>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. IT IS FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 9:30. AND THIS IS THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE GUVANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. WE WILL NOW COME TO ORDER. THE PRECISE TIME IS 9:33. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? >> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE. >> HERE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERIA. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA. >> PRESENT. >> WE'RE ALL HERE. AND THE REASON MORE THAN HALF OF COMMITTEE IS JOINING REMOTELY IS BECAUSE WE HAD TO HAVE A MEETING WITH FULL COUNCIL YESTERDAY TO INTERVIEW OUR CANDIDATES FOR THE VACANCIES. SO THAT IS WHY WE MOVED THIS TO TODAY, AND THAT IS WHY SOME PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE IN PERSON. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE HAVING OUR FIRST BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION OF COUNCIL BILL 120933, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR HOUSING IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT, AND WE'LL START WITH A PRESENTATION THAT I PUT TOGETHER TO -- TO BASICALLY EXPLAIN AND ESTABLISH THE WHY BEHIND THIS LEGISLATION. AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT WE'LL HEAR FROM PANELISTS. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM OUR CENTRAL STAFF, AND THEN ONE FROM RICO QUIN QUIRINDONGO. HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA IS DOPTED. >> I OBVIOUSLY APPROVE THE AGENDA. I WANTED TO STATE MY OBJECTION OF THIS BILL HEARING IN THIS COMMITTEE AS OPPOSED TO A LAND USE -- I VIEW IT AS A LAND USE COMMITTEE ACTION OR THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD. I ALSO WANTED TO PASS I DID CHECK IN WITH LEGAL SINCE THIS IS LAND USE, AND LAND USE HAS A LOT OF ISSUES. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE THE VOTER APPROVED TRANSPORTATION LEVY WITH ITS FREIGHT PROGRAM, WHICH IS VERY INTERESTING. I'VE LEARNED NOW I'M NO LONGER A ROOKIE COUNCIL MEMBER THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PARLIAMENTARY OKAY AND LEGAL OKAY. SHE HASN'T GOTTEN BACK TO ME YET. I SUSPECT IT WILL BE OKAY, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO ASK. AND IT REMINDS ME OF THE IDEA OF BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD. AND I HOPE THIS PROCESS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO UNDERTAKE HELPS US ANSWER WHETHER WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD PURPOSES. >> I APPRECIATE THAT, AND WE ALWAYS NEED TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY AND REALLY HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION OF IMPORTANT LEGISLATION. AND COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA HAS JOINED US IN PERSON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING. ALL RIGHT, HEARING SOME OBJECTIONS BUT NOT TO THE ACTUAL PROCEEDINGS OF TODAY'S MEETING, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT AGENDA ITEM. CLERK, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? >> CHAIR, WE HAVE 38 IN- PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTERS AND 12 VIRTUAL. >> OKAY, WE'LL GIVE FOLKS ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK. PLEASE PROCEED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS. >> OF COURSE. I'LL CALL ON SPEAKERS IN THE ORDER THEY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK STARTING WITH IN- PERSON COMMENTERS. SPEAKSERS WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE. WHEN YOU HEAR THE CHIME, YOU'LL HAVE 10 SECONDS LEFT. WHEN YOU EXCEED THAT TIME, YOUR MIC WILL BE CUT OUT. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> LET'S DO INSTEAD OF ALL THE IN- PERSON LET'S DO TEN AND THEN MOVE TO REMOTE. >> SOUNDS GREAT. >> THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I PREPARED A 2- MINUTE SPEECH, BUT YOU WANT ME TO CUT THIS IN HALF. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL TALK QUICKLY. COUNCIL MEMBER, PRESIDENT NELSON -- PARDON MY COLD -- AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE LAND USE AMEND THAT WOULD REOPEN THE MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL LAND POLICY THAT WAS PASSED IN 2023. I'M PORT OF CITY COMMISSIONER FRED FELDMAN AND I'VE SERVED IN MISCAPACITY SINCE 2016. I'M ALSO A BALLARD RESIDENT WHERE WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HAVE COMPATIBILITY WITH OUR INDUSTRIAL LANDS AND COMPATIBILITY. THE PORT STRONGLY OPPOSES THIS AMENDMENT, AND WE URGE YOU TO OPPOSE IT AS WELL. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THE PORT IS A CHAMPION AND SUPPORTER OF ADDRESSING HOUSING IN SEATTLE. I TESTIFIED ON THE MISSING MIDDLE BILL IN OLYMPIA AND HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU ALL AS WE EMBARK ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO BUILD -- I'M SORRY TO BUILD DENSITY IN OUR CITY. BUT ONE THING IS CLEAR -- CLEAR TO ME THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS A SPOT REZONE TO BENEFIT ONE WEALTHY OUT-OF- STATE DEVELOPER. THE INDUSTRIAL LANDS PACKAGE THAT WAS TRANSMITTED BY MAYOR HARRELL IN 2023 WAS A CULMINATION OF OVER A DECADE OF WORK WITH MANY STAKEHOLDERS. NOBODY GOT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED, BUT WE GOT AN AGREEMENT. AS A COMPROMISE THE COURT AGREED TO HOTELS IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT ACTIVATION AND FAN EXPERIENCE IS KEY FOR VISITORS. IT WASN'T POPULAR WITH EVER EVERYONE. THE LONG- TERM HOUSING AND INDUSTRIAL ZONE WITHOUT BASIC AMENITIES IS UNACCEPTABLE AND COMPROMISES OUR ABILITY TO ATTRACT NEW TENANTS. PLEASE DON'T PUT HOUSING IN CONFLICT WITH OUTGROWTH. INSTEAD FOCUS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND COUNT ON THE PORT OF SEATTLE AS A KEY PARTNER IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S PROSPERITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU. THE NEXT IN- PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTER WILL BE LISA HOWARD FOLLOWED BY AMY -- AMY W. I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME. FOLLOWED BY PETER HART. >> BEFORE YOU BEGIN, WE HAVE TRIED TO ESTABLISH A TRADITION OF JAZZ HANDS OR OTHERWISE OF SHOWING SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR -- YOU BEING HERE AND YOUR ENGAGEMENT. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LISA HOWARD AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UH- UH LICENSE FOR -- I'M HERE TODAY FOR STRONG SUPPORT FOR RESIDENTIAL USES IN THIS CITY OF TRANSITION OVERLAY AREA. THE THOUGHTFUL PROPOSAL THOUGHT THE TEAM WAS WELL-VETTED AND THOUGHTFUL TAKING IN THE VARIOUS NEEDS OF THE STAKEHOLDERS INTO CONSIDERATION IN BOTH SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE LEGISLATION. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN TO THE PANEL TODAY AND REALLY ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. IT TRULY IS RIGHT SIZED FOR WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW AS A CITY. THANK YOU FOR THE THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION AND STEADFAST LEADERSHIP. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE AMY. FOLLOWING AMY WE HAVE PETER HART. FOLLOWING PETER, WE HAVE LAURA TURNER. >> AMY? >> SORRY FOR THE POOR HANDWRITING. MY NAME IS ANDY. >> MY APOLOGIES. >> WE OWN FIVE OFFICE PROPERTIES IN PINER SQUARE. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN SEATTLE AND A BIG BELIEVER IN PINER SQUARE. WE'RE IN BIG SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT. I THINK IT WILL HAVE VIBRANCY TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MY APOLOGIES, ANDY. AND FOLLOWING THAT WE'VE GOT PETER AND LARS AND LINDSEY. >> WORKED AT SEATTLE'S WATERFRONT AS A MERCHANT MARINER AND LABOR REPRESENTATIVE FOR OVER 20 YEARS. ALONG WITH OTHER MARITIME EMPLOYERS, OUR WORK PROVIDES LOTS OF TAXES FROM OUR COMMUNITY FROM THESE PROFESSIONAL MARITIME CAREERS. BECAUSE OF THIS I SPEAK STRUNGLY AGAINST COUNCIL BILL 12933 BECAUSE OF THE DIRE CONSEQUENCES TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND COMMUNITY SUSTAINING JOBS. THERE WAS A COMPROMISE THAT IDENTIFIED PARTS OF GEORGETOWN AS ACCESSIBLE SPACES TO EXPERIMENT WITH THIS SORT OF MAKERS DISTRICT WORKFORCE HOUSING CONCEPT. THE CITY SHOULD CONCENTRATE ITS EFFORTS ON ALREADY AGREED TO SUB- AREAS FOR THIS SORT OF WORK. WE ARE PRO- AFFORDABLE HOUSING JUST IN PLACES WITH COMPATIBLE LAND USES AND WHERE IT WOULDN'T CAUSE HARM TO OUR RESIDENTS. ULTIMATELY THE PROPOSAL WOULD BENEFIT ONE ALREADY VERY WEALTHY LANDOWNER, CHRIS HANSEN ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE. WE SHOULDN'T BEND THE ENTIRE -- >> PETER? >> SORRY, THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE'VE GOT LARS. >> PLEASE KNOW YOU CAN PLEASE SEND IN THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS. SO JUST SEND IT ALL TO US, AND IT WILL GO INTO THE RECORD IN COMPLETION. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. LARS, GO AHEAD. >> MY NAME IS LARS TURNER. I'M THE INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY TREASURY FOR THE MASTER MASONS PILOTS UNION. I LIVE IN SEATTLE'S 6th DISTRICT. MY COMMENTS ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THE COUNCIL BILL 120933. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A STRONG WORKING INDUSTRIAL CENTER IN OUR CITY. THESE ARE GOOD JOBS, FAMILY WAGE JOBS. 58,000 WASHINGTON JOBS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INDUSTRIAL LAND, 7,000 IN SEATTLE ITSELF. THESE ARE LONG- TERM EMPLOYMENT, GENERATIONAL ECONOMICAL BENEFITS VERSUS A SHORT- TERM LIMITED JOB OPPORTUNITY. ONCE WE LOSE HIGH QUALITY, LONG- TERM JOBS, WE'LL LOSE THEM FOREVER. INDUSTRIAL LANDS ARE NO PLACE FOR HOUSING. WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT NOT IN THIS PROPOSED AREA. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE IN OR ADJACENT TO INDUSTRIAL LANDS, CORRIDORS. THESE AREAS HAVE HIGH POLLUTION, HIGH NOISE, HIGH FRIGHT TRACK, HIGH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISSUES. THERE'S LOWER BANK -- >> THANK YOU, LARS. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE LINDSEY. FOLLOWING LINDSEY WE HAVE RICH AUSTIN, AND THEN ROBERT. SO WE'VE GOT LINDSEY, RICH, AND THEN ROBERT UP NEXT. >> GOOD MORNING. I AM LINDSEY HERE ON BEHALF OF THE NORTH WEST PORT OF ALLIANCE BETWEEN PORTS OF SEATTLE AND TACOMA RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING IN BOTH HARBORS. WE URGE YOU TO OPPOSE THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT. AS YOU'VE HEARD IN FAVOR OF THIS LEGISLATION POINTING TO THE CITY'S 2022 FINAL EIS AS A KEY REASON TO WHY THIS AMENDMENT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. WE REJECT THIS PERSPECTIVE. TRANSPORTATION WAS NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED. TO DIRECTLY QUOTE FROM THE CITY'S EIS, THIS ADDRESSES AREA WIDE LAND USE ZONING CHANGES BECAUSE OF SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND SIZES IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW FRIGHT ILWILL BE IMPACTED. WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND OTHERS IN CARRYING OUT A TENTATIVE SOLUTION TO SUPPORT A SAFER -- I HAD TO CUT THIS DOWN. I'LL JUST GO TO THE VERY END. WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MANY PARTNERS HERE TODAY AND ACROSS THE STATE AS HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THIS BODY MANY TIMES. >> I AM SORRY. I SHOULD HAVE PUT OUT -- I SHOULD REMINDED FOLKS HOW LONG. WE HAVE UP TO 2 MINUTES. ANYWAY, GO AHEAD. >> FOLLOWING LINDSEY WE'VE GOT RICH AUSTIN JR. , ROBERT RHODES ELAINE SMITH, AND THEN ALLIE. MY APOLOGIES. RICH? FOLLOWING RICH WE'VE GOT ROBERTS RHODES, ELAINE SMITH, ALLIE V. >> HELLO, I'M ROBERT RHODES. >> OKAY, ROBERT. >> I'M AGAINST -- WHAT IS IT CALLED? I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME OF IT, BUT I'M AGAINST IT. OKAY, I FEEL A LITTLE OFFENDED BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING AFTER MY JOBS, MY BROTHER'S, MY SISTER'S JOBS MY KID'S JOBS. THIS IS GENERATIONALLY A THING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. I AM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OF COURSE. I GREW UP IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ROBERT. FOLLOWING ROBERT WE'VE GOT ELAINE SMITH AND THEN ALLIE V. >> MORNING. THIS IS ALLEN SMITH, LOCAL 19. I'VE BEEN A LONGSHOREMAN ON THE WATERFRONT GOING ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW. I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD VERY WELL. I AM AGAINST THIS BILL. THIS IS NOT A GOOD SPOT TO BE LIVING IN. THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES INVOLVING TRUCKS IN MY TIME ON THE WATERFRONT. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. THEY'RE HEAVY HAUL CORRIDORS. NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THIS WILL SEVERELY IMPACT PIER 46, WHICH IS ONE OF WASHINGTON'S ONLY NATURAL DEEP WATER PORTS. THIS CAN MAKE IMPACTS FOR THINGS LIKE NATURAL DISASTERS, MILITARY ISSUES, ALL KINDS OF THINGS. IT'S THE ONLY PORT OR TERMINAL THAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE DREDGED. IT IMPACTS EVERYBODY FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS ALL THE WAY TO THE SALTWATER HERE, SO I'M AGAINST THIS AND HOPE YOU GUYS WILL CONSIDER THOSE POINTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND TO CONCLUDE THIS FIRST ROUND OF IN- PERSON COMMENTERS, WE HAVE ALLIE V. >> HI, MY NAME IS ALLIE. I'M PROUD TO LIVE AND WORK IN DISTRICT 1, AND I WORKED ON THE WATERFRONT FOR 22 YEARS. FUTURE SOTO RESIDENTS WOULD BE EXPOSED TO THE THE CITY. EXPOSURE TO AIR POLLUTION IS LINKED TO A VARIETY OF SIGNIFICANT HEALTH PROBLEMS SUCH AS INCREASED HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, NONFATAL HEART ATTACKS, AND PREMATURE DEATHS. PEOPLE MOST AT RISK FOR EXPOSURE ARE PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC HEART DISEASE, CHILDREN, AND THE ELDERLY. SOTO HAS A DECIBEL THAT EXCEEDS THE STANDARD FOR EXTERIOR NOISE LEVELS FOR RESIDENTIAL AREAS. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, CHRONIC ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE CAUSES A VARIETY OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS INCLUDING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, HEARING LOSS, SLEEP EFFECTS -- I RAISE IN STRONG OPPOSITION TO THIS. PLEASE DON'T DO THIS TO OUR JOBS. THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE'LL DO TEN VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENTERS. FIRST WE'LL HAVE JOHN. YOU HAVE TO UNMUTE. JOHN? >> THERE WE GO. HELLO. I'M JOHN. WE CONNECTED AFTER THE WASHINGTON STATE PUBLIC STATE AUTHORITY. AND WE ARE THE OWNERS OF -- IN THE HEART OF THE STADIUM DISTRICT. THE STADIUM AUTHORITY'S FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF COUNCIL BILL 120933. ADOPTING ALLOWANCES FOR HOUSING AND SMALL BUSINESSES CREATES A NEW, FULLY- FORMED COMMUNITY. THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD WILL CONTAIN JOBS, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WHOLE CITY. A FULL- TIME ACTIVE COMMUNITY PROVIDES SAFE SPACES FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO ENJOY. AS PROPOSED THIS BILL, THE STADIUM DISTRICT PROVIDES A TRANSITION ZONE TO INDUSTRIAL LAND AND IS COMPLEMENTARY TO ITS NEIGHBORS, THE CID, PIONEERS SQUARE, AND THE SOTO COMMUNITIES. THE CITY'S 2022 EIS DOCUMENTS THAT THESE LAND USES WORK IN THE STADIUM NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU AND PLEASE PASS THE AMENDMENT ONTO THE FULL COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU, JOHN. NEXT WE HAVE KESSA STEN. YOU'VE BEEN UNMUTED. KESSA? CAN YOU HEAR US? PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. ONE MORE TIME. STAR 6. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, KESSA. NEXT UP WE HAVE CHRIS MARR. CHRIS, FEEL FREE TO PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> YES. AM I UNMUTED? >> WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> HELLO? YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, WE CAN. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, I'M CHRIS. CHAIR OF THE BASEBALL STADIUM PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT, WHICH OVERSEES PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF T- MOBILE PARK, A HALF A BILLION DOLLAR PUBLIC ASSET. T- MOBILE PARK CONSISTENTLY RATES AMONG THE BEST IN BASEBALL AND SERVES AS A GREAT COMMUNITY AMENITY. IT BRINGS MANY BENEFITS TO SEATTLE FROM MARINERS GAMES TO CONCERTS TO SCHOOL GRADUATION AND MANY OTHER EVENTS. LAST YEAR THE PSD SHARED OUR DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THE MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE OMITTED A KEY PART OF STAKEHOLDER RECOMMENDATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MAYOR NAMELY THE INCLUSION OF A LIMITED NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS. THE CITY'S PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE HAD INCLUDED THAT HOUSING AND THE DIRECTIVES REPORT TRANSMITTED TO YOU ALONG WITH A LEGISLATION CLEARLY STATED IT WOULD NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE ROLE OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND OUR INDUSTRIAL NEIGHBORS AND WHAT ROLE THEY PLAY IN SOTO. TODAY I'D LIKE TO COMMEND COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN CORRECTING THAT OMISSION AND HELPING THE BROAD COALITION OF STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING LABOR, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS. HELP US REALIZE OUR VISION. >> NEXT WE HAVE GABRIEL GRANT. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. GABRIEL? >> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, WE CAN. GO AHEAD. >> HI, GABRIEL GRANT. I AM A DOWNTOWN RESIDENT AND ALSO DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNER. I SUPPORT THIS COUNCIL BILL. THIS MEASURE WOULD SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A VIBRANT, URBAN DISTRICT WITH JOBS, HOUSING AND TRANSIT ACCESS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A LOT OF AMENITIES. WE NEED MORE HOUSING IN OUR URBAN AREAS ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I'M FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS. FINALLY, A LOT OF THE OPPOSITION COMMENTS I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS ARE EMPHASIZING HOW POLLUTED AND DANGEROUS THIS AREA IS. WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD WE WANT TO CONTINUE PROMOTING DANGEROUS AND POLLUTING ACTIVITIES IN OUR DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR WHEN INSTEAD WE COULD HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TRANSIT NEXT TO OUR BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL STADIUMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE'VE GOT JOSHUA CURTIS. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JOSHUA CURTIS. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BALLPARK COMMUNITY DISTRICT. WE'VE LONG ADVOCATED THE ADDITION OF HOUSING TO THE STADIUM DISTRICT. AS PARTICIPANT OF THE MARITIME INDUSTRIAL LANDS ADVISORY GROUP OUR MAKERS DISTRICT VISION SERVE AS A MODEL FOR THE NEW LAND USE. WE WERE DISAPPOINT WHD WE BECAME THE ONLY URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD HOUSING. THE LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF YOU REMEDIES THIS OMISSION. IT WILL HELP TO ADJUST THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGE, BRING UNION JOBS ALONGALONG WAY. ULTIMATELY, IT WILL CREATE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WILL NOT ONLY VITALIZE OUR AREA BUT BOOST THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF PINERS SQUARE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRUST THE ANALYSIS AND FULFILL THE PROMISE OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT CULMINATED FROM YEARS OF HARD WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. UP NEXT WE'VE GOT ERIC FITCH. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR NELSON, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS ERIC FITCH. I'M HERE IN RESPECTFUL OPPOSITION TO COUNCIL BILL 120933. AROUND WASHINGTON STATE MY MEMBER PORTS OPERATE CRITICAL AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE GOOD JOBS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND KEEP OUR STATE TIED TO GLOBAL TRADE. THOSE PORTS AND THEIR OPERATIONS ARE CONSTANTLY BESET BY THE TYPE OF OVERT GENTRIFICATION AND LAND USE PRESSURES YOU'RE CONSIDERING TODAY. WHAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING TODAY IS THE SAME THING, THE SAME GROUP OF SEATTLE'S WEALTHIEST REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS HAVE BEEN PROPOSING EVERY YEAR FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. AND EACH TIME FOR A SHINY NEW REASON. TEN YEARS AGO THEY TOLD THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE STADIUM DISTRICT SHOULD BE REZONED TO SUPPORT THE NEW BASKETBALL STADIUM AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. THERE IS NO NEW BASKETBALL STADIUM THERE. DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT SAME ADVOCATE CAME TO THE SEATTLE AND ASK THE STADIUM DISTRICT BE REZONED TO CREATE A MAKERS DISTRICT THAT THEY CLAIMED COULD HELP FIGHT GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. NOW THEY'RE TELLING YOU THESE FEW BLOCKS PRESERVED FOR INDUSTRIAL USE FOR DECADES WILL HELP YOU SOLVE OUR CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS. >> ALL RIGHT. WE GOT KESSA -- [ APPLAUSE ] >> I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING. FOR ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT ARE ONLINE TO GIVE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT, STAR 6 IS HOW YOU INITIATE YOUR SPEAKING. AND THEN WHEN YOU HEAR THE CHIME THAT MEANS YOU'VE GOT 10 MINUTES -- 10 SECONDS REMAINING TO SPEAK. >> KESSA. I SEE YOU'RE BACK ON. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PRESS STAR 6. KESSA, GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT VIRTUAL COMMENTER, WHICH WOULD BE HERB. HERB, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> HELLO, THIS IS HERB. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6, LOCAL CHAIR PERSON FOR SMART TRANSPORTATION DIVISION LOCAL 38 RAILROAD WORKERS IN THE SOTO AREA. THESE ARE THE INDUSTRIAL LANDS THAT CANNOT BE REPLACED. THEY PROVIDE MIDDLE WAGE JOBS, AND THE MATTER SHOULD HAVE BEEN SETTLED WITH THE 2023 ORDINANCE OF THE RAILROADS AND RESIDENTIAL USE -- AND USES SUCH AS THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS DON'T MIX. THAT IS THE MAJOR RAIL CORRIDOR IN THESE FEW BLOCKS FOR THE WESTERN PART OF WASHINGTON, AND IT CREATES A HUGE HAZARD IF WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO BUILD MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN THE MIDDLE OF A RAILROAD DISTRICT. I URGE YOU TO OPPOSE IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT VIRTUAL COMMENTER IS CHAD C. GO AHEAD, CHAD. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. >> I EXPRESS MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE AMENDMENT TO COUNCIL BILL 120933. I SERVED ON THE CITY'S STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT OF OUR INDUSTRIAL LAND. I'M PROUD OF THE WORK OF MY COMMITTEE THAT BALANCES STAKEHOLDER INTEREST INCLUDING THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AND THE DEVELOPERS. WE SHOULD NOT BE REVISITING THIS DEAL JUST APPROVED BY THE CITY LAST YEAR TO ADDRESS A SINGLE STAKEHOLDER INTEREST. WE RELY ON EFFICIENT ACCESS OF GOODS TO AND FROM THE PORT. I URGE YOU NOT TO MOVE THIS ACTION FORWARD. THANKS. >> THANK YOU, CHAD. >> IS THAT TEN? >> THE LAST VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENTER KESSA, LET'S TRY AGAIN. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >> WE CAN. THANK YOU. >> I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO REZONE INDUSTRIAL LAND LEGISLATION THAT THIS COUNCIL SOLIDIFIED LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO. THE WORKING WATERFRONT FRIGHT CORRIDORS AND INDUSTRIAL LANDS LEADING TO AND FROM THE PORTS ARE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN. TO ALLOW HOUSING TO BE BUILT IN SURROUNDING AREAS IS COUNTER INTUITIVE TO THE PORT AND WATERFRONT. WHERE WOULD THESE RESIDENTS ACCESS GROCERY STORES, SCHOOLS, TRANSIT, LET ALONE ACCESS THEM SAFELY? EVENTUALLY IF HOUSING IS BUILT IN THE AREA, IT WILL LEAD TO A SLIPPERY SLOPE THAT ERODES THE EFFECTIVENESS AND ABILITY OF THE PORT TO OPERATE. THERE WILL BE PRESSURE TO LIMITPHRECTOMY ACCESS AND MOBILITY LEADING TO SHIPPING DELAYS ACROSS THE AREA. ALL THIS WILL LEAD SHIPPERS AND PORT CUSTOMERS TO LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR SERVICE. LET THE WORKING WATERFRONT BE JUST THAT, A WORKING WATERFRONT. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WE WILL RESUME WITH THE IN- PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTERS. THE FIRST THREE ON DECK WILL BE J.J. , ALLISON, AND -- AND I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR FIRST OR LAST NAME. THANK YOU. T.J. , J.J.? >> THANK YOU. T. J. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN STRONG OPPOSITION TO WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON HERE. SEATTLE WOULDN'T BE THE CITY IT IS WITHOUT THE STRONG LOGGING AND WATERFRONT INDUSTRY THAT IT WAS IN THE 19th CENTURY. IF NOT FOR THE WATERFRONT HOW ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO GET ALL OF YOUR GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WATERWAY? TERMINAL 46, AS ALLEN HAD MENTIONED, THE NATURAL DEEP WATER BERTH THAT IT IS, IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN AND CONTINUE TO BRING CARGO THROUGH. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE CARGO AND THE ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE THAT IT IS, THE AVERAGE PRICE OF CARGO GOING THROUGH IS 3 TO $6,000. ON A GIVEN DAY WHEN WE MOVE 750 CANS THROUGH JUST TERMINAL 36, WE'RE MOVING $2. 25 MILLIONMILLION CARGO. I THINK THAT'S THE STRONGEST THING WE CAN DO FOR OUR CITY IS CONTINUE THAT ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE THAT IT IS. THANK YOU. >> AND JUST A REMINDER IF YOU HEAR THE CHIME, YOU'VE GOT 10 SECONDS LEFT. THANK YOU. >> HELLO. ALLISON. I AM ONCE AGAIN BEFORE YOU REQUESTING THAT INDUSTRIAL LANDS STAY INDUSTRIAL. PER RESOLUTION 32097 WHICH REQUIRES A STUDY FOR NONINDUSTRIAL USES, A STUDY WHICH HAS NOT BEEN DONE. THE UNEQUITY OF THIS IS APPALLING. JUST LOOK AT ALL THE DOCK WORKERS WHO HAD TO TAKE OFF WORK TO STAND UP FOR OUR JOBS AND INDUSTRY. FOR ALL OF YOU TO RENEGE ON A DEAL TO BENEFIT ONE WEALTHY LANDOWNER AND AGAINST THE VERY NAMESAKE OF THE ZONED AREA IS QUITE FRANKLY DESPICABLE. I URGE YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND HONOR YOUR PRIOR COMMITMENTS. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I'M SORRY, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO REMIND FOLKS THAT TO PLEASE FOLLOW THE -- THE RULES THAT I'VE ASKED TO KEEP CLAPPING TO A MINIMUM OR JUST SILENT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN MOVE THROUGH OUR SPEAKING LIST FASTER. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING. IOW LOCAL 19. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SHARE THESE INDUSTRIAL LANDS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR BLUE COLLAR MEMBERS THRIVE ON. NOT ONLY DO THESE INDUSTRIAL LANDS PROVIDE A SOURCE OF INCOME TO US BUT TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON STATE. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER THE CONNECTION FROM A GLOBAL STANDPOINT TO OUR BEAUTIFUL PORT IN SEATTLE. THESE INDUSTRIAL LANDS SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO ADD MORE HOUSING. YES, OUR POPULATION IS GROWING, BUT AT WHAT COST DO WE SACRIFICE THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY TO FILL HOUSING? IT WON'T JUST START OR STOP THERE. WITH NEW HOUSING MORE TRAFFIC WILL OCCUR, AND MORE BUILDING WILL NEED TO BE CREATED TO SUPPORT THE POPULATION COMING IN SUCH AS GROCERY STORES, GAS STATIONS, ET CETERA. LET'S KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS LAND IS OUR FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF THE NEXT GENERATION, OUR CHILDREN. I KNOW A LOT -- I KNOW MANY WOULD AGREE THAT PROTECTING THIS LAND WOULD ALSO SECURE OUR CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD THROUGH OUR PORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. THE NEXT THREE IN- PERSON COMMENTERS WILL BE CHARLIE, NICK STEN, AND THEN BRITTANY WILSON. CHARLIE, NICK, AND BRITTANY. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CHARLIE BENDOCK. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO US TODAY. WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY. I'M A LIFELONG SEATTLE RESIDENT, ALMOST 50 YEARS NOW. AND I'VE BEEN WORKING AS A LONGSHOREMAN COMING UP ON ALMOST 20 YEARS. MY WORKING BROTHERS AND SISTERS, UNION BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND OUR LEADERSHIP I'M SURE TALKING ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS, AND WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW HARD IT WAS TO GET SUPPLIES DURING THE PANDEMIC. SO THIS TRADE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IMPORTANT. IT'S BIGGER THAN JUST SEATTLE. I HAVE RELATIVES EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS, AND WHENEVER THERE'S TROUBLE AT THE PORT GETTING AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS OUT, THEY'RE TALKING TO ME. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM, WHAT'S GOING ON? THE BIGGEST THING I WANT TO SAY IS, YES, WE NEED HOUSINGCH WE WANT TO KEEP OUR FRIENDS IN THE TRADE BUSY BUILDING HOUSING FOR PEOPLE, BUT THIS IS AN IN HOSPITABLE ENVIRONMENT BUILDING HOUSING FOR PEOPLE DOWN HERE. SEATTLE CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER. THIS IS NOT THE PLACE. WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOODS WE CAN DEVELOP HOUSING TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE GOT NICK AND THEN FOLLOWING NICK, BRITTANY. >> HEY, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. NICK STEN REPRESENTING THE IOW WEST SEATTLE LINE. I'M NOT HERE JUST REPRESENTING IOWU. I'M HERE REPRESENTING POTATO AND MUSHROOM FARMERS ON EASTERN WASHINGTON, POTATO FARMERS IN IDAHO AND STEEL MAKERS IN WEST SEATTLE. I MEAN, THIS IS A GLOBAL ECONOMY THAT WE'RE A PART OF. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING TO OUR -- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INFRINGING ON OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD ECONOMY, AND I URGE YOU NOT TO SUCCUMB TO THE WHIMS OF A BILLIONAIRE WHO'S JUST GOING TO TRY AND MAKE A QUICK PROFIT HERE. THIS IS ABOUT WORKING WAGE JOBS IN SEATTLE. WE CAN AFFORD HOUSES IN YOUR DISTRICTS. THAT'S WHERE WE LIVE. I PLEAD YOU DO THE RIGHT THING HERE. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. I'M BRITTANY WILSON. I AM AGAINST THIS BILL. LIKE THEY SAID, IT IS FOR OUR WORKING PEOPLE. I DON'T SEE HOW THE BENEFIT OF PUTTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS AREA WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT'S ALREADY IN DOWNTOWN THAT WOULD JUST CAUSE MORE FRUSTRATION FOR THE NEW RESIDENTS ANYWAY AND THE POLLUTION AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M AGAINST THIS BILL AND KEEP IT HOW IT IS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THE NEXT THREE IN- PERSON COMMENTERS, WE'VE GOT MARK, JORDAN ROYER, AND GORDON BAXTER. MARK, JORDAN, AND GORDON. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS MARK. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF LOCAL 19 SEATTLE. I'M IN OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL. SEATTLE'S THE ECONOMIC ENGINE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. THE PORT OF SEATTLE JUST SPENT $500 BILLION TO REPAIR PIER 5 TO MAKE IT A WORLD CLASS PIER. WE BRING IN THE CARGO FOR CHICAGO, DENVER, ALL OF WASHINGTON. WHAT IS THE DECISION WE'RE GOING TO MAKE FOR THE PORT OF SEATTLE? YOU NEED TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS. IN 2023 YOU MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. PLEASE STAND WITH THAT DEAL THAT YOU MADE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> NEXT WE'VE GOT JORDAN AND THEN FOLLOWING JORDAN, WE'VE GOT GORDON BAXTER. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. MY NAME IS JORDAN ROYER, AND I WORK FOR THE PACIFIC MERCHANT SHIPPING ASSOCIATION, AND WE REPRESENT THE MARINE TERMINAL OPERATORS AND THE SHIPPING LINES THAT SERVE THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. OBVIOUSLY, WE OPERATE HERE IN THE PORT OF SEATTLE IN THE PORT OF TACOMA. I WAS PART OF THIS WHOLE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS, WHICH WAS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE FOR THE BETTER PART OF A DECADE. I THOUGHT WE HAD IT DONE. I DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT HERE I AM. I AM, UNFORTUNATELY, IN OPPOSITION TO THIS. I'M WORK IN ON A DISSIMILAR PROCESS IN THE TACOMA AREA AND I HAVE TO SAY THE PROCESS IN TACOMA WHEN THERE'S A DEAL, IT STICKS. YOU CAN COUNT ON IT. OUR MEMBERS WHEN WE MAKE BIG INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN A PORT WE LOOK FOR COSTS, REGULATORY CERTAINTY, AND RELIABILITY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, SEATTLE IS GAINING A REPUTATION OF NOT BEING VERY RELIABLE, SO I URGE YOU TO STICK WITH THE DEAL THAT WE HAD, SHOW THAT WE ARE RELIABLE. WE ARE A GOOD PLACE TO DO BUSINESS. I LIVE HERE, I'M FROM HERE, AND I WOULD LIKE SEATTLE TO HAVE THOSE KINDS OF INVESTMENTS. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GORDON? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M GORDON BAXTER OF I'M SECRETARY OF THE TRADE COUNCIL MADE OF 18 LOCALS, ALL THE SAILING UNIONS ON THE WATER AS WELL AS THE IOW LONG SHORE WAREHOUSE, THE SHIPYARD UNION, ONE OF THE BIG UNIONS AS WELL AS THE LARGEST DRIVERS LOCAL AND STATE TEAMSTERS LOCAL 174, WHICH HAS OVER 7,000 MEMBERS. WE HAVE OVER 30,000 JOBS LOCALLY DEPENDENT ON TRADE. 40% OF THE JOBS, THEY TELL ME -- THE STATE TELLS ME 40% OF THE JOBS IN THIS STATE ARE DEPENDENT ON TRADE. OUR JOBS ARE FAMILY WAGE JOBS, NOT LOW WAGE AND PART- TIME SERVICE JOBS. WE DON'T WORK THREE MONTHS A YEAR OR SIX MONTHS A YEARYEAR THEN TAKE UNEMPLOYMENT OR HAVE TO GO TO ARIZONA OR SOUTH DAKOTA FOR WORK. WE STAY HERE AND SPEND OUR MONEY HERE. LET'S NOT PUT OUR SENIORS, CHILDREN, DISABLED IN A AREA THAT'S A FOOD DESERT, SCHOOL DESERT, AND SERVICE DESERT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL BUT I'M SICK AND TIRED OF BILLIONAIRES LIKE ELON MUSK PUSHING US AROUND AND TELLING WHAT TO DO AND BEING LAND SPECULATORS AT OUR EXPENSE. >> THANK YOU, GORDON. THE NEXT THREE IN-PERSON COMMENTERS ARE GOING TO BE CARLIN SMITH, RON, AND NOAH. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CARLIN SMITH. I WAS BORN IN THIS CITY AND LIVE IN THIS CITY. ERODING ACCESS FOR HEAVY HAUL CORRIDORS AND SURROUNDING CONGESTION WILL WEAKEN THE ABILITY. MORE IDLING TRUCKS TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE PORT AREA WILL WORSEN OUR AIR QUALITY. YOU CAN BUILD HOUSING ANYWHERE. YOU CANNOT BUILD A DEEP WATER PORT. ONCE YOU LOSE IT, IT'S GONE FOREVER. THEY HAVE FOOD DESERTS, NO COMMUNITY PLAYGROUN THIS IS NOT THE PLACE. THIS IS AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. WE HAD A DEAL. YOU SPENT LONGER NEGOTIATING THAT DEAL THAN YOU HAVE SPENT HONORING IT. DON'T BE THE SEATTLE COUNCIL THAT IS REMEMBERED FOR SELLING SEATTLE SHORT FOR A HEDGE FUND BILLIONAIRE. >> SO I'M NOAHNOAH BAIRD, RANK AND FILE MEMBER OF LOCAL 19. YOU'LL NOTICE THIS ROOM IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE WORKING IN SEATTLE. THE ONLY PEOPLE WE'VE HEARD IN FAVOR OF THIS BILL ARE THE LAWYERS OF BILLIONAIRES. THIS COUNCIL SHOULD NOT BEND THE KNEE TO YET ANOTHER BILLIONAIRE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK AND BURNING REAL JOBS IN THE CITY FOR IT. YOU DO HAVE A DEAL IN PLACE. YOU SPENT A LONG TIME AS A COUNCIL WORKING ON IT. YOU SHOULD NOT JUST IGNORE YOUR OWN -- SORRY. YOU'VE IGNORED YOUR OWN COMMITTEES TO SEND THIS TO YOURSELF SO THAT YOU CAN DECIDE WHETHER IT'S A GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT REMAINING IN- PERSON COMMENTERS WE'VE GOT JOE, NICOLE GRANT, JACK SNYDER, AND JESSE SCOTT. >> GOOD MORNING. I'M SPEAKING AGAINST THIS ACTION. I'VE WORKED ON THE WATERFRONT OVER 37 YEARS. LOCAL 19 HAS APPROXIMATELY 700 FULL- TIME WORKERS AS WELL AS ANOTHER 1,000 PART TIME WORKERS. ALONG WITH THOSE DIRECT JOBS ON THE WATERFRONT ACCORDING TO A MERCHANT SHIPPING ASSOCIATION STUDY FROM OCTOBER 2024 TRADE- RELATED JOBS ACCOUNT FOR 1 OUT OF EVERY 8 JOBS. 40% OF WASHINGTON STATE JOBS ARE DIRECT RELATED TO PORT ACTIVITY. FOR OVER 110 YEARS THESE JOBS HAVE BEEN YEAR- ROUND, HIGH PAYING FAMILY WAGE JOBS THAT HAVE SUPPORTED FAMILIES, CONTRIBUTED TO THE TAX BASE OF WASHINGTON STATE FOR OVER 110 YEARS. WHY AFTER PREVIOUSLY REACHING A DEAL ON THIS AREA'S LAND USE JUST A YEAR AGO WOULD YOU NOW IN A RUSH VOTE JEOPARDIZE THE VITALITY OF THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND THE JOBS IT PROVIDES FOR A FLASH IN THE PAN CONSTRUCTION JOBS THAT WILL BE HERE AND GONE IN A YEAR OR TWO AND FOREVER HARM THE ABILITY TO INCREASE THOSE PORT- RELATED JOBS BY PUSHING HOUSING IN INCOMPATIBLE AREAS. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE GOT JOE, JACK SNYDER AND THEN JESSE SCOTT CANDLE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STAFF THESE VERY CHALLENGING POSITIONS THAT YOU HOLD. A FEW THOUGHTS ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES. I'D LIKE YOU TO BE QUESTIONING OF ARTFUL TERMINOLOGY. LIKE I'M LOOKING AT ONE OF THESE RENDERINGS IT SAYS -- IT CONTINUES THE TERM "URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE." I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. IT LOOKS WHAT THEY REALLY ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE HERE IS A RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRIAL ZONE. LIKE A RESTAURANT THAT'S A HOSPITAL OR SUCH THINGS. THE BASEBALL -- THE STADIUM DISTRICT GUYS THAT ALLEGEDLY REPRESENT US AS A PUBLIC DISTRICT, I DIDN'T HEAR ANY OF THEM SAY WE'RE GOING TO LOWER THE PRICE OF A MARINERS TICKET OR A SEAHAWKS TICKET IF THIS GOES THROUGH. IT'S JUST WHAT ARE WE GETTING OUT OF IT? THEY'RE GOING TO GET SOMETHING, BUT THEY DIDN'T REALLY SAY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF IT. BOY, THAT GOES QUICK. THE STATE- WIDE UP ZONE MUST BE CONTINUED AT THE STATE LEVEL. WE'VE UPZONED EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE STATE. WE DON'T NEED THIS ON TOP OF THAT. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> HELLO. NIGH NAME IS NICOLE GRANT. I'M A JOURNEY LEVEL LICENSED ELECTRICIAN, AND I REPRESENT 6,200 ELECTRICIANS LIKE MYSELF IN LOCAL 46. WE ARE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT. WE ARE A UNION THAT SUPPORTS UNION- BUILT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. NOW, WHETHER THAT'S SOCIAL HOUSING, WHETHER IT'S THE HOUSING THAT'S PROPOSED BY -- THROUGH THE BONDING MEASURE, OR WHETHER IT'S THIS PROJECT. UNION- BUILT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A BIG DEAL FOR OUR MEMBERS, AND WE CAN HAVE IT HERE. I WAS THE COCHAIR OF THE INDUSTRIAL LANDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE UNDER MAYOR JENNY DIRKEN, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS PROJECT WAS ALWAYS ON THE TABLE, BUT IT HAD TO BE STUDIED FIRST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WOULD NOT COMPROMISE THE PORT OF SEATTLE. AND IT WAS STUDIED, AND IT DOES NOT COMPROMISE THE PORT. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THE REMAINING IN- PERSON COMMENTERS IS -- JACK SNYDER, JESSE SCOTT CANDLE. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. I COME FROM WEST AFRICA. I LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR 35 YEARS, AND I MOVE TO SEATTLE FROM NEW YORK TO HERE. I'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY HERE IN BEAUTIFUL CITY AND GOOD JOB. AND PLEASE, PLEASE, I BEG YOU DON'T APPROVE FOR THIS PROJECT. I'M FROM LOCAL 19. ALL MY FAMILY MEMBER HERE, AND ALL THE MEMBER THAT COME HERE ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK BUT TAKE OFF SPECIAL FOR THIS DAY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME BEFORE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. >>÷÷ MORNING. I'M ZACK SNYDER, DISTRICT 3 RESIDENT. JUST WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THE MAKERS ASPECT OF THIS. LIVING DOWNTOWN, A LOT OF GROWING PAINS, A LOT OF CHANGES. BUT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME IS A VIBRANT CITY THAT'S REALLY FUN TO HANG OUT IN. ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR MAKERS TO HAVE A PLACE THAT'S AFFORDABLE, THAT SERVES AS TESTING GROUNDS FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND CREATIVE ARTS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO SEE SEATTLE FOR MORE OF. THANK YOU. >> THAURNG. AND THE LAST GROUP OF IN- PERSON COMMENTERS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILL BE AARON HOBBS, SHALEN HOBBS, BRELAN HOBBS. AND FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE BILLY HEMMINGTON. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS JESSE SCOTT CANDLE. I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE WESTERN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL CARPENTERS. WE HAVE 15,000 MEMBERS LOCALLY. I'M ALSO THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY OF LOCAL 196. I AM A WEST SEATTLE RESIDENT, DISTRICT 1, A PCO FOR THE 34th. THIS IS MY DISTRICT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE STADIUM DISTRICT PROJECT. THOUSANDS OF UNION JOBS WILL BE CREATED OUT OF THIS. THOUSANDS OF HOMES WILL BE CREATED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE AREA, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS IN THAT AREA. YOU KNOW, BROKEN DOWN CARS, PEOPLE CAMPING OUT THERE. IT'S IN THE WINTERTIME. IT'S RAINING. IT'S COLD. THEY NEED A PLACE TO GO. YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENT ON IT. THAT MEANS UNION JOBS, PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY, PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT ZIP CODES, MINORITIES, WOMEN. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR US. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE'VE GOT AARON HOBBS, SHALEN HOBBS AND THEN BRELAN HOBBS. >> MY NAME IS AARON HOBBS. I'M HERE WITH LOCAL 19. I DON'T SEE HOW MAKING A HOMELESS SHELTER DOWN IN AN AREA WHERE THERE'S HOMELESS PEOPLE RIGHT NOW IS A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. I THINK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED. THIS IS A PLACE THAT'S NOT SAFE OR HEALTHY. I THINK THERE'S SOMEHOW A STUDY DONE BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE RESULTS, OR AT LEAST I HAVEN'T. THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. THE TEMPORARY JOBS THAT WE CREATE WOULD DEVASTATE THE JOBS WE HAVE THAT ARE GENERATIONAL, OVER 100 YEARS. WE HAVE AN INDUSTRY DOWN THERE. IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT NOT A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. WE HAD A DEAL. THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE FOR AN HOUR, AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING NEW COMING FROM THE OPPOSING SIDE THAT SAY WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS. I THINK THIS IS A CRAZY IDEA, AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS. I THINK IT'S QUICK MONEY FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE. I DON'T GET IT. I THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA. >> THANK YOU. >> LOCAL 19. I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS AT ALL. EVEN IF I WASN'T IN THE UNION HERE, I'VE BEEN HERE MY WHOLE LIFE. AND IF YOU SEE THAT AREA, IT IS NOT SAFE. IT'S GOING TO RISK THE LIVES OF THE FUTURE RESIDENTS LIVING THERE, SO I DON'T SUPPORT THIS, AND I'M JUST HERE TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY OVER HERE, SO THANK YOU. >> BRELAN HOBBS, LOCAL 19. I ALSO STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH THIS. I THINK IT'S UNSAFE. AND HONESTLY, YOU COULD PROBABLY FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT'S A LOT MORE SAFE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE LIVING THERECH. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THE LAST FOUR COMMENTERS WILL BE BILLY, DAN, HERALD, AND THEN JOHN. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL BILL 120933 AND ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TODAY. I SEE THE PASSAGE OF THIS BILL SOLVES THREE THINGS, HOUSING IN THE CITY HALF OF WHICH WOULD BE AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE FOR 75 YEARS IS A HUGE WIN FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE. PUBLIC SAFETY, DRIVING GOING THROUGH THAT AREA THE LANDOWNERS DOWN THERE HAVE PUT SIX MOBILE CAMERA STATIONS DOWN THERE TO COVER ALMOST EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THAT AREA BECAUSE THEY FEEL IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. SO HAVING THIS, PASSING THIS WOULD SOLVE A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE IN THAT AREA. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. THE STADIUM DISTRICT DRAWS 5 MILLION VISITORS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. I COULDN'T NOT THINK OF A BETTER AREA TO PUT HUNDREDS OF MAKERS DOWN THERE THAT HAVE ACCESS TO 5 MILLION VISITORS TO OUR STATE EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND LASTLY THE CURRENT ZONING OF HEAVY COMMERCIAL OFFICE STUDIES SHOW CREATE MORE CAR TRIPS PER DAY THAN HAVING HOUSING. >> THANK YOU, BILLY. >> DAN WITH THE IOW. I SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS AMENDMENT. LOOK, HERE WE ARE AGAIN. JUST EIGHT YEARS AGO WE WENT THROUGH THIS, RIGHT? AT THAT TIME WE HAD FIVE STRONG COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTE AGAINST THE STREET VACATION, BUT THEY GOT BATTERED. BUT THEY SURVIVED IT AND MOVED ON. THIS CHRIS HANSEN AND BILLIONAIRE BUDDIES ARE TRYING TO GET MORE MONEY OUT OF THIS AREA. THIS AREA HAS LOTS OF FRIGHT ON THE EAST SIDE THAT GOES THROUGH THERE. IT SUPPORTS THE PORT. YOU HAVE A PANEL COMING UP. I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT IT'S JUST ONE-SIDED. WE WEREN'T ASKED TO BE PRESENTERS TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THE STADIUMS, RIGHT? THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF NOT HAVING THE ARENA LAST TIME. NOW THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING ELSE. AND LOOK AT THE ONE STADIUM, THE PSA, IT'S TWO ARCHITECTS, A CONTRACTOR. I MEAN IT'S ALL INDUSTRIAL PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS, SO I'M AGAINST IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE HERALD, AND FOLLOWING HERALD THE LAST IN- PERSON COMMENTER WILL BE JOHN. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS HAROLD. IT'S MY 45th YEAR ON THE WATERFRONT AND LIKE MY BROTHER, DAN, JUST SAID, HERE WE GO AGAIN. WE HAD A DEAL. NOW THROW SOME MONEY AT IT, LET'S CHANGE THE DEAL. WAY BACK IN THE 2000s WE HAD A DEAL. WE WORKED WITH THE MAYORS OFFICE, WE WORKED WITH THE MARINERS TO GET SR 519, WE GOT MONEY -- I'VE GOT A PICTURE OF ME OVER THERE AT THE STADIUMS ALL HAPPY THAT WE DID IT, TO MAKE SURE THE FRIGHT CORRIDOR STAYS. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO OUR UNION BROTHERS, TEMPORARY JOBS WITH FULL- TIME YEAR- ROUND JOBS. THEIR JOBS CAN GO OTHER PLACES. I DO NOT WANT TO ELIMINATE OUR JOBS FOR OUR MEMBERS OUT HERE WHEN WE STOOD AGAINST THE BASKETBALL STADIUM 46. THOSE JOBS FOR THE BASEBALL DIDN'T GO AWAY. YOU GUYS BUILT -- SO STAY AWAY. HONOR YOUR DEAL. >> THANK YOU, HAROLD. >> MY NAME IS JOHN. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7 SINCE 2004, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH LOCAL 19 SINCE 2011, AND I'M OPPOSED TO THIS CHANGE IN ESTABLISHED LAND USE PLANNING. WE DON'T ALLOW PEDESTRIANS ON OUR PORT TERMINALS, RIGHT? AND OUR YARD EQUIPMENT HAS GREATER VISIBILITY AND LOWER SPEEDS THAN WHAT IS OUT THERE ON THE ROADS IN SOTO, RIGHT? SEATTLE HAS A COMMITMENT TO REDUCING PEDESTRIAN DEATHS THAT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH PLACING INDUSTRY AND HOUSING TOGETHER. WE JUST HAD AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT INTERSECTION WITH THE DEATH FROM A TRAIN IN MY DISTRICT 7 JUST BLOCKS FROM WHERE I LIVE, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS -- THOSE INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN HOUSING, PEDESTRIANS, AND INDUSTRY SHOULD BE LIMITED. ALL RIGHT? THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE MIX. I'M IN FAVOR OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILT BY MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS JUST NOT IN THE WRONG PLACE. THANKS. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN- PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO HERE'S THE RUN OF SHOW. AS I SAID, I HAVE A -- WELL, FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT I HEAR THE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE, AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A SUPPORTER OF THE PORT, ITS OPERATIONS, ET CETERA, AND IT -- I'M GOING TO PUT IT ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW THIS DOES PAIN ME TO GO AGAINST AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, THE PORT THAT IS IT'S MISSION AS THE CHAIR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND SO THAT IS WHY I'M -- I WANTED TO PRESENT THE WHY I'M DOING THIS -- THESE REASONS TO TRY TO EXPLAIN WHY I'M TAKING THIS -- THIS STEP. IT DOES BRING UP SOME COGNITIVE DISSONANCE FOR MYSELF IN WHY IT'S HAPPENING NOW. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE PRESENTATION. PULL IT UP HERE. >> YOU HAVE TO SAY THE ITEM OF THE AGENDA. >> OH, YES. PLEASE READ THE ITEM INTO THE AGENDA. >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1, COUNCIL BILL 120933 AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO LAND USE AND ZONE UGMENDING SECTIONS 23.74. 002 AND 23.74. 008 OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE STADIUM TRANSITION AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT AND DISCUSSION. >> THE RUN OF SHOW I PRESENT SOME SLIDES AND THEN HAD HEAD OF THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL SPEAKS AS THE REPORTER OF THE SEATTLE MAIN ASSOCIATION WILL SPEAK ABOUT THEIR ROLES IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS COALITION, AND THEN OUR CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST WILL PRESENT ACTUALLY WHAT THE LEGISLATION DOES. AND TAKING RICO QUIRINDONGO IS HERE AS THE OFFICE OF THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO TALK TO THE UNDERLYING LEGISLATION. SO WE'VE GOT KIND OF A FULL HOUSE HERE TODAY. SO GO AHEAD AND PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. >> I'M RICO QUIRINDONGO. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. >> CENTRAL STAFF. >> THE LYONS CONSULTING DISTRICT WHICH IS T- MOBILE, AND THE LUMEN FIELD. >> REPRESENTING SEATTLE MADE MEMBERS. >> MOBTY ANDERSON WITH THE SEATTLE BUILDING TRADES. >> OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD -- >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVING THIS BRIEF? >> YES, AND THIS IS -- I THREW TOGETHER SOME SLIDES BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE IMAGES OF THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN SOME OF THE RENDERINGS OF THE -- OF WHAT COULD BE BUILT THERE AND THEN I WILL -- AND THIS WAS SENT OUT THIS MORNING TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA AFTER THE MEETING. >> AND CAN WE ASK QUESTIONS AT THE END, OR YOU WANT THEM DURING THE COURSE OF THE BRIEFING? >> IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, IT WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD ASK THEM AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. >> OKAY, WILL DO. >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE -- JUST TO SET THE STAGE ABOUT WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING SOME HOUSING THAT IS GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STADIUM DISTRICT, WHICH IS ONE OF SIX DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE -- IN MAYOR HARRELL'S DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION PLAN. AND WHEN THE LEGISLATION IN 2023 WAS APPROVE, THE ZONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS URBAN INDUSTRIAL. NEXT SLIDE. AHEAD WITH THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY, GOT IT. SO IN 2023, AS EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOWS, THE MAYOR PUT FORWARD THE INDUSTRIAL AND MARITIME STRATEGY AND AFFORDED THE ACCOMPANYING LEGISLATION FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL. ONE OF THE SUB- AREA ZONES WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA WAS THE URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE, AND 50% OF THE HOUSING THAT IS EVER BUILT IS ED TO BE AFFORDABLE AT 60 TO 90% AMI. AND THAT, I BELIEVE, BUT I CAN CONFIRM THAT LATER ON, IS THE ONLY ZONE IN SEATTLE THAT HAS AN ACTUAL PRESCRIPTION FOR THE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT INCLUDED UP TO 990 UNITS OF HOUSING IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT. THE OPCD DIRECTORS REPORT IN PAGES 43 TO 45 SAID A DISTRICT WITH A VARIETY OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND MAKERS COMBINED WITH BUSINESSES SUPPORTING EVENTS AT THE STADIUMS AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY THE UI ZONE. AND THEN ANOTHER QUOTE. SOME LIMITED AMOUNT OF HOWING WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING USE PATTERN AND WOULD NOT CAUSE ADDITIONAL ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEARBY INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF THE STADIUM DISTRICT IF CAREFULLY IMPLEMENTED. AND HOWEVER THE ACCOMPANYING LEGISLATION COUNCIL BILL 120567 ALLOWED HOUSE IN THE UI ZONE EVERYWHERE EXCEPT IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT. THAT'S WHEN I STARTED TO ASK QUESTIONS WHY IS IT NOT INCLUDED? THAT WAS PART OF MY PROCESS. I WAS ON THE LAND USE COMMITTEE, BUT THE -- THIS WAS IN MY FIRST YEAR MORE OR LESS OF SENDING UNDER COUNCILMAN NUMBER 2023. MOVING ON SOME IMAGES OF THE CURRENT ZONING AND CURRENT STATE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF THE LEGISLATION IS ADOPTED AND CONSTRUCTION IS ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED. SO THIS IS FIRST AVENUE LOOKING SOUTH. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THIS IS -- OKAY, GOT IT. THIS IS OCCIDENTAL AVENUE SOUTH LOOKING SOUTH. AND THEN NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS OCCIDENTAL LOOKING NORTH, AND THEN FINALLY THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE STADIUM DISTRICT AREA. AND SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THAT RIGHT NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MOTIVATING ME IS RIGHT NOW THE CONDITIONS IN THAT AREAAREA -- ARE NOT LIVING UP TO THEIR POTENTIAL AS -- AS PART OF THE -- THE TWO BLOCKS THAT ARE JUST SOUTH OF THE -- OF T- MOBILE PARK. SO GO AHEAD, PLEASE, WITH THE NEXT SLIDES. SO I HAVE SOME SLIDES THAT DO ADDRESS -- AND THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THESE ISSUES CAN BE DUG INTO MORE. ACCORDING TO MY READING AND THE READING OF THE COALITION THAT BROUGHT THIS IDEA FORWARD TO ME, THE -- IT IS CONTENDED THAT HOUSING NEXT TO T- MOBILE PARK WILL NOT IMPEDE PORT OPERATIONS. AND GO AHEAD NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE TERMINALS FOR THE -- FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND PORT ROUTES USED BRING THOSE TO PIER 86 TERMINAL, AND THEN ALL AGRICULTURAL SHIPS THROUGH THREE INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS. S- DOT C PORT CONNECTORS DIRECTS TRUCKS COMING INTO SEATTLE 90 AND HEADING INTO T18, T30 OR T5 TO REACH THOSE TERMINALS. SOMETIMES DURING COMMUTE HOURS TRUCKS MIGHT CHOOSE TO GO DOWN ATLANTIC INSTEAD AND TURNTURN ALASKA AVENUE. NO CENTRAL WASHINGTON OR EAST WASHINGTON OR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT WOULD NEED TO USE FIRST AVENUE AND OCCIDENTAL, WHICH IS WHERE THE HOUSING AND THE MAKERS BUSINESSES WOULD BE LOCATED. GO ON, PLEASE. I HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE STADIUMS DRAW 5 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR, AND THE HOUSING WILL BE BUILT IN THIS AREA IS LIKELY TO BE FRONT- FACING ONTO OCCIDENTAL AND NARROW A FREQUENTLY USED STREET AND PEDESTRIAN AREAS WILL BE FACING THAT STREET AND NOT FIRST AVENUE. MAYOR HARRELL, AGAIN, HAS PUBLISHED A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE EXEMPTED THE STADIUM FROM THE REQUIREMENT THAT NO HOUSING BUILT WITHIN 200 FEET OF A MAJOR TRUCK STREET GIVEN THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE STADIUM DISTRICT. AND THERE ARE 142 MILES OF MAJOR TRUCK STREETS IN SEATTLE THAT CARRY FREIGHT AND A LARGE NUMBER OF THOSE CORRIDORS HAVE SIGNIFICANT HOUSING ALONG OR NEAR THEM. AND THIS LEGISLATION, AS KETTLE WILL POINT OUT, GETS TO THE EXEMPTION OF HOWING NEAR THE 200 METER TRUCK ROUTES. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. THIS REITERATES MY POINT OF THE MAJOR TRUCK STREETS ALONG WHICH WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HOUSE. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. AND HERE ARE A LOT OF EXAMPLES OF THOSE -- OF THOSE TRUCK ROUTES THAT DO HAVE HOUSING ALONG THEM. SO I'M -- MY POINT IS SIMPLY THAT I UNDERSTAND THE TOPIC -- THE CONCERN ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND FREIGHT. IN FACT, I EARNED A NON- ENDORSEMENT FROM THE CASCADE BIKE CLUB FOR OPPOSING BIKES, FOR EXAMPLE, ON SHALE SHOAL SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT ARGUMENT. BUT THE FACT THERE IS OCCIDENTAL RIGHT THERE THAT COULD -- TWO BLOCKS NORTH IS PEDESTRIANIZED IS A MITIGATION FOR SOME OF THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CONCERNS. GO ON, PLEASE. FINALLY, WHAT HAS BEEN NOTED BY SOME COMMENTERS, WHICH I'M SURE WILL BE SPOKEN OF MUCH LATER IS THAT A SIDE BENEFIT OF THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT IT WILL IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS IS AN AREA -- THIS SLIDE TALKS ABOUT RECENT -- VERY SERIOUS FELONIES IN SOTO, BUT WE -- BUT IF YOU'RE ON THIS JOB, YOU HEAR A LOT OF COMPLAINTS REGULARLY FROM CONSTITUENTS THAT DO TALK ABOUT THE DETERIORATING PUBLIC SAFETY IN THAT AREA. AND THAT IS WHY ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS OF PIONEER SQUARE AND CHINATOWN- INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT DO STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL TO BRING MORE ACTIVITY AND MORE -- AND MORE RESIDENTS FOR A 24/7 PRESENCE IN THE REGION. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. LAST SLIDE. AND THEN, FINALLY, THE -- THIS CONCEPT WAS BROUGHT TO ME ORIGINALLY FROM A COALITION THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN ALL THE LOGOS ON THIS PAGE, BUT IT WAS A STRONG COITION ALL OF LABOR, NEIGHBORHOOD, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT -- THAT TALKED TO ME EARLY ON IN THE DELIBERATION PROCESS IN 2023, AND THAT ISIS I -- I CAME FORWARD AND I ASKED WHY CAN'T THERE BE AN AMENDMENT. AND WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS THAT THIS AGREEMENT HAD BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING AND THAT THE PORT WOULD AMEASLIEST THE WHOLE PIECE OF LEGISLATION IF THE -- IF HOUSING WAS ADDED. AND SO AT THAT POINT I -- I DIDN'T WANT TO RUIN THAT STAKEHOLDER PROCESS AT THE LAST MINUTE AND BLOW THE WHOLE PIECE OF LEGISLATION, AND SO I DID NOT CARRY FORWARD AN AMENDMENT AT THAT POINT. HOWEVER, THE UNDERLYING ZONING DOES SUPPORT HOUSING, AND IT'S -- AS OTHER FOLKS HERE AT THE TABLE WILL SPEAK, IT IS TWO BLOCKS SOUTH OF T- MOBILE, AND THE -- AND THE HOUSING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WILL BE 50% AFFORDABLE AT THE WORKFORCE LEVEL, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF. OUR HOUSING LEVEE DOESDOES AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OF COURSE, BUT THAT GOES PRIMARILY 0 TO 30% AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IS A MISSING -- IT'S A MISSING COMPONENTS OF THE -- OF THE HOUSING TYPES THAT SEATTLE SUPPORTS TO THE SAME LEVEL AS OTHER HOUSING TYPES. AND SO GO AHEAD NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY, THAT IS THE LAST ONE. SO MY POINT IS SIMPLY THAT, AGAIN, IT DOES RAISE QUITE A BIT OF COGNITIVE DISSONANCE FOR ME TO BE GOING AGAINST THE MARITIME COMMUNITY AND ALSO THE UNION THAT IS REPRESENTING THE WORKERS THEMSELVES. I DECIDED TO DO SO BECAUSE THE -- HERE WE ARE GOING TO BE UPDATING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE FACING A LOT OF OPPOSITION FROM PEOPLE WHO FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT HOUSING DOES NOT BELONG IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. TO ME THE STADIUM DISTRICT FEELS MORE LIKE DOWNTOWN THAN THE HEAVILY INDUSTRIAL AREAS TO THE SOUTH, AND SO THAT IS WHY I'M GIVING THIS ANOTHER GO AND PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THE -- THE PROPONENTS TO ADDRESS COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A DECISION GOING FORWARD. SO JUST ONE FINAL THOUGHT. I HEAR YOU ABOUT THE IMPACTIMPACT FREIGHT MOBILITY IN THE AREA, BUT WHAT STRUCK ME WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE FINAL LEGISLATION HAVE WHAT THE FINAL ALTERNATIVE INCLUDED. ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT IS THAT PART OF THE REZONE OF THE INDUSTRIAL LANDS THAT HAPPENED IN 2023 DID CREATE AN INDUSTRY AND INNOVATION ZONE WHERE 160- FOOT TOWERS ARE PERMITTED. AND WHAT WAS IN MY MIND AT THAT POINT IS THAT WILL BRING A LOT OF VEHICLES TO THE AREA AS WELL. AND IN ADDITION, I UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT IT IS A HARD FELT AND ENDURING PHILOSOPHY OF LONGSHORE AND THE PORT TO OPPOSE ANY NET LOSS OF INDUSTRIAL LANDS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I HEAR THAT. BUT 11 -- THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO THIS LEGISLATION, AMENDMENT 12, WHICH REMOVED A WHOLE BLOCK TO THE NORTH AND BALLARD AND THAT AREA. THAT MADE ME FEEL THAT LOSS OF INDUSTRIAL LAND WAS BEING APPLIED INCONSISTENTLY, AND SO THAT LED ME TO ALSO THE DESIRE TO PUT FORWARD AN AMENDMENT, WHICH I THEN TOOK AWAY BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO RUIN THE WHOLE COMPLETION OF THE LEGISLATION. WHAT I AM DOING RIGHT NOW IS TRYING TO EXPLAIN MY THINKING. IT MIGHT NOT GO OVER VERY WELL, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I DID LOOK AT THESE ISSUES, AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME TO MIND BACK THEN WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE INDUSTRIAL LANDS LEGISLATION. ALL RIGHT, MOVINGEN TO SOMEBODY ELSE TO TALK -- >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MY QUESTIONS. >> GO AHEAD. >> FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFING. FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IN ALL THE SERIES OF QUESTIONS FOR THE BRIEFING, FIRST I WANT TO SAY IS THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT'S COME HERE TODAY. AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, I DO SUPPORT LABOR. I SUPPORT LABOR AND ITS ABILITY TO COME TOGETHER, TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, AND TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD AND TO NEGOTIATE TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITIES. AND THAT IS FOR WHETHER IT'S ON THIS SIDE OR ON THIS SIDE OF THE CHAMBER, AND THIS SIDE AND THIS SIDE GEOGRAPHY, TOO. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY I THINK THAT POINT IS KEY. AND I WOULD ALSO ADD AS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ALT PLAN 5 GUY, MY POSITION ON THAT COMPARED TO WHAT IT COULD BE, WILL IT TURN INTO JOBS THAT WILL DWARF -- PROJECTS THAT WILL DWARF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE? SO WE ALSO SHOULD KEEP THE BIG PICTURE IN THE SENSE THAT MY POSITION ON THIS IS PRETTY CLEAR. BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE UNION REPS ON MY LEFT, I DO SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE DOING. BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES HERE, AND ALSO PLEASE REMEMBER LIKE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THE AMOUNT OF BUILDING, THE AMOUNT OF WORK IS GOING TO DWARF THE TOPIC THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. SOMEBODY CALLED IT A SPOT REZONE. I WANTED TO SAY THAT UP FRONT BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE IT'S A CHALLENGING PIECE. AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IF YOU GO TO WHERE -- IF YOU GO TO DISTRICT 2, JUST AS A QUICK NOTE BECAUSE WE WERE AT AN EVENT TOGETHER LAST NIGHT, I THINK OUR CITY NEEDS TO HAVE UPDATED PS BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE A DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY COUNCIL. PERHAPS WE COULD WORK DOWNTOWN AREAS, CAPITAL "D" DOWNTOWN AS OPPOSED TO COMMERCIAL CORP, AND I'LL PASS YOU ONE OF THESE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY COUNCIL. RELATED TO PAGE 3, FIRST IS I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ATTENTION ON THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, BUT IN A LOT OF WAYS THE "F" REALLY SHOULD STAND FOR FLAWED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT DIDN'T REALLY ADDRESS SOME OF THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES. SO THAT'S POINT ONE ON THIS SLIDE. AND, YES, REGARDING THE BULLET 3 THAT HOUSING WOULD BE AVAILABLE WITH THE PROHIBITIONS IN PLACE, THE 200 FEET PROHIBITION, WHICH WE KNOW IS IMPORTANT FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE PORT BUT PRACTICAL THINGS LIKE OUR CONTINUATION TO REACH OUR EMISSION ZERO GOALS. AND BULLET 4, ANYWHERE EXCEPT IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT. WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE OF UNIQUE FACTORS HERE. AS NOTED ON SLIDE 5, YES, SPOT REZONE. AND I APPRECIATE THE PICTURES PARTICULARLY FIRST AVENUE SOUTH. THAT'S PROBLEMATIC IN THE SENSE OF THE CONFLICT THAT'S GOING TO CREATE RELATED TO THE HEAVY HAUL NETWORK AND THE MAJOR TRUCK ROUTES. I JUST WANTED TO MOVE TO THE -- TO NUMBERS 9 AND 10. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS HERE -- I FIND IT INTERESTING FOR THESE SLIDES, BASICALLY 8, 9, AND 10 BASICALLY. AS SOMEONE WHO'S SERVED ON THE QUEEN ANNE COUNCIL, WE GOT A LITTLE OF REPRIEVE. PIER 86, ALL THE TRAFFIC ISSUES WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, AND THAT IMPACTS THE OPERATIONS. THAT ALSO ENCOURAGES THE PUSH BACK AND PUTS UNDER RISK THOSE AREAS LIKE PIER 86, PIER 91. AND WE GET THESE PIECES. TRUST ME AS SOMEONE WHO'S SERVED ON THE QUEEN ANNE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, WE'VE HEARD IT OFTEN IN TERMS OF THAT. THOSE EXAMPLES IN A LOT OF WAYS SHOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE REGARDING RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US, AND THAT IS A MAJOR CONCERN. AND, YOU KNOW, OF THE 11 LOCATIONS ON SLIDE 14, FIVE OF THEM ARE WITHIN DISTRICT 7, AND YES, INCREASE HOUSING BUT INCREASED TRAFFIC. AND THAT INCREASED TRAFFIC IMPACTS OUR ABILITY NOT JUST FOR THE PORTS BUT FOR THE FREIGHT. THE IDEA AS WE WENT THROUGH THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN -- THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION LEVEE, THE IDEA OF THE FREIGHT PROGRAM, THE IDEA OF IT BEING A 15- MINUTE WALKABLE CITY, IT RELIES ON THE FREIGHT PROGRAM. AND THE FREIGHT PROGRAM IS IMPACTED BY ALL THESE -- I WOULD TAKE AWAY WEST LAKE, BUT AURORA IS BEING IMPACTED DEXTER DENNY WAY, AS I SAID GETTING TO THE WATER. IT'S NOT JUST THE PORT BUT EXPEDIA AND OTHER LOCATIONS, AND 15th AVENUE WEST. THE CONGESTION IS IMPACTING THE BUSINESS. IT'S IMPACTING THE FREIGHT PROGRAM. IT'S IMPACTING THE PORT. SO IN WAYS THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS PAST, CHRISTMAS FUTURE. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS BASICALLY PORTENDING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, AGAIN, JUST ACROSS FROM US. I GUESS THERE'S NOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW STATEMENTS. AND SO I'LL JUST END HERE ON PUBLIC SAFETY. AS CHAIR OF OF SAFETY, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE AS NOTED IN OUR EVENT LAST NIGHT WITH THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 10,000 RESIDENTS IN DOWNTOWN. I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN THE CID, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN PIONEER SQUARE. IF RESIDENTS WAS THE DETERMINING FACTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THOSE SHOULD BE THE THREE SAFEST PLACES IN THE CITY, BUT THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE NOT. YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES THEM SAFE? OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PLAN, OUR DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION PLAN THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE MAYOR. THAT'S WHAT CREATES A SAFE CITY. PUTTING PEOPLE IN SOTO, IT DOESN'T CREATE A SAFE CITY. I WILL SAY ONCE WE DO THE EFFORTS WITH THE DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION PLAN AND OUR EFFORTS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND ALL THOSE 11 MAJOR BILLS WE PASSED, THAT CREATES THE CONDITIONS SO RESIDENTS CAN ACTIVATE. BUT THAT'S PART 2 OF A TWO-STEP PROCESS, AND PART ONE IS WHAT CREATES PUBLIC SAFETY. HOUSING WILL NOT CREATE PUBLIC SAFETY. HOUSING WILL ASSIST IN THE GAINS TO IMPROVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY POSTURE. SO I WANT TO PUSH BACK ON THAT, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ARGUMENT FOR THIS. OTHERWISE LIKE I SAID THE CID, PIONEERS SQUARE, DOWNTOWN, BELLTOWN WOULD ALL BE SAFE RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS HAS JOINED THE COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUFF. COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS HAS JOINED THE COMMIT EIN PERSON. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT? >> YES IN. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUST NOTING YOU EXCEEDED THE 10 MINUTES ALLOTTED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR PERMISSION IF ANY OF US GO OVER 10 MINUTES, WE HAVE THAT PRIVILEGE AS WELL. >> I WAS NOT TIMING COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE. WERE YOU? >> I WAS REFERRING TO YOUR STATEMENTS EARLIER. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> SIR, THIS IS NOT THE TIME. I WILL RETAIN MY PRIVILEGES TO GO THROUGH AND PRESENT WHY I AM DOING THIS, AND WE CAN GO FORWARD. IF YOU WANT THAT RULE APPLIED, THEN GOING FORWARD THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT -- I WOULD HATE TO ALWAYS HAVE TO BE TAKING OUT OUR CLOCKS TO TIME EACH OTHER. I'M SURE THAT THAT WOULD -- THAT WOULD JUST BE A LITTLE BIT UNSEEMLY. BUT I UNDERSTAND, IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT TO GO, GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU HAVE A POINT TO MAKE -- >> I DO. I'LL BREAK MY COMMENTS INTO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS. I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION TODAY. VERY CLEARLY I SUPPORT UNION BUILT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THIS PROJECT AND THE ZONING CONCEPTS, THEY HAVE SOME MERIT, AND THIS IS WHY THEY WERE INCLUDED IN INFACILITATED WORK THAT LASTED SIX YEARS IF YOU COUNT WERE OURK INCLUDED DURING THE PANDEMIC. ULTIMATELY IT WAS AGREED WE CHANGE INDUSTRIAL HOUSING ACROSS THE CITY AND THAT HOUSING IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT WAS A POISON PILL. YOU SAID THE CHAIR SAID THEMSELVES -- WELL, I'LL TAKE ANOTHER STEP BACK. IF THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT ON HOUSING IN THE STADIUM AREA, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL THAT CAME TO US TWO YEARS AGO, OR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED DURING THE COUNCIL PROCESS. AND I HEARD THE SPONSOR STATE DURING THIS MEETING THEIR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT IF THEY HAD RUN THIS BILL OR THIS AMENDMENT DURING THAT PROCESS, IT WOULD HAVE BLOWN UP THE WHOLE DEAL FOR ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY. SO WHY ARE WE HERE AGAIN LESS THAN TWO YEARS LATER WITHOUT A STAKEHOLDER PROCESS? I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THE PRESENTATION TODAY, AND I ALSO WONDER WHY IT IS NOT A BALANCED COMMITTEE TABLE WITH ALL SIDES REPRESENTED. I'LL CLOSE FOR THIS MOMENT, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK TO SOME THINGS IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT I I ALSO HEARD THE SPONSORS SPEAK ABOUT 142 MILES OF FREIGHT ROUTES THROUGH OUR CITY THAT ARE NEAR HOUSING, AND NONE OF THEM ARE THE DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PORT AND I- 90 AND I-5. I'VE ALSO HEARD STATEMENTS TODAY THAT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD NOT IMPACT THE PORT. I CAN TELL YOU TODAY THERE ARE IMPACTS ON THE PORT WITHOUT THIS PROPOSAL, AND THOSE HAVE TO BE MITIGATED. THAT'S WHY COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA INCLUDED SO MUCH MONEY IN THE FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION LEVEE. THAT'S WHY I THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY AMENDMENT TO SPECIFICALLY CONNECTING THE PORT TO I- 90 AND I-5. SPONSOR MENTIONED BURKE GILLMAN TRAIL AND NOT WANTING TO PUT IT ON SHELL SHOAL YET VOTING AGAINST THE PROPOSAL TO PUT IT ON MARKET AND WEARY. I'LL END THESE COMMENTS RIGHT NOW IN JUST SAYING THE FACILITATED STAKEHOLDER WORK GROUP STARTED BEFORE I WAS ELECTED. IT WAS AT THAT TIME COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRUCE HARRELL NOW IN OFFICE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT -- BRUCE HARRELL HAS BEEN IN OFFICE LONGER THAN I HAVE, AND OTHER THAN THAT I AM THE LONGEST CONSECUTIVE SERVING MEMBER SERVING IN SEATTLE. AND THIS PROCESS HAS TAKEN LONGER THAN I'VE BEEN ELECTED. AND SO, AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK. THE CONVERSATION HAS MERIT. THERE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE WE CAN TAKE IT UP, AND THAT'S ADDRESSING THE COAST GUARD SITUATION AT THE PORT. THAT'S ENSURING THAT WE KNOW HOW T-46 IS GOING TO BE USED, UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE WASKA SITE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ENSURING THE CARGO CAN MOVE FROM THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND ONTO I- 90 AND I-5 WITHOUT BEING DELAYED. THERE ARE OTHER PORTS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH THAT COULD JUST AS EASILY TAKE THIS TRAFFIC AND IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF THEY START TAKING OUR CARGO BECAUSE I- 90 THAT CONNECTS SEATTLE TO THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA AND TO BOSTON CAN'T GET THROUGH THAT LAST HALF MILE TO THE END TO MEET THE PORT. I WILL WRAP UP RIGHT NOW. I'M STILL UNDER 10 MINUTES. >> 10 MINUTES ARE ACTUALLY DESIGNED FOR WHEN THERE'S AN ACTUAL MOTION ON THE TABLE. I'VE NOT MOVED THIS LEGISLATION, SO GO AHEAD. >> IT'S BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD. I'M PRETTY CONCERNED HERE. >> I UNDERSTAND. >> AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROCESS. WHEN THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDER WAS SENT TO COUNCIL, IT WAS SENT AT THE END OF THE COUNCIL BRIEFING THAT IT WAS INTRODUCED. COMMENT WAS LIMITED DURING THAT COUNCIL BRIEFING. AND CHAIR, WHEN I WAS SPEAKING ON THIS TOPIC DURING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONVERSATION, IT WAS ATTEMPTED TO LIMIT MY SPEECH. AND SO I HAVE GREAT CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROCESS. I HAVE GREAT CONCERNS ABOUT THE THROUGH PUT WITHOUT THIS PROPOSAL. AND LET ME BE CLEAR, I HAVE GREAT CONCERNS ABOUT THE THROUGH PUT WITHOUT THIS PROPOSAL ON THE I-90 -- >> NOTED. I AM GOING TO ASK THAT YOU WRAP UP SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTERS, PLEASE. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION, AND I APPRECIATE A BALANCED STAKEHOLDER WORK GROUP TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS WORK. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ONE COULD ARGUE THAT THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS AND THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD BEFORE THE VOTE ON THIS LEGISLATION ALSO LACKED A BIT OF BALANCE, THAT IT HAS BEEN NOTED AS WELL. AT SOME POINT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WHY YOU REMOVED INDUSTRIAL LAND FROM THE BENMIC AND THEN CHANGED IT INTO RESIDENTIAL. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE ALL SAYING HERE IS THE IMPORTANCE OF INDUSTRIAL LANDS, AND THE REASON THAT THIS WAS NOT PUT FORWARD AS AN AMENDMENT DURING THE FINAL VOTE IS THAT YOU HAVE DISCOURAGED AMENDMENTS AT THE VOTES OF FULL COUNCIL. SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I JUST PULLED OUT OF A HAT RIGHT NOW. THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROPONENTS HAVE BEEN ONGOING SINCE THEN. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. MONTY, WOULD YOU PLEASE LIKE TO BEGIN SPEAKING? YOU'RE UP. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR TIME. ONCE AGAIN MY NAME IS MONTY ANDERSON. I REPRESENT ABOUT 20,000 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HERE IN KING COUNTY. THIS DEVELOPMENT OF THIS MAKERS ZONE IS CRITICAL. WE HAVE A HUGE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY HERE, AND I'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS -- I'VE BEEN A PART OF LABOR FOR 35 YEARS NOW. AND ONE OF THE OLDEST TRICKS YOU CAN DO IS MAKE IT A -- THIS IS AN EITHER/OR CHOICE. I'VE SEEN THAT FOR YEARS ABOUT -- I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PROJECTS I'VE SPOKEN ON, AND THAT IS AN OLD TRICK YOU BRING OUT. YOU TRY TO SAY WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, AND THEN TRY TO DEMONIZE ONE UNION OVER ANOTHER. WE'VE BEEN TO THIS SHOW BEFORE. I REPRESENT HUNDREDS OF WORKERS AT THE PORT. IT WOULD BE AGAINST MY MORAL AND FIRST MY DUTY OF FAIR REPRESENTATION TO DO ANYTHING I THOUGHT WOULD HARM THEM. I'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS THING ALSO. WE ALL HAVE. AND THE FACTS BEAR OUT EXACTLY WHY WE'RE HERE. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THIS MAKES SENSE. IT'S ALREADY BEEN PENCILLED OUT. WE'VE TALKED WITH -- I'VE TALKED WITH EVERYBODY AD NAUSEAM THE LAST 18 MONTHS AT THE PORT, AT THE TRUCK PEOPLE. I'VE MET WITH -- THE SEATTLE COUNCIL. I'VE MET WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, WITH THE CID. I WORKED WITH TANYA WU AT THE TIME WHEN SHE WAS HERE ALSO. EVERYBODY SAYS THE SAME THING. GEE, MONTY, WE WANT TO DO IT, BUT WHAT'S NEXT? WHAT IF WE BUILD A MARINA? WHAT IF WE GET OFFSHORE WIND? EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO THIS THING. EVERYBODY KNOWS THE GIG. IT'S JUST DELAY, DELAY, DELAY. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT? >> IF YOU DELAY IT ENOUGH, SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS PROJECT. IT CREATES A LOT OF JOBS, AND IT ALSO SETS A PRECEDENT FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN-HOUSING. YOU KNOW, WE TOOK A LOT OF TIME PASSING THAT HOUSING LEVEE, BUT THERE'S STILL NOT ENOUGH MONEY. THIS IS PRIVATE INVESTMENT. SOMEONE IS GOING TO TAKE THEIR OWN MONEY AND SUBSIDIZE HOUSING FOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE AND IN THE MEANTIME KEEP IT AFFORDABLE FOR 75 YEARS AND HELP THE MAKERS OUT AND HAVE A ZONE WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY LIVE AND WORK AND CREATE GENERATIONAL WEALTH. AND THE ONLY ARGUMENT THAT WE HAVE ABOUT IT IS THE BOOGEYMAN THAT SOMEDAY THAT'S ALL GOING TO FALL APART AND NOBODY'S GOING TO -- AND THE WATERFRONT'S GOING TO SHUTDOWN. I BROUGHT UP THE FACT I WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING THAT I THOUGHT OR ANYBODY PRESENTED TO ME IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT OR SLOW DOWN JOBS AT THE PORT. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO HERE. WE SIT ON MANY THINGS TOGETHER, AND THOSE ACCUSATIONS I GET IT WHEN PEOPLE ARE FED LINES TO READ. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. I MEAN, WE ALL DO THAT. I HEAR SOME TALKING POINTS. BUT I'M TELLING YOU AS THE FACT OF REPRESENTING 20,000 WORKERS HERE AND WORKERS AT THE PORT, THIS MAKES SENSE. AND TO THIS DAY NOBODY HAS SHOWN ME THAT IT DOESN'T, SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE FOR TAKING THE TIME. >> EXCUSE ME, MR. ANDERSON. COUNCIL PRESIDENT? >> THANK YOU. >> YOU CAN FINISH YOUR COMMENTS, IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO SIR MONTY. GO AHEAD. >> MR. ANDERSON, A LOT OF WHAT I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE SAYING, BUT YOU'RE ALSO NOTING THE TRICKS AND THIS OR WHATEVER. ONE COULD HAD INFER FROM THAT YOU'RE ASSOCIATING THAT WITH THE COUNCIL, THAT YOU'RE ASSOCIATING THAT WITH ME. AND I WILL SAY I'M A RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER WHO HAS DECADES OF SERVICE AS A NAVAL OFFICER, AN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY EXPERT, UNDERSTANDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE, MARITIME TRADE. MY POSITION ON THIS EVEN WHEN I WAS A CANDIDATE WHEN MY NORTH STAR WAS FROM THAT EXPERIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DIRTY TRICKS OR THESE KIND OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE INSINUATING. SO IF YOU CAN, PLEASE EXEMPT THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM THAT BECAUSE MY POSITION ON THIS WAS -- BY THE WAY, AS A NAVAL OFFICER I ALSO HAVE A COAST GUARD CHIEF OF STAFF, FORMER COAST GUARD. THAT IS WHERE THAT COMES FROM. THIS IDEA I'M GETTING TALKING POINTS AND I'M JUST MOUTHING THESE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE IMPUGNING IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE, AND I WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT CLEAR. I'M A RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER. THAT DRIVES MY STUDIES, MY ECONOMIC BACKGROUND, THAT DRIVES MY POSITION. MY POSITION ON QUEEN ANNE COMMUNITY COUNCIL IN TERMS OF LOCAL HERE IN SEATTLE, THAT DRIVES MY POSITION. I'M NOT BEING A MOUTHPIECE FOR ANYBODY THAT'S OUT HERE, AND I JUST WANT TO MY MAKE MY POINT CLEAR BECAUSE THE WAY YOU PRESENTED IT, ONE CAN INFER THAT'S WHEN POINT YOU'RE MAKING. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND SINCE YOU'RE INTELLIGENT AND SMART AND I'M JUST A STUPID MEXICAN CONSTRUCTION WORKER, I'LL -- >> THAT IS WRONG. >> OKAY. >> MR. ANDERSON, MR. ANDERSON -- MR. ANDERSON, STOP. YOU KNOW, STOP. THAT LAST POINT -- THAT LAST POINT, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? TODAY IS THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF MY MOTHER COMING TO AMERICA. MY FATHER CAME THREE MONTHS BEFOREHAND, $80 IN HIS POCKET. HE WAS A WELDER. WHAT? >> MY GRANDPARENTS CAME HERE AS IMMIGRANT FRUIT PICKERS AND THEY STILL ARE, AND THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE YOU HAD THE GALL TO ASK ME IF I CARED ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN EASTERN WASHINGTON AND SPOKANE. THOSE WERE YOUR WORDS ABOUT MIGRANT FRUIT PICKERS. SO THE IDEA THAT YOU THINK THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE -- YOU SAID IT FIRST. >> I ASK PEOPLE TO -- LET'S STOP THIS PEOPLE INTERRUPTING OTHER PEOPLE AND HAVE RESPECT AND CIVILITY, OKAY? SO PAUSE. >> I APOLOGIZE. >> I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'M JUST CONCERNED -- PERHAPS I'M JUST GOING TO SUGGEST, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS, BUT A 5- MINUTE RECESS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF HEATED CONVERSATION THAT'S GONE BACK AND FORTH, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, RESPECTFUL TO THE PANELISTS WHO HAVE COME HERE BEFORE US TODAY, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE WE NEED A LEVEL SET. SO JUST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> HOW DO PEOPLE FEEL ON THE TABLE? I WILL -- WOULD YOU PREFER TO -- OKAY, LET'S -- AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY IT IS UNCLEAR TO ME WHEN I WAS HEARING MONTY'S COMMENTS WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS REALLY SPEAKING OF COMMENTS THAT CAME FROM PREVIOUS PUBLIC COMMENT AND NOT DIRECTLY TO YOU. SO IT -- SO LET'S MOVE ON, TAKE A DEEP BREATH, EVERYBODY, AND PROCEED. IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MR. ANDERSON, YOU'RE WELCOME TO ASK. GO AHEAD, ANDREA, PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANDREA PORTER. I'M THE SEATTLE MADE AT THE NON- PROFIT BUSINESS GOOD NETWORK. SEATTLE MADE IS NETWORK OF NEARLY 700 LOCAL MADE MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES PRODUCING RIGHT HERE IN THE SEATTLE. WE SUPPORT THE SEATTLE MAKERS DISTRICT. SEATTLE MADE BUSINESSES INCLUDE BREWERS, CHOCOLATIERS, FASHION DESIGNERS JEWELRY ARTISANS, GLASS BLOWERS AND ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF THAT IS MADE LOCALLY HERE IN THE CITY. 70% OF OUR MEMBERSHIP IS WOMEN MANY WITH FIVE EMPLOYEES OR LESS. THESE BUSINESSES EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL OWNERSHIP AND EMPLOYMENT. THEY BUILD OUR REGION'S LONG-TERM RESILIENCY. THEIR PRODUCTS AND BUSINESSES SHOWCASE SEATTLE'S UNIQUE CULTURAL IDENTITY. I HEAR WEEKLY ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF MANUFACTURING IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. ONE OF THE TOP CHALLENGES IS THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE PRODUCTION SPACE. WE SEE TWO TO THREE SEATTLE MADE MEMBER BUSINESSES LEAVE SEATTLE MONTHLY TO RELOCATE SOMEWHERE ELSE MORE AFFORDABLE. THEY DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE THE CITY, BUT THEY FEEL COMPELLED TO LOCATE ELSEWHERE IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY SCALE THEIR BUSINESSES. AS WE LOSE THESE BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY WE ARE LOSING THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE HOPE YOU'LL KEEP THEM TOP OF MIND AS YOU CONSIDER THIS PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE -- FOR MY COLLEAGUES? I RECEIVED I BELIEVE IT WAS AN E- MAIL FROM YOU A LONG TIME AGO ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY OF MAKERS DEFINED SPACE, AND I DID USE A QUOTE, I THINK, FROM A PREVIOUS COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAD THAT TWO OR THREE PER MONTH THAT ARE LEAVING SEATTLE. CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? >> YEAH, IT'S NOT THAT THEY ARE CLOSING THEIR BUSINESSES. THEY JUST CAN'T FIND THE RIGHT SPACES HERE. THEY CAN'T FIND -- THEY'LL EITHER FIND VERY, VERY LARGE SPACES THAT THEY CAN'T POSSIBLY AFFORD OR THESE VERY MICRO- SMALL SPACES. SO THIS SORT OF PROPOSAL CREATES A COMMUNITY, CREATES SPACE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO STAY. THEY CAN ALSO SHARE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS HUGE. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE ARE FOUR WINERIES AND THEY'RE ALL GOING TO SHARE THE SAME SORT OF MACHINE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO EACH FOUR INDIVIDUALLY HAVE THESE FOUR DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO THEIR BUSINESS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN BRINGING THESE SMALL BUSINESSES TOGETHER IN ONE AREA OF TOWN SO THEY CAN SHARE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, SHARE THE RESOURCES, SUPPORT EACH OTHER. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS JOB TEN YEARS AGO WE WERE HAVING NEW BUSINESSES LAUNCH EVERY MONTH, AND NOW WE'RE SEEING A DOWNWARD TREND. THE CITY IS CHANGING, AND WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SAS FOR THESE MAKERS IN THE CITY. >> THANKS FOR THAT COMMENT. I DO HAVE TO SAY A BIT OF MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE TRYING TO FIND A MANUFACTURING SITE IN SEATTLE WAS WHAT -- WHAT REALLY DID MOTIVATE MY INTEREST IN THIS PROPOSAL AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ONTO WHAT THE -- ONE QUESTION, LIZANNE, I DID ASK YOU HERE IF I HAVE MISREPRESENTED ANY OF THE FACTS THAT YOU AND I HAVE WORKED THROUGH OR WHAT'S IN THE DOCUMENTS. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION? >> ONE THING, I GUESS, THAT I WOULD NOTE. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE ISSUES. IN A FORMER LIFE I HAD DIRECTOR QUIRINDONGO'S JOB AND HEADED PUP THE SEATTLE OF CITY THE STRATEGIC PLANNING DEPARTMENT, HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THESE ISSUES FOR SOME TIME. MORE RECENTLY THE LAST 6 1/2 YEARS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER -- A SUPPORTER FOR US. I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SMALL AREA, ESSENTIALLY TWO BLOCKS IMMEDIATELY FROM T- MOBILE PARK FROM EDWARD MARTINEZ DOWN TO HOLGATE FROM FIRST AVENUE SOUTH AND OCCIDENTAL. OTHER THAN WASKA, THAT'S THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY ZONE FOR US TO DO ANYTHING LEFT IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING OVER THE TRACK IN THE NORTH EASTERN SECTION. CAN'T DO MUCH ON THE WESTERN SIDE BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN 200 FEET OF A SHORELINE. THAT AREA HAS BEEN ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL SINCE THE YEAR 2000. THERE HAS BEEN FOR THE MOST PART BEEN ALMOST NO INDUSTRY LEFT IN THOSE TWO BLOCKS NEXT TO THE BASEBALL PARK FOR DECADES. IT'S, AS YOU'VE SEEN FROM THE PHOTOS, IT'S A LOT OF VACANT BUILDINGS AND DETERIORATING WAREHOUSES AND VACANT LOTS. OTHER THAN SOME GOOD DEVELOPMENT ON FIRST AVENUE. SO IT'S -- IT'S A TRANSITION ZONE. AND OUT OF THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS WAS BORNE THE URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE OUT OF RECOMMENDATIONS NUMBER 7 AND NUMBER 8, OUT OF THOSE 11 STRATEGIES THAT WERE AGREED UPON WAS BORNE THE URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE. HOUSING WAS THE UNDERPINNING OF THIS NEW URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE. THE STADIUM DISTRICT IS AS OF TODAY URBAN INDUSTRIAL. WE ARE LISTED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS URBAN INDUSTRIAL. WE WERE TOLD WAIT FOR THE EIS TO BE CONDUCTED. WE DID THAT. THE EIS WENT UNCHALLENGED, IT WAS NOT APPEALED. AND THE EIS SAID THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN IT LEVEL OF TRAFFIC, NO ECHANGE IN TRAVEL TIMES IF ANY HOUSING WITHIN 190 UNITS IS ADDED TO THE STADIUM DISTRICT. SO IF WE TRUST THE TRANSPORTATION EXPERTS THE BURKE CONSULTING THAT DID THAT EIS THEY SAID THE LEVEL OF TRAFFIC WILL REMAIN A LEVEL "C. " THE TRAFFIC TIMES WILL BE 11 TO 12 MINUTES. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IF WE ADD 990 UNITS OF HOUSING. THAT'S WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION EXPERTS CONCLUDED. IT WAS IN THE EIS. AND JUST THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IN TERMS OF PROCESS, THE PUBLISHED PREFERRED RECOMMENDATION FROM THE MAYOR INCLUDED UP TO 990 UNITS OF HOUSING IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT. YES, IT DID GET YANKED IN THE LEGISLATION THAT WENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. UNBEKNOWNST TO A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE STAKEHOLDERS PART OF THAT PROCESS. IT WAS WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE AND WITHOUT OUR CONSENT. AND IT WAS FRANKLY THE 11th HOUR WE WERE INFORMED THE DEAL WE THOUGHT WE HAD -- WHICH WE HAD BEEN TOLD WE HAD THE 990 UNITS WE HAD IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT WAS TAKEN OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE. EVERYTHING WAS SET, YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN THE COMP PLAN, WHICH BACK IN A YEAR, AND GET THE ZONING CHANGE YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY ENACT THE HOUSING THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY TOLD YOU YOU COULD HAVE. SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE PARTICIPATED IN THAT PROCESS IN GOOD FAITH, AND AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE WE'RE TOLD THE TIMING IS A LITTLE SENSITIVE NOW, TABLE'S BEEN SET, YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED IN THE COMP PLAN, YOU'RE ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF HAVING URBAN INDUSTRIAL, JUST GO BACK TO URBAN HOUSING TO SEAL THE DEAL. >> THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT -- >> NO, I AM GOING TO -- >> A QUESTION. >> I AM GOING TO PROCEED WITH THE -- YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL AFTERWARDS, BUT I WOULD LIKE KETIL TO GO FORWARD AND PRESENT COMMENTS THAT COULD ALUCIDATE SOME QUESTIONS COLLEAGUES MIGHT HAVE. >> KETIL FREEMAN. I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CURRENT REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS JUST TO SORT OF SET THE STAGE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT COUNCIL BILL 120933 WOULD DO. THE STADIUM TRANSITION AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT WAS CREATED IN 2000 JUST TO DEMYSTIFY SOME TERMS HERE. AN OVERLAY DISTRICT IS A DISTRICT THAT OVERLAYS AN UNDERLYING SET OF ZONING. TYPICALLY OVERLAY DISTRICTS ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE. AN EXAMPLE OF AN OVERLAY DISTRICT THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS ON THE SHORELINES IS THE SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM. I SEE THAT WE ARE -- I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO FIX THAT. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK -- TYPICALLY OVERLAY DISTRICTS ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE AS IS THE CASE HERE WITH THE STADIUM TRANSITION AREA OVER LAY DISTRICT. NEW INDUSTRIAL ZONES WERE CREATED AND MAPPED IN 2023. THE RESULTS OF THE 2023 AMENDMENTS FOR THE STADIUM TRANSITION AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT FOR SOME NEW ZONE DESTINATIONS, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE BUT ALSO ALLOWING LODGING USES, INCREASING THE FLOW RATIO FOR ALLOWED USES, INCREASING STREET LEVEL USES FOR FLOOR AREA RATIO CALCULATIONS, WHICH IS A TECHNIQUE TO ENCOURAGE THOSE USES TO BE AT THE STREET LEVEL AND PROHIBITING A MAJOR STREET WITHIN 200 FEET OF A TRUCK STREET. AND THAT APPLIES WITH THE UNDERLYING URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A MINUTE. UNDERLYING ZONING, URBAN INDUSTRIAL YOU CAN SEE SOME MARITIME MANUFACTURING LOGISTICS ZONE DESTINATION UP IN THE NORTH WEST CORNER. AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED IT'S ESSENTIALLY A TRANSSITIONING ZONE THE PIONEER SQUARE DISTRICT COMES DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE THERE, FIRST AVENUE SOUTH. THE URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE, HERE'S SORT OF AN IMAGE OF THE INTENDED USES IN THE URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE. THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE WITHIN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, TRANSITION ZONE ALLOWING A MIX OF USES INCLUDING REZ DENGS SIDENTIAL USES INCLUDING WHICH IS NEW. SO THIS IS, AGAIN, NOT A DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED BILL BUT CURRENT REGULATION. SO IN THE URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE, NOT SPEAKING OF THE URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE WITH THE STADIUM TRANSITION AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT -- HOUSING COULD BE ALLOWED AS A ADMINISTRATIVE CONDITIONAL USE, AS A DISCRETIONARY DECISION MADE BY THE STI DIRECTOR PERMITTED IF ALL THE CONDITIONS ARE MET. THERE'S A LONG LIST OF CONDITIONS. THESE ARE NOT ALL OF THE CONDITIONS. YOU CAN FIND THEM ON PAGE 2 AND 3 OF THE MEMO, WHICH IS PART OF YOUR PACKET. THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS INCLUDED TO MITIGATE SORT OF THE CONFLICTS OF USE INCLUDING SOUND, INSULATING AND AIR- CONDITIONING, CUV KNTS FUTURE OWNERS AND LAND USE COULD APPRISE THEMSELVES OF SO THEY WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THERE ARE LIMITS NEXT TO THEM. AND ALSO LIMITATIONS ON PROXIMITY TO THE SHORELINE AND ALSO PROXIMITY TO MAJOR TRUCK STREETS. SO THROUGHOUT THE URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE, HOUSING WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED WITHIN 200 FEET OF A MAJOR TRUCK STREET. THAT IS THE CONDITIONING THAT HAS TO BE MET TO ALLOW HOUSING. SO COUNCIL BILL 120933, WHAT WOULD IT DO? IT WOULD MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THE OVERLAY DISTRICT. SO THERE'S SOME REGULATIONS THAT APPLY TO THE OVERLAY DISTRICT. IT WOULD AMEND THOSE REGULATIONS TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN. THE BILL WOULD LIMIT -- WOULD REMOVE THE PROHIBITION ON RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN THE TRANSITION AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT. IT WOULD ALSO REMOVE THE LIMITATION ON HOUSING WITHIN 200 FEET OF MAJOR TRUCK STREETS, BUT OTHERWISE HOUSING WOULD BE PERMITTED IF IT MET ALL THE OTHER CONDITIONAL USE CRITERIA THAT APPLY IN OTHER URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONES. LITTLE BIT HERE ABOUT NEXT STEPS. THIS IS LAND USE BILL, SO OF COURSE THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL PROCEDURAL FRICTION. THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 24th , WHICH MEANS A POSSIBLE VOTE COULD HAPPEN AS SOON AS FEBRUARY 27th. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. >> OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRECISE LEGISLATION? GO AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBER, SAKA. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU FOR THE CENTRAL STAFF HERE AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE PRESENTERS BEING HERE TODAY. APPRECIATE THE CENTRAL STAFF ANALYSIS HERE. WANT TO MOVE TO SLIDE 4, IF YOU MAY, PLEASE, WHERE IT JUST KIND OF HAS GOOD, SUCCINCT BULLET POINTS OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WOULD BE IMPOSED BY THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION HERE. THAT LAST BULLET UNDER THE REQUIRED HEADING, COVENANT STATING LETTING RESIDENTS KNOW THEY ARE AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. IS THAT A COVENANT THAT IS JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, OR -- AND WOULD THAT COVENANT RUN WITH THE LAND PERMANENTLY AND INDEFINITELY? AND AS TITLE PASSES OVER AND OVER IT WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN WITH THE LAND IN PERPETUITY? CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THAT COVENANT. >> THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES -- >> I'M A LAWYER, AND SO I CARE ABOUT THESE CUVDANT DETAILS. >> THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, AND I'LL JUST READ WHAT THE CONDITION IS. SO THIS IS A CONDITION THAT CURRENTLY APPLIES TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. SO THE OWNER OF A BUILDING SEEKING A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL USE MUST SIGN AND RECORD A COVENANT IN EQUITABLE SERVITUDE IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE DIRECTOR. THAT'S THE STIC DIRECTOR THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THE OWNER AND OCCUPANTS OF THE BUILDING ACCEPT THE INDUSTRIAL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AGREE EXISTING OR INDUSTRIAL PERMITTED USES DO NOT CONSTITUTE USES OR INAPPROPRIATE OR UNLAWFUL USE LAND. SUCH COVENANT IN ECWOULDABLE SERVITUDE MUST STATE IT IS BINDING ON THE OWNER, SUCCESSORS, HEIRS, INCLUDING LEASEES OF RESIDENTIAL USE. >> IS THAT DURATION IMPERPETUITY, INDEFINITELY? >> WHAT'S BEING DESCRIBED HERE IS SOMETHING RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERTY. SO IT WOULD BE THERE AS LONG AS IT'S RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERTY IN PERPETUITY. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANKS TO MR. KETIL FOR THE PRESENTATION. ALSO THANK YOU, EVERYONE, THAT YOU'RE HERE. TO BE CLEAR EARLIER REGARDING WHAT COULD BE INFERRED OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THERE'S COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE OPPOSED. FOR YOUR -- IT'S ACTUALLY MR. WHITSON'S CENTRAL STAFF MEMO. HE SAYS THE STADIUM DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A SAFE WHILE MINIMIZING CONFLICTS WITH INDUSTRIAL USES. AND THEN LATER HE SAID, HOWEVER, RESIDENTIAL USES WHICH MAY BE PERMITTED AS CONDITIONAL USES AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL ZONES ARE PROHIBITED IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT. IS THAT WHAT THE 200-FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT ACCOMPLISHES? >> NO, THIS IS ACTUALLY A STRAIGHT PROHIBITION AGAINST RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT. THE PROPOSAL WOULD ACTUALLY BE SOMEWHAT LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN THE CONDITIONAL USE CRITERIA IN OTHER URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONES BECAUSE THAT 200-FOOT LIMITATION WOULD NOT APPLY. >> WHY IS THE THE 200- FOOT RECOMMENDATION INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT OR INTO THE -- AND SO WHY DO WE HAVE THE 200- FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT? >> IT'S TO MITIGATE RESIDENTIAL IMPACTS ON HEAVY TRUCK USE AND ALSO SORT OF VICE VERSA? >> SO FOR THAT PURPOSE -- AND BY THE WAY, WE'LL HAVE THIS CHART FOR EVERYONE. THIS IS A GREAT CHART THAT SHOWS THE PORT, THAT SHOWS THE MAJOR TRUCK ROUTES, AND THE HEAVY HAUL NETWORK. AND EACH OF US IN THE COUNCIL WILL GET THIS. IT'S REALLY HELPFUL IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THAT POINT IN TERMS OF THE IMPACTS. I LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA'S QUESTION. AS YOU NOTED, THE -- WITH MR. WHITSON'S -- SORRY, HE'S NOT HERE, BUT YOU'RE REPRESENTING. THE MEMBERS OF THE BUILDING MUST SIGN AND RECORD A COVENANT AND EQUITABLE SERVITUDE ON A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE DIRECTOR THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THE OWNER, OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS OF THE BUILDING ACCEPT THE INDUSTRIAL CHARACTER OF THE BUILDING AND MEET THAT USES DO NOT CONSTITUTE A NUISANCE OR INAPPROPRIATE USE OF THE LAND. SUCH EQUITABLE SERVITUDE MUST STATE IT'S BINDING ON THE SUCCESSORS, HEIRS, INCLUDING ANY LESSEES OF THE RESIDENTIAL USE AND SO FORTH. I READ THAT, AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND THE CONTEXT I LIKE TO ASK THAT QUESTION IS MY FIRST OPERATIONAL TOUR WAS UP AT NAVAL AIR STATION WHEN WAS ASSIGNED BACK IN THE EARLY '90s. AS YOU KNOW EVERY DEED HAS A STATEMENT SIMILAR TO THIS THAT SAYS THERE'S AN AIR STATION, ALSO A PRACTICE FIELD ON THE ISLAND. YET HOUSING WAS PUT IN PLACE, AND NOW THERE'S LAWSUITS AGAINST THE NAVY, AGAINST THE DOD GENERALLY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. SO GIVEN THAT EXAMPLE, AND THERE'S MANY MORE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH MILITARY BASES ACROSS THE SERVICES, ACROSS IT COUNTRY, SHOULD WE EXPECT ANYTHING DIFFERENT HERE? SHOULD WE EXPECT LAWSUITS EVEN THOUGH THIS PIECE, THIS IS IN THE LEGISLATION RIGHT HERE? >> I'LL TAKE THAT QUESTION AS RHETORICAL. WE COULD DO A LITTLE BIT OF LOOKING. I THINK THERE'S A PLACE WHERE IN THE PAST THE CITY HAS HAD A SIMILAR REQUIREMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS REQUIREMENT WHEN SOME RESIDENTIAL USES WERE PERMITTED IN BENMIC AND THE INTERSECTION THERE WAS A SIMILAR REQUIREMENT THAT WENT ALONG WITH DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE BUILDINGS. WE COULD DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH TO SEE IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY LAWSUITS RELATED TO THE PROXIMITY THERE. >> THANK YOU. SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, THOUGH, WHY PEOPLE CAN, YOU KNOW, CONNECT THE DOTS BECAUSE THE DOTS HAVE BEEN CONNECTED IN SO MANY PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS IT RELATES TO THAT, THAT COVENANT POINT. AND SO, AGAIN, IT'S THE -- SEEING INTO THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE EXPECTED. AND WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK TO THE NORTH, NOT TOO FAR AWAY TO SEE THE IMPACTS OF THAT AND THE IMPACTS ON NAVAL OPERATIONS AND OUR DEFENSE. SO THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> CAN I ADD A POINT? >> GO AHEAD. >> I JUST WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES WE WORK WITH LIKE MANUFACTURING, THEY WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN BEING IN THESE HOUSING UNITS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE CLOSER TO THEIR BUSINESSES. SO BEING IN THESE INDUSTRIES THEY'RE AWARE OF THE SOUND THAT WILL BE OCCURRING. AND THE MORE WE CAN HAVE MORE OF THESE MANUFACTURING CLOSER TO THE MAKER SPACES, THE BETTER. SO I'LL JUST PUT THAT IN THERE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME AWARENESS OF WHAT THEY'RE MOVING INTO. >> AND I SEE YOUR HAND UP, COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO CONTINUE -- DID YOU HAVE ONE FINAL POINT ON THIS? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FOR RECOGNIZING ME. WHY DON'T WE FINISH WITH THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN I CAN ASK MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. >> GO AHEAD. ONE MOMENT. GO AHEAD, PLEASE SPEAK TO THE ISSUE THAT WAS BEING TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. >> I WOULD JUST ADD THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE 200- FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND MAJOR TRUCK STREETS IN THE MAYOR'S PUBLISHED PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE THAT WAS WAIVED IN RECOGNITION OF THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE STADIUM DISTRICT. THERE ARE 40,000- PLUS FANS NAVIGATING FIRST AVENUE SOUTH THERE FOR MARINERS GAMES. THERE ARE ALMOST 70- PLUS THOUSAND FANS FOR SEAHAWKS GAMES. THERE ARE EVENTS THERE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IT'S A HEAVILY USED PEDESTRIAN AREA. AND SOMEHOW WITH THOSE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEDESTRIANS IN THE AREA, IT WORKS. IT HAS NEVER SHUTDOWN THE PORT. SO IT'S RECOGNIZED AS BEING VERY UNIQUE. I WOULD ALSO JUST SAY ON COVENANTS THAT THE WAVE AND THE NOLO ARE EXAMPLES OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS RIGHT THERE ON THE NORTH PLOT OF LUMEN FIELD, AND THEY DID SIGN COVENANTS AND THEY DO COMPLAIN ABOUT STADIUM AND PORT ACTIVITIES. BUT THEY DID SIGN COVENANTS AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN TERMS OF NO LAWSUITS OR COMPLAINTS. >> OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS. I MEAN, ONE MOMENT PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA STILL HAS HER HAND UP. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> I'LL GO AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH ALL THE PRESENTATIONS. THE PANELISTS, I MEAN. THANK YOU. >> GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I REALLY APPRECIATED MONTY AND ANDREA AND LIZANNE, ALL THE THINGS YOU SAID. WHAT YOU SHARED IS WHY THERE'S MERIT IN THE CONVERSATION. THERE'S STILL THINGS WE HAVE TO DO. LIZANNE, YOU WERE SHARING SOMEONE FROM THE CITY HAD INDICATED TO YOU THAT INCLUDING HOUSING IN THE STADIUM AREA WAS NOT PART OF THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS SENT TO COUNCIL AND THAT YOU SHOULD COME BACK A YEAR LATER. I NEVER GAVE YOU THAT ADVICE. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE SHARING ON THE RECORD WHO GAVE YOU THAT ADVICE? BECAUSE IT SOUNDED THE WAY YOU PRESENTED IT, AND THERE'S NO FINGER POINTING HERE. THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED WAS THAT THAT WAS A DONE DEAL, THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE INDUSTRIAL MARITIME AND COME BACK IN A YEAR, AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS THE GENERAL -- THAT WASN'T MY UNDERSTANDING AT THE TIME. AND SO DID I SHARE THAT WITH YOU? >> NO. >> OKAY. >> IT WAS NOT YOU, BUT MANY PEOPLE AND IT WAS JUST NOT MYSELF. THERE WERE MANY, MANY FOLKS IN THAT STAKEHOLDER PROCESS THAT WERE TOLD THAT THE TABLE HAS BEEN SET, WE GAVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED IN THE COMP PLAN, COME BACK AT A LATER TIME FROM THE EXECUTIVE. BUT, NO, IT WAS NOT FROM YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS. >> THE ONLY REASON I ASK THAT ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE YEAR ASPECT IS I TOO -- >> I PLEASE ASK IF YOU CAN CONTINUE WITH YOUR QUESTIONING OF THE PANEL. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU'VE PROVIDED EVERYONE ELSE THAT SAME ABILITY TO CONTINUE THEIR CONVERSATION, AND I'M REQUESTING THE SAME OPPORTUNITY THAT EVERY OTHER ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER -- >> I WILL LET YOU ASK A QUESTION, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ONTO OUR LAST PRESENTATION, PLEASE. >> I'LL JUST SUM UP WITH SAYING I DON'T EVER REMEMBERING SAYING. WHAT I REMEMBER IS SAYING THERE'S MERIT TO THE CONVERSATION AND THERE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT NEED TO GO FORWARD BEFORE I'M COMFORTABLE WITH HOUSING IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT BECAUSE THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK BETWEEN THE PORT AND I- 90, IN MY OPINION, IS NOT WORKING TODAY MUCH LESS WITH ANY CHANGE. AND MR. ANDERSON, I UNDERSTAND YOUR ARGUMENT ABOUT PROCESS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT WEAPONIZED IN THE PAST, AND I UST AND PLEDGE TO YOU I'M NOT USING PROCESS IN THAT WAY. I'M TRYING TO GET US TO A COMPROMISE. >> IT COULD ALSO BE I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHERE NG PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT THEY ACTUALLY HEARD INFORMATION COULD BE VERY SENSITIVE, AND I WOULD ASK THAT WE ALSO RESPECT THOSE CONVERSATIONS. GO AHEAD. ARE THERE ANY OTHER -- OKAY. DIRECTOR OF OPCD, DO YOU WANT TO PLEASE TALK ABOUT PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT WHAT'S GOING ON THE EXECUTIVE SIDE AS THESE DOCUMENTS WERE BEING PREPARED AND THEN FORMING THE BASIS OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WE VOTED ON IN 2023? >> OF COURSE. IF WE WERE FINISHED WITH YOURS, KETIL. >>÷÷ YES, WE WERE. I WAS NOT LOOKING UP THERE BUT LOOKING AT THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF ME. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL. SO WHAT I WANTED TO START WITH WAS A REMINDER OF THE CONTEXT FOR THE LEGISLATION THAT YOU ALL PASSED IN JULY OF '23. SO WITH THE -- WELL, I JOINED THE CITY OF SEATTLE IN 2021 AND THE PROCESS THAT I WAS INTRODUCED TO AT THAT TIME AND THAT WE CONDUCTED FOR 2 1/2 YEARS WAS RELATED TO THE CREATION OF 11 CONSENSUS ITEMS WITH LARGE STAKEHOLDER GROUP OVER 60 ORGANIZATIONS. THAT'S BEEN REFERRED TO EARLIER. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE SLIDEX AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE DETAILS LATER. AS IT RELATES TO THE LEGISLATION PASSED THERE WERE 7 OF THE 11 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE LEGISLATION. SO THAT INCLUDED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE ACTION, STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL ZONED LANDS, HIGH DENSITY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTHY TRANSITION AREAS NEAR URBAN VILLAGES, NO NEW RESIDENTIAL USES, AND GEORGETOWN AND SOUTH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD GOALS AS WELL AS A MASTER -- AS WELL AS THE IDENTIFICATION OF A MASTER PLANNING PROCESS -- FUTURE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE WASKA AND ARMORY SITES. AND THE WASKA FUTURE MASTER PLANNING EFFORT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE STATE. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS JUST A SLIDE TO INDICATE WHAT THE CURRENT UNDERLAYING ZONING IS THAT WAS ADOPTED WITH THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED ON JULY OF '23. AND KETIL HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH THAT, SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. >> BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE DIAGRAM, THE INDUSTRY AND INNOVATION ZONE THAT I WAS REFERRING TO THAT DID HAVE VERY TALL TOWERS ALLOWED IN IT, THAT'S THE PURPLE AREA. I DID NOT HAVE THE BET OF THIS MAP FOR MY PRESENTATION. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> EXCELLENT. AND JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW THIS -- GO BACK TO THE SLIDE FOR A QUICK SECOND. ORIENTATION NORTH IS TO THE RIGHT. DIFFERENT FROM THE SLIDES WE WERE LOOKING AT BEFORE JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. SO THE URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE, THAT ADOPTED ZONING HAS A CRITERIA WHICH SAYS THAT FOR LIMITED HOUSING THAT MEET THE CRITERIA, THAT THERE CAN BE NO MORE THAN 50 UNITS PER ACRE, AND THAT ZONING HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND CAN BE FOUND IN NUMEROUS PARTS OF THE CITY, WHICH YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE THIRD BULLET. NEXT ONE. SO YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY SEEN THIS DIAGRAM, BUT THE FUNCTION AND PURPOSE OF THE URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE IS INTENDED TO POSTURE VIBRANT DISTRICTS THAT SUPPORT A MIX OF LOCAL MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION ARTS, AND THE ZONE ADVANCES THE STAKEHOLDER STRATEGY OF CREATING HEALTHY TRANSITIONS BETWEEN CORE INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND NONINDUSTRIAL AREAS. THIS IS A ZONE THAT DUE TO THE PROXIMITY TO NONINDUSTRIAL AREAS AND BUSINESSES COULD DRAW CUSTOMERS FROM ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS. IT INCLUDES PROGRESSES FOR SAFE MOVEMENT OF PEDESTRIANS AND FREIGHT. NEXT SLIDE. SO RELATED TO THE ZONING STANDARDS FOR URBAN INDUSTRIAL, THERE'S IDENTIFICATION OF ANCILLER USES AND ACCOMMODATION FOR LIMITED WORK HOUSING THAT CONDITIONS MUST BE MET IN ORDER TO DEVELOP WORK HOUSING INCLUDE THE 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE NOT WITHIN 200 FEET OF A SHORELINE, NOT WITHIN 200 FEET OF A MAJOR TRUCK STREET, AND MUST INCLUDEINCLUDE -- MUST BE EITHER LIVE/WORK HOUSING OR QUALIFY AS CARETAKER UNITS OR BE PROVIDED AS WORKFORCE HOUSING. NEXT SLIDE. SO RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT THAT WAS CONDUCTED FOR INDUSTRIAL AND MARITIME, THE EIS FOUND THAT HOUSING AS PROPOSED TO BE ALLOWED IN THE STADIUM AREA VIA THE AREA INDUSTRIAL ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS WOULD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY -- WOULD NOT CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. HAVING SAID THAT, THE ADOPTED LEGISLATION DOES NOT CURRENTLY ALLOW FOR HOUSING IN THE STADIUM TRANSITION AREA OVERLAY. LOOKING BACK AT SLIDE 2, WHICH IDENTIFIES THE CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS JUST AS A INFORMATION FOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE COUNCIL. AT THE END OF LAST YEAR THE CITY OF SEATTLE ENTERED INTO A SOUTH DOWNTOWN SEATTLE CROSS AGENCY INTERGOVERNMENTAL COLLABORATION AG THAT AGREEMENT IS SIGNED ONTO BY CITY OF SEATTLE, KENT COUNTY, PORT OF CITY, SAN TRANSIT TO CONTINUE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN SOUTH DOWNTOWN AND RELATED TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERATIONS AND LARGE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE ALL STEWARDING TOGETHER IN SOTO. AND SO I -- I -- IT'S A POSITIVE STEP FORWARD FOR US AS WE LOOK AT CONTINUED STEWARDSHIP OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE CONVENE FOR 2 1/2 YEARS AND CONTINUE TO WORK FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. SO WHAT I'M GATHERING -- THERE IS ONGOING PLANNING. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS -- WELL, ARE YOU SAYING IT'S NOT CONTEMPLATED TO HAVE HOUSING WHERE WE ARE PROPOSING IT? BUT YOU'RE ALSO REFERRING TO A LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S OWNED BY WASHDOT, THE WASKA SITE, ET CETERA, AND EXTENDS EVEN BEYOND THAT. SO THERE'S SOME QUESTION ABOUT HOW MUCH HOUSING GOING TO GO INTO THE AREA AND WHERE IT COULD GO, ET CETERA IN ADDITION? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? WHY DO YOU MENTION THAT? >> WITH REFERENCE TO THE AGREEMENT, THERE ARE A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW AND CONSIDERATIONS IN SOUTH DOWNTOWN THAT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF AND CROSS COORDINATE AND MAKE CERTAIN THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING WITHIN THE PUBLIC REALM IS IN CONSIDERATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS AND ALL OF THE MISSIONS OF OUR -- EACH OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES. SO THOSE INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF THE KING COUNTY CIVIC MASTER PLAN, PIER 48, PUBLIC RAIL IMPROVEMENTS, SOUTH DOWNTOWN HUB AND UNION STATION, SOUTH AMTRAK EXPANSION, SHORT AND LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS ON THIRD AVENUE, THE WASKA SITE REDEVELOPMENT. THE ZERO EMISSION UPDATES FOR THE METROBUS STATION -- OR THE METROBUS BASE AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES NEAR FUTURE LIGHT RAIL STATIONS. >> GOT IT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT THAT DOES -- THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I WAS THINKING BEFORE IS THERE POTENTIALLY A LOT OF CHANGES THAT CAN HAPPEN. WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITH THESE LARGE SITES. THERE COULD BE HOUSING, COULD NOT. IT'S WITHIN THE AREA OF PORT OPERATIONS, AND SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE JUST TALKING TWO BLOCKS AND THIS WOULD BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN ALL OF THIS OTHER IS GOING ON, AND THERE ARE TOWERS WITH 160 FEET POTENTIAL, AND SO SOMETIMES IT JUST FEELS LIKE THIS IS A SMALL THING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT COMPARED TO A LOT OF CHANGES THAT COULD TAKE PLACE, BUT I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO TALK THAT THROUGH YOU AND ALSO THE PORT REPRESENTATIVES SO I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE SOME OF THE -- WHERE THE FUTURE RISKS LIE. COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. FIRST I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE PANELISTS HAVE BEING HERE AS WELL AS ALL THE FOLKS THAT CAME OUT TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT BOTH IN CHAMBERS AND ONLINE TODAY. VERY MUCH APPRECIATE FROM HEARING FROM EVERYONE, AS WE ARE REVIEWING THIS POLICY. DIRECTOR QUIRINDONGO, I'M WONDERING THIS HOUSING WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE COMP PLAN, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, OUR 20- YEAR PLAN FOR GROWTH PLANNING. AND I'M WONDERING WHY -- AND I'M COGNIZANT, I'M MINDFUL IN THE COMP PLAN THERE IS RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BEYOND HB- 1110 IN A VERY ROBUST WAY. YOU ALL HAVE STARTED THIS -- YOU CREATED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER PIECE THAT HASN'T BEEN PART OF THE CITY AND THE COMP PLAN IN THE PAST, AND IT IS TO ADD MORE DENSITY ACROSS THE CITY IN THIS, LIKE I SAID, ROBUST WAY. I'M WONDERING WHY THIS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE COMP PLAN. AND ALSO I WANT TO -- I WANT TO -- I HAD THAT QUESTION IN MY MIND AS I WAS REVIEWING THIS. AND IT'S HELPFUL TO HEAR -- LIZANNE, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE CONTEXT OF SOME OF THIS BECAUSE I WAS NOT AWARE THAT AS PART OF THE STAKEHOLDERING PROCESS AND ALL THE NEGOTIATIONS AROUND THIS IN THE PAST, THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THIS PROPOSAL FOR THIS 990 UNITS, IT'S YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE COMP PLAN, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT IN THERE. SO, DIRECTOR, CAN YOU PLEASE TALK ABOUT WHY IT'S NOT IN THERE AND WHY YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE HOUSING PLANNING FOR THIS AREA IN THE COMP PLAN? >> CAN I JUST ADD TO YOUR QUESTION, AND I THINK ALSO YOU'RE REFERRING TO WHY IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION THAT WE VOTED ON IN 2023? >> CORRECT, SORRY. WELL, THEN OR NOW. >> OKAY. >> I'M GOING TO START WITH THE QUESTION RELATED TO THE COMP PLAN. SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DID FOR THE 2 1/2 YEARS WITH STAKEHOLDER GROUP RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL MARITIME STRATEGY AND THEN THE ADOPTIVE LEGISLATION THAT WAS SENT DOWN TO COUNCIL, IN A LOT OF WAYS THAT WAS EARLY WORK RELATED TO COMP PLANS, SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO UPDATE THAT PLAN EVERY TEN YEARS RELATED TO JOB GROWTH AND HOUSING GROWTH ACROSS THE CITY. THE FIRST BODY OF WORK THAT WE TOOK ON WAS INDUSTRIAL MARITIME STRATEGY. SO AHEAD OF THE WORK FOR THETHE OF THE ZONING FOR THE CITY, WE PUT FORTH THIS LEGISLATION THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO INDUSTRIAL MARITIME. BECAUSE THAT WAS ADOPTED AND WE SAW THAT PROCESS FORWARD, WE DID NOT REVISIT ANY OF THAT WORK IN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WORK, WHICH IS THE WORK THAT WE'VE DOING FOR THE LAST 2 1/2 YEARS. SO THE OTHER QUESTION WAS -- >> IF IT WAS IN THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, THEN WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE AND THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS SENT DOWN? >> CORRECT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> SO OUR JOB AS STAFF IS TO LOOK AT THE FINDINGS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, AND OUT OF THOSE FINDINGS THAT A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE IS PUT FORTH TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THERE'S A DISTINCTION TO BE MADE BETWEEN WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS IS OR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT DETERMINATIONS ARE. THAT IS NOT THE SAME THING AS WHATEVER IS PUT INTO LEGISLATION. ONE IS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS. THE OTHER IS ABOUT POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND DETERMINATIONS BY BOTH BODIES. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE DIFFERENT. >> GOT IT. >> RIGHT, BUT -- IS IT OKAY IF I ASK A FOLLOW- UP QUESTION? YOU KNOW, MY FOLLOW- UP QUESTION IS, DIRECTOR QUIRINDONGO, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE SAYING THE EIS TELLS YOU INFORMATION. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE IT AS PART OF THE COMP PLAN. BUT RIGHT NOW IN THIS CURRENT COMP PLAN -- AND THAT WAS THE DECISION MADE IN 2023, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A COMP PLAN AND LEGISLATION WAS SENT DOWN HERE WITHOUT A FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, WHICH TO ME IS PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, WHICH NEVERTHELESS IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE THAT YOU'RE -- THE FACT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN EIS THEY CAN GIVE YOU INFORMATION, BUT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY INCLUDING IT, AND NOW WE HAVE -- WE'RE WAITING ON AN EIS, AND YOU MADE SOME DECISIONS WITHOUT EVEN INCLUDING THE INFORMATION FROM THE EIS, THAT DOESN'T -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESS. SO I -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND -- AND I ALSO, LIKE I SAID, I'M HEARING FROM LIZANNE THERE WAS THIS EXPECTATION AS PART OF THIS HUGE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS THAT SOMEHOW THIS WAS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED IN THAT LEGISLATION IN '23, AND IT WASN'T. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THESE DECISIONS WERE MADE, AND I'M SORRY, BUT I'M NOT CLEAR ON FROM YOUR EXPLANATION WHY IF THAT WAS THE PROCESS THAT -- THAT HAD BEEN ENGAGED IN WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS WHY THEN -- AND IT WAS IN THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE -- WHY THEN IT WAS EXCLUDED. DID SOMETHING HAPPEN? WAS THERE MORE CONVERSATION? HOW DID THAT COME TO BE? DOES THAT -- SORRY, ARE YOU UNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING MY QUESTION? >> I THINK SO, SO LET ME TRY TO TAKE A STAB AT IT. AND IF I GET IT WRONG, YOU CAN TELL ME. SO IT IS A NORMAL PART OF PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF OUR POLICY WORK AND LEGISLATION THAT WE DO DRAFTS OF THINGS THAT ARE INFORMED VERY DIRECTLY BY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT. AND AFTER THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT ARE COMPLETE, WE TAKE THE NEXT STEP FORWARD AND DRAFT LEGISLATION FOR CONSIDERATION OF FIRST THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. AND AFTER DOING THAT POLICY WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, ULTIMATELY, LEGISLATION GETS SENT DOWN TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. SO THAT PROCESS TRANSPIRED RELATED TO WHAT WAS A VERY COMPLICATED PIECE OF LEGISLATION. SO THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE IS SPECIFIC TO THE EIS. THAT'S NOT THE -- IT ISN'T THE SAME THING AS THE -- THE LEGISLATION COMPONENT, THE POLICY WORK, SO I -- I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ANSWERING THE QUESTION BUT -- >> THERE'S A TERM OF ART HERE AND THAT IS A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE. AND A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE DOESN'T NECESSARILY INDICATE A STRONG POLICY PREFERENCE BY ANY OF THE DECISION MAKERS. IT'S REALLY KIND OF A -- MAYBE NOT POINT OF DEPARTURE BUT MAY BE SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT IS PROPOSED BY IN THIS CASE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OBCD BUT JUST THE FACT IT'S LABELED PREFERRED DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT IS THE POLICY DIRECTION FROM THAT BODY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SORT OF ASKING ABOUT WAS A DEAL AND WAS THERE A DEAL. AND I DON'T KNOW, I WASN'T PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A DEAL OR MAYBE POSSIBLY TWO DEALS. AND I CAN'T -- I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO SPEAK TO THE DEAL MAKING INVOLVED AND THE DECISION BY THE EXECUTIVE TO SEND DOWN SOMETHING THAT DID NOT ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES IN THAT AREA. >> I'M HAPPY TO -- JUST A BIT MORE I THINK YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, RIVERA, IS A GOOD ONE, YOUR POINT ON. THE MAYOR DID PUBLISH PREFERABLY A PUBLISHED ALTERNATIVE. THAT PUBLISHED ALTERNATIVE DID INCLUDE UP TO 990 UNITS OF HOUSING FOR THE STADIUM DISTRICT. WE DO HAVE WHAT WE NEED IN THE COMP PLAN. WE ARE NOW ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP ZONED AS URBAN INDUSTRIAL. THAT URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE IS BASED ON SMALL MAKERS, BUSINESSES, HOUSING, ET CETERA. GOT WHAT WE NEED IN THE COMP PLAN. BUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THAT PUBLISHED PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE AND THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS SENT DOWN TO THE COUNCIL, THERE WERE VERY PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN JUST A VERY SELECT FEW MEMBERS OF THIS LARGE STAKEHOLDER GROUP. AND THE LARGE MAJORITY OF STAKEHOLDERS WERE NOT PART OF THAT. SO, I MEAN, THAT'S POLITICS. BUT WE WERE THEN SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE MAKERS, THE UNIONS, THE STADIUMS, THE TEAMS, MANY DIFFERENT FOLKS, MEMBERS OF OUR COALITION -- WHICH IS VERY BROAD AND VERY DEEP -- WERE SURPRISED THAT THAT PUBLISHED PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE IS NOT WHAT WAS SENT DOWN TO THE COUNCIL. WHAT WE WERE TOLD AND JUST BEING VERY DIRECT HERE, IS WE GAVE YOU HALF A LOAF. WE GOT WHAT YOU NEEDED IN THE COMP PLAN. WE SET THE TABLE FOR YOU. COME BACK LATER AND GET THE REST OF IT. NOW YOU JUST NEED A NARROW ZONING ORDINANCE CHANGE. YOU DON'T NEED TO CHANGE A COMP PLAN. YOU GOT WHAT YOU NEED THERE. COME BACK FOR THAT NARROW ZONING ORDINANCE. AGAIN, I'M BEING CANDID AND DIRECT, BUT YOUR QUESTION WAS RIGHT ON. >> YES, THANK YOU, LIZANNE, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE -- THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, KETIL NORMALLY THERE'S A PREFERRED STAKEHOLDER PROCESS AND THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE IS PERFORMED BY THAT PROCESS. IT GOT INCLUDED IN THE COMP PLAN BUT AT THE POINT IN WHICH LEGISLATION WAS IN THE ZONING THAT GOT LEFT OUT, EVEN THOUGH EIS SAID THERE WOULD BE NO ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC, TRANSIT COMPONENT OF THE MOBILITY COMPONENT. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS BETWEEN THIS PREFERRED ALTERATIVE THAT HAD BEEN PUBLISHED PRESUMABLY WITH THE INPUT FROM ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THEN THE LEGISLATION THAT DID GET SENT DOWN, WHY GIVEN THAT THE EIS SAID THERE WOULD BE NO ISSUE WITH THAT MOBILITY PIECE, WHICH I HEAR TO BE A BIG CONCERN AND I UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN, WHY THEN IT WAS LEFT OUT OF THE LEGISLATION. THAT WAS REALLY MY QUESTION. SO THANK YOU, LIZANNE. YOU ARTICULATED BETTER WHAT I WAS TRYING TO ASK. >> AND I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT TOO. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO DAN'S QUESTION, TOO, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA KIND OF CAME OVER THE SAME THING. YOU KNOW, I HOLD MY ETHICS PRETTY HIGH HERE. THAT'S WHY I CAN SPEAK WITH ALL PEOPLE HERE AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING LATER, RIGHT? IT'S A TRUST YOU HAVE WITH PEOPLE. BUT I'LL TELL YOU STRAIGHT OUT I WAS TOLD BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO COME BACK IN A YEAR, IT WOULD BE SIMPLE LEGISLATION, WE COULD SUPPORT IT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TOLD ALMOST TO THE ERBATIM. IT'S THERE, MONTY. I TOLD THEM PATIENCE IS FOR LOSERS. I'M NOT GOING TO -- AND THEY SAID JUST WAIT, SO I DID. AND, I MEAN, I'M NO SNITCH, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M GOING TOTELL YOU THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I HEARD. TO COME BACK HERE, I KNEW BETTER THEN AS WELL AS I COULD SAY, BUT YOU CAN'T GO BACK IN TIME. IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN IT WOULD BE TREATED LIKE THIS OR I WOULD HAVE HAD THESE KIND OF ACCUSATIONS OR COMMENTS MADE ABOUT ME AND SOMETHING AROUND THIS, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TOOK A DIFFERENT PATH, BUT I DID NOT. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY FOR ME PERSONALLY. THANK YOU. >> AND I SEE YOU -- YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED. I WILL JUST NOTE THAT THE FINAL LEGISLATION DID -- COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS' DECISION DID ADD ABOUT 900 UNITS COINCIDENTLY TO GEORGETOWN AND TO BALLARD AND SOUTH PARK. AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH ON HOUSING THAT WAS -- THAT WAS ADDED, AND SOME OF IT CAN HAPPEN DURING AMENDMENTS. LIKE I NOTED, THERE WAS REMOVAL OF -- THERE WAS A SCALING BACK TO PROVIDE FOR SOME HOUSING. COUNCIL KETTLE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. I LIKE TO SAY FIRST, MR. ANDERSON, I THINK YOU'RE ETHICAL IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOUR APPROACH AND I RESPECT YOU. MY EARLIER EXCHANGE WAS IN TERMS OF THE POINT MADE, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I ECHO YOUR POINT THAT IN TERMS OF THE ETHICAL APPROACH. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU ALSO FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT THE MARITIME INDUSTRIAL -- THE INDUSTRIAL MARITIME STRATEGY OF THE PLAN SHEPHERDED BY MY COLLEAGUE WHEN HE WAS LAND USE COMMITTEE CHAIR WAS BASICALLY THE FIRST STAGE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES NOT INCLUDE THIS BILL, SO THANK YOU FOR RESTATING THAT POINT. ON YOUR BRIEFING, AND THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT OF A RHETORICAL QUESTION BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS NOT -- AT LEAST PUBLICLY IS NOT WEIGHING IN. BUT IN TERMS OF LAND USE STRATEGIES IMPLEMENTING CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS PAGE 2, TWO OF THEM IS REZONING FOR LAND AND THE FOURTH IS NO NEW RESIDENTIAL YUTSS. ESSENTIALLY AND IT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION, BUT THIS BILL VIOLATES THOSE TWO POINTS REALLY WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE 200- FOOT RULE, I WOULD ARGUE. AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMMENT ON THAT BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT QUESTION OUT THERE. AND THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT IN THE BRIEFING. AND THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER POINTS, BUT I JUST WANT TO GO TO THE END, AND THE LAST SLIDE SAYS THE EIS SAYS HOUSING HAS BEEN PROPOSED VIA URBAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITITATIONS WOULD NOT CAUSE SIGNIFICANT AND ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. THE INVERSE OF THIS IS FOR ME IS BUT WITH THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE HAVE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON THE HOUSING, ON THE RESIDENTS THAT WOULD LIVE IN THAT LOCATION? IS THERE A EIS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE CONSIDERATIONS OF THAT? AND THE REASON WHY -- AND THE REASON WHY I ASK THIS QUESTION GOING BACK TO THE EARLIER EXCHANGE WHERE I HIGHLIGHTED THAT TODAY'S THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF MY MOTHER COMING TO AMERICA THREE MONTHS BEFORE MY FATHER CAME TO AMERICA, MY FATHER'S ELDEST SISTER MARRIED A GI AFTER THE WAR AND HE WAS FROM WESTERN NEW YORK, AND SO THEREFORE I'M FROM WESTERN NEW YORK. WHEN I WAS A BOY I STARTED READING THE BUFFALO EVENING NEWS REPORTS ABOUT LOVE CANAL, AND I THINK THIS IS CONSIDERATION THAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT, AND THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY TALKING ABOUT LOVE CANAL- TYPE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THIS LOCATION. AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING IN THE BACK OF MY MIND THAT INFORMS MY DECISION ON THIS. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO EIS IN TERM OF PUTTING HOUSING ON TOP OF A CURRENT INDUSTRIAL ZONE, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THE EIS WAS SPECIFICALLY STUDIED THE INCLUSION OF HOUSING IN AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE. >> SO I -- WE DO NEED TO WRAP UP A BIT. >> CAN I ASK THIS ONE LAST QUESTION? AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE SEATTLE HAZARDS EXPLORE HIGHLIGHTS THAT SOTO IS BETWEEN TWO FAULT LINES. GREAT DAMAGE FROM EARLIER EARTHQUAKES BACK IN 2001 AND ITS LIQUEFACTION ZONE. AND MY THOUGHTS ON THIS IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING TO WORK THROUGH THIS, AND I'LL PASS -- HIGHLIGHT MY COLLEAGUE TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, BUT THESE ARE MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS FROM AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS POINT. AS CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IS A KEY PIECE, AND THESE CONSIDERATIONS, AGAIN, HAVE NOT BEEN TALKED ABOUT, LIQUEFACTION ZONE, TSUNAMI, IN TERMS OF THE ELEVATION, IN TERMS OF INUNDATION OF THE WATERS OFOF TSUNAMI. THIS IS A VERY VULNERABLE LOCATION. MY QUESTION IS INSURANCE HOW DOES THIS WORK? WE LOOK AT THE L.A. FIRES RIGHT NOW, LOOK AT THE HURRICANES HITTING THE GULF COAST AND FLORIDA? THESE ARE MAJOR IMPACTS. I WANT TO END ON THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> I UNDERSTAND. AND LIKE I SAID GEORGETOWN, BEENMIC, SOUTH TOWN, PRETTY MUCH STILL IN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BIG ONE, AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE OF EMERGENCY. I'M GETTING TO THE POINT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL HOUSING HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE DELIBERATIVE PROCESS. >> THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM REPRESENTS 200 MEMBERS IN KING COUNTY COMMITTED TO ENSURING ALL PEOPLE LIVE WITH THE DIGNITY IN SAFE, HEALTHY, AND AFFORDABLE HOMES WITHIN COMMUNITIES OF OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE WRITING TO VOICE OUR STRONG SUPPORT OF 120933 FOR RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE STADIUM OVERLAY DISTRICT. AS WE KNOW THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE NEED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT SEATTLE AT EVERY LEVEL INCLUDING WORK FORCE HOUSING. AND HOUSING IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT WILL BOTH PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOMES TO MANY WHO NEED THEM AND ALSO SUBSIDIZE SMALL MAKER BUSINESSES THAT CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CREATE MUCH NEEDED GENERATIONAL WEALTH. WE ARE FORTUNATE THERE IS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY IN WHAT MAYOR HAROLD HAS DESCRIBED AS ONE OF DOWNTOWN'S SIX NEIGHBORHOODS, THE STADIUM DISTRICT TO BUILD UP TO 990 UNITS OF HOUSING THROUGH PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT WITH HALF OF THAT REQUIRED TO COME AT 60 TO 90% AMI. THIS AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT IS FOR 75 YEARS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION, SINCERELY PATIENCE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM. COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, I AM GOING TO CALL ON YOU. YOU HAVE NOT SPOKEN YET. GO AHEAD, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO WRAP UP. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I HAVE MY TIMER ON AS WELL, BUT I WON'T NEED THE TEN MINUTES. I JUST HAD A QUICK COMMENT. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION. THIS IS -- I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL THE PRESENTERS AND PUBLIC COMMENTERS WHO CAME IN TODAY AND THE PEOPLE WHO LITERALLY TOOK OFF WORK TO COME DOWN TO THE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY. I KNOW IT MEANS A LOT TO MY COLLEAGUES AND MYSELF. I KNOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ALSO HAVE BETTER KNOWLEDGE ON THE HISTORY BECAUSE OF THEIR ENGAGEMENT WITH SOME OF THIS LEGISLATION, AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE FOR HIS HISTORY IN MARITIME SERVICE AS WELL, SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. AND JUST WANTED TO PUT OUT, YOU KNOW, JUST THE APPROACH MEETING WITH ALL SIDES FROM OUR OFFICE LABOR UNIONS TO EDUCATE OURSELVES. WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO DO THAT. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE I UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES ABOUT HOUSING IN THE NEED FOR OUR CITY, THE ECONOMIC ENGINE IN OUR CITY, AS WE ARE GROWING AS A CITY AND HOW THINGS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND CHANGE. I ALSO UNDERSTAND IT FROM A SMALL BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE. THERE WASN'T A TIME IN THE LAST EIGHT, NINE YEARS WHERE OUR FAMILY WAS ORDERING STUFF FROM OVERSEAS AND WOULD HAVE TO WAIT SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS TO GET THESE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF SUPPLIES TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND OUR GOVERNMENT. AND I UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS AS WELL AND UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THE PORT IS. OH, I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE THAT I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS. I APPRECIATE PEOPLE COMING TO THE TABLE PRESENTING THIS, AND THEN THE PROCESS TRYING TO RESPECT THE PROCESS AS WELL. AND I UNDERSTAND ALSO, TOO, A LOT OF OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES HOW MUCH KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE AS WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT? >> AND THIS IS WHY I WAS VERY HAPPY WHEN YOU STEPPED UP TO CHAIR THE COMP -- THE SELECT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE THOUGHTS. I WILL -- ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. I SEE THAT THERE ARE TWO HANDS UP HERE, AND THEN I WILL CALL ON YOU IN A MOMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PUBLIC SAFETY PIECE THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP, AND I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE -- THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECTS, THE REASON WHY I AROUND WHEN MAYOR HARRELL BROUGHT UP HIS DOWNTOWN ACT VAGDS PLAN, AND I WAS IN FULL SUPPORT AND A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH THE FACT DURING COVID PEOPLE WERE WORKING FROM HOME, THERE WASN'T AS MANY PEOPLE WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN, AND THAT MADE IT SO SOME WHAT I CALL NEGATIVE ACTIVITY WAS HAPPENING DOWNTOWN. AND I THINK A BIG PIECE OF THAT DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION PLAN WAS TO ACTIVATE THE STATE -- THE SPACE POSITIVELY TO MAKE IT SAFER. SO I DO THINK THAT POSITIVE ACTIVATION OF SPACES IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PIECE TO MAKE SPACES SAFER. AND HAVING WORKED IN BETWEEN PIONEERS SQUARE AND THE ID RIGHT NEXT TO THE STADIUMS AND BEING THERE AT NIGHT, I KNOW IT DOES NOT FEEL SAFE. THERE ARE ALSO SOME EVENTS THAT HAPPEN IN THAT AREA AT NIGHT, AND IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL SAFE BECAUSE THERE AREN'T PEOPLE AROUND THERE. SO THERE IS A PUBLIC SAFETY COMPONENT TO THIS, AND I -- I'M GOING TO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY PIECE BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT, AND I DO THINK IT IS A LEGITIMATE CONCERN FOR THAT AREA. SO I DID WANT TO SAY THAT, AND I DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT POSITIVE ACTIVATION OF SPACES DOES KEEP SPACES SAFE. THANK YOU. >> OKAY, GO AHEAD AND LET'S KEEP COMMENTS QUICK. WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OUT OF HERE I WAS HOPING BY NOON. BUT GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. YES, I ALSO HAVE A NEW MEETING I'M LATE TO, BUT I'LL BE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, BUT I'VE TAKEN NOTES THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING SO I CAN SPEAK JUST ONCE. MR. ANDERSON, YOU WOULD BE A GOOD MEDICAL DOCTOR BECAUSE YOU'RE SMART AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF PATIENCE. I'M TRYING TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR TO A TENSE ROOM, BUT I DEEPLY RESPECT YOU. TO THE CHAIR, NO NET LOSS OF INDUSTRIAL LANDS IS IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WON'T GET THESE LANDS BACK. I HOLD A NO NET LOSS PHILOSOPHY. AND CLEARLY FROM MY ACTIONS IN 2023 THAT WITH A GOOD PROCESS I CAN BE COMFORTABLE WITH ADDING HOUSING TO INDUSTRIAL ZONES. WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE DEEP WATER PORT 0. 5 MILES FROM HIGH- WATER ACCESS. AND THE ENTIRE INDUSTRIAL LAND MARITIME STRATEGY WAS BASED ON COMPROMISE FROM THESE HARD AND FAST POSITIONS EVEN LIKE THE HAND EXPERIENCE THAT WE SAW A LILT BIT OF CONFLICT IN THE ROOM TODAY, AND THAT WAS 1% AS INTENSE AS THE CONFLICTS THAT I WITNESSED DURING THE FACILITATED STAKEHOLDER WORK GROUP, WHICH IS WHY WE HAD AN OUTSIDE FACILITATOR. THIS WORK GROUP WAS A MEETING OF THE MINDS FROM DIVERGENT POINTS OF VIEW, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE 80% CONSENSUS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. NOT EVERY RECOMMENDATION HAD EVERYONE IN CONSENSUS THERE. AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THE REASON THAT HOUSING IN THE STADIUM AREA WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TRANSLATED LANGUAGE OR THIS YEAR'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS BECAUSE A BILL LIKE THE ONE BEFORE US TODAY WOULD BLOW UP THAT DEAL FROM 2023 AND THE COMPROMISES MADE THEN. PART OF THOSE COMPROMISES WAS TO INCREASE HOUSING IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS ACROSS THE CITY, TO MAKE CHANGES AS THE SPONSOR NOTED IN THE BALLO INDUSTRIAL, TO ADD 900 ADDITIONAL UNITS TO PLACES LIKE GEORGETOWN AND UPPER BALLARD ADHOTELS TO THE STADIUM AREA. IT INCREASES THAT VIBRANCY OF HUMAN ACTIVITY, BUT A NEIGHBOR THAT LIVES NEXT TO AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE WILL CALL THE POLICE. A PERSON IN A HOTEL WILL CALL THE FRONT DESK TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NOISE. PART OF THAT DEAL WAS TO INCLUDE THE STADIUM AREA IN URBAN INDUSTRIAL LIKE LIZANNE SHARED WITH US. THESE CHANGES WERE POSED BY THE STAKEHOLDERS, AND THEY BEGRUDGINGLY AGREED. THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW WHO WERE AGAINST THE BILL BEFORE US HAD AT ONE POINT TOLD ME I HAD SOLD THEM OUT BECAUSE OF THE COMPROMISES THAT WE MADE ACROSS OUR CITY. I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE COMPROMISES THAT WE REACHED BECAUSE WE HAD A DEAL, BUT NOW WE ARE BACK WITHOUT A PROCESS, AND THE ONLY PROCESS THAT HAS OCCURRED WAS A SURPRISE INTRODUCTION WITH THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME HAVING A LAND USE BILL BEING REFERRED OUTSIDE OF A LAND USE COMMITTEE. I'LL BE CLEAR THAT EIS', OUR ALLOWANCES -- I EVEN JUST ASKED FOR THE SEPA ANALYSIS TO BE MORE BROAD THAN EVEN WHAT I BELIEVE A FINAL BILL WILL BE BECAUSE ONCE IT'S PUBLISHED, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE NET EIS, ONCE IT'S PUBLISHED, IT'S ONLY WHAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. YOU CAN'T INCREASE FLEXIBILITY FROM THERE. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PORT AND I- 90 NEEDS TO BE FIXED TODAY WITH JUST THE CURRENT SITUATION WE HAVE BETWEEN THE PORT AND I-90, WITHOUT ANY CHANGES. THAT CONNECTION IS CRITICAL BECAUSE PART OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IS BETWEEN OUR DEEP WATER PORT AND THE INTERSTATES THAT CONNECT US TO THE PORT OF BOSTON, TO CANADA, AND TO MEXICO, WE HAD A DEAL IN 2023. WAS I TOTALLY SATISFIED WITH THAT DEAL? NO. BUT IT WAS A COMPROMISE, AND THAT'S HOW COMPROMISES WORK. AND I STILL BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A DEAL TO BE MADE WITH THIS. BUT THIS IS NOT IT. THE PROCESS THAT LED US TO THE MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL CHANGES WAS CENTERED AROUND COMMUNICATION, COMPROMISE, AND CONSENSUS, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. TODAY WE HAVE DIVIDED ROOM. WE HAVE IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS AT THE TABLE BUT NOT ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PROCESSES BEFORE US TODAY HAS BEEN ONE OF SURPRISES, ATTEMPTS AT SILENCING COLLEAGUES AND IRREGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> I EXPLAINED BEFORE YOU GOT HERE WHY THE MEETING IS ON A FRIDAY, AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR REVERENCE FOR INDUSTRIAL LANDS. AND THERE WAS RESIDENTIAL PUT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM A MANUFACTURING BUSINESS IN BALLARD AND ELSEWHERE. SO COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA CAN YOU -- GO AHEAD. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL PRESIDENT. JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO SHOW UP TODAY, TESTIFY, LISTENING TO A VERY LENGTHY PROCEEDING, AND A FAIRLY INTENSE ONE AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T TAKEN A POSITION ON THIS ISSUE YET. I'M ON MY JOURNEY TO LEARN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND EDUCATE MYSELF. AND AS PART OF THAT THEN MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS, WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. HAD A PRODUCTIVE MEETING YESTERDAY WITH -- FOR EXAMPLE, WITH FOLKS FROM THE PORT COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO MEET, DO MORE WALKING TOURS OF THE AREA, MEET WITH BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE BUILDING TRADES AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS, ALL SIDES. BUT I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A VERY DELICATE ISSUE. I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS WHO JUST LEFT US FOR TODAY IN HIS HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE. DELICATE ISSUE. THIS WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING JUST FOR CLARITY THAT I WOULD HAVE PERSONALLY PROPOSED. IT WOULD NOT BE A PRIET OF MINE TO PROPOSE, BUT NOW THAT I'M HERE I WILL HAVE TO EVENTUALLY AT SOME POINT TAKE A POSITION ON IT, WHICH LEADS ME TO MY OTHER THOUGHT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I APPLAUD YOUR LEADERSHIP AND BRAVERY IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IRRESPECTIVE OF THE OUTCOME THERE ARE SO MANY DECISIONS THAT -- STRONG POLITICAL DECISIONS AND STRONG FOR AND AGAINST AND IT'S DIFFICULT AND IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO BRING SOMETHING UP. AND THE EASY THING TO DO IS STAY ON THE SIDELINES AND KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, AND -- BUT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BRAVERY AND COURAGE FROM YOU, AND WE'LL SEE WHERE THIS GOES, BUT JUST WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE, YOU KNOW, MY COMMITMENT TO LEARNING AS MUCH AS I CAN AND HEARING FROM -- FROM EVERYONE IMPACTED. AND THERE WAS A DEALDEAL CUT, NEGOTIATED. SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS SOME LAST MINUTE STUFF BY A FEW VOICES. OTHERS THINK THAT IT WAS THE FINAL END- ALL, BE ALL. HERE WE ARE. SO ANYWAYS, THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR BEING HERE. AND APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION KICKING IT OFF TODAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE WORDS. ARE THERE ANY FINAL THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO SAY? YOU'RE SICK OF IT. OKAY. YOU'RE RIGHT, AND I AM DOING THIS BECAUSE I FELT THAT IT WAS AN -- I LACK THE COURAGE TO BRING FORWARD AN AMENDMENT BACK IN 2023, WASN'T ALLOWED TO DO IT AT THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING AND HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THE PROPONENTS OF THIS -- OF HOUSING IN THE STADIUM DISTRICTS FOR OVER A YEAR. SO I JUST WANT TO -- TO SIMPLY CLOSE BY -- BY NOTING THAT -- REMINDING PEOPLE WHY I'M DOING THIS. AND WHAT I WANT IS MORE SPACE FOR MAKERS BUSINESS. I WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN A SPACE THAT SEEMS LIKE IT MAKES SENSE AS IT WAS IDENTIFIED IN A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS THE STADIUM DISTRICT WHICH FEELS MORE LIKE DOWNTOWN WITH THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TO THE SOUTH OF IT. AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY, AS HAS BEEN NOTED HERE MANY TIMES. AND SO THAT IS WHY THIS IS SO STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY THIS -- BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS REPRESENTING THE CID AND PIONEERS SQUARE THAT COULDN'T COME HERE TODAY. I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE THAT COME FORWARD AT OUR PUBLIC HEARING THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 24th. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PLUG FOR THE COALITION OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND THE BROAD BASE OF SUPPORT IT HAS, THAT THIS PUTS -- THIS IS THE WIND UNDERNEATH MY SAILS. WE ALL RECEIVED THIS LETTER FROM THE COALITION, LOTS OF LOGOS. I DO BELIEVE THAT A LETTER WAS SENT OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, AGAIN, WITH ADDITIONAL LOGOS OF SUPPORT INCLUDING ADDITIONALLY THE OCW 3,000, WHICH IT'S GOOD TO BE ON THE SAME SIDE ON SOME THINGS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE, AND THIS WILL BE CONTINUED OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. THE NEXT MEETING IS THE 24th AT 9:30. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BYE-BYE. MEETING ADJOURNED.