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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. UM, TODAY IS APRIL 1, THIS IS A MEETING OF THE PARKS AND SEATTLE CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE, IT IS GOING-- I AM CALLING IT TO ORDER, 2:03, I I AM DEBORAH JUAREZ, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS? HERE: HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA: COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA? HERE: HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA: COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA? PRESENT. VICE CHAIR KETTLE: VICE CHAIR KETTLE? PRESENT. CHAIR JUAREZ: CHAIR JUAREZ. THANK YOU, OR HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE, LETS CHECK YOUR MIC ONE MORE TIME. TESTING, ONE, TWO. CAN YOU TURN IT UP A LITTLE: CAN YOU TURN IT UP A LITTLE BIT? I THINK WE HAD THIS-- WE WERE DEALING WITH THIS WITH YOU YESTERDAY, OR TUESDAY. TEST IT NOW. WE CAN BARELY HEAR: WE CAN BARELY HEAR. I THINK YOU ARE CUTTING OUT: I THINK YOU ARE CUTTING OUT. OKAY. WELL, LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE TO, WE WILL HAVE THE CLERK WATCH THE SCREEN WHEN WE VOTE. OKAY? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LETS GO TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. THERE IS NO OBJECK WILL OBJECTION WILL BE ADOPTED. TWO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS TODAY, THERE WILL BE A REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BEFORE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT SHOULD BE RELATED TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE. THE SECOND IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SECOND AGENDA ITEM, COUNCIL BILL 121177, WHICH WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE FOR ITEMS THAT CONCERN THE TRANSFER OF CITY LIGHT PROPERTY. COMMENTS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING SHOULD BE RELATED TO THE SPECIFIC COUNCIL BILL. THE TWO ORDINANCES THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA TODAY ARE THE FIRST IS THE SKAGIT HYDROELECTRIC RELICENSING AND COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, THE SECOND PRESENTATION ABOUT SKAGIT RELICENSING, THE PRESENTATION IS FOCUSED ON THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE LICENSING AND WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE PROCESS IF THE CITY PASSES THE LEGISLATION. THIS WOULD START AFTER THE CITY'S THREE-STEP PROCESS. FIRST, THIS COMMITTEE, THEN FULL COUNCIL, AND THEN TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. MY UNDERSTANDING TODAY IS FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE PRESENTATION WILL BE PRESENTED, OBVIOUSLY, BY SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, AND WE WILL BE JOINED BY CRAIG SMITH, DENNIS MCLARYN, CHRIS TROUNZENED, STEVEN, MATT LOVE, AND IS ERIC HERE? ERIC FROM CENTRAL STAFF. SECOND ORDINANCE IS LAND TRANSFER IN WHICH CITY LIGHT IS SELLING LAND TO SNOHOMISH COUNTY, BUT RETAIN RIGHTS AND ACCESS FOR AN ELECTRICAL EASEMENT. THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS LEGISLATION FOLLOWED BY A PRESENTATION. THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE PRESENTED FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT BY CRAIG SMITH, SAME FOLKS, DENNIS MCLERRAN, TWO NEW FOLKS, BILL DEVAROW, AND KATIE TASRY, AND ERIC IN THE BACK. SO, I WANT A VOTE ON BOTH ITEMS, I EXPECT A VOTE ON BOTH ITEMS TODAY. SO, WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD BE RELATED TO TODAY'S ITEM, CLERK, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP TODAY? CURRENTLY ZERO IN PERSON: CURRENTLY ZERO IN PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED UP AND ONE REMOTE SPEAKER. OKAY. SO, LETS GO TO THE ONE REMOTE PERSON, YOU DON'T NEED TO READ ALL THE STUFF, JUST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, TWO MINUTES, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT, PAUL? BESIDES THE TWO MINUTES? BE NICE. ANYTHING ELSE. OKAY. DAVID HANES, YOU ARE OUR REMOTE SPEAKER, IF YOU WOULD-- LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE NOT PRESENT. MR. HANES? I DON'T SEE HIM ON THE-- MR. HANES, STAR 6. OKAY. OKAY. HE IS NO LONGER PRESENT. WE HAVE ZERO REMAINING PUBLIC SPEAKERS. ALL RIGHT. THAT BEING SAID, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN CHAMBERS, NOBODY ON LINE OR REMOTE, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED. ITEM NUMBER ONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD? COUNCIL BILL 12177, ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR HER DEZ IGNEE TO EXECUTE A COMPREHENSIVE SETMMENT AGREEMENT, FIVE OFF-CISEANCE AGREEMENTS AND RELATED AGREEMENTS FOR PURPOSE OF RELICENSING THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S SKAGIT RIVER HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT BEFORE THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS. WHY DON'T WE HAVE FOLKS AND FRIENDS FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGHT COME UP TO THE TABLE AND I WILL INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR TITLES AND I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE GOING TO WALK US THROUGH A FIVE-PAGE POWER POINT. THANK YOU FOR TWO WEEKS AGO, GREAT POWERPOINT, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING SOME OF MY COMMENTINIZE TO CONSIDERATION FOR THIS FIVE-POINT POWERPOINT. I THINK THE MAIN QUESTIONS WE GOT ARE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS? WHEN IT KICKS OVER, AND MORE COMMENT PERIOD, AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS, WITH THAT, WE WILL HAND IT OVER TO THE PANEL. YOU WANT TO START WITH MR. SMITH AND THEN MOVE DOWN? CRAIG SMITH, INTERIM DIRECTOR AND CEO SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS CHRIS TOWNSEND, DIRECTOR OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND HIDE ROLICENSING AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MATT LOVE PARTNER AT CASCADIA LAW GROUP, OUTSIDE THE COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE. GOOD AFTERNOON, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. GOOD AFTERNOON, I AM DENNIS MCLERRAN, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. I AM ERIC MCONAGHY ON CENTRAL: I AM ERIC MCONAGHY ON CENTRAL CITY STAFF. WHY DON'T WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PRESENTATION? THANK YOU, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WE ARE PLEASED TO RETURN TO THE COMMITTEE TODAY FOR A FINAL REVIEW AND COUNCIL VOTE ON THE SKAGIT HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT RELICENSING OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THIS IS HISTORIC MILESTONE FOR CITY LIGHT, AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE, TO SECURE AN AGREEMENT THAT INSURES THE CRITICAL HYDROPOWER RESOURCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS FOR CITY LIGHT CUSTOMERS IN THE WESTERN REGION. IT ALSO REFLECTS THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF LICENSE PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY OUR TRIBAL PART NERS, TO SECURE A COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT THAT STRENGTHENS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF THE SKAGIT WATERSHED. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS, DIRECTOR OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LICENSING CITY LIGHT, TO PROVIDE HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR THE COMMITTEE AND DISCUSS NEXT STEPS IN THE RELICENSING PROCESS. THANK YOU, CRAIG. LITTLE INTIMIDATING PROVIDING A HISTORY OF THE SKAGIT PROJECT IN FRONT OF A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO PROBABLY KNOWS THE HISTORY BETTER THAN I DO. HOWEVER, I WILL ENDEAVOR TO STATE ACCURATE HISTORY AND STAND READY TO BE CHALLENGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS. SO, THE PROJECT WAS STARTED IN 1927, GORGE DAM WAS THE FIRST DAM TO BE BUILT IN THE SYSTEM AND THE LAST DAM TO BE BUILT IN THE SYSTEM. THE FIRST GORGE DAM WAS WOOD CRIBBED DAM AND WAS IN PLACE TO HELP CONSTRUCT THE OTHER TWO DAMS IN THE SYSTEM, BEFORE BEING REPLACED BY THE HIGH GORGE DAM IN 1961. SO, CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN 1924, DIABLO WAS THE SECOND DAM IN THE SYSTEM TO BE CONSTRUCTED, AND ROSS FOLLOWED WITH CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN 1937, AND EVERYTHING WITH THE POWER HOUSE BEING COMPLETE IN 1956. THEN WE REPLACED THE GORGE DAM IN 1961 WITH THE DAM YOU SEE TODAY. I WANTED TO JUST MAKE A FEW POINTS ABOUT THE STORAGE AS WELL, THE GORGE DAM HAS NO STORAGE. DIABLO HAS A FEW HOURS OF STORAGE BUT ROSS ALSO HAS A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD POCKET THAT SERVES A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE FOR THE VALLEY. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT IS PRODUCING POWER. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ROSS DAM IS THE HEIGHT OF THE SMITH TOWER THAT YOU COULD JUST SEE THE TOP OF. SO IF WE ARE SITTING NEXT TO ROSS DAM RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE THAT HIGH, SO, IT IS A MASSIVE STRUCTURE, QUITE AN ENGINEERING ACCOMPLISHMENT. THE ORIGINAL LICENSE WAS ISSUED IN 1927, A 50-YEAR LICENSE, IT EXPIRED IN 1977. IT TOOK 18 YEARS FOR THE FOLLOWING LICENSE TO BE ISSUED IN 1995. WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS LICENSE DOESN'T TAKE 18 YEARS. BUT THAT LICENSE THAT WAS ISSUED IN 1995 WAS ISSUED ON THE BASIS OF A COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REACHED IN 1991. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE FIRST SUCH COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN RELICENSING, THE CITY OF SEATTLE DID PIONEER APPROACH OF USING COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELICENSING. OUR LICENSE IS EXPIRED, IT EXPIRED IN APRIL OF LAST YEESHG ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND WE WILL BE OPERATING UNDER ANNUAL LICENSES, PRETTY MUCH PRO FORMA BASIS UNTIL WE HAVE THE NEW LICENSE. IT DOESN'T TAKE AN APPLICATION TO GET AN ANNUAL LICENSE, THEY ARE ISSUED ON A YEAR-BY-YEAR BASIS AND WE EXTEND THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OR THE CONDITIONS IN THE 1995 LICENSING UNTIL THE NEW LICENSE IS ISSUED. WE BEGAN THE PROCESS FOR THE NEW 50-YEAR LICENSE IN 2018, AND THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT STEP WAS TO COMPLETE A NUMBER OF STUDIES. I WE DID 33 STUDIES THAT COST $25 MILLION. WE DID EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF SCIENCE TO SUPPORT THE DECISION MAKING IN THE PROCESS AND WE HAVE USED THAT BODY OF WORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE FOR MOVING FORWARD. WE SUBMITTED LICENSE APPLICATION IN APRIL OF 2023, AND WE CONCLUDED SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS IN DECEMBER OF 2025, WHICH WAS A REAL MILESTONE. ALL PARTIES THAT HAVE ANY REGULATORY AUTHORITY OR TREATY RIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HYDROELECTRIC SYSTEM SIGNED THE AGREEMENT ALREADY. WE WILL BE THE FINAL SIGNATURE TO GO ON TO THE AGREEMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT THE SKAGIT COUNTY DID APPROVE AND SIGN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, I THINK, TWO DAYS AGO. SO, THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT WIN TO HAVE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SIGN ON. WERE THOSE THE FOLKS THAT: WERE THOSE THE FOLKS THAT SENT US THE LET? THE COMMISSIONERS, DATED OVER A WEEK AGO, THAT WERE OPPOSING IT? AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE RESPONDED TO THE COMMISSIONERS. WE SAW THE RESPONSE: WE SAW THE RESPONSE. OKAY. GREAT. WE, EVEN WHEN WE, HOPEFULLY SIGN THE AGREEMENT AND HAVE A SIGNING CEREMONY AT SOME POINT IN MAY, EARLY MAY, WE ARE HOPING, WE STILL ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL NOT GET A NEW LICENSE UNTIL 2030. THERE IS STILL A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PROCESS, WHICH I WILL GO THROUGH WITH YOU NOW. ONCE WE SUBMIT THE COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND UPDATED LICENSE APPLICATION, THEY WILL ISSUE A PUBLIC NOTICE AND PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY WILL BEGIN RIGHT AWAY. THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THAT PERIOD. THE INITIAL ONE IS PRETTY QUICK, THE NOTICE IS ISSUED AND THEN THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE 20 DAYS TO COMMENT. AFTER THAT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, THEY MAY REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, IF THEY DO, THAT COULD INVOLVE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS TO A YEAR OF ADDITIONAL STUDIES. AFTER WHICH, THEY WOULD ISSUE THEIR READINESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS, AND THAT PROCESS KICKS OFF THE REGULATORY PROCESS FOR THE OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES WITH THE ROLE AND STATE AGENCY WITH 401 WATER QUALITY ROLE. THOSE ARE ALSO LISTED HERE. AGAIN, THE NEW LICENSE WOULD BE ABOUT 2030 WITH ALL THE PROCESS AND THAT IS MAYBE AN OPTIMISTIC TIMEFRAME, GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROJECT. I DID WANT TO MAKE THE POINT ON THE SLIDE, TOO, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER A NEW ORDINANCE IN 2030 TO ACCEPT THE LICENSE. SO THERE IS ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO HEAR THIS AND THAT WILL BE WHEN FIRK ISSUED THE LICENSE FOR ADOPTION. AS SOON AS WE SIGN THE AGREEMENT, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, AND THE AGREEMENT INCLUDES SEVERAL DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT DEPEND ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE THAT WE WILL GET BUSY ON RIGHT AWAY. EVEN THOUGH IT WILL TAKE UNTIL 2030 TO ISSUE THE LICENSE, WE AGREED TO DO A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WILL GIVE US A JUMP START ON A LOT OF THE GOOD MEASURES WE HAVE INCLUDED IN COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. WE WILL SET UP THE GOVERNANCE PROGRAM AND YOU WILL KNOW FROM THE LETTER FROM THE COUNTY AND OTHERS THAT THERE IS A KEEN INTEREST IN US BEING OPEN AND TRANSPARENT AND GETTING A JUMP ON ACTIVITIES RIGHT AWAY, NOT DRAGGING OUR FEET. BY SETTING UP THE LICENSE IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, AND THE ECO SYSTEM MONITORING ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, THAT IS IMMEDIATE ACTION RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, INCLUDING OUR PARTNERS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF CRITICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TO KEEP THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THIS GOING. WE WILL IMPLEMENT, COMPLETE HISTORICAL PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND THEN WE WILL START THE FLOW AND HABITAT PLANNING. WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A NUMBER OF STUDIES RELATED TO JUVENILE HABITAT TO MAKE SURE FLOW MEASURES ARE ACCURATE. WE WILL DO A GRAVEL AUGMENTATION PILOT, THE THEORY BEING THE DAM IS BLOCKING NATURAL FLOW OF SEDIMENT AND IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO PUT SEDIMENT IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE RIVER TO RESTORE THE SEDIMENT FLOW. WE WILL DEVELOP A PROCESS FLOW ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN. PROCESS FLOWS ARE FLOWS THAT MIMIC STORM EVENTS AND OTHER UNUSUAL EVENTS THAT CAN PROVIDE SERVICES LIKE KEEPING SIDE CHANNELS OPEN. WE WILL BEGIN IMPORTANTLY ESTUARY HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PLAN. WE HAVE A TWO-YEAR TIMEFRAME FOR THAT. BUT YOU WANT TO WORK WITH SKAGIT COUNTY, DRAINAGE AND DIKING DISTANCE, TRIBES AND OTHERS TO IDENTIFY THE MOST IMPORTANT PROPERTIES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RESTORATION. THAT WILL BE A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT HAPPENS EARLY ON. OPERATIONS AND WATER QUALITY, ACTIONS THAT WILL BE TAKEN, WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED ON DESIGNING MINIMUM, MINISTERING FLOW STRUCTURE TO PUT WATER BACK INTO GORGE REACH. AS SOON AS WE ARE ISSUED THE LICENSE, WE WILL IMPLEMENT THAT. LIKELY A LOW-FLOW GENERATOR. OF COURSE THE TRIBE INCLUDES REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT ON THAT LOW-FLOW GENERATOR. WHICH IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THE GORGE DAM, OR THE LOW-FLOW GENERATOR, WILL BE BUILT, IS BUILT ON ONE OF THEIR SPIRITUAL HISTORICAL SITES. THE GORGE REGION OF THE RIVER. WE WILL BE RETURNING THE 250CSF THROUGH THE MINIMUM FLOW GENERATOR TO THE REACH. WE WILL CONTINUE WITH WATER QUALITY TEMPERATURE MONITORING AND DO WORK WITH ECOLOGY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL BE STARTING THE EARLY WORK ON THE FISH PASSAGE PROGRAM. THERE ARE FOUR KEY ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, CITY LIGHT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING A BODY OF ADDITIONAL SCIENTIFIC STUDIES THAT WILL CONVENE RIGHT AWAY, WE ARE WORKING ON THE STUDY PLANS, THE SCOPE SCHEDULES AND BUDGETS RIGHT NOW-TO GET AGREEMENT ON THAT SO WE CAN START IMMEDIATELY. WE HAVE ONE YEAR TO CONDUCT THE ADDITIONAL STUDIES, AND IF WE NEED TO, WE WILL CONDUCT MORE WORK THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FISH PASSAGE SYSTEM THAT WILL WORK AND WILL RETURN A LOT OF VALUE TO THE RIVER. THE SECOND ITEM IS THE RESPONSIBILITY, UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN TRIPE, THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH MCMILLAN TO DO A COST AND SCHEDULE REPORT FOR THE DOWN STREAM COLLECTOR AND OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE FISH PASSAGE PROGRAM. THAT WORK NEEDS TO OCCUR WITHIN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, SO THAT WILL GIVE US INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE DOWN STREAM COLLECTOR WILL LOOK LIKE, IT IS REALLY REMOTE AREA OF THE ROSS RESERVOIR, GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO BUILD SO WE WILL GET A JUMP ON THE ENGINEERING WORK ASK HAVING THE UPPER SKAGIT TRIBE LEADING IT REMOVES ANY FEELING THAT THE CITY MIGHT BE KIND OF STEERING THINGS IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO. LIKE A SECOND PARTY DESIGNING THAT IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE WORK. SIMILARLY, WE HAD THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DESIGN THE ROSS ACCESS REPORT. ONE OF THE FEASIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE DOWNSTREAM COLLECTOR IS WE ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE RESERVOIR WITH THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS NEEDED TO BUILD THE DOWNSTREAM COLLECTOR. THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IS GOING TO LEAD THAT EFFORT AND THAT EFFORT WILL INCLUDE LOOKING AT A ROAD AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF ACCESS SUCH AS A SKY DRAIN. THEN THE FOURTH ASK IMPORTANT COMPONENT WILL BE ABLE TO BE TRANSPARENT. THE FOURTH COMPONENT IS STOCK SELECTION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FISH MANAGERS WHO ARE THE TRIBES, WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE&THE NATIONAL FISHERY SERVICE. THAT WILL LIKELY BE DONE IN A SLIGHTLY MORE CONFIDENTIAL MANNER GIVEN IT IS IMPORTANT TREATY AND TRIBAL RIGHTS ISSUES ARE BEING DISCUSSED IN THOSE ROOMS. THEY WILL TELL US WHAT FISH, ULTIMATELY, THEY WOULD LIKE US TO PASS AND THEN WE WILL DESIGN AND STUDY THE SYSTEM TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS. I BELIEVE THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. GREAT. LET ME ASK A QUICK QUESTION, IS THIS POWERPOINT ONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC? LIKE YOUR LAST ONE WAS? IT IS? OKAY. OKAY. WELL, I AM A ACTUALLY OKAY, BUT I AM GOING TO LOOK TO MY COLLEAGUES AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS POWERPOINT. I KNOW IT IS A LOT. WE WENT THROUGH THE REAL MEAT AND BONES OF IT AT THE LAST ONE. BUT THE FOLLOW-UP ONE, THE THING WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON WAS WHAT HAPPENS POST, IF, INDEED, THIS PASSES, IT GOES TO FULL COUNCIL, THEN TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND THE COMMENT PERIOD, AND THEN IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAD THE LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM THE SKAGIT FOLKS NOW THAT GOT FIXED. AND THEN, SO, I KIND OF ALREADY KNOW SOME OF THE HISTORY OBVIOUSLY, SO I WANTED TO ASK COLLEAGUE PHYSICAL THEY HAVE QUESTIONS. DID YOU? I WILL MAKE SOME STATEMENTS: I WILL MAKE SOME STATEMENTS. OKAY. YOU OKAY? MY VICE CHAIR OKAY? WELL, WE CAN'T HEAR HIM, SO. IF I MAY, CHAIR, COMPLIMENTING THE REMARKS YOU JUST MADE ABOUT WE JUST RECEIVED A FIVE-PAGE POWER POINT, WENT PRETTY QUICKLY THROUGH IT, HAD A GOOD PRESENTATION TWO WEEKS AGO, SO ARE WE READY TO VOTE? YEP, WE ARE GOING TO VOTE. IT FEELS A LITTLE: IT FEELS A LITTLE ANTICLIMACTIC AT THIS MOMENT, AND THE REASON, IN MY OPINION, IS SUCCESS IS NOT BY CHANCE, IT IS THE PRODUCT OF A LONG, LIKE A NUMBER OF YEARS OF REALLY HARD WORK AND GETTING INTO DETAILS WITH A PANDEMIC IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. RIGHT? SO WE ARE HERE TODAY, I HAVE ASKED FOR IN-DEPTH BRIEFINGS OVER THE COURSE OF A NUMBER OF YEARS SO I WOULD NOT GET INTO HAD MOMENT WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. I WATCHED YOUR PRESENTATION FROM TWO WEEKS AGO AND I WAS STRUCK AND I WAS AWED BY HOW MUCH THIS TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, THE BARRIERS YOU HAVE OVERCOME, I JUST REMEMBER THAT FIRST TRIP THAT WE TOOK, CHRIS, UP TO THE SKAGIT. I WAS ASKING SOME PRESSING QUESTIONS AND I WAS NOT LIKING THE ANSWERS I WAS RECEIVING. VERY DIRECTLY. RIGHT? AND FOR EVEN ME, YOU BEING ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THAT, AND THEN YOU DID THIS, WHAT? 19 OR 26 STAKEHOLDERS? COUNTLESS. WE WILL SAY COUNTLESS, FOR THE RECORD. A LOT: A LOT. 16. I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE, THE PRESENTATION TWO WEEKS AGO WAS REALLY GREAT. YOU BREEZED OVER IT ABOUT THE SKY CRANE, BUT YOU PAUSED IT ON IT LAST TIME AROUND, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD TO REFLECT, I HAVE BEEN UP THERE, I HAVE FOUND THE FOOTINGS, THEY STILL EXIST, ALL YOU NEED IS BOLTS AND STEEL AND WE WILL GET THAT SKY CRANE RUNNING RIGHT BACK LIKE IT USED TO. AND THERE IS ALSO SOME OTHER FOLKS IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW, NOAH, AMY, YOU HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL. I WANT TO TAKE THE MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE YOU SINCE YOU ARE NOT AT THE TABLE. AND IF I MAY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WILL READ THE LETTER THAT I SENT, HAD YOU READ LAST TIME, EVEN THOUGH TRIBAL LEADERS AREN'T HERE, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY THESE WORDS ONE MORE TIME. WHEN I WAS WRITING THIS, I USED THE WORD "HISTORIC," THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT. I PAUSE BECAUSE I QUESTIONED, IS THAT ACCURATE? BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY WEIGHTY WORD. AND, IN REFLECTION, I REMAIN THAT THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT OF THE TIMELINE YOU JUST PRESENTED WITH THE RELICENSE IN THE 1970s IS AND AGAIN AND HERE WE ARE WITH A 50-YEAR LICENSE. I WILL READ THIS LETTER BECAUSE I THING IT REALLY GETS THE CORE OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, THANK YOU TO OUR TRIBAL LEADERS, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BE YOUR GUEST HERE TODAY IN CHAMBERS, AND IN THE SKAGIT RIVER WATER SHED . ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST RIVER, BECAUSE OF YOUR STEWARDSHIP, CONSERVATION EFFORTS THE LAST CENTURY&THE POSITIONS YOU HAVE HELD IN THIS LAST DECADE OF NEGOTIATING THIS RELICENSE AGREEMENT. ME, MY FAMILY, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS, ARE IN DEBTED TO YOU AND WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED FOR ALL OF US. THE LAST LICENSE AGREEMENT CONSERVED THE LAND IN THE SKAGIT RIVER BASIN SO MUCH THAT IT EQUATES TO THE SIZE OF ROSS LAKE, WHICH EXTENDS SO FAR, IT GOES TO CANADA. THE AGREEMENT BEFORE US GOES EVEN FURTHER. YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US IN AN OFF LICENSE AGREEMENT AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO HOLD TO ACCOUNT IS WHAT MAKES THIS MOMENT INCREDIBLY SPECIAL. IT IS WHAT MAKES THIS AGREEMENT HISTORIC. WE WILL LIVE BETTER LIVES, OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL BE BETTER OFF, BECAUSE OF THE AGREEMENTS WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING TODAY. FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU. I GO ON TO SAY I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE MEETING WITH THE TRIBAL LEADERS UP IN THE SKAGIT RIVER BASIN. I THINK IT WILL BE IMPORTANT THAT WE USE THE NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS TO CONTINUE THIS WORK TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH FOLKS UP THERE, BECAUSE WHILE THEY WERE HERE LAST MEETING, AND WE GOT THROUGH A FAIR AMOUNT OF THE INFORMATION THEY WERE ABLE TO SHARE WITH US, THERE WAS SO MUCH LEFT ON THE TABLE FOR US TO DISCUSS, BECAUSE A DECADE OF NEGOTIATING TO GET TO AN OFF LICENSE AGREEMENT WHERE WE ARE NOT SUING IN COURT, AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE ELECTRICAL GENERATION OPERATING IN SKAGIT IN THE SKAGIT, IS JUST INCREDIBLE. SO, THE BACK PAY FOR OUR USE OF THE LAND, OUR CONSERVATION, OUR ELECTRICAL GENERATION, PUTTING WATER BACK IN THE RIVER AND STILL NOT LOSING GENERATION, THIS IS A REALLY HISTORIC MOMENT. CHRIS, THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR YOU WORK ON HAD BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING, COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ELSE? WHAT ABOUT MR. KETTLE? FOLLOW UP, CAPTURES THE BIGGER PICTURE, LONGER TERM, THE FULLNESS OF THIS, THANKS FOR HIS COMMENTS AND FOR THE WORK DONE BY EVERYBODY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU: THANK YOU. BEFORE I CLOSE US OUT: BEFORE I CLOSE US OUT. SURE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO CONTINUE, I SUPPOSE, BY THANKING OUR PARTNERS AT CITY LIGHT FOR GETTING US TO THIS POINT RIGHT NOW, VERY COMPLEX, MULTI-YEAR, MULTI-PARTY ENGAGEMENT. AND MULTIPLE MILLION DOLLARS, OF COURSE, AS WELL, BUT IT IS TREMENDOUSLY IMPACTFUL AND HUGELY CONKWENS AND BENEFICIAL FOR A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR REGION. I CAN'T SAY THAT WITHOUT ALSO REAFFIRMING MY GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO THE TRIBAL LEADERS AND ELDERS WHO SHARED THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVES WITH US AT THIS VERY MEETING LAST TIME, TWO WEEKS AGO. I AM TREMENDOUSLY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR TIME, SHARING THEIR INSIGHTS AND KNOWLEDGE AND GUIDANCE, AND IMPORTANTLY, HISTORY. ALSO, WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE LEADERSHIP OF THE INDIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY, UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN TRIBE, THE INDIAN TRIBE, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, THESE ARE SOVEREIGN TRIBAL NATIONS WITH DEEP, ENDURING CONNECTIONS TO THE SAJT RIVER. THEIR VOICES REMIND US THAT THIS WORK IS NOT ONLY TECHNICAL, IT IS CULTURAL, SPIRITUALLY, AND ROOTED IN GENERATIONS OF STEWARDSHIP. WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING IN, THINK ABOUT TO VOTE ON, IS NOT JUST THE LICENSE, BUT A DECISION WITH GENERATIONAL IMPACTS ON CULTURE, ON CLIMATE, ON ECO SYSTEMS, AND SO MUCH MORE. THE COMMITMENTS IN THIS AGREEMENT REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD PROTECTING NATURAL RESOURCES, SUPPORTING TRIBE PRIORITIES, AND ACKNOWLEDGING PAST WRONGS, PAST TRAUMAS, PAST IMPACTS. SO, WANT TO THANK, AGAIN, THE TEAM FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK IN THIS HIGHLY COMPLEX, BUT HUGELY IMPACTFUL EFFORT OVER MANY YEARS. AND MORE WORK TO COME, OF COURSE, IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION. BUT GREAT PLACE TO BE RIGHT NOW, AND MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD BE REMISSED AS WELL IF I DIDN'T ALSO RECOGNIZE YOU AND YOUR STEWARDSHIP OF THIS PROCESS, YOUR TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP. SO MANY DIFFERENT FACETS, I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO OBSERVE FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS ON THIS EFFORT, BUT I KNOW YOUR LEADERSHIP AND INVOLVEMENT IN THIS BROADER, STRATEGIC EFFORT, TRANSCENDS MY OWN TWO-PLUS YEAR PERIOD ON THE COUNCIL. SO, OUR CITY IS BENEFITING FROM YOUR WISDOM AND EXPERTISE ASK YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR DECADS AND GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU DONE? I AM GOING TO CLOSE US OUT, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I SAID A LOT LAST TIME, SO I WILL JUST SAY, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE CITY LIGHT TEAM, THE ENTIRE TEAM WHO WORKED ON THIS&THANK YOU TO OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS WHO CAME LAST TIME TO SAY THEY SUPPORT THIS. THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK DONE OVER MANY YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WORK, MADAM CHAIR, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, AND THE TIME THAT YOU WERE HERE PAST AND PRESENT, TOWARD THIS EFFORT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING THE BOAT TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM. I WAS GOING TO SAY MADAM CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA. I AM GOING TO BE STRAIGHT FORWARD HERE, I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU GUYS, BUT I COME FROM A GENERATION WHERE I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU LAID OUT THE HISTORY, STARTING IN 1924, TO WHERE WE ARE AT. WHAT I ALWAYS FIND A BIT DISINGENUOUS, THOUGH IS YOU NEVER PUT IN THE HISTORY OF TREATIES THAT GUARANTEED TRIBES RIGHTS TO THE FISH AND WHAT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DID TO OUR RIVER AND STREAM SYSTEMS, AND THE DEGRADATION, YOU NEVER TALK ABOUT, AFTER 1977 AND 1978 WITH THE DECISION IN USC WASHINGTON&WHAT IT TOOK US HERE FOR US TO BE AT THE TABLE. I AM JUST CAUTIONING YOU IN THE FUTURE, I AM NOT GOING TO CALL BS, BUT THOSE OF US THAT LIVED THROUGH THIS, AND THE FISH WARS, I MEAN, THAT IS PART OF THE HISTORY. I KNOW YOU ALL WORK HARD AND I GET THAT, BUT HAVING ITS GENESIS TO MAKE THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ARMY CORPS AND ALL THESE GROUPS INCLUDING GROUPS LIKE THE SIERRA CLUB AND ALL OF THEM AS WELL, IT TOOK US TO HAVE TO BE IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT, THE 9th CIRCUIT, AND THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT TO SECURE OUR RIGHTS TO EVEN BE AT THE TABLE. WHILE I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, I THINK THE REAL, FOR ME, ANYWAY, THE REAL HERO IS WHAT I LOOK BACK ON AND I AM SURE YOU WATCHED THE FISH WARS, IS THAT-- WHEN WE SAY TRIBAL OR TRADITIONAL, WE ALSO HAD THE SCIENCE. I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR POWERPOINT AND BEING TRIGGERED BY REMEMBERING HAVING TO CROSS EXAMINE HYDROLOGISTS AND LEARN ABOUT THE MAIN STEM AND SHADE IN THE RIVERS AND PEOPLE TELLING US THAT IT IF YOU TAKE IT OUT THE FISH WON'T COME BACK AND THEY CAME BACK, DEALING WITH-- I COULD GO ON AND ON, SO I GUESS MY POINT IS, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WHEN YOU DO THE SIGNING SHS IF WE GET THIS OUT OF COMMITTEE TO FULL COUNCIL, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, THAT WE TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE HISTORY HERE, AND IT HAS BEEN VERY TRAGIC. AND WE HAVE LOST A LOT OF LAND&A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET BACK, CALL IT WHAT IT IS. THERE IS A TIME WHERE THE COLOMBIA RIVER IN THE 1970s WHEN THE SPRING CHINOOK CAME BACK, I REMEMBER ONE YEAR THERE WERE LIKE 12, AND THEM LOSING THE DALLES, FISHING, AND TRADITIONAL FISHING SITES. YES, WE HAVE DONE THAT FOR ENERGY AND THAT IS WHAT POWERS THE CITY. SO, WHEN I LOOK-- YOU KNOW, I PLOT IT OUT, I GO BACK AND LOOK FOR MY DAYS OF LITIGATING, SO, I, YOU KNOW, KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS ON THESE COMMUNITIES AND I WAS THERE IN 1991 AT EVERGREEN LEGAL SERVICES IN THE NATIVE AMERICAN PROJECT WITH THE LIKES OF DOREEN MALONEY AND LORRAINE AND ALL OF THOSE FOLKS. AND SO I REMEMBER HOW CONTENTIOUS IT WAS, IT WASN'T LIKE IT IS RIGHT NOW. I SAY THIS, NOT AS QUITE ELDER YET, JUST MAKES ME LAUGH, BUT HAVING THAT HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE, EVEN THE FIVE OFF LICENSE AGREEMENTS FOR $350 MILLION. IF WE-- NO ONE WANTS TO DO THIS&I THINK THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, TRIBES NEVER WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO SUE BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS GET WHAT ALL WE WANT EITHER. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. THIS IS HISTORIC, $4 BILLION, AS YOU KNOW, PACKAGE. I DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO IT, YOU KNOW HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON, AS COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS POINTED OUT, 15, 16 PARTIES, IT IS NOT EASY Y. AM NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU. I KNOW IT IS HARD. WITH THE COMPETING INTERESTS AND NOT JUST WITH THE FEDS AND THE STATE AND THE CITY, BUT THE RECREATIONAL GROUPS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, AND EVERYBODY'S POSITION ABOUT DAMS IN GENERAL. SO, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS GETTING TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THIS GETTING OVER AND SEEING HOW THE PROCESS WORKS, AND STEPPING BACK AND SEE IF THE FISH PASSAGES WORK CAN AND THE SCIENCE WORK, I THINK IT MAY BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, IN THE COUNTRY, WHERE THE TRIBES HAVE DONE THIS WITH YOU AND THIS TYPE OF AGREEMENT, IF IT IS GOING TO BE YOUR LICENSE FOR 50 YEARSISM WE KNOW WHEN THE LICENSES STARTED IN THE LATE 20s AND I SAID THIS LAST TIME Y WILL SAY IT BRIEFLY AGAIN, THEY USED EMINENT DOMAIN TO TAKE AWAY MILLIONS OF ACRES OF TRIBAL LAND, NOT JUST IN WASHINGTON STATE. WHEN YOU GO TO CALIFORNIA, YOU SEE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OREGON, AND YOU SEE WHAT THE DAMS HAVE DONE TO THE FISH RUNS, IT IS OBSCENE. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT IN THE WORLD. I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH THE THREE TRIBES AND AGREEMENTS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT. YOU HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU WHEN CULTURAL STUFF COMES IN, YOU LOT OF WORK. BUT THE GOOD THING IS, THE LAW DOES ACCOUNT FOR THAT NOW, IT DOES ACCOUNT FOR STEWARDSHIP AND TRIBAL LEADERSHIP. IT DOES ACCOUNT FOR GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL CONSULTATION, AND I HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT BASED ON RACE T IS BASED ON POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP BASED ON THE OUN 860 TREATIES, THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND. THAT BEING SAID, I AM HAPPY TO GET THIS OUT OF HERE. I AM TIRED OF LOOKING AT IT SINCE 2018, AND I AM SURE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WILL BE AS WELL. I WILL NOT BE HERE IN 2030, I WILL TELL YOU THAT. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL ALL GO SMOOTHLY, AND YOU WILL GET YOUR LICENSE AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE TRIBES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, JUST SHOWING, NOT JUST THE CITY OF SEATTLE, BUT OTHER CITIES, THAT THIS CAN BE DONE, THAT YOU CAN HAVE THESE TYPE OF AGREEMENTS, AND YOU CAN WORK WITH THE TRIBES AND OTHER GROUPS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS YOU HEARD ME SAY LAST TIME, WE DON'T WANT TO BE FIGHTING OVER THE LAST SALMON. WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF COMING, LOT OF THINGS TO WORK ON WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY, HYDRO, DAMS, AND, OF COURSE SHS REPLENISHING THOSE SPECIES THAT WE HAVE LOST. THAT IS JUST MORE OF A PERSONAL POINT OF WHERE I AM AT. OKAY. WITH THAT, ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT A SAY BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE? ARE YOU OKAY? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? YOU GOT ANYTHING FOR US, ERIC? NOT A DANG THING. IF THIS GETS VOTED ON TODAY: IF THIS GETS VOTED ON TODAY IT COULD GO TO COUNCIL AS SOON AS APRIL 7, NEXT WEEK. I WAS GOING TO MAKE AN APRIL: I WAS GOING TO MAKE AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE. NOT GOING TO VOTE TODAY. NOT TOO LATE: NOT TOO LATE. STILL GOT TIME. WITH THAT, NO MORE QUESTIONS, I DID MY CLOSING REMARKS, YOU ARE OKAY. LET ME DO THIS NOW. BACK ON THE SCRIPT HERE, GOT TO FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDERS. I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 121177, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND: SECOND. THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, THREE SECONDS, TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE BILL. I KNOW WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, WITH THAT, CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA: COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA: COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA? AYE. VICE CHAIR KETTLE: VICE CHAIR KETTLE? AYE. CHAIR JUAREZ: CHAIR JUAREZ. AYE. FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES, COUNCIL BILL 12177 WILL BE SENT TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 2:00, TUESDAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS, WHICH HAS A PUBLIC HEARING. WILL YOU PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD? AGENDA 2, 121183, ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT DECLARING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY SURPLUS TO THE NEEDS OF CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF A PORTION OF CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT REAL PROPERTY FOR ROAD PURPOSES TO SNOHOMISH COUNTY, RESERVING AN EASEMENT FOR ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE PURPOSES AND ACCEPTING THE PAYMENT OF FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE PROPERTY SOLD, AND DEPOSIT OF THE PAYMENT INTO THE LIGHT FUND. THANK YOU, I AM NOW OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNCIL BILL 121183. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP? NO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TODAY: NO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TODAY. ZERO. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP IN CHAMBERS, OR ONLINE. WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO OFFICIALLY CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING COUNCIL BILL 121183. NOW THAT THE HEARING IS CLOSED, I KNOW WE HAVE NEW FOLKS AT THE TABLE, SO IF WE CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AGAIN WITH YOUR TITLES STARTING WITH YOU, MR. SMITH, THEN WE WILL GET GOING. CRAIG SMITH, GENERAL MANAGER AND CEO. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, BRIDGET MALINA, COUNCIL LEGISLATION COORDINATOR FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. HELLO, KATY TASSERY, REAL ESTATE MANAGER FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. BILL DEV ROW, DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND REAL ESTATE FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. I SEE BRIDGET IS NEW HERE, SHE WASN'T ON OUR-- YOU ARE JUST MANNING THE POWERPOINT POINT. YES. YOU ARE WORKING THE: YOU ARE WORKING THE POWERPOINT, GOOD GOD, I WILL USE THE WRONG WORD AND GET IN TROUBLE. YOU ARE USING THE POWERPOINT. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD AND START YOUR PRESENTATION, WE HAVE YOUR POWERPOINT IN FRONT OF US ON THE PROPERTY TRANSFER TO SNOHOMISH COUNTY. WITH THAT Y WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE ORDINANCE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY AUTHORIZES CITY LIGHT TO TRANSFER A PORTION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS AND TRANSMISSION PORTAL TO SNOHOMISH COUNTY GOVERNMENT. THE ACTION SUPPORTS SNOHOMISH COUNTY'S IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ALONG 43rd AVENUE SUNSET CORRIDOR, SUNSET ROAD CORRIDOR, SAFETY, MOBILITY, CONNECTIVITY FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CITY LIGHT RETAINS THE RIGHTS NECESSARY TO INSURE THE CONTINUED SAFE AND RELIABILITY OPERATION OF OUR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. SNOHOMISH COUNTY WILL PROVIDE FAIR MARKET VALUE COMPENSATION THROUGH ONE-TIME BILL, AND ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY. ACTION REFLECTS STRONG INTERGOVERNMENTAL PARTNERSHIP WHILE PROTECTING CORE UTILITY FUNCTIONS AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. I WILL NOW HAND IT OVER TO KATY TO SHARE THE PRESENTATION AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU: THANK YOU. YOU CAN MOVE IT UP: YOU CAN MOVE IT UP. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE ANY TIME: WE ARE HERE BECAUSE ANY TIME CITY LIGHT IS BUYING OR SELLING REAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, WE NEED COUNCIL AUTHORITY TO DO SO, THIS FIRST SLIDE SPEAKS TO THAT. WE ACTUALLY BEGAN NEGOTIATIONS WITH SNOHOMISH COUNTY OVER FIVE YEARS AGO ON THIS PROJECT, AND WE WILL GET INTO WHERE, YOU CAN MOVE THE SLIDE. THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY THAT CITY LIGHT OWNS AND THE ROADWAY PROJECT THAT SNOHOMISH COUNTY IS EMBARKING ON IS 43rd AVENUE SOUTHEAST HERE, SOUTH OF MILL CREEK, AND SOMETIMES SIGNS SAY NORTH CREEK IS SORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AREA. AND IT IS UNINCORPORATED AND IT IS PRETTY RURAL AREA, BUT LOTS AND LOTS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE. NEXT SLIDE. SO SNOHOMISH COUNTY IS PART OF THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PER GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT, IS DOING THIS ROADWAY PROJECT TO IMPROVE 1.7 MILES ON THE 43rd AVENUE CORRIDOR, THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES THIS IS THE BEST LOCATION. IT RUNS JUST ADJACENT TO CITY LIGHTS TRANSMISSION CORRIDOR, AND IT IS TO CREATE A NEW ROADWAY TO MOVE CARS NORTH AND SOUTH BETWEEN SOME OF THE MAJOR ARTERIALS OUT THERE. I HAVE TO SAY THIS, THIS IS MY FAVORITE PICTURE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A BIO SWELL WAS. I HAD TO ASK. LOOKS NICE: LOOKS NICE. IT DOES: IT DOES. CITY LIGHT HAS TRANSMISSION: CITY LIGHT HAS TRANSMISSION CORRIDOR THAT GOS JUST ALONG ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT ROADWAY. SOME OF THE ROADWAY ALREADY EXISTS, WIDENED,ER AND SOME NEEDS TO BE CONNECTED TO OTHER STREETS ALONG THE CORRIDOR. CITY LIGHTS, TRANSMISSION LINE, IS PART OF THE LARGER EASTSIDE LINE AND IT IS A A LONG, SKINNY STRIP, 155 FEET WIDE THAT JUST ALLOWS THE CORRIDOR TO BRING ELECTRICITY FROM UP NORTH TO DOWN SOUTH. AND THE ROADWAY IS JUST ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT, EXISTING ROADWAY. SO THE PORTION THAT SNOHOMISH COUNTY IS ACQUIRING IS REALLY JUST THIS LITTLE SLIVER BETWEEN THE HIGH TRANSMISSION LINES, WHICH PREVENT AND RESTRICT ANY SORT OF DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN THE EXISTING ROADWAY. IS THAT A LITTLE LAKE, THE BLUE THING ON THE CORNER? OR IS THAT A BUILDING BLUE BLOB . YEAH, LOOKS LIKE IT-- I WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT: I WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT WAS. WE CAN FOLLOW UP: WE CAN FOLLOW UP. I DON'T NEED TO KNOW. JUST WONDERING. IT IS OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET BACK TO ME. IN ADDITION, THERE IS SOME TREES AND THINGS THAT ARE IN THIS NARROW STRIP THAT SNOHOMISH COUNTY PUD WOULD BE ACQUIRING, AND WE HEARD FROM OUR OPERATIONS FOLKS THAT THOSE TREES ARE A RISK TO THE TRANSMISSION LINE ANYWAY, AND SOMETHING CITY LIGHT WOULD HAVE HAD TO ADDRESS WITH BUT THE PROJECT RESOLVES THAT ISSUE AND CITY LIGHT NO LONGER HAS TO REMOVE THOSE TREES. SO, IN THE TRANSFER, THERE IS A PORTION OF PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE TRANSFERRED, A LONG, SKINNY STRIP, AS I SAID, CITY LIGHT WOULD RETAIN ALL OF OUR EASEMENT RIGHTS TO KEEP THE CORRIDOR IN TACT, AND WE WOULD RECEIVE A ONE-TIME PAYMENT OF $452,216, WHICH IS THE FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS. THE REASON WE ARE SMILING AND: THE REASON WE ARE SMILING AND LAUGHING IS BECAUSE YOU ARE PROTECTING TREES. PEOPLE REALLY CARE ABOUT TREES. SOME OF US, MORE THAN OTHERS. BUT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. NEXT SLIDE. THAT IS IT. ARE THERE-- THAT IS IT? OKAY. WELL, ANYTHING FROM MY COLLEAGUES? COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA, ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE TREES? THE WHOLE THING? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR PRESERVING TREES. WE LAUGH, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT THING, PARTICULARLY JUST GIVEN CLIMATE CHANGE, YOU ALL KNOW, PROTECTING OF OUR CANOPY IS REALLY IMPORTANT, HOWEVER WE CAN DO IT AS OFTEN AS WE CAN DO IT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE. JUST TO CLARIFY, THEY WOULD BE CUTTING THOSE TREES DOWN. I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE: I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE PRESERVING THOSE TREES. I THOUGHT SO TOO: I THOUGHT SO TOO. I HEARD YOU SAY JUST NOW YOU: I HEARD YOU SAY JUST NOW YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. CITY LIGHT DOES NOT HAVE TO: CITY LIGHT DOES NOT HAVE TO BUT SNOHOMISH COUNTY WOULD BE TO PUT THE ROADWAY THROUGH. WELL THEN I TAKE IT BACK, BOO. WE TAKE IT BACK: WE TAKE IT BACK. WE THOUGHT YOU SAID, WE ARE NOT DOING IT, THOUGH. WELL THEN, YEA. WE ARE NOT DOING IT, THEY ARE THE BAD GUYS. BLAME THEM: BLAME THEM. NOT THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT SNOHOMISH COUNTY. HUNDRED PERCENT: HUNDRED PERCENT. WE CARE A LOT: WE CARE A LOT. I MEAN, I GUESS I WILL SAY, CHAIR, THAT-- I AM DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR WE HAVE TO CUT DOWN TREES, AND I AM NOT GOING TO THROW OUR COLLEAGUES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY UNDER THE BUS, I DO, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, YOU KNOW, ANY TIME WE CUT DOWN TREEATIZE IS A BIG DEAL. AND THE RESIDENTS THAT I REPRESENT IN THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO ACROSS THE CITY, WE KNOW WE HAVE BROAD SUPPORT FOR PRESERVATION OF TREES, SO WE DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY WHEN THOSE HAVE TO BE REMOVED AND THAT IS TRUE FOR CITY LIGHT, AND IT IS DISAPPOINTING IN THIS INSTANCE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE TO, IS PART OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO. THIS IS WHY, IN OTHER AREAS WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE SHOULD BE REALLY WORKING TO PRESERVE TREE CANOPY, IN OUR CITY AND ACROSS OUR STATE: THAT IS WHY WE ARETHE EVERGREEN STATE AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. IT ALSO GOES TO THE ECO SYSTEMS, CHAIR, AND HAS A NEXUS TO SALMON AND WATERWAYS. ALL OF THAT IS TRUE. REALLY, TRULY, TREES HELP KEEP OUR WATERWAYS CLEAN. I KNOW, YOU JUST DID THE WHOLE CIRCLE OF LIFE RIGHT THERE. CIRCLE OF LIFE: CIRCLE OF LIFE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, RIVERA. THANK YOU: THANK YOU. ALL KIDDING ASIDE, SORRY, IT HAS BEEN-- IT IS ONLY WEDNESDAY AND WE ARE TIRED. IS THERE ANYTHING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS? YEAH, MAY I? YES, YOU MAY. THANK YOU, CHAIR. YOU MAY KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ HAS TASKED ME WITH THE LEGACY SHE HAS CREATED AS PART OF THIS, I THINK EVERYBODY HAS BEEN HEARING THE SONG I HAVE BEEN SINGING, WE NAMED IT, AS OF TODAY, WE WILL BE RUNNING BEYOND THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT RESOLUTION. LAND BACK. IT IS CALLED LAND BACK. YOU CAN ADD THAT PART AS AN: YOU CAN ADD THAT PART AS AN AMENDMENT. WOULD BE A LITTLE AWKWARD FOR ME TO START OFF THERE. BUT WE ARE GOING WITH THIS, IT IS A CONVERSATION WE HAVE HAD WITH SPU, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD IN BRIEFING FOR THIS MEETING, WE HAVE SPOKEN TO FAS AND STILL IT IS NOT OFFICIAL POLICY OR RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE YET. I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY SENATOR MCCOY'S TWO YEAR EDUCATION BEFORE WRITING A POLICY, I THINK WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO HAVING A FORMAL POLICY SO THERE IS LESS CONFUSION. IN THIS SITUATION, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DONE BECAUSE, AGAIN, SUCCESS IS NOT BY ACCIDENT, IN THIS CASE, MANY YEARS IN THE WORKS, AND THE NEXUS OF TRANSFERRING THE LAND TO ANOTHER UTILITY FOR A UTILITY PURPOSE IS REALLY CENTER FOR ME, THE AMOUNT OF LAND THAT WE ARE TRANSFERRING AND THE PURPOSE IT IS BEING USED FOR WHERE IT HAS BEEN USED AND WILL BE IN THE FUTURE, GIVES ME NO PAUSE IN SUPPORTING THIS LAND TRANSFER TODAY Y. REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S KEEN ATTENTION TO ENGAGING IN A GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION WITH FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES WHEN WE ARE DISPOSSESSING OR TRANSFERRING OF LAND Y. KNOW WITH SPU THEY TALKED TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN THEY WERE TRANSFERRING THE LAND. IF WE ARE TALKING TO SCHOOL-- THIS IS NOT A SHADE AT ANYONE, ACNN, BUT BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, IF WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONWISE ANOTHER GOVERNMENT THAT IS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE DARN WELL SHOULD BE HAVING CONSULTATION WITH OUR SOVEREIGN NEIGHBORS WHO ARE FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED TRIBE. ALL OF THAT SAY TOO SAY, JOB REALLY WELL DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS. ARE THERE QUESTIONS BEFORE I GO TO A VOTE? ALL RIGHT. I AM NOT SEEING ANY. VICE CHAIR? NOPE. THINK WE ARE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO, LET ME DO THIS. I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 121177. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND: SECOND. THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE BILL, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? NOT SEEING ANY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS: COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA: COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA: COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA? AYE. VICE CHAIR KETTLE: VICE CHAIR KETTLE? AYE. CHAIR JUAREZ: CHAIR JUAREZ? AYE. I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS DOING THUMBS UP, TOO, WATCHING COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE. YES. YES. SO, WHAT IS THAT? FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. GREAT. THE MOTION CARRIES, COUNCIL BILL 121183 WILL BE SENT TO APRIL 7th FULL CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THAT IS TUESDAY, APRIL 7th AT 2:00 ALONG WITH COUNCIL BILL 12177, SKAGIT RIVER HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM MY COLLEAGUES? NOT SEEING ANY, ANY OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME