♪ ♪ >>> MY APOLOGIES. WE ARE LIVE. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THE JANUARY 29, 2025 MEETING OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2:07. MY NAME IS JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, THE CHAIR SELECT COMMITTEE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] >> NINE PRESENT. >> AWESOME. THE WHOLE TEAM. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE AGENDA. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THE AGENDA WILL BE APPROVED AS ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW GOING TO OPEN THE HYBRID SECTION OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE. I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY. FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, I KNOW HOW INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THIS IS TO YOU AND YOU HAVE TAKEN OFF TO COME DOWN HERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU ALL , THANK YOU ALL PERSONALLY AND FROM THE COUNCIL AS WELL. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE SPEAKING TODAY? >> WE HAVE 31 IN PERSON. 20 REMOTE. >> 31. THAT IS A TOTAL OF 51 SPEAKERS. OKAY. WE WILL GIVE EVERYONE 90 SECONDS TO SPEAK TODAY. PUBLIC 90 SECONDS, AND I KNOW WE RECEIVED EMAILS REGARDING FOLKS SAYING THEY WANTED MORE TIME . AT PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO EXTEND IT, IT IS 20 MINUTES. WE CONTINUE TO EXTEND IT BECAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE WE ARE DOING A PUBLIC HEARING ON FEBRUARY 5, FEBRUARY 5 AT 5:00 P.M. EVERYONE WILL GET TWO MINUTES AND WE WILL BE HERE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES. IF WE ARE HERE UNTIL MIDNIGHT, WE WILL BE HERE. IT IS 1:00 A.M., WE WILL BE HERE. AS LONG AS YOU NEED US, WE WILL BE HERE FOR THE ENTIRE TIME. SO THAT IS FEBRUARY 5 AT 5:00 P.M. WE WILL BE HERE THE FULL NIGHT TO LISTEN TO EVERYONE'S COMMENT . WE HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS. I KNOW ALSO, TOO, PEOPLE HAVE SCHEDULED MEETINGS WITH THEIR COUNCILMEMBERS. I KNOW I AM MEETING WITH A BUNCH OF FOLKS IN OUR DISTRICT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST CONTINUING THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH YOUR COUNCILMEMBER IN THE DISTRICTS, WHICH I THINK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. PLEASE, IF YOU WANT TO MEETING WITH US, REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE. WE WILL HAVE A MEETING WITH YOU ALL AND TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. SPEAKER, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE RULES FOR TODAY. >> I WILL CALL SPEAKERS IN THE NAME AND ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTER BOTH ON THE COUNCIL WEBSITE AND WE WILL START WITH ENDS -- IMPRESSION SPEAKERS FIRST. YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED BUT WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN SIGN UP. WHEN SPEAKING, PLEASE BEGIN BY SAYING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM YOU WISH TO ADDRESS . YOU WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THE ENTIRE TIME. THE SPEAKERS MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED AND WE WILL:THE NEXT PERSON. THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS, IF YOU COULD PLEASE SIGN UP TO ANYONE THESE TWO SETS OF PODIUMS. WE WILL START. >> PLEASE, AS SHE CALLS YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. WE HAVE THREE MICROPHONES. OTHERWISE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ON. >> AWESOME. >> I AM HERE TO ADDRESS THE CONFERENCE PLAN. MY NAME IS BOB MORGAN. MY HOME IS NEXT TO THE PROPOSED CENTER. I PROPOSE YOU HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED ONE SEATTLE PLAN IN EACH CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT. IT SHOULD INCLUDE THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE. IT SHOULD BE HELD DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. IT SHOULD GIVE PRIORITY TO SPEAKERS WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY COMMENTED IN ONE OF THE OTHER HEARINGS. THE SPEAKER LENGTH OF THE HEARING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NEXT WEDNESDAY, THE PLAN IS GOING TO HAVE PROFOUND EFFECTS ON THOUSANDS OF HOMEOWNERS IN 30 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. A SURPRISING NUMBER ARE COMPLETELY UNAWARE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE REZONED FOR FOUR AND FIVE STORY APARTMENT AND THEY WILL SOON BE ADJACENT TO SUCH ZONING. THERE ARE ELDERLY AND DISABLED TO OWN HOMES. THE CURRENT PLAN TO HOLD A MARATHON HEARING ON A DARK WINTER NIGHT IN DOWNTOWN IS GUARANTEED TO RESULT IN AN UNREPRESENTED HEARING. IF YOU FEEL THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT TIME TO SCHEDULE AND HOLD THESE HEARINGS, PRIOR TO STATE MANDATED DEADLINES HB 1110, I SUGGEST ACTING INITIALLY ON ONLY THOSE ASPECTS OF THE PLAN THAT ARE MANDATED BY STATE LAW AND HAVING MORE TIME TO DEAL AND HAVE ADEQUATE PUBLIC INFORMATION. I HAVE 10 SECONDS? IF WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION, MAYBE ON MY CAM ABOUT THE TWO SUBSEQUENT HEARINGS AND WHAT THEY ARE AIMED AT AND WHAT STAGE. >> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE ERIC AND THEN DOUG AND THEN BLAIR. >> YES, HELLO. I AM ERIC, FROM DISTRICT 3. STATE PROPERTY TAXES ARE ASSESSED AT THE 100% USE. THAT MEANS PROPERTY OWNERS WHOSE PROPERTIES ARE REZONED TO THE NEW ONE COULD BE REVISED FOR REBUILDING INSTEAD OF A SINGLE HOME. NONE OF THESE AREAS QUALIFY FOR TAX EXEMPTIONS OR REFERRALS. IT IS GOING TO HAVE HUGE FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS. FROM YOUR DISCUSSIONS IN PLANNING I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WITH THE COUNCIL IS PROPOSING. THANK YOU. >> DOUG? >> HI. MY NAME IS DOUG LAND, I AM A HOMEOWNER . I AM MY NEIGHBORS NEVER RECEIVED ANY DIRECT NOTIFICATION BY MAIL FROM THE CITY ABOUT HIS PLANS FOR REZONING . WHY WAS NO GENERAL MAILING ABOUT THIS SENT TO THE AFFECTED RESIDENTS AT ANY TIME? WELL, I AM NOW AWARE BUT OUTREACH EFFORTS SINCE LAST OCTOBER, I THINK THEY WERE WOEFULLY INADEQUATE, IT ONLY REACHED A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF GENERAL NOTICE REQUIREMENT, IT IS INTENDED TO DRASTICALLY RESTRUCTURE AND I AM CAUTIOUS WITH THE MORE CONCERNING CITY GENERATED PARTS, WHILE COMPLYING WITH THE URGENT STATE DEADLINE FOR EACH. I ASK YOU DO THIS BOTH OUT OF DEMOCRATIC FAIRNESS AND RESPECT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT REQUIRE FURTHER ATTENTION. >> THANK YOU. >> NOW, BLAIR . FOLLOWING BLAIR WILL BE MAGGIE LEWIS. >> I AM HERE FROM MADRONA. I WAS ACTUALLY, I ORIGINALLY CAME FOR THE PRESENTATION OF TWO OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE PHYSICAL AND OTHER LIMITATIONS WITH THERE IN PERSON OR PHONE TESTIMONY. I DO HAVE VIDEOS WHICH I HAVE TO SHARE, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM AND WHY THIS ZONING CHANGE WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT . ONE PERSON'S NAME, HER NAME IS CARLA, HER FAMILY HAS LIVED THERE FOR FIVE GENERATIONS, SINCE 1965 WHEN IT WAS INTEGRATED, AS I DISCUSSED IN THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY SELL FROM FAMILY MEMBER TO FAMILY MEMBER OVER GENERATIONS. CARLA IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HER ABILITY TO REMAIN IN HER HOME TODAY BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL CLASSIFICATIONS WE ARE HEARING ABOUT AND HOW THAT WILL AFFECT HER FAMILY'S PROPERTIES. THEY CURRENTLY OWN THREE HOMES THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE ZONING PROPOSALS. AND, YOU KNOW, SHE MENTIONED TO ME, SHE HOPES TO DIE IN HER HOME, BUT SHE REALLY FEELS THIS WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER. ESPECIALLY IF THESE CHANGES GO THROUGH. IN HER WORDS, THE TAX INCREASES, THIS IS MY PRIMARY CONCERN. HER GRANDSON ALSO SPOKE WITH ME. HE TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE LEGACY OF HIS FAMILY. HE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT LIVING ANYPLACE ELSE. THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THREE HOMES. >> THANK YOU. >> MAGGIE, FOLLOWING MAGGIE WILL BE ROBERT AND THEN BOB. >> MY NAME IS MAGGIE LEWIS. I AM IN DISTRICT 1. THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS WHEN YOU IMPLEMENT A LARGE, COMPLICATED PLAN AND I WILL PRESENT THOSE DETAILS I THINK PROBABLY WILL TALK ABOUT THEM. I WOULD LIKE THE MORGAN JUNCTION URBAN CENTER BOUNDARY ON THE WEST AS IT RUNS DOWN WEST OF FONT LEROY TO BE DELETED. THAT BOUNDARY SHOULD STAY WHERE IT IS AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE NEW BOUNDARY, THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY ACROSS THE RAVINE WHERE THERE IS CURRENTLY NO STRING, EVEN THOUGH THE MAP THE CITY GIVES A SHOWS A STREAK, THERE IS NO STREET THERE. IT REMAINS THE SOURCE OF SLIDES IN THE PAST AND AN ENTIRE GARAGE SLID DOWN INTO THE RAVINE. AT THE WEST END OF THE RAVINE, IT ONCE EXPERIENCED GUSHING WATERS UP AND DOWN CROSSING FAUNTLEROY AND TAKING OUT THE TERRITORY AND VEGETATION BELOW, A HOUSE THAT IS THERE. THIS IS NOT A GOOD LOCATION FOR REHOUSING. THE PROPERTY IS NOT SAFE. IN ADDITION, THE CITY JUST SPENT GOOD MONEY DAYLIGHTING THAT CREEK AND THE NEWLY RENOVATED LAKE, LONG BEACH, PARDON ME. THIS HOLDS TRUE FOR THE EDDY STREET WERE BEING CLOSED DOWN IN THE SAME AREA. IT HAS THE SAME ISSUES. THESE TWO RAVINE SHOULD NOT UNDERGO RECONSTRUCTION AT THEIR HEADWATERS OR ANYWHERE THAT FLOWS INTO IT. THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS. THANK YOU. >> PLEASE, HAVE TWO MICROPHONES. YOU STEP UP TO EITHER ONE, I KNOW WE HAVE THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS. >> WE HAVE ROBERT READ AND THEN BOB AND THE MARY. >> IS IT WORKING? >> FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR WORK ON THE REZONED AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS ROBERT, I AM A RETIRED GENERAL CONTRACTOR. I'VE GOT OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES. I AM POSITIVE THAT SEATTLE NEEDS MORE HOMES AND PEOPLE NEED MORE OPPORTUNITIES. MOSTLY POSITIVE, THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN VIEWS SEATTLE AS A CITY. WITH A FEW SIMPLE CHANGES, WE COULD MAKE THE PLAN WORKABLE BUT THE DRIVING FORCE TO MAKE SEATTLE A MAGNET FOR TALENT AND A VERITABLE UTOPIA . I BELIEVE THAT MAKING OUR CITY THE FIRST CHOICE FOR PEOPLE STARTING FAMILIES AND PEOPLE STARTING BUSINESSES IS THE BEST WAY TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL FUTURE FOR OUR CITY. I HAVE SUBMITTED A ONE PAGE SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES I BELIEVE HOW SEATTLE CAN MAKE THE MOST OF THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR POSITIVE GROWTH. COUNCILMEMBERS, PLEASE CHANGE THIS PLANT. PLEASE PUT THE NEEDS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS ABOVE ALL ELSE. THANK YOU. >> SORRY, MY MOUSE IS STUCK. >> I WOULD JUST ARE. MY NAME IS BOB. I LIVE WEST OF FAUNTLEROY. IT IS IN EXTENDED MORGAN JUNCTION VALLEY. IT IS A LOW NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT AREA WITH A COUPLE OF COMMON CHARACTERISTICS. SMALL STREETS, AND INADEQUATE SIDEWALKS. I HAVE A PICTURE OF MY STREET. THERE IS A GARBAGE TRUCK COMING DOWN IT. THREE TO 16 FEET WIDE. THE SIDEWALK IS THREE FEET WIDE AND ONLY ON ONE SIDE. SO, AS IT EXISTS RIGHT NOW, THE ZONING PLAN , THE SIDE BY THE GARBAGE TRUCK WOULD BE L3 CONSTRUCTION AND THE SIDE BY THE BIG TRUCK WOULD BE L2 CONSTRUCTION. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN INADEQUATE USE OF ZONING. YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT KEEPING THE AREA WEST OF FAUNTLEROY STREET, LEAVING IT AS IS OR ELSE, CONSIDER SOME OTHER WAY OF MODIFYING ZONING TO HAVE THE KIND THE STREETS IN THAT AREA. YOU HAVE PROBABLY BEEN DOWN THIS STREET. WHEN I WENT AROUND , TALKING TO NEIGHBORS AROUND THIS PROCESS, THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT. WE WENT DOOR BILLING THERE. THANK YOU FOR COMING. COME BACK. THANK YOU. >> MARY FLANAGAN. AND THEN DEREK. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS IN THAT BOX AND WE WILL DISTRIBUTE AFTER THE MEETING. THANK YOU. >> I AM FROM MAPLE LEAF. MAPLE LEAF CURRENTLY HAS PETITIONS TO HAVE REMOVED THE DESIGNATION OF MAPLE LEAF AS AN URBAN CENTER. AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE 1005 SIGNATURES. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON A TREE SURVEY RIGHT NOW. WE WILL REPORT BACK TO YOU ON FEBRUARY 5 ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THAT. BUT I AM ONE OF THE SURVEYORS. WHAT I WANTED TO TELL YOU IS THAT WHEN I WALK AROUND AND I DO THE SURVEYS, THE LARGE TREES ARE ALMOST ALL ON THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY. IF YOU CAN BOTH SAVE TREES AND INCREASE DENSITY IF WE PROTECT THE TREES ON THE PERIMETER. THE TREES ARE REALLY VALUABLE. THE BENEFITS OF TREES , AS I AM SURE YOU HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE TESTIMONY, ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BENEFITS OF TREES. WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO REALIZE THAT. THAT IS IMPORTANT. THERE IS NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T HAVE BOTH. THIS IS NOT AN EXCLUSIVE ONE OR THE OTHER. THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE DEREK NEXT . AND THEN [ INAUDIBLE ] AND THEN JOSH. >> HELLO, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON MY NAME IS DEREK. I AM HERE TO COMMENT ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COALITION. I WORK AT A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION . THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FALL SHORT OF EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT. IT CAN BE IMPROVED AND HELP FIGHT DISPLACEMENT IN COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS IN THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. ONE THING WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS MORE INTENTIONAL FORMAL HOUSING PLANNING. ALL I SEE COMING UNDER THIS PLAN IS INVESTMENT . WE NEED TO ASSIST COMMUNITY MEMBERS NOT SERVED BY CURRENT HOUSING. AND OUR EFFORTS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE SEE CITY POLICIES AND PLANNING EFFORTS AT TIMES, OUR EFFORTS ARE DIVERSE AND SOME ARE LOW-INCOME SENIORS, SOME ARE LOW-INCOME WORKERS, SOME ARE FAMILIES AND THEY ALL NEED HOUSING. WE ALSO NEED TO DO MORE ON DISPLACEMENT. THIS PLAN CAN DO A MORE ROBUST JOB AT PROMOTING COMMUNITY-BASED AND COMMUNITY LED DEVELOPMENTS AND ALSO, WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF DISPLACEMENT TOOLS AND POLICIES. WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TOOLS AND WE INVITE YOU TO BE A PARTNER WITH US FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. THANK YOU. >> NEXT , [ INAUDIBLE ] AND THEN JOSH. >>,. THERE IS A LOT OF FEAR GOING ON . SEATTLE , WITH GROWTH, COMES A LOT OF FEAR. WE NEED A HOUSE 200,000 PEOPLE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES NOT MEET THAT. WE ARE GOING TO PUT ALL THAT IN A PLACE THAT POVERTY HAS DENSITY. YOU NEED TO DO THE BRAVE THING. OPEN UP MORE LAND ON SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING, PUT MORE MULTIGENERATIONAL, MORE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ON THERE. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO THIS. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE WILL MEET OUR NEEDS. BECAUSE THAT 200,000, THAT IS A LOW ESTIMATE. AS WE SEE, WITH THE CLIMATE CRISIS, IT WILL BRING MORE REFUGEES TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. WE NEED TO MEET THAT NEED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. JOSH? >> COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS JOSH FREEMAN. I AM AN ATTORNEY SUPPORTING THE COMPLETE IMMUNITIES COALITION. IN TODAY'S MEETING THE COUNCIL WILL REVIEW SEVERAL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS LIKE FORECLOSURE PREVENTION, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION. THE COUNCIL WILL ALSO KEEP THEIR EYES ON WHAT MAY BE THE MOST CRITICAL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MEASURE OF ALL, ALLOWING HOMEOWNERS TO ACTUALLY BUILD ONTO THEIR HOMES AND PROPERTIES WITH REASONABLE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DENSITY SO THAT THESE HOMEOWNERS CAN PROVIDE SPACE FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO START FAMILIES, SPACE FOR THEIR PARENTS TO AGE IN PLACE OR EVEN SPACE TO RENT ACCESSORY OR ADDITIONAL UNITS TO NEW NEIGHBORS AS AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF INCOME DURING EXPENSIVE AND UNPREDICTABLE TIMES. I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS ARGUED THAT ALL NEW HOUSING UNITS A LOT BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL BE AFFORDABLE TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT HELPING NEW HOUSING TO ACTUALLY GET BUILT FOR MORE SITES AND IN MORE CIRCUMSTANCES WILL HELP OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR CITY TO ALLEVIATE AND REACT TO THE PRESSURES OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. WE CAN'T IGNORE THE ECONOMIC FLAWS AND HOPE THEY WILL GO AWAY. THEY DO, WE ARE ACCEPTING DISPLACEMENT IMPACTS THESE ECONOMIC FORCES OF ARTIE HAD AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ON OUR CITY. I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE TO BE BRAVE AND PROACTIVE IN ITS REVIEW AND WORK ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ZONING MAPS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. THANK YOU. SPENT THANK YOU, JOSH. IT'S JOSH NEXT. DON, NANCY AND AND CINDY. DON, HELLO. >> THANK YOU FOR HEARING US. I LIVE IN NORTH CANYON HELP. IT IS NOW ZONED LR THREE. OVER 500 NEIGHBORS DISAGREE WITH THE ZONING, NOT BECAUSE WE OPPOSE IT, BUT BECAUSE WE WERE LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION AND IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT QUEEN ANNE BOULEVARD HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A HISTORIC PARKWAY. ON SATURDAY, I RECEIVED A MAILER FROM MAYOR HARRELL REGARDING THE UPCOMING LEVY, WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE, BUT WHY WASN'T A NOTICE LIKE THIS SENT TO HOMEOWNERS INFORMING THEM OF THE MASSIVE OF ZONING? THIS GRAND BARGAIN IS NOT BETWEEN THE CITY AND DEVELOPERS, IT IMPACTS EVERYONE. EVERY HOMEOWNER SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OF ZONING. TO QUOTE OUR NEW COUNSELING, SOLOMON, WE ARE ONE SEATTLE. WHEN THE CITY FAILS TO ENGAGE WITH HOMEOWNERS AND FAILS TO BRING US TO THE TABLE, IT CREATES DIVISION, NOT COLLABORATION. ALL IT IS DOING IS CREATING THIS WITH NO TREES. FROM THIS, AND THIS IS THE ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED TOGETHER BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. PLEASE ENGAGE US. THINK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE NANCY AND THEN BRITNEY. >> COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS NANCY. I AM PART OF A GROUP OF ABOUT 500 RESINS BACK WHO LIVE ON OR NEAR 10th AVENUE WEST. ALMOST EVERY RESIDENT IN THIS SIX BLOCK AREA AND SURROUNDING STREETS MET WITH THE COUNCILMEMBER IN DECEMBER 2024. WE COPIED ALL THE CITY LEADERS. WE SUPPORT THE NEED FOR MORE HOUSING IN SEATTLE. WE HAVE IDEAS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN BE CREATED. OF THE 500 NEIGHBORS WHO SIGNED THIS LETTER, I PERSONALLY TALKED TO OVER 150 OF THEM. ONLY TWO WERE AWARE OF THE STATUS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. ONCE THE ZONING PLAN WAS PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 2024, MANY WERE STUNNED BY THE MAGNITUDE OF CHANGE BEING PROPOSED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SOME SAY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I ACCEPT MY RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP ABREAST OF PUBLIC ISSUES BUT HOWEVER, UNTIL OCTOBER 2024, THERE WERE FEW SPECIFICS AVAILABLE AND CERTAINLY NO ZONING. NEIGHBORS HAD UNTIL DECEMBER 20th, LESS THAN TWO MONTHS OVER BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON TO OFFER THE BACK ON THE CONFUSING ELECTRONIC INTERFACE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK NOW. PLEASE REACH OUT TO US FOR SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION. WE KNOW OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR MORE HOUSING. WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE BRITNEY. AFTER BRITNEY WE HAVE PARKER. D COLLEEN >> AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BRITTANY. I'M A RESIDENT THERE OF DISTRICT 7. I WILL GIVE AN UNPOPULAR OPINION ON THIS ROOM, YOU NEED TO HELP US BUILD HOUSING UP A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM OR COWORKERS. THEY ARE HOMEOWNERS. I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO OWN A HOME IN THE CITY. THAT IS A REALITY. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW BUT AS A RENTER, I FEAR MY NOTICE EVERY YEAR HOW MUCH IS BRENT GOING TO GO UP? HOW WILL I LOOK FOR A NEW PLACE? AS SOMEONE WHO IS LEGALLY BLIND, I CAN'T JUST MAGICALLY GO ON A WEBSITE AND GO, A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE. HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH MY NEW LANDLORD TO MAKE SURE THE PLACES ACCESSIBLE FOR MY NEEDS. IT IS TOUGH. I AM LUCKY I HAVE A LANDLORD RIGHT NOW THAT IS WILLING TO WORK WITH ME AND HAS BEEN ABLE TO KEEP ME IN PLACE FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. THEY ASSURED ME I WILL BE ABLE TO STAY THERE THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T SELL OUT. HERE IS THE THING. BEING A DISABLED PERSON, WHETHER YOU CAN PHYSICALLY SEE IT OR NOT, MAKES LIVING IN THE CITY EVEN TOUGHER. AN AGING IN PLACE SITUATION, FOR BY THESE PEOPLE, WHAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR TODAY, YOU WILL FIND IT TOUGH TO LIVE WHERE YOU ARE. YOU HAVE STAIRS, HILLS, BUILDINGS CLOSE TO TRANSIT, PLACES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IN THIS CITY. I WILL CALL YOU OUT, MS. MOORE. YOU SAID WHAT IF RENTERS DON'T ENGAGE ON A REGULAR BASIS? RENTERS AND PEOPLE LIKE US DO ENGAGE AT COUNCIL. I FOUND THAT COMMENT VERY DISTURBING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE DONNA AND THEN COLLEEN AND THEN PARKER. >> HELLO. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS DONNA. I AM A CIVIL ENGINEER. COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH AND COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, THE LAST MEETING YOU ASKED DEVELOPERS TO BE SUCCESSFUL BUILDING HOUSING. ONE RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN FRONTAGE IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS FOR FOR PLEXUS, DUPLEXES , SMALL HOUSING. WE ARE SHOWING AN EIGHT UNIT PROJECT OUTSIDE OF URBAN VILLAGE THAT IS EXEMPT FROM SIDEWALK AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER, IF A PROJECT IS INSIDE THE VILLAGE, IT REQUIRES SIDEWALK, CURB AND PLANTER STRIPS FOR A TWO-TIERED SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE. THAT IS SECTION 2353.006, SECTION 2353.051. MY SUGGESTION IS TO CREATE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD ACROSS THE CITY AND PROVIDE THE SIDEWALK EXEMPTION FOR ALL PROJECTS. FOR EXAMPLE, KING COUNTY ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO PAY A FEE IN LIEU OF FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS. THIS ALLOWS SMALLER PROJECTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INSTALL SIDEWALKS IN LIEU OF THE FEES COLLECTED. THAT CAN BE COMBINED IN NUMEROUS AREAS AT THE HIGHEST AND GREATEST NEED FOR SIDEWALKS AND SAFE WALKING PATHS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, COLLEEN, PARKER AND THEN RYAN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW AND EXPANDED URBAN CENTERS IN SEATTLE'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I AM HERE AT THE CAPACITY OF ONE SEATTLE HOMEOWNER, REALTOR, URBAN MASTER PLANNING STUDENT BUT MOST OF ALL, MIDDLE HOUSING ENTHUSIAST. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OFFERS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR SEATTLE TO TAKE BOLD STEPS TOWARD A MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE IN LIGHT OF OUR NATIONAL HOUSING CRISIS. AND IN THE MIDST OF A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS ACTUALLY ACTIVELY ROLLING BACK FOR MARGINALIZED COMMITTEES. PRACTICES HAVE CREATED HOUSING AND EQUITY SCARCITIES. TOGETHER WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO PROVIDE THESE INHERENTLY RACIST STRUCTURES TO OPEN MORE OF SEATTLE'S NEIGHBORHOODS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MORE PEOPLE OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. MORE HOUSING EQUALS MORE OPTIONS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE AFFORDED THE CHOICE OF MOVING TO AMENITY RICH AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY ARE STAYING IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TIES WITHOUT BEING PRICED OUT. DENSER, STRATEGICALLY PLANNED, NEW DEVELOPMENT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED AND THE BURDEN OF GROWTH AT URBAN A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO FALL PREDOMINANTLY ON HISTORICALLY REDLINE AREAS THAT ARE OFTEN NOT REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC COMMENTERS. THAT IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW NEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDERS TO DOMINATE THE CONVERSATION IN FAVOR PRESERVER SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING. THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE PARKER AND THEN RYAN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. WELCOME, COUNCILMEMBER. MY NAME IS PARKER DAWSON. I AM HERE WITH THE MASTER BUILDERS ASSOCIATION. MY BUILDERS COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, WE ARE T■HE BUILDERS OF M ASSOCIATION BUILD MIDDLE HOUSING, PRIMARILY AND MARKET RATE HOUSING. I UNDERSTAND THAT TODAY YOU ARE TO BE HEARING A LOT ABOUT THE FANTASTIC AND WELL NEEDED PROGRAMS THAT SEATTLE OFFERS TO ASSIST IN SUBSIDIZED HOUSING FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP AND AFFORDABLE RENTING. I DO HOPE YOU WILL LISTEN TO EXPERTS, LIKE RYAN DONAHUE, WHO WILL BE SPEAKING AFTER ME. THEY DO THE WORK EVERYDAY AND REPRESENT THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE WORK EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT HOUSING BUILT. IN TERMS OF MARKET RATE MIDDLE HOUSING, WHICH IS ALSO SEVERELY NEEDED AND FIELDS AFFORDABILITY EVERY SINGLE DAY, WE HOPE YOU WILL KEEP IN MIND TWO THINGS THAT CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE HERE. FIRST, UNDERSTANDING THAT ON THE LARGER SCALE, MFT E WORKS, THE MULTIFAMILY TAX EXEMPTION. I KNOW WE ARE LOOKING AT REMODELING AND RESCALING THAT NETWORK AND I HOPE YOU WILL MAKE SURE WE ARE MAKING , INCLUDING TWO AND THREE UNITS OR TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS EASIER THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE OUTCOMES WE ARE LOOKING FOR. THE SECOND IS LOT SPLITTING. YOON ALLOTS ARE A FANTASTIC TOOL FOR PEOPLE WHO OWN THEIR HOMES OR ARE LOOKING TO FIND A PARCEL TO LIVE ON AND TO STAY ON AND TO LIVE IN DIGNITY . PLEASE MAKE SURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, IT IS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. >> RYAN, LET ME CALL THE NEXT THREE FOLKS. SUSAN, SCOTT AND JESSE. YOU ARE UP. THANK YOU, RYAN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER. AS PARKER MENTIONED, MY NAME IS RYAN DONAHUE. I AM THE CHIEF ADVOCACY OFFICE IN TWO COUNTIES. MAYBE YOU HAVE SEEN ME OR [ INAUDIBLE ], MY MANAGER IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DENSITY, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PLANNING PARTICULAR. I REALLY KIND OF WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO SEND HER THAT. RIGHT? WE ARE TAUGHT AS A PART OF THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES COALITION, WE SENT YOU A LETTER THAT HAS COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE THING I REALLY WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO EMPHASIZE IS ONE OF THE THINGS THIS PLAN WILL ALLOW IS INCREASED DENSITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP. IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP AND BATTLE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP GIVE COMMUNITIES AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN IT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM PART OF THIS AMAZING CITY AS THEIR OWN. WE NEED TO MAKE MORE OPPORTUNITIES, NOT LESS, BUT MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP. THAT IS WHAT THIS PLAN REPRESENTS. THERE ARE WAYS TO IMPROVE IT. WE HAVE INCLUDED THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LETTER, BUT THE THING I WANT TO REALLY EMPHASIZE IS THE DENSITY THAT THIS PLAN OFFERS UP IS WHAT MAKES AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP A POSSIBILITY. IT ISN'T WHAT MAKES THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CITY A POSSIBILITY. I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT. I WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU CONTINUE ON TODAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKS AND PROBABLY MONTHS AHEAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE SUSAN, SCOTT AND JESSE. >> HI, SUSAN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SUSAN WARD. I AM IN DISTRICT 11. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAN. WHERE IS THE PLANNING FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE? ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE ON A MASSIVE SCALE , SHOULDN'T THAT BE PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? WHERE IS THE AFFORDABILITY BUILT IN? THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF UNITS FOR ONLY MEDIAN INCOME WORKERS THAT CAN AFFORD. WHAT PROVISIONS ARE THERE PROVIDING FOR PROTECTING TREE CODES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. IT IS IN THE WAY OF A DEVELOPER'S PLAN. THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO DESIGN AROUND IT. EVEN WHEN THE HOMEOWNERS ARE ACCOMMODATED. NEW SETBACKS AND OPEN SPACE WILL REDUCE IT. IT MUST INCREASE THE REQUIRED MINIMUM OF GREEN SPACE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MUST MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR A VARIETY OF INCOMES TO LIVE HERE. IT MUST NOT RESULT IN THE CLEAR-CUT CITY OF BOXES AND CONCRETE. MOST OF US DON'T WANT SEATTLE TO BE AN EAST COAST CLONE. WE WENT A LITTLE CITY PROTECTED. IT WILL TAKE DECADES TO REPLACE THEM. SOME ARE COOLING, CLEANER AIR AND BETTER MENTAL HEALTH. THANK YOU. >> SCOTT AND THEN JESSE SIMPSON. >> MY NAME IS SCOTT BERKLEY. I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF [ INAUDIBLE ] HOUSING. TODAY THE COUNCIL WILL BE REVIEWING VITAL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS, SUCH AS EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, FORECLOSURE PREVENTION AND THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL DURING EVICTIONS. WE MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND FUND THESE PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS ADEQUATELY FUND THE SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER. HOWEVER, THE SINGLE MOST EFFECTIVE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MEASURE IS FREE, ALLOWING HOMEOWNERS TO VOLUNTARILY REDEVELOP THEIR LAND FROM ONE HOME TO SIX, EIGHT, 12 OR MORE. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE IS CORRECT THAT SUCH UNITS MAY NOT THEMSELVES BE IMMEDIATELY AFFORDABLE BUT THEIR EXISTENCE WILL ALLEVIATE PRESSURE TO TEAR DOWN OR REMODEL HOMES OCCUPIED BY LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS, THUS HELPING REDUCE DISPLACEMENT. PLEASE MAKE SURE THE DISRUPTIONS OF GROWTH ARE SHOULDERED BY THOSE OF US WHO HAVE THE MOST OPTIONS , NOT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE THE LEAST. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. JESSE, BEFORE YOU GO, THANK YOU. ALAYNA, JOHN THANK YOU. MY BAD. AND THEN AL. GO AHEAD, JESSE. >> I AM JESSE SIMPSON, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND POLICY FOR THE GOVERNMENT CONSORTIUM, A MEMBER-BASED ASSOCIATION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS. ALSO COCHAIR OF THE COMMUNITIES COALITION. I AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF ALLOWING MORE HOMES IN LOW DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS TO ADDRESS SEATTLE'S ONGOING HOUSING AND DISPLACEMENT CRISIS. PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED FROM SEATTLE EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF HOW EXPENSIVE HOMES IN THE CITY ARE. FOR DECADES, OUR ZONING HAS POTENTIALLY RESTRICTED HOUSING ACROSS THE STUDY. IT HAS ALSO CONCENTRATED LIMITED GROWTH THAT IS ALLOWED INTO THE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY COMMERCIAL AREAS. PUSHING DISPLACEMENT RISKS HIGHER. FORCING INEQUITIES WHICH HAS PUSHED LOW INCOME AND FAMILIES AND PEOPLE OF COLOR OUT OF SEATTLE. THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TAKES IMPORTANT STEPS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEMS. IT ALLOWS FOR MORE HOMES AND SINGLE-FAMILY ZONED AREAS. THE COUNCIL SHOULD WORK TO STRENGTHEN THIS PLAN FURTHER, NOT WATER IT DOWN BY ALLOWING EVEN MORE HOMES ARE MORE DISPLACEMENT RISK AREAS AND TO EXPAND THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT. TO THAT END, I URGE YOU TO RETAIN ALL OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND CREATE A NEW HOUSING DENSITY BONUS AND ADD NEW URBAN CENTERS LIKE AT NORTH BROADWAY . THIS COMP PLAN IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT HOUSING FIRST. I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER EVERY DECISION OF THIS PROCESS BY ASKING HOW YOU WILL ACQUIRE THAT HOUSING? THANKS. SPENT NEXT, WE HAVE ALAYNA, JOHN . ALAYNA, JOHN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBER. HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR. MY NAME IS ALAYNA. I AM HERE REPRESENTING FRIENDS OF LITTLE SAIGON. WE ARE LOCAL COMMUNITY BASED ON PROFIT AND WE ARE LOOKING TO UPLIFT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PREVENT DISPLACEMENT IN LITTLE SAIGON. I AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO STRENGTHEN AND THE POLICIES CURRENTLY DO NOT DO A GOOD ENOUGH JOB OF PROTECTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING [ INAUDIBLE ] IS IN THE HIGH RISK AREA. SPECIFICALLY WE URGE YOU TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, PROVEN ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAM. IT IS NO SECRET THAT LITTLE SAIGON HAS FACED MORE THAN ITS FAIR SHARE OF HARDSHIPS IN RECENT YEARS. MANY OF SEATTLE'S ISSUES HAVE CONCENTRATED IN LITTLE SAIGON, PLACING ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON A NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY WITH LITTLE RESOURCES. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CONTINUES TO PUSH FORWARD, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BREAK GROUND ON THE LANDMARK PROJECT, WHICH WILL FEATURE AFFORDABLE FAMILY HOUSING, AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL SPACES AND A VIETNAMESE CULTURE ECONOMIC CENTER. THE LANDMARK PROJECT HAS RECEIVED CITY FUNDING THROUGH ADI, WHICH HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THIS PROJECT OFF THE GROUND. WE ASKED THE COUNCIL TO INVEST IN THIS PROVEN INVESTMENT PROGRAM AND INCREASE THE FUNDING. THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAM MENTIONS THE SUCCESS BUT DOES NOT CREATE PLANS TO INCREASE FUNDING. WE ENVISION A FUTURE WHERE CULTURAL COMMUNITIES ARE NOT DISPLACED BY FORCES AND GREED. INCREASING FUNDING WILL HELP STABILIZE HIGH DISPLACEMENT RISK COMMUNITIES IN LITTLE SAIGON AND ALLOW RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO STAY IN PLACE. >>> NEXT WE HAVE JOHN. >> JOHN WILL WORK ON HIS PENMANSHIP. >> THANK YOU. >> I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE LAKE UNION RIVER BOARD ASSOCIATION. DON'T BE FOOLED BY OUR NAME. WE HAVE THE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS IN ALMOST EVERY DISTRICT. THEY ARE IN LAKE WASHINGTON, AND WE ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE WHAT WE SEE IN THIS PLAN IS THAT WE ARE TOTALLY UNSEEN. THE MAPS THEMSELVES EVEN CUT OUT THE WATER AND DON'T INCLUDE THAT WITHIN THE PLANNING. HOW CAN YOU PLAN FOR OUR DISPLACEMENT WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN SEE OR KNOW US? HOW MANY OF US A LOW INCOME? HOW MANY OF US NEED SOME KIND OF UTILITY EXTENSION IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR RESIDENCES? WE ARE TRADITIONALLY LOW INCOME HOUSING UNITS IN THE CITY. NOW WE ARE BEING DISPLACED IN MANY WAYS. IF YOU READ THE SEATTLE TIMES ON SUNDAY, A NICE ARTICLE ABOUT HOW IT IS SO DIFFICULT. I GUESS MY ONLY STATEMENT IS, PLEASE, PLEASE, SEE US. AND BY SEEING US, HELP US WORK WITH YOU TO PLAN FOR US. OTHERWISE, WE ARE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE DISPLACED AND LOST AS A PART OF THE SORT OF HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JOHN. WE HAVE AL IN THE NEXT THREE WILL BE DENNIS, GARY AND MARTY. FOLLOWED BY RON CHAMBERS. >> HELLO. I LIVE IN LAKE CITY . THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE OF ZONING FOR URBAN CENTERS IN OUR CITY. THIS PLAN REPRESENTS WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO MAKE THE CITY MORE VIBRANT AND A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. I AM SPEAKING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN ONE OF THE LIMITED AREAS OF SEATTLE THAT ALLOWS BUILDINGS TO THE TRANSIT ARTERIALS. THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE POLLUTED AND DANGEROUS DUE TO MASS CAR TRAFFIC AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY OUR HOMES, WE LIVE IN THESE CONDITIONS WHERE MERE BLOCK AWAY WHERE THESE BUILDINGS ARE NOT ALLOWED ARE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND THEY ENJOY SAFE STREETS. I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTORS WHO HAVE LIMITED CHOICES ON CONDITIONS WHERE WE LIVE, WE NEED MORE DENSE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BUILT FOR PEOPLE, NOT FOR CARS. THIS ZONING PLAN IS ESSENTIAL FOR ALLEVIATING THE SANITATION OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND CREATING AREAS WHERE WE CAN SHARE THE RICHES OF OUR CITY AND BUILD ANEMONES. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT, WE HAVE DENNIS, GARY AND MARTY. DENNIS, DID YOU GO TO ARIZONA? >> MY PARENTS LIVE DOWN THERE. MY NAME IS DENNIS. I WORK FOR PLYMOUTH HOUSING. I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES LETTER AND THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES. MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ABOUT CREATING NEW HOUSING OPTIONS FOR ZONING CAN LEAD TO DISPLACEMENT. TODAY I WANT TO DISCUSS HOMELESSNESS AS DISPLACEMENT. PEOPLE DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES, OFTEN FOR ECONOMIC REASONS AND DUE TO NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, PLYMOUTH AND OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS DISRUPT DISPLACEMENT BY CREATING HOMES FOR PEOPLE TO REMAIN IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. I MET RESIDENTS WHO WERE FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND ARE NOW LIVING IN KING COUNTY BUT NOW THEY CAN RETURN HOME TO THEIR DIGNIFIED HOUSING UNIT. THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT AGAINST DISPLACEMENT IS TO CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AFFORDABILITY ALLOWS PEOPLE TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES AND PREVENTS HOMELESSNESS. MORE HOUSING CREATES HOUSING FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE IF THEY WERE JUST PLACE BEFORE. PLEASE RETAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN THE SEATTLE PLAN AND ADD NEW COMMUNITY CENTERS IN KEY AREAS OF OUR CITY TO PREVENT THAT DISPLACEMENT. THANK YOU. >> HI, I AM GARY LEE AND I AM FROM CID. I WAS BEFORE YOU A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. I SIGNED UP HERE TO REMIND YOU WHEN YOU SEE MY EMAIL, THIS LITTLE THING IS ON THERE. MR. SOLOMON, I SENT THIS TO YOU TODAY. THIS POLICY , IT IS A GREAT POLICY. IT SAYS, SEEK TO AVOID OVER CONCENTRATION OF HUMAN SERVICE USES IN ANY AREA OF DOWNTOWN, ENCOURAGE THE LOCATION OF NEEDED OF SOME OF THESE AREAS LACKING SUCH FACILITIES. IT IS PROPOSED TO BE DELETED WITH THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN. HOW IS THIS POLICY GREAT ? IT TRIES TO GUIDE THE OVERREACHING VISION OF DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS TO CREATE A GROUP OF SAFE AND ECONOMICALLY VIBRANT AND LIVABLE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS STILL AN OVERARCHING VISION OF THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN. WHAT HAPPENED? WHY IS OVER CONCENTRATION OCCURRING ANYWAYS? WELL, OH PCD, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THAT TIME GOT TO ADOPT ZONING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICY. WHY? THEY DID NOT DO THAT WITH THE ADOPTED POLICY AND THEY OPTED NOT TO FOLLOW UP . THEY INTENTIONALLY DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT. DON'T BE THAT CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE MARTY AND THEN RON CHAMBERS. >> I-. I AM FROM THE WEST WING LAKE AREA. I HAVE TWO REQUESTS. I REQUEST A POSTPONEMENT OF THE ADOPTION OF THE SEATTLE ONE PLANT. INSTEAD, I PROPOSE FULFILLING THE STATE REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT AN UPDATED LAND-USE PLAN BY THE END OF JUNE, ONE THAT WILL SATISFY THE STATE REQUIREMENTS AND IMPLEMENT HB 1110 AND NOT GO FURTHER AT THIS TIME. TWO, I REQUEST THAT LIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS BE HELD WITHIN EACH DISTRICT TO GIVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT , ASK QUESTIONS, RECEIVE ANSWERS AND COMMENT AT A LOCATION THAT IS CONVENIENT FOR RESIDENTS AND AT TIMES THAT ARE POSSIBLE FOR WORKING PEOPLE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN GOES WAY BEYOND THE STATE'S HB 1110, WHICH ALREADY MANDATES FOUR TO SIX UNITS ON EVERY RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN THE CITY, INCLUDING, OF COURSE, SEATTLE. THE VASTLY MORE EXPANSIVE ONE SEATTLE PLAN LEAVES MANY PRACTICAL QUESTIONS UNANSWERED. THE ACTUAL REALIZATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, COORDINATION WITH TRANSPORTATION, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PRESERVATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD, CHARACTER AND MORE. GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PLAN, WE NEED TIME TO ENSURE THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOLLOWING, I APOLOGIZE. RON CHAMBERS, WE HAVE RUTH WILLIAMS. >> ALONE. MY NAME IS RON CHAMBERS. I AM IN THE WEST GREEN LAKE AREA NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. LAST TIME I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LACK OF OUTREACH. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE PAM FLITTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE FEEDBACK FROM THEM, IT IS GOOD. SOME OF THIS STUFF IS POSITIVE FOR THE MAN'S PLAN. THOSE PEOPLE HAVE ONLY SEEN OUR PAMPHLET. THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE WHOLE THING. WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE MAPS, YOU WILL SEE YOU ARE BRINGING IN THE ENTIRE NORTH END WITH SIX TO SEVEN STORY BUILDINGS. OKAY, FIVE OR SIX. YOU KNOW, IF THEY GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEN THEY WILL GO EVEN HIGHER. DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT WILL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? THINK ABOUT THAT. I DON'T THINK SO. YES, WE WILL HAVE HIGHER DENSITY, BUT WE WILL NOT HAVE A COMMERCIAL CENTER. WE WILL CERTAINLY NOT HAVE ANY EAST-WEST TRAFFIC. WE HAVE A CLIFF. IT IS TO THE WEST. IF ANYONE THINKS THEY CAN JUST GO ACROSS THAT IN INCLEMENT WEATHER TO GET GROCERIES AND THINGS THEY NEED, IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. A PERSON IS ISOLATED THERE. THERE IS A GREAT BUS STOP AND YOU SAY IT IS A MAJOR BUS STOP. TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. THERE AREN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO USE IT. THANK YOU. >> NEXT, WE HAVE RUTH. >> MY NAME IS RUTH WILLIAMS. I AM SPEAKING ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. I REPRESENT AN ALL VOLUNTEER GROUP. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. >> CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? >> GO AHEAD. >> WHEN I REVIEW THE SLIDE DECK FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM, I WAS DISAPPOINTED. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF ANYONE EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. DESPITE THE FACT THAT MANY OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE COMMUNICATED TO THE PRESCRIBED PROCESS. DESPITE THE FACT THERE ARE MANY ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS THROUGHOUT SEATTLE AND I WILL NOTIFY THOSE I AM IN CONTACT WITH AND ADVISE THEM OF THE SITUATION. CLIMATE CHANGE ADVOCATES ARE MENTIONING IT. NOT JUST THE ENVIRONMENT THAT IS CRUCIAL FOR HABITAT AND WILDLIFE WE HAVE AND SUPPORTS HUMAN WELFARE, AS WELL AS LIFE IN PUGET SOUND. I AM HERE TO MAKE THESE POINTS. THE ALLIANCE STRONGLY SUPPORTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR EVERYONE. THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREAS. UNDER LAND-USE DOES NOT MEAN WE WILL SEE CHANGES. TODAY WE SEE HOUSING BUILT IN WETLANDS WHERE BUYERS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN LIABILITY WAIVERS WITH THE CITY. CITY POLICY WILL NOT HELP DEVELOPERS RESTORE PROJECTS WITH THESE COMPANIES. >> THANK YOU, RUTH. WE WILL NOW SWITCH TO ONLINE. I KNOW THERE MIGHT BE MORE PEOPLE SIGNED UP. WE WILL SWITCH YOU ONLINE. COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE EXTENDED PUBLIC COMMENTS TWICE NOW. WE ARE ALMOST AN HOUR IN. WITH THE CLERK PLEASE READ, I HAVE THE NAMES IN FRONT OF ME. I KNOW THERE ARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ONLINE. >> PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROMPT AND THE SPEAKER WOULD LIKE YOU TO UNMUTE. >> FIRST UP, WE HAVE [ INAUDIBLE ]. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6:YOU ARE READY TO GO. >> I AM THE WASHINGTON LOCAL POLICY MANAGER , A LOCAL NONPROFIT WORKING TO ACCELERATE FOR ENERGY SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. PLACEMENT IS AN ISSUE, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE BOTH MORE VULNERABLE AND UNFAIRLY AFFECTED BY THE CITY. THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE PART OF THIS. IT WILL INCREASE HER TRANSPORTATION COSTS. WE SUPPORT POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMPLETE COMMUNITY COALITION AND STRONGLY SUPPORT INCREASE IN DENSITY, TRANSITORY DEVELOPMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS ADDING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN CERTAIN AREAS. I ALSO WANT TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE OTHER MEASURES, SUCH AS -- >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE ROBIN AND THEN JIM. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. >> WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING A WEENIE WAYS TO KEEP PEOPLE , PARTICULARLY RENTERS. THEY ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THIS HOUSING CRISIS. THANK YOU. >> MY APOLOGIES. I THOUGHT SHE WAS FINISHED. NEXT, WE HAVE ROBIN BRIGGS AND THEN JIM BUCHANAN. ROBIN, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. WE HAVE ABOUT 14 ONLINE SPEAKERS. >> HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ROBIN BREAKS. I AM A HOMEOWNER ON CAPITOL HILL. I WOULD LIKE TO COME IN AND SUPPORT OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS FORMAT, LIKE THE LAST SPEAKER, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NEEDS TO INCLUDE A BLUEPRINT FOR REDUCING EMISSIONS AND IMPROVING RESILIENCE. BY WELCOMING MORE NEIGHBORS WE WILL BE INCREASING EMISSIONS AND ALSO BE BUILDING A MORE DIVERSE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY THAT IS MORE LIKELY TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHANGES WE ALREADY SEE COMING. THE PAST 40 YEARS HAVE SET US ON A PATH OF A MUCH HIGHER COST OF LIVING AND MUCH MORE DIVERSITY. SEATTLE IS BECOMING EVER MORE EXCLUSIVE AND THAT IS FRAGILE. IN THE YEARS TO COME, WE HAVE TO EXPECT WE WILL SEE OUR SHARE OF FLOODS, WILDFIRES AND MORE. WE WILL NEED A STRONG COMMUNITY THAT CAN PULL TOGETHER AND HELP EACH OTHER. WITH NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, SMALL BUSINESSES WILL BE BETTER BY BEING CLOSER TO WHERE MORE PEOPLE LIVE. WE ALLOW TALLER BUILDINGS AND ALLOW MORE OPEN SPACE FOR TREES, WE COULD HAVE FLATS AND FAMILY SIZED APARTMENTS. WE CAN HAVE QUIETER STREETS WITH BETTER BUSES, BIKES AND CONNECTIONS. A LOW COLLUSION NEIGHBORHOOD AS THE MAYOR HAS CALLED FOR COULD INCLUDE MORE FREQUENT TRANSIT, MORE PEDESTRIAN CENTERS, GATHERING SPACES, OR PLACES FOR TREES AND REDUCED ENERGY AND HOUSING COSTS. WE WON'T GET THERE BY DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW. CHANGES COMING. OUR JOB IS TO MANAGE IT AND BUILD A COMMUNITY THAT WILL MANAGE IT ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. MR. BUCHANAN, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. THEN WE HAVE LEWIS MARTIN AND THEN TOM DONNELLY. PRESS STAR SIX, MR. BUCHANAN. >>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON WHO ON YOUR NEW APPOINTMENT. I'M HERE TO BLACK, SEATTLE PUT MEASURES IN THE PLAN FOR DECADES TO WEED AND SEED THE BLACK DOE HOMEOWNERS. WHY DO WE AS BLACK DESCENDANTS OF THE ENSLAVED COMMUNITY HAVE TO SHOW UP ON EVERY ISSUE TO TRY TO GET EQUALITY? WHY AREN'T OUR ELECTED ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT LOVE TO FLAUNT THE WORD BLACK BRINGING EQUALITY TO THE PREDATORY POLICIES THAT THEIR PREDECESSORS PUT TO DESTROY THE BLACK ODOE COMMUNITY? WE ASK THE COUNCIL TO DIG IN AND DO THE RIGHT THING TO COLLECTIVELY DEVELOP THE APPROPRIATE POLICIES FOR THE BLACK DESCENDANTS OF THE ENSALAVED COMMUNITY TO ALLOW PLACEMENT BACK IN TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT THE DOE STAKE HOLDERNS BUILT OVER DECADES. IT'S ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT CHANGE. IT IS ANOTHER THING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. LET'BE DOERS, NOT JUST TALKERS. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING, THE TIME IS NOW TO MAKE SEATTLE TRULY A ONE SEATTLE FOR ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> NEXT WE HAVE LOIS MARTIN FOLLOWED BY TOM DONNELLY. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. >> LOIS YOU MAY BE MUTED ON YOUR PHONE. >> MY APOLOGIES. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M A HOME AND BUSINESS OWNER. MY PARENTS PURCHASED THEIR HOME IN THE 50s WHETHER LIVING IN A RED LINE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THEIR ONLY PATH TO HOMEOWNER SHIP. WHEN I REFLECT OF THIS -- I SEE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY THAT IS BASED ON A PERSON'S ROOTS AND NOT THEIR INCOME. SUPPORT THAT ALLOWS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE TYPE OF HOUSING THEY DESIRE WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING PRICED OUT. SUPPORT THAT PRIORITIZES LIVING WHERE RESIDENT ARE NOT IMPACTED BY THE THREAT OF HEAT ISLANDS. I HAVE SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS THAT I WILL EMAIL BUT HERE ARE MY TOP THREE. SUPPORT THE ELIMINATION OF HIGH -- PROPERTY TAXES, ALLOW LEGACY RESIDENT THE OPTION TO APPLY FOR EPPS EPPSS. USE THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS WRITE BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SHARED BY DISTRICT 2 CANDIDATE WE DESIRE -- A RESPONSE TO ANTI DISPLACE HELICOPTER AND WE DON'T NEED DEVELOPER LOBBYISTS OR OTHERS WHO STAND TO PROFIT SPEAKING FOR US. THANK YOU. >> NEXT TOM DONNELLY AND THEN RUBY HOLLAND. >> HI. TOM DONNELLY HERE. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO COMMENT. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE PROPOSED WEST GREEN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND A MEMBER OF THE GROUP STUDYING THE IMPACT AND FEASIBILITY OF THIS AND PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. AS I SAID BEFORE RESIDENTS BASICALLY HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT HB1110 AND THE PLAN AND HOW IT'LL AFFECT THEIR HOMES AND PROPERTY. THE TWO NEAREST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, WEST GREEN LAKE AND FINNEY DON'T MEET THINGS LIKE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE MARKETS, STORE WAS IN A SHORT WALK OR AN ACCESS TO TRANSIT TO DOWNTOWN WITH IN THE STATED DISTANCE ARE SOME ISSUES. ALSO INCLUDING GRAPHIC ISSUES LIKE STEEP HILLS THAT ARE IMPASSABLE AND -- INDICATE THE PLANNERS HAVE NOT WALKED THE AREA. WE NEED SOME ON SITE VISION FROM THE PLANNERS. THE CURRENT DIS -- SEEMS TO BE BASED ON ABOUT 300% FEWER HOUSING UNITS THAN STATED IN THE CITY'S PLAN BRINGS QUESTION THE SUFFICIENTY -- TO THE NEW DENSITY FORECAST. THAT FORECAST POPULATION CHANGE ARE ALSO IN QUESTION. IT IS UNFAIR TO RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE AS WELL AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE STATIONS BASED ON OUT DATED DATA BEFORE ON GROUND OBSERVATIONS. I SUGGEST POSTPONING THE DECISION AND -- AND IMPACTING AREAS BEFORE THE COMP PLAN. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE RUBY HOLLAND AND THEN AIDAN. PRESIDENT PRESS STAR 6. >> THE MAYOR COMMITMENT TO MAKE SEATTLE A -- CITY TO FILL THE LATE PAUL ALLEN'S VISION CUTS THE ABSENCE OF LAND IN WHICH TO BUILD HOMES FOR THESE NEW MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES IS WHAT'S DRIVING HUGE HUGER DISPLACEMENT IN THE CD AND URBAN VILLAGES. THE MHA AND UP ZONING IS THE TOOL BEING USED TO DISPLACE THE HOMEOWNERS ALLOWING THE MASTER BUILDERS TO BUILD MILLION DOLLAR ADU'S IN EVERYBODY'S BACKYARD WILL PRICE US OUT OF OUR OWN YARDS THAT -- THAT -- IS WHAT THEY ARE TEACHING AT THEIR ADU ACADEMY WITH THE LOTS THEY BUILD. THIS PLAN LACKS A STRONG ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN THAT WILL KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOME AS MANDATED BY THE GOVERNOR SO MUST BE REJECTED. IN 2023 COURT PAPERS FORCED MAYORS -- DURKIN AND HAROLD TO SUBMIT THAT MHA COULD ONLY PROVIDE HOUSING FOR THE LUXURY CLIENTS, THUS WORKING CLASS RENTERS CAN'T ABE EXPECT RELIEF FROM HIGH RENT. HMA WAS A BAIT AND SWITCH. INCREASE UP ZONING WITH MHA LEADS TO INCREASED DISPLACEMENT SO WE EMBRACE THE STATE MANDATED HB110. INCREASING HEIGHT DENSITY -- A PLAN DOES -- PART OF DISPLACED HOMEOWNER WHO WILL BE TAXED FOR HIGHEST ADVANCED USE TO ENCOURAGE TURNOVER. THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE AIDEN AND THEN SUSAN. PRESS STAR 6. >> HI. I'M COMMENTING TODAY IN IMPORTANT OF THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT ALL NEWHOUSEING IMPROVES AFFORDABILITY. EACH PERSON THAT MOVES IN MEANS THEY AREN'T BIDDING UP HOUSING ELSEWHERE. IN A CITY WHERE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS RENTERS THIS MEANS THAT ALL NEWHOUSEING DIRECTLY IMPROVES AFFORDABILITY FOR MAJORITY OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS. MANY STUDIES HAVE FOUND THIS. A STUDY FROM THIS YEAR FOUND A SMALL 1% INCREASE LOWERS AVERAGE RENTS BY .2%. IT ALSO FOUND THAT THE EFFECTIVELY REDUCES THE RENT OF LOWER RENTAL UNITS AND INCREASES THE NUMBER OF SECONDHAND UNITS AVAILABLE FOR RENT. I HAVE SEEN THIS FIRSTHAND WHEN NEW HIGH-RISES HAVE OPENED UP AND I HAVE HAD FRIEND FRIENDS THAT OPTED TO LEAVE THEIR EXISTING UNIT AND MOVE IN THIS THEIRS OPENING UP THEIR UNIT FOR SOMETHING ELSE. WE HAVE SEEN IN CITY THAT BUILD MORE MARKET RATE HOUSING HAVE A PLUMMET IN RENT LIKE AUSTIN. WE MUST TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. KILLING BACK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS MEANS INSTEAD OF EXPANDING HUESING OPTIONS WE WILL SEE WORSENING AFFORDABILITY. PLEASE KEEP ALL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE SUSAN CAMPBELL FOLLOWED BY TOM DONNELLY. NOPE. NOT. THAT WAS A DUPLICATE. SUSAN CAMPBELL, PRESS STAR 6 AND THEN DEB LESTER. >> THIS IS SUSAN. YOU CAN HEAR ME? >> LOUD AND CLEAR. >> OKAY. PERFECT. MY NAME IS SUSAN. I'M FROM D7 AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY. THERE ARE MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE UNAWARE OF THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN PROPOSED ZONING. DUE TO THIS NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE FELT IT NECESSARY TO FORM GROUPS AND TRY TO SHARE INFORMATION AND THE BACKLASH TO THIS HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT. THERE IS NAME CALLING. ALL OF THIS IS AGEIST. IT'S UNCALLED FOR AND EXTREMELY NEGATIVE. HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS HAVE -- TO REPRESENT THEM. BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS ARE SENDING LAWYERS TO LOBBY, ALL WHILE NEIGHBORHOODS CONCERNED ARE BEING SHOUTED DOWN. FLYERS HAVE BEEN POSTED THAT ARE BEING RIPPED DOWN WHEN WE ARE -- WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS. ARGUMENTS AND ALTERCATIONS ARE HAPPENING ON THE STREET. THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE AN ANGRY PRO GROWTH ADVOCATE RIPPED DOWN A FLYER, USED THREATENING BODY LANGUAGE AND CALLED THE PERSON POSTING THE FLYER A NIMBY AND TRASH. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. I'M HERE TO ASK CITY COUNCILMEMBERS TO ENGAGE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND I MEAN THAT FOR EVERYBODY. URBANISTS, MODERATES, ENVIRONMENT LIFTS. WORK ON A NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC GROWTH PLAN W HE WILL GET FURTHER IF WE ARE COLLABORATING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DEB LESTER AND COLLEEN MCALLER. >> MY NAME IS DEB LESTER AND I LIVE IN THE PROPOSED MAPLE LEAF CENTER. WE REALIZE THE CITY NEEDS MORE HOUSING ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE AND FAMILY FRIENDLY HOUSING WHICH WE STRONGLY SUPPORT. WE WANT A WELL THOUGHT OUT REZONING PLAN THAT SUPPORTS A MULTIGENERATIONAL AND LIVEABLE NEIGHBORHOOD TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE OUR TREE CANOPY. NO OVERALL PLAN ORRIN PUT FROM RESIDENTS RESULTS IN A HAPHAZARD APPROACH -- TO DO WHAT THEY WANT WHERE THEY WANT IT. WE WANT A WELL THOUGHT OUT PROGRAM THIS HAS A COMPLETE ASSESSMENT OF TRANSIT NEEDS THIS AND THIS IS LACKING A DEIS. WE WANT A PLAN WITH A CHANCE OF SUCCESS OF MEETING GOALS OF AFFORDABILITY. THERE IS NO ACTIVE OUTREACH TO ENGAGE MAPLE LEAF RESIDENTS ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES PROPOSED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AS THE CITY WORKED WITH US TO DEVELOP THIS CONCEPT I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE HERE TODAY WITH A PETITION SIGNED BY OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT OPPOSE IT. WE ARE TRACK CITY ANNOUNCEMENTS CLOSELY BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE NEIGHBOR WHO KNEW ABOUT THIS PLAN PRIOR TO THE SPRING OF 2024 OPEN HOUSE. MOST DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT IT UNTIL LATE THIS FALL. I ATTEND THE BUILD MEETINGS AND AM VERY FRUSTRATED STAFF COULDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTIONS AND REFERRED ME TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO REFERRED ME TO SOMEONE ELSE THIS IS A POOR WAY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ACT THE PLAN AND DIDN'T CREATE CONFIDENCE THAT IT WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT AND WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE ARE COLLEEN AND THEN JOANNA. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS COLLEEN. REPRESENTING NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF OVER 2500 PEOPLE. WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON DISPLACEMENT. NUMBER ONE, RETAIN AFFORDABLE UNITS ON SITE. IN PLAN SHOULD NOT ALLOW THE PROCESS AS IT DID LAST TIME AND THAT -- DISPLACED VULNERABLE RESIDENTS THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY WAS THE SAFETY -- MORTGAGE PRICES MORE PREDICTABLE AND ALLOWS SENIORS TO AGE IN PLACE. NUMBER TWO, BAR PREDATOR SALE SOLICITATION TO HOMEOWNERS AND REQUIRE THAT ALL BUILDINGS ON SITE MUST BE REQUIRED THAT AFFORDABLE HUESING UNITS BE THERE FOR 20 YEARS. THE LAST PLAN FAILED TO PROTUESDAY THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR A LONG TERM POLL AND I IT WAS NEVER AUDITED. PRODUCE YOUR -- NATURAL -- THE ONE SEATTLE POLICY ENCOURAGES TEAR DAWNS BUT THERE'S AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO PRESERVING THEM. THEY CAN HOUSE STARVING COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE ATTIC, OVER THE GARAGE, PROVIDE A HOME FOR OLDERS, PROVIDE AN INHOME OFFICE OR HAVE AN ADU PROPERTY TO DEFRAY TAXES. NUMBER FOUR, KING COUNTY BUS ROUTES SHOULDN'T BE USED TO INSERT FOUR TO SIX STORY MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS AND THAT WAS NOT THE INTENT OF HB1110 WRITE ALLOWS UP ZONING MANY WITH IN A 4th OF A MILE WITH INFRASTRUCTURE FIXED AND RAIL, NOTA LOCK CITY STREETS. AND LASTLY EASTBOUND COURAGE A TAX LIT FOR SENIORS. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JOANNA AND THEN ALBE RT O. STAR 6. >> WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF RED LINE AREA. THE CURRENT ONE SEATTLE ZONING PROPOSAL WOULD PUT THE CENTRAL DISTRICT ON A PATH TO BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEAR CUT. CLEAR CUTTING BOTH -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ECO SYSTEMS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN EQUITY, FAIRNESS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE YOU WILL NOT KEEP MORIN JUSTICE ONTO THIS AREA. REJECT FURTHER UP ZONING OR ADDING MORE HEIGHT AND DENSITY TO THE CENTRAL DISTRICT. REJECT EXPANDING THE URBAN VILLAGE CENTER BOUNDARIES IN TO NEIGHBORHOOD -- REJECT -- OF CAPITOL HILL OR FIRST HILL. TO MAINTAIN A SENSE OF PLACE THESE DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS MUST BE KEPT INTACT. ELIMINATE SET BACK -- FOR BOTH STREETS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY TREES. THE CENTRAL AREA AND CAPITOL HILL ARE THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS EACH WITH THEIR OWN DESIGN REVIEW GUIDELINES AND ARTS AND CULTURAL DISTRICT. I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT PITTING RENTERS AGAINST HOMEOWNER IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ALBE RT O ALVAREZ FOLLOWED BY HOWARD GREENWITCH. >> HELLO. THIS IS A CITY WIDE PUBLIC COUNCIL, NOT A PRIVATE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION. THE COMP PLAN IS DESIGNED TO ADD DENSITY TO A CITY IN AN EVER GROWING STATE. SUPPLY IS THE INTENT OF THE COMP PLAN. SUPPLY TO MEET THE DEMAND IS THE MOST BASIC PRINCIPLE OF ANY MARKET. DISTRICT 2 HAS SUFFERED THE MOST FROM RED LINING AND DIVESTMENT FROM THE CITY. D2 CANNOT PEAR THE BRUNT OF INCREASING HOUSING FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. COUNSEL ANNE, GREEN LAKE AND YES, EVEN MAPLE LEAF MUST PROVIDE A FAIR SHARE TO COMBAT THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. SHELTER FOR THE POOR AND THOSE WITH SUBSTANCE RECOVERY. RENTALS FOR THE BARISTA, GROCER AND LINE COOK. HOME FOR THE YOUNG FAMILY SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE INTO ONE TO TWO HOURS OF RETURN TO OFFICE GRIDLOCK. KEEP DENSITY FAIR AND DO NOT LET THE WEALTHY COMMUNITIES CONTROL THE NEEDS TO HOUSE WORKING PEOPLE. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> HOWARD GREENWICH FOLLOWED BY JAMIE IMAN. >> >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT -- EXISTING ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES AND TO STRENGTHEN THOSE KIND OF POLICIES IN THE UPCOMING UPDATE. IN PARTICULAR I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE NEED TO PRESERVE -- COMMUNITIES LIKE CHINA TOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT, CENTRAL DISTRICT. DELL RIDGE AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT INDIVIDUALS PG&E FORCED TO RELOCATE BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS BEING RENOVATED OR RENT IS TO HIGH. WE HAVE TO PRESERVE WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT DEPEND ON -- HAVING GROWN IN PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS, POSSIBLY BECAUSE THEY ARE RED LINED, LOSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCES HAVE THE CLEAR AND MEASURABLE HARM. WE NEED TO GET A THIRD OF THE LAND PERMANENTLY INTO PUBLIC -- OF HUMAN OWNERSHIP. THE WIDE VARIETY INCLUDING CITY FUNDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PDA'S, LAND TRUST AND PRESERVING AFFORDABLE APARTMENT LIVING THERE ON THE MARKET. THIS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH STRATEGIC LAND USE POLICIES STARTING A COMP PLAN THAT IS SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT. WE ASK YOU TO READ THE RECOMMENDATION LETTERS PAGE AND DOZENS OF ORGANIZATIONS WITH DURING COMMUNITY AND MAKE IT -- THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JAMIE AND THEN MARIANNE. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6, JAMIE. ALL RIGHT WE WILL SKIP TO THE NEXT AND WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU. MARINNE. WE -- HAVE YOU OFF MUTE. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. AFY MARINNE WILDING. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE GREEN LAKE CENTER PLAN. I SUPPORT THE NEED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SEATTLE BUT WOULD LIKE -- CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YEP. YOU ARE STILL ON. >> YOU CAN HEAR ME. >> CONTINUE PLEASE. >> SORRY. YOU CAN HEAR ME? >> YES. WE CAN HEAR YOU. GO HEAD. >> I SUPPORT THE NEED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SEATTLE BUT WOULD LIKE CLARITY ON WHY THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN HAS NO PARKING PLANS FOR THE THOUSANDS OF NEW RESIDENTS IN THE SAME HOUSING AREA AND COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR NONRESIDENTS TOKO MUTE TO. IN ADDITION I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU PLAN TO ADDRESS THE REDUCTION IN PROPERTY VALUE FOR CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERNS CAUSED BY THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, NOISE AND SHADOW LINE THAT WILL BE IMPOSED ON NEIGHBORS BY FIVE TO SIX STORY PROPERTY LINES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE THREE ONLINE SPEAKERS LEFT AND TWO IN PERSON. IT IS 3:20. WE HAVE EXTENDED PUBLIC COMMENT FOUR TIMES. THIS WILL BE THE 5th TIME. ZACH, PRESS STAR 6. >> HI CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> LOUD AND CLEAR. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ZACH. I'M A RENTER IN THE WEST GROAN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD. I LIVE JUST OUTSIDE THE -- THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE COMP PLAN ONE SEATTLE PLAN. I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THE CHANGES. I THINK WE NEED MORE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE NEED MORE AFFORDABILITY AS A RENTER IN NORTH SEATTLE. IT'S EXPENSIVE AND MY LEASE IS COMING UP I'M LOOKING FOR A NEW PLACE TO LIVE AND IT'S A TERRIFYING PROPOSITION TO LOOK FOR A NEW PLACE TO LIVE AND I WOULD LOVE TO STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE ALSO HERE TO TALK ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AND ONE OF THE BEST METHODS TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT IS IN AREAS WHERE IT HAPPENS MOST IS TO ALLOW FOR DENSITY AND AFFORDABILITY IN AREAS WHERE IT HAPPENS WHICH IS NORTH SEATTLE SO I THINK WE SHOULD LISTEN TO OPCD'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY ARE THE EXPERTS ON PLANNING IN THE CITY AND I THINK THEY CAME UP WITH A GREAT PLAN THAT WE SHOULD MAINTAIN IMPACT AS IT IS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. DAVID AND THEN JUNE. >> PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. >> HI. LEAVE NO DOUBT -- ABOUT TO GIVE TRUE DEMOCRACY A SHOUT FOR A 21st CENTURY GREAT AMERICAN HOUSING -- WITHOUT A BUNCH OF SELL OUTS THAT THINK THEY ARE ENTITLED TO SAY NO. YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO MOVE INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SAME PEOPLE WORKED TO CHEAT THE FUTURE X AND OPPRESS YOUNGER GENERATION WHO NEED TO CHECK THEIR PRIVILEGE. WE NEED A GREAT AMERICAN HOUSING WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS OF LOW QUALITY NONPROFIT BUILT HOUSING TO PISS OFF EVERYBODY WASTING TAX DOLLARS CREATING WAREHOUSE SLUMS. WE NEED REAL DEVELOPERNS TO GET INCENTIVES TO EMBRACE THE OFF SET OF THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND SQUEEZE THAT ALL OF THESE GREEDY SELL OUTS ENJOY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CAUSING A DESPERATE HOUSING MARKET WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR -- AND YOU DON'T WANT YOUNGER GENERATIONS TO HAVE THEIRS UNLESS THEY WANT TO BUY YOUR HOME AT TRIPLE MORTGAGE RATES AND INFLATE YOUR PERCEPTION OF -- THAT DEVALUE THE WORKING CLASS VALUES OF YOUNGER GENERATIONS. HOMEOWNER DEAR SIR TAKE THEIR RED LINE AND WRAP IT AROUND THEIR PROPERTY, NOT THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. SPARE US YOUR SHAMELESS WEAPONIZING OF TREE ORDINANCE TO PREVENT OTHER PEOPLE FROM MOVING IN. GLOAD IN. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JUNE. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 FOLLOWED BY JAMIE. WE SEE HER NEW PRESENT. OUR LAST TWO ONLINE SPEAKERS. JUNE, STAR 6 FOLLOWED BY JAMIE. >> HI. MY NAME IS JUNE. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2. I WANT TO REPEAT WHAT I SAID A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO REVISE ITS TREE ORDINANCE SO TREES ARE ACTUALLY PROTECTED DURING DEVELOPMENT AND YET A ROBUST ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN. I WANT TO SPEAK UP FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF HILLMAN CITY WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. IT WASN'T AS A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IN THE FIRST PART OF THE PLAN BUT NOW IT IS. ITS GONE FROM NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL TO UP TO LR3 IN MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. IT IS CLOSE TO TRANSIT AND IT'S CLOSE TO WHAT WILL BE THE GRAHAM STREET LIGHT-RAIL STATION. IT IS ALSO A ROBUST NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LOTS OF HOUSING AND -- REALLY V IB RANT DISTRICT. IF IT'S UP ZONED TO LR3 IT'LL TURN INTO I MASS OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS WILL BE UP ZONES WOULD COMPLETELY ALTER ITS CHARACTER. AND ALSO AS MANY HAVE SAID THE BURDEN OF UP ZONING TO DATE HAS FALLEN ON THE CENTRAL AREA OF SOUTHEAST SEATTLE. AREAS THAT WERE ALREADY HARMED BY PAST DISCRIMINATION HOUSING PRACTICES AND THAT HOUSED A HIGHER AMOUNT OF. >> THANK YOU AND THEN THE TWO IN PERSON SPEAKERS BEFORE WE GO TO THE LAST IN PERSON SPEAKER. MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT AND JAMIE PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. >> AM I COMING THROUGH? >> WE CAN HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. >> HI. I'M A TRANSGENDER STUDENT AND RENTER IN CAPITOL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD IN D3. I'M SPEAKING INTO ADDRESS THE CURRENT PROPOSED -- PLAN IN IT'S CURRENT STATE IT DOES NOT MEET THE MOMENT OF OUR CURRENT HOUSING CRISIS. INITIALLY ITS DRAFTERS PROPOSED OVER 50 LOCATIONS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS BUT IT WAS REDUCED TO LESS THAN 30 ABOUT NO INPUT BY THE PUBLIC. MOSTLY CUTTING OUT THOSE AFFECTING THE WEALTHIEST. THIS IS THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF WHERE THE DOCUMENT SHOULD BE HEADED. IF WE ARE GOING TO USE THE FRAMEWORK WE NEED MORE OF THEM, NOT FEWER. IF THE CITY STAYED ON A CURRENT POPULATION PATH THE PLAN -- WOULD FALL SHORT OF SEATTLE'S FUTURE HOUSING NEEDS BY OVER 200,000 RESIDENTS MAKING THE CRISIS A PERMANENT FIXTURE. MY FRIENDS WILL BE CONTINUED TO GIVE UP ON OWNERSHIP. MANY ALREADY HAVE AND EVE YEAR FAMILIES WILL HAVE TO BURY THEIR UNHOUSED LOVED ONES WHO DIED OF EXPOSURE AND THAT'S IF THE POPULATION REMAINS STABLE WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS NOT THE CASE. IF THE HOUSING CRISIS WILL ONLY GET WORSE AS DISASTERS BECOME MORE COMMON AND AS REFUGEES HAVE TO FLEE THE PNW FOR A FAIRER CLIMATE. IF WE AREN'T PREPARED FOR THAT THOSE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MOVE HERE WITH REMAINING SAVINGS -- ON CURRENT RESIDENTS IN MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILIES. THERE THOSE NOT AS FORTUNATE WILL FACE AN IMPOSSIBLE ROAD. MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE AND THERE'S STILL TO CHANGE COURSE ON THIS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE TO THE IN PERSON SPEAKERS. KYLE AND THEN ESMERALDA. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS KYLE. I'M ACTUALLY A PASTOR IN NORTHERN PART OF SEATTLE NEAR DISTRICT 5. I JUST STARTED OVER THERE A REFUGEE CHURCH. I'M ACTUALLY HERE JUST TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO AS A PASTOR AND -- US AS A COLOR CHURCH TO HELP. I WAS THINKING TO -- I WAS LIKE WHY NOT SIT ON A COUNCIL MEETING. I HAVE MY NUMBER AND EMAIL BUT I WANTED TO SEE HOW BE COULD HELP THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT MEMBERS AT OUR CHURCH THAT CAN HELP WITH DIFFERENT AREAS AND THINGS. I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD COME AND INTRODUCE MYSELF AND ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP YOU AND HELP MAKE OUR CITY BETTER. I'M HERE TO DO THAT SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU KYLE. YOU CAN START BY PRAYING. WE NEED A LOT OF PRAYER. NO JOKES. ALL RIGHT. ESMERALDA. >> HI. I'M INTERN WITH FUTURE WAYS AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7. OKAY. THE CITY IS GROWING THERE'S SERIOUS CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN ACROSS SEATTLE AND IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS. RATHER -- DISPLACEMENT WILL ACCELERATE FURTHER AS THE COMMUNITY IS PUSHED OUT. I LIVE IN WEST SEE THE EXAMPLE MY DAUGHTER IS IN THE HIGH LINE WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING. THE COST OF HOUSING AND THE COST OF LIVING IS A HUGE ISSUE ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES, THAT WANT TO SETTLE DOWN. THIS IS THE MOMENT TO DO SOMETHING BOLD AS OUR NEIGHBORS CONTINUE TO GET PRICED OUT AND OUR KIDS LOOSE CLASSMATES. WE NEED TO OPEN THE DOORS TO A HOUSING SUPPLY THAT CAN KEEP PACE WITH THE GROWTH WE WILL SEE -- WE WILL BE SEEING OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND WHILE SUPPLY DOESN'T STOP DISPLACEMENT WE WILL NEED TO FIGHT IT WITHOUT CHANGING OUR RESTRICTIVE ZONING. WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU TO TAKE ACTION AND APPRECIATE WHY YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TODAY AND PUBLIC COMMENT. IT IS NOW CLOSED. WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD. >> REPORT THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S ANTI DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. >> AND OUR PRESENTERS WILL MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE TAKE. I WANTED TO JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS SO WE CAN JUMP IN TO THE PRESENTATION IS THAT -- YOU KNOW WHEN I'M LISTENING TO PEOPLE AND GETTING EMAILS AND TALKING TO PEOPLE AND I -- THIS IS NOT ABOUT RENTERS VERSES HOMEOWNERS, YOUNG VERSES OLD, US VERSES THEM, CAR OWNER VERSES NON, OWNERS VERSES, BUSINESS VERSES NON, DENSITY VERSES NONTHIS IS ABOUT ALL OF US AND COMPROMISE AND FOR US TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND OUTREACH AND PLANNING AND TALKING ABOUT THINGS AND I KNOW TENSION ALSO BE HIGH ON FOLKS AND PEOPLE WANT US VERSES THEM BUT THAT'S NOT THE SEATTLE THAT I KNOW AND GREW UP WITH AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT OUR ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN. I KNOW A LOT OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ASKED ABOUT THIS AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND INVITE MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN US AS SEATTLE WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO -- GROW THEIR FAMILY, YOUNG FAMILIES. WE HAVE TO ALSO ENSURE THAT OUR ANTI DISPLACEMENT PLAN IS ON POINT AND IS IMPACTFUL. I WANT TO ANK PERFORMANCE AND OPCD AND EVERYBODY FOR THIS PRESENTATION TODAY. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD AND LET'S JUMP INTO IT. THANK YOU. >> HI. CHRISTA VALLES. >>ANNOUNCER: NICOLE STAFFORD. >> LEAH TIVOLI. >> RICO QUIR IND ONGO. >> PLEASE MOVE YOUR MICROPHONES SO THEY ARE MORE TOWARD YOU AND COLLEAGUES PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION AND WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO KICK IT OFF TODAY. I HAVE KEITH FROM OUR INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE TEAM TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK TO DEVELOP A DISPLACEMENT PLAN. SO WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT DISPLACEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MAJOR UPDATE TO THE PLAN WITHIN CREASES IN ZONING DENSITY COMES -- WITHIN CREASES IN ZONING DENSITY COMES MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE TYPES OF HOUSING TO BE BUILT ACROSS THE CITY. THERE IS BROAD CONSENSUS AMONG RESEARCHERS AND ECONOMISTS THAT RIGHT SIZING SUPPLY WITH DEMAND IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT MARKET RATE HOUSING ALONE CAN'T ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS AND SEATTLE VOTERS RECOGNIZE THIS AS WELL AS THEY HAVE VOTED TO TAX THEMSELVES IN SUPPORT OF A DEDICATED AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND. THEY APPROVED A NEARLY BILLION DOLLARS HOUSING LEVY AND TOGETHER WITH OTHER REVENUES OH HAS ALMOST 350 MILLION IN LOCAL DOLLARS IN THIS YEAR ALONE TO HELP SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. PRODUCTION IS DEFINITELY PART OF THE PICTURE WHEN IT COMES TO DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY BOTH ON THE MARKET AND HOUSING SIDE. WE ALSO KNOW THAT GREATER DENSITY AND DEVELOPMENT IS NOT WITHOUT IT IS OWN CHALLENGES AND CAN IN A SHORT TERM -- IN THE SHORT TERM POTENTIALLY MAKE WORSE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES. THIS BRINGS US TO OUR DISCUSSION TODAY. IN THINKING ABOUT HOW WE WANTED TO APPROACH THIS WE WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THE CITY IS DOING TO MITIGATE DISPLACEMENT. WE ARE NOT STARTING FROM SKETCH. THE CITY ACTUALLY HAS A LOT OF DISPLACEMENT POLICIES IN PLACE. WE WANTED TO AVOID RECREATING THE WHEEL OR COMING UP WITH SOMETHING NEW AND SHINY JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DOING SO. WE FIRST WANTED TO GET A LANDL ON WHAT ARE ALL THE PRODETECTS -- POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY IS DOING AND JUST AS IMPORTANT IS TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER THE POLL SUSPICION PROGRAMS EFFECTIVE. WE ASKED IP TO ALSO LOOK THE WHAT DOES THE RESEARCH SAY ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH REGARDS TO DISPLACEMENT AND IS IT EFFECTIVE? THEN WE WANTED TO KNOW ASSUMING THAT INTERVENTIONS ARE EVIDENCE BASED WORTHWHILE WHAT COULD WE DO TO IMPROVE THEM AND FINALLY WE ASKED THEM TO IDENTITY WHAT GAPS DID THEY SEE AS THEY WERE DOING THEIR WORK? SO WITH THAT I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO IP TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY FOUND. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT IP REALLY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THIS WORK. THEY NOT ONLY DID THE RESEARCH AND TRACKED DOWN ALL THE PROGRAMS AND INTERVIEWED CITY STAFF BUT THEY GOT THEIR HANDS DIRTY AND PROVIDED DIRECT ASSISTANCE ON A DASHBOARD THAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE LATER IN THIS CONVERSATION. SO MIDPROJECT THEY ACTUALLY -- THEY ARE -- I THINK OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE, STEVE, REALLY HELPED BOOTSTRAP A DASHBOARD THAT HAD BEEN SITTING AND NOT BEING USED WE ARE REALLY PLEASED TO INTRODUCE THAT TO YOU TODAY AND TALK ABOUT THAT. AND SO, WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS FROM US IS A DESIRE TO CONTINUE IN THIS SPACE ON THE PROGRAMMING AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING IT RIGHT, THAT IT'S EFFECTIVE AND THAT IT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP US MOVE THE NEEDL ON PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT. TAKE IT AWAY. >> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER I WANTED TO FIND EXACTLY WHAT WE MEAN BY DISPLACEMENT. YOU CAN READ THE DEFINITION UP ON THE SCREEN BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT DISPLACEMENT WHICH IS INVOLUNTARY IN NATURE IS DIFFERENT FROM REGULAR RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MITIGATING DISPOLICEMEN WHICH YOU WILL HEAR THAT TERM A LOT IN THIS PRESENTATION I'M TALKING ABOUT PREVENTING CURRENT RESIDENTS BEING DISPLACED PROTECTING AND SUPPORTING THOSE WHO MAY BE ACTIVELY GOING THROUGH AND DISPLACEMENT. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF DISPLACEMENT THAT IS RECOGNIZED IN THE LITERATURE. WHILE MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS AND POLICIES FALL INTO THAT PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT CATEGORIES ONE OF THE LARGEST IS THE EQUAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE THAT ADDRESSES CULTURAL DISPLACEMENT. WE HAVE DIRECTOR RICO HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT EDI LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION. SO TO ANSWER ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND TO UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OF SEATTLE'S ANTI DISPLACEMENT APPROACH SO FAR WE CONDUCTED A REVIEW, CATALOGED ALL EXISTING PROGRAMS AT THE CITY BASED ON THEIR POTENTIAL, COLLECTED DATA AND INTERVIEWED PROGRAM MANAGERS. BASED ON ALL OF THIS RESEARCH WE FOUND THAT SEATTLE HAS A PRETTY STRONG FOUNDATION I WOULD CALL IT OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT INTERVENTIONS BUT DID FIND FOUR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY. THE FIRST ONE IS AROUND IMPROVING OUR USE OF DATA TO MONITOR DISPLACEMENT AND INCREASE COORDINATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO DO THIS WORK. THE SECOND ONE IS AROUND INCREASING ACCESS TO ALREADY EXISTING PROGRAMS THROUGH TARGETED OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE THIRD ONE IS ALSO RELATED TO IMPROVING ACCESS BUT THROUGH BETTER SERVICE DESIGN. THE 4th ONE IS AROUND CREATING A MORE ROBUSS STRATEGY OF PRESERVING WHAT'S CALLED NATURALLY HAPPENING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH IS HOUSING THAT IS A FORDABLE TO LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. AND NOW I WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE INSIGHTS WE CATALOGED IN LOOKING AT ALL OF OF THE CITY. WE IDENTIFIED 20 EXISTING PROGRAMS OR POLICIES WITH POTENTIAL TO MITIGATE DISPLACEMENT. THIS IS A MIX OF LONGSTANDING PROGRAM THAT WERE MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY CREATED TO ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT BUT MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DO SO. NEW PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT. SOME PILOT PROGRAMS AND NEW POLICIES UNDER DEVELOPMENT. WE COLLECTED BUDGET DATA WHERE WE COULD AND FOUND THE CITY HAD BUDGETED APPROXIMATELY $424. DOESN'T INCLUDE THE UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM OR OTHER BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AS 2024 ESTIMATES FOR THOSE SERVICES STILL BEING WORKED OUT. WE DO KNOW ESTIMATES FROM 2023 AND THOSE TOTALED $54 MILLION. YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE LARGEST PROGRAMS BY THAT 2024 BUDGET ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE. YOU WILL SEE EDI IS THE LARGEST PROGRAM OF COURSE EXCLUDING THE UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM AND OTHER BILL ASSISTANCE I JUST MENTIONED. OUR TENANT RELOCATION ORDINANCE AT $.5 MILLION OF BUDGET IN 2024 BUT I WANT TO NOTE THIS IS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE CITY AND BY PROPERTY OWNERS. THEN EDRA IS A $.2 MILLION FOR 2024 AND IS OUR ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT RELOCATION ORDINANCE OR ASSISTANCE AND I WANT TO NOTE THAT IS LARGELY FUNDED BY PROPERTY OWNERS. THIS MAY ALSO BE A GOOD TIME TO CALL OUT THAT IN THE SLIDE THERE IS A BRIEF EXPLANATION ON ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS IF YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT LEARNING MORE ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL ONE. ALL OF THESE NUMBERS ARE FROM 2024 BECAUSE AT TIME OF OUR REVIEW THE NUMBER BUDGET HADN'T BEEN ADOPTED. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 2025 BUDGETS HAVE INCREASED IN SEVERAL OF THESE PROGRAMS. EDI IS INCREASING BY ALMOST 1.9 MILLION. HOME WEATHER BY 3.3 AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE BY 4.4 MILLION. OF THESE 20 AND -- I WANT TO SHIFT YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT PIE CHART ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SLIDE. OF THESE 20 INTERVENTIONS, WE FOUND 60% HAD WHAT WE HAD A HIGH TO MODERATE EVIDENCE BASE. WE DID NOT CREATE THE CLASS ON OUR OWN OR IN A SILO. WE RELIED ON TWO RECENTLY PUBLISHED REVIEWS. ONE BY A UC BERKELEY AND UCLA PARTNERSHIP AND ANOTHER BY A RESEARCH FIRM CALLED ROOT POLICY RESEARCH. THEY TOOK ALL OF THE LATEST RESEARCH IN THE SPACE AND CREATED A CLASS OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT INTERVENTIONS BASED ON TWO DIMENSIONS. THE FIRST DIMENSION ASKS HOW LIKELY WILL THIS PROGRAM OR POLICY REDUCE DISPLACEMENT DIRECTLY? THE SECOND DIMENSION TERMED HOW MUCH EVIDENCE IS THERE TO SUPPORT THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION? >> THEY CLASSIFIED INTERVENTIONS AS HIGH, MEDIUM OR MODERATOR LOW AND WHERE THE INTERVIEWS CLASSIFIED IT AS HIGH WE DID SO. WHERE THEY CALLED IT MODERATE SO DID WE. SOMETIMES A PROGRAM WAS NOT MENTIONED IN EITHER OF THESE TWO LARGER REVIEWS BUT WE KEPT COMING ACROSS THEM IN OUR BROADER RESEARCH. WE WOULD SEE THEM IN CASE STUDIES, STRATEGIES OR TOOL KITS. SO WE INCLUDED THEM AS MODERATE IF THEY WERE IN AT LEAST FIVE OF THESE DIFFERENT SOURCES. 35% OF THE 20 INTERVENTIONS ARE CONSIDERED TO NEW OR NOVEL TO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL BODY OF EVIDENCE BUT SHOWED SOME PROMISE BY BEING INCLUDED IN AT LEAST ONE SOURCE LIKE A CASE STUDY STRATEGY OR TOOL KIT. FINALLY WE CLASSIFIED 5% AS LOW. NOW LOW DOESN'T MEAN THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE. JUST LESS EFFECTIVE AT SPECIFICALLY MITIGATING DISPLACEMENT THAN THE OTHERS. NOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION BUT NOW I WILL SHOW YOU A FEW DIFFERENT SLICES OF THE 20 PROGRAMS AND POLL SESSIONS I KEEP TALKING ABOUT. THE FIRST ONE, THE FIRST SLICE IS BY EVIDENCE BASED. YOU WILL SEE EXACTLY WHICH PROGRAMS OR POLICIES ARE CLASSIFIED AS HIGH, MODERATE, LOW, AND NOVEL. YOU WILL NOTICE IN THAT HIGH CATEGORY ARE PROGRAM THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE DIRECT AND GET TO THE IMMEDIATE NEED OF SOMEONE THAT MAY BE ACTIVELY BOEING ADVERTISE BEING DISPLACED. THEN THE THINGS IN THE MODERATE CATEGORY I WOULD CONSIDER MORE OF THE INDIRECT AND POINT TO MAKING HOUSING COSTS MORE AFFORDABLE. YOU WILL SEE THINGS LIKE TAX EXEMPTION OR UTILITY ASSISTANCE. WE ONLY HAD ONE PROGRAM THAT WAS SET AS LOW. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THIS PROGRAM IS NOT EFFECTIVE. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF OTHER REASONS. JUST LESS SO THAN THE OTHERS IN THE HIGH AND MODERATE CATEGORY. THEN FINALLY YOU WILL SEE THAT 35% OF THAT IN THE NOVEL CATEGORY. THE NEXT SLICE I WANT TO SHOW YOU IS THE SAME 20 PROGRAMS BUT WANTED TO SHOW YOU HOW WE WERE THINKING ABOUT THE CATEGORIES. HE WE USE AID POPULAR FRAMEWORK WE FOUND IN THE LITERATURE CALLED THE 4P'S TO BUILD CATEGORIES AND TO IDENTITY WHERE THE CITY MAY HAVE GAPS. PLAN, CAPTURES INTERVENTION THAT HELP THE CITY PLAN AHEAD BY ANTICIPATING DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES AND RESPONDING WITH APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES. PROTECT INCLUDES INTERVENTIONS THAT PROTECT RESIDENTS DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES BY GIVING THEM MORE FREEDOM AND TIME TO MAKE THEIR CHOICE TO STAY OR MOVE AND THEN PRESERVE CAPTURES INTERVENTIONS THAT PRESERVE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT LEAVES THE AFFORDABILITY HOUSING STOCK. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE THE LEAST NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS IN THAT PLAN CATEGORY BUT THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION OR RECOMMENDED ACTION HELPS ADDRESS THIS GAP. I HAVE ALSO NOTED ON THE SLIDE WHERE DEPARTMENTS -- THAT OWN EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS OR POLICIES AND YOU WILL NOTE THIS DOES STRETCH ACROSS ABOUT SIX DEPARTMENTS. NOW YOU MAY NOTICE THAT 1P IS MISSING THE SLIDE. THAT IS CALLED PRODUCTION OR PRODUCE AND IT'S ABOUT INCREASING THE HOUSING ACROSS ALL INCOME LEVELS AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF A HOLISTIC STRATEGY OFGIVEN THAT YOU ARE ALL IN ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS ON THIS TOPIC WITH THE PLAN AND WITH HISTORIC INVESTMENTS MENTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. FINALLY THE THIRD SLICE AS I PROMISED IS BY HOUSEHOLD TENURE WHICH MEANS WHETHER OR NOT A PROGRAM TARGETS RENTERS, OR HOMEOWNERS. YOU WILL SEE WE HAVE A LOT IN THE RENTER'S CATEGORY. WE HAVE SOME IN THE HOMEOWNERS AND SOME THAT CROSSES BOTH. AND NOW MY NEXT SLIDE I'M GOING TO MORE INTO EDI. APPLY TEAM DIDN'T TO AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THIS PROGRAM SINCE IT WAS JUST COMPLETED BY AN EXTERM PARTY JUST THIS LAST FALL. BECAUSE OF -- THIS IS ONE OF THE CITY'S LARGEST INVESTMENTS WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO I HIGHLIGHT HERE. WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT OFF TO RICO TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE INSIGHTS THIS EVALUATION AND PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EDI PROGRAM. > >> THANK YOU. SO, ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE REPORT THAT WE HAVE PUBLISHED ON OUR INITIATIVE WEBSITE FROM SEPTEMBER WHICH IS THE TECHNICAL EVALUATION ANALYSIS AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT IN JANUARY WE JUST ADDED A -- SUPPLE MENTAL WHICH PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WHICH IS WHAT ABOUT THE NARRATIVE WORK AND CULTURAL WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN COMMUNITY AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESS OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND -- INITIATIVES. WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS HIGHLIGHTED FOR AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO PULL OUT OF THE REPORT. ONE OF THE THINGS, DATA REPORTING AND COLLECTION AS NOT CONSISTENT. THE THIRD WAS AROUND PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND THAT -- WE HAVE SILOS INSTEAD OF A CENTRAL SYSTEM AND THEN THE LAST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTING IN THE PROGRAM. THEY ARE NOT EXPERTS AS IT RELATES TO DEVELOPMENT AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS LEAN INTO THE ISSUE OF HOW DO WE PROVIDE THEM THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE RELATED TO THESE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. NEXT SLIDE. AND THINGS THAT WE HAD ALREADY BUILT INTO OUR WORK PROGRAM IN 2025 WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE IS THING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT RELATED TO IMPROVEMENTS IN 2025 AND 2026. SO, WE WILL BE BEGINNING A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS BOTH WITH STAFF AND OUR ADVISORY BOARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING WITH YOU WHAT THAT PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE. WE WILL BE EXPANDING OUR TRANSIT ORIENTED WORK SO WE HAVE AN EXITING WORK GROUP AT OPCD THAT'S LOOKING AT AS -- WHICH BRING ONLINE TRANSIT FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH ST3 SOUND TRANSIT 3, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT'S COMMUNITY IS NOT ONLY SERVED BUT IS A PART OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS? WE HAVE AN FTA GRANT THAT IS HELPING TO FUND SOME OF THAT RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS THE COLLABORATION WITH SOUND TRANSIT AND SDOT. THE THIRD ONE ANNUAL DATA AND PROJECT UPDATE REPORTING. IT IS OUR INTENT TO -- IT AS YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN IN DEPTH TECHNICAL REPORT LAST SEPTEMBER WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ON A YEARLY BASIS WE CAN REPORT BACK TO YOU WHAT'S THE PROGRESS WE ARE MAKING YEAR OVER YEAR AND HAVE THAT REPORTING BE CONSISTENT AND AT THE SAME TIME ENSURE WE SET UP A CLEAR TO DO IT REPORTING TO US. ON THE RIGHT SIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE -- WE ARE JUST -- JUST COMPLETING IT -- A DRAFT FOR AN RFP NOW TO BRING ON A CONSULT FANTASTIC TO HELP US TO BUILD A MORE FORMAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR OUR PARTNERS TO HELP THEM SPEED UP THEIR WORK. WE ARE ALREADY IN CONVERSATION. FOR EXAMPLE I SAID ON THE NOFA WITH OFFICE OF HOUSING AND WE TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS THAT EDI IS FUNDING, WHAT ARE THE ONES THAT OH IS FUNDING, WHERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE AFRICA TOWN ON 23rd WHERE WE ARE FUNDING THE GROUND FLOOR AND THEY ARE FUNDING UNITS UPSTAIRS. WE KNOW WE JUST NEED TO -- DO MORE OF THAT. WE -- COLLABORATE WITH OED, WE COLLABORATE WITH THE OTHER CAPITOL DEPARTMENTS. IT'S A LARGE -- BY OUR PROJECT MANAGER AND BY OUR EDI PARTNERS. WE ARE ULLOA BE ALL LOOKING AT THE SAME SET OF INFORMATION AND THEN FINALLY CONTINUED FOCUS ON COMMUNITY SPACES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND REDUCING DISPLACEMENT COR, VALUES OF THE PROGRAM. BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU. I'M NOW GOING TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE RESEARCH INSIGHTS THAT LED TO OUR RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. THE OF PROACTIVE PLANNING, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION HAS LED TO FRAGMENTED DELIVERY AND LIMITED STRATEGIC FORESIGHT. PROGRAMS ARE SPREAD ACROSS SIX DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE ONLY TOOL TRACKING DISPLACEMENT ACROSS THE CITY WAS LAST UPDATED FIVE YEARS AGO AND THERE WAS NO EFFORT TO MONITOR IT AND RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. WHILE THERE ARE MANY PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO HELP MITIGATE DISPLACEMENT SEVERAL UNDER SUBSCRIBED PROGRAMS COULD BENEFIT FROM GREATER OUTREACH AS SOME PROGRAM MANAGERS IDENTIFIED A LACK AVENUE WARENESS AS A KEY BARRIER TO INCREASING ENROLLMENT. ANOTHER BARRIER FOR RESIDENTS ACCESSING THESE ALREADY EXISTING PROGRAMS IS THE APPLICATION PROCESS. RESEARCH INDICATES THE PROGRAMS COULD BE COMPROMISED BY A LONG PROCESS TO CONFIRM ELIGIBILITY AND THINGS LIKE INCOME VERIFYING WHY THE CITY DOES HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL POLICY. THIS HELPS TELL THE CITY AND IT'S PARTNERS OF THE SALE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SEATTLE. IT HAS NOT AND IS NOT DRIVING PRESERVATION ACTIVITY TO DATE. PROGRAM MANAGER INTERVIEWS INDICATE SOME REASONS MAYBE BE THE LACK OF FAST MONEY OR A NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS EQUIPPED TO QUICKLY MOVE ON THESE NOTICES. WITH THAT I'M NOW GOING TO DIG INTO EACH OF OUR RECOMMENDED ACTIONS THAT HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THESE INSIGHTS. OUR FIRST RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO CREATE A MONITORING TOOL TO TRACK DISPLACEMENT DATA AND TO CREATE A WORK GROUP TO ACT ON INSIGHTS THAT DATA. THE WORK GROUP WILL INCLUDE DEPARTMENT STAFF, RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE 20 ANTI DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OCPD THEY HAVE CREATED A NEW DISPLACEMENT RISK DASHBOARD THAT'S IN BETA MODE. IN CONTRAST WITH WHAT THE CITY PREVIOUSLY HAD THEY WANT TO UPDATE THE TOOL IN AS REALTIME AS POSSIBLE T INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL MET RICKS AND ORGANIZES DATA IN A WAY THAT HELPS MAKES DECISIONS. THE GOAL IS MAKE THE DASHBOARD A LIVING TOOL THAT CONTINUES TO BE WORKED ON AND HELP US INVEST. THE DEAL -- I CREATED ON THE SIDE IS TO HAVE THE DATA UPDATED REGULARLY. THE WORK GROUP CONVENES TO DISCUSS INSIGHTS FROM THAT DATA AND THEN THE GROUP MAKES PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED. AN ADJUSTMENT COULD BE NEEDED ACROSS PROGRAMS TO TARGET OUTREACH IN A SPECIFIC PROGRAM T WOULD ALIGN ON A STANDARD EVALUATION APPROACH TO MEASURING HOW THE PROGRAMS ARE ACTUALLY IMPACTING DISPLACEMENT AND PROVIDE A REPORT OR READ OUT OF THESE INSIGHTS AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. NOW TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT KIND OF DATAA IS BEING TRACKED IN THIS NEW RISK DASHBOARD YOU CAN SEE IT COVERS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS. ONE CATEGORY IS DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES. THAT'S THINGS LIKE INCREASING HOME SALE PRICES, RENT PRICES, INCREASED PERMIT ACTIVITY, THE NEXT BUCKET IS AROUND DISPLACEMENT ISSUES SO THIS IS ABOUT THOSE IN SEATTLE THAT HAVE THE LEAST RESOURCES TO PUSH BACK AGAINST DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES AND THEN WE HAVE A THIRD ONE THAT WE ARE CALLING ANTI DISPLACEMENT PROGRAM MET RICKS AND WE ARE STARTING TO PULL THAT INTO THE DASHBOARD TO SEE WHERE THERE IS UP TAKE OF THESE PROGRAMS. NOW I WILL GIVE YOU A FEW SCREEN SHOTS FROM THE BETA VERSION OF THIS -- OF THIS DASHBOARD. THIS IS JUST ONE SCREEN SHOT AND I WILL NOT GO INTO A TON OF DETAIL BUT I THINK IT'S A HELPFUL VIEW TO SEE. YOU CAN SEE THE DATA AVAILABLE ON ONE SINGLE MAP AND WITH IN A SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD YOU CAN LOOK ACROSS MULTIPLE THINGS SIDE BY SIDE AND OUR HOPE IS THIS GIVES US SOME SORT OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEM TO POTENTIAL DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY. THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW FROM THE BETA VERSION OF THE DASHBOARD BUT HIGHLIGHTS FOR EACH OF THE PIN PUTS I JUST LISTED THROUGH PREVIOUSLY THERE IS A DEEP DIVE SLIDE OR -- VIEW HERE. THIS ONE IS SPECIFICALLY ON THE TENANT RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ORDINANCE THAT TRACKS HOUSEHOLDS THAT WITH DISPLACED THROUGH TEAR DOWNS OR CHANGES IN THE USE OF THE BUILDING. YOU CAN ALSO SEE TRENDS OVERTIME AND YOU CAN SEE HOT SPOTS OUTLINED ON THE MAP WHERE THE ACTIVITY IS HEATING UP. THIS IS THE BETA VERSION OF THE TOOL. STILL NEEDS TO BE FULLY TESTED BY OUR WORK GROUP. NOW I WILL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF RECOMMENDED ACTION NUMBER TWO, THREE AND FOUR. ACTION NUMBER 2 IS AROUND INCREASING AWARENESS AND PARTICIPATION IN ALREADY EXISTING ANTI DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS. THE CITY HAS WHAT I CALLED THE ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT RELOCATION ASSISTANCE OR EDRA FOR SHORT. ACCORDING TO A SMALL RECENT SURVEY ONLY 20% OF RESIDENTS THAT HAD THEIR RENT INCREASED BY 10% OR MORE REPORTED RECEIVING AN EDRA NOTICE FROM THE LANDLORD. BUT THERE ARE STILL AROUND A DOZEN COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT MANAGE APPLICATIONS AND DISTRIBUTE THESE FUNDS. OUR TEAM DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO A FULL EVALUATION OF EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE BUT HAVING MULTIPLE PARTNERS DOES HELP ENSURE LIMITED FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN NEED BUT THE CITY SHOULD ENSURE A MORE CONSISTENT AND ACCESSIBLE APPLICATION PROCESS AND EXPERIENCE. WHICH AGAIN REFERS TO HOUSING THAT IS -- AFFORDABLE TO LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC SUBSIDES. MOST LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS RELY ON THIS TYPE OF HOUSING. ACCORDING TO THE LITERATURE A HOLISTIC STRATEGY WOULD OR COULD INCLUDE A DEDICATED FUND WHICH WOULD ADDRESS THAT FAST MONEY. A CENTRAL EYES -- AND A NETWORK OF PRESERVATION PARTNERS. ONE EXAMPLE IS THAT NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL POLICY. SINCE THE ADOPTION ZERO PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED AND FOR CONTEXT THE CITY RECEIVED ABOUT 25 NOTICES LAST YEAR. THIS RECOMMENDED ACTION AIMS TO REMOVE SOME OF THE BARRIERS TO I CAN MANNING POLICY MEANINGFUL. I WILL COVER A FEW IMPORTANT NEXT STEPS REGARDING THIS WORK. THE WORK REALLY STARTS WITH THE CREATION OF THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT WORK GROUP. KICKOFF WILL HAPPEN THIS QUARTER WHERE THE GROUP WILL START TESTING AND DEVELOP THE PLAN WHICH WILL BE DUE TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. AFTER THAT THE GROUP WOULD SHIFT TO A MORMON FORKING PHASE WITH REGULAR TOUCH POINTS TO ANALYZE NEW DATA AS IT COMES INTO THE TOOL AND GLEAN INSIGHTS THAT. THAT'S THE WORK GROUP TIMELINE. WHILE THE WORK GROUP DOES CONSIST OF STAFF FROM DEPARTMENT THAT MANAGE THESE ANTI DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS, SOME MILESTONES ARE PROGRAM SPECIFIC LIKE FAS DRAFTING LEGISLATION ON PREDATORY HOME BUYING, EDI CREATING AN END OF YEAR REPORT, OH CREATING A PLAN FOR PRESERVING NATURALLY HAPPENING AFFORDABILITY HOUSING A ANNUAL HOUSING REPORT TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BUT THAT WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL THE YEAR AFTER THE PLAN IS A PROVED. AND THAT WAS A TON OF INFORMATION BUT THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY SO I DO WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR CLOSING COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION THERE A LOT OF MOVING PIECES AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE APPRECIATES THE WORK THAT THE TEAM CONDUCTED AND TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN AND DEPARTMENTS FOLLOW THROUGH. THE MARIN TENDS TO ISSUE THE EXECUTIVE ORDER TO REQUIRE DEPARTMENTS TO FOLLOW UP ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS, ESPECIALLY IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS A CITY, SOME IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND THE IMPACT THAT THEY ARE HAVING. I'M A DATA NERD AND I DON'T THINK DATA LIES. JUST HAVING THAT INFORMATION IS VERY IMPORTANT. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME COUNCILMEMBER THAT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS SO I WILL GO HEAD. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE WERE YOU FIRST AND THEN SAKA AND THEN RIVERA. >> THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PIECE AND I SAID THIS THAT WE DO LISTEN AND SO I TAKE IN, YOU KNOW THE POINT REGARDING ZONING CHANGES AND TAX LIABILITY WHICH GOES TO LATER ON ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT FOR EXAMPLE. YOU KNOW IS THERE ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINE THAT COULD BE OF INTEREST. NOT IN MY DISTRICT BUT SOMEONE WAS TALKING ABOUT RAVINES. THE IMPACT OF THE SLOPES ON MAPS IN TERMS OF NOT REALLY BEING UNDERSTOOD AS YOU LOOK ON A CHART OR MAP. WHEN YOU ARE ON THE GROUND SLEEPS, RAVNES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. I'M WELL AWARE OF HOUSE VOTES AND WE SHOULD NOT LEAVE HOUSE BOATS BEHIND. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN LAKE UNION. WE NEED TO BE INCORPORATING THAT AND I APPRECIATE OUR D7 COMMENTS HERE. BOOTH WITH THE NEED TONY CREASE THE DENSITY AND BE AWARE OF LOCAL SPECIFIC KIND OF CONSIDERATIONS AND D7 WE HAVE THREE REGIONAL CENTERS, TWO URBAN CENTERS, IF I CAN TAKE A BIT OF EASTLAKE BECAUSE EASTLAKE IS PARTLY IN MY DISTRICT SO I WILL COUNT IT AND THEN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND AS I TOLD MR.-- PACKER BACK THERE THAT D7 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER DOESN'T HAVE ANY STRONG -- WHICH -- YOU KNOW -- HAPPENING IN ANOTHER DISTRICT OPPOSITION AND THIS COUNCILMEMBER IS IN FAVOR OF IT. D7 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER WE ARE GOING TO BE GOOD TO GO. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. REGARDING THE BRIEFING THE COMMENTS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS LISTENING TO YOUR COMMENTS IS JUST REALLY HIGHLIGHTS. YOU MENTIONED THE DIFFERENT PIECES AND THE PIECES ARE THERE. YOU KNOW AND IT JUST REINFORCES AND I WILL LOOK OVER AT COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, BECAUSE THIS IS A REASON WHY WE ARE PUSHING AND PUT IT IN TO THE BUDGET AND IT'S IN THE LEGISLATION RELATED TO HAVING A SEATTLE HOUSING INVESTMENT PLAN. PUTTING THROUGH THE SAME PACE THAT SDOT HAS TO DO WITH THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WHERE THEY BROUGHT ALL THESE PIECES TOGETHER AND I THINK BY DOING THAT THE TRANSPARENCY OF THAT AND PEOPLE CAN SEE THE TRADEOFFS AND THAT MAKES SENSE. I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US SO MUCH IN THE HOUSING FRONT THE WAY THAT WORK SDTT HAS DONE ON TRANSPORTATION AND I KNOW I BROUGHT THIS UP BUT I DONTA VOID THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AGAIN AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I ALSO KNOW IN TERMS OF THE ONE -- GRAPHIC THAT -- THE IDEA OF LIKE -- A LOT OF OH STUFF, HSD STUFF IS AN SDCI WHICH IS CONSTRUCTION AND CODES BUT A LOT OF THAT RENTERS PIECES. THIS HIM TOO NEXT YEAR THE GRAPHIC PROBABLY SHOWED SOME OF THAT -- SHOULD SHOW SOME OF THAT SHIFTING OVER IT IS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS PER THE PROCESSES WE WENT THROUGH BUDGET. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE FOUR DIFFERENT DISPLACEMENT PIECES AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN SEEING IN MY OUTREACH LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTER. IT'S NOT JUST SOME OF THE THESE THINGS, THAT SOME OF THE OBVIOUS THINGS BUT IF YOU HAVE A HOME AND YOU WANT TO GET A NEW ROOF OR YOU NEED THE HOUSE PAINTED, IT'S EXPENSIVE SO THE ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT IS HUMAN. IT IS NOT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE SEEING HERE BUT IT'S THESE OTHER PIECE THAT ARE REALLY IMPACTFUL IN TERMS OF SOMEONE'S ACT TO BE THERE AND SO THIS IS WHERE IN TERMS OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT I DO BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS PARTICULARLY WITH -- RE SPOKE TO A LOT OF BUSINESS PEOPLE IN D7 AND THEY ARE CONSERBED BECAUSE THEY MAY BE IN AN OLDER BUILDING AND SOME WANT TO BUY A BUILDING TO HAVE THAT KIND OF LONG TERM STABILITY BUT THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT IF A NEW BUILDING COMES IN THEY WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO BUY THAT, YOU KNOW BUY A BUILDING WHICH THEY CAN HAVE THEIR BUSINESS IN. THAT WILL BE SOMETHING LONG GONE. I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE ONE THING I LEARNED IS IT'S THE LOCAL MOM AND POP SMALL BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT THE LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM. THE SOCCER TEAM. ANY BUSINESS THAT SAYS I HAVE TO GO TO CORPORATE NEVER SUPPORTS THE LOCAL EFFORTS LIKE THAT. IT'S ALWAYS THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT DO IT THAT WE HAVE -- AND -- YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF -- WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS DISPLACE THEM AND PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE -- YOU GO TO THE CULTURAL DISPLACEMENT. IT IS LIKE A 1, 2, PUNCH AND WE NEED TO BE AWARE AS WE STEP THROUGH THESE THINGS. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS I HAVE SEEN AND REGARDING THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY OUTREACH THE PORTALS AND THIS -- I'M HEARING PORTALS AND ONLINE THIS AND THAT, WHATEVER AND I'M THINKING ABOUT ALL THE CONVERSATIONS VERY HAD WITH PEOPLE THAT DON'T REALLY RESIDE ONLINE. THEY ARE GOING TO BE LIKE WHAT? THEY DON'T NECESSARILY THINK ABOUT THAT AND THIS KIND OF GOES TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND PUBLIC COMMENT LIKE, I ALSO GOT THAT FLYER REGARDING INITIATIVE 137. I ALSO GET MY KING COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR LITTLE CARD AND THE OUTREACH CAN'T BE MY NEWS LETTER. IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING BROADER THAN THAT. I JUST -- WE NEED TO WILD ON IT AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BUT THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ENTER VACATIONS RELATED TO THE BRIEF AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS USUAL WITH COUNCILMEMBERS, NOT -- USUALLY A LOT OF QUESTIONS BUT SOME COMMENTS AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAINTAIN THAT TRADITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOU AND DIRECTOR QUINN AND -- THE MEMBERS FROM -- YOUR OFFICE AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND SHARING THESE INCITES ON A VERY IMPORTANT IMPACTFUL PROGRAM THAT NO DOUBT WILL GUIDE OUR WORK. CERTAINLY WILL GUIDE MY WORK. I WILL SPEAK MORE MYSELF. REALLY IMPORTANT WORK. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AHEAD OF US TO ADOPT AND INCORPORATE ELEMENTS OF THINGS WE LEARNED TODAY. BEFORE WE GET THERE TO MY QUESTION, JUST -- CURIOUS, DIRECTOR, HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE -- WHAT IS THE -- HOW DO YOU PROPERLY PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME? > LIKE I'M ONLY KIDDING. >> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR OVER A YEAR AND MY -- ENGLISH DOESN'T DO IT JUSTICE. I ALMOST WANT TO CALL YOU DIRECTOR RICO BUT -- IF I EVER FORGET HOW TO PROPERLY PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME I WILL JUST REVERT TO DIRECTOR. THAT'S ALWAYS PROPER. >> I'M FINE WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE. >> LET ME ASK, LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS TO BETTER ENSURE PEOPLE CAN AGE IN PLACE SO THERE IS -- ANY NUMBER OF AT LEAST 20 THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE DEPENDING ON THE POPULATION GROUP. THE POLICY GOAL AND OBJECTIVES. YOU ARE TRYING TO CREATE. THERE'S SPECIFIC THINGS. I SEE YOU HAVE THEM HERE AMONG OTHER CLASSES AS PROTECT SO MAYBE SOME OF THOSE MAY FALL IN THAT CATEGORY. WOULD LOVE TO HEAR SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS THAT BETTER HELP PEOPLE AGE IN PLACE. >> YEAH. I CAN ALWAYS START OF WITH THAT ONE. THE TWO THAT IMMEDIATELY COME TO MIND IS THE KING COUNTY PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY GEARED TOWARD SENIORS, THOSE WITH DISABILITIES AND VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES AND WE DID FIND THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR SEATTLE RESIDENTS WE ONLY -- WE ESTIMATED ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE WERE ELIGIBLE JUST FROM THAT SENIOR POPULATION AND ONLY ABOUT OF THOUSAND WERE CURRENTLY USING AND REGISTERED WITH THAT PROGRAM. THAT SPEAKS TO US A BIG AWARENESS ISSUE, SOME ISSUE WITH GETTING THEM APPLIED AND MAYBE IT'S THE REQUIREMENTS. THERE IS SOMETHING THERE THAT WE ARE REALLY PUSHING INCREASE THAT ENROLLMENT AND THE DATA TO BUBBLE UP SOME OF THE INSIGHTS ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS AND THEN SECOND IS THE HOME REPAIR ASSISTANCE. I KNOW FOR THOSE THAT ARE AGING IN PLACE ONE OF THE BIG RESTRICTIONS MAY BE THEY LIVE WITH A STAIRCASE IN THEIR HOME OR THEY MAY NEED CHANGES TO THEIR -- THE PHYSICAL -- THE PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THEIR BUILDING IN ORDER FOR THEM TO AGE IN PLACE AND SO THAT HOME REPAIR PROGRAM I THINK IS HELP. IF THEY HAVE AN OLDER BUILDING OR MAY NEED ASSISTANCE IN THAT. THOSE ARE THE TWO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. LY ALSO SEE IF ANY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY. >> THAT WE ARE PROVIDE THEM THAT ASSISTANCE TO STAY IN THEIR HOME WHICH -- MAKING THE OBVIOUS STATEMENT IS A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT BEING ABLE TO AGE IN PLACE. YOU WILL SEE A REFERENCE TO LEGACY HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS IN COMMUNITY AROUND WHAT -- WAS THE DEFINITION OF A LEG REHOMEOWNER, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THERE'S -- A COUPLE OF GROUPS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER AROUND AN INTEREST IN GROWING GENERATIONAL WEALTH, AGING IN PLACE, HAVING MULTIPLE GENERATIONS ON THE SAME PLOT SO -- INITIATIVE, BLACK HOMEOWNERS INITIATIVE IS ONE OF THE GROUPS WE ARE WORKING WITH. WE ALSO HAVE A PRO HOUSING GRANT WE ARE WORKING ON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OPPOSITE HOUSING LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS HOMEOWNER SHIP OPPORTUNITY ISSUES, HOME RETENTION AND THEN AGING IN PLACE. SO, THERE'S SOME THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON. >> GREAT. ALL THAT MAKES SENSE. REALLY APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL CLARITY THERE. YOU ACTUALLY MENTIONED THE KING COUNTY PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PROGRAM AND SO DOING ACTUALLY PREEMPTED A COMMENT THAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE -- THERE'S A NEXUS TO AN OPPORTUNITY POTENTIAL GAP AT LEAST ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. COLLEAGUES YOU WILL RECALL THAT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KIND OF HELPING US SHEPHERD THE LEVY, $1.55 BILLION TRANSPORTATION LEVY THAT VOTERS APPROVED THIS PAST NOVEMBER. WE CONSIDERED A NUMBER OF THINGS AND THAT WAS THE LARGEST LEVY IN SEATTLE HISTORY AT THE TIME AND THEN SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAID HOLD MY DRINK AND THERE IS -- OTHER STUFF ON THE BALLOT AT HUGE AMOUNT AND A HUGE INVESTMENT THAT WE REALLY DO NEED. VOTERS MADE CLEAR FOR THAT PARTICULAR LEVY THAT WE REALLY DO NEED IT. IT IS AN URGENT NEED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE BILLION DOLLAR PLUS LEVIES IN THE CITY OF SEE THE EXAMPLE OTHER JURISDICTIONS NO DOUBT AS WELL BECAUSE OF A STATE LAW, ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO NOW. THE STATE ENSHRINED INTO LAW A PROHIBITION AGAINST AREAS TO -- THAT RESTRICTED OUR ACT TO RAISE PROPERTY TAXES ABOVE 1% A YEAR, MORE THAN 1% A YEAR. 1% CAP A YEAR WITH A COST OF LIVING, INFLATION, THAT DOESN'T KEEP UP AND SO, WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW, AREAS INCLUDING SEATTLE ARE INCREASINGLY RELIANT ON VOTER APPROVED LEVIES TO MEET THE NEED AND DEMAND THAT -- YOU KNOW -- USED TO BE COVERED. AND YES THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY GOVERNMENT IN SEATTLE INCLUDING TO -- BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH ITS SPENDING DRIVE BETTER EFFICIENCY AND ALIGN TO CURRENT PRIORITIES, ET CETERA BUT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE VERY HIGH BILLION DOLLAR PLUS PROPERTY TAXES UNLESS AND UNTIL THERE'S A CHANGE IN STATE LAW BECAUSE TODAY UNDER THE CURRENT SYSTEM AREAS INCLUDING SEATTLE ARE PROHIBITED FROM RAISING RATES MORE THAN 1% -- MORE A YEAR WHICH DOESN'T KEEP ONE THE COST OF LIVING, INFLATION, AND SO, THAT -- OBVIOUSLY IMPOSES THOSE BILLION DOLLAR -- PLUS LEVEES CONTINUE TO IMPOSE NONTRIVIAL IMPACTS ON SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE, ESPECIALLY AND INCLUDING SENIORS, DISABLED VETS, INJURED, PEOPLE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE KING COUNTY, CURRENT KING COUNTY PROGRAM WHICH IS -- A STATE LAW. LOCALLY -- PURSUANT TO A STATE. WE MORE LOCAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF BECAUSE UNLESS AND UNTIL THERE IS A -- A CHANGE IN -- CHANGE IN -- LOCAL ABILITY TO AT LEAST KEEP PACE WITH THE INFLATION WE WILL HAVE THESE LARGE LEVIES AND CONTINUE TO IMPOSE BURDENS AND STRAINS ON SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE. ONE THING I DID CONSIDER AND LOOK INTO, THE LEGALITY AND THE POLICY FEASIBILITY OF -- FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE IS A DON'TING A -- DURING THE LEVY CONVERSATIONS LAST SUMMER WAS STANDING UP AND LAUNCHING A SEATTLE SPECIFIC VERSION OF PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AND EDUCATION OR -- PROPERTY TAX RELIEF SO, THE IDEA IS STAND UP, CITY OF SEATTLE STAND UP -- IT'S OWN CREW NECK PROGRAM, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PROGRAM THAT RUNS IN PARALLEL TO OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE KING COUNTY PROPERTY TAX PROGRAM. WHERE I LANDED LAST YEAR WAS THAT IT IS VERY OPERATIONAL -- A BURDEN, DIFFICULT AND UNDER A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS IT COSTS WAY MORE TO -- TO STAND UP SUCH A PROGRAM THAN ANY POTENTIAL BENEFIT THAT COULD BE REALIZED ACHIEVED AS A RESULT. WHAT WE DID IS A COMPROMISE. I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD A LITTLE NOTICED ADMONISH NOT AT ALL REPORTED LINE ITEM IN CATEGORY IN OUR LEVY LEGISLATION CALLED THE GOOD GOVERNANCE -- INITIATIVE. WHAT DID THAT DO? WELL IT APPEASED CERTAIN OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO LOVE GOOD GOVERNANCE BUT IT ALSO INCLUDED FUNDING, IMPORTANT FUNDING BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE DETERMINED THE SEATTLE PROGRAM DOESN'T CURRENTLY MAKE SENSE BUT WHY NOT ALLOW US TO AMPLIFY THE EXISTING PROGRAM THAT ARE OUT THERE NAMELY THE KING COUNTY PROGRAMS, PROVIDE A CERTAIN POT OF MONEY FOR MORE TARGETED OUTREACH BECAUSE THESE ARE NONTRIVIAL IMPACTS ON PEOPLE'S LIVES AND AGAIN UNLESS IS THERE A CHANGE -- IT'S ONLY LIKELY TO GET WORSE. IN ANY EVENT OVER -- OVERTIME IT'S ONLY LIKELY TO GET WORSE. SO, ALL THAT IS TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SHARING OUT, YOU KNOW, THESE -- THESE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES. THERE'S CLEARLY MORE WORK FOR -- ALL OF US TO DO AHEAD. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. NEXT WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND THEN COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER MOORE. DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP COUNCILMEMBER MOORE? YOU TOOK IT DOWN. OKAY AND THEN FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER RANK. RIVERA. >> THANK YOU. SORRY I WAS HAVING TROUBLE UNMUTING. WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE AND THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR BEING HERE AND GIVING THIS PRESENTATION. IT IS A VERY -- THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. ONE QUESTION I HAD IS UNDER THE PROGRAM AND POLICY INSIGHT -- INVESTMENTS FOR ANTI DISPLACEMENT I NOTICED YOU DON'T HAVE THE OFFICE OF HOUSING INVESTMENT HERE. I KNOW THE OFFICE OF HOUSING FUNDS NONPROFITS THAT BUILD LOW INCOME HOUSING. I SEE ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN FACT AND SO I SEE THAT AS A FORM OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT ON THE HOUSING SIDE. I'M WONDERING WHY THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED HERE. THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT THE CITY INVESTS IN WITH THE CREATION OF THE LOW INCOME HOUSING I THINK IS ALSO MEANT TO BE AN ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOL SO WONDERING WHY THAT WAS NOT HERE. ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU INCLUDED OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE THE EDI WHICH ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY HOUSING ANTI DISPLACEMENT IT'S MORE OF A CULTURAL ANTI DISPLACEMENT SO I'M WONDERING CAN YOU SAY WHY YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE THOSE OH PROGRAMS HERE? >> I MENTIONED THE OH INVESTMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE THOSE FALL ON THE PRODUCTION SIDE OF DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES AND WE VERY MUCH -- AGREE THAT INVESTMENTS IN LOW INCOME HOUSING IS AN EFFECTIVE DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY AND WANTED TO NOTE THAT BUT HERE WE WERE HIGHLIGHTING PROGRAMS AND POLICIES INTENDED TO HELP PEOPLE ALREADY HOUSED IN THE CITY STAY HOUSED SO YES, IT'S PART OF THE STRATEGY, BOTH MARKET BASED IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT. >> AND THANK YOU. I JUST THINK EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT IT'S -- JUST -- THIS INVESTMENT PIECE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SHOW THE TOTALITY OF WHAT WE FUND AND I GET THAT YOU ARE SAYING THIS IS TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED. THE OTHERS TO HOUSE PEOPLE BUT I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S ANOTHER PLACE, YOU KNOW, IF WE THINK ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING DISPLACED I KNOW THAT ONE AREA WE CAN LOOK AT TO THE HOUSING UNITS THAT WE ARE BUILDING IN THE LOW INCOME HOUSING PLACES WHERE WE CAN PUT PEOPLE. SO I KNOW WE DO IT, YOU KNOW, WE DO RAPID REHOUSING THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO I THINK THAT -- I GET WHY YOU -- YOU KNOW ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF THE -- THESE -- PLANNED PROTECTIVE PRESERVE, ALTHOUGH I WOULD ARGUE IT'S ON THE PLAN SIDE BUT I STILL THINK THAT IT CHANGES THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE ARE SPENDING ON ALL THESE STRATEGIES NOT TO INCLUDE THE OFFICE OF HOUSING INVESTMENTS IN THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION SIDE. >> YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN. THANK YOU. >> YEAH. THANK YOU AND LIKE I SAID I HAVE SOME FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS BUT RATHER THAN TAKE UP THE TIME HERE I REQUESTED A MEETING SO LOOKING FORWARD TO TOUCHING BASE THEN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AS VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE I'M JUST -- FACILITATING. COUNCIL PRESIDENT RU NEXT FOLLOWED BY SOLOMON AND THEN RANK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT TWO BUCKETS OF YOUR PRESENTATION. THE FIRST ONE IS FOLLOWING COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA I'M LOOKING AT THE -- THE REVIEW OF THE -- OF EXPENSES AND PROGRAM AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A REVIEW CONTINUE OR REPORT AND ANALYSIS THAT WAS AVAILABLE IN -- IN -- SEPTEMBER AND SO I READ A BIT OF THAT ANALYSIS AND ONE OF THE THINGS IT SAID IS THAT -- OVER 50% OF THE SURVEY RESPONDERS HAVE EXPRESSED THE NEED TO -- THE THREE MOST COMMON BARRIERS TO GETTING THE PROJECTS DONE. ACCESS TO CONSULTANTS AND RESOURCES, LACK OF TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONAL STAFFING CAPACITY. SOME HURDLES INCLUDE THOSE RELATED TO THE PERMITTING -- AFFECTS FEWER GRANTEES BUT CAN STOP A PROJECT IF NOT ADDRESSED. I MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MIDTERM SUPPLE MENTAL EVI ITEM IN IT WAS -- AND -- WAS A DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE -- THAT ARE APPLYING FOR AND RECEIVE THESE AWARDS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REALLY -- FINISH THE PROJECT IN CONNECTION WITH THE STAFFING OF OPCD. HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT ON OR HAVE YOU INCREASED CAPACITY FOR HELPING -- HELPING AWARDEES. I MAYBE A INTEREST A FUNDING CONSULT ABOUT THAT COULD HELP AWARDEES? AT VARIOUS STEPS IN THEIR PROJECT. >> THE SHORT ANSWER WOULD BE QUESTION. WE HAVE -- WE SPECIFICALLY HAVE DESIGNED A $75,000 AWARD WHICH CAN BE A YEARLY AWARD TO EDI PARTNERS WHICH IS TO HELP THEM BUILD CAPACITY, PARTICULARLY ON THE FRONT END THAT HAVE PROJECTS BUT -- THAT MONEY CAN BE USED FOR STAFFING CAPACITY OR CONSULTANT CAPACITY. THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT I HAD MENTIONED WITH WE WERE -- I THINK THAT WAS LIKE 13. WE ARE LOOKING TO TRY TO DEVELOP SOME OTHER TOOLS TO HELP SUPPORT CAPACITY FOR PARTNERS. GOSH THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO ADD THERE. I DON'T THINK -- I'M NOT SURE IDENTIFY ANSWERED ALL ALL OF YOUR QUESTION. >> JUST KIDDING. YOU DID ANSWER MY QUESTION AND I WOULD JUST -- HOW YOU WERE -- OFF LINE WE CAN -- YOU CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE ARE HELPING THOSE PROJECTS GET OUT OF -- GET OUT THE DOOR. HOW WE ARE HELPING THE PARTNERS, EXCUSE ME. I DON'T MEAN TO CATCH YOU ON THE SPOT. >> NO AND NOT A PROBLEM. THAT REMINDED ME OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY F THE 42 AWARD WAS JUDGIST AWARDED IN JANUARY THEY WERE FOCUSED ON JUST EXISTING PROJECTS, GETTING THOSE EXISTING ONES DONE AND SO WE ARE -- WE ARE TRYING TO FOCUS ON THAT. >> GREAT. EVERY STEP OF THE WAY IS DIFFERENT, HAS DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. MY SECOND -- MY SECOND QUESTION WAS PROMPTED BY PAGE I THINK IT IS 20 WHERE RU TALKING ABOUT NATURALLY OCCURRING, SUPPORTING -- DEVELOP A HOLISTIC STRATEGY -- WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RENTALS BUT RENT AM THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE MARKET FOR A WHILE. OF YOUR, YOU KNOW AND YOU HAVE IA CHECKLIST HERE. I'M WONDERING DID ANY OF THE SOURCES OF YOUR LITERATURE REVIEW FOCUS ON SEATTLE'S NATURALLY -- WELL -- FOCUS ON SEATTLE'S RENTAL MARKET OR HOUSING MARKET IN THE STOCK AND ALL THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES LIKE -- RENTALS, CONDOS, HOUSES, PRIVATE SHALL PUBLIC, OWNED ET CETERA? >> I DIDN'T LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RENTAL IN SEATTLE BUT WAS LOOKING MORE AT LIKE WHAT PROGRAMS DO WE HAVE IN PLACE TO EVEN DECIDE HOW TO USE STAFF TIME OR BUDGETS TO PRIORITIZE THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY AND THE ONLY THING I COULD FIND WAS THAT NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL POLICY WHICH DID BRING PARTNERS TOGETHER AND PROVIDED SOME SORT OF MECHANISM FOR PEOPLE TO BE AWARE. I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST -- I COULD LOOK IN THE APPENDIX. IT IS AFFORDABLE FOR 80% -- I WILL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT. IF ANY UNIT IN THE CITY BECOMES -- AVAILABLE FOR SALE A NOTICE IS SENT OUT TO THE CITY AND IT'S PARTNERS. IT'S JUST HAVING THE FROM CONSTRUCT IN INFRASTRUCTURE WAS MISSING BUT THAT OTHER CITIES TRYING OUT WITH BUILDING A LITTLE MORE OF THAT LIKE HOLISTIC STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE ALL THE PIECES IN PLACE SO WHEN THAT OPPORTUNITY ARISES WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE -- I DON'T THINK I ASKED MY QUESTION VERY WELL BUT I LIKED YOUR ANSWER. I'M JUST WONDER FIGURE YOU USED DATA SOURCES THAT SHOWED FOR EXAMPLE, A -- A GOOD ONE I CAN THINK OF WOULD BE THE REAL REGISTRATION DATA WHICH TELLS YOU PER THIS -- PER THIS SLIDE NUMBER 4. HOW MANY REGISTRATIONS ARE GOING -- HOW MANY REGISTRATIONS -- WHAT IS THE DECREASE RATE OF REGISTRATIONS FROM 2020 TO 2021 IT'S -- I THINK THAT IT -- THE -- THE DATA SHOWED -- I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A REPORT. 21% I BELIEVE OF THE -- IT WAS A 21% DECREASE. >> MY POINT IS THAT MORE ATTENTION, AND I'M GLAD YOU ARE FOCUSING IT ON HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE, FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE AND FORECLOSURE PREVENTION. >> I CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON THE FORECLOSURE PREVENTION. I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PILOT PROGRAM THE CITY HAD STARTED BACK IN 2016 BUT THEN WHEN THE EPIDEMIC HIT, FEDERAL FUNDS WERE RELEASED FOR PREVENTION AND THAT LARGELY TOOK OVER I THINK IT HAD A LITTLE BIT BETTER TERMS, SO THAT IS WHAT THE CITY WAS USING BUT THAT PROGRAM IS SUNSETTING THIS YEAR SO THE CITY IS RESTARTING ITS FORECLOSURE PREVENTION PROGRAM WHICH IS WHY YOU WOULD NOT SEE IT ON THE 2024 NUMBERS BUT IT IS PLANNED TO START THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNSEL PRESIDENT AND STRAUSS FOR STEPPING IN FOR ME. >>YOU NT TO THANK THE COMMENTERS IN OUR AUDIENCE BECAUSE I HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT THE LIVERMORE COMMUNITY SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A WAKE-UP CALL. A COUPLE THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED REGARDING THE -- PUSHING INFORMATION OUT. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU HAVE THESE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THEM OR HOW TO ACCESS THEM IN ONE OF THE THINGS I'M LOOKING AT IS YOU KNOW, AS WE ARE DOING COMMUNITY EDUCATION ABOUT THE COMP PLAN OVERALL, HOW CAN WE DO COMMUNITY EDUCATION TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN STAY IN THEIR HOMES . I'M ALREADY THINKING ABOUT DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS I WANT TO WORK WITH TO HAVE PUBLIC MEETING, TO HAVE INTERPRETATION AVAILABLE SO THAT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THEM, WHAT TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE. YOU ALSO MENTIONED ON ONE SLIDE -- TO THAT END, I WOULD HOPE THAT I COULD CALL UPON YOU AND SAY -- >> HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU. >> YEAH, GIVE ME A SME THAT CAN TALK TO THE STUFF BECAUSE THAT AIN'T ME. THE OTHER THING I HEARD YOU MENTION WAS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND YOU MENTIONED BLACK, AND IT IS. ARE WE ALSO PART -- PARTNERING WITH THE [ INAUDIBLE ] INITIATIVE AS WELL? >> YES, WE DO A LOT OF WORK IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT NOW ENSURES ANY FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION CAN DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THEIR SITES. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE NEHEMIAH INITIATIVE ON PROJECTS AS THEY TRY TO MOVE FROM CONCEPT INTO PERMITTING AND ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT . >> OKAY, GOOD, THANK YOU. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND ASK THE TOP I WANT TO STATE HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND LIVE HERE, TOO. WE ARE SO LUCKY THAT FOLKS WANT TO COME LIVE IN THIS VIBRANT, GREEN CITY THAT STRIVES TO BE WELCOMING FOR ALL. BETWEEN 2010 AND 2020, OR POPULATION GREW BY 21%. WE HAVE ADDED 189 RESIDENCE AND -- PARDON ME, I HUNDRED AND 89,000 RESIDENCE AND WE HAVE ADDED 105,000 UNITS OF HOUSING BUT THAT IS 84,000 PEOPLE COMPETING FOR THE SAME MIDDLE HOUSING. RENTS HAVE RISEN. HOUSING PRICES HAVE SKYROCKETED AND THOSE WITH THE LEAST ABILITY TO PAY ARE THOSE WHO END UP WITHOUT A PLACE TO LIVE AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE RACIAL DISPROPORTIONALITY IN LOCAL DATA RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE WHO ARE MOST RENT-BURDENED. ADDRESSING OUR SUPPLIES CHALLENGE WILL BE A HUGE PART OF ALLEVIATING ALL OF THIS, AND THIS PLAN REPRESENTS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE BUILDING MORE HOUSING SO FOLKS ARE ABLE TO LIVE NEARBY WHERE THEY WORK AND WHERE THEIR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THAT IS A WAY THAT WE CAN DO OUR PART TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND SUPPORT WORKING FOLKS ACROSS THE CITY. TO THAT END, WE NEEDED A MEANINGFUL AND TO DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY WHICH IS WHY I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND WHEN I EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK ON DATA RELATED TO THIS ANTIDISPLACEMENT, THIS IS FANTASTIC WORK AND THEY WANT TO VOICE ALSO THE NEED FOR INCREASING OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTMENTS , DOING ALL OF THESE IN TANDEM TOGETHER WILL HELP US ADDRESS SOME OF THE DISPARITIES WE CONTINUE TO SEE ACROSS THE CITY AND PAST INJUSTICES. THIS BRINGS ME TO MY QUESTIONS FOR TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE RELATED TO JUST THE EDI IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL. I KNOW THEY MAPPED WITH MY EXPERIENCES WHEN DOCUMENTING WITH EDI EXPERIENCES AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN WITH THE PROGRAM. OUT OF CURIOSITY, DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REQUEST THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN AND MAYBE THE PAST FUNDING CYCLE COMPARED TO HOW MUCH WE WERE ABLE TO AWARD? >> I CAN GIVE YOU ANECDOTAL NUMBERS NOW AND WE CAN DIVE INTO GREATER DETAIL OFF-LINE BUT TYPICALLY , ANYTIME WE PUT OUT AN RFP WE END UP GETTING REQUESTS IN TOTAL FOR AROUND $550 MILLION PER CYCLE AND GENERALLY , IT CHANGES FROM YEAR TO YEAR. SOMETIMES WE DO TWO RFPs IN THE YEAR , ONE THAT IS FOCUSED ON ACQUISITION AND THE SECOND ONE FOCUSED ON PRODUCTION. REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF THE RFP -- SOMETIMES THEY ARE $10 MILLION. THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS $20 MILLION THAT THE ASKED TENDS TO BE CONSISTENTLY AROUND 550. WE HAVE THE YEAR-OVER-YEAR LIST OF APPLICANTS AND ALL THAT STUFF , SO WE CAN MAKE THAT AVAILABLE. >> THANK YOU. CERTAINLY TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF THE NEED WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE ONES WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO FULLY ADDRESS AND BRING TO FLIRT -- FRUITION. CURIOUS ALSO , RELATED TO SOME OF THE PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES ANOTHER ARE ATTENTIVE MEASURES WE DISCUSSED IN PRESENTATION AND I'M THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY PREFERENCE IF YOU ARE TAKING A LOOK AT COMMUNITY PREFERENCE I NOW THERE WAS A HOMEOWNERS INITIATIVE ON SOME OF THE MEASURES AND WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE ON THAT BUT WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO HEAR MORE ON THINGS FOR COMMUNITY PREFERENCE. >> I CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT AROUND COMMUNITY PREFERENCE. IT IS ON OUR LIST OF CATALOGUED PROGRAMS. AROUND DISPLACEMENT REMEDIATION POLICIES, COMMUNITY PREFERENCE AND MARKETING ARE BOTH [ INAUDIBLE ] PROGRAMS AND THERE WERE ABOUT FOUR COMMUNITY PREFERENCE APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED BY OH SO WE DID KNOW IN OUR 70-PAGE PLAN THAT ACCOMPANIES THIS PRESENTATION, A RECOMMENDATION TO LOOK INTO WAYS TO IMPROVE AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING AND COMMUNITY PREFERENCE BECAUSE FOUR APPLICATION SEEMS QUITE LOW BUT WE DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND AT THIS POINT WHY THAT IS THE CASE SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR REPORT TO DIG INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE. >> MY LAST QUESTION KIND OF RELATES TO RENTERS AND I KNOW A NUMBER OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE SPECIFIC FOR I KNOW ONE OF THE SLIDES KIND OF DISCUSSES YOU KNOW, WHICH ONES ARE SPECIFIC TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF RENTERS AND YOU KNOW , YOU HAD TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE UNDERUTILIZATION OF THESE PROGRAMS AND I SUPPOSE I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE WAYS YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS. I KNOW THAT, AND I SAY THIS IS A RENTER AND I KNOW EVERY TIME I'VE GONE INTO A NEW RENTAL AGREEMENT MY LANDLORD HAS GIVEN AND PROVIDED A RENTER'S HANDBOOK WHICH I KNOW IS LEGALLY REQUIRED OF LANDLORDS AND EDRA IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS MENTIONED IN THAT. I'M WONDERING IF THERE ARE WAYS HER DISCUSSION OF WAYS WE CAN BOLSTER THAT INFORMATION WITHIN THE EXISTING HANDBOOK THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN OUT AND ADDITIONALLY, HOW ARE WE ENGAGING WITH A RENTER'S COMMISSION ON OUR IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO BETTER REACH RENTERS ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS. >> THANK YOU FOR THE SUGGESTIONS. I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT SUGGESTIONS. WHERE WE ENDED IN THE REPORT WAS THERE WAS A NEED TO BRING ALL THESE ANTIDISPLACEMENT PROGRAM MANAGERS TOGETHER BECAUSE I HEARD ACROSS ALL THESE DIFFERENT WAYS. WE ARE SENDING OUT A MAILER, WE ARE SENDING THIS OUT, WE'VE GOT 15 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DEFENSE BUT JUST DID NOT SEE THE COORDINATION, ESPECIALLY ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. MAYBE WITHIN A DEPARTMENT THERE IS PRETTY STRONG COORDINATION LIKE HOME REPAIR AND HOME WEATHERIZATION ARE PRETTY CLOSELY LOCKED-IN BUT AS SOON AS IT CROSSES A DEPARTMENT MIND THAT'S WHERE THEY GO I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE SOMEBODY IS DOING SOMETHING OVER THERE SO WHAT WE WANT OUT OF THE GOOD WORKGROUP IS TO BE ABLE TO COORDINATE ON CAMPAIGNS OR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CALENDARS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THERE IS OVERLAP BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SIMILAR PROGRAMS SO THAT'S KIND OF AT A HIGH LEVEL. >> I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE ON THIS AND I THINK WHAT IS CLEAR IN THIS ESPECIALLY RELATED TO SOME OF THE IMPACTS THESE MEASURES CAN HAVE, THESE WILL REQUIRE INVESTMENT AND WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT INVESTING MORE IN THESE CRITICAL PROGRAMS THAT HAVE HAD MEANINGFUL IMPACT ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK. I SKIPPED OVER VICE-CHAIR STRAUSS . WHO IS NEXT. VICE CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WILL SAVE MOST OF MY QUESTIONS FOR A MORE IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION OFF-LINE. I JUST WANT TO NOTE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. O.H. AND EDI HAD FAR LESS FUNDING IN 2019 THAT IT DOES TODAY AND THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE WHEN MHA WAS IMPOSED THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ANTIDISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES INCLUDED IN MHA. THAT IS AN OPINION. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A FACT BUT THAT IS A STRONG OPINION FROM DAN , AND THERE WAS NOT THE CORRECT EDI FUNDING OR ANTIDISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES. I'M GOING TO GO BACK. I WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER STEP BACK TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE. THIS IS A VERY HARD TOPIC TO CREATE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL WORK FOR MANY DIFFERENT POPULATIONS IN OUR CITY TO KEEP PEOPLE IN PLACE AND NOT FORCE THEM OUT. ONE THING I WILL DIG INTO A LITTLE BIT WITH YOU IS THE CATEGORIZATION OF VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT. AND, THE USE OF DATA. COLLEAGUES, YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN ME AWKWARDLY STRETCHING IN THE BACK WERE STANDING DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT IS BECAUSE TODAY, I AM DEALING WITH SOME CHRONIC PAIN THAT STEMS FROM BEING HIT BY A CAR NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO. ON SDOT'S VISION ZERO MAPS THEY WOULD NOT HAVE INCLUDED MY.EVEN IF IT WAS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. AND NONE OF THAT IS RECORDED BECAUSE IT WAS NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO. SORRY, THAT IS A REAL-LIFE EXAMPLE BUT JUST TO SAY, I HAVE FRIENDS WHOSE PARENTS , AFTER MHA, BEFORE TODAY , YOU KNOW, MY FRIENDS ARE ADULTS BUT THE PARENTS GOT DIVORCED AND WHEN THEY SOLD THE HOUSE, SO THIS WOULD BE A VOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT TECHNICALLY IN THE DATA SET, AND I CAN TELL YOU, BOTH PARENTS DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BOTH PARENTS COULD NOT STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY SPLITTING THE COST OF THE SALE OF THE HOUSE. HANDS, SO THAT IS WHERE I'M GOING TO DIG IN WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEPLY TO UNDERSTAND DEFINITIONS AND DATA AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN WITH THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE GOT AND SO THIS IS NOT A CRITIQUE OF YOU. IT IS AN EXPANSION OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE ARE FACED WITH. FOR INSTANCE, I LIVED IN AN APARTMENT THAT WAS BUILT IN 1962. A TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT IN 2009 WAS $950. THE ONE BEDROOM AND 2017 WAS 1750. AND NOTHING -- THIS IS NOT NEW CONSTRUCTION. I WAS WORKING HERE AS STAFF IN CITY HALL AND SPENDING OVER HALF MY PAYCHECK ON RENT. I GUESS THERE IS NO QUESTION. THAT IS A STATEMENT. THAT IS A PROBLEM. I THINK IT REALLY EXEMPLIFIES WHAT WE ARE FACED WITH HERE BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP IN GOT TORN DOWN . IT WAS A VIBRANT PLACE IN A WAY AND I CAN NEVER GO HOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD I GREW UP IN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FINANCIALLY COULDN'T. I JUST GAVE YOU A QUALITATIVE EXAMPLE OF A FRIEND'S PARENTS AND JUST TO SAY BOTH WITH UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM AND SENIOR PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION, THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM HERE WITH THE CLIFF. IF SOMEBODY MAKES A DOLLAR ROLE -- MORE, THEY CAN'T ENROLL. SO I HEARD 6000 AND ROB, 10,000 ELIGIBLE, THERE ARE SOME AUTO ENROLL ISSUES, ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS. WITH THAT CLIFF, IT MAKES IT INACCESSIBLE FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE ACCESS THAT PROGRAM AND SO MUCH LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE SAID, THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OF HERE JUST STATEMENTS AND I WILL SAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR A TIME WHEN WE ARE NOT OVERTIME IN COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. >> THANK YOU, VICE-CHAIR STRAUSS. COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE AND THEN WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA, AS WELL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND FOR THIS WORK THAT IS HELPFUL TO SEE THIS ALL LAID OUT. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT , IN LOOKING AT THE PROGRAMS , AND THE ONES THAT SHOW TO BE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AND IMPORTANT, WE HAVE EMERGENCY RENTAL EXISTENCE -- ASSIST , AND I JUST WANT TO TOOT THE COUNCIL HEARD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN 2025 AND WE NOW HAVE $10 MILLION IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE ALSO DID WAS TO PUT A SLIDE TO SAY WE ARE GOING TO PUT ALL THE MONEY IN HSD THEN BRING HSD AND SDCI AND O.H. TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE RATIONALIZE RENTAL ASSISTANCE SO WE CAN GET ABOUT IT QUICKLY AND HOW ARE WE UTILIZING RENTAL ASSISTANCE NOT JUST FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS IN AN EVICTION PROCEEDING, BUT HOW CAN WE BE MORE PROACTIVE SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT WITH THAT IS LOOKING AT THE HOUSING CONNECTOR IS A REALLY EFFECTIVE MODEL, AND HOW CAN WE USE OUR OWN RENTAL REGISTRATION INVENTORY TO CONNECT LANDLORDS WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITY AND ALSO CREATING SORT OF A PROACTIVE DUTY ON LANDLORDS BEFORE THEY ENGAGE IN EVICTION TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT RENTAL ASSISTANCE , AND MAKING IT EASY AND HOPEFULLY WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO EVEN GET INTO THIS PORTAL AT SOME TIME. WE CAN GO TO THE PORTAL AND TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS PUTTING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. I FEEL THAT WE ARE WORKING VERY MUCH IN PARTNERSHIP AND HAVING IDENTIFIED RENTAL ASSISTANCE AS BEING AN ISSUE. IT HAS BEEN TWO DISPARATE INTO MANY SILOS SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH HERE. I ALSO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHILE WE HAVE INTRO AND WHILE WE HAVE TRAILERS THOSE ARE BASICALLY SHORTSTOP MEASURES. BASICALLY WHAT EDRA DOES IS GIVE YOU THE MONEY TO MOVE BUT WHERE DO YOU MOVE TO ? SO I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE ISSUE OF SUPPLY. YOUR BEEN MOVED OUT SO SOMEONE CAN BUILD SOME SORT OF STRUCTURE IN THEIR BACKYARD OR RENOVATE THEIR PARTICULAR STRUCTURE SO AGAIN WE WIND UP BACK TO THE SUPPLY ISSUE , AND THE THING I'M GOING TO KEEP HARPING ON HERE IS THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING MORE EFFECTIVELY. I THINK IT IS SPLITTING HAIRS TO SAY THIS IS ABOUT PRODUCTION AND THIS IS ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED. WHEN YOU DEFINE DISPLACEMENT AS BEING UNABLE TO MOVE -- PREVENTED FROM MOVING INTO A NEIGHBOR BECAUSE OF HIGH RENTS OR HOME PRICES, TO ME, THAT IS A SUPPLY ISSUE AND AND ABSOLUTELY WE DO NEED MORE SUPPLY BUT WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE SUPPLY AND SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE ARE MHA AND MFTE . ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT OUR MFTE VACANCIES, SO I WOULD REALLY STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS PART OF THIS DATA-GATHERING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING THE INFORMATION FROM OUR PROVIDERS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF VACANCIES IN OUR SUBSIDIZED UNITS. WE ALSO KNOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SUBSIDIZED UNITS ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD EVEN THE SUBSIDIZED RENT, SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND FOR MHA, I NOTE THAT IN THE ONE SEATTLE PROPOSAL, THERE WAS NO DECISION MADE NOT TO LOOK AT APPLYING MHA IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, AND I THINK THAT IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HB 1110, IT MANDATES THAT WE ZONE AT LEAST FOUR UNITS IF NOT SIX, IF TWO ARE AFFORDABLE. BUT 1110 SAYS THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE THEIR OWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING TOOLS AND LAWS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO EXPLORE THE IDEA OF IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FOUR UNITS ON EVERY LOT, WHY CAN'T WE MAKE TWO OF THOSE AFFORDABLE? WHY CAN'T WE MAKE TWO OF THOSE 60% AMA OR EVEN 80 TO 120 PERCENT . WE HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE -- WE CLEARLY NEED WORKFORCE HOUSING, THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG AND NOT SO YOUNG PROFESSIONALS STRUGGLING TO GET INTO THE STARTER HOME AND THEY ARE AT A HIGHER AMI. THAT IS PART OF WHY WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER WHO ALSO GOES UP 220% AMI SO I THINK THERE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE TO UTILIZE THE POWER OF MHA AND TO UTILIZE THE POWER OF MHA AS AN ON-SITE PERFORMANCE TOOL RATHER THAN AN IN LIEU TOOL SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO LOOK AT THAT AS A POWERFUL DISPLACEMENT TOOL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT UTILIZING THESE MEETINGS FOR AN MHA PRESENTATION . DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? I DON'T WANT TO THROW YOU UNDER THE BUS. NEVERMIND. >> IT'S FINE IF PEOPLE WANT ONE. I THINK WE PRESENTED OUR PROPOSAL TO COUNCILMEMBERS AT THE LAST COMMITTEE AND I THINK IF THERE ARE CHANGES THAT COUNCILMEMBERS WANT TO MAKE TO THAT PROPOSAL OF COURSE THAT IS WITHIN YOUR -- THAT IS YOUR PREROGATIVE. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION OR EXPLANATION AS TO WHY WE MADE THE DECISION THAT WE DID, WE ARE HAPPY TO COME BACK. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THROW YOU UNDER THE BUS. I'M DRIVING THE BUS. SO, I SEE YOUR TIME, I SEE YOUR HAND , SO I DON'T WANT TO NOT RECOGNIZE YOU BUT I JUST WANT TO DO A TIME CHECK. WE HAVE JUST FINISHED THIS PRESENTATION. WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION TO DO. WE ARE ALMOST THREE HOURS IN. I WANT TO CHECK WITH COUNCILMEMBERS. COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA, IF YOU COULD HOLD YOUR QUESTION TO THE NEXT, IF THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO CHECK TO SEE IF YOU NEED A FIVE MINUTE RECESS AND I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR PEOPLE'S COMMENTS. >> CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH, I MIGHT SUGGEST WE MOVE THIS NEXT PRESENTATION TO THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING SEEN AS WE ARE EIGHT MINUTES OUT FROM 5:00 P.M. WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE AND HALF HOURS. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE -- I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE NO SHADE BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THE FA I HAS BEEN PUBLISHED YET. TOMORROW, RIGHT? SO I SEE FINGERS CROSSED. IF IT HAD BEEN PUBLISHED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH AND THE CLOCK WAS TICKING, I WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. >> UNDERSTOOD. I APPRECIATE THAT, VICE-CHAIR STRAUSS. WE HAVE A CONSENSUS ON A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS? AND DO I JUST A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS? IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION WE WILL MOVE TO A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS WHILE WE DISCUSS NEXT STEPS AND WE ARE IN RECESS SO WE WILL BE BACK. 4:57, WE WILL BE BACK. THANK YOU. >> [ THE EVENT IS ON A RECESS. THE SESSION WILL RECONVENE AT 4:57. CAPTIONER ON STANDBY. ] >> THANK YOU ALL. WE HAVE RETURNED FROM RECESS. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO SINCE WE ARE OVER THREE HOURS INTO THE MEETING SO IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON AND PUNT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO FOR ANOTHER MEETING. I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. I KNOW YOU ALL ARE READY TO GET OUT OF HERE, SO THANK YOU FOR COMING. INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR, THANK YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION TODAY. A COUPLE OF HOUSECLEANING ITEMS BEFORE WE LEAVE THAT I WANT US TO ALL BE AWARE OF. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE FEBRUARY 5th AT 11:00 A.M. 11:00 A.M. FEBRUARY 5th AND YOU ARE ON HERE NEXT. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING FLEXIBLE AND THANK VICE-CHAIR STRAUSS FOR ALLOWING US SOME OF YOUR MEETING TIME THAT MORNING AND FOR BEING FLEXIBLE, VICE CHAIR. >> ABSOLUTELY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE REALIZES 11:00 A.M. AND NOT TO:00 P.M. >> ABSOLUTELY. 11:00 A.M. FEBRUARY 5th. ALSO THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY AND SCHEDULE. BECAUSE OUR MEETING IS LOADED, WE WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTING WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT AT 11:00 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 5th AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT SAME DAY ON THE FIFTH AT 5:00 P.M. WHERE WE WILL BE HERE FOR THE ENTIRE TIME SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACES AT BOTH MEETINGS IF YOU WANT TO COME. WRITE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT IN. WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT BUT ON FEBRUARY 5th AT 5:00 P.M. WE WILL BE HERE. EVERYONE WILL GET TWO MINUTES AND WE WILL BE HERE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT OUR IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT THAT DAY, AND WE HAVE SENT OUT AN ADVISORY. WE ARE GOING TO SEND OUT A NEWS ADVISORY AND WE ARE PUTTING IT ON OUR WEBSITE, AS WELL, IS FROM 5:00 TO 7:30 IN PERSON. THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING CHILDCARE AND IT CAN ONLY BE FOR A CERTAIN TIME THAN IF YOU ARE DOING ONLINE, START SIGNING UP AT 7:00 P.M. AND WE WILL START RECOGNIZING OUR ONLINE COLORS AT 7:30. WE WILL GO BACK AND FORTH BUT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FOR OUR IN PERSON SPEAKERS AS MUCH IS POSSIBLE THAT DAY SO WE CAN GET THROUGH FOLKS SO PEOPLE ARE NOT HERE TILL MIDNIGHT AND 1:00 A.M. IN THE BUSES AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. 5:00 TO 7:30. IN PERSON COMMENTERS ONLY THEN WE WILL TURN IT INTO A HYBRID MEETING AT 7:30. REMEMBER, WE ARE ONLY ACCEPTING WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT AT 11:00 A.M. FOR OUR MEETING ON FEBRUARY 5th. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR TIME AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE. I WANT YOU ALL TO READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO , THAT IS A FULL PRESENTATION ABOUT THE COMMENTS, THE FEEDBACK, AND HOW OPCD DID THEIR PLAN AND INTEGRATED THOSE INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO WE CAN ALL HAVE A PLACE SETTING FOR WHEN WE RETURN AND WE CAN BE ABLE TO ASK DIFFERENT QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. SO, I'M NOT TELLING YOU TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK. I'M NOT YOUR TEACHER, BUT DO YOUR HOMEWORK, OKAY? THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? OKAY, SEEING NONE, THIS CONCLUDES OUR JANUARY 29 MEETING OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT IS 5:05