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1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:04,304 PLAN, PHASE 2, FOCUSING ON CORE 2 00:00:04,304 --> 00:00:05,472 DOORS. TODAY WILL BE BROKEN INTO 3 00:00:05,472 --> 00:00:06,773 TWO SESSIONS. SESSION 1 JUST 4 00:00:06,773 --> 00:00:11,845 BEGAN, AND [ INAUDIBLE ] WILL BE 5 00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:12,645 RESERVED FOR REMOTE PUBLIC 6 00:00:12,645 --> 00:00:13,480 COMMENT. REGISTRATION STARTED AT 7 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:15,281 8:30 A.M. AND WILL REMAIN OPEN 8 00:00:15,281 --> 00:00:23,323 UNTIL 10:30 A.M. OUR GOAL IS TO 9 00:00:23,323 --> 00:00:24,324 GET THROUGH ALL SPEAKERS AND 10 00:00:24,324 --> 00:00:25,492 RECESS AROUND 12:30 P.M., OR 11 00:00:25,492 --> 00:00:26,393 EARLIER, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER 12 00:00:26,393 --> 00:00:27,193 OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS. WE 13 00:00:27,193 --> 00:00:28,428 DON'T GET THROUGH ALL REMOTE 14 00:00:28,428 --> 00:00:30,697 SPEAKERS BY 12:30 P.M., THE 15 00:00:30,697 --> 00:00:31,531 REMAINING SPEAKERS WILL BE 16 00:00:31,531 --> 00:00:32,599 RECOGNIZED AT OUR SECOND 17 00:00:32,599 --> 00:00:34,801 SESSION. SESSION 2 WILL BEGIN AT 18 00:00:34,801 --> 00:00:36,302 3:00 P.M. AND IS RESERVED FOR 19 00:00:36,302 --> 00:00:38,905 ANY REMOTE SPEAKERS , SHOULD 20 00:00:38,905 --> 00:00:47,447 THERE BE ANY. CITY HALL WILL 21 00:00:47,447 --> 00:00:48,415 REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 6:30 P.M. 22 00:00:48,415 --> 00:00:49,616 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD 23 00:00:49,616 --> 00:00:50,683 LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS DURING 24 00:00:50,683 --> 00:00:52,085 A SESSION 1 OR 2 MUST REGISTER 25 00:00:52,085 --> 00:00:53,086 DURING THE DEADLINE. DURING OUR 26 00:00:53,086 --> 00:00:54,287 IN PERSON COMMENT PERIOD, IF YOU 27 00:00:54,287 --> 00:00:59,793 ARE PART OF A GROUP WITH TWO OR 28 00:00:59,793 --> 00:01:01,060 MORE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP, YOU 29 00:01:01,060 --> 00:01:02,295 CAN COMBINE YOUR TIME. BUT THE 30 00:01:02,295 --> 00:01:08,668 PEOPLE IN THAT GROUP WILL THEN 31 00:01:08,668 --> 00:01:09,803 NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE SEPARATE 32 00:01:09,803 --> 00:01:10,804 INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC COMMENT BUT IF 33 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:12,072 YOU WANT TO REVIEW OUR PUBLIC 34 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:12,872 COMMENT RULES, THEY'RE LISTED 35 00:01:12,872 --> 00:01:14,073 ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING, 36 00:01:14,073 --> 00:01:15,341 WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON OUR 37 00:01:15,341 --> 00:01:16,543 WEBSITE OR AT THE PODIUM. AGAIN, 38 00:01:16,543 --> 00:01:17,777 I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS 39 00:01:17,777 --> 00:01:18,878 HEARING DOES HAVE A REGISTRATION 40 00:01:18,878 --> 00:01:20,013 DEADLINE. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK 41 00:01:20,013 --> 00:01:21,581 AT TODAY'S HEARING, HE MUST 42 00:01:21,581 --> 00:01:22,449 REGISTER BEFORE THE HEARING. 43 00:01:22,449 --> 00:01:23,450 DEADLINES ARE AS FOLLOWS, REMOTE 44 00:01:23,450 --> 00:01:24,717 REGISTRATION OPENS THIS MORNING 45 00:01:24,717 --> 00:01:26,953 AT 8:30 A.M. AND WILL CLOSE AT 46 00:01:26,953 --> 00:01:27,821 10:30 A.M. IN PERSON 47 00:01:27,821 --> 00:01:29,222 REGISTRATION AT CITY HALL WILL 48 00:01:29,222 --> 00:01:31,024 START AT 2:30 P.M. AND END AT 49 00:01:31,024 --> 00:01:34,494 6:30 P.M. FOR THOSE OF YOU 50 00:01:34,494 --> 00:01:38,498 ATTENDING THE IN PERSON PORTION, 51 00:01:38,498 --> 00:01:40,667 YOU CAN [ INAUDIBLE ] AT THE 52 00:01:40,667 --> 00:01:41,434 GARAGE ACROSS THE STREET 53 00:01:41,434 --> 00:01:43,470 STARTING AT 4:30 P.M. WILL THE 54 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:44,938 CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 1 INTO 55 00:01:44,938 --> 00:01:47,707 THE AGENDA? 56 00:01:47,707 --> 00:01:55,615 >> AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND 57 00:01:55,615 --> 00:01:56,583 USE AND ZONING, AMENDING CHAPTER 58 00:01:56,583 --> 00:01:57,884 23.32 OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL 59 00:01:57,884 --> 00:02:00,787 CODE. 60 00:02:00,787 --> 00:02:01,921 >> THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW 61 00:02:01,921 --> 00:02:03,389 OPEN. CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS 62 00:02:03,389 --> 00:02:07,861 ARE CURRENTLY REGISTERED? 63 00:02:07,861 --> 00:02:09,329 >> CURRENTLY, WE HAVE AN 64 00:02:09,329 --> 00:02:10,864 ESTIMATED 50 SPEAKERS. 65 00:02:10,864 --> 00:02:15,435 >> THANK YOU. SO, EACH SPEAKER 66 00:02:15,435 --> 00:02:18,738 WILL BE PROVIDED ONE MINUTE WITH 67 00:02:18,738 --> 00:02:20,073 APPROXIMATELY 50 SPEAKERS, YOU 68 00:02:20,073 --> 00:02:24,644 SHOULD HAVE A NUMBER WHEN YOU 69 00:02:24,644 --> 00:02:26,279 REGISTERED. WE WILL BE STARTING 70 00:02:26,279 --> 00:02:33,119 WITH NUMBER 2 ON OUR LIST. AND 71 00:02:33,119 --> 00:02:34,153 WE WILL GO IN BATCHES, SEEMS 72 00:02:34,153 --> 00:02:36,823 LIKE MOST OF THE EARLY NUMBERS 73 00:02:36,823 --> 00:02:38,625 ARE PRESENT AND LOGGED IN. SO, 74 00:02:38,625 --> 00:02:44,731 WE WILL BE STARTING -- I WILL 75 00:02:44,731 --> 00:02:46,165 NAME A FEW NAMES HERE, JUST TO 76 00:02:46,165 --> 00:02:47,534 GIVE PEOPLE A HEADS UP. WE WILL 77 00:02:47,534 --> 00:02:48,635 START WITH RYAN TALLON AND 78 00:02:48,635 --> 00:02:50,003 WILLIAM SCOTT, THEN EMILY PUNKY, 79 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:51,304 AND THEN SHEILA ALVAREZ. AND SO, 80 00:02:51,304 --> 00:02:52,572 WE WILL START HERE WITH RYAN 81 00:02:52,572 --> 00:03:02,715 TALLON. 82 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:08,621 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL, MY NAME 83 00:03:08,621 --> 00:03:09,889 IS RYAN TALLON, I AM A 84 00:03:09,889 --> 00:03:10,623 REGISTERED NURSE AT HARBORVIEW. 85 00:03:10,623 --> 00:03:11,824 I SEE THE SUFFERING CAUSED BY 86 00:03:11,824 --> 00:03:13,092 OUR HOUSING CRISIS. [ INAUDIBLE 87 00:03:13,092 --> 00:03:15,395 ] HOMELESSNESS AND UNSTABLE 88 00:03:15,395 --> 00:03:21,367 HOUSING AND THEIR SUFFERING IS 89 00:03:21,367 --> 00:03:22,569 GRADUAL. I AM URGING THE COUNCIL 90 00:03:22,569 --> 00:03:24,070 TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE 91 00:03:24,070 --> 00:03:25,238 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO STOP 92 00:03:25,238 --> 00:03:30,610 PUSHING HOUSING ONTO ARTERIALS, 93 00:03:30,610 --> 00:03:31,511 THAT IS TERRIBLE FOR HUMAN 94 00:03:31,511 --> 00:03:32,512 HEALING, FOR HUMAN HEALTH. I 95 00:03:32,512 --> 00:03:33,980 URGE YOU TO EXPAND HOUSING 96 00:03:33,980 --> 00:03:35,215 DENSITY BEYOND ARTERIAL. [ 97 00:03:35,215 --> 00:03:37,150 INAUDIBLE ] THAT CAN INCREASE 98 00:03:37,150 --> 00:03:41,054 FLOOR AREA RATIOS. [ INAUDIBLE ] 99 00:03:41,054 --> 00:03:43,156 AND A HIGHER FLOOR AREA RATIO 100 00:03:43,156 --> 00:03:44,490 AND MORE HOMES WITHOUT [ 101 00:03:44,490 --> 00:03:48,194 INAUDIBLE ]. AFFORDABLE UNITS 102 00:03:48,194 --> 00:03:49,562 GET CREATED WITHOUT [ INAUDIBLE 103 00:03:49,562 --> 00:03:55,368 ] OR JUST INCREASE HOUSING 104 00:03:55,368 --> 00:03:56,736 VARIETY, ALLOW SMALLER SETBACKS 105 00:03:56,736 --> 00:04:04,210 [ INAUDIBLE ] . AND LASTLY, 106 00:04:04,210 --> 00:04:05,144 GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS. GIVE 107 00:04:05,144 --> 00:04:13,586 HIGH BONUSES [ INAUDIBLE ] 108 00:04:13,586 --> 00:04:14,220 COUNCILMEMBERS, MY PATIENTS 109 00:04:14,220 --> 00:04:15,355 CAN'T WAIT FOR ANY LONGER FOR 110 00:04:15,355 --> 00:04:16,723 OUR HOUSING [ INAUDIBLE ] TO BE 111 00:04:16,723 --> 00:04:22,395 FIXED. [ INAUDIBLE ] 112 00:04:22,395 --> 00:04:23,963 >> THANK YOU, RYAN. WE WILL NOW 113 00:04:23,963 --> 00:04:29,869 MOVE ON TO WILLIAM SCOTT. 114 00:04:29,869 --> 00:04:31,104 >> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 115 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:31,904 >> YES. GOOD MORNING. 116 00:04:31,904 --> 00:04:33,106 >> OKAY, YEAH, I'M BILL SCOTT, 117 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:35,875 I AM ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO 118 00:04:35,875 --> 00:04:37,610 ARE PETITIONING TO SWITCH THE LR 119 00:04:37,610 --> 00:04:38,878 3 ZONING ALONG NORTHEAST FIFTH 120 00:04:38,878 --> 00:04:41,481 STREET TO A BETTER LOCATION 121 00:04:41,481 --> 00:04:42,715 WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE 122 00:04:42,715 --> 00:04:46,619 PROBLEM WITH THE STRIP THAT IS 123 00:04:46,619 --> 00:04:47,754 CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED BETWEEN 124 00:04:47,754 --> 00:04:50,089 40th AVENUE NORTHEAST AND 45th 125 00:04:50,089 --> 00:04:54,961 AVENUE NORTHEAST ON 42 STREET , 126 00:04:54,961 --> 00:04:56,829 FIRST OF ALL, [ INAUDIBLE ]. 127 00:04:56,829 --> 00:05:00,867 12% GRADE AND IT IS NOT CLOSE TO 128 00:05:00,867 --> 00:05:06,239 ANY NEIGHBORHOODS , TRANSIT HUB, 129 00:05:06,239 --> 00:05:07,206 AND HAS NO COMMERCIAL SERVICES. 130 00:05:07,206 --> 00:05:08,608 THERE ARE MUCH BETTER LOCATIONS 131 00:05:08,608 --> 00:05:11,678 THAT HAVE TRANSPORT HUBS, HAVE 132 00:05:11,678 --> 00:05:13,179 COMMERCIAL SERVICES, ET CETERA. 133 00:05:13,179 --> 00:05:16,015 [ INAUDIBLE ] THERE ARE MULTIPLE 134 00:05:16,015 --> 00:05:16,749 TRANSIT OPTIONS, THERE ARE 135 00:05:16,749 --> 00:05:22,722 HIGHER [ INAUDIBLE ], AND ALL 136 00:05:22,722 --> 00:05:23,990 THESE THINGS MAKE THEM MUCH MORE 137 00:05:23,990 --> 00:05:24,557 SUITABLE. AND ECONOMICALLY 138 00:05:24,557 --> 00:05:25,491 VIABLE FOR DEVELOPERS [ 139 00:05:25,491 --> 00:05:27,293 INAUDIBLE ] AND THAT'S IT. 140 00:05:27,293 --> 00:05:32,965 THANK YOU. 141 00:05:32,965 --> 00:05:34,367 >> THANK YOU, BILL. NEXT UP, 142 00:05:34,367 --> 00:05:37,303 EMILY PUNKY. 143 00:05:37,303 --> 00:05:44,243 >> EMILY, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 144 00:05:44,243 --> 00:05:47,714 >> OKAY, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 145 00:05:47,714 --> 00:05:53,486 HI. GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS 146 00:05:53,486 --> 00:05:55,154 EMILY PINKY, I'M A PARENT, AND 147 00:05:55,154 --> 00:05:57,724 [ INAUDIBLE ] THE STREETS OUR 148 00:05:57,724 --> 00:05:59,225 CHILDREN WALK TO SCHOOL EVERY 149 00:05:59,225 --> 00:06:00,727 DAY ARE ALREADY UNSAFE. EVERY 150 00:06:00,727 --> 00:06:02,028 MORNING ON 40th AVENUE, I SEE 151 00:06:02,028 --> 00:06:03,930 DRIVERS SPEEDING THROUGH THE 152 00:06:03,930 --> 00:06:04,931 FLASHING CROSSWALKS [ INAUDIBLE 153 00:06:04,931 --> 00:06:10,103 ] THESE STREETS ENCOUNTER ON OUR 154 00:06:10,103 --> 00:06:11,971 SUNNY DAYS. STREETS ALONG THAT 155 00:06:11,971 --> 00:06:18,377 CORRIDOR [ INAUDIBLE ] MAKE AN 156 00:06:18,377 --> 00:06:19,645 ALREADY RISKY SITUATION WORSE. [ 157 00:06:19,645 --> 00:06:30,156 INAUDIBLE ] BLINDING SON THAT 158 00:06:31,924 --> 00:06:32,658 DRIVERS CAN'T SEE PEDESTRIANS 159 00:06:32,658 --> 00:06:33,659 THROUGH. I HAVE A SIMPLE 160 00:06:33,659 --> 00:06:34,627 QUESTION, HOW MUCH MORE CAN 161 00:06:34,627 --> 00:06:35,762 THESE STREETS ACTUALLY TAKE 162 00:06:35,762 --> 00:06:38,164 CUSTOMER THERE ARE NO PASSING 163 00:06:38,164 --> 00:06:39,999 LANES ON EITHER AND THERE IS 164 00:06:39,999 --> 00:06:40,666 NOWHERE TO ADD THEM. [ INAUDIBLE 165 00:06:40,666 --> 00:06:42,001 ] WITHOUT A CLEAR PLAN FOR 166 00:06:42,001 --> 00:06:50,743 SAFETY. [ INAUDIBLE ] NOT 167 00:06:50,743 --> 00:06:51,611 MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT 168 00:06:51,611 --> 00:06:52,345 EVERYWHERE. I WOULD LIKE TO 169 00:06:52,345 --> 00:06:53,479 EXTEND AN INVITATION FOR EACH 170 00:06:53,479 --> 00:06:54,680 MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL TO COME 171 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,082 WALK TO SCHOOL WITH ME AND OTHER 172 00:06:56,082 --> 00:06:57,283 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO SEE [ 173 00:06:57,283 --> 00:06:57,917 INAUDIBLE ]. 174 00:06:57,917 --> 00:06:59,352 >> THANK YOU, EMILY. NEXT UP 175 00:06:59,352 --> 00:07:05,224 WILL BE SHOW ALVAREZ, IF YOU 176 00:07:05,224 --> 00:07:11,197 COULD CALL IN, SHOW ALVAREZ. 177 00:07:11,197 --> 00:07:14,901 OKAY, MOVING ON. SO, NEXT UP, WE 178 00:07:14,901 --> 00:07:17,136 WILL HAVE A FEW -- DYLAN, AND 179 00:07:17,136 --> 00:07:20,373 THEN RICK , AND THEN LOGAN 180 00:07:20,373 --> 00:07:27,880 SCHMIDT, AND THEN ANN TYSON. 181 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:36,556 NEXT UP, DYLAN. 182 00:07:36,556 --> 00:07:38,291 >> DYLAN, YOU MIGHT BE MUTED ON 183 00:07:38,291 --> 00:07:44,030 YOUR PHONE. 184 00:07:44,030 --> 00:07:45,531 >> THERE WE GO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 185 00:07:45,665 --> 00:07:47,200 >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW, 186 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:48,801 THANK YOU. 187 00:07:48,801 --> 00:07:50,303 >> GREAT. HI, MY NAME IS DYLAN, 188 00:07:50,303 --> 00:07:51,871 I AM AN ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER 189 00:07:51,871 --> 00:07:53,906 AND A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE [ 190 00:07:53,906 --> 00:07:55,775 INAUDIBLE ] COMMISSION. 191 00:07:55,775 --> 00:07:57,009 >> SORRY, DYLAN, CAN YOU SPEAK 192 00:07:57,009 --> 00:07:58,611 UP A LITTLE BIT? THANK YOU. WE 193 00:07:58,611 --> 00:07:59,612 WILL RESET YOUR TIME. 194 00:07:59,612 --> 00:08:07,653 >> OKAY, THANKS. MY NAME IS 195 00:08:07,653 --> 00:08:08,821 DYLAN, I AM AN ARCHITECT AND 196 00:08:08,821 --> 00:08:09,922 URBAN DESIGNER IN THE SEATTLE 197 00:08:09,922 --> 00:08:11,123 PLANNING COMMISSION. [ INAUDIBLE 198 00:08:11,123 --> 00:08:12,725 ] I AM A 20 YEAR SEATTLE 199 00:08:12,725 --> 00:08:17,630 RESIDENT FROM [ INAUDIBLE ]. 200 00:08:17,630 --> 00:08:18,865 BIKES AND BUSES ALL OVER THE 201 00:08:18,865 --> 00:08:25,605 CITY. [ INAUDIBLE ] SPENT THE 202 00:08:25,605 --> 00:08:27,840 PAST SIX YEARS STUDYING MAPPING 203 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:29,342 SMALL-SCALE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS 204 00:08:29,342 --> 00:08:38,351 AND [ INAUDIBLE ]. IT'S THIS 205 00:08:38,351 --> 00:08:40,319 NETWORK OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, 206 00:08:40,319 --> 00:08:42,655 IT'S KEY TO [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR 207 00:08:42,655 --> 00:08:43,556 EVERY RESIDENT LIVING WITHIN A 208 00:08:43,556 --> 00:08:49,061 15 MINUTE WALK [ INAUDIBLE ]. 209 00:08:49,061 --> 00:08:49,929 THE CURRENT LEGISLATION PROPOSED 210 00:08:49,929 --> 00:08:51,230 IS 30 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. 211 00:08:51,230 --> 00:08:52,865 IT'S A GOOD START. [ INAUDIBLE 212 00:08:52,865 --> 00:08:54,233 ] LET'S CONTINUE TO BUILD ON 213 00:08:54,233 --> 00:09:04,777 THIS . [ INAUDIBLE ] LESS THAN 214 00:09:06,279 --> 00:09:06,979 HALFWAY TOWARDS BUILDING OUT 215 00:09:06,979 --> 00:09:07,813 SEATTLE'S NETWORK [ INAUDIBLE 216 00:09:07,813 --> 00:09:08,881 ]. PLEASE PASS THIS LEGISLATION 217 00:09:08,881 --> 00:09:10,249 AND CONTINUE TO BUILD ON IT BY 218 00:09:10,249 --> 00:09:11,050 ADDING MORE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS 219 00:09:11,050 --> 00:09:12,051 [ INAUDIBLE ]. 220 00:09:12,051 --> 00:09:13,552 >> THANK YOU, DYLAN. NEXT UP, 221 00:09:13,552 --> 00:09:17,557 RICK K. 222 00:09:17,557 --> 00:09:25,197 >> LET'S BE CLEAR, [ INAUDIBLE 223 00:09:25,197 --> 00:09:26,599 ] ZONING IS NOT THE SAME AS 224 00:09:26,599 --> 00:09:27,633 GROWTH. [ INAUDIBLE ] BRINGS 225 00:09:27,633 --> 00:09:28,367 HIGHER COSTS AND SIMPLY 226 00:09:28,367 --> 00:09:29,402 PRIORITIZES DISPLACEMENT. IT IS 227 00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:30,536 NEITHER SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND 228 00:09:30,536 --> 00:09:36,175 MORE COMPASSIONATE. CANCEL, YOU 229 00:09:36,175 --> 00:09:37,176 HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW 230 00:09:37,176 --> 00:09:38,411 THE TRUTH AND TELL THE TRUTH. 231 00:09:38,411 --> 00:09:39,912 YOU DON'T GET TO HIDE BEHIND AN 232 00:09:39,912 --> 00:09:41,080 EXCUSE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN MISLED 233 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:42,348 BY CITY STAFF AND LOBBYING AND 234 00:09:42,348 --> 00:09:43,115 INVESTMENT. YOU HAVE THE 235 00:09:43,115 --> 00:09:43,950 RESPONSIBILITY TO BE GOOD 236 00:09:43,950 --> 00:09:45,685 STEWARDS OF THE CITY [ INAUDIBLE 237 00:09:45,685 --> 00:09:46,719 ]. CURRENT PROPOSAL FOR 238 00:09:46,719 --> 00:09:54,894 DEREGULATION NOT ONLY -- 239 00:09:54,894 --> 00:09:56,195 >> THEY MUST HAVE DISCONNECTED 240 00:09:56,195 --> 00:09:57,530 THEMSELVES. 241 00:09:57,530 --> 00:10:04,670 >> OKAY. OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE 242 00:10:04,670 --> 00:10:09,475 NEXT -- MOVING ON TO THE NEXT 243 00:10:09,475 --> 00:10:17,516 SPEAKER. LOGAN SCHMIDT. 244 00:10:17,516 --> 00:10:18,818 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR LIN AND 245 00:10:18,818 --> 00:10:19,919 MEMBERS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE. 246 00:10:19,919 --> 00:10:21,620 MY NAME IS LOGAN SCHMIDT , [ 247 00:10:21,620 --> 00:10:29,829 INAUDIBLE ] WE ARE GLAD TO SEE 248 00:10:29,829 --> 00:10:31,130 THAT MOMENTUM CARRY [ INAUDIBLE 249 00:10:31,130 --> 00:10:34,333 ]. WE MUST SEE LOWRISE STANDARDS 250 00:10:34,333 --> 00:10:37,203 GO FURTHER THAN [ INAUDIBLE ]. 251 00:10:37,203 --> 00:10:39,005 RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN ACHIEVE [ 252 00:10:39,005 --> 00:10:46,178 INAUDIBLE ] AND YOU CAN IN LR 1 253 00:10:46,178 --> 00:10:47,580 AND 2. THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. [ 254 00:10:47,580 --> 00:10:49,448 INAUDIBLE ] TO CREATE [ 255 00:10:49,448 --> 00:10:54,553 INAUDIBLE ]. WE ALSO URGE THE 256 00:10:54,553 --> 00:10:59,692 COMMITTEE [ INAUDIBLE ] THROUGH 257 00:10:59,692 --> 00:11:00,760 THE COURTYARD BLOCK AND GREEN 258 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,028 BUILDING BONUSES, AND EXPAND [ 259 00:11:02,028 --> 00:11:09,335 INAUDIBLE ] WE LOOK FORWARD TO 260 00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:10,503 THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP. THANK 261 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:14,173 YOU. 262 00:11:14,173 --> 00:11:15,975 >> THANK YOU, LOGAN, AND FOR ANY 263 00:11:15,975 --> 00:11:23,582 MEMBERS , I THINK FOR RICK K, 264 00:11:23,582 --> 00:11:24,583 YOU GOT MAYBE DISCONNECTED, IF 265 00:11:24,583 --> 00:11:26,285 YOU WANT TO EMAIL US THE REST OF 266 00:11:26,285 --> 00:11:27,219 YOUR COMMENTS, OR ANYONE ELSE 267 00:11:27,219 --> 00:11:29,455 WHO IS NOT ABLE TO GET ALL THEIR 268 00:11:29,455 --> 00:11:30,890 COMMENTS IN WAS SPEAKING, PLEASE 269 00:11:30,890 --> 00:11:31,957 GO AHEAD AND EMAIL US THE 270 00:11:31,957 --> 00:11:33,225 REMAINDER OF YOUR COMMENTS. 271 00:11:33,225 --> 00:11:37,663 MOVING ON, NEXT UP, WE HAVE -- I 272 00:11:37,663 --> 00:11:43,402 WILL NAME A FEW, ANN TYSON, IF 273 00:11:43,402 --> 00:11:44,637 YOU COULD CALL IN. DAVID HILL, 274 00:11:44,637 --> 00:11:46,872 SARAH DAVIS, AND MELISSA. ANN 275 00:11:46,872 --> 00:11:54,780 TYSON , [ INAUDIBLE ]. OKAY, 276 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:56,215 MOVING ON, DAVID HILL, YOU ARE 277 00:11:56,215 --> 00:12:01,053 UP NEXT. 278 00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:02,988 >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS 279 00:12:02,988 --> 00:12:05,357 DAVID HILL. I HAVE LIVED IN 280 00:12:05,357 --> 00:12:06,859 SEATTLE FOR 15 YEARS AND I AM A 281 00:12:06,859 --> 00:12:12,431 MEMBER OF [ INAUDIBLE ]. LAST 282 00:12:12,431 --> 00:12:13,432 YEAR, I MOVED TO THE ROOSEVELT 283 00:12:13,432 --> 00:12:13,999 NEIGHBORHOOD, SPECIFICALLY 284 00:12:13,999 --> 00:12:15,034 BECAUSE OF ITS DENSITY AND THE 285 00:12:15,034 --> 00:12:16,435 FACT THAT IT IS THE NEXUS OF 286 00:12:16,435 --> 00:12:17,303 SEVERAL MAJOR TRANSIT CORRIDOR 287 00:12:17,303 --> 00:12:18,904 IS. LIVING THERE, I SEE OUR 288 00:12:18,904 --> 00:12:20,840 VISION FOR SEATTLE ACTUALLY 289 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:21,774 WORKING FANTASTICALLY, BOTH FOR 290 00:12:21,774 --> 00:12:23,042 ME AND MY NEIGHBORS, BUT IT 291 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:24,110 SHOULDN'T BE A LUXURY. WE 292 00:12:24,110 --> 00:12:29,582 SHOULDN'T TREAT OUR HOUSING 293 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:30,316 SHORTAGE LIKE A MYSTERIOUS 294 00:12:30,316 --> 00:12:31,350 NATURAL DISASTER WHEN IT IS 295 00:12:31,350 --> 00:12:32,785 ACTUALLY A POLICY CHOICE. I AM 296 00:12:32,785 --> 00:12:34,153 ASKING YOU TO BUILD ON [ 297 00:12:34,153 --> 00:12:35,654 INAUDIBLE ] AND MAXIMIZE THAT 298 00:12:35,654 --> 00:12:36,455 MODEL EVERYWHERE. PUSH THE 299 00:12:36,455 --> 00:12:37,890 DENSITY LIMITS [ INAUDIBLE ] AS 300 00:12:37,890 --> 00:12:44,597 FAR AS THEY CAN GO. BEYOND JUST 301 00:12:44,597 --> 00:12:45,931 HOUSING, IF WE DON'T BUILD UP, 302 00:12:45,931 --> 00:12:47,266 WE CRAWL OUT, WHICH IS THE WORST 303 00:12:47,266 --> 00:12:48,501 THING WE CAN DO FOR OUR 304 00:12:48,501 --> 00:12:50,069 ENVIRONMENT. IT'S TIME TO STOP 305 00:12:50,069 --> 00:12:51,337 BEING TIMID WITH THE MAPS AND 306 00:12:51,337 --> 00:12:52,838 MAKE IT LEGAL FOR MORE PEOPLE [ 307 00:12:52,838 --> 00:12:54,373 INAUDIBLE ]. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 308 00:12:54,373 --> 00:12:55,441 TIME. 309 00:12:55,441 --> 00:12:56,842 >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, SARAH 310 00:12:56,842 --> 00:13:03,215 DAVIS. 311 00:13:03,215 --> 00:13:04,650 >> HI, I AM A RESIDENT OF 312 00:13:04,650 --> 00:13:05,851 NORTHEAST SEATTLE. I AM HERE TO 313 00:13:05,851 --> 00:13:06,685 CALL OUT THIS PERFORMATIVE 314 00:13:06,685 --> 00:13:07,820 ENGAGEMENT PROCESS [ INAUDIBLE 315 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:12,258 ]. THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS HAVE 316 00:13:12,258 --> 00:13:13,058 SUBMITTED COMMENTS AND PETITIONS 317 00:13:13,058 --> 00:13:14,226 ASKING TO HAVE THEIR VOICES 318 00:13:14,226 --> 00:13:22,368 HEARD IN HOW THEIR BELOVED 319 00:13:22,368 --> 00:13:23,369 NEIGHBORHOODS GROW AND BECOME 320 00:13:23,369 --> 00:13:24,236 MORE DENSE. [ INAUDIBLE ] 321 00:13:24,236 --> 00:13:25,237 RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD BY 322 00:13:25,237 --> 00:13:25,871 COUNCILMEMBERS THAT FIGHTING 323 00:13:25,871 --> 00:13:27,540 THIS IS POINTLESS, THE VOTES ARE 324 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:28,807 NOT THERE, THE COUNCIL DOESN'T 325 00:13:28,807 --> 00:13:29,975 CARE ABOUT [ INAUDIBLE ], THE 326 00:13:29,975 --> 00:13:31,243 COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR WANT A 327 00:13:31,243 --> 00:13:32,611 MORE EXTREME PLAN, NOT A 328 00:13:32,611 --> 00:13:36,182 MODERATE ONE. IN MY 329 00:13:36,182 --> 00:13:36,982 NEIGHBORHOOD, THE PEOPLE WHO 330 00:13:36,982 --> 00:13:38,284 WILL BE DISPLACED ARE A SINGLE 331 00:13:38,284 --> 00:13:39,418 MOTHER WITH TWO CHILDREN, AN 332 00:13:39,418 --> 00:13:40,286 ELDERLY COUPLE, AND AN ELDERLY 333 00:13:40,286 --> 00:13:41,654 WIDOW, A DISABLED VETERAN, OLDER 334 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:46,692 RENTALS -- RENTERS LIVE IN 335 00:13:46,692 --> 00:13:47,326 AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS. [ 336 00:13:47,326 --> 00:13:48,360 INAUDIBLE ] WILL ONLY LEAD TO 337 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:49,428 LAWSUITS, DELAYS, AND MORE JUST 338 00:13:49,428 --> 00:13:51,263 VISION. WE ARE SEEING I THE 339 00:13:51,263 --> 00:13:52,264 NATIONAL LEVEL AND HERE IN 340 00:13:52,264 --> 00:13:55,534 SEATTLE THAT PEOPLE IN POWER 341 00:13:55,534 --> 00:13:56,535 DON'T ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE 342 00:13:56,535 --> 00:13:57,503 DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, THEY ONLY 343 00:13:57,503 --> 00:13:58,404 SPEAK FOR THEIR OWN POLITICAL 344 00:13:58,404 --> 00:14:01,407 AGENDA. [ INAUDIBLE ] PRETENDS 345 00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:02,841 TO HELP POOR PEOPLE WHEN IN FACT 346 00:14:02,841 --> 00:14:06,445 IT MOSTLY HELPS RICH DEVELOPERS. 347 00:14:06,445 --> 00:14:10,316 >> THANK YOU, SARAH. NEXT UP, 348 00:14:10,316 --> 00:14:20,559 MELISSA NAIR. 349 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:22,361 >> GOOD MORNING, I'M EXECUTIVE 350 00:14:22,361 --> 00:14:23,362 DIRECTOR OF A.I. SEATTLE. AN 351 00:14:23,362 --> 00:14:24,063 ORGANIZATION WITH 2600 MEMBERS 352 00:14:24,063 --> 00:14:25,264 WHO ENVISIONS BATTLE AS A FIFTH 353 00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:26,532 TEEN MINUTE LIVABLE THAT HE WITH 354 00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:28,100 HOUSING, AMENITIES, AND TRANSIT 355 00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:35,341 VISIBLE TO EVERYONE, INCREASING 356 00:14:35,341 --> 00:14:37,276 THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING IS 357 00:14:37,276 --> 00:14:38,210 ESSENTIAL TO THIS MISSION. WE 358 00:14:38,210 --> 00:14:39,178 ASK THE COMMUNITY TO CONSIDER 359 00:14:39,178 --> 00:14:40,179 KEY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CENTER 360 00:14:40,179 --> 00:14:41,313 AND CORRIDOR IS LEGISLATION BY 361 00:14:41,313 --> 00:14:42,014 INCREASING POTENTIAL PLACES FOR 362 00:14:42,014 --> 00:14:43,449 NEW HOUSING BY EXPANDING CORE 363 00:14:43,449 --> 00:14:45,084 DOORS, ADDING MORE NEIGHBORHOOD 364 00:14:45,084 --> 00:14:46,118 CENTERS, AND MAKING SURE ZONING 365 00:14:46,118 --> 00:14:47,286 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE RACIAL 366 00:14:47,286 --> 00:14:52,658 AND [ INAUDIBLE ] INDEX. [ 367 00:14:52,658 --> 00:14:54,293 INAUDIBLE ] MAKING IT EASIER TO 368 00:14:54,293 --> 00:14:56,962 CREATE HOUSING , AND CERTAINLY 369 00:14:56,962 --> 00:15:03,469 UNDER THOSE CURRENT STRUCTURES, 370 00:15:03,469 --> 00:15:05,371 MISSING PROJECTS ARE TOO COSTLY 371 00:15:05,371 --> 00:15:06,305 FOR DEVELOPERS AND NOT BEING 372 00:15:06,305 --> 00:15:07,539 BUILT, SO FUNDS ARE NOT BEING 373 00:15:07,539 --> 00:15:09,008 RAISED. [ INAUDIBLE ] TO ADDRESS 374 00:15:09,008 --> 00:15:10,442 THIS BARRIER. AND FINALLY, [ 375 00:15:10,442 --> 00:15:13,345 INAUDIBLE ] EVALUATE HOUSING 376 00:15:13,345 --> 00:15:14,446 PRODUCTION ACROSS THE CITY. 377 00:15:14,446 --> 00:15:14,747 THANK YOU. 378 00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:25,291 >> THANK YOU, MELISSA. RICK K, I 379 00:15:31,697 --> 00:15:32,898 SEE THAT YOU HAVE LOGGED BACK 380 00:15:32,898 --> 00:15:33,766 IN. SINCE YOU WERE DISCONNECTED 381 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:37,036 EARLIER, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND -- 382 00:15:37,036 --> 00:15:39,305 LET'S GO BACK AND START YOUR 383 00:15:39,305 --> 00:15:40,906 TESTIMONY OVER, SO WE WILL GIVE 384 00:15:40,906 --> 00:15:43,609 YOU ONE MINUTE. 385 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:46,645 >> THANK YOU. LET'S BE CLEAR. 386 00:15:46,645 --> 00:15:48,047 ZONING IS NOT THE SAME AS 387 00:15:48,047 --> 00:15:55,054 GROWTH. [ INAUDIBLE ] BRINGS 388 00:15:55,054 --> 00:15:55,821 HIGHER COSTS AND SIMPLY 389 00:15:55,821 --> 00:15:56,488 PRIORITIZES INFLATION OVER 390 00:15:56,488 --> 00:15:57,890 INFILL, WHICH IS NEITHER SOUND 391 00:15:57,890 --> 00:16:07,800 NOR COMPASSIONATE COUNCIL, YOU 392 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:08,801 HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW 393 00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:10,002 THE TRUTH AND TELL THE TRUTH. 394 00:16:10,002 --> 00:16:11,236 YOU DON'T GET TO HIDE BEHIND 395 00:16:11,236 --> 00:16:12,538 EXCUSES BEING LED BY CITY STAFF 396 00:16:12,538 --> 00:16:13,305 AND HEAVY LOBBYING AND 397 00:16:13,305 --> 00:16:14,173 PROPAGANDA FROM THE INVESTMENT 398 00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:14,974 COMPANIES. YOU HAVE A 399 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:15,741 RESPONSIBILITY TO BE GOOD 400 00:16:15,741 --> 00:16:16,942 STEWARDS OF THE CITY [ INAUDIBLE 401 00:16:16,942 --> 00:16:18,410 ]. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL NOT ONLY 402 00:16:18,410 --> 00:16:19,578 DOES IT CAPTURE ZONING VALUE FOR 403 00:16:19,578 --> 00:16:20,479 CURRENT PUBLIC BENEFIT, THEY 404 00:16:20,479 --> 00:16:21,280 ALSO PREVENT FUTURE CITY 405 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:22,047 GOVERNMENTS FROM GETTING FAIR 406 00:16:22,047 --> 00:16:23,349 VALUE [ INAUDIBLE ]. THE CURRENT 407 00:16:23,349 --> 00:16:30,289 PLAN [ INAUDIBLE ] GIVEAWAY FAR 408 00:16:30,289 --> 00:16:31,290 BEYOND WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE 409 00:16:31,290 --> 00:16:32,224 FILLED, WITH NO PROMISE OF 410 00:16:32,224 --> 00:16:33,792 ACTUAL GROWTH IN RETURN. ENABLES 411 00:16:33,792 --> 00:16:39,264 THEM TO SUE THE FUTURE 412 00:16:39,264 --> 00:16:40,199 ADMINISTRATIONS IF THEY TRY TO 413 00:16:40,199 --> 00:16:41,700 MAKE THEM PAY A FAIR SHARE. NONE 414 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:43,001 OF YOU WILL BE IN OFFICE FOREVER 415 00:16:43,001 --> 00:16:44,703 BUT IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING AND 416 00:16:44,703 --> 00:16:45,871 THIS TIME, PLEASE [ INAUDIBLE ]. 417 00:16:45,871 --> 00:16:47,139 THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS IS 418 00:16:47,139 --> 00:16:48,107 FOR MONOLOG ONLY, NOT REALLY 419 00:16:48,107 --> 00:16:49,141 ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS WHAT IS 420 00:16:49,141 --> 00:16:49,908 NEEDED FOR ACTUAL CITIZEN 421 00:16:49,908 --> 00:16:50,943 INVOLVEMENT AND NOT CORPORATE 422 00:16:50,943 --> 00:16:54,013 CAPTURE. 423 00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:56,482 >> THANK YOU, RICK. THE NEXT 424 00:16:56,482 --> 00:16:59,818 GROUP OF SPEAKERS WILL BE -- AND 425 00:16:59,818 --> 00:17:02,154 WE ARE UP TO NUMBER 12, SO, IT 426 00:17:02,154 --> 00:17:06,759 WILL BE JEFF , JOHNSON, SARAH 427 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:10,662 SCOTT, AND MEGAN CRUZ, SO WE 428 00:17:10,662 --> 00:17:20,873 WILL START WITH JEFF FRIEDMAN. 429 00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:22,441 >> HELLO, THANK YOU, MY NAME IS 430 00:17:22,441 --> 00:17:23,575 JEFF FRIEDMAN, I AM A PARTNER 431 00:17:23,575 --> 00:17:24,676 WITH [ INAUDIBLE ] ARCHITECTS, 432 00:17:24,676 --> 00:17:25,244 SPECIALIZING IN AFFORDABLE 433 00:17:25,244 --> 00:17:26,445 HOUSING. [ INAUDIBLE ] 434 00:17:26,445 --> 00:17:27,012 THROUGHOUT SEATTLE. IN 435 00:17:27,012 --> 00:17:28,814 PARTICULAR, I WANT TO ADDRESS [ 436 00:17:28,814 --> 00:17:31,350 INAUDIBLE ] CENTER. [ INAUDIBLE 437 00:17:31,350 --> 00:17:32,885 ] THE ISAAC CULVER HOUSE, [ 438 00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:38,190 INAUDIBLE ] . THE ISAAC OVER 439 00:17:38,190 --> 00:17:39,358 HOUSE IS PROVIDING SENIOR 440 00:17:39,358 --> 00:17:40,459 HOUSING FOR 75 YEARS. [ 441 00:17:40,459 --> 00:17:42,761 INAUDIBLE ] 140 UNITS [ 442 00:17:42,761 --> 00:17:47,833 INAUDIBLE ] . CERTAINLY SPLIT 443 00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:55,641 ZONES. [ INAUDIBLE ] OR THE REAR 444 00:17:55,641 --> 00:17:56,775 PORTION OF THE PARCEL IS ZONED 445 00:17:56,775 --> 00:17:58,310 FOR RESIDENTIAL. EXISTING USE 446 00:17:58,310 --> 00:17:58,744 PREDATES THE ZONING 447 00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:03,015 SPECIFICATION. [ INAUDIBLE ] 448 00:18:03,015 --> 00:18:03,916 USUALLY CREATED BY ACCIDENT. THE 449 00:18:03,916 --> 00:18:05,284 PROPERTY LINES ARE DIFFICULT [ 450 00:18:05,284 --> 00:18:07,953 INAUDIBLE ]. THEY ARE EXTREMELY 451 00:18:07,953 --> 00:18:08,787 CHALLENGING TO DEVELOP. THE 452 00:18:08,787 --> 00:18:09,621 CURRENT PROPOSAL DOES NOT 453 00:18:09,621 --> 00:18:11,523 RECOGNIZE [ INAUDIBLE ] AND 454 00:18:11,523 --> 00:18:12,991 PERPETUATES THE SPLIT ZONE. [ 455 00:18:12,991 --> 00:18:16,929 INAUDIBLE ] JUST ENOUGH TO 456 00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:18,330 INCLUDE THE ENTIRE PARCEL [ 457 00:18:18,330 --> 00:18:25,571 INAUDIBLE ] . 458 00:18:25,571 --> 00:18:28,607 >> THANK YOU, JEFF. NEXT UP, 459 00:18:28,607 --> 00:18:33,145 JOHNSON. 460 00:18:33,145 --> 00:18:34,880 >> THANK YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 461 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:39,151 >> YES. 462 00:18:39,151 --> 00:18:40,452 >> THE RIGHT NOW, I AM LISTENING 463 00:18:40,452 --> 00:18:41,820 TO A CHAINSAW. THEY ARE CUTTING 464 00:18:41,820 --> 00:18:43,322 A LOT AND NEW YEAR WHERE 465 00:18:43,322 --> 00:18:44,756 AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS TORN DOWN 466 00:18:44,756 --> 00:18:51,864 FOR LUXURY DEVELOPMENT. [ 467 00:18:51,864 --> 00:18:53,198 INAUDIBLE ] DOUBLE DOWN ON WHAT 468 00:18:53,198 --> 00:18:54,099 HAS BEEN A PLAN OF 469 00:18:54,099 --> 00:18:54,766 GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT 470 00:18:54,766 --> 00:18:55,934 DRIVEN BY [ INAUDIBLE ] AND 471 00:18:55,934 --> 00:18:56,935 PRIVATE EQUITY. DENSITY ALONE 472 00:18:56,935 --> 00:18:58,003 DOES NOT MAKE THE CITY 473 00:18:58,003 --> 00:18:59,238 AFFORDABLE OR LIVABLE, AND [ 474 00:18:59,238 --> 00:19:00,472 INAUDIBLE ] SIMPLY PERPETUATES A 475 00:19:00,472 --> 00:19:04,076 PATTERN OF ANY QUALITY. INSTEAD 476 00:19:04,076 --> 00:19:08,747 OF BUILDING TALLER AND FASTER, I 477 00:19:08,747 --> 00:19:10,015 URGE THE COUNCIL TO PAUSE. THERE 478 00:19:10,015 --> 00:19:11,250 IS NO LEGAL DEADLINE TO RUSH 479 00:19:11,250 --> 00:19:17,356 THROUGH [ INAUDIBLE ]. CHANGING 480 00:19:17,356 --> 00:19:18,624 OVERNIGHT. THIS PLAN IS OUT OF 481 00:19:18,624 --> 00:19:22,060 DATE ALREADY. 2025 [ INAUDIBLE ] 482 00:19:22,060 --> 00:19:24,129 JANUARY, OVER 19,000. PAUSE, 483 00:19:24,129 --> 00:19:28,267 STUDY HOW [ INAUDIBLE ] IS 484 00:19:28,267 --> 00:19:29,368 WORKING, READ THE NEW RESEARCH, 485 00:19:29,368 --> 00:19:31,069 LOOK AT CITIES LIKE CHARLESTON . 486 00:19:31,069 --> 00:19:33,105 NEIGHBORHOODS ARE INVITED TO 487 00:19:33,105 --> 00:19:36,441 PARTICIPATE IN PLANNING TO 488 00:19:36,441 --> 00:19:37,476 CREATE A TRULY AFFORDABLE AND 489 00:19:37,476 --> 00:19:39,111 LIVABLE CITY, THANK YOU VERY 490 00:19:39,111 --> 00:19:39,311 MUCH. 491 00:19:39,311 --> 00:19:41,013 >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, SARAH 492 00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:51,523 SCOTT. NEXT UP , MEGAN CRUZ. 493 00:20:07,439 --> 00:20:08,674 >> GOOD MORNING. I AM MEGAN 494 00:20:08,674 --> 00:20:10,108 CRUZ, A DOWNTOWN RESIDENT WITH 495 00:20:10,108 --> 00:20:12,244 TWO REQUESTS. THE FIRST IS TO 496 00:20:12,244 --> 00:20:13,779 SIMPLY PUBLISH A FUTURE LAND USE 497 00:20:13,779 --> 00:20:15,013 MAP FOR DOWNTOWN. [ INAUDIBLE ] 498 00:20:15,013 --> 00:20:19,484 DECISIONS REQUIRE A TRANSPARENT 499 00:20:19,484 --> 00:20:21,353 FRAMEWORK FOR RESIDENTS TO SEE. 500 00:20:21,353 --> 00:20:22,154 SECOND, WE NEED LAND-USE 501 00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:22,955 POLICY-BASED AND RESEARCH AND 502 00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:29,161 FAX [ INAUDIBLE ]. A MAJOR 503 00:20:29,161 --> 00:20:30,329 BUILDING BOOM HAS NOT PRODUCED [ 504 00:20:30,329 --> 00:20:31,363 INAUDIBLE ]. 27% OF UNITS 505 00:20:31,363 --> 00:20:32,531 DOWNTOWN ARE [ INAUDIBLE ] 506 00:20:32,531 --> 00:20:33,365 OCCASIONALLY OCCUPIED, TWICE THE 507 00:20:33,365 --> 00:20:36,234 RATE [ INAUDIBLE ]. RESEARCH 508 00:20:36,234 --> 00:20:44,009 WARNS THAT [ INAUDIBLE ] AND 509 00:20:44,009 --> 00:20:44,810 RISING LAND PRICES, PUSHING 510 00:20:44,810 --> 00:20:45,911 AFFORDABILITY EVEN FURTHER UP 511 00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:47,846 AND OUT OF REACH. IT IS TIME TO 512 00:20:47,846 --> 00:20:51,516 [ INAUDIBLE ] LAND VALUE 513 00:20:51,516 --> 00:20:52,150 RECAPTURE, AND RESIDENTIAL 514 00:20:52,150 --> 00:20:53,118 CONVERSION OF THE HISTORIC 515 00:20:53,118 --> 00:20:54,820 BUILDING. DOWNTOWN WILL BECOME 516 00:20:54,820 --> 00:20:55,988 SEATTLE'S LARGEST NEIGHBORHOOD 517 00:20:55,988 --> 00:20:57,556 , AND IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO 518 00:20:57,556 --> 00:21:04,796 ALL. [ INAUDIBLE ] POLICY NEEDS 519 00:21:04,796 --> 00:21:05,464 TO BE TRANSPARENT, 520 00:21:05,464 --> 00:21:06,231 EVIDENCE-BASED, AND FOCUS ON 521 00:21:06,231 --> 00:21:06,832 REAL AFFORDABILITY OUTCOMES. 522 00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:07,733 THANK YOU. 523 00:21:07,733 --> 00:21:10,669 >> THANK YOU. AND WE ARE GOING 524 00:21:10,669 --> 00:21:13,271 TO GO BACK TO AN EARLIER 525 00:21:13,271 --> 00:21:14,606 SPEAKER, SHOW ALVAREZ, IF YOU 526 00:21:14,606 --> 00:21:17,876 COULD PRESS*6. 527 00:21:17,876 --> 00:21:19,311 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 528 00:21:19,311 --> 00:21:21,380 >> YES. 529 00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:24,616 >> GREAT, THANKS. FELLOW 530 00:21:24,616 --> 00:21:29,121 COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS 531 00:21:29,121 --> 00:21:30,555 ALVAREZ AND I AM HERE TODAY ON 532 00:21:30,555 --> 00:21:31,556 BEHALF OF THE SEATTLE PLANNING 533 00:21:31,556 --> 00:21:32,391 <u>COMMISSION. THE PLANNING %</u> 534 00:21:32,391 --> 00:21:33,191 COMMISSION ADOPTS -- SUPPORTS 535 00:21:33,191 --> 00:21:35,827 THE ADOPTION OF [ INAUDIBLE ]. 536 00:21:35,827 --> 00:21:37,362 IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS NEW MODEL 537 00:21:37,362 --> 00:21:44,369 [ INAUDIBLE ] MORE AFFORDABLE 538 00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:48,907 HOMES NEAR AMENITIES, SERVICES, 539 00:21:48,907 --> 00:21:50,375 AND JOBS, ALLOWS US TO [ 540 00:21:50,375 --> 00:21:52,144 INAUDIBLE ] MORE EQUITABLY TO 541 00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:54,780 MEET THE FUTURE. [ INAUDIBLE ] 542 00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:55,781 PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED OUR 543 00:21:55,781 --> 00:21:57,416 CONCERNS ABOUT CONCENTRATING ON 544 00:21:57,416 --> 00:22:03,288 [ INAUDIBLE ] . WE WOULD LIKE TO 545 00:22:03,288 --> 00:22:09,127 SEE [ INAUDIBLE ] THE MITIGATION 546 00:22:09,127 --> 00:22:09,861 OF NEGATIVE PUBLIC HEALTH 547 00:22:09,861 --> 00:22:16,001 IMPACTS [ INAUDIBLE ]. IT'S 548 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:17,002 FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS 549 00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:20,338 FINALIZED. [ INAUDIBLE ] THE 550 00:22:20,338 --> 00:22:20,972 COMMISSION FURTHERMORE SUPPORTS 551 00:22:20,972 --> 00:22:25,177 [ INAUDIBLE ] AND THE BOUNDARIES 552 00:22:25,177 --> 00:22:26,712 OF CORRIDOR ZONES. THANK YOU. 553 00:22:26,712 --> 00:22:32,884 >> THANK YOU. AND TO SARAH 554 00:22:32,884 --> 00:22:34,319 SCOTT, IF YOU WANT TO CALL BACK 555 00:22:34,319 --> 00:22:35,754 IN, WE CAN CIRCLE BACK TO YOU, 556 00:22:35,754 --> 00:22:37,522 BUT THE NEXT UP ON THE LIST IS 557 00:22:37,522 --> 00:22:40,092 -- WE HAVE A FEW. OH, LOOKS LIKE 558 00:22:40,092 --> 00:22:41,660 SARAH SCOTT, ARE YOU PRESENT? IF 559 00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:44,396 YOU COULD HIT*6, YOU'RE NEXT. 560 00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:50,068 >> HI. 561 00:22:50,068 --> 00:22:50,368 >> HI. 562 00:22:50,368 --> 00:22:52,037 >> OH, HI. YES, THANK YOU, GOOD 563 00:22:52,037 --> 00:22:54,239 MORNING. I AM A SENIOR AND A 564 00:22:54,239 --> 00:23:00,445 SINGLE MOM. MY SON, WHO HAS A 565 00:23:00,445 --> 00:23:01,546 DISABILITY, AND I LIVE TOGETHER 566 00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:03,482 ON A FIXED INCOME. I WAS BORN 567 00:23:03,482 --> 00:23:06,184 AND RAISED IN SEATTLE. I RAISED 568 00:23:06,184 --> 00:23:07,652 MY OLDER CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILY 569 00:23:07,652 --> 00:23:10,522 AT HOME. I JUST WANT TO SAY, THE 570 00:23:10,522 --> 00:23:12,124 DISPLACEMENT IS REAL FOR PEOPLE 571 00:23:12,124 --> 00:23:14,726 LIKE US AND OTHERS, SENIORS, 572 00:23:14,726 --> 00:23:15,727 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, 573 00:23:15,727 --> 00:23:17,062 VETERANS, AND MORE. I AM TALKING 574 00:23:17,062 --> 00:23:22,234 ABOUT A SMALL AREA ON NORTHEAST 575 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:23,568 45th BETWEEN 40th AND 45th 576 00:23:23,568 --> 00:23:25,403 AVENUE. THIS AREA REALLY 577 00:23:25,403 --> 00:23:29,174 DOESN'T EVEN FOLLOW INTO YOUR 578 00:23:29,174 --> 00:23:30,876 OWN GUIDELINES. I WOULD LIKE TO 579 00:23:30,876 --> 00:23:33,211 KNOW, WHY CAN'T WE SWITCH THIS 580 00:23:33,211 --> 00:23:35,380 AREA, PLEASE? WHY IS IT STOPPING 581 00:23:35,380 --> 00:23:39,951 US FROM -- WHAT IS STOPPING US 582 00:23:39,951 --> 00:23:40,919 FROM SWITCHING THIS SMALL AREA 583 00:23:40,919 --> 00:23:42,120 TO ONE THAT IS MUCH BETTER 584 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:43,955 SUITED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 585 00:23:43,955 --> 00:23:46,558 LISTENING TO ME. 586 00:23:46,558 --> 00:23:49,628 >> THANK YOU, SARAH. THE NEXT 587 00:23:49,628 --> 00:23:54,766 GROUP OF FOLKS , WE WILL START 588 00:23:54,766 --> 00:23:56,535 AT NUMBER 16, IT IS JUDY 589 00:23:56,535 --> 00:23:59,304 BANDAGE, RUBY HOLLAND, MORGAN , 590 00:23:59,304 --> 00:24:02,641 JIM GANTZ, BUT ACTUALLY, BEFORE 591 00:24:02,641 --> 00:24:05,110 WE GET TO THAT GROUP, I SEE A 592 00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:09,815 PRIOR SPEAKER, ANN TYSON, IF YOU 593 00:24:09,815 --> 00:24:11,483 ARE THERE, WE WILL GO TO YOU 594 00:24:11,483 --> 00:24:13,485 FIRST. ANN TYSON, IF YOU COULD 595 00:24:13,485 --> 00:24:14,119 PRESS*6. 596 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:15,787 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 597 00:24:15,787 --> 00:24:24,296 >> YES. GO AHEAD, ANN. 598 00:24:24,296 --> 00:24:24,763 >> HELLO? 599 00:24:24,763 --> 00:24:27,299 >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. 600 00:24:27,299 --> 00:24:31,470 >> GOOD MORNING. I KNOW YOU WANT 601 00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:32,671 THE BEST ZONING SOLUTION AND SO 602 00:24:32,671 --> 00:24:34,172 DOES MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN 603 00:24:34,172 --> 00:24:37,609 NORTHEAST SEATTLE DISTRICT 4. IT 604 00:24:37,609 --> 00:24:38,643 IS ALREADY BUILDING MORE THAN 605 00:24:38,643 --> 00:24:40,479 1000 NEW UNITS AND THOUSANDS 606 00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:42,848 MORE [ INAUDIBLE ]. SEVERAL 607 00:24:42,848 --> 00:24:44,082 AREAS ARE PROPOSED FOR THREE OR 608 00:24:44,082 --> 00:24:45,116 FIVE STORY BUILDINGS. [ 609 00:24:45,116 --> 00:24:46,418 INAUDIBLE ] MY NEIGHBORS HAVE 610 00:24:46,418 --> 00:24:53,358 PETITIONED TO SHIFT ONE SMALL [ 611 00:24:53,358 --> 00:24:54,659 INAUDIBLE ] TO A DIFFERENT 612 00:24:54,659 --> 00:24:55,527 LOCATION RIGHT INSIDE OUR 613 00:24:55,527 --> 00:24:56,795 NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CAN PRODUCE AS 614 00:24:56,795 --> 00:25:00,232 MANY OR MORE NEW UNITS. WHY DO 615 00:25:00,232 --> 00:25:00,866 WE WANT THIS SWITCH? A BETTER 616 00:25:00,866 --> 00:25:01,867 LOCATION, IT'S CLOSE TO A 617 00:25:01,867 --> 00:25:03,501 COMMERCIAL AREA WITH A PHARMACY, 618 00:25:03,501 --> 00:25:04,069 GROCERY STORE, AND MULTIPLE 619 00:25:04,069 --> 00:25:04,903 TRANSIT LINES. IT CONNECTS TO 620 00:25:04,903 --> 00:25:05,971 OTHER LOWRISE [ INAUDIBLE ] 621 00:25:05,971 --> 00:25:07,305 AREAS WITH SOME HIGHER HEIGHTS 622 00:25:07,305 --> 00:25:09,808 ALREADY. DISPLACEMENT IS 623 00:25:09,808 --> 00:25:10,842 UNLIKELY THERE. IN CONTRAST, THE 624 00:25:10,842 --> 00:25:13,945 AREA NOW SLATED FOR UP ZONE, [ 625 00:25:13,945 --> 00:25:15,413 INAUDIBLE ], HAS NONE OF THESE 626 00:25:15,413 --> 00:25:19,417 BENEFITS . IT'S CHALLENGING TO 627 00:25:19,417 --> 00:25:20,452 WALK, LIMITED TRANSIT, AND 628 00:25:20,452 --> 00:25:23,622 LITERALLY NO SHOPS. SO, 629 00:25:23,622 --> 00:25:24,623 DISPLACEMENT ALSO IS A REAL 630 00:25:24,623 --> 00:25:25,657 THREAT HERE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS 631 00:25:25,657 --> 00:25:26,658 ON FIXED INCOME. PLEASE SUPPORT 632 00:25:26,658 --> 00:25:28,627 THIS SWITCH AND MAKE THE PLAN 633 00:25:28,627 --> 00:25:31,096 MORE SUCCESSFUL BY LISTENING TO 634 00:25:31,096 --> 00:25:32,397 THE GRASSROOTS. THANK YOU. 635 00:25:32,397 --> 00:25:36,201 >> THANK YOU, ANN. NEXT UP, 636 00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:40,171 JUDY. 637 00:25:40,171 --> 00:25:43,775 >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS 638 00:25:43,775 --> 00:25:46,611 JUDY, I SENT TWO LETTERS TO THE 639 00:25:46,611 --> 00:25:48,914 COUNCIL. ONE ADDRESSING THE MAP 640 00:25:48,914 --> 00:25:58,290 009 [ INAUDIBLE ]. AND LR-2 AND 641 00:25:58,290 --> 00:25:59,357 LR-3 WOULD ELIMINATE A GREEN 642 00:25:59,357 --> 00:26:00,725 PARK AREA THAT HAS BEEN IN THE 643 00:26:00,725 --> 00:26:01,726 NEIGHBORHOOD WELL OVER 50 YEARS. 644 00:26:01,726 --> 00:26:03,428 IT IS RIGHT IN BACK OF THE 645 00:26:03,428 --> 00:26:04,229 COMMUNITY CENTER AND SENIOR 646 00:26:04,229 --> 00:26:05,263 HOUSING, AND THAT SHOULD BE 647 00:26:05,263 --> 00:26:06,464 REJECTED IN ITS ENTIRETY. THE 648 00:26:06,464 --> 00:26:07,832 SECOND LETTER ADDRESSED THE MAP 649 00:26:07,832 --> 00:26:14,205 095 THAT WOULD [ INAUDIBLE ] 650 00:26:14,205 --> 00:26:15,040 LR-3 AND WOULD DRAMATICALLY 651 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:16,508 REDUCE THE SIZE OF [ INAUDIBLE ] 652 00:26:16,508 --> 00:26:18,276 IN THE NORTH NATIONAL HISTORIC 653 00:26:18,276 --> 00:26:22,080 DISTRICT, WHICH THE PREVIOUS -- 654 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,315 ONE OF THE PREVIOUS COUNCILS IN 655 00:26:23,315 --> 00:26:24,482 2019 UNANIMOUSLY VOTED NOT TO 656 00:26:24,482 --> 00:26:31,623 UPSELL. SO, PLEASE LEAVE BOTH OF 657 00:26:31,623 --> 00:26:32,891 THESE AREAS INTACT. AND I, ALONG 658 00:26:32,891 --> 00:26:34,326 WITH OTHERS WHO HAVE ALREADY 659 00:26:34,326 --> 00:26:43,201 SPOKEN, REALLY OBJECT TO THE 660 00:26:43,201 --> 00:26:43,902 LACK OF PUBLIC NOTICE AND 661 00:26:43,902 --> 00:26:44,736 OUTREACH, WHICH SHOULD HAVE 662 00:26:44,736 --> 00:26:45,971 STARTED FROM THE GROUND UP, SO 663 00:26:45,971 --> 00:26:46,805 THAT EVERYONE HAD THE 664 00:26:46,805 --> 00:26:47,806 OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON IT. 665 00:26:47,806 --> 00:26:48,239 THANK YOU. 666 00:26:48,239 --> 00:26:49,741 >> THANK YOU, JUDY. NEXT UP, 667 00:26:49,741 --> 00:26:52,944 RUBY HOLLAND. 668 00:26:52,944 --> 00:26:54,679 >> YES, MY NAME IS RUBY HOLLAND. 669 00:26:54,679 --> 00:26:59,551 THE CORRIDOR [ INAUDIBLE ] STILL 670 00:26:59,551 --> 00:27:01,019 USING THE URBAN VILLAGE [ 671 00:27:01,019 --> 00:27:03,688 INAUDIBLE ] MINORITIES AND 672 00:27:03,688 --> 00:27:04,789 WORKING-CLASS HOMEOWNERS [ 673 00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:08,360 INAUDIBLE ]. SEATTLE WILL NEVER 674 00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:09,461 HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IF THESE 675 00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:12,063 RICH PEOPLE ARE THE ONLY ONES 676 00:27:12,063 --> 00:27:13,131 ALLOWED TO OWN LAND. AFFORDABLE 677 00:27:13,131 --> 00:27:15,600 HOUSING IS IMPORTANT TO 678 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:22,874 EVERYONE, BUT NOT AT THE CITY'S 679 00:27:22,874 --> 00:27:24,009 EXPENSE. WE HAVE HAD OUR SHARE 680 00:27:24,009 --> 00:27:25,110 OF UP ZONING AND DISPLACEMENTS. 681 00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:27,512 [ INAUDIBLE ] MANDATED FOR 682 00:27:27,512 --> 00:27:30,648 FORMER REDLINE COMMUNITIES. THE 683 00:27:30,648 --> 00:27:34,552 ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PLAN MENTIONED 684 00:27:34,552 --> 00:27:36,621 [ INAUDIBLE ] IS INADEQUATE AND 685 00:27:36,621 --> 00:27:37,789 UNTRUE FOR KEEPING PEOPLE 686 00:27:37,789 --> 00:27:44,295 HOUSED. WE WATCHED MORE HOUSING 687 00:27:44,295 --> 00:27:45,230 GET BILLED AFTER PASSING [ 688 00:27:45,230 --> 00:27:46,598 INAUDIBLE ] IN 2019, AND WE ALSO 689 00:27:46,598 --> 00:27:47,799 WATCHED CITY COUNCIL APPROVED 690 00:27:47,799 --> 00:27:52,804 $3181 RENT FOR A TWO BEDROOM [ 691 00:27:52,804 --> 00:27:55,774 INAUDIBLE ] LOW INCOME APARTMENT 692 00:27:55,774 --> 00:27:59,878 IN NOVEMBER OF 2000. 693 00:27:59,878 --> 00:28:02,814 >> THANK YOU, RUBY. NEXT UP, BOB 694 00:28:02,814 --> 00:28:06,117 MORGAN. 695 00:28:06,117 --> 00:28:07,752 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 696 00:28:07,752 --> 00:28:13,324 >> YES, WE CAN. 697 00:28:13,324 --> 00:28:14,125 >> HELLO? GREAT. THIS COUNCIL 698 00:28:14,125 --> 00:28:15,293 BILL WOULD USE THOSE LANES 699 00:28:15,293 --> 00:28:18,229 THROUGHOUT THE CITY THROUGH THE 700 00:28:18,229 --> 00:28:20,298 [ INAUDIBLE ] ZONE WHERE IT 701 00:28:20,298 --> 00:28:21,132 SHARES BOUNDARIES WITH THE 702 00:28:21,132 --> 00:28:22,133 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONE. 703 00:28:22,133 --> 00:28:23,535 THIS ABRUPT TRANSITIONS ARE 704 00:28:23,535 --> 00:28:24,803 CONTRARY TO THE CITY'S LAND USE 705 00:28:24,803 --> 00:28:34,012 [ INAUDIBLE ] AN EXPLICIT 706 00:28:34,012 --> 00:28:35,246 PROVISION AND LAND USE CODE THAT 707 00:28:35,246 --> 00:28:36,448 COMPLIANCE WITH THE RECENT 708 00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:37,082 CRITERIA CONSTITUTES CONSISTENCY 709 00:28:37,082 --> 00:28:38,450 WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 710 00:28:38,450 --> 00:28:39,884 ALSO, ANOTHER CODE REQUIREMENT 711 00:28:39,884 --> 00:28:44,422 THERE IS THAT THE RECORD REPORT 712 00:28:44,422 --> 00:28:45,957 INCLUDED AN EVALUATION OF THE 713 00:28:45,957 --> 00:28:47,726 APPLICABLE REASONS. THESE 714 00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:49,027 CONDITIONS MAKE THIS PROPOSAL 715 00:28:49,027 --> 00:28:52,363 SUBJECT TO LEGAL CHALLENGE. WE 716 00:28:52,363 --> 00:28:53,231 RECOMMEND WITHIN 50 FEET OF THE 717 00:28:53,231 --> 00:28:54,232 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL LOT, 718 00:28:54,232 --> 00:28:58,369 CHANGE-UP ZONES TO L1 OR L2. [ 719 00:28:58,369 --> 00:28:59,637 INAUDIBLE ] IF THESE TWO ITEMS 720 00:28:59,637 --> 00:29:02,707 ARE INACCESSIBLE, PLEASE AT 721 00:29:02,707 --> 00:29:08,146 LEAST LIMIT [ INAUDIBLE ] USE L2 722 00:29:08,146 --> 00:29:10,381 NEXT TO NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL 723 00:29:10,381 --> 00:29:12,317 ZONES AND DEMAND [ INAUDIBLE ] 724 00:29:12,317 --> 00:29:13,318 BY THE DIRECTORS REPORT. [ 725 00:29:13,318 --> 00:29:14,786 INAUDIBLE ] MORE DETAIL ON THESE 726 00:29:14,786 --> 00:29:17,822 QUOTES. 727 00:29:17,822 --> 00:29:22,193 >> THANK YOU, JIM. THE NEXT 728 00:29:22,193 --> 00:29:23,728 GROUP OF SPEAKERS, WE ARE UP TO 729 00:29:23,728 --> 00:29:25,830 SPEAKER NUMBER 20, IT IS LYLE , 730 00:29:25,830 --> 00:29:30,301 MAGGIE LEWIS, CHARLES, ALEXANDER 731 00:29:30,301 --> 00:29:35,807 JOHNSON, AND PATRICK TAYLOR. OH, 732 00:29:35,807 --> 00:29:40,778 SORRY, NEXT UP, JIM GANN 733 00:29:40,778 --> 00:29:43,414 ACTUALLY, YOU ARE NUMBER 19. 734 00:29:43,414 --> 00:29:49,053 PLEASE GO. 735 00:29:49,053 --> 00:29:50,421 >> COUNCILMEMBERS, I AM 100% 736 00:29:50,421 --> 00:29:53,925 DISABLED VETERAN LIVING ON A 737 00:29:53,925 --> 00:29:55,126 FIXED INCOME. I AM HERE BECAUSE 738 00:29:55,126 --> 00:29:55,894 I AM CONCERNED ABOUT 739 00:29:55,894 --> 00:29:57,295 DISPLACEMENT IN THE SMALL 740 00:29:57,295 --> 00:29:58,496 RESIDENTIAL STRIP OF NORTHEAST 741 00:29:58,496 --> 00:30:02,567 45th STREET, NOT JUST FOR ME, 742 00:30:02,567 --> 00:30:03,735 FOR MY NEIGHBOR, ALSO A DISABLED 743 00:30:03,735 --> 00:30:05,303 VETERAN, AND SEVERAL SENIOR 744 00:30:05,303 --> 00:30:13,011 CITIZENS ON OUR BLOCK WHO WANT 745 00:30:13,011 --> 00:30:14,112 NOTHING MORE THAN TO REMAIN IN 746 00:30:14,112 --> 00:30:15,113 THEIR HOMES. UP ZONING THIS 747 00:30:15,113 --> 00:30:16,080 SMALL STRIP COULD RAISE PROPERTY 748 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:17,215 TAXES AND FINANCIAL PRESSURE TO 749 00:30:17,215 --> 00:30:18,550 A POINT WHERE PEOPLE LIKE US ARE 750 00:30:18,550 --> 00:30:19,717 FORCED OUT. THIS ISN'T JUST A 751 00:30:19,717 --> 00:30:20,552 NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S A COMMUNITY. 752 00:30:20,552 --> 00:30:21,719 THESE ARE MY FRIENDS AND WE 753 00:30:21,719 --> 00:30:22,787 BUILT OUR LIVES HERE TOGETHER, 754 00:30:22,787 --> 00:30:24,155 AND THIS IS THE WRONG PLACE FOR 755 00:30:24,155 --> 00:30:25,223 THIS KIND OF CHANGE. STEEP 756 00:30:25,223 --> 00:30:26,291 SLOPES, NO SERVICES, LIMITED 757 00:30:26,291 --> 00:30:28,059 TRANSIT. THIS AREA CANNOT 758 00:30:28,059 --> 00:30:29,194 SUPPORT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED. 759 00:30:29,194 --> 00:30:31,629 WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A BETTER 760 00:30:31,629 --> 00:30:37,335 LOCATION NEARBY THAT CAN HAVE 761 00:30:37,335 --> 00:30:38,403 THE SAME NUMBER OF UNITS WITH 762 00:30:38,403 --> 00:30:38,836 BETTER SUPPORTING 763 00:30:38,836 --> 00:30:39,404 INFRASTRUCTURE, WITHOUT 764 00:30:39,404 --> 00:30:40,004 DISPLACING PEOPLE LIKE ME. 765 00:30:40,004 --> 00:30:41,005 PLEASE HELP PROTECT THIS 766 00:30:41,005 --> 00:30:41,873 COMMUNITY AND MOVE THIS ZONING 767 00:30:41,873 --> 00:30:43,308 TO WHERE IT TRULY WORKS. THANK 768 00:30:43,308 --> 00:30:43,508 YOU. 769 00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:45,944 >> THANK YOU, JIM. NEXT UP, 770 00:30:45,944 --> 00:30:55,420 LYLE. -- LYLE. IF YOU COULD 771 00:30:55,420 --> 00:31:05,697 PRESS'S*6. 772 00:31:06,231 --> 00:31:07,732 >> HI, I AM LILA, I AM A 773 00:31:07,732 --> 00:31:08,733 CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND I HAVE 774 00:31:08,733 --> 00:31:10,201 RAISED THREE KIDS HERE ON QUEEN 775 00:31:10,201 --> 00:31:17,675 ANNE. PLEASE SLOW DOWN. WHAT WE 776 00:31:17,675 --> 00:31:19,010 ARE MISSING IS A GOAL OF 777 00:31:19,010 --> 00:31:19,911 CITYWIDE PLAN FOR NEW PUBLIC 778 00:31:19,911 --> 00:31:20,912 AMENITIES AND PUBLIC TREES THAT 779 00:31:20,912 --> 00:31:25,116 WILL [ INAUDIBLE ] WRAP EVERY 780 00:31:25,116 --> 00:31:26,084 NEIGHBORHOOD IN A GREEN EMBRACE. 781 00:31:26,084 --> 00:31:27,852 THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN HAS SHOWN 782 00:31:27,852 --> 00:31:30,188 US HOW FUTURE GROWTH WILL BE 783 00:31:30,188 --> 00:31:31,022 BALANCED. WITH THE PUBLIC 784 00:31:31,022 --> 00:31:32,323 SPACES, WE NEED TO RETAIN THE 785 00:31:32,323 --> 00:31:34,859 CITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND [ 786 00:31:34,859 --> 00:31:35,727 INAUDIBLE ]. AS NEIGHBORHOODS 787 00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:37,262 PREPARE FOR GROWTH, WE NEED TO 788 00:31:37,262 --> 00:31:38,363 SEE HOW LIVABILITY WILL BE 789 00:31:38,363 --> 00:31:42,066 SUPPORTED WITH THE NEW PUBLIC 790 00:31:42,066 --> 00:31:42,867 AMENITIES SUCH AS PAUSES, 791 00:31:42,867 --> 00:31:43,868 COURTYARDS, PARKS, TRAILS, 792 00:31:43,868 --> 00:31:45,770 BOULEVARDS, AND TREES. REDUCING 793 00:31:45,770 --> 00:31:47,305 THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR 794 00:31:47,305 --> 00:31:52,010 BUILDING AND HOUSES WILL LEAD TO 795 00:31:52,010 --> 00:31:53,077 AN INCONSISTENT, CHAOTIC ZIGZAG 796 00:31:53,077 --> 00:31:57,615 DESIGN [ INAUDIBLE ]. 797 00:31:57,615 --> 00:32:04,255 >> THANK YOU. AND BEFORE WE MOVE 798 00:32:04,255 --> 00:32:06,157 ON TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER, I JUST 799 00:32:06,157 --> 00:32:07,125 WANT TO REMIND ANY MEMBER OF THE 800 00:32:07,125 --> 00:32:08,393 PUBLIC WHO MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK 801 00:32:08,393 --> 00:32:09,494 REMOTELY THIS MORNING, THE 802 00:32:09,494 --> 00:32:11,462 SIGN-UP DEADLINE IS AT 10:30, SO 803 00:32:11,462 --> 00:32:13,464 YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO SIGN UP. 804 00:32:13,464 --> 00:32:15,533 NEXT UP, MAGGIE -- 805 00:32:15,533 --> 00:32:16,801 >> HELLO? 806 00:32:16,801 --> 00:32:18,903 >> NEXT UP IS MAGGIE LEWIS. [ 807 00:32:18,903 --> 00:32:20,438 INAUDIBLE ] 808 00:32:20,438 --> 00:32:23,675 >> HELLO. I'M SPEAKING FROM 809 00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:29,614 WEST SEATTLE ABOUT MAP 184 , 810 00:32:29,614 --> 00:32:31,115 ABOUT THE EAST SIDE OF 46th 811 00:32:31,115 --> 00:32:31,649 AVENUE SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 812 00:32:31,649 --> 00:32:32,684 SOUTHWEST [ INAUDIBLE ], WHICH 813 00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:34,285 IS PROPOSED TO BE UP ZONE FROM 814 00:32:34,285 --> 00:32:42,393 NR TO LR-3. [ INAUDIBLE ] AN 815 00:32:42,393 --> 00:32:43,528 INADEQUATE STREET TO SUPPORT THE 816 00:32:43,528 --> 00:32:44,095 DEVELOPMENT OF FIVE-STORY, 817 00:32:44,095 --> 00:32:45,596 MULTIUNIT STRUCTURES IN TERMS OF 818 00:32:45,596 --> 00:32:47,598 SAFETY AND UTILITY SUPPORT. THE 819 00:32:47,598 --> 00:32:48,833 STREET IS ONLY 16 FEET WIDE, 820 00:32:48,833 --> 00:32:49,968 THERE IS ONLY ONE THREE-FOOT 821 00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:52,003 WIDE SIDEWALK THAT HAS NO 822 00:32:52,003 --> 00:32:53,304 PARKING STRIP. PEOPLE FROM 823 00:32:53,304 --> 00:33:00,078 CANETTI RETIREMENT [ INAUDIBLE 824 00:33:00,078 --> 00:33:01,479 ]. EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND SIRENS 825 00:33:01,479 --> 00:33:03,614 AT TIMES CANNOT MAKE THE TURNS 826 00:33:03,614 --> 00:33:06,084 ON 46 SOUTHWEST OR SOUTHWEST 827 00:33:06,084 --> 00:33:07,352 MYRTLE BECAUSE OF [ INAUDIBLE ]. 828 00:33:07,352 --> 00:33:15,360 IN ADDITION, REGULAR SIZED [ 829 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:16,361 INAUDIBLE ] CAN'T SERVE THIS 830 00:33:16,361 --> 00:33:17,862 STREET AND THE CITY MUST ALREADY 831 00:33:17,862 --> 00:33:18,997 SEND SMALLER TRUCKS TO SERVE US. 832 00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:21,866 BECAUSE OF THESE SAFETY -- 833 00:33:21,866 --> 00:33:24,402 >> THANK YOU, MAGGIE. NEXT UP, 834 00:33:24,402 --> 00:33:27,438 CHARLES. 835 00:33:27,438 --> 00:33:31,142 >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 836 00:33:31,142 --> 00:33:35,480 CHARLES TRAFFORD, I'M SPEAKING 837 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,515 REGARDING THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN. 838 00:33:37,515 --> 00:33:38,416 THE CITY NEEDS TO ADDRESS 839 00:33:38,416 --> 00:33:40,685 DENSITY, BUT THE SCOPE OF THIS 840 00:33:40,685 --> 00:33:41,419 IS FAR BEYOND WHAT IS 841 00:33:41,419 --> 00:33:42,353 REASONABLE. WE NEED THOUGHTFUL, 842 00:33:42,353 --> 00:33:43,020 WELL-PLANNED ZONING THAT OFFERS 843 00:33:43,020 --> 00:33:44,422 BOTH DENSITY AND LIVABILITY. [ 844 00:33:44,422 --> 00:33:47,725 INAUDIBLE ] CONSIDER THE 845 00:33:47,725 --> 00:33:49,093 INFRASTRUCTURE, NONE OF IT WAS 846 00:33:49,093 --> 00:33:50,395 EVER DESIGNED FOR THIS. 35th AND 847 00:33:50,395 --> 00:33:56,968 75th AVENUE ARE GRIDLOCKED AT 848 00:33:56,968 --> 00:33:58,136 RUSH HOUR. HIS 75th, TWO LANE 849 00:33:58,136 --> 00:33:59,537 ROAD, IS ONLY EAST-WEST ACCESS 850 00:33:59,537 --> 00:34:03,207 TO THE FREEWAY FOR THE ROUGHLY 851 00:34:03,207 --> 00:34:04,008 40,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN 852 00:34:04,008 --> 00:34:05,176 NEIGHBORHOODS FROM I-5 TO LAKE 853 00:34:05,176 --> 00:34:10,548 WASHINGTON. ADDING THOUSANDS 854 00:34:10,548 --> 00:34:11,349 MORE WILL EXPONENTIALLY COMPOUND 855 00:34:11,349 --> 00:34:12,383 THE PROBLEM. I SUGGEST REDUCING 856 00:34:12,383 --> 00:34:13,684 THE SCOPE OF THE PLAN AND 857 00:34:13,684 --> 00:34:14,619 REDUCING THE ZONING HEIGHT TO 858 00:34:14,619 --> 00:34:15,887 FOUR STORIES AND MAXIMUM. I ALSO 859 00:34:15,887 --> 00:34:16,521 SUGGEST CONSIDERING DEVELOPING 860 00:34:16,521 --> 00:34:17,789 IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ON LAKE CITY 861 00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:22,226 WAY [ INAUDIBLE ]. THIS AREA HAS 862 00:34:22,226 --> 00:34:25,396 APPROPRIATE ACCESS AND IS 863 00:34:25,396 --> 00:34:25,997 GREATLY UNDERDEVELOPED. THANK 864 00:34:25,997 --> 00:34:27,398 YOU. 865 00:34:27,398 --> 00:34:30,368 >> THANK YOU, CHARLES. NEXT UP, 866 00:34:30,368 --> 00:34:35,873 ALEXANDER JOHNSON. 867 00:34:35,873 --> 00:34:41,112 >> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 868 00:34:41,112 --> 00:34:42,447 >> YES, WE CAN, THANK YOU. 869 00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:43,614 >> OKAY, GOOD MORNING, 870 00:34:43,614 --> 00:34:45,116 COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU. I 871 00:34:45,116 --> 00:34:46,250 NAME IS ALEXANDRA JOHNSON AND I 872 00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:47,919 AM HERE ON BEHALF OF [ INAUDIBLE 873 00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:49,654 ] AND SPECIFICALLY TO COMMENT ON 874 00:34:49,654 --> 00:34:52,957 THE PLANNED ZONING OF THE NEW 875 00:34:52,957 --> 00:34:54,225 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. THE SOUTH 876 00:34:54,225 --> 00:34:59,764 PARK MEDIUM HOUSING INCOME IS [ 877 00:34:59,764 --> 00:35:00,765 INAUDIBLE ], AND LOW INCOME 878 00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:01,732 RENTERS HERE ARE DISPLACED AT 879 00:35:01,732 --> 00:35:03,000 FOUR TIMES THE RATE OF [ 880 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,202 INAUDIBLE ]. YET, EVERY ZONING 881 00:35:04,202 --> 00:35:05,336 CURRENTLY PROPOSED FOR OUR 882 00:35:05,336 --> 00:35:11,108 CENTER [ INAUDIBLE ] REQUIRING A 883 00:35:11,108 --> 00:35:11,976 MINIMUM 60% AMI, WITH 884 00:35:11,976 --> 00:35:13,077 DEVELOPMENT MORE LIKELY TO 885 00:35:13,077 --> 00:35:16,881 ACCOMMODATE [ INAUDIBLE ]. THAT 886 00:35:16,881 --> 00:35:17,682 MEANS VIRTUALLY NOTHING BEING 887 00:35:17,682 --> 00:35:19,117 BUILT WILL BE AFFORDABLE TO THE 888 00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:19,951 FAMILIES THAT ALREADY LIVE HERE, 889 00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:21,719 AND [ INAUDIBLE ] OR OWNERSHIP 890 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:24,956 INSECURITY [ INAUDIBLE ]. PLEASE 891 00:35:24,956 --> 00:35:30,761 CONVERT ALL LR-1 ZONING TO LR-3. 892 00:35:30,761 --> 00:35:32,263 RESEARCH ALSO SHOWS THAT [ 893 00:35:32,263 --> 00:35:38,836 INAUDIBLE ] TO SERVE ZERO TO 80% 894 00:35:38,836 --> 00:35:39,871 AMI HOUSEHOLDS. THERE IS 895 00:35:39,871 --> 00:35:40,605 CURRENTLY ZERO PLANNED ZONING IN 896 00:35:40,605 --> 00:35:41,939 SOUTH PARK. WE URGE THE COUNCIL 897 00:35:41,939 --> 00:35:42,673 TO ADOPT AFFORDABLE HOUSING 898 00:35:42,673 --> 00:35:44,275 OVERLAY ZONES ACROSS ALL [ 899 00:35:44,275 --> 00:35:47,144 INAUDIBLE ]. 900 00:35:47,144 --> 00:35:50,114 >> THANK YOU, ALEXANDRA. WE ARE 901 00:35:50,114 --> 00:35:53,317 UP TO SPEAKER NUMBER 24. I'M 902 00:35:53,317 --> 00:35:55,086 GOING TO NAME OFF A FEW NAMES. 903 00:35:55,086 --> 00:35:58,089 PATRICK TAYLOR, IF YOU ARE OUT 904 00:35:58,089 --> 00:35:59,023 THERE, PLEASE CALL IN. BETH 905 00:35:59,023 --> 00:36:00,157 BIRNBAUM, MARILYN SMITH, AND 906 00:36:00,157 --> 00:36:05,730 COLLEEN. LET'S SEE, PATRICK 907 00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:08,366 TAYLOR, LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT NEED 908 00:36:08,366 --> 00:36:10,301 TO CIRCLE BACK TO YOU. SO, NEXT 909 00:36:10,301 --> 00:36:13,337 UP, BETH BIRNBAUM , IF YOU COULD 910 00:36:13,337 --> 00:36:22,179 HIT*6, PLEASE. 911 00:36:22,179 --> 00:36:23,247 >> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU 912 00:36:23,247 --> 00:36:24,949 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I 913 00:36:24,949 --> 00:36:26,717 AM CALLING IN IS A NORTHEAST 914 00:36:26,717 --> 00:36:28,085 SEATTLE DISTRICT 4 RESIDENT, 915 00:36:28,085 --> 00:36:30,188 REGARDING THE PROPOSED CHANGE A 916 00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:34,825 NORTHEAST 46th STREET FROM 40th 917 00:36:34,825 --> 00:36:36,127 AVENUE NORTHEAST TO THE 48th 918 00:36:36,127 --> 00:36:39,497 AVENUE NORTHEAST. NOT ALIGNED 919 00:36:39,497 --> 00:36:40,431 WITH THE CITY PLAN, WHICH 920 00:36:40,431 --> 00:36:42,033 PRIORITIZES [ INAUDIBLE ] 921 00:36:42,033 --> 00:36:45,369 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. IT IS NOT. 922 00:36:45,369 --> 00:36:50,808 LOOKING AT A VERY STEEP GRADE. 923 00:36:50,808 --> 00:36:52,043 SO, IT'S NOT WALKABLE, IT DOES 924 00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:52,944 NOT HAVE NEARBY COMMERCIAL 925 00:36:52,944 --> 00:36:56,347 SERVICES. [ INAUDIBLE ] 926 00:36:56,347 --> 00:36:57,615 NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA REPORT 927 00:36:57,615 --> 00:37:03,888 USING [ INAUDIBLE ]. AND IT'S A 928 00:37:03,888 --> 00:37:06,090 MUCH MORE SUITABLE AREA FOR 929 00:37:06,090 --> 00:37:09,360 BUILDING ADDITIONAL HOUSING 930 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:09,927 WITHOUT DISPLACING CURRENT 931 00:37:09,927 --> 00:37:11,796 RESIDENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 932 00:37:11,796 --> 00:37:17,535 TIME. 933 00:37:17,535 --> 00:37:22,974 >> THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. NEXT 934 00:37:22,974 --> 00:37:28,679 UP, MARILYN SMITH. 935 00:37:28,679 --> 00:37:32,516 >> GOOD MORNING. THE DIRECTORS 936 00:37:32,516 --> 00:37:37,321 REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED [ 937 00:37:37,321 --> 00:37:38,022 INAUDIBLE ] AND CORRIDOR'S 938 00:37:38,022 --> 00:37:44,228 LEGISLATION THAT IS BEFORE YOU 939 00:37:44,228 --> 00:37:45,062 SAYS, "NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ARE 940 00:37:45,062 --> 00:37:45,696 LOCATED ALONG EXISTING 941 00:37:45,696 --> 00:37:46,764 COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND FREQUENT 942 00:37:46,764 --> 00:37:49,266 TRANSIT ACCESS" PRIORITIZE THE 943 00:37:49,266 --> 00:37:53,104 WORD AND. [ INAUDIBLE ] WHERE 944 00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:54,238 PEOPLE COULD WALK AND GET 945 00:37:54,238 --> 00:37:56,107 TRANSIT TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR 946 00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:57,942 DAILY NEEDS, SO THEY DO NOT HAVE 947 00:37:57,942 --> 00:38:02,880 THE NEED FOR CARS. HOWEVER, THE 948 00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:03,648 LEGISLATION YOU PASSED IN 949 00:38:03,648 --> 00:38:05,149 DECEMBER DEFINES NEIGHBORHOOD 950 00:38:05,149 --> 00:38:07,084 CENTERS AS PLACES LOCATED AROUND 951 00:38:07,084 --> 00:38:12,490 A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR AND/OR 952 00:38:12,490 --> 00:38:15,293 ACCESS TO FREQUENT TRANSIT. BY 953 00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:16,627 THAT DEFINITION, A NEIGHBORHOOD 954 00:38:16,627 --> 00:38:20,264 CENTER CAN BE IN ANY PLACE WITH 955 00:38:20,264 --> 00:38:21,766 FREQUENT TRANSIT, WHETHER OR NOT 956 00:38:21,766 --> 00:38:26,070 IT HAS AMENITIES , OR PLACES 957 00:38:26,070 --> 00:38:26,971 WITH SOME AMENITIES, WITH NO 958 00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:27,972 ACCESS TO TRANSIT. I DON'T 959 00:38:27,972 --> 00:38:29,173 THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU INTENDED. 960 00:38:29,173 --> 00:38:30,307 PLEASE GO BACK AND AMEND THE 961 00:38:30,307 --> 00:38:32,243 ORDINANCE AND TAKE OUT THE 962 00:38:32,243 --> 00:38:38,849 AND/OR. IT CAN BE AND AND/OR. 963 00:38:38,849 --> 00:38:43,354 >> THANK YOU, MARILYN. AND FOR 964 00:38:43,354 --> 00:38:44,989 ANYONE WHO IS UNABLE TO COMPLETE 965 00:38:44,989 --> 00:38:46,123 YOUR TESTIMONY, PLEASE GO AHEAD 966 00:38:46,123 --> 00:38:48,726 AND EMAIL US THE REMAINDER OR 967 00:38:48,726 --> 00:38:50,394 YOUR COMPLETE TESTIMONY. NEXT 968 00:38:50,394 --> 00:39:00,237 UP, COLLEEN. 969 00:39:00,237 --> 00:39:01,272 >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, 970 00:39:01,272 --> 00:39:02,173 COLLEEN McALEER, REPRESENTING 971 00:39:02,173 --> 00:39:05,176 3400 RESIDENTS IN NORTHEAST 972 00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:06,243 SEATTLE AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, 973 00:39:06,243 --> 00:39:07,478 AND WE REQUEST TO MAINTAIN THE 974 00:39:07,478 --> 00:39:10,848 STAIN UNITS [ INAUDIBLE ] AND 975 00:39:10,848 --> 00:39:15,853 NOT UP ZONE 55 FEET, MOVE THAT 976 00:39:15,853 --> 00:39:17,588 TO A MORE COMPATIBLE LOCATION [ 977 00:39:17,588 --> 00:39:19,924 INAUDIBLE ]. THIS PARTICULAR 978 00:39:19,924 --> 00:39:20,925 STREET IS AN ARBITRARY ZONING 979 00:39:20,925 --> 00:39:22,026 EXTENSION, LOCATED ON A STEEP 980 00:39:22,026 --> 00:39:27,298 SLOPE THAT JUST FUNCTIONS AS A [ 981 00:39:27,298 --> 00:39:28,299 INAUDIBLE ] FOR METRO DRIVERS. 982 00:39:28,299 --> 00:39:30,067 THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN SAYS PHASE 983 00:39:30,067 --> 00:39:31,168 26 DESIGNATES NEIGHBORHOOD 984 00:39:31,168 --> 00:39:34,038 CENTERS [ INAUDIBLE ] WITH 985 00:39:34,038 --> 00:39:39,477 DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS. 986 00:39:39,477 --> 00:39:40,378 NORTHEAST 45th STREET EAST OF 987 00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:41,946 40th AVENUE DOES NOT MEET THIS 988 00:39:41,946 --> 00:39:42,680 CRITERIA. THERE ARE NO 989 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:43,781 COMMERCIAL SERVICES [ INAUDIBLE 990 00:39:43,781 --> 00:39:47,218 ]. A BETTER PLAN, LET THEM 991 00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:49,687 PRODUCE THE AFFORDABLE UNITS [ 992 00:39:49,687 --> 00:39:54,492 INAUDIBLE ] . ANOTHER 120 UNITS 993 00:39:54,492 --> 00:39:57,995 CAN BE PLACED ELSEWHERE IN VERY 994 00:39:57,995 --> 00:39:58,662 UNDERDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL AREAS 995 00:39:58,662 --> 00:40:00,297 RIDE ALONG [ INAUDIBLE ]. THANK 996 00:40:00,297 --> 00:40:03,000 YOU SO. 997 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:07,505 >> THANK YOU, COLLEEN. THE NEXT 998 00:40:07,505 --> 00:40:09,273 GROUP, WE ARE UP TO NUMBER 28, 999 00:40:09,273 --> 00:40:11,308 IT'S GOING TO BE MARY DAVIS, 1000 00:40:11,308 --> 00:40:14,945 WINSLOW HAYNES, GREG MURPHY, AND 1001 00:40:14,945 --> 00:40:17,581 LEO KITCHELL, SO WE WILL START 1002 00:40:17,581 --> 00:40:20,284 OFF WITH MARY DAVIS. IF YOU ARE 1003 00:40:20,284 --> 00:40:26,157 PRESENT, PLEASE HIT*6. 1004 00:40:26,157 --> 00:40:27,658 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1005 00:40:27,658 --> 00:40:29,326 >> YES, WE CAN. 1006 00:40:29,326 --> 00:40:30,795 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1007 00:40:30,795 --> 00:40:31,028 >> YES. 1008 00:40:31,028 --> 00:40:36,400 >> MY NAME IS MARY DAVIS, THANK 1009 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:37,034 YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR YOUR 1010 00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:40,604 WORK ON A COMPLEX JOB OF 1011 00:40:40,604 --> 00:40:41,839 INCREASED DENSITY AND FOR THE 1012 00:40:41,839 --> 00:40:42,773 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. FIRST, THE 1013 00:40:42,773 --> 00:40:43,674 CURRENT PROPOSED ZONING DOES NOT 1014 00:40:43,674 --> 00:40:44,475 REFLECT THE PROVISION FOR 1015 00:40:44,475 --> 00:40:45,743 TRANSITIONS THAT APPEARED IN THE 1016 00:40:45,743 --> 00:40:46,844 PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED. 1017 00:40:46,844 --> 00:40:48,979 TRANSITIONING FROM CB 121173 1018 00:40:48,979 --> 00:40:50,314 GOING FOR TO NEIGHBORHOOD 1019 00:40:50,314 --> 00:40:56,754 RESIDENTIAL [ INAUDIBLE ] WITH 1020 00:40:56,754 --> 00:40:57,955 THE CHARACTER OF OUR CITY AND 1021 00:40:57,955 --> 00:40:59,390 START PLACEMENT OF FIVE AND SIX 1022 00:40:59,390 --> 00:41:00,825 STORY BUILDINGS RIGHT NEXT TO 30 1023 00:41:00,825 --> 00:41:02,860 FOOT DWELLINGS. TRANSITIONING 1024 00:41:02,860 --> 00:41:04,261 ALSO ADDS GREATER CHOICES IN 1025 00:41:04,261 --> 00:41:09,967 TYPES OF HOUSING. PLEASE 1026 00:41:09,967 --> 00:41:10,601 TRANSITION BETWEEN ZONING 1027 00:41:10,601 --> 00:41:11,836 CATEGORIES WITHIN EXISTING AREA 1028 00:41:11,836 --> 00:41:12,970 BOUNDARIES. SECOND, I ENCOURAGE 1029 00:41:12,970 --> 00:41:14,772 THE COUNCIL TO CAREFULLY REVISIT 1030 00:41:14,772 --> 00:41:17,041 THE IMPACT OF ZONING NEXT TO OUR 1031 00:41:17,041 --> 00:41:20,778 WONDERFUL CITY PARKS. EACH IS 1032 00:41:20,778 --> 00:41:21,846 UNIQUE IN CHARACTER AND 1033 00:41:21,846 --> 00:41:26,116 OFFERINGS, TYPE OF LOCATION, 1034 00:41:26,116 --> 00:41:26,717 ADJACENT STREETS, AND NUMBER 1035 00:41:26,717 --> 00:41:28,152 TYPE AND FREQUENCY OF VISITORS. 1036 00:41:28,152 --> 00:41:29,887 EACH REQUIRES GENERAL ACCESS AND 1037 00:41:29,887 --> 00:41:32,423 SAFETY. PLEASE TAKE CARE IN 1038 00:41:32,423 --> 00:41:36,494 OFFERING [ INAUDIBLE ] 1039 00:41:36,494 --> 00:41:39,496 >> THANK YOU, MARY. NEXT UP, 1040 00:41:39,496 --> 00:41:46,670 WINSLOW HAYNES. WINSLOW, IF YOU 1041 00:41:46,670 --> 00:41:57,248 COULD HIT*6. OKAY, WE ARE GOING 1042 00:41:57,882 --> 00:41:59,016 TO MOVE ON. WINSLOW, WE WILL 1043 00:41:59,016 --> 00:42:05,289 COME BACK TO YOU. OH. WINSLOW, 1044 00:42:05,289 --> 00:42:07,658 IF YOU COULD HIT *6, OTHERWISE 1045 00:42:07,658 --> 00:42:09,260 WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU. 1046 00:42:09,260 --> 00:42:13,731 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 1047 00:42:13,731 --> 00:42:14,965 >> YES, WE CAN, GO AHEAD. 1048 00:42:14,965 --> 00:42:15,466 >> HELLO? 1049 00:42:15,466 --> 00:42:19,303 >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. 1050 00:42:19,303 --> 00:42:20,337 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS WINSLOW 1051 00:42:20,337 --> 00:42:21,138 HAYES, SEATTLE RESIDENT SINCE 1052 00:42:21,138 --> 00:42:22,339 1984. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A 1053 00:42:22,339 --> 00:42:24,742 VERY SMALL [ INAUDIBLE ] ON 34th 1054 00:42:24,742 --> 00:42:27,211 AND 35th AVENUE , WHICH WOULD BE 1055 00:42:27,211 --> 00:42:33,851 ZONED TO Mc 255 [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1056 00:42:33,851 --> 00:42:34,885 THIS STRETCH IS ONE CONTINUOUS 1057 00:42:34,885 --> 00:42:36,420 BLOCK OF NORTH EAST 81st STREET 1058 00:42:36,420 --> 00:42:39,890 AND NORTHEAST 84th STREET. THIS 1059 00:42:39,890 --> 00:42:41,792 PIECE OF LAND IS CURRENTLY ZONED 1060 00:42:41,792 --> 00:42:45,763 AT NR. THE LAST RUN FROM 25th TO 1061 00:42:45,763 --> 00:42:47,097 34th GRADE ON THE 35th ASIDE, 1062 00:42:47,097 --> 00:42:49,466 THERE IS A LONG LINE OF AT LEAST 1063 00:42:49,466 --> 00:42:51,168 73 MOSTLY EVERGREENS THAT WERE 1064 00:42:51,168 --> 00:42:53,971 PLANTED IN THE 1940s. THE 34th 1065 00:42:53,971 --> 00:42:54,972 SIDE, THERE ARE HOUSES, YARDS, 1066 00:42:54,972 --> 00:42:56,407 AND OTHER MATURE TREES. IF THIS 1067 00:42:56,407 --> 00:42:58,842 UP ZONING [ INAUDIBLE ] THAT 1068 00:42:58,842 --> 00:43:00,210 LONG LINE OF TREES WILL BE 1069 00:43:00,210 --> 00:43:01,712 REMOVED [ INAUDIBLE ] OR THE 1070 00:43:01,712 --> 00:43:07,618 TREES [ INAUDIBLE ] , WHICH 1071 00:43:07,618 --> 00:43:09,386 MAKES NO SENSE, SINCE 34th IS A 1072 00:43:09,386 --> 00:43:10,321 RESIDENTIAL STREET. PLEASE 1073 00:43:10,321 --> 00:43:11,789 RESTORE THE ZONING TO NR. THANK 1074 00:43:11,789 --> 00:43:14,525 YOU. 1075 00:43:14,525 --> 00:43:16,427 >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, GREG 1076 00:43:16,427 --> 00:43:22,433 MURPHY. 1077 00:43:22,433 --> 00:43:23,934 >> HI, THANK YOU FOR THE 1078 00:43:23,934 --> 00:43:29,139 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS 1079 00:43:29,139 --> 00:43:30,774 GREG MURPHY, I AM A RESIDENT OF 1080 00:43:30,774 --> 00:43:32,076 WEST SEATTLE. I LIVE IN A 1081 00:43:32,076 --> 00:43:32,743 NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS PROPOSED TO 1082 00:43:32,743 --> 00:43:33,844 BECOME A [ INAUDIBLE ] 1083 00:43:33,844 --> 00:43:34,845 NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT. AND I'M 1084 00:43:34,845 --> 00:43:36,146 CALLING IN TO ASK THAT YOU 1085 00:43:36,146 --> 00:43:37,948 MAINTAIN THE EXISTING 1086 00:43:37,948 --> 00:43:38,582 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONING 1087 00:43:38,582 --> 00:43:41,819 AND 36 AND 37th AVENUE SOUTHWEST 1088 00:43:41,819 --> 00:43:44,688 TO [ INAUDIBLE ] NEIGHBORHOOD 1089 00:43:44,688 --> 00:43:46,123 DISTRICT. THE REASON FOR THIS IS 1090 00:43:46,123 --> 00:43:54,064 THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO LR-3 IS 1091 00:43:54,064 --> 00:43:55,232 GOING TO BRING 50 FOOT TALL 1092 00:43:55,232 --> 00:43:56,233 BUILDINGS AS A PATCHWORK INTO 1093 00:43:56,233 --> 00:43:57,635 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OF SMALL [ 1094 00:43:57,635 --> 00:44:00,170 INAUDIBLE ] AND ONE AND A HALF 1095 00:44:00,170 --> 00:44:01,538 STORY HOMES, BLOCKING LIGHTS, 1096 00:44:01,538 --> 00:44:05,309 BLOCKING VIEWS, TO [ INAUDIBLE ] 1097 00:44:05,309 --> 00:44:06,510 OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IN THAT 1098 00:44:06,510 --> 00:44:07,177 NEIGHBORHOOD. ADDITIONALLY, I 1099 00:44:07,177 --> 00:44:07,945 DON'T THINK OUR INFRASTRUCTURE 1100 00:44:07,945 --> 00:44:10,447 IS SCALED FOR A 50 FOOT TALL [ 1101 00:44:10,447 --> 00:44:15,085 INAUDIBLE ]. WE ARE ABOUT TWO 1102 00:44:15,085 --> 00:44:16,086 MILES FROM THE NEAREST RAPID 1103 00:44:16,086 --> 00:44:17,087 TRANSIT STATION. OUR STREETS ARE 1104 00:44:17,087 --> 00:44:21,692 NARROW, AND [ INAUDIBLE ] 1105 00:44:21,692 --> 00:44:22,693 RESIDENTIAL ZONING. THANKS. 1106 00:44:22,693 --> 00:44:27,331 >> THANK YOU, GREG. NEXT UP, LEO 1107 00:44:27,331 --> 00:44:32,836 KITCHELL. 1108 00:44:32,836 --> 00:44:34,038 >> HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS 1109 00:44:34,038 --> 00:44:35,105 LEO KITCHELL, A LONGTIME SEATTLE 1110 00:44:35,105 --> 00:44:36,006 RESIDENT LIVING ON CHERRY HILL. 1111 00:44:36,006 --> 00:44:37,241 I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO [ 1112 00:44:37,241 --> 00:44:39,476 INAUDIBLE ]. I SUPPORT THE 1113 00:44:39,476 --> 00:44:42,613 PRIORITIES OF THAT COMPLETE 1114 00:44:42,613 --> 00:44:43,647 COMMUNITY COALITION. [ INAUDIBLE 1115 00:44:43,647 --> 00:44:47,785 ] COURTYARD BONUSES IN LR ZONES. 1116 00:44:47,785 --> 00:44:50,120 [ INAUDIBLE ] AND EXPANDING 1117 00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:51,388 TRANSIT CORRIDOR IS BEYOND THOSE 1118 00:44:51,388 --> 00:44:57,728 NARROW BLOCK [ INAUDIBLE ] . 1119 00:44:57,728 --> 00:44:59,196 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD 1120 00:44:59,196 --> 00:45:05,736 WORK. PLEASE HELP END THIS 1121 00:45:05,736 --> 00:45:06,537 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS BY 1122 00:45:06,537 --> 00:45:07,971 ALLOWING [ INAUDIBLE ]. THANK 1123 00:45:07,971 --> 00:45:08,172 YOU. 1124 00:45:08,172 --> 00:45:12,776 >> THANK YOU, LEO. AND JUST A 1125 00:45:12,776 --> 00:45:14,078 REMINDER FOR ANY OF THE 1126 00:45:14,078 --> 00:45:16,246 LISTENING PUBLIC WHO HAVE NOT 1127 00:45:16,246 --> 00:45:17,848 SIGNED UP TO TESTIFY, BUT ARE 1128 00:45:17,848 --> 00:45:19,750 INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING 1129 00:45:19,750 --> 00:45:20,751 REMOTELY THIS MORNING, YOU CAN 1130 00:45:20,751 --> 00:45:22,419 STILL SIGN UP UNTIL 10:30, SO 10 1131 00:45:22,419 --> 00:45:27,524 MORE MINUTES TO SIGN UP. WOULD 1132 00:45:27,524 --> 00:45:28,792 LIKE TO MOVE ONTO THE NEXT 1133 00:45:28,792 --> 00:45:30,160 GROUP, WE ARE ON NUMBER 32, I 1134 00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:32,029 WILL CALL OFF A LIST OF NAMES. 1135 00:45:32,029 --> 00:45:36,533 ORLA, SHAW, TINA, AND ROSA 1136 00:45:36,533 --> 00:45:42,973 CORTEZ. SO, ORLA. YOU ARE NEXT. 1137 00:45:42,973 --> 00:45:44,742 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS, 1138 00:45:44,742 --> 00:45:47,144 MY NAME IS ORLA AND I AM HERE TO 1139 00:45:47,144 --> 00:45:48,712 COMMENT ON THE AFFORDABILITY OF 1140 00:45:48,712 --> 00:45:50,013 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. OUR 1141 00:45:50,013 --> 00:45:50,881 CITY IS GETTING INCREASINGLY 1142 00:45:50,881 --> 00:45:54,985 WARMER [ INAUDIBLE ], AND WE 1143 00:45:54,985 --> 00:45:56,153 NEED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS TO 1144 00:45:56,153 --> 00:46:01,592 BE COOL. AIR-CONDITIONING IS A 1145 00:46:01,592 --> 00:46:03,093 LUXURY THAT NOT ALL OF OUR 1146 00:46:03,093 --> 00:46:03,827 RESIDENTS CAN AFFORD, AND [ 1147 00:46:03,827 --> 00:46:05,329 INAUDIBLE ] BY COOLING THE AIR 1148 00:46:05,329 --> 00:46:09,366 UP TO 10 TO 15 DEGREES. PLEASE 1149 00:46:09,366 --> 00:46:10,934 DO NOT OVERLOOK HOW TREES 1150 00:46:10,934 --> 00:46:13,070 NATURALLY COOL THE AIR FOR ALL 1151 00:46:13,070 --> 00:46:14,471 RESIDENTS. I AM ASKING FOR DENSE 1152 00:46:14,471 --> 00:46:15,873 FORESTS FOR DENSE HOUSING. [ 1153 00:46:15,873 --> 00:46:20,878 INAUDIBLE ] TREES INSTEAD OF 1154 00:46:20,878 --> 00:46:22,179 JUST PAVEMENTS. AMEND THE [ 1155 00:46:22,179 --> 00:46:26,416 INAUDIBLE ] , AND PILOT 1156 00:46:26,416 --> 00:46:28,185 ACCESSIBLE POCKET [ INAUDIBLE ] 1157 00:46:28,185 --> 00:46:30,120 TO INCREASE FREE PARKING. I AM 1158 00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:35,993 ASKING [ INAUDIBLE ] AND TO KEEP 1159 00:46:35,993 --> 00:46:38,262 SEATTLE ERECT. THANK YOU. 1160 00:46:38,262 --> 00:46:39,863 >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, NOLLIE 1161 00:46:39,863 --> 00:46:50,440 MATT SHAW. IF YOU COULD HIT*6. 1162 00:46:52,543 --> 00:46:53,343 OKAY. 1163 00:46:53,343 --> 00:46:57,648 >> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1164 00:46:57,648 --> 00:47:02,252 >> YES, WE CAN. 1165 00:47:02,252 --> 00:47:03,620 >> OKAY. I URGE COUNCIL TO ENACT 1166 00:47:03,620 --> 00:47:04,988 POLICY THAT PROTECTS TREES AND 1167 00:47:04,988 --> 00:47:06,123 PROMOTES HOUSING TOGETHER. 1168 00:47:06,123 --> 00:47:07,324 UNLESS COUNCIL INCLUDES STRONGER 1169 00:47:07,324 --> 00:47:09,393 REQUIREMENTS AND INCENTIVES TO 1170 00:47:09,393 --> 00:47:10,928 PROTECT TREES, IT WILL NOT 1171 00:47:10,928 --> 00:47:12,629 HAPPEN. IF WE COULD TRUST 1172 00:47:12,629 --> 00:47:13,797 VOLUNTARY ACTION, SEATTLE WOULD 1173 00:47:13,797 --> 00:47:16,767 HAVE A MUCH HIGHER TREE CANOPY 1174 00:47:16,767 --> 00:47:17,501 ALREADY. 100-YEAR-OLD TREES 1175 00:47:17,501 --> 00:47:18,702 CANNOT BE REPLACED WITH NEW 1176 00:47:18,702 --> 00:47:23,640 TREES. REQUIRING TREES DOES NOT 1177 00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:24,808 HAVE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF 1178 00:47:24,808 --> 00:47:26,143 HOUSING WITH THE RIGHT POLICIES 1179 00:47:26,143 --> 00:47:28,078 IN PLACE. AS THE NUMBER OF HOT 1180 00:47:28,078 --> 00:47:29,646 DAYS INCREASE, IT IS IMPERATIVE 1181 00:47:29,646 --> 00:47:32,149 THAT SEATTLE INCLUDE TREES IN 1182 00:47:32,149 --> 00:47:33,217 PLACES THAT PEOPLE SPEND TIME. 1183 00:47:33,217 --> 00:47:34,017 ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, COURTYARDS, 1184 00:47:34,017 --> 00:47:35,185 COMMUNITY SPACES, PARKS, AND ON 1185 00:47:35,185 --> 00:47:38,522 STREETS. TREES MATTER IN THE 1186 00:47:38,522 --> 00:47:40,224 WINTER AS WELL, WE GET REALLY 1187 00:47:40,224 --> 00:47:42,559 HEAVY RAIN NOW. TREES BREAK UP 1188 00:47:42,559 --> 00:47:43,660 THE RAINDROPS INTO SMALLER 1189 00:47:43,660 --> 00:47:46,263 PARTICLES AND ABSORB THE WATER, 1190 00:47:46,263 --> 00:47:47,698 REDUCING FLOODING IMPACTS. 1191 00:47:47,698 --> 00:47:48,699 FINALLY, TREES ARE SO IMPORTANT 1192 00:47:48,699 --> 00:47:49,700 TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. 1193 00:47:49,700 --> 00:47:51,034 SCIENCE SHOWS THAT PEOPLE 1194 00:47:51,034 --> 00:47:53,403 RECOVERING FROM SURGERY EVEN 1195 00:47:53,403 --> 00:47:54,671 RECOVER FASTER JUST BY LOOKING 1196 00:47:54,671 --> 00:47:59,376 AT TREES. JUST SPEND A FEW 1197 00:47:59,376 --> 00:48:00,344 MINUTES QUIETLY LOOKING AT A 1198 00:48:00,344 --> 00:48:01,712 TREE OR SITTING UNDER ITS CANOPY 1199 00:48:01,712 --> 00:48:02,779 OR EVEN THINKING ABOUT THAT AND 1200 00:48:02,779 --> 00:48:04,381 SEE HOW YOU FEEL. THANK YOU. 1201 00:48:04,381 --> 00:48:07,384 >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, TINA 1202 00:48:07,384 --> 00:48:10,887 BUCHER. TINA, IF YOU COULD HIT 1203 00:48:10,887 --> 00:48:14,458 *6. 1204 00:48:14,458 --> 00:48:15,959 >> THANK YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1205 00:48:15,959 --> 00:48:19,396 >> YES, WE CAN. GREAT, MY NAME 1206 00:48:19,396 --> 00:48:20,931 IS TINA AND I LIVE IN DOWNTOWN 1207 00:48:20,931 --> 00:48:23,367 SEATTLE. I SUPPORT DOWNTOWN 1208 00:48:23,367 --> 00:48:24,835 GROWTH AND I SUPPORT HAVING MORE 1209 00:48:24,835 --> 00:48:27,371 HOUSING. BUT THIS PLAN RAISES A 1210 00:48:27,371 --> 00:48:31,008 FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION, ARE WE 1211 00:48:31,008 --> 00:48:32,276 GROWING A NEIGHBORHOOD OR ARE WE 1212 00:48:32,276 --> 00:48:34,311 JUST [ INAUDIBLE ] ? THIS 1213 00:48:34,311 --> 00:48:39,683 DOWNTOWN IS GOING TO GROW WITH 1214 00:48:39,683 --> 00:48:40,317 RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE 1215 00:48:40,317 --> 00:48:41,852 HAVE TO PLAN FOR HOW PEOPLE [ 1216 00:48:41,852 --> 00:48:45,489 INAUDIBLE ] LIVABILITY, OPEN 1217 00:48:45,489 --> 00:48:47,157 SPACE, WALKABLE STREETS. [ 1218 00:48:47,157 --> 00:48:56,867 INAUDIBLE ] AIR QUALITY , 1219 00:48:56,867 --> 00:48:57,534 PRESERVING HISTORIC BUILDINGS, 1220 00:48:57,534 --> 00:48:58,568 AND SO ON. AND IT MEANS 1221 00:48:58,568 --> 00:48:59,236 NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITIES, GROCERY 1222 00:48:59,236 --> 00:49:00,470 STORES, CHILDCARE, PARKS. [ 1223 00:49:00,470 --> 00:49:02,973 INAUDIBLE ] ADDING HOUSING IS 1224 00:49:02,973 --> 00:49:04,207 NOT THE SAME AS BUILDING A 1225 00:49:04,207 --> 00:49:05,008 NEIGHBORHOOD. AND A NEIGHBORHOOD 1226 00:49:05,008 --> 00:49:07,744 CAN'T BE [ INAUDIBLE ] WITHOUT 1227 00:49:07,744 --> 00:49:09,246 TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC SPACE, 1228 00:49:09,246 --> 00:49:13,450 AND AMENITIES ALL HAVE TO BE 1229 00:49:13,450 --> 00:49:14,551 PLANNED TOGETHER, [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1230 00:49:14,551 --> 00:49:17,120 WE SHOULD BE PLANNING FOR HOW 1231 00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:18,288 PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVE THERE. 1232 00:49:18,288 --> 00:49:19,122 THANK YOU. 1233 00:49:19,122 --> 00:49:21,925 >> THANK YOU, TINA. NEXT UP, 1234 00:49:21,925 --> 00:49:32,469 ROSA CORTEZ. ROSA ? ROSA, IF YOU 1235 00:49:33,170 --> 00:49:43,613 COULD HIT*6. OKAY. ROSA, WE 1236 00:49:44,147 --> 00:49:45,882 WILL COME BACK TO YOU. NEXT UP, 1237 00:49:45,882 --> 00:49:48,218 WE HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS, WE ARE 1238 00:49:48,218 --> 00:49:49,920 UP TO NUMBER 37. WE HAVE ETHAN, 1239 00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:51,488 RUTH WILLIAMS, CAROLINE 1240 00:49:51,488 --> 00:49:57,027 VILLANOVA, AND ZACH HOWELL. 1241 00:49:57,027 --> 00:49:58,128 ETHAN, YOU ARE UP NEXT, IF YOU 1242 00:49:58,128 --> 00:49:59,196 COULD HIT*6. 1243 00:49:59,196 --> 00:50:03,066 >> HELLO. SEATTLE IS 1244 00:50:03,066 --> 00:50:04,001 UNFORTUNATELY A VICTIM OF [ 1245 00:50:04,001 --> 00:50:05,969 INAUDIBLE ] VAST MAJORITY OF 1246 00:50:05,969 --> 00:50:11,041 AMERICA. [ INAUDIBLE ] I WOULD 1247 00:50:11,041 --> 00:50:12,309 BET 1 MILLION BUCKS THAT WHEN 1248 00:50:12,309 --> 00:50:13,543 YOU GET THERE, THE FIRST THING 1249 00:50:13,543 --> 00:50:15,112 ON YOUR MIND IS, WOW, [ 1250 00:50:15,112 --> 00:50:20,517 INAUDIBLE ] ONLY MIXED-USE 1251 00:50:20,517 --> 00:50:21,318 DEVELOPMENTS AND SIDEWALKS TO 1252 00:50:21,318 --> 00:50:22,486 MAKE ROOM FOR A SIX LANE 1253 00:50:22,486 --> 00:50:28,025 HIGHWAY. [ INAUDIBLE ] BEING 1254 00:50:28,025 --> 00:50:29,626 ABLE TO WALK OR BUS FROM ONE 1255 00:50:29,626 --> 00:50:30,527 NEIGHBORHOOD TO ANOTHER, I WOULD 1256 00:50:30,527 --> 00:50:31,762 ORDER A $60 UBER INSTEAD. THIS 1257 00:50:31,762 --> 00:50:33,130 IS A REALITY THAT WE LIVE IN, 1258 00:50:33,130 --> 00:50:38,535 AND [ INAUDIBLE ] ZONING LAWS 1259 00:50:38,535 --> 00:50:39,469 ARE ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL 1260 00:50:39,469 --> 00:50:42,572 ISSUES DRIVING [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1261 00:50:42,572 --> 00:50:43,440 HIGH DENSITY, MIXED-USE 1262 00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:44,207 DEVELOPMENT IN POOR 1263 00:50:44,207 --> 00:50:44,741 NEIGHBORHOODS, IMPROVING 1264 00:50:44,741 --> 00:50:46,243 AFFORDABILITY BY [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1265 00:50:46,243 --> 00:50:51,548 ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH BY 1266 00:50:51,548 --> 00:50:53,517 INCREASING [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR 1267 00:50:53,517 --> 00:50:55,986 RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES. MY 1268 00:50:55,986 --> 00:50:56,653 UNDERSTANDING OF THE CURRENT 1269 00:50:56,653 --> 00:50:57,754 PROPOSAL IS THAT THE HOUSING 1270 00:50:57,754 --> 00:50:59,056 WOULD ONLY BE UTILIZED [ 1271 00:50:59,056 --> 00:51:02,959 INAUDIBLE ]. I ASK US TO EXPAND 1272 00:51:02,959 --> 00:51:04,227 INTO A FIVE-MINUTE [ INAUDIBLE ] 1273 00:51:04,227 --> 00:51:05,562 AROUND THE CORE DOORS. THANK 1274 00:51:05,562 --> 00:51:06,696 YOU. 1275 00:51:06,696 --> 00:51:08,165 >> THANK YOU, ETHAN. NEXT UP, 1276 00:51:08,165 --> 00:51:14,638 RUTH WILLIAMS. RUTH, IF YOU 1277 00:51:14,638 --> 00:51:25,148 COULD HIT*6. RUTH , WE WILL 1278 00:51:25,649 --> 00:51:26,917 COME BACK TO YOU. CAROLINE 1279 00:51:26,917 --> 00:51:37,427 VILLANOVA. CAN YOU HIT *6? 1280 00:51:42,032 --> 00:51:43,366 CAROLINE, YOU MIGHT BE MUTED, 1281 00:51:43,366 --> 00:51:49,840 SO, IF YOU WOULD TRY AGAIN. 1282 00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:50,907 >> HI, IS THIS GOOD? 1283 00:51:50,907 --> 00:51:52,542 >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. 1284 00:51:52,542 --> 00:51:55,679 >> GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THE 1285 00:51:55,679 --> 00:51:56,179 OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT, 1286 00:51:56,179 --> 00:51:59,249 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 1287 00:51:59,249 --> 00:52:00,450 CAROLINE VILLANOVA AND I AM THE 1288 00:52:00,450 --> 00:52:01,184 DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS 1289 00:52:01,184 --> 00:52:04,488 FOR SEATTLE [ INAUDIBLE ]. WE 1290 00:52:04,488 --> 00:52:05,755 ARE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE NEED 1291 00:52:05,755 --> 00:52:07,557 FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN 1292 00:52:07,557 --> 00:52:11,394 SEATTLE. WHAT WE ARE CONCERNED 1293 00:52:11,394 --> 00:52:12,829 ABOUT IS THE LACK OF FOCUS ON 1294 00:52:12,829 --> 00:52:13,864 THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE 1295 00:52:13,864 --> 00:52:14,865 SURROUNDING THIS HIGHWAY. THE 1296 00:52:14,865 --> 00:52:17,100 COMMUNITY PROCESS FOR THIS HAS 1297 00:52:17,100 --> 00:52:23,974 BEEN INADEQUATE. [ INAUDIBLE ] 1298 00:52:23,974 --> 00:52:24,908 AGENCY AND ELECTED LEADERS TO 1299 00:52:24,908 --> 00:52:25,942 SIT DOWN AND HAVE DIRECT 1300 00:52:25,942 --> 00:52:26,743 DIALOGUES WITH COMMUNITIES THAT 1301 00:52:26,743 --> 00:52:27,744 WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE 1302 00:52:27,744 --> 00:52:28,345 CHANGES. SEATTLE PARKS 1303 00:52:28,345 --> 00:52:33,917 THANKFULLY WORKS WITH OVER 130 1304 00:52:33,917 --> 00:52:34,518 GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY GROUPS, 1305 00:52:34,518 --> 00:52:35,318 INCLUDING A NUMBER OF 1306 00:52:35,318 --> 00:52:36,286 NEIGHBORHOOD [ INAUDIBLE ], AND 1307 00:52:36,286 --> 00:52:37,754 WE ARE HAPPY TO ASSIST THE CITY 1308 00:52:37,754 --> 00:52:39,322 IN REACHING PEOPLE THAT CARE 1309 00:52:39,322 --> 00:52:39,990 ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS. PEOPLE 1310 00:52:39,990 --> 00:52:41,091 WANT TO LIVE NEAR GREEN SPACES. 1311 00:52:41,091 --> 00:52:43,059 THESE REQUIRE PUBLIC SPACE AND 1312 00:52:43,059 --> 00:52:44,294 PUBLIC AMENITY IMPROVEMENTS TO 1313 00:52:44,294 --> 00:52:47,931 EVERY REGIONAL AREA AND 1314 00:52:47,931 --> 00:52:48,765 NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. THESE ARE 1315 00:52:48,765 --> 00:52:49,933 PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY 1316 00:52:49,933 --> 00:52:51,368 ENJOY OUR CITY. AND THE LAST [ 1317 00:52:51,368 --> 00:52:52,669 INAUDIBLE ], OR CITY LEADERS [ 1318 00:52:52,669 --> 00:52:53,937 INAUDIBLE ]. SPECIFICALLY PARKS, 1319 00:52:53,937 --> 00:52:57,107 SUCH AS CAL ANDERSON PARK. WE 1320 00:52:57,107 --> 00:53:00,644 REQUEST AN AMENDMENT TO THE [ 1321 00:53:00,644 --> 00:53:01,711 INAUDIBLE ] SYSTEM WITH TREE 1322 00:53:01,711 --> 00:53:03,313 REQUIREMENTS AND [ INAUDIBLE ] . 1323 00:53:03,313 --> 00:53:05,348 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 1324 00:53:05,348 --> 00:53:08,585 CAROLINE. WE ARE GOING TO GO 1325 00:53:08,585 --> 00:53:10,887 BACK TO RUTH WILLIAMS, I BELIEVE 1326 00:53:10,887 --> 00:53:12,355 YOU WERE TRYING TO CALL IN. RUTH 1327 00:53:12,355 --> 00:53:22,933 WILLIAMS, IF YOU WOULD HIT *6. 1328 00:53:32,742 --> 00:53:34,678 >> HELLO, GOOD MORNING, MY NAME 1329 00:53:34,678 --> 00:53:35,812 IS RUTH WILLIAMS, IN SPEAKING ON 1330 00:53:35,812 --> 00:53:36,813 BEHALF OF HORTON CREEK ALLIANCE. 1331 00:53:36,813 --> 00:53:37,814 BARTON CREEK IS THE LARGEST 1332 00:53:37,814 --> 00:53:39,215 WATERSHED IN BOTH SEATTLE AND [ 1333 00:53:39,215 --> 00:53:40,083 INAUDIBLE ]. THE SEATTLE PORTION 1334 00:53:40,083 --> 00:53:41,885 IS LARGELY IN D5 AND B4. A LOT 1335 00:53:41,885 --> 00:53:43,486 OF PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, BUT 1336 00:53:43,486 --> 00:53:49,092 NOW THE CITY FOCUS ON PAVEMENT 1337 00:53:49,092 --> 00:53:49,926 AND NEW CONSTRUCTION DIRECTLY 1338 00:53:49,926 --> 00:53:51,328 CONFLICTS WITH THE CITY'S 1339 00:53:51,328 --> 00:53:54,698 LONG-HELD STANDARD GOALS, AND 1340 00:53:54,698 --> 00:53:55,498 WILL BRING INCREASED WARM, 1341 00:53:55,498 --> 00:53:56,466 CONTAMINATED STORM WATER, AND 1342 00:53:56,466 --> 00:53:57,467 THE LOSS OF TREE CANOPY WILL 1343 00:53:57,467 --> 00:53:58,835 FURTHER THE HARM WITH WARMER, 1344 00:53:58,835 --> 00:54:03,006 DRIER AIR. [ INAUDIBLE ] NOT 1345 00:54:03,006 --> 00:54:03,840 CONSISTENT WITH SALMON RECOVERY, 1346 00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:06,242 BUT YOU KNOW THAT. THEY ARE NOT 1347 00:54:06,242 --> 00:54:07,077 CONSISTENT WITH THE GOAL OF 1348 00:54:07,077 --> 00:54:08,078 HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT YOU 1349 00:54:08,078 --> 00:54:09,279 KNOW THAT, TOO. HAS ANYONE 1350 00:54:09,279 --> 00:54:10,880 CONSIDERED WHAT THE LACK OF 1351 00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:15,118 PLANNING FOR OFF SPECIES AREAS 1352 00:54:15,118 --> 00:54:17,754 IS GOING TO DO? THE STATED GOAL 1353 00:54:17,754 --> 00:54:18,955 IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. HOW IS 1354 00:54:18,955 --> 00:54:20,924 THAT WORKING? ARE YOU AWARE THAT 1355 00:54:20,924 --> 00:54:22,025 STSCI IS NOW REQUIRING 1356 00:54:22,025 --> 00:54:26,162 HOMEBUYERS TO SIGN NO PROTEST 1357 00:54:26,162 --> 00:54:27,230 AGREEMENTS AND AT LEAST ONE 1358 00:54:27,230 --> 00:54:31,501 NEIGHBORHOOD? THIS IS A 1359 00:54:31,501 --> 00:54:32,469 COMMITMENT NOT TO PROTEST WHEN 1360 00:54:32,469 --> 00:54:33,837 THE CITY IMPOSES AN L I.D. ON 1361 00:54:33,837 --> 00:54:34,704 THE RESIDENTS. 1362 00:54:34,704 --> 00:54:39,209 >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE ARE 1363 00:54:39,209 --> 00:54:41,044 GOING TO GO TO ZACH HOWELL, AND 1364 00:54:41,044 --> 00:54:42,345 AFTER THAT, WE ARE GOING TO 1365 00:54:42,345 --> 00:54:43,446 CIRCLE BACK TO PATRICK TAYLOR. 1366 00:54:43,446 --> 00:54:46,449 ZACH HOWELL, CAN YOU HIT *6? 1367 00:54:46,449 --> 00:54:50,920 >> HELLO. I'M ZACH HOWELL, A 1368 00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:52,022 LONGTIME SEATTLE RENTER AND 1369 00:54:52,022 --> 00:54:54,824 RECENT HOMEOWNER. IT SHOULD BE 1370 00:54:54,824 --> 00:54:55,692 INCREDIBLY OBVIOUS HOW MESSED UP 1371 00:54:55,692 --> 00:54:57,327 IT IS TO FORCE [ INAUDIBLE ] 1372 00:54:57,327 --> 00:54:58,528 ONTO BUSY ROADS WHILE 1373 00:54:58,528 --> 00:55:02,666 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES LIE ON NICER 1374 00:55:02,666 --> 00:55:03,566 AND QUIETER STREETS. PLEASE 1375 00:55:03,566 --> 00:55:04,734 EXTEND THESE CORE DOORS TO AT 1376 00:55:04,734 --> 00:55:06,069 LEAST A FEW BLOCKS IN EACH 1377 00:55:06,069 --> 00:55:08,138 DIRECTION. WHOEVER DECIDED THAT 1378 00:55:08,138 --> 00:55:09,806 APARTMENTS CAN ONLY GO WITHIN 1379 00:55:09,806 --> 00:55:11,007 HALF A BLOCK OF TRANSIT 1380 00:55:11,007 --> 00:55:13,076 CORRIDORS HAS CLEARLY NEVER 1381 00:55:13,076 --> 00:55:14,611 WALKED TO A BUS STOP IN THEIR 1382 00:55:14,611 --> 00:55:15,512 LIFE. PLEASE LISTEN TO THE 1383 00:55:15,512 --> 00:55:16,880 NOVEMBER VOTERS WHO VOTED [ 1384 00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:19,215 INAUDIBLE ] OVER ENTRENCHED 1385 00:55:19,215 --> 00:55:27,524 HOMEOWNERS AND CAR -- AND THE 1386 00:55:27,524 --> 00:55:28,591 PREVIOUS CAR DRIVING 1387 00:55:28,591 --> 00:55:30,460 ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU. 1388 00:55:30,460 --> 00:55:34,331 >> THANK YOU, ZACH. NEXT UP, 1389 00:55:34,331 --> 00:55:35,131 PATRICK TAYLOR. PATRICK TAYLOR, 1390 00:55:35,131 --> 00:55:45,675 IF YOU COULD HIT *6. PATRICK 1391 00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:55,218 TAYLOR, YOU ARE NUMBER 24. IF 1392 00:55:55,218 --> 00:55:56,820 YOU ARE PRESENT, IF YOU COULD 1393 00:55:56,820 --> 00:56:07,397 HIT *6. OKAY, PATRICK, WE CAN 1394 00:56:08,598 --> 00:56:09,733 CIRCLE BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU 1395 00:56:09,733 --> 00:56:10,800 ALL AGAIN TO EVERYBODY FOR 1396 00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:12,035 CALLING IN, AND AGAIN, IF YOU 1397 00:56:12,035 --> 00:56:13,036 ARE UNABLE TO COMPLETE YOUR 1398 00:56:13,036 --> 00:56:14,237 COMMENTS, GO AHEAD AND EMAIL US. 1399 00:56:14,237 --> 00:56:15,772 YOU CAN EMAIL THE ENTIRE COUNCIL 1400 00:56:15,772 --> 00:56:23,046 AT COUNCIL @ SEATTLE.GOV. THE 1401 00:56:23,046 --> 00:56:24,848 NEXT GROUP OF SPEAKERS, WE ARE 1402 00:56:24,848 --> 00:56:27,884 UP TO NUMBER 41. WE ARE GOING TO 1403 00:56:27,884 --> 00:56:29,185 NAME 41 THROUGH 45. IT IS 1404 00:56:29,185 --> 00:56:34,624 BECAUSE SUE , HANS RASMUSSEN, 1405 00:56:34,624 --> 00:56:37,894 SCOTT ROBERTS, GABRIEL KENNEDY 1406 00:56:37,894 --> 00:56:39,162 GIBBONS, AND MONACO LONG. LOOKS 1407 00:56:39,162 --> 00:56:44,300 LIKE [ INAUDIBLE ] MAY NOT BE 1408 00:56:44,300 --> 00:56:45,735 PRESENT, BUT IF YOU WOULD CALL 1409 00:56:45,735 --> 00:56:49,472 BACK IN . HANS RASMUSSEN, SAME 1410 00:56:49,472 --> 00:56:50,774 THING, IF YOU WOULD CALL BACK 1411 00:56:50,774 --> 00:56:51,174 IN. 1412 00:56:51,174 --> 00:56:52,809 >> HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1413 00:56:52,809 --> 00:56:55,745 >> HELLO, IS THAT PATRICK? 1414 00:56:55,745 --> 00:56:57,180 >> YEAH, THIS IS PATRICK, SORRY. 1415 00:56:57,180 --> 00:57:00,850 >> GO AHEAD, PATRICK. 1416 00:57:00,850 --> 00:57:02,352 >> MY NAME IS PATRICK TAYLOR, I 1417 00:57:02,352 --> 00:57:03,686 AM A HOMEOWNER [ INAUDIBLE ] 1418 00:57:03,686 --> 00:57:05,021 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. [ INAUDIBLE 1419 00:57:05,021 --> 00:57:08,191 ] I'M CALLING IN TODAY TO 1420 00:57:08,191 --> 00:57:08,825 SUPPORT NEW HOUSING 1421 00:57:08,825 --> 00:57:13,496 OPPORTUNITIES. [ INAUDIBLE ] THE 1422 00:57:13,496 --> 00:57:14,631 HOUSING CRISIS, THE ROOT OF 1423 00:57:14,631 --> 00:57:16,065 WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH HOUSING, [ 1424 00:57:16,065 --> 00:57:22,105 INAUDIBLE ]. I WOULD ALSO LIKE 1425 00:57:22,105 --> 00:57:23,940 TO MAKE A PLEA FOR LESS [ 1426 00:57:23,940 --> 00:57:27,377 INAUDIBLE ]. THE PROCESS IS 1427 00:57:27,377 --> 00:57:28,745 EXHAUSTING. YOU HAVE HEARD [ 1428 00:57:28,745 --> 00:57:31,548 INAUDIBLE ]. LOBBYISTS [ 1429 00:57:31,548 --> 00:57:42,058 INAUDIBLE ] PEOPLE WANT TO BE 1430 00:57:43,660 --> 00:57:44,327 WITH THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR 1431 00:57:44,327 --> 00:57:45,328 FRIENDS, WATCHING REALITY TV, OR 1432 00:57:45,328 --> 00:57:46,696 ANYTHING BUT [ INAUDIBLE ]. NOW 1433 00:57:46,696 --> 00:57:48,131 IS THE TIME [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1434 00:57:48,131 --> 00:57:49,933 PLEASE PASS THE REST OF THE PLAN 1435 00:57:49,933 --> 00:57:51,367 [ INAUDIBLE ] AS SOON AS 1436 00:57:51,367 --> 00:57:53,536 POSSIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1437 00:57:53,536 --> 00:57:55,238 >> THANK YOU, PATRICK. NEXT UP, 1438 00:57:55,238 --> 00:58:00,810 NUMBER 43, SCOTT ROBERTS, IF YOU 1439 00:58:00,810 --> 00:58:02,779 COULD HIT *6. 1440 00:58:02,779 --> 00:58:05,415 >> HI. I LIVE ON 39th AVENUE 1441 00:58:05,415 --> 00:58:13,289 SOUTHWEST IN WEST SEATTLE. I 1442 00:58:13,289 --> 00:58:14,257 URGE YOU TO MAINTAIN THE 1443 00:58:14,257 --> 00:58:14,924 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONING 1444 00:58:14,924 --> 00:58:16,259 ON THE WEST SIDE OF 39th AVENUE 1445 00:58:16,259 --> 00:58:17,327 SOUTHWEST. THE CURRENT ZONING [ 1446 00:58:17,327 --> 00:58:18,962 INAUDIBLE ] . ONCE YOU PUT THE 1447 00:58:18,962 --> 00:58:22,031 SWITCH TO LR-2, IT'S PERMANENT, 1448 00:58:22,031 --> 00:58:25,134 WE CAN'T UNDO [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1449 00:58:25,134 --> 00:58:26,135 THIS REZONING IGNORES THE 1450 00:58:26,135 --> 00:58:30,373 ECONOMIC VALUE. [ INAUDIBLE ] 1451 00:58:30,373 --> 00:58:31,074 UNATTRACTIVE FOR AFFORDABLE 1452 00:58:31,074 --> 00:58:32,342 DEVELOPMENT. I AM PUSHING FOR 1453 00:58:32,342 --> 00:58:35,678 LR-2, YOU'RE CREATING FEAR IN 1454 00:58:35,678 --> 00:58:39,215 THE COMMUNITY, [ INAUDIBLE ] 1455 00:58:39,215 --> 00:58:40,583 BECAUSE THE MATH DOESN'T WORK 1456 00:58:40,583 --> 00:58:43,286 FOR BUILDERS. ADJUSTING THAT 1457 00:58:43,286 --> 00:58:48,458 MATH REQUIRES HIGHER PRICES. WHY 1458 00:58:48,458 --> 00:58:49,192 TRADE OUR COMMUNITY STABILITY 1459 00:58:49,192 --> 00:58:51,928 FOR A PLAN [ INAUDIBLE ]? 1460 00:58:51,928 --> 00:58:55,131 FINALLY, THE PROCESS [ INAUDIBLE 1461 00:58:55,131 --> 00:58:56,499 ]. MOST OF THE NEIGHBORS IN MY 1462 00:58:56,499 --> 00:58:57,901 COMMUNITY ONLY HEARD OF THIS IN 1463 00:58:57,901 --> 00:59:00,670 JANUARY. [ INAUDIBLE ] YOU 1464 00:59:00,670 --> 00:59:03,606 REJECTED THE COUNCILMEMBERS 1465 00:59:03,606 --> 00:59:05,074 AMENDMENT THAT WOULD HAVE [ 1466 00:59:05,074 --> 00:59:08,211 INAUDIBLE ] REQUIRED MAILERS. BY 1467 00:59:08,211 --> 00:59:10,713 DOING SO -- 1468 00:59:10,713 --> 00:59:14,083 >> THANK YOU, SCOTT. NEXT UP, 1469 00:59:14,083 --> 00:59:15,285 GABRIEL KENNEDY GIBBONS. 1470 00:59:15,285 --> 00:59:22,392 GABRIEL, IF YOU COULD HIT*6. 1471 00:59:22,392 --> 00:59:23,493 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, MY 1472 00:59:23,493 --> 00:59:24,794 NAME IS GABRIEL, I AM A STUDENT 1473 00:59:24,794 --> 00:59:26,229 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1474 00:59:26,229 --> 00:59:27,797 STUDYING ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. 1475 00:59:27,797 --> 00:59:28,998 WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH THE 1476 00:59:28,998 --> 00:59:29,999 DRAFT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 1477 00:59:29,999 --> 00:59:31,568 I WAS VERY ALARMED TO SEE THAT 1478 00:59:31,568 --> 00:59:32,535 IT INADEQUATELY ADDRESSES 1479 00:59:32,535 --> 00:59:34,537 STREETS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT 1480 00:59:34,537 --> 00:59:37,240 REQUIRE AMENITY AREAS TO HAVE 1481 00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:38,241 TREES, EITHER PLANTED OR 1482 00:59:38,241 --> 00:59:42,312 OBTAINED. PLEASE AMEND THE GREEN 1483 00:59:42,312 --> 00:59:43,313 FACTOR WITH TREE RETENTION AND 1484 00:59:43,313 --> 00:59:44,447 PLANNING, AND AT A FLEXIBLE 1485 00:59:44,447 --> 00:59:45,915 OPTION OF POCKET FORESTS IN 1486 00:59:45,915 --> 00:59:48,051 PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS. WE KNOW 1487 00:59:48,051 --> 00:59:49,619 THAT WE CAN HAVE TREE DENSITY 1488 00:59:49,619 --> 00:59:51,487 WITHOUT SACRIFICING HOUSING. 1489 00:59:51,487 --> 00:59:53,289 THIS IS ONE OF MY FIRST TIMES 1490 00:59:53,289 --> 00:59:54,724 CALLING INTO COMMENT BECAUSE OF 1491 00:59:54,724 --> 00:59:55,992 HOW IMPORTANT THIS ISSUE IS. AND 1492 00:59:55,992 --> 00:59:58,227 I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT MY 1493 00:59:58,227 --> 01:00:00,863 HOMETOWN OF SPOKANE IS DOING 1494 01:00:00,863 --> 01:00:02,098 BETTER JOBS THAN SEATTLE RIGHT 1495 01:00:02,098 --> 01:00:04,267 NOW WITH THE TREE CANOPY COVER 1496 01:00:04,267 --> 01:00:08,404 GOAL. AS MY PEERS AND I PREPARE 1497 01:00:08,404 --> 01:00:10,039 TO GRADUATE, WE ARE GOING TO BE 1498 01:00:10,039 --> 01:00:11,507 WATCHING CLOSELY AT WHAT THE 1499 01:00:11,507 --> 01:00:12,475 COUNCIL DOES AND IF YOU 1500 01:00:12,475 --> 01:00:14,110 PRIORITIZE HAVING TREES OR NOT, 1501 01:00:14,110 --> 01:00:15,979 WHEN WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS 1502 01:00:15,979 --> 01:00:17,347 MORE LONG-TERM ABOUT WHERE WE 1503 01:00:17,347 --> 01:00:19,282 WOULD LIKE TO LIVE, SO PLEASE 1504 01:00:19,282 --> 01:00:21,451 PROVIDE FOR URBAN DENSITY, 1505 01:00:21,451 --> 01:00:23,353 MAINTAIN OUR URBAN TREE COVER AS 1506 01:00:23,353 --> 01:00:23,753 WELL. THANK YOU. 1507 01:00:23,753 --> 01:00:26,990 >> THANK YOU, GABRIEL. NEXT UP, 1508 01:00:26,990 --> 01:00:33,529 MONICA WONG. MONICA? 1509 01:00:33,529 --> 01:00:36,833 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, MY 1510 01:00:36,833 --> 01:00:42,005 NAME IS MONICA HONG, I'M A 1511 01:00:42,005 --> 01:00:43,673 RENTER IN D2 AND I AM ALSO A 1512 01:00:43,673 --> 01:00:44,507 MILLENNIAL. THE HOUSING SURGE 1513 01:00:44,507 --> 01:00:45,441 HAS NOT ONLY AFFECTED [ 1514 01:00:45,441 --> 01:00:46,909 INAUDIBLE ] TO START OUR OWN 1515 01:00:46,909 --> 01:00:48,678 FAMILIES, BUT ALSO [ INAUDIBLE ] 1516 01:00:48,678 --> 01:00:52,448 OUR AGING PARENTS [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1517 01:00:52,448 --> 01:00:53,983 MY MOM IS IN HER 70s AND 1518 01:00:53,983 --> 01:00:55,084 RECENTLY MOVED BACK TO BE CLOSER 1519 01:00:55,084 --> 01:00:56,486 TO HER ONLY CHILD, AND THE 1520 01:00:56,486 --> 01:00:57,286 CURRENT HOUSING SHORTAGE HAS 1521 01:00:57,286 --> 01:01:00,123 LIMITED WHERE SHE CAN LIVE AND 1522 01:01:00,123 --> 01:01:00,923 WHAT QUALITY-OF-LIFE SHE CAN 1523 01:01:00,923 --> 01:01:02,191 HAVE IN HER LATER YEARS. SHE 1524 01:01:02,191 --> 01:01:03,026 CAN'T REALLY SAFELY DRIVE 1525 01:01:03,026 --> 01:01:09,032 ANYMORE, SO THE LACK OF PUBLIC 1526 01:01:09,032 --> 01:01:10,133 TRANSIT HAS REDUCED HER SENSE OF 1527 01:01:10,133 --> 01:01:11,367 AUTONOMY, HER ABILITY TO GET TO 1528 01:01:11,367 --> 01:01:12,435 MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS ON HER OWN, 1529 01:01:12,435 --> 01:01:13,569 RUN ERRANDS, OR JUST SIMPLY MAKE 1530 01:01:13,569 --> 01:01:16,773 NEW FRIENDS. [ INAUDIBLE ] SHE 1531 01:01:16,773 --> 01:01:17,807 FEELS TRAPPED IN HER APARTMENT. 1532 01:01:17,807 --> 01:01:19,442 I AM URGING YOU TO SUPPORT 1533 01:01:19,442 --> 01:01:25,381 WIDENING THE TRANSIT CORRIDORS, 1534 01:01:25,381 --> 01:01:27,684 SO OUR PARENTS CAN LIVE ON WIDER 1535 01:01:27,684 --> 01:01:28,551 STREETS AND ACCESS PUBLIC 1536 01:01:28,551 --> 01:01:29,485 TRANSIT THAT THEY DEPEND ON. 1537 01:01:29,485 --> 01:01:30,853 I'M ALSO ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT 1538 01:01:30,853 --> 01:01:31,554 COURTYARD BLOCKS TO PROVIDE 1539 01:01:31,554 --> 01:01:32,355 FAMILY-FRIENDLY GREEN SPACES TO 1540 01:01:32,355 --> 01:01:33,423 INNOVATE [ INAUDIBLE ]. AND 1541 01:01:33,423 --> 01:01:34,791 LASTLY, I AM ASKING YOU [ 1542 01:01:34,791 --> 01:01:36,192 INAUDIBLE ] NOT JUST FOR OUR 1543 01:01:36,192 --> 01:01:37,226 AGING PARENTS NOW, BUT FOR 1544 01:01:37,226 --> 01:01:42,298 GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU. 1545 01:01:42,298 --> 01:01:44,367 >> THANK YOU, MONICA. AND FOR 1546 01:01:44,367 --> 01:01:45,368 MEMBERS OF THE LISTENING PUBLIC, 1547 01:01:45,368 --> 01:01:46,869 WE HAVE ABOUT 10 TO 15 MORE 1548 01:01:46,869 --> 01:01:48,071 SPEAKERS, SO, WE WILL GO THROUGH 1549 01:01:48,071 --> 01:01:49,605 THE REMAINDER OF THE LIST AND WE 1550 01:01:49,605 --> 01:01:50,706 WILL CIRCLE BACK TO ANYBODY WHO 1551 01:01:50,706 --> 01:01:54,143 WE MISSED EARLIER. WE ARE UP TO 1552 01:01:54,143 --> 01:02:01,484 NUMBER 47 . I WILL CALL OFF A 1553 01:02:01,484 --> 01:02:03,219 LIST OF NAMES. JESSICA DIXON, 1554 01:02:03,219 --> 01:02:06,722 CAVE MEANT , KATE RUBIN, 1555 01:02:06,722 --> 01:02:10,693 CRYSTAL. SO, NEXT UP, JESSICA 1556 01:02:10,693 --> 01:02:13,663 DIXON , IF YOU ARE ABLE TO CALL 1557 01:02:13,663 --> 01:02:18,334 IN -- I WILL GIVE YOU A MOMENT, 1558 01:02:18,334 --> 01:02:20,403 OTHERWISE WE WILL CIRCLE BACK TO 1559 01:02:20,403 --> 01:02:23,439 YOU. WE WILL GO ON TO THE NEXT 1560 01:02:23,439 --> 01:02:27,777 SPEAKER, DAVE MENTZ, IF YOU 1561 01:02:27,777 --> 01:02:31,948 COULD HIT *6. 1562 01:02:31,948 --> 01:02:33,316 >> HI, GOOD MORNING. CAN I BE 1563 01:02:33,316 --> 01:02:33,549 HEARD? 1564 01:02:33,549 --> 01:02:39,822 >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. 1565 01:02:39,822 --> 01:02:40,857 >> YES, OKAY, THANK YOU, 1566 01:02:40,857 --> 01:02:41,624 COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR YOUR 1567 01:02:41,624 --> 01:02:42,759 ATTENTION TO THIS. I THINK 1568 01:02:42,759 --> 01:02:43,392 APPROPRIATELY STATED EARLIER, 1569 01:02:43,392 --> 01:02:44,560 THIS IS REALLY COMPLEX. I ALSO 1570 01:02:44,560 --> 01:02:46,362 AGREE WITH A POINT MADE EARLIER 1571 01:02:46,362 --> 01:02:48,531 ABOUT THIS IS A REALLY GOOD 1572 01:02:48,531 --> 01:02:49,665 START, ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE 1573 01:02:49,665 --> 01:02:51,334 PUSHED FURTHER, AND I WOULD 1574 01:02:51,334 --> 01:02:52,935 ADVOCATE A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE 1575 01:02:52,935 --> 01:02:54,937 BEEN EXPRESSED, ONE OF THEM 1576 01:02:54,937 --> 01:02:55,738 BEING THE COURTYARD BONUS, WHICH 1577 01:02:55,738 --> 01:02:57,140 IS A REALLY GOOD ATTEMPT TO 1578 01:02:57,140 --> 01:02:59,775 BALANCE THE TREES VERSUS 1579 01:02:59,775 --> 01:03:01,878 DEVELOPMENT DILEMMA. AND I AGREE 1580 01:03:01,878 --> 01:03:03,679 THAT THE TREES VERSUS 1581 01:03:03,679 --> 01:03:04,714 DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY [ 1582 01:03:04,714 --> 01:03:07,483 INAUDIBLE ]. SECOND THING I 1583 01:03:07,483 --> 01:03:10,686 WOULD ADVOCATE FOR WOULD BE THE 1584 01:03:10,686 --> 01:03:11,454 HEIGHT BONUSES FOR GREEN 1585 01:03:11,454 --> 01:03:14,290 BUILDINGS, LIKE [ INAUDIBLE ] 1586 01:03:14,290 --> 01:03:15,992 TYPE STRUCTURES. AND THEN , 1587 01:03:15,992 --> 01:03:20,863 AGAIN, AS HAS BEEN EXPRESSED , 1588 01:03:20,863 --> 01:03:21,731 ALLOWING MORE MULTI FAMILY 1589 01:03:21,731 --> 01:03:22,932 HOUSING ON SIDE STREETS, AND I 1590 01:03:22,932 --> 01:03:24,133 AGREE FULLY WITH THE STATEMENT 1591 01:03:24,133 --> 01:03:30,106 THAT THOSE WHERE RENTERS ARE 1592 01:03:30,106 --> 01:03:31,040 OCCUPY NEW HOUSING SHOULD NOT BE 1593 01:03:31,040 --> 01:03:32,508 THE ONLY ONES FORCED TO LIVE [ 1594 01:03:32,508 --> 01:03:33,643 INAUDIBLE ] IN HIGH-TRAFFIC 1595 01:03:33,643 --> 01:03:36,712 AREAS. MY INTEREST IN THIS STEMS 1596 01:03:36,712 --> 01:03:40,216 FROM MY EXPERIENCE -- 1597 01:03:40,216 --> 01:03:45,555 >> THANK YOU, DAVE. GO AHEAD AND 1598 01:03:45,555 --> 01:03:46,789 EMAIL US THE REST OF YOUR 1599 01:03:46,789 --> 01:03:48,057 COMMENTS IF YOU'RE ABLE TO AT 1600 01:03:48,057 --> 01:03:51,227 COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV. NEXT UP, 1601 01:03:51,227 --> 01:03:54,697 KATE RUBIN. GO AHEAD, KATE. 1602 01:03:54,697 --> 01:03:57,133 >> MY NAME IS KATE RUBIN, I AM [ 1603 01:03:57,133 --> 01:03:58,367 INAUDIBLE ] DIRECTOR OF THE 1604 01:03:58,367 --> 01:04:04,473 HOUSING [ INAUDIBLE ]. A RENTER 1605 01:04:04,473 --> 01:04:05,341 IN DISTRICT 2, AND FOR 1606 01:04:05,341 --> 01:04:05,908 IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES, [ 1607 01:04:05,908 --> 01:04:07,343 INAUDIBLE ]. I URGE THE COUNCIL 1608 01:04:07,343 --> 01:04:12,448 TO [ INAUDIBLE ] WALK AROUND 1609 01:04:12,448 --> 01:04:13,449 FREQUENT TRANSIT, SO RENTERS CAN 1610 01:04:13,449 --> 01:04:15,017 LIVE ON QUIETER, SAFER, AND [ 1611 01:04:15,017 --> 01:04:21,691 INAUDIBLE ]. ON ARTERIALS AND 1612 01:04:21,691 --> 01:04:22,625 BLOCKING THEM FROM AREAS OF LOW 1613 01:04:22,625 --> 01:04:23,226 DISPLACEMENT AND HIGH 1614 01:04:23,226 --> 01:04:24,227 OPPORTUNITY WOULD CONTINUE TO 1615 01:04:24,227 --> 01:04:24,894 PERPETUATE SEATTLE'S RACIST 1616 01:04:24,894 --> 01:04:25,995 HISTORY OF EXCLUSIONARY [ 1617 01:04:25,995 --> 01:04:28,164 INAUDIBLE ]. A LOT OF FEAR 1618 01:04:28,164 --> 01:04:31,133 AROUND GROWTH INFORMALLY A 1619 01:04:31,133 --> 01:04:32,902 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. [ INAUDIBLE 1620 01:04:32,902 --> 01:04:39,008 ] NEIGHBORHOODS MORE DYNAMIC AND 1621 01:04:39,008 --> 01:04:41,744 WELCOMING. RENTERS NEED HOUSING 1622 01:04:41,744 --> 01:04:42,645 THAT IS AFFORDABLE AND 1623 01:04:42,645 --> 01:04:44,480 DESIRABLE. SEATTLE RESIDENTS ARE 1624 01:04:44,480 --> 01:04:46,115 STRUGGLING AND THE CONFERENCE OF 1625 01:04:46,115 --> 01:04:47,383 AND MUST REPRESENT COMMUNITIES. 1626 01:04:47,383 --> 01:04:55,491 I ALSO [ INAUDIBLE ]. THESE 1627 01:04:55,491 --> 01:04:57,093 CHOICES WILL SHAPE THE CITY FOR 1628 01:04:57,093 --> 01:04:58,127 DECADES. THANK YOU. 1629 01:04:58,127 --> 01:05:02,732 >> THANK YOU, KATE. I WOULD LIKE 1630 01:05:02,732 --> 01:05:05,101 TO CIRCLE BACK TO A PRIOR NAME. 1631 01:05:05,101 --> 01:05:09,205 HANS RASMUSSEN, IF YOU ARE 1632 01:05:09,205 --> 01:05:16,045 PRESENT, CAN YOU HIT*6? 1633 01:05:16,045 --> 01:05:17,914 >> GOOD MORNING, ALL. 1634 01:05:17,914 --> 01:05:18,314 >> GOOD MORNING. 1635 01:05:18,314 --> 01:05:21,751 >> I AM AN ARCHITECT AND I WOULD 1636 01:05:21,751 --> 01:05:27,990 LIKE TO EXPRESS STRONG SUPPORT 1637 01:05:27,990 --> 01:05:28,925 FOR THE COURTYARD HOUSING BONUS. 1638 01:05:28,925 --> 01:05:30,459 I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO 1639 01:05:30,459 --> 01:05:34,030 MERGE THE TWIN POLITICAL GOALS 1640 01:05:34,030 --> 01:05:37,767 OF TREES AND MORE HOUSING, AND I 1641 01:05:37,767 --> 01:05:39,168 THINK THAT WE SHOULD REALLY BE 1642 01:05:39,168 --> 01:05:39,869 CONSIDERING THAT NOW. THE 1643 01:05:39,869 --> 01:05:41,871 COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS, 1644 01:05:41,871 --> 01:05:45,708 AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN GOING ON 1645 01:05:45,708 --> 01:05:46,609 FOR MANY YEARS, AND LOWRISE 1646 01:05:46,609 --> 01:05:47,677 ZONES RIGHT NOW AREN'T REALLY 1647 01:05:47,677 --> 01:05:48,978 GETTING BUILT IN. IT IS NOT 1648 01:05:48,978 --> 01:05:50,947 COST-EFFECTIVE OR ECONOMICALLY 1649 01:05:50,947 --> 01:05:53,616 FEASIBLE TO DO SO. I THINK 1650 01:05:53,616 --> 01:05:57,253 ADDITIONAL UP ZONES WILL UNBLOCK 1651 01:05:57,253 --> 01:05:58,888 THAT CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE SPENT 1652 01:05:58,888 --> 01:06:02,024 DECADES PLANNING FOR , AS MOST 1653 01:06:02,024 --> 01:06:02,725 LO-RES ZONING IN OUR URBAN 1654 01:06:02,725 --> 01:06:06,929 VILLAGES. AND THAT IS WHERE 1655 01:06:06,929 --> 01:06:08,030 THERE ARE ALREADY EXISTING, 1656 01:06:08,030 --> 01:06:10,132 AMENITY RICH RESOURCES, 1657 01:06:10,132 --> 01:06:10,666 BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, 1658 01:06:10,666 --> 01:06:14,203 TRANSIT, SO WE CAN UNLOCK A LOT 1659 01:06:14,203 --> 01:06:16,205 MORE HOUSING WITH THAT, AND ALSO 1660 01:06:16,205 --> 01:06:18,808 A LOT MORE TREES. THANK YOU. 1661 01:06:18,808 --> 01:06:22,011 >> THANK YOU, MONS. WE ARE GOING 1662 01:06:22,011 --> 01:06:23,312 TO GO TO SPEAKERS STARTING AT 1663 01:06:23,312 --> 01:06:26,782 SPEAKER 51, IT'S JOANNA, AND 1664 01:06:26,782 --> 01:06:30,219 THEN SHIRLEY LEON, AND DEB 1665 01:06:30,219 --> 01:06:34,957 LESTER, AND LYNN. JOANNA:, COULD 1666 01:06:34,957 --> 01:06:45,434 YOU PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX? 1667 01:06:49,105 --> 01:06:52,508 JOANNA CULLEN, IF YOU ARE THERE, 1668 01:06:52,508 --> 01:06:59,281 COULD YOU HIT *6? OKAY, 1669 01:06:59,281 --> 01:07:02,685 JOANNA, WE CAN CIRCLE BACK TO 1670 01:07:02,685 --> 01:07:13,095 YOU. NEXT UP, SHIRLEY. 1671 01:07:16,499 --> 01:07:17,767 >> HI, MY NAME IS SHIRLEY, AND 1672 01:07:17,767 --> 01:07:19,235 IN MY 15 YEARS LIVING IN 1673 01:07:19,235 --> 01:07:22,738 SEATTLE, I HAVE MOVED FIVE TIMES 1674 01:07:22,738 --> 01:07:24,073 TO SAY HOUSING I CAN AFFORD. NO 1675 01:07:24,073 --> 01:07:25,274 MATTER WHERE I HAVE MOVED, IT 1676 01:07:25,274 --> 01:07:26,642 HAS ALWAYS MEANT LIVING ALONG A 1677 01:07:26,642 --> 01:07:30,846 HIGH TRAFFIC HIGHWAY. THIS HAS 1678 01:07:30,846 --> 01:07:32,014 CONTRIBUTED TO MY ASTHMA GETTING 1679 01:07:32,014 --> 01:07:33,015 PROGRESSIVELY WORSE TO THE POINT 1680 01:07:33,015 --> 01:07:35,651 WHERE I HAVE TO USE MY INHALER 1681 01:07:35,651 --> 01:07:37,820 EVERY SINGLE DAY WHERE I 1682 01:07:37,820 --> 01:07:38,788 LITERALLY CAN'T BREATHE, AND I 1683 01:07:38,788 --> 01:07:40,222 KNOW I AM NOT ALONE. [ INAUDIBLE 1684 01:07:40,222 --> 01:07:41,991 ] PUTTING DENSE HOUSING ALONG [ 1685 01:07:41,991 --> 01:07:49,198 INAUDIBLE ] INCREASES RATES OF 1686 01:07:49,198 --> 01:07:50,433 ASTHMA AND DEMENTIA. BUT YOU ALL 1687 01:07:50,433 --> 01:07:51,333 HAVE AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY 1688 01:07:51,333 --> 01:07:52,268 TO END THE PUBLIC HOUSING 1689 01:07:52,268 --> 01:07:53,502 NIGHTMARE AND HELP COUNTLESS 1690 01:07:53,502 --> 01:07:55,070 SEATTLEITES INCLUDING ME, SIMPLY 1691 01:07:55,070 --> 01:07:56,439 BY ALLOWING MORE HOUSING TO BE 1692 01:07:56,439 --> 01:07:57,873 BUILT ON QUIETER NEIGHBORHOOD 1693 01:07:57,873 --> 01:08:01,343 STREETS. SO, PLEASE EXTEND THE 1694 01:08:01,343 --> 01:08:04,013 WIDTH OF CORRIDORS TO AT LEAST 1695 01:08:04,013 --> 01:08:05,581 HALF A MILE WIDE IN EACH 1696 01:08:05,581 --> 01:08:07,083 DIRECTION, AND [ INAUDIBLE ], SO 1697 01:08:07,083 --> 01:08:08,417 THAT MANY MORE SEATTLEITES [ 1698 01:08:08,417 --> 01:08:12,555 INAUDIBLE ] CAN LIVE LONG AND 1699 01:08:12,555 --> 01:08:13,989 HEALTHY LIVES. THANK YOU. 1700 01:08:13,989 --> 01:08:18,694 >> THANK YOU, SHIRLEY. THE NEXT 1701 01:08:18,694 --> 01:08:20,362 FEW, WE ARE GOING TO DO DEB 1702 01:08:20,362 --> 01:08:24,800 LESTER, LYNN, I WOULD LIKE TO 1703 01:08:24,800 --> 01:08:26,068 CIRCLE BACK TO JESSICA DIXON, I 1704 01:08:26,068 --> 01:08:27,670 SEE YOU ONLINE. BUT NEXT UP DEB 1705 01:08:27,670 --> 01:08:35,511 LESTER. DEB, IF YOU COULD HIT 1706 01:08:35,511 --> 01:08:45,788 *6. OKAY. MOVING ON, DEB, WE CAN 1707 01:08:45,788 --> 01:08:47,890 COME BACK TO YOU. LYNN, IF YOU 1708 01:08:47,890 --> 01:08:55,464 ARE THERE,*6. 1709 01:08:55,464 --> 01:09:01,203 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS LYNN. 1710 01:09:01,203 --> 01:09:04,874 DURING THIS LAST YEAR, SEATTLE 1711 01:09:04,874 --> 01:09:07,109 CUT DOWN 1000-YEAR-OLD TREES. 1712 01:09:07,109 --> 01:09:08,811 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU OUGHT 1713 01:09:08,811 --> 01:09:10,446 TO BE ASHAMED OF. IT'S BECAUSE 1714 01:09:10,446 --> 01:09:11,814 OF THE POORER TREE POLICIES THAT 1715 01:09:11,814 --> 01:09:15,484 SEATTLE HAS. YOU ALSO HAVE A 1716 01:09:15,484 --> 01:09:21,624 CLIMATE POLICY THAT SAYS BUILD 1717 01:09:21,624 --> 01:09:23,225 UP, NOT OUT, WHICH I AGREE WITH. 1718 01:09:23,225 --> 01:09:23,893 YOU HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING 1719 01:09:23,893 --> 01:09:25,194 POLICY, WHICH I AGREE WITH, BUT 1720 01:09:25,194 --> 01:09:26,128 YOU WILL NOT GET AFFORDABLE 1721 01:09:26,128 --> 01:09:27,696 HOUSING BY LETTING PEOPLE BUILD 1722 01:09:27,696 --> 01:09:30,599 ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE EDGE OF 1723 01:09:30,599 --> 01:09:32,034 THE PROPERTY AND LEAVING NO ROOM 1724 01:09:32,034 --> 01:09:35,437 FOR TREES. YOU WILL GET HOUSING 1725 01:09:35,437 --> 01:09:37,172 THAT IS INHOSPITABLE FOR PEOPLE 1726 01:09:37,172 --> 01:09:39,341 WHO LIVE IN IT, LIKE THE WOMAN 1727 01:09:39,341 --> 01:09:40,509 WHO JUST TESTIFIED BEFORE ME 1728 01:09:40,509 --> 01:09:45,681 ABOUT ASTHMA, TREES TAKE 1729 01:09:45,681 --> 01:09:46,916 POLLUTANTS OUT OF THE AIR, BUT 1730 01:09:46,916 --> 01:09:48,417 THEY HAVE [ INAUDIBLE ]. THEY 1731 01:09:48,417 --> 01:09:49,718 PROTECT AGAINST HEAT ISLANDS, [ 1732 01:09:49,718 --> 01:09:54,423 INAUDIBLE ] BY THE AMOUNT OF -- 1733 01:09:54,423 --> 01:09:58,727 [ INAUDIBLE ]. I THINK THAT THAT 1734 01:09:58,727 --> 01:10:04,867 WAS MY TIME. [ INAUDIBLE ] 1735 01:10:04,867 --> 01:10:06,068 >> THANK YOU, LYNN, YEAH. THANK 1736 01:10:06,068 --> 01:10:07,770 YOU SO MUCH. IF YOU COULD EMAIL 1737 01:10:07,770 --> 01:10:09,305 US THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS TO 1738 01:10:09,305 --> 01:10:15,778 COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV. THAT DINGED 1739 01:10:15,778 --> 01:10:17,146 IS FOR OTHER FOLKS, USUALLY WHEN 1740 01:10:17,146 --> 01:10:18,280 YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS REMAINING, 1741 01:10:18,280 --> 01:10:19,915 YOU WILL HEAR A DING. THANK YOU 1742 01:10:19,915 --> 01:10:21,116 SO MUCH, LYNN. JESSICA DIXON, IF 1743 01:10:21,116 --> 01:10:22,985 YOU ARE PRESENT, COULD YOU HIT 1744 01:10:22,985 --> 01:10:24,053 *6? JESSICA DIXON? 1745 01:10:24,053 --> 01:10:30,492 >> [ INAUDIBLE ] CAN YOU HEAR 1746 01:10:30,492 --> 01:10:30,726 ME? 1747 01:10:30,726 --> 01:10:33,729 >> YES, WE CAN, THANK YOU. 1748 01:10:33,729 --> 01:10:35,898 >> HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I 1749 01:10:35,898 --> 01:10:37,199 WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY DENSITY 1750 01:10:37,199 --> 01:10:41,136 ALONE DOES NOT CREATE HEALTHY, 1751 01:10:41,136 --> 01:10:42,438 WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND 1752 01:10:42,438 --> 01:10:43,105 SEATTLE'S NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS 1753 01:10:43,105 --> 01:10:47,876 NEED FORESTS FOR DENSE HOUSING, 1754 01:10:47,876 --> 01:10:49,011 SO PLEASE MAKE THE FOLLOWING 1755 01:10:49,011 --> 01:10:53,148 CHANGES TO BUILD [ INAUDIBLE ] 1756 01:10:53,148 --> 01:10:53,782 WHILE RETAINING HOUSING GOALS. 1757 01:10:53,782 --> 01:10:54,917 REQUIRE AMENITY AREAS TO HAVE 1758 01:10:54,917 --> 01:10:57,052 TREES , NOT JUST PAVEMENTS. 1759 01:10:57,052 --> 01:10:59,054 AMEND [ INAUDIBLE ] TRAY 1760 01:10:59,054 --> 01:11:01,056 RETENTION ENTRY PLANNING. AND [ 1761 01:11:01,056 --> 01:11:04,727 INAUDIBLE ] FOREST OPTIONS TO 1762 01:11:04,727 --> 01:11:08,297 REPLACE STREET PARKING. AS 1763 01:11:08,297 --> 01:11:08,931 PLANNED, NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS 1764 01:11:08,931 --> 01:11:12,067 WILL BE 100% HARD SCAPE WITH NO 1765 01:11:12,067 --> 01:11:18,207 SPACE FOR TREES. [ INAUDIBLE ] 1766 01:11:18,207 --> 01:11:18,874 WOEFULLY INADEQUATE TO MEET 1767 01:11:18,874 --> 01:11:19,675 CURRENT GOALS. ADDING THESE 1768 01:11:19,675 --> 01:11:25,414 CHANGES [ INAUDIBLE ] DOES NOT 1769 01:11:25,414 --> 01:11:26,815 AFFECT HOUSING CAPACITY AND 1770 01:11:26,815 --> 01:11:28,550 WOULD BUILD HEALTHY, WALKABLE, [ 1771 01:11:28,550 --> 01:11:29,385 INAUDIBLE ] NEIGHBORHOOD 1772 01:11:29,385 --> 01:11:31,920 CENTERS. FOR FUTURE SEATTLEITES. 1773 01:11:31,920 --> 01:11:36,091 THANK YOU. 1774 01:11:36,091 --> 01:11:37,192 >> THANK YOU, JESSICA. I WOULD 1775 01:11:37,192 --> 01:11:38,627 LIKE TO CIRCLE BACK A COUPLE 1776 01:11:38,627 --> 01:11:39,928 NAMES THAT WE CALLED EARLIER, 1777 01:11:39,928 --> 01:11:41,664 JOANNA CULLEN AND DEB LESTER. 1778 01:11:41,664 --> 01:11:44,667 JOANNA CULLEN, IF YOU'RE 1779 01:11:44,667 --> 01:11:54,343 AVAILABLE, CAN YOU HIT *6? 1780 01:11:54,343 --> 01:11:58,547 OKAY, MOVING ON TO DEB LESTER. 1781 01:11:58,547 --> 01:12:00,683 IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE, COULD YOU 1782 01:12:00,683 --> 01:12:05,154 HIT *6? 1783 01:12:05,154 --> 01:12:06,689 >> HELLO, HI, MY NAME IS DEB 1784 01:12:06,689 --> 01:12:07,423 LESTER, I'M SPEAKING ABOUT 1785 01:12:07,423 --> 01:12:11,226 PROPOSAL [ INAUDIBLE ] OUR LOCKS 1786 01:12:11,226 --> 01:12:11,860 WILL ESSENTIALLY BE 100% 1787 01:12:11,860 --> 01:12:16,065 IMPERVIOUS WITH [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1788 01:12:16,065 --> 01:12:17,266 USABLE GREEN SPACE, NOT LIMITED 1789 01:12:17,266 --> 01:12:20,869 TO NEIGHBORHOODS. THE CITY 1790 01:12:20,869 --> 01:12:21,737 PLANNED STREETSCAPE WILL 1791 01:12:21,737 --> 01:12:22,638 MITIGATE TREE LOSS, HOWEVER, [ 1792 01:12:22,638 --> 01:12:23,872 INAUDIBLE ] THIS IS NOT 1793 01:12:23,872 --> 01:12:32,081 PALPABLE. [ INAUDIBLE ] WITH THE 1794 01:12:32,081 --> 01:12:32,915 EXCEPTION OF A FEW AREAS ON 1795 01:12:32,915 --> 01:12:33,982 ROOSEVELT NORTHEAST, [ INAUDIBLE 1796 01:12:33,982 --> 01:12:38,153 ] THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY NO 1797 01:12:38,153 --> 01:12:39,922 STREET TREES ON SIDE STREETS [ 1798 01:12:39,922 --> 01:12:42,157 INAUDIBLE ] NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER 1799 01:12:42,157 --> 01:12:44,093 CURRENTLY. 90% OF ALL TREES IN 1800 01:12:44,093 --> 01:12:46,762 THE MAPLE LEAF NEIGHBORHOOD 1801 01:12:46,762 --> 01:12:48,130 CENTER ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY. [ 1802 01:12:48,130 --> 01:12:50,299 INAUDIBLE ] PLEASE REQUIRE 1803 01:12:50,299 --> 01:12:53,569 AMENITY AREAS [ INAUDIBLE ] 1804 01:12:53,569 --> 01:12:54,436 AMEND THE GREEN FACTOR [ 1805 01:12:54,436 --> 01:12:59,007 INAUDIBLE ] AND PLANNING. WE CAN 1806 01:12:59,007 --> 01:13:02,544 HAVE DENSITY AND TREES, AND WE 1807 01:13:02,544 --> 01:13:05,147 ALSO NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 1808 01:13:05,147 --> 01:13:06,515 IT'S NOT REALLY HAPPENING WITH 1809 01:13:06,515 --> 01:13:07,483 THE CURRENT PLAN. 1810 01:13:07,483 --> 01:13:12,121 >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE A FEW MORE 1811 01:13:12,121 --> 01:13:14,490 SPEAKERS, AND THEN WE WILL 1812 01:13:14,490 --> 01:13:16,024 CIRCLE BACK TO ANYBODY WHO WE 1813 01:13:16,024 --> 01:13:17,926 ALREADY CALLED ON THAT DIDN'T 1814 01:13:17,926 --> 01:13:21,330 GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK. SO, NEXT 1815 01:13:21,330 --> 01:13:23,232 UP, THE NEXT FEW SPEAKERS ARE 1816 01:13:23,232 --> 01:13:25,367 BONNIE WILLIAMS, MICHAEL 1817 01:13:25,367 --> 01:13:28,771 ELIASSON, AND CHRISTINA PEARSON 1818 01:13:28,771 --> 01:13:29,872 . BONNIE WILLIAMS, IF YOU COULD 1819 01:13:29,872 --> 01:13:34,743 HIT*6. 1820 01:13:34,743 --> 01:13:36,111 >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS 1821 01:13:36,111 --> 01:13:40,783 BONNIE WILLIAMSON, PRESIDENT OF 1822 01:13:40,783 --> 01:13:41,817 [ INAUDIBLE ] COUNCIL. MY 1823 01:13:41,817 --> 01:13:43,218 REQUEST -- EXCUSE ME, MY REQUEST 1824 01:13:43,218 --> 01:13:45,053 IS ABOUT CREATING BETTER HEIGHT 1825 01:13:45,053 --> 01:13:46,622 TRANSITIONS IN PHASE 2, RELATING 1826 01:13:46,622 --> 01:13:48,257 TO THE ONLINE MASS BUFFER 1827 01:13:48,257 --> 01:13:53,695 PROPOSALS FOR [ INAUDIBLE ] , NO 1828 01:13:53,695 --> 01:13:55,030 CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL MAP 1829 01:13:55,030 --> 01:13:57,599 PROPOSALS IN OCTOBER 2024. WE 1830 01:13:57,599 --> 01:13:59,234 ASK THAT YOU CHOOSE TO RETAIN 1831 01:13:59,234 --> 01:14:05,274 THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL 1832 01:14:05,274 --> 01:14:05,941 PERMANENT ADOPTION THAT PASSED 1833 01:14:05,941 --> 01:14:06,975 IN DECEMBER, HE NOW INCLUDES 1834 01:14:06,975 --> 01:14:08,143 FOUR STORY FLATS FOR THE LOTS 1835 01:14:08,143 --> 01:14:11,814 ALONG [ INAUDIBLE ] 31, 32, AND 1836 01:14:11,814 --> 01:14:15,818 62. [ INAUDIBLE ] HAS 1837 01:14:15,818 --> 01:14:16,885 DEMONSTRATED NO FLEXIBILITY [ 1838 01:14:16,885 --> 01:14:19,988 INAUDIBLE ] FROM OUR INTERACTION 1839 01:14:19,988 --> 01:14:21,957 THE PAST FEW YEARS. IT IS UP TO 1840 01:14:21,957 --> 01:14:25,627 YOU, THE COUNCIL, TO PLAN FOR 1841 01:14:25,627 --> 01:14:26,328 GROWTH FOR NEWCOMERS AND 1842 01:14:26,328 --> 01:14:27,329 LONG-TERM RESIDENTS. IN PHASE 2, 1843 01:14:27,329 --> 01:14:30,032 WE WERE TOLD [ INAUDIBLE ] NEED 1844 01:14:30,032 --> 01:14:31,099 TO NEGOTIATE THE HEIGHTS, AND 1845 01:14:31,099 --> 01:14:32,267 THAT NEGOTIATION HAS NOT 1846 01:14:32,267 --> 01:14:33,669 HAPPENED. I WILL SEND A LOCATION 1847 01:14:33,669 --> 01:14:36,972 MAP OF THE ACTUAL LOCATION TO 1848 01:14:36,972 --> 01:14:43,212 THE COUNCIL. AND -- 1849 01:14:43,212 --> 01:14:44,479 >> THANK YOU, BONNIE, PLEASE GO 1850 01:14:44,479 --> 01:14:46,315 AHEAD AND SEND THAT TO US. NEXT 1851 01:14:46,315 --> 01:14:56,692 UP, MICHAEL ELIASSON. 1852 01:14:57,292 --> 01:14:58,460 >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS 1853 01:14:58,460 --> 01:14:59,528 MICHAEL ELIASSON, I AM DIRECTOR 1854 01:14:59,528 --> 01:15:00,629 OF DESIGN AND POLICY FOR SEATTLE 1855 01:15:00,629 --> 01:15:01,897 [ INAUDIBLE ] DEVELOPERS . [ 1856 01:15:01,897 --> 01:15:03,265 INAUDIBLE ] CONFERENCE A PLAN 1, 1857 01:15:03,265 --> 01:15:08,070 AMEND CORRIDOR [ INAUDIBLE ] SO 1858 01:15:08,070 --> 01:15:09,004 FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS IN LIVING 1859 01:15:09,004 --> 01:15:10,138 HEALTHIER, QUIETER ENVIRONMENTS. 1860 01:15:10,138 --> 01:15:14,109 [ INAUDIBLE ] AROUND PARKS AND 1861 01:15:14,109 --> 01:15:15,210 SCHOOLS FOR THE SAME REASON. 1862 01:15:15,210 --> 01:15:16,078 PLEASE CREATE A PERMANENT 1863 01:15:16,078 --> 01:15:17,179 AMENDMENT [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR 1864 01:15:17,179 --> 01:15:18,514 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS [ 1865 01:15:18,514 --> 01:15:21,416 INAUDIBLE ] BETTER LEVERAGE 1866 01:15:21,416 --> 01:15:22,584 PUBLIC DOLLARS AND ADD MORE 1867 01:15:22,584 --> 01:15:30,192 HOMES. [ INAUDIBLE ] SETBACKS IN 1868 01:15:30,192 --> 01:15:31,226 LOW AND MIDRISE ZONES, THESE 1869 01:15:31,226 --> 01:15:33,228 SUBSTANTIALLY [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1870 01:15:33,228 --> 01:15:39,268 CREATE AMENDMENTS LIKE THE 1871 01:15:39,268 --> 01:15:40,035 COMPLETE COMMUNITY COALITION 1872 01:15:40,035 --> 01:15:40,936 COURTYARD AND PASS OUT BONUSES. 1873 01:15:40,936 --> 01:15:42,137 I WOULD LOVE TO HELP REFINE 1874 01:15:42,137 --> 01:15:43,138 THOSE BASED UPON MY EXPERIENCES 1875 01:15:43,138 --> 01:15:44,506 LIVING AND WORKING IN GERMANY. 1876 01:15:44,506 --> 01:15:46,842 THANK YOU. 1877 01:15:46,842 --> 01:15:49,945 >> THANK YOU, MIKE. NEXT UP, 1878 01:15:49,945 --> 01:15:56,285 CHRISTINA PEARSON. 1879 01:15:56,285 --> 01:15:59,655 >> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1880 01:15:59,655 --> 01:16:02,557 >> YES, WE CAN. 1881 01:16:02,557 --> 01:16:03,859 >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS 1882 01:16:03,859 --> 01:16:05,260 CHRISTINA PEARSON, I AM [ 1883 01:16:05,260 --> 01:16:09,498 INAUDIBLE ] . WE ACT ON BEHALF 1884 01:16:09,498 --> 01:16:11,967 OF THE [ INAUDIBLE ] TRIBE. IS 1885 01:16:11,967 --> 01:16:18,807 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE, 1886 01:16:18,807 --> 01:16:20,042 THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS OF THIS 1887 01:16:20,042 --> 01:16:21,410 LAND, WE URGE YOU TO LISTEN TO 1888 01:16:21,410 --> 01:16:22,377 THE VOICES OF THE RESIDENCE BACK 1889 01:16:22,377 --> 01:16:23,745 REGARDING THE PROPOSED CHANGES 1890 01:16:23,745 --> 01:16:27,849 AND ZONING AROUND HOUSING . 1891 01:16:27,849 --> 01:16:28,684 HOUSING IS A FUNDAMENTAL 1892 01:16:28,684 --> 01:16:29,918 NECESSITY, IT IS VITAL THAT ANY 1893 01:16:29,918 --> 01:16:31,320 CHANGES [ INAUDIBLE ] COMMUNITY 1894 01:16:31,320 --> 01:16:32,688 MEMBERS WHO LIVE HERE. [ 1895 01:16:32,688 --> 01:16:36,491 INAUDIBLE ] UNDERSTOOD THE 1896 01:16:36,491 --> 01:16:37,025 IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY, 1897 01:16:37,025 --> 01:16:38,794 BELONGING, AND [ INAUDIBLE ] . 1898 01:16:38,794 --> 01:16:41,697 HONOR THAT LEGACY. MANY 1899 01:16:41,697 --> 01:16:45,100 RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN 1900 01:16:45,100 --> 01:16:45,701 MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES ARE 1901 01:16:45,701 --> 01:16:48,470 DIRECTLY IMPACTED [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1902 01:16:48,470 --> 01:16:50,472 WE ASK THAT YOU PRIORITIZE OUR 1903 01:16:50,472 --> 01:16:51,740 VOICES, ENSURING THAT THE 1904 01:16:51,740 --> 01:16:53,108 POLICIES ENSURE ACCESS TO 1905 01:16:53,108 --> 01:16:55,510 HOUSING AND RESPECT OUR CULTURAL 1906 01:16:55,510 --> 01:17:00,082 HERITAGE AND STEWARDS OF THIS 1907 01:17:00,082 --> 01:17:00,916 LAND, AND ALSO, PLEASE, [ 1908 01:17:00,916 --> 01:17:02,351 INAUDIBLE ]. THANK YOU. 1909 01:17:02,351 --> 01:17:04,920 >> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO 1910 01:17:04,920 --> 01:17:09,224 CIRCLE BACK TO JOANNA CULLEN. 1911 01:17:09,224 --> 01:17:10,292 JOANNA CULLEN, IF YOU'RE THERE, 1912 01:17:10,292 --> 01:17:20,002 COULD YOU HIT *6 ? JOANNA 1913 01:17:20,002 --> 01:17:27,042 CULLEN . AND WE ARE ABOUT TO 1914 01:17:27,042 --> 01:17:28,510 END. THERE WAS A FEW OTHER NAMES 1915 01:17:28,510 --> 01:17:31,947 WHO REGISTERED, BUT IT LOOKS 1916 01:17:31,947 --> 01:17:33,382 LIKE YOU ARE NOT DIALED IN, BUT 1917 01:17:33,382 --> 01:17:34,816 IF YOU GET A CHANCE, WE WILL 1918 01:17:34,816 --> 01:17:36,551 GIVE YOU JUST ONE MORE MINUTE 1919 01:17:36,551 --> 01:17:38,820 HERE TO ROSA CORTEZ. [ INAUDIBLE 1920 01:17:38,820 --> 01:17:47,262 ]. CRYSTAL BUTTE . OR JOANNA 1921 01:17:47,262 --> 01:17:49,064 CULLEN. JOANNA, IF YOU COULD HIT 1922 01:17:49,064 --> 01:17:54,703 *6 IF YOU ARE WITH US. OKAY. 1923 01:17:54,703 --> 01:18:00,676 WELL, THANK YOU ALL -- 1924 01:18:00,676 --> 01:18:06,314 >> [ INAUDIBLE ] 1925 01:18:06,314 --> 01:18:10,986 >> GOT IT, OKAY. AND TO OUR 1926 01:18:10,986 --> 01:18:12,354 LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS, THANK YOU 1927 01:18:12,354 --> 01:18:15,457 FOR JOINING WITH US WE ARE GOING 1928 01:18:15,457 --> 01:18:16,658 TO BE IN RECESS HERE SHORTLY, 1929 01:18:16,658 --> 01:18:18,226 AND SO, WE NO LONGER NEED YOUR 1930 01:18:18,226 --> 01:18:19,995 SERVICES. AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL , 1931 01:18:19,995 --> 01:18:23,865 EVERYONE WHO WAS ABLE TO DIAL 1932 01:18:23,865 --> 01:18:27,402 IN, FOR JOINING US , FOR 1933 01:18:27,402 --> 01:18:28,370 SUBMITTING PUBLIC COMMENT. 1934 01:18:28,370 --> 01:18:30,872 AGAIN, APOLOGIES TO ANYBODY WHO 1935 01:18:30,872 --> 01:18:34,676 IS NOT ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SPEAK, 1936 01:18:34,676 --> 01:18:36,344 FINISH YOUR COMMENTS. PLEASE GO 1937 01:18:36,344 --> 01:18:39,681 AHEAD AND EMAIL US, TO 1938 01:18:39,681 --> 01:18:40,315 COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV. WE WILL BE 1939 01:18:40,315 --> 01:18:41,683 HAVING AN ADDITIONAL IN PERSON 1940 01:18:41,683 --> 01:18:45,353 PUBLIC HEARING THIS AFTERNOON. 1941 01:18:45,353 --> 01:18:55,897 SO, IT IS NOW 10:54. A.M. AND IF 1942 01:18:58,033 --> 01:18:59,067 THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THE 1943 01:18:59,067 --> 01:19:00,001 SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE 1944 01:19:00,001 --> 01:19:01,369 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL BE IN 1945 01:19:01,369 --> 01:19:05,140 RECESS UNTIL 3:00 P.M. HEARING 1946 01:19:05,140 --> 01:19:08,743 NO OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS IN 1947 01:19:08,743 --> 01:19:09,744