARTING NOW, AND TO THE PUBLIC, WITH A LIKELY COUNCIL VOTE IN MAY . THE SECOND PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS FOR THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONING THAT COMPLIES WITH HOUSE BILL NUMBER 10. WE WILL BE TRANSMITTING THAT DUE IN MARCH, AGAIN WITH THE LIKELY VOTE IN MAY AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT THE COMP PLAN ITSELF MUST BE ADOPTED BEFORE YOU CAN ADOPT THE NEW ZONING LEGISLATION. AND THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT ZONING LEGISLATION IS DIFFERENT. THAT GOES BEYOND THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL LAND ADDRESSES THE MAPS RELEASED THIS LAST FALL WHICH HAD NEW ZONING DESIGNATIONS INSIDE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, IN OUR NEW AND EXPANDED URBAN CENTERS AND ALONG TRANSIT CORRIDORS. WE ARE PROCESSING. WE ARE READING. WE ARE CONSIDERING PUBLIC COMMENT THIS LAST FALL. WE ARE WORKING ON REVISIONS TO THOSE MAPS AND THAT PROPOSAL WHICH WE WILL TRANSMIT TO YOU IN MAY. WERE GOING TO TAKE OUR TIME WITH THAT AND PROVIDE A REVISED PROPOSAL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, STARTING IN MAY AND THEN WITH A PROJECTED ADOPTION IN SEPTEMBER BEFORE YOU GO INTO THE BUDGET PERIOD OF THE YEAR. HERE'S ANOTHER WAY OF VIEWING THE COUNCIL PROCESS AND TIMELINE. THIS IS A PHASED AND OVERLAPPING PROCESS OVER THE COMING WEEKS AND SEVERAL MONTHS. WE UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZE THAT THAT HAS SOME COMPLEXITY AND WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BOTH EITHER FROM THE PUBLIC OR FROM YOU, ABOUT HOW THESE SEVERAL PIECES WORK TOGETHER IN TANDEM IN A PROCESS THAT BY THE TIME YOU GO INTO BUDGETING THE FALL YOU CAN ADOPT ZONING IMPLEMENT OF THAT PLAN IN PLACE. I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS LOOKING AHEAD TO THE COMMITTEE ITSELF. WE DEVELOPED THIS IN COORDINATION WITH CENTRAL STAFF . WE RECOGNIZE THIS IS A PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE AT THIS POINT BUT WANTED TO PAINT A PICTURE FOR YOU OF HOW THIS PROCESS CAN PLAY OUT IN FUTURE MEETINGS. OBVIOUSLY TODAY WE ARE PROVIDING BACKGROUND AND PROCESS BRIEFING ON THE PLAN, ON JANUARY 15th AS I MENTIONED WE WILL DO A DEEP DIVE ON THE GROWTH STRATEGY AND AN OVERVIEW OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL CHANGES TO COMPLY 1110 . ON JANUARY 29th WE WILL BRIEF YOU ON SEVERAL SPECIAL TOPICS INCLUDING ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES AND AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HEARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON FEBRUARY 5th WE WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF EACH OF THE DOZEN OR SO ELEMENTS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE NEW GOALS AND POLICIES IN THOSE. THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FIFTH, AND THEN WE RESERVED FEBRUARY 19th AS A TIME AND A SPACE FOR OTHER TOPICS. THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING YOU WITH IN THE COMING WEEKS AND WE THINK THAT RESERVING THAT TIME IS A WISE CHOICE IN TERMS OF IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, ISSUES THAT WE DON'T GET TO, WHERE WE NEED TO RETURN TO AT THAT MEETING. DURING MARCH WE WILL BE HANDING IT OFF TO CENTRAL STAFF TO IDENTIFY ISSUES, POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS. THAT PROCESS WILL CONTINUE INTO APRIL, OPCD WILL COME BACK AND BRIEF YOU ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONING LEGISLATION WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED AT THAT TIME. THE AMENDMENT PROCESS WILL CONTINUE INTO MAY. THERE ARE TWO BOATS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN MAY DEPENDING ON AMENDMENTS TO THE COMP PLAN ADOPTION ORDINANCE AS WELL AS TO NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL CHANGES AND THEN THE FINAL VOTES ON THAT LEGISLATION. AND THEN IN JUNE WE CAN COME BACK AND BRIEF YOU ON REVISED ZONING LEGISLATION FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND OUR TRANSIT CORRIDORS, AND THEN THE COUNCIL PROCESS EXTENDING OVER THE SUMMER UNTIL SEPTEMBER. AND THAT'S THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION ON PROCESS AND BACKGROUND TODAY. RICO, DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE WE ANSWER QUESTIONS? >> AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE BEGIN THIS NEXT STEP OF THE PROCESS. NO THAT IF YOU GO ONLINE TO SEATTLE.GOVE, O PCD, ONE SEATTLE PLAN, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF RESOURCES ONLINE NOW SO WE HAVE PROJECT DOCUMENTS THAT GO INTO ALL COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN WE HAVE THE ENGAGEMENT TAB, WHICH DOCUMENTS ARE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES TO DATE. WE WILL BE UPDATING THAT SOON AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I STATED AT THE BEGINNING AT 9:30, OR AT 10:30, WE WANT TO BE PRESENT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND TO HELP YOU DIVE INTO THE NUANCES OF THE PLAN. THERE IS SO MANY PARTS AND PIECES. WITH THAT I THINK WE WANT TO OPEN UP FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. >> I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE LISH, IF YOU HAD ANY CARDING TIMELINE AND ALL THAT STUFF. >> , COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. MICHAEL, COULD YOU GO BACK TWO SLIDES? SO YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THE LETTER FROM THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT SETTING UP THE SELECT COMMITTEE ONLY GOES THROUGH THE MEETINGS ON FEBRUARY 5th. VF EIS IS BEING PUBLISHED IN JANUARY WHICH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR APPEAL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THERE IS AN APPEAL, COUNCIL MAY NOT VOTE ON THE LEGISLATION, THE PHASE ONE LEGISLATION OR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LEGISLATION UNTIL THAT PLAN IS REVOLVED. WE'LL HAVE A DECISION POINT IF THERE IS AN APPEAL OF EIS IN MID FEBRUARY ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND HOW WE WANT TO APPROACH THIS LEGISLATION. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> AND I KNOW. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. SETTING THE TABLE AND GIVEN AS A BACK GROUND AND TIMELINE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING THE MAYOR'S PLAN AND HIS PROPOSAL AND ENGAGING IN THAT PROCESS PER I WANT TO WRITE NOW ALSO MENTIONED THAT I'M WORKING, OUR OFFICE IS WORKING WITH OUR CENTRAL STAFF COMMUNICATIONS. THERE IS A SPECIAL PAGE, ACTUALLY COUNCILMEMBER MORALES HEADSET THIS UP BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE ENSURING THAT IT'S DIGESTIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE DATES AND THE COMMENT PERIOD, AND OPEN PERIOD, AND HOW TO CONNECT WITH US, AND JUST A LANDING PAGE FOR COUNCIL I THINK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. ALSO OPCD HAS A LANDING PAGE, AS WELL, BUT I WANTED US TO ACTUALLY HAVE A LANDING PAGE FOR US TO HAVE THE INFORMATION, JUST SO PEOPLE CAN DIGEST SOME OF THIS INFORMATION A LITTLE BIT EASIER. ALSO, WE WILL NOW TAKE QUESTIONS, SO IF YOU RAISE YOUR LITTLE YELLOW HAND ON ZOOM, I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU AND YOU CAN HAVE THE FLOOR TO ASK YOUR QUESTION. SO I SEE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU RECOGNIZED. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE REALLY A COUPLE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS DEPENDING ON THE ANSWERS THAT I GET BUT I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT ANY COMP PLAN UPDATE IS COMPLEX AND IT DOES RAISE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND LIVING SITUATIONS, WITH THEIR TRANSPORTATION, ET CETERA. I HEAR THAT. MY QUESTIONS ARE MORE TO DO WITH PROCESS. SO LISH, YOU MENTIONED -- DID YOU GIVE A DATE WHEN THE F EIS WILL BE PUBLISHED? >> I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A DATE FROM OPCD YET ABOUT THE F EIS PUBLICATION. JANUARY IS -- WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE YET. WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING THIRD WEEK OF JANUARY PER GO IT COULD SLIDE TO THE FOURTH WEEK BUT DEFINITELY BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH. >> OKAY. SO I WOULD IMAGINE THERE WILL BE AN APPEAL FROM EITHER SIDE. SO HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE TO RESOLVE? >> THAT CAN BE A LENGTHY PROCESS DEPENDING ON THE SUBJECTS OF THE APPEAL. THERE IS NORMALLY A DISCOVERY PROCESS AND AFTER THAT DISCOVERY IS COMPLETE, THE HEARING EXAMINER WILL SCHEDULE FOR THE HEARING ITSELF , THEY CAN TAKE A LONG TIME. THE COUNCIL CAN'T ACT ON LEGISLATION WHILE AN APPEAL IS PENDING SO THERE MAY BE OTHER ROUTES TO PUTTING SOMETHING IN TEMPORARILY RELATED TO HOUSE BILL 1110, AND OTHER STATE MANDATES, AND WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS IF IT COMES TO THAT. >> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP ALMOST THE EXACT BEAUTY OF WOULD LIKE TO -- >> I THINK I'LL JUST ADD THAT WE WILL ADVOCATE TO CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH THE LEGISLATION AND THE PLAN AS PROPOSED DURING THE APPEAL PERIOD WHILE LISH IS CORRECT THAT YOU CANNOT TAKE A VOTE TO THE EXTENT THAT THOSE GET RESOLVED IN TIME TO ADOPT THE LEGISLATION TO MEET THE STATE DEADLINE. YOU WILL BE BETTER PREPARED TO DO THAT IF WE CONTINUE TO MEET THROUGHOUT THE APPEAL PERIOD. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE THE EXECUTIVE IS PUTTING US INTO A POSITION OF PASSING SOME MAY BE TEMPORARY OR SOME NOT NECESSARILY INTERIM, BUT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO COMPLY TO STATE LAW BY JUNE SO WE ARE GOING TO BE PASSING LEGISLATION IN MAY AND IT'S LIKELY THAT THE APPEAL WILL GO LONGER THAN THAT, IF THERE IS AN INTERMEDIATE APPEAL PERIOD IS DONE. SO HAS THAT BEEN -- COULD YOU COMMENT? >> WE TALK WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE FIELD. AND THEY VARY WIDELY. SO AT THIS POINT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE APPEALS COULD STILL BE OUTSTANDING BY MAY, BUT ALSO A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY'VE BEEN RESOLVED AND WE COULD TAKE A VOTE AND MEET THE STATE DEADLINE WITHOUT PASSING INTERIM LEGISLATION. BUT CERTAINLY IF THERE ARE ONGOING APPEALS, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT INTERIM LEGISLATION MIGHT ENTAIL. >> I WILL TRY TO BE OPTIMISTIC. I JUST DON'T WANT FOLKS TO HAVE TO DO WORK TWICE, ANYWAY. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. YOUR NEXT WORKER >> THANK YOU CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING ON THE HELM OF THIS PROCESS. VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING INTO DO THAT I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT PUBLICLY. ALSO WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND OUR CENTRAL STAFF, FOR BEING HERE AND PRESENT HIS PLAN. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR HER QUESTIONS BECAUSE I HAVE MANY OF THE SAME QUESTIONS. AND TOWARD THAT END, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT PROCESS AND CONCERNS ABOUT PROCESS THAT I HAVE HEARD, BUT I'VE HAD MYSELF, AND I'VE HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS OF THE D 4 THAT I REPRESENT. AND I'M WONDERING, RELATED TO THE FINAL EIS, WHY HAS THAT NOT BEEN FINALIZED BY NOW? BECAUSE PRESUMABLY IT WOULD'VE BEEN HELP TO HAVE THAT FINALIZED BEFORE THE LEGISLATION CAME DOWN. SO I'M WONDERING WHAT THE HOLDUP IS AND I KNOW THIS ENTIRE PROCESS IS ACTUALLY BEHIND SCHEDULE. SO I'M WONDERING WHAT THE REASONS ARE FOR THIS IN GENERAL AND THEN SPECIFIC TO THE EIS, THE FINAL. >> SO I WOULD SAY JUST TO ADDRESS THE GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT BEING BEHIND IN THE PROCESS, MANY MOVING PARTS. OPCD HAS BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE REGARDING THE POLICY FRAMEWORK AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE PLAN, INCLUDING WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, OUR CAPITAL DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER, TO ENSURE THAT THE POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT'S BUILT INTO EACH OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN REPRESENTS WHAT WE REALLY NEED AS A CITY MOVING FORWARD. I THINK BECAUSE OF ALL OF THOSE PARTS AND PIECES, IT IS TAKING -- IT'S TAKING THE TIME THAT IT HAS TAKEN OVER THE LAST 2 1/2 YEARS. I THINK THAT IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO NOT KNOW, AS HAS ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT UP AROUND WHETHER THERE WILL BE A TEAM OR NOT, I THINK THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE LAID OUT, WORKING WITH LISH AND COUNCIL STAFF HAS BEEN TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MEET OUR STATE DEADLINE. AND SO I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN STILL PROCEED IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO FULFILL OUR OBLIGATIONS. AS MICHAEL HAS STATED, AND I'LL LET HIM COMMENT FURTHER, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY ACTIVELY WITH OUR A TIMELY FASHION, AND I WOULD SAY THAT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE MADE, IN PART TO OUR RESPONSE TO PUBLIC INPUT OVER THE LATTER HALF OF 2024 HAS INFORMED SOME OF OUR CONSULTANT WORK WHICH HAS BEEN PART OF OUR EXTENDED PROCESS. IF THAT MAKES SENSE , MICHAEL. >> SPECIFICALLY ON EIS, I THINK IT'S WORTH RECOGNIZING, AND I THINK YOU'VE ALL EXPERIENCED THIS IN CONSIDERING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE ZONING LEGISLATION THIS YEAR, IS THAT THIS PROPOSAL HAS BEEN COMPLEX PER IT HAS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. THE EIS SPECIFICALLY IS NOT JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE HIGH-LEVEL POLICY DOCUMENT THAT GUIDES GROWTH IN THE CITY. IT ALSO IS AN EIS THAT IS STUDYING THE ZONING PROPOSAL AND MAKING A SET OF ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT VERY SPECIFIC LAND-USE CHANGES ACROSS THE CITY. FOR THAT REASON, WHEN YOU DO AN EIS YOU DO THINGS LIKE TRANSPORTATION MODELING AND AIR QUALITY, IMPACT ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER VERY DETAILED, DATA-DRIVEN ANALYSES. THAT'S WHY WE ARE BRINGING A CONSULT TEAM TO DO THAT WORK. AND THE MAYOR TOOK A VERY THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO FINALIZING HIS RECOMMENDATION FOR THE GROWTH STRATEGY, LIKEWISE ZONING PROPOSALS THROUGHOUT THIS FALL, A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THOSE AND WE COULDN'T FEED THE EIS PROCESS WITH ALL OF THE DATA THAT WAS NEEDED TO DO THAT ANALYSIS UNTIL FAIRLY LATE, SOMETIME IN THE FALL. SO IT JUST REALLY TOOK SOME TIME. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE NEED A STRONGER, MORE INFORMATIVE EIS, ONE THAT IS MORE ROBUST TO WITHSTAND AN APPEAL, WE HOPE. AND WHAT WE CAN DO, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE QUITE SOON, PRIOR, CERTAINLY BEFORE YOU SEE THE ACTUAL COMP PLAN LEGISLATION. WE'D BE HAPPY, IF WE NEEDED TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE A VERY DIGESTIBLE SUMMARY OF WHAT WE LEARNED THROUGH THE EIS. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO YOUR PROCESS. >> THANK YOU, MICHAEL. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTION. I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. THIS IS A PROCESS THAT HAPPENS EVERY 10 YEARS SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS RECENT PROCESS THAT HAS DELAYED IT FOR THIS 10 YEAR GO ROUND. WE CAN TAKE THE CONVERSATION OFF-LINE SO I CAN LEARN MORE, APPRECIATE THAT. ALSO THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT ALSO REQUIRES, AS PART OF THE COMP PLAN, TO HAVE THESE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE CLIMATE PLANS. YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT REQUIRED ELEMENTS. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THOSE PLANS OR ELEMENTS. WHEN WILL THAT GET RELEASED FOR OUR CONSIDERATION AS WE LOOK AT THIS HOLISTIC COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? >> THE PLAN ITSELF, INCLUDING ALL OF THE TOPICAL ELEMENTS ON TRANSPORTATION, CLIMATE, AND OTHERS, IS AVAILABLE TODAY. THERE WAS A DRAFT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC LAST SPRING AS I COVERED IN THE PRESENTATION. THERE ARE ALSO THE FINAL PLAN RELEASED TODAY ALSO HAS THE DISEASE, WHICH HAVE QUITE A LOT OF INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY ON THINGS LIKE CAPITAL FACILITIES, NEEDS AND TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES . I KNOW TALKS THAT THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN DOING SO. THAT'S AVAILABLE TODAY. WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO BRIEF YOU ON THAT IN LATER MEETINGS, SOON, EARLY FEBRUARY. BUT YOU'LL HAVE SOME TIME TO REVIEW THEM BEFORE WE DO THAT BRIEF AND, AS WELL. >> THANK YOU, MICHAEL. I WILL REVIEW THOSE TODAY. IT WOULD'VE BEEN HELPFUL, AS PART OF THE BACK AND FORTH THAT WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN, TO HAVE HAD A PREVIEW OF THOSE PLANS. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE TRANSPORTATION PLANS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HOW YOU ENGAGE WITH METRO BECAUSE OF COURSE WE DON'T CONTROL METRO BUSES AND SOUND TRANSIT AS PART OF THOSE TRANSPORTATION PLANS AND HOW YOU WORKED WITH YOUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS, SPU AND CITY LIGHT, HAS PART OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL . CHAIR, I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT AND THEN I'LL PASS IT OFF BECAUSE I KNOW ALL MY COLLEAGUES HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS, AS WELL. YOU KNOW I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH MANY D 4 RESIDENTS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AND MY TAKE AWAY FROM THESE CONVERSATIONS IS THAT NO ONE DISPUTES THAT WE NEED MORE HOUSING OF ALL TYPES ACROSS THE CITY. WE HAVE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THAT HOMES. WE HAVE BUS DRIVERS AND TEACHERS AND OTHER WORKERS THAT THEY WANT TO LIVE, RIGHTFULLY SO, WHERE THEY WORK, AND WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE RETURNING HOME WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO RENT OR BUY IN THE CITY THAT THEY GREW UP IN. SO THE NEED IS CRITICAL. AND THEN OF COURSE WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION, AND CLIMATE IMPACTS ARE IN PLACE TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT GROWTH. AND I JUST REMEMBER VERY VIVIDLY, SPU SITTING HERE EARLIER THIS YEAR, TALKING ABOUT BEING UNDER A CONSENT DECREE BECAUSE OF OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND RUNOFF AND SOME OF OUR FOLKS WHO CAME HERE TODAY TALKED ABOUT THIS RUNOFF GOING INTO LAKE UNION AND OTHER BODIES OF WATER THAT REALLY IMPACT, HAVE BIG CLIMATE IMPACTS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE PLANS IN PLACE AND THEN ALSO ON THE PROCESS I WILL SAY THAT I'VE HEARD FROM MANY, MANY CONSTITUENTS IN THE D 4 WHO FEEL LIKE THEY WERE NOT -- THEY DID NOT HAVE -- THEY WERE NOT REACHED OUT TO. THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THE PROPER OUTREACH WAS THERE , AND ENGAGEMENT, AND I WILL STAY IN PHASE ONE PLANNING. I DIDN'T SEE THAT YOU DID SESSIONS WITH BROAD CONSTITUENTS LIKE YOU DID IN THE SPRING AND IN THE FALL. SO I'M WONDERING WHY IN PHASE ONE YOU DIDN'T ENGAGE THE PUBLIC BROADLY THAT WAY. IT SEEMED A MORE LIMITED ENGAGEMENT SO THAT LEFT PEOPLE FEELING LIKE THIS PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN TRANSPARENT, AND THAT IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHEN PEOPLE FEEL LIKE GOVERNMENT IS TRANSPARENT, THEY TRUST GOVERNMENT MORE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR TO THE COMP PLAN. IT'S JUST THAT PROCESS BY WHICH YOU ENGAGE CONSTITUENTS SO THEY WERE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT WAS GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS IN THE SPRING SESSIONS I ATTENDED THE -- THE MAPS WERE VERY CONFUSING. I GAVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT. I'M SURE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES DID, AS WELL, FOR THE FALL PROCESS. MAPS WERE CLEARER BUT THEN THERE WASN'T A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY WITH THE DECEMBER 20th DEADLINE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK . AND THEN, HOW DID YOU INCORPORATE THAT? WE ARE NOW GETTING THIS PLAN ON THE FIRST . OVER THE HOLIDAY, SOMEONE ELSE WAS HEARSAY AND THAT, AS WELL, AND PEOPLE ARE FEELING LIKE THEIR FEEDBACK IS NOT GETTING CONSIDERED. I UNDERSTAND YOU SAID YOU WILL BE CONSIDERING, AS PART OF THE ZONING PROCESS, BUT THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ITSELF. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ENGAGING MORE THAT WAY BUT JUST TO SAY THE PROCESS IS OF CONCERN TO THE CONSTITUENTS , NOT JUST IN THE D 4, OBVIOUSLY ACROSS THE CITY, AS WE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> CHAIR, COULD I -- >> ABSOLUTELY. >> PROVIDE MORE CLARIFICATION. SO JUST REGARDING EARLIER PHASES OF ENGAGEMENT FOR FOLKS THAT WANT TO GO ONLINE TO GET MORE INFORMATION, WE DO HAVE A GOOD ONE SEATTLE PLAN COMMUNITY SERIES FEEDBACK REPORT THAT WAS DEVELOPED FROM OUR ENGAGEMENT, FROM NOVEMBER OF 2022, JANUARY 2023, WHEN WE WERE IN AN EARLIER PHASE. WE ALSO HAVE A GOOD PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY FROM -- THAT'S DATED MARCH OF 2024 POINT SO I MEAN JUST TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO CREATE A VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS AND WE KNOW WE STILL HAVE MORE WORK TO DO THERE AND MORE TO DOCUMENT, SO JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S COMMON AS WELL. >> CHAIR MANNING, JUST DO A FOLLOW-UP. I WILL BE REQUESTING AND I HAVE REQUESTED D4 COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS TO SEE THOSE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM CLEAR AS TO WHAT COMMENT THE DISTRICT GAVE AS PART OF THIS PROCESS AND HOW YOU ALL INTEND TO INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMAN RIVERA. NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER SECOND, COUNCILMEMBER NEVILLE, COUNCILMEMBER MORAN, I WILL ALSO RECOGNIZE VICE CHAIR STRAUSS AND COUNCILLOR RANK IF YOU ALL HAVE COMMENTS AND THEN WE WILL GO FROM THERE. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH, AND I WANTED TO SECOND ALL THE OTHER THANK YOU'S TO YOU FOR TAKING ON THIS POSITION. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. ALSO THANK YOU TO MS. BALLAS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND DIRECTOR QUIRINDONGO AT MR. HUBNER AND OF COURSE MR. WHITSON FROM CENTRAL STAFF. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. I ADDED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ESSENTIALLY A PARAGRAPH FOR MY END-OF-THE-YEAR NEWSLETTER, WHICH I WALK THROUGH AND ASK QUESTIONS, JUST TO USE IT AS AN OUTLINE. BEFORE DOING THAT, I DO WANT TO SAY IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF WHETHER ONE HAPPENS OR NOT. THERE WILL BE AN APPEAL. AND THAT'S AUTOMATIC. AND THAT REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FACTORED IN AS AUTOMATIC AS IT RELATES TO THE STATE TIMELINE. WHETHER ONE HAPPENS OR NOT IS NOT FACTUAL. THERE IS NO DOUBT THERE WILL BE ONE. WE SHOULD JUST PLAN FOR IT IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE. THAT GOES TO THE EARLIER QUESTIONS. I'M FROM QUEEN ANNE. I KNOW THAT GROUPS LIKE TO APPEAL. THAT'S A DEFINITE. AND FOR GOOD REASON, TOO, I MIGHT ADD. SO TO MY PARAGRAPH, I WROTE WHEN IT COMES TO THE ONE SEATTLE CONFERENCE A PLAN, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE QUEEN ANNE AND MAGNOLIA, AS IN THIS STAGE OUR DISTRICT 7 REGIONAL CENTERS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE EFFORT. THE MAJORITY OF DISTRICT 7 IS REGIONAL CENTERS, DOWNTOWN, SOUTH LAKE UNION, UPTOWN. AND THAT IS, AS NOTED IN THE TIMELINE, GOES INTO SEPTEMBER DECISION-MAKING. I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED SEEN SOME OF THE SLIDES TALKING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND SOME OF THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PIECES ALSO GOING INTO SEPTEMBER. MY UNDERSTANDING WAS JUST A REGIONAL CENTERS ARE GOING TO SEPTEMBER. THAT CASE -- >> ICANN -- RUTH, DID YOU WANT TO? SO THE LEGISLATION THAT'S SECOND, WHICH WE PLAN TO TRANSMIT IN MAY, INCLUDES ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT WE RELEASED IN THE FORM OF DRAFT MAPS THIS PAST FALL AND THAT INCLUDES THE NEW AND EXPANDED REGIONAL OR URBAN CENTERS SO IN YOUR DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE UPTOWN REGIONAL CENTER HAS AN EXPANSION AREA, QUEEN ANNE HAS AN EXPANDED URBAN CENTER AND THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO THE TRANSIT CORRIDORS IN THE ZONING CHANGES ALONG THE TRANSIT CORRIDOR. SO ALL OF THAT WILL BE WITHIN ONE PACKAGE OF AMENDING THE ZONING CODE THAT WE TRANSMITTED IN MAY, HOPEFULLY WITH ACTION BY SEPTEMBER. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE MAYORS OFFICE TO IDENTIFY FUTURE POSSIBILITY OF ZONING CHANGES WITHIN OUR EXISTING REGIONAL AND URBAN CENTERS. THAT'S A PHASE THREE THAT'S NOT EVEN ON THE MAP OF WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD BE DEALING WITH IN 2025. YOU MIGHT BE CONFUSING THOSE TWO PIECES BUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IN MAY IS EVERYTHING THAT WAS RELEASED IN THE FALL IN THE FORM OF DRAFT MAPS , IN REVISED FORM, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. SO I WAS INTERPRETING THE SLIDES, SUGGESTING MAYBE SOME OF THAT WAS ALSO IN SEPTEMBER. I ALWAYS THINK OF UPTOWN AS A REGIONAL CENTER, NOT AN UPTOWN CENTER. AND KIND OF LIKE WE ALWAYS SAY, X, FORMERLY TWITTER, ANOTHER GOOD HABIT TO GET INTO IS URBAN CENTERS, FORMERLY URBAN VILLAGES, BECAUSE THIS PROCESS IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING THE NAMES OF EVERYTHING, WHICH DOES NOT HELP THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT ALL, NOR COUNCILMEMBER'S, TO BE QUITE FRANK. I KNOW THAT COMES FROM ABOVE. THAT'S NOT US HERE IN SEATTLE. >> IN OUR NEXT SENTENCE I DO SAY I INVOLVE MORE HOUSING. I DID NOT MENTION IT, COMP PLAN FIVE GUY. MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND COMP PLAN FIVE EXCEPT FOR FOLKS THAT ARE REALLY INTO THIS, AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE CHALLENGE, PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THESE PLANS IN THE GENESIS OF THEM AND HOW THEY CAME TOGETHER PER GO TO ADD ON TO MY STATE AND MY COMMENT HERE ER, I DOIFICATIOMOE HOUSING AND I ALSO SAY THAT IMPORTANTLY WE NEED VARIED TYPES OF HOUSING AND VARIED ZONING TO HELP MAKE THOSE VARIED TYPES OF HOUSING HAPPEN. CLEARLY SKINNY TOWNHOMES CANNOT BE OUR FUTURE, BECAUSE EVERYTHING I SEE IS, FOR THE MOST PART, SKINNY TOWNHOMES AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT VARIED TYPES OF HOUSING BEING DEVELOPED AND HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S TRIPLEX'S OR THE FLEX STACKS OR EVEN [ INAUDIBLE ] AS ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROCESS TO GET THESE VARIED TYPES OF HOUSING BECAUSE WHAT WE CAN'T HAVE IS THE LR THREE VERSION OF SKINNY TOWNHOMES. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE VARIED TYPES WHICH ARE SO HELPFUL IN OUR HOUSING MARKET AND I SAID I ALSO BELIEVE IN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND I SAID THIS TO YOU BEFORE SO I'M SAYING THIS PUBLICLY BEFORE I SAY IT IN PERSON THAT I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE NUMBERS AND THE SIZING OF THE CENTERS CITYWIDE AND SOME OF THIS GOES TO THE SIZING. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, I LIKE SKINNY RECTANGLE TYPE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. 41, YOU CAN GET BETTER BY IN AND THESE WILL GROW ORGANICALLY, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE. AND I THINK THAT IS A POINT THAT I THINK THAT WE CAN IMPROVE ON. AND ONE WAY WE CAN IMPROVE ON IT IS TO CREATE WHAT I CALL MANY NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, WHICH HAS PRETTY MUCH TAKEN THAT KIND OF IDEA OF SKINNY RECTANGLES, SO IT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO THE TEAM HERE, LEVERAGING AREAS WHERE WE DO HAVE TRANSIT, WHERE WE DO HAVE A COMMERCIAL PRESENCE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE HIGHER LR THREE, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE, TO KIND OF CREATE THAT MANY NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, WHICH IN TURN FOR THE NEXT TIME AROUND COULD REALLY BE THE GENESIS OF A FULL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND SO ON. AND AS I MENTIONED, I'LL JUST SAY IT BECAUSE I WROTE IT, I DO THINK WE CAN CREATE MANY NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS WHERE WE HAVE COMMERCIAL PRESENCE ALONG TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT THAT MAY CREATE SOME MORE ORGANIC NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER LIKE DENSIFICATION. THIS ALONG WITH BEING SMART WITH OUR URBAN CENTERS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS URBAN VILLAGES, GENERALLY CAN CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO REACH OUR GOALS THAT ALSO REFLECT UNIQUE ELEMENTS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. EACH OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR DISTRICTS ARE VERY DIFFERENT AND IN FACT THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT PROCESS, TOO, BECAUSE IN 2015 WE DIDN'T HAVE REGIONAL -- WE DIDN'T HAVE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES SO IT'S A NEW DYNAMIC HERE IN 2025. AND OUR OUTREACH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE SOME LOCAL FACTORS AT THE MAYORS OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DID NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IN THERE STILL DRAFT, HAS A PLAN. AND ON THIS OUTREACH I WILL BE, I THINK, JOINING YOU, DIRECTOR QUIRINDONGO, AT THE QUEEN AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. WE WILL BE DOING OUTREACH WITH THE QUEEN ANNE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, THE MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY COUNCIL. UPTOWN IS WHAT IT IS. IT'S THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SO THERE IS NOT MUCH HAPPENING. IT'S MORE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF MAGNOLIA BUT LARGELY QUEEN ANNE, AND I INVITE ENGAGEMENT WITH THESE COMMUNITY COUNCILS AND TO ALSO INCLUDE OUR DISTRICTS AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. BECAUSE THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO DO OUTREACH ON THIS AND ANY OTHER TOPIC IN DISTRICT SEVEN, NOTING DISTRICT 7 IS OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES AND THEIR DISTRICTS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING UP TO US TODAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING THROUGH THESE PIECES AND DEFINITELY WITH OUR CENTRAL STAFF TEAM, SO THANK YOU MR. WHITSON. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, AND I, TOO, MADAM CHAIR, WANT TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO YOU FOR STEPPING UP TO LEAD AND LEAD US AND SHEPHERD US THROUGH THIS PROCESS, LEAD THE CITY AND HELP US ADOPT THIS IMPORTANT, CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION OR SERIES OF PIECES OF LEGISLATION. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO SHOWED UP TODAY TO TESTIFY AND SHARE YOUR VIEWS AND YOUR CONCERNS ON ANY NUMBER OF ELEMENTS, INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY, IN THIS PLAN THAT TOOK THE TIME TO SHOW UP IN PERSON, IN CHAMBERS, OR REMOTELY, OR EVEN WRITE EMAILS. WE'VE SEEN THOSE AS WELL. I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I AM LISTENING TO ALL OF IT AND IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. WHICH BY THE WAY, JUST FOR CLARITY, IT'S NOT THE SAME AS LIKE I'M NOT COMMITTING TO ONE COURSE OF ACTION OR ANOTHER AT THIS VERY EARLY JUNCTURE. BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED AND THAT WE HEAR YOU, WE SEE YOU, AND THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU PROVIDING YOUR INPUT. AND THIRD AND FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK OUR EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, OPCD, FOR ALL THE WORK IN THE MAYORS OFFICE, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE OVER MANY OR A FEW YEARS NOW TO GET US TO THIS POINT AND TO OUR COUNCIL EXPERT, LISH HERE AS WELL, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF EXPERT, LISH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK IN THE PAST AND ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS, AS WELL. THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME DEPENDENCIES HERE AS A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASTUTELY POINTED OUT, IN TERMS OF SCENARIOS THAT MAY HAVE CONTINGENCIES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN, AND THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE CASE. THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME CONTINGENCIES THINGS CIRCUMSTANCES DIRECTLY WITHIN OUR SPAN OF CONTROL INDIRECTLY WITHOUT OR NOT WITHIN OUR SPAN OF CONTROL. AND UNFOCUSED, FOR ME, NOT MEETING OUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS IS NOT AN OPTION. FOR ME, NOT MEETING OUR ALSO FIDUCIARY AND DUE DILIGENCE OBLIGATIONS TO LISTEN, LEARN, AND MAKE THE MOST WELL-INFORMED , KIND OF CIRCLING BACK TO A POINT I MADE A MOMENT AGO, MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER DECISION I PERSONALLY CHOOSE TO MAKE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS IN THIS PROCESS, IS A VERY WELL-INFORMED ONE, AND NOT MEETING OUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS IS NOT A CHOICE PER IT'S NOT A WISE OR PRUDENT POLICY CHOICE THAT I AM GOING TO MAKE, NOR IS NOT DOING WORK OF LISTENING AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE A FULLY INFORMED -- FULLY INFORMED SET OF FACTS HERE. SO A COUPLE QUESTIONS, IF YOU COULD JUST FIRST GO BACK TO SLIDE 13 POINT THEY ARE ALL FOCUSED ON SLIDE 13 OF THE PRESENTATION AND I UNDERSTAND TODAY A VERY HIGH LEVEL ORIENTATION TYPE OF THING. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR YOUR STRONG -- I HEARD YOU, YOUR STRONG GUIDANCE TO ALL OF US TO TAKE THOSE PRE-BRIEFINGS. I, AS A MATTER OF ROUTINE PRACTICE, I GENERALLY TAKE THEM MYSELF AS WELL BUT YOUR STRONG ENCOURAGEMENT IS DULY NOTED AND WE'LL MAKE SURE FULLY LIVE UP TO THAT. BUT OKAY -- SO SLIDE -- IS IT SLIDE, MAY BE SLIDE NINE, TRY SLIDE NINE. SO I HAVE A COUPLE. THE ONE THAT SAYS FOR PLANNING FOR 20 YOUR HOUSING GROWTH. THERE IT IS. FIRST OFF, WOULD LOVE TO JUST BETTER UNDERSTAND AT A HIGH LEVEL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ESTIMATES ARE ASSUMPTIONS ONLY AND THEY ARE NOT FORECAST AND I MENTIONED LATER WILL DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THAT AND WHAT THAT MEANS. BUT WOULD JUST LOVE TO HAVE AN INITIAL UNDERSTANDING, IF YOU COULD CLARIFY, MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT SPECIFICALLY MEANS. DON'T WE GET THESE NUMBERS AS FORECASTS FROM THE STATE? OR WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THESE NUMBERS? AND HOW CAN WE GET ACTUAL FORECASTS? AND I KNOW IT'S PLANNING OUT FOR 20 YEARS IS NOT LIKE -- A BIT OF AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK, YES, BUT JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ASSUMPTIONS VERSUS FORECAST, THAT DISTINCTION. >> I THINK THIS QUESTION PRIMARILY REFERS TO THE GROWTH TARGETING PROCESS ITSELF. WHAT WE DO PURSUANT TO THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT. I THINK THAT BEST CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A COMBINATION, AS THEY SAY, ART AND SCIENCE. THIS IS BOTH BASED ON HIGH LEVEL STATE PROJECTIONS OF POPULATION, THE PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL DOES FORECASTS FOR JOB GROWTH. THOSE FORECASTS, THOSE PROJECTIONS ARE MADE PRIMARILY AT THE COUNTY AND REGIONAL LEVELS. WHEN IT GETS TO DEVOLVING THOSE NUMBERS DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTIONS LIKE THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THAT'S WHERE THE POLICY PIECE COMES IN SO THERE'S PROJECTION AND POLICY. HAVE REGIONAL GROWTH STRATEGY THAT I MENTIONED THAT THE SRC ADOPTED ENVISION 2050. IT SETS VERY BROAD NUMBERS FOR CITIES OF DIFFERENT SIZES, HOW MUCH GROWTH ROUGHLY THEY SHOULD BE PLANNING FOR, GROWTH TARGETS THAT ARE ADOPTED BY G MPC LIKEWISE ARE INFORMED BY POLICY AND JUST DISCUSSION, A LITTLE BIT OF HORSETRADING, QUITE FRANKLY, AND THE G MPC MEETS AND DETERMINES THOSE TARGETS. IT'S A MIXTURE OF PROJECTION, OF FORECASTING AND POLICY, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, AND JUST BECAUSE OF THE VERY NATURE OF CONCERN TO YOUR FUTURE, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE GROWTH NUMBERS THAT WE ARE GIVEN. STATUTORILY THEY ARE MINIMUMS. THE 80,000 HOUSING UNITS IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO PLAN FOR. IN REALITY, THE FUTURE CAN LOOK QUITE DIFFERENT THAN THAT GROWTH TARGET. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SEATTLE 2035 PLAN WAS PREDICATED ON A TARGET OF 70,000 HOUSING UNITS OVER 20 YEARS. WE GREW AT MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT RATE SINCE THAT TIME SO WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, THAT'S ONE OF THE LENSES THAT WE USE IN GOING FROM TARGET TO PLAN AND WHY IT'S PRUDENT FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY FOR HOUSING. >> THANK YOU. SO I HAVE -- YOU IN PART ADDRESSED A FEW MORE OF MY QUESTIONS AND I HAVE THREE MORE AND WOULD LOVE MORE DETAIL, MORE GRANULARITY. OFF-LINE BUT ESPECIALLY I THINK WE COULD ALL BENEFIT FROM THIS INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC , DURING -- IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER SERIES OF BRIEFINGS INCLUDING TO DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER ON SOME OF THE SUBSTANCE HERE SO I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS. I WELCOME ANY INITIAL REACTION THAT YOU HAVE NOW BUT I THINK SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE A LITTLE MORE ANALYSIS OFF-LINE AND I WOULD LOVE AGAIN TO MAKE SURE IT'S INCORPORATED. I WILL PUT A RESPECTFUL REQUEST TO THE CHAIR IF, AT YOUR DISCRETION, A DECISION, YOU THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO INCLUDE IN A BROADER PRESENTATION, EITHER NEXT OWNER AT SOME POINT GOING FORWARD FOR GO THREE QUESTIONS. AND THIS RELATES TO THAT THIRD FULL BULLET ON THE SLIDE HERE AND ALSO KIND OF TIES INTO SOME OF THE FEED BACK THAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY. GENTLEMEN EARLIER, PROBABLY AN ATTORNEY AT SOME POINT, I MENTIONED THERE IS A SALIENT, ACTUAL POINT. YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN HOUSING CAPACITY AND ACTUAL HOUSING BROUGHT TO MARKET. AND SO YOU MENTIONED IN THE LAST TIME IF YOU COULD REPEAT THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, JUST FOR THE RECORD. WHAT -- DURING THE LAST TIME WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN 2015 OR WHATEVER THAT WAS, WHAT WAS THAT CALLED, FIRST OFF? >> SEATTLE 2035 POINT >> SEATTLE 2035. THAT WAS THE LAST COMP PLAN PROCESS IN SEATTLE. DURING THE SEATTLE 2035 PLAN PROCESS, CAN YOU RESTATE WHAT IS THE DELTA OF WHAT WE PLANNED FOR VERSUS WHAT WE ACTUALLY SAW IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL HOUSING BROUGHT TO MARKET? QUESTION ONE. QUESTION TWO IS -- THIS I THINK DEFINITELY PROBABLY REQUIRES A MORE EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS AND SOME RESEARCH OFF-LINE LIKE INITIAL SURPRISE TO MY COLLEAGUES BUT OF THE TOP THREE IN TERMS OF SIZE JURISDICTIONS IN WASHINGTON STATE, WHAT DID THEY PLAN FOR UNDER THEIR LAST PROCESS AND WHEN DID THEY ACTUALLY SEE IN TERMS OF ACTUAL HOUSING BROUGHT TO MARKET, TOP THREE OR TOP FIVE, A TOP LIST? I JUST WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND A COMPARATOR SO WE KNOW AND YOU SHED LIGHT INITIALLY ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN SEATTLE, IF YOU CAN CLARIFY AGAIN JUST FOR THE RECORD THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THAT'S QUESTION ONE. QUESTION TWO IS A COMPARATOR, HOW DOES WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN SEATTLE COMPARE TO OTHER TOP THREE, TOP FIVE JURISDICTIONS IN TERMS OF LARGER POPULATION CITIES? AND THE THIRD QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MARKET FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY SEE, WHAT WE PLAN FOR, VERSUS WHAT WE ACTUALLY SEE? >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS. THERE'S A LOT THERE AND I THINK THAT WE'LL TRY TO ADDRESS A LITTLE BIT OF IT TODAY AND KNOW THAT WE'LL COME BACK WITH GREATER DETAIL WHEN WE ARE BACK HERE ON JANUARY 15th. BECAUSE MY BACKGROUND AS AN ARCHITECT IS AS AN ARCHITECT, I'LL START WITH YOUR LAST QUESTION FIRST. WHAT ARE THE MARKET PRESSURES? SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE LAND USE MATH THAT WE PUT FORTH, WHICH BEGINS WITH OUR GREAT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND THE FLUME THAT YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ITSELF, THAT DOES LEAVE THE GROUNDWORK FOR WHAT GETS BUILT AND WHAT DOES NOT GET BUILT. INSURANCE RATES HAVE A HUGE IMPACT AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS HAS A HUGE IMPACT. THE LABOR WORKFORCE AVAILABILITY IS ALSO A MAJOR FACTOR. WE KNOW THAT INTEREST RATES HAVE HAD A HUGE IMPACT TO WHAT HAS GOTTEN BUILT AND WHAT HASN'T OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO. AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD. I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT EVEN THINGS LIKE THE CONDO LAW HAVE AN IMPACT TO WHAT GETS BUILT. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM STAKEHOLDERS AROUND THE NEED FOR MORE [ INAUDIBLE ] AND WE HEAR THAT AND SEE THAT NEED TO KNOW THERE IS CHANGES THAT NEED TO WORK WITH OUR LEGISLATORS AT A STATE LEVEL IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT A REALITY. SO LOTS OF MOVING PARTS. >> JUST AS RICO INDICATED, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK UP SOME OF THE NUMBERS FOR OTHER CITIES, OF COURSE, AND AS YOU MAY HAVE RECENTLY READ IN THE PAPER, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A BANNERP BRWE HAVE, SO HAPPY TO COME BACK AND ON JANUARY 15th WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT DEEP DIVE ON THE GROWTH STRATEGY. THAT'S GREAT BACKGROUND, GREAT QUESTIONS. THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO WHAT RICO TIP OFF IN TERMS OF SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS ARE LAND PRICE, AVAILABILITY, LAND FOR SALE. IS IT AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT? AND PARCEL SIZE. THOSE ARE ALSO HUGE IN A VERY URBANIZED PLACE LIKE SEATTLE, REGARDLESS OF ZONING. >> THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE THE INITIAL RESPONSES HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING EVEN FURTHER CLARITY AT A LATER DATE, AND I WOULD ADD THAT I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE A LOOK BACK OF THE LAST TWO SO NOT JUST THE SEATTLE 2035 PLAN BUT THE ONE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THAT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GATHERING DATA FOR THAT, WHAT WAS PLANNED FOR, VERSUS WHAT THE MARKET ACTUALLY BORE. AND THEN LOCALLY HERE IN SEATTLE AND ACROSS THE TOP THREE, TOP WHATEVER JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE STATE BY POPULATION, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR MY PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HISTORY AND AS ONE DATA POINT TO MAKE SURE EVERY LAND ON THIS IS A FULLY INFORMED VIEW. SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK, AS WELL. I WILL LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND SEE HOW WE CAN READ SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS IN THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THAT. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, YOUR RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR. I, TOO, WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING ON THIS YOU, HUGE TASK. >> I WILL GIVE EVERYONE MY CASH APP AND THEN MOW. THANK YOU. >> YOU JUST HAVE MY ETERNAL GRATITUDE. >> RESPECT FOR TAKING THIS ON AND ALSO TO EVERYONE IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO HAS WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS. AND I KNOW YOU HAD TO WORK ON IT OVER THE HOLIDAY OR WHILE WE WERE ON BREAK, SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF GENERAL QUESTIONS AND THEN I HAVE SOME GENERAL COMMENTS TO MAKE. IN TERMS OF THE DEADLINES, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU ARE STILL ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ZONING PORTION OF THIS LEGISLATION. IS THAT CORRECT? >> PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE ZONING LEGISLATION WAS DECEMBER 20th, SO THAT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS CLOSED BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT AS PUBLIC COMMENT GOES ON DURING THE COUNCIL PROCESS, THAT THAT CAN'T ALSO BE CONSIDERED. >> SO YOU'RE NOT OFFICIALLY TAKING ANY MORE COMMENTS ON THE ZONING APPS THAT WERE COMING OUT IN THE FALL? >> CORRECT. >> THE OTHER QUESTION, SINCE WE GOT THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 5th AND THERE'S NO CONFIRMATION THAT WE HAVE HAD THE EIS BY THEN, HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? BECAUSE IT SEEMS A WASTE OF TIME TO HAVE A HEARING ON WE DON'T HAVE THE EIS. >> SCHEDULE INCLUDES MULTIPLE HEARINGS ON THE COMPETENCE OF PLANS OF THE INTENT OF THIS FIRST HEARING IS FOR FOLKS TO FOCUS ON THE GUMBRANCH OF PLAN IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR LATE APRIL. THEY WILL COVER COUNCILMEMBER AMENDMENTS, SOME TEXT AMENDMENTS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE CHANGES WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THEN THAT CAN ALSO BE INFORMED BY THE EIS CONFERENCE MORE DEEPLY. >> I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A SEPARATE HEARING. CHAIR IS GONE BUT MY REQUEST WOULD BE TO HAVE A SEPARATE HEARING ONCE THE EIS COMES OUT BECAUSE THE EIS IS CRITICAL TO THE LEGISLATION AND WHAT WE DO WITH IT, AND HOW WE VIEW IT, AND ALSO WITH THE BROADER CONTEXT OF THIS AS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PART OF THE EIS ALSO ADDRESSES, AS I UNDERSTAND, THAT THE SOCIAL IMPACT AND CONSEQUENCES, WHICH GETS TO THE ISSUE OF AFFORDABILITY, SO I GUESS I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE MY GENERAL COMMENTS NOW, WHICH IS THAT I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS TO THE EYE OF DOES THIS IN FACT PRODUCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND WHAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR IS THAT IT DOES NOT . AND SIMPLY EQUATING DENSITY WITH AFFORDABILITY IS A LIE. IT'S A MYTH. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF TRICKLE-DOWN THAT WILL HAPPEN BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MEET OUR AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS. AND I VIEW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY OPEN THE DOORS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT NOT JUST THE CONDO LAW CHANGE IN OLYMPIA THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT OTHER OWNERSHIP MODELS SUCH AS CO-OPS AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF LAND TRUST OPPORTUNITIES. AND I DON'T THINK THIS MODEL ALLOWS US TO DO THAT. IT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT WHERE WE NEED OUR MOST HOUSING IS IN A 0 TO 60% AMI, AND YET WE ARE NOT GETTING THAT. WE ARE NOT GETTING ZONED FOR AFFORDABILITY IN THAT RANGE. AND WE NEED TO BE -- KEEP AN EAGLE EYE ON THAT BECAUSE AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, TOWNHOUSES DO NOT EQUAL AFFORDABILITY, NOR DO THEY EQUAL THE ABILITY TO AGE IN PLACE, WHICH IS ALSO IMPORTANT. SO I WILL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THIS PLAN AND COMING AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THE MARKET ALWAYS TAKES CARE OF ITSELF. THE MARKET WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. OUR ROLE, MY ROLE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT SO THAT THIS IS A ONE SEATTLE. THIS IS A CITY WHERE OUR BARISTAS AND OUR PIZZA DRIVERS, AND OUR TEACHERS CAN AFFORD TO LIVE. SO THAT LEADS ME TO THE SECOND PIECE, WHICH IS WE NEED MORE HOUSING TYPE DIVERSITY. WE DON'T WANT THIS TO JUST BE A GIVEAWAY TO DEVELOPERS FOR TOWNHOUSES, PARTLY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT STRUCTURING IT IN A WAY THAT INCENTIVIZES THE ABILITY TO BUILD STACKED FLATS, COMMUNITY COURTYARDS, OTHER SORTS OF HOUSING DIVERSITY. IT'S THAT HOUSING DIVERSITY I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WELCOME AND BE LESS AFRAID OF, AND IT'S ALSO THE AFFORDABILITY PIECE. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE OFTEN EQUATE THE PEOPLE WHO COME HERE AS NIMBYS AND WHEN I HAVE TALKED TO MY CONSTITUENTS, PARTICULARLY IN MAPLE LEAF, WHICH IS SLATED FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, DESPITE MY TWO FORMAL REQUESTS TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO REMOVE IT, PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS SAID TO ME, WE NEED AFFORDABILITY. BUT WHNOABLE AND I'M NOT PREPARED TO SACRIFICE MY PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD AND REASON THAT I LIVE HERE AND SUPPORT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THAT WE CAN JUST THROW A BUNCH OF TOWNHOUSES UP THAT START AT $700,000. SO IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING OPPOSED TO AFFORDABILITY. IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING BUILT IS AFFORDABLE AND THAT THERE IS A RANGE OF AFFORDABILITY, AND THAT REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE A RANGE OF DIVERSITY OPTIONS. THE OTHER THING THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT I WILL BE LOOKING AT AT THIS POINT IS TREES. AGAIN, PEOPLE DIMINISH TREES AS A NIMBY ISSUE. THERE NOT A NIMBY ISSUE. THEY ARE AN ECOLOGICAL NECESSITY AND I THINK UNFORTUNATELY THE BUILDING INDUSTRY HAS BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE THE DIALOGUE ON AFFORDABILITY AND TREES AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN PITTING TREES AGAINST AFFORDABILITY, AND THEY DO NOT -- THEY ARE NOT EITHER/OR. THEY CAN VERY MUCH COEXIST AND THAT'S OUR GOAL, IS TO COEXIST IN THE CITY AS A ONE SEATTLE. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO BREAK DOWN THIS LIE AND THIS MYTH BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO, IN MY OPINION, AN ECONOMIC JUSTICE ISSUE. TOO MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY AND THIS IS WHAT'S DRIVING A LOT OF THIS, AND YET THEY ARE TOLD IF YOU JUST LET US HAVE A FREE RAIN AND BUILD, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE HOUSING. IT'S NOT TRUE. IT IS AN ECONOMIC JUSTICE ISSUE. SO ALLOWING FREE RANGE ZONING IS NOT GOING TO GET YOU INTO THE HOME THAT YOU WANT. IT'S NOT GOING TO CREATE THE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU NEED TO GROW YOUR WEALTH, TO HAVE -- CREATE A STABLE SOCIETY WHERE PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED SOCIALLY AND POLITICALLY. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS BUILDING HIGH END TOWNHOUSES AND LOTS OF RENTALS. RENTALS ARE NOT STABLE. WE ALREADY HAVE TREMENDOUS PRESSURES ON OUR RENTAL MARKET. IT'S NOT WORKING WELL SO WE HAVE THESE COMPETING PRESSURES ABOUT WANT TO BUILD, BUILD, BUILD MORE RENTAL HOUSING AND YET THE RENTAL HOUSING ISN'T WORKING AND IS BRINGING IN MORE PRIVATE EQUITY. AND THAT'S THE LAST THING WE NEED. SO WE ALSO NEED TO CHALLENGE THE STATEMENT THAT DENSITY IS GOING TO PRODUCE WHAT PEOPLE ARE SEEKING. WHEN I TALK TO YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY WANT A PLACE OF THEIR OWN. THEY WANT A LITTLE GARDEN. THEY WANT THE AMENITIES THAT US CURRENT HOMEOWNERS HAVE AND WE ARE CREATING A FALSE PROMISE WITH WHAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT HERE AND WHAT THE URBANIST PEOPLE ARE TELLING US, AND WHAT THE BUILDING ASSOCIATION IS TELLING US, AND EVEN SOME OF THE HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS WHO DESPERATELY NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HAVE HAD TO, BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE MANDATORY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ACT, HAVE HAD TO TIE THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THEM. SO LET US USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SPEAK SOME TRUTHS, TO REALLY DIG DOWN INTO WHAT IS TRULY GOING TO MAKE THE CITY A ONE SEATTLE. LET'S NOT SHY AWAY FROM DISCUSSING TRUE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY ISSUES. PINEHURST IS SCHEDULED TO BE, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IN DISTRICT 5, TO HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF UP ZONES. WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT CABLE CAPACITY IN PINEHURST. WE HAVE ROLLING BLACKOUTS AND NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT UP ZONING THAT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DISTRICT 5 THAT HAS THE LEAST NUMBER OF SIDEWALKS ACROSS THE CITY AND THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA IN HIS LEADERSHIP, THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY, WE NOW HAVE A COMMITMENT TO A HUGE NUMBER OF SIDEWALKS BUT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE DECADES TO GET THOSE SIDEWALKS. WHERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO GO WHEN WE NOW HAVE ALL OF THESE TOWNHOUSES AND MULTIPLEXES? HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO ACTUALLY NAVIGATE THE LANDSCAPE ? THE OTHER ISSUE IS TRANSIT. PEOPLE SEEM TO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU BUILD ALL THIS MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, TRANSIT WILL COME. LET ME TELL YOU, IT WILL NOT COME. THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. WE DON'T CONTROL METRO. WE HAVE ONE VOICE ON THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD. THEY WANT TO PUT A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IN MAPLE LEAF BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE LITTLE BUS THAT RUNS DOWN ROOSEVELT TO UNIVERSITY DISTRICT. THAT'S NOT RAPID TRANSIT. THAT'S NOT MASS TRANSIT. WHY AREN'T WE LOOKING AT UP ZONING FIFTH TO CONNECT WITH NORTHGATE, WHERE THEY ARE DOING INCREDIBLE WORK BRINGING IN DENSITY? THERE'S SO MANY MISSED OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS PLAN. WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT UTILIZING MORE ARTERIALS . AND TO THE ARGUMENT THAT ARTERIALS ARE RACIST, I WOULD SAY, SAY THAT TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY LIVING THERE IN THEIR SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. SO WE ALSO DO NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT WE DO EXPAND INTO NEIGHBORHOODS BUT WE DO SO IN A WAY THAT IS TRUE TO THE NATURE AND CHARACTER OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AS REQUIRED BY HB 1110 AND THAT WE ARE NOT SHOVING ALL OF THIS DOWN PEOPLE'S THROATS. THAT IS NOT HOW YOU GET BUY-IN. THAT'S NOT HOW YOU GET PEOPLE TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEIR GOVERNMENT. AND THE LAST THING I'M GOING TO SAY IS THIS IS A PUBLIC PROCESS HAS BEEN ABYSMAL. I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT -- SORRY -- >> IF WE COULD USE JAZZ HANDS, THANK YOU, THOSE ARE JUST SHAKE YOUR HANDS. >> IT'S JUST BEEN ABYSMAL. I'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE SAY TO ME, LIKE I HAD NO IDEA UNTIL YESTERDAY WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I HAD NO IDEA. IT'S BEEN AMAZING THAT WE HAVE THIS PETITION WITH OVER 700 SIGNATURES AGAINST OPPOSING THE DESIGNATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IN MAPLE LEAF THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED -- THEY HAD 400 IN THREE DAYS. 700 OVER THE HOLIDAYS. TO ME, THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE LACK OF CONNECTION BY THE CITY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ABSORB THE GROWTH, TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE EITHER WELCOMING OR HOSTILE TO THE NEW PEOPLE THAT WE DO HAVE TO MAKE ROOM FOR. THERE HAS NOT BEEN SUFFICIENT PUBLIC OUTREACH. THERE'S NOT BEEN SUFFICIENT DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT HB 1110. AND THAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS GOING TO HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE CITY, AND WE ARE TRYING TO NAVIGATE IT. LET'S START WITH EVEN EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT'S COMING, WHAT THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER, FIRST, THOUGH, AND THEN LET'S MAKE SURE WE TALK TO PEOPLE HOW IT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY PLAY OUT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THE LAST THING I WILL SAY, THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR YOUR INDULGENCE, IS THAT A LOT OF THIS -- OBVIOUSLY HB 1110 WAS STATE DRIVEN. THERE IS LEGISLATION RIGHT NOW THAT WILL PROBABLY BE INTRODUCED IN OLYMPIA THAT IS CALLED THE BUILDERS REMEDY, WHICH MEANS THAT IF SEATTLE DOESN'T SORT OF TOE THE LINE, BASED ON THE MASTER BUILDERS ASSOCIATION AND OTHER PROPONENTS OF GROWTH, THAT IT WILL BE SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO ALL OF YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES IN 36 -- I MEAN ALL OF THEM IN SEATTLE, AND YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OLYMPIA BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS WE ARE TRYING TO RESPOND TO WHAT OLYMPIA HAS MANDATED AND WE ARE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN. BUT THINGS ARE ALSO PERCOLATING AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU BE ON THE GROUND THERE AND THAT YOUR VOICES BE HEARD AS WELL. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. IF THERE IS ANY RESPONSE AT ALL I'LL PAUSE. IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS. I DON'T KNOW -- THAT WAS A STATEMENT. OKAY. AWESOME. IT WAS A STATEMENT AND A MIC DROPS . YOU ARE GOOD. I JUST WANT TO -- NO, YOU'RE ALL GOOD. I SEE THAT WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND ALSO FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE COUNCILMEMBER RANK . VICE CHAIR STRAUSS. >> I DON'T KNOW THE CHAIR SAID THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING BUT SHE RAN THROUGH IT SO QUICKLY I ALMOST MISSED IT, WHICH IS THE AMENDMENTS, ANY AMENDMENTS THAT A COUNCILMEMBER PROPOSES NEED TO BE PUBLICLY PUBLISHED FOR 30 DAYS. IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> JUST WORKING BACK, AND I SHARE THIS, I RAISE THIS POINT AGAIN, COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE LARGER -- WHEREAS IN THE BUDGET WE COULD HAVE WALK ON AMENDMENTS TECHNICALLY AND LEGALLY AGAINST MY BEST REQUEST, WE CAN'T WITH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS NOT ONLY THAT OUR AMENDMENTS HAVE TO BE PUBLISHED TO A PUBLICATION OF RECORD, WHICH IS THE D.J. SEELEY AND THE SEATTLE TIMES , IT HAS TO BE PUBLISHED FOR 30 DAYS. THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO WALK TWO TO THREE WEEKS OUT AHEAD OF THAT TO ENSURE THAT OUR AMENDMENTS ARE COMPLETE AND THEN THEY ARE SENT OUT FOR PUBLISHING ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE HAND. IS THAT CORRECT, LISH? >> CORRECT AND THEY OF COURSE NEED TO [ INAUDIBLE ] WITH YOU AS WELL. >> I HIGHLIGHT THAT POINT NOW BECAUSE AS I'VE BEEN LOOKING AROUND THIS MAP AND SEEING DIFFERENT THINGS, IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S SO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER BODY OF WORK THAT WE WILL TAKE UP AS THE CITY COUNCILMEMBER, THAT WITNESS THAT 30 DAY PUBLISHED REQUIREMENT, REALLY REQUIRES US TO WORK, START WORKING NOW. I WILL SAY I WASN'T GOING TO SHARE COMMENTS BECAUSE WE ARE WAY OVER TIME BUT JUST MY GRATITUDE TO OPCD. YOU HAD A TOUGH JOB AND PROVIDED A GOOD START BUT FOR ME THIS PLAN REALLY IS THE BASE MINIMUM BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, MICHAEL, IN OUR LAST GROWTH PROJECTION WE DOUBLED OUR TARGETS. I'VE ALREADY HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH MY RESIDENCE, WITH RESIDENCE IN DISTRICT 6 ABOUT WHERE OUR REFINEMENTS NEEDED, AND WHAT I SHARED WITH T■HEM, AND I'LL SHARE WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES, IS ANYONE WHO -- AND I'VE ALREADY DONE WALKING TOURS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. I'VE ALREADY MET WITH RESIDENCE DURING OFFICE HOURS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE. SO IF YOU ARE A D6 RESIDENT, YOU WANT TO HAVE A WALK, YOU WANT TO HOLD A MEETING, I HOLD OFFICE HOURS EVERY WEEK. THIS WEEK WE AREN'T. IT'S NOT USUAL BUT HERE WE ARE. FOR RESIDENTS REQUESTING DOWN ZONES IN THEIR AREAS, I'M ALSO REQUESTING THEM TO BRING ME UP ZONES AND THAT THEY WORK WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE WHAT THIS REPRESENTS IS A CITYWIDE, A BASE MINIMUM FOR THE AMOUNT OF DENSITY THAT WERE TAKEN ON. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, YOUR POINTS ARE VERY WELL TAKEN REGARDING HOMEOWNERSHIP BEING DIFFERENT THAN RENTAL SO I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. APPRECIATED MUCH OF WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY. AND YOU KNOW THIS PLAN , WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE REFINEMENTS. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I SAY THIS IS A BASE MINIMUM IS BECAUSE OF ZONING ACTUALITIES VERSUS ZONING ON A MAP. LISH, CAN YOU HELP ME OUT WITH THIS ONE? IN LR 1 ZONES -- I'VE GOT THE SDCI GIS MAP UP WITH ME NOW SO I'M JUST GOING TO DOUBLE CHECK IF THIS IS CORRECT. SO I KNOW HOUR -- HANG WITH ME REAL QUICK, COLLEAGUES. AN LR TWO ZONE, HOW MANY STORIES ARE WE ALLOWED TO BUILDING AN LR TWO ZONE? THESE ARE TRADITIONALLY TOWNHOMES. >> I DO NOT HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I'M SORRY. >> FOUR POINT WE ARE ALLOWED TO BUILD FOUR STORIES, THANK YOU DIRECTOR QUIRINDONGO. ALLOWED TO BUILD FOUR STORIES ON TOWNHOMES IN LR TWO ZONES. I LIVED ON 64th AND 20th IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP IN AND I HAD AN INCREDIBLY EMOTIONALLY CHALLENGING EXPERIENCE OF WATCHING THE NEIGHBORHOOD I GREW UP IN GET TORN DOWN. THERE'S NOTHING THAT WILL SET YOU UP FOR THAT. I ALSO RECOGNIZE THE BENEFITS OF DENSITY FOR ALL OF THOSE NEW NEIGHBORS ON THAT BLOCK HAVE INCREASED THE VIBRANCY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP IN. AND WHILE IT MIGHT BE TRUE THAT I CAN'T GO BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD I GREW UP IN, I AM IN A MORE VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY THAN THE BUTT OF ALL THE ALMOST LIVE JOKES. I LOVE THOSE JOKES, BY THE WAY, I LOVE ALMOST LIFE BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD I GREW UP IN WAS THE BUTT OF ALL THE JOKES IN THE CITY. TODAY WE ARE ONE OF THE MOST VIBRANT PLACES IN THE CITY. WE HAVE HIGHER FOOT TRAFFIC IN DOWNTOWN VALLEY THAN WE DID BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. BUT THE REASON THAT I SAY THAT IT NEEDS A BASE MINIMUM IS BECAUSE THE ZONING CAPACITY IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ACTUAL CAPACITY. WHEN I LIVED IN UPPER FREMONT IN AN AREA THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE ZONING CHANGES HERE I SEE THAT WE ARE CHANGING FROM -- AND YEAH I'VE GOT YOUR INTERACTIVE MAP UP SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO PULL YOURS UP, TOO BECAUSE I'VE GOT MORE QUESTIONS COMING, WHICH IS THAT YOU'VE CHANGED IT FROM ALONG AURORA, I LIVED ON MOTOR PLACE IN AURORA, THAT WE ARE CHANGING IT FROM Mc 55 TO NC 65 POINT DIRECTOR QUIRINDONGO, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY JUST ONE STORY, IS THAT CORRECT? SO FOR THE RECORD, NOT A YES, THE REASON I SAY ZONING CAPACITY IS DIFFERENT THAN ACTUAL CAPACITY IS BECAUSE AT THE END OF MOTOR AND AURORA WE HAD A FIVE STORY MULTIFAMILY BUILDING PUT IN WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A BENEFIT TO THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT LOCKED THE ROAD NOISE OFF OF AURORA FROM THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I BET YOU $100 NOBODY IS GOING TO COME DOWN AND TEAR DOWN THAT FIVE-STORY APARTMENT BUILDING TO BUILD A SIX STORY APARTMENT BUILDING, RIGHT? SO I LOOK AT THE TOWNHOMES. THIS WAS BACK TO THE POINT OF FOUR STORIES VERSUS THREE STORIES. I GOT DISTRACTED WITH MY EMOTIONS ABOUT WHAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD GET TORN DOWN BUT THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE THE ACTUAL ZONING CAPACITY ON 63rd AND 20th IS FOUR STORIES. BUT NOBODY WAS BUILDING FOUR STORIES. THEY WERE ALL BUILDING THREE STORIES BECAUSE IT'S NOT CORRECT THAT ONCE YOU GET TO FOUR STORIES YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ELEVATOR? SORRY, LOTS OF QUESTIONS. RIGHT. YEAH. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE PRE-BRIEFINGS, RIGHT? IS WHAT HAPPENS. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE ARE HERE AT 9:30 ON THE FIRST DAY BACK FROM WINTER BREAK THAT WE ALSO HAVE TWO MORE ABILITIES TO HAVE THIS MEETING LATER THIS WEEK. I SHARE WITH YOU THAT WHETHER IT'S AN ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE ZONE THAT IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE BUILT IN OR TOWNHOME -- I SEE SO MANY PLACES ON THIS MAP ALREADY WHERE YOU'VE ZONED IT FOR A HIGHER DENSITY BUT THE TOWNHOMES WERE ALREADY JUST BUILT. SO WHEN I SAY THAT THIS MEANS THE BASE MINIMUM, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE I THINK THE ACTUAL CAPACITY IS MUCH LOWER AND ALSO TO SAY THAT IN OUR MARKET NOBODY IS FORCED TO SELL. THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO AT THE COUNTY. BACK TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, WE DON'T CONTROL METRO. WE DON'T CONTROL THE TAX ASSESSOR. AND WE NEED TO HAVE DEEPER SENIOR PROPERTY TAX DISCOUNTS. WE NEED TO HAVE A STEP DOWN, NOT A CLIFF, AND WE NEED TO HAVE BETTER BUS SERVICE. BUT I JUST LOOK AT THIS AND TO SAY THAT I THINK THIS PLAN MEETS THE MINIMUM THAT OUR CITY NEEDS, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE HAD THIS EXERCISE, WE UNDERESTIMATED BY TWOFOLD THE GROWTH THAT WE WERE GOING TO TAKE UP . I DIDN'T SUSPECT TO SAY ANYTHING AND I THINK I'VE BEEN TALKING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES SO I'M AT THE END OF MY COUNCIL ALLOWED SPEAKING TIME. CHAIR COME BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I'M PRETTY SURE IF THE FIRST FLOOR IS A.D.A. ACCESSIBLE YOU DON'T NEED AN ELEVATOR FOR 3. I'M NOW TALKING -- BUT I'M PRETTY SURE WE CAN GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU REGARDING ELEVATORS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU . COUNCILMEMBER RANK? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. AND AS EVIDENCED BY OUR LIVELY DISCUSSION HERE ON THE DAIS, AND BEING A BIT OVER TIME, I CAN TELL IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING YEAR GETTING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I WANT TO FIRST EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE STAFF FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC YOU HAVE TAKEN TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO COME AND PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE PROCESSES CAN BE LENGTHY AND ABSTRACT. EARLY IN MY CAREER I WORKED ON VISION 2050 AND THE CBPS AND THAT WAS YEARS AGO, WHICH JUST GOES TO SHOW JUST HOW LONG THESE PROCESSES CAN TAKE SO IT'S NOW REALLY EXCITING TO BE AT THIS STAGE IN THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN WHERE WE HAVE IT ON THE HORIZON AND I WOULD ALSO SAY AS A YOUNGISH PERSON AND A RENTER, IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TORKING AGAIN REPRESENTS THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR NEXT GENERATION WILL HAVE AS IT RELATES TO HOMEOWNERSHIP AND AGING IN PLACE IN THIS CITY. SO I'M CERTAINLY EAGER TO SEE THE DRAFT LEGISLATION THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER TODAY. FROM THAT POINT I'M SURE I'LL HAVE MANY QUESTIONS BUT WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AT THE ONSET OF THIS STAGE TO JUST PUBLICLY STATE AGAIN OUR DIRE NEED FOR MORE HOUSING, A DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TYPES ACROSS THE CITY TO BE ADDRESSING OUR AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES. AND AS NOTED IN THE LAST DRAFT OF THE COMP PLAN, THERE WILL BE 170,000 JOBS, 220,000 NEW RESIDENTS BY 2044, AND WE NEED TO HAVE A PLACE FOR FOLKS TO LIVE, WITH PROJECTIONS IN THE PAST UNDER SHOOTING THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS. MAKING SURE THAT WE BUILD A CITY THAT WORKS TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS LONG TERM, AND I CERTAINLY AGREE THAT THE PLANNING FOR THIS NUMBER OF FOLKS MEANS THAT WE WILL NEED TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ELECTRICITY AND SEWER, EVEN WITH AT OUR PRESENT STATE, BEING UNABLE TO RELIABLY DELIVER ON UTILITIES TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY IS UNACCEPTABLE. AND I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN A HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING CRISIS AS A RESULT OF OUR PAST MISTAKES. WE CAN'T CONTINUE THIS CYCLE OF FAILURE FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN MOST NEED. SO ADDRESSING AFFORDABILITY WILL BE KEY FOR IMPROVING LIVABILITY IN OUR CITY, OF COURSE, BUT WE CAN HAVE A PLAN BUT ALSO, IN TURN, SUPPORTS OUR CLIMATE GOALS TO PROTECTING AND EXPANDING OUR TREE KENNEDY BUT ALSO FOR BRINGING DOWN OUR EMISSIONS. THE NUMBER ONE LOCAL CONTRIBUTOR TO GREENHOUSE GASES ARE CARS, WHICH I THINK IS A HARD REALITY FOR MANY IN THIS ROOM. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN THAT ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE NEARBY WHERE THEY WORK, GO TO SCHOOL, AND HAVE FUN WILL HELP US IN BRINGING DOWN OUR EMISSIONS AND SUPPORT WORKING PEOPLE IN THIS CITY. AND LASTLY, I STATE IN THIS PLAN I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT REPEATING OUR HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATORY LAND-USE PRACTICES, WHICH IS FUELED DISPARITY FOR TOO MANY COMMUNITIES IN THIS CITY. A MEANINGFUL ANTI-DISPLAY AND STRATEGY NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THIS PLAN TO ENSURE THE SPIRIT OF BRINGING IN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING SPACE FOR OUR NEW NEIGHBORS, WE ARE NOT, IN TURN, PUSHING OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE GIVEN SEATTLE THE SPIRIT THAT TRULY MAKES IT ALIVE. SO AGAIN, INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH YOU ALL ON THIS PROCESS AND WORKING WITH EACH NEIGHBORHOOD TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CREATE A PLAN THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. >> ACCU COUNCIL MEMBER TWIN 12. IS THAT AN OLD HAND, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. I KNOW WE'RE OVER TIME BUT I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE SET THE TABLE TODAY WITH OPCD, OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OUR CENTRAL STAFF AND FOR US TO GET A BRIEFING REGARDING THE TIMELINE, INFORMATION, AND FOR US TO ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE IN THIS CONVERSATION ON THE STAGE. I TOOK THIS ON OBVIOUSLY TO GET YOUR VAN MEMO AND CASH AT -- JUST PLAYING -- BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT I'M A FOURTH GENERATION SEATTLEITE AND MY BROTHER RECENTLY BROUGHT HOME THE FIFTH GENERATION SEATTLEITE IN THE HOME THAT MY GRANDMOTHER BOUGHT IN 1947. AND THAT SEATTLE DOES NOT EXIST TODAY, WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. SO WANTING -- A BIG PART WAS AFFORDABILITY. SEATTLE WAS AFFORDABLE AND SO, WANTING TO HAVE THAT, AND I HEAR EVERY COMMENT THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID. I AGREE WITH YOU. I UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING A CONFERENCE OF PLAN WHERE WE HAVE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES SO WE ARE PUT IN A PLACE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM CONSTITUENTS ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR CITY AND MAKE IT LIVABLE, AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE HARD CONVERSATIONS, TEAM. ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE HARD CONVERSATIONS. ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS, BEFORE WE WRAP UP, AS I WAS DOORKNOCKING NEIGHBORHOODS AND I WOULD SEE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT PEOPLE LIVE IN A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME AND SOME OF THEM OUTSIDE WOULD SAY, WELL THERE'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, WE SHOULD KNOCK IT DOWN AND BUILD FOUR TOWNHOMES, AND I WAS LIKE, A LOT OF THE -- I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, A LOT OF THOSE HOUSES THAT EXIST FOR MY COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY A LOT OF THE BLACK LEGACY HOMEOWNER FOLKS, THEY HAD MULTIPLE GENERATIONS LIVING IN THEIR HOMES, EIGHT-NINE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD TO MOVE INTO ANOTHER HOME. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE HARD, TOUGH CONVERSATIONS, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE UP HERE WANTS HOUSING. WE WANT AN AFFORDABLE CITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR RENTERS ARE NOT PAYING OVER 50% OF THEIR INCOME TO GO TO RENT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN AGE IN PLACE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT COMING 50 MILES, 2-3 HOURS TO COME OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, JUST TO COME AND WORK . I THINK THAT'S REALLY INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. SO WE KNOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A DELICATE BALANCE. WE LOVE TREES. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. THOSE CAN EXIST WITH HOUSING INTENSITY AND TREES, AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE -- MAKE SURE THE CITY IS AFFORDABLE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HELPING GUIDE THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL AND WE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THE BACKGROUND. I'LL ALSO BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THE PEOPLE HEARD TODAY, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT 3 WITH MADRONA. I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD VERY WELL. I'VE GONE TO EPIPHANY AND MADRONA GRACE TO TALK TO FOLKS AND HAVE WORSHIP SERVICES, AND THEN MONTLAKE AS WELL. I KNOW YOU ALL ARE DEALING WITH THE WONDERFUL 520 STUFF GOING ON BUT WE'LL BE SURE TO REACH OUT TO YOU ALL SO WE CAN HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, SO JUST WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES ON A MONDAY AT 9:30. I KNOW IT WAS DIFFICULT BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE, DIRECTOR RICO, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO, OR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, OR WISH. >> I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR PATIENCE IN TAKING THE EXTRA TIME THIS MORNING. I ALSO, COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU EMBEDDED IN OUR BRAINS WHEN WE MET EARLIER YOUR VALUES. WELCOMING, AFFORDABLE ACCESSIBLE LIVABLE AND SAFE. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE DELIBERATIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE, THAT WE MEET THE INTENT AND NEEDS OF OUR CITY OF SEATTLE COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS, AND REALLY STEP UP TO THE PLATE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. >> THANK YOU. AWESOME. AND IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS FOR THE COMMITTEE, THAT WILL -- WE WILL CALL IT ADJOURNED AT 12:25 P.M.. THANK YOU.