>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE,
TODAY IS FRIDAY APRIL 26 2019.
IT IS 12:03 PM, AND TODAY WE
ARE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING OF
THAT GENDER EQUITY, IT IS A
LUNCH AND LEARN AND I AM VERY
EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HOST
THIS.
I AM THE CHAIR OF THIS
COMMITTEE, AND I HOPE TO BE
ABLE TO BE JOINED BY SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES LATER ON IN THE
PRESENTATION.
SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGES ARE
ACTUALLY OVER AT THE UNION
STATION HAVING A CONVERSATION
AROUND THE ALIGNMENT FOR SOUND
TRANSIT BETWEEN WEST SEATTLE
AND BALLARD, SO THAT
CONVERSATION IS GOING A LITTLE
BIT LONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATED,
SO THEY ARE RUNNING A LITTLE
LATE.
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
JOIN US IN DUE TIME.
SO WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON TODAY'S
AGENDA, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THIS ITEM.
WE WILL BE HEARING FROM THE
PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL ON
A PRESENTATION OF THE WORK
THEY'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE
VISION 2050 PLAN, AND WE WILL
ALSO HAVE SOME COMMUNITY
PARTNERS JOINING US AT THE
TABLE, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION
CHOICES COALITION, AND THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONTORTION
TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON HOW WE
CAN BETTER INCORPORATE EQUITY
INTO OUR REGIONAL GROWTH
STRATEGIES ACROSS THE REGION.
SO NORMALLY, WE HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT AT THE TOP OF THE
AGENDA WHEN WE HAVE ITEMS ON
THE AGENDA FOR VOTE, BECAUSE
THIS IS JUST A LUNCH AND LEARN
AND BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION, WE
WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE
END OF TODAY'S MEETING.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL
HAVE ROXANA READ INTO THE
RECORD THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM
AND I WILL INVITE ALL OF OUR
PRESENTERS TO JOIN US AT THE
TABLE.
>> AGENDA ITEM 1 REGIONAL
GROWTH AND EQUITY VISION 2050
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.>>
THINK YOU ROXANA.
YOU CAN SIT ANYWHERE YOU ARE
MOST COMFORTABLE.
ALL RIGHT, HELLO EVERYONE,
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
THIS AFTERNOON.
SO WE WILL JUST DO A QUICK
ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS, YOU CAN
TELL US YOUR NAME AND YOUR
AFFILIATION AND THEN WE WILL
BEGIN THE PROCESS OF GOING
THROUGH THE SLIDE DECK.
WE WILL START OVER HERE.
>> HI MY NAME IS LEAH, AND ON
THE WASHINGTON TRANSPORTATION
MANAGER AT CLIMATE SOLUTIONS.
>> I'M BRIAN LEE, I'M THE
PRINCIPAL PLANNER.
>> MAGGIE MOORE, ON THE
DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL PLANNING
AT THE PUGET SOUND REGIONAL
COUNCIL AREA
>> ON THE POLICY DIRECTOR AND
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES
COALITION.
>> I'M THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR
OUR COMMITTEE PROGRAM AT FUTURE
-WISE.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US.
WHO IS GOING TO KICK US OFF ON
THE PRESENTATION?>> I WILL.
SHOULD I JUST GO FOR?>> 04.
>> JUST MAKE SURE YOU GET THE
MICROPHONE CLOSER TO YOU.
THEY MOVE.
THEY ARE NOT AS SENSITIVE AS
SOME OTHER MICROPHONES ARE.
>> I WILL BE MINDFUL OF THAT,
THANK YOU.
SO WHAT I'LL DO IS PROVIDE A
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN, THE
VISION 2050 PLAN, WHAT WE DO,
AND WHY WE ARE UPDATING THIS
PLAN AS WELL AS HOW WE ARE
LOOKING AT EQUITY CENTRALLY IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN.
I WILL DO THAT QUICKLY AND THEN
TURN IT OVER TO MAGGIE AND
BRIAN TO TALK ABOUT THE DATA WE
ARE DEVELOPING, THE ANALYSIS
TOOLS WE THINK ARE REALLY
IMPROVING THE PLAN, AND WE
THINK WILL BE EVEN MORE HELPFUL
IN THIS IMPLEMENTATION.
FIRST OFF WE ARE THE
METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION FOR THE CENTRAL
PUGET SOUND REGION, AND THAT
REGION IS KINGS, SONOMA SHOULD
AND PIERCE COUNTY, SO ABROAD
LARGE REGION, WHEN WE GO AROUND
THE COUNTRY WE TALK ABOUT THIS
REGION AND OF THE SIZE OF IT
COMPARED TO SOME OTHER
METROPOLITAN AREAS.
WE ARE ABOUT THE SIZE, BACK
BIGGER THAN THE STATE OF
CONNECTICUT, LITTLE SMALLER
THAN MASSACHUSETTS.
SO A VERY VARIED LANDSCAPE WITH
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLACES.
AS PART OF OUR WORK WE MAINTAIN
THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
PLAN WHICH WE ARE REQUIRED TO
DO IN ORDER TO USE FEDERAL
TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS.
WE GRANT OUT FEDERAL DOLLARS
FOR TRANSIT AND OTHER
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
WE ALSO UNDER THE STATE GROWTH
MANAGEMENT ACT MAINTAIN
MULTICOUNTY PLANNING POLICIES,
OR COORDINATING POLICIES UNDER
THE MANAGEMENT ACT THAT HELP TO
GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
COUNTY, COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND
CITY CONFERENCE OF PLANS.
SO ULTIMATELY POLICIES IN THIS
REGIONAL PLANT WHICH IS CALLED
20/0 RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE
UPDATING THE 2050, WILL HAVE AN
EFFECT OR IMPACT ON SEATTLE'S
APPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IN THAT PLAN THIS MAP DEPICTS
WHAT WE CALL OUR REGIONAL
GROWTH STRATEGY.
THE ORANGE AND NONGREEN AREAS
ON THAT MAP ARE THE URBANIZED
AREAS, AND WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT
TYPES OF JURISDICTION.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS A
METROPOLITAN CITY, SO IS TACOMA
AND EVERETT, THE MAIN CIVIC AND
CULTURAL HUBS OF EACH OF OUR
FOUR COUNTIES, I ALSO ADD THAT
THE CITY OF BELLEVUE IS ALSO
CONSIDERED A METROPOLITAN CITY.
BUT THE CITIES THAT ARE
INTENDED TO ACCOMMODATE THE
MOST GROWTH OVER TIME, THE DOTS
ON THIS MAP REPRESENT
DESIGNATED REGIONAL GROWTH
CENTERS, SEATTLE HAS SIX OF
THEM, AND THOSE ARE AREAS
WITHIN THE MAJOR CITIES THAT
ARE INTENDED TO REALLY BE HUBS
OF GROWTH.
SO THAT'S THE BASIC PLANNING
FRAMEWORK.
WE ARE UPDATING THIS PLANT AND
THOSE POLICIES, AND EXPECT TO
ADOPT VISION 2050 ABOUT A YEAR
FROM NOW.
SO PRESENTLY, AS MAGGIE WILL
TALK ABOUT, WE ARE IN AN
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PHASE,
LOOKING AT VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES
THAT WILL HELP GUIDE THE UPDATE
OF OUR POLICIES.
WE STARTED OUT THIS UPDATE IN A
SCOPING PROCESS LAST YEAR, AND
WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM
THE COMMUNITY, FROM OUR
MEMBERS, FROM DISCUSSION AT OUR
BOARDS, THAT EQUITY, RACE
EQUITY, SOCIAL EQUITY, NEED TO
BE A CENTRAL THEME OF THE
UPDATE OF OUR POLICIES.
AND THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR
EXISTING POLITIES THROUGH THE
EQUITY LENS.
LOOK AT HOW THEY ARE
ENCOURAGING OR HELPING TO
ENSURE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES ON A
VARIETY OF TOPICAL AREAS
INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION,
HOUSING, THE WAY THAT LAND IS
DEVELOPED, ACCESS TO OPEN
SPACE, ACCESS TO JOBS AND SO
FORTH.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC
AND OUR MEMBERS THAT WE SHOULD
BE IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES TO
MITIGATE DISPARITIES.
IN GROWTH OUTCOMES, AND IN
PARTICULAR, AS WE EXPECT TO
ACCOMMODATE OVER 1.8 MILLION
PEOPLE IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS,
HOW WILL THAT AFFECT EXISTING
COMMUNITIES?
AND WHAT ARE THE POTENTIALS FOR
DISPLACEMENT?
AND WHAT HOW CAN WE LOOK AT
THAT?
AS PART OF THAT, WE THEN HAVE
DEVELOPED A WORK PROGRAM TO
REALLY HIGH IN THE TOOLS AND
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE OF
EQUITY.
TO HELP OUR MEMBERS, 82 CITIES
AND TOWNS AROUND THE REGION,
ALL WITH DIFFERENT CAPACITIES
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO PUT STAFF
WORK TISSUES LIKE THIS.
SO TO FIND EQUITY AND HAVE A
COMMON UNDERSTANDING FOR ALL OF
OUR MEMBERS AS THEY DO LOCAL
PLANNING WORK.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE
CENTER EQUITY IN VISION 2050
AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION PLANS.
SO I MENTIONED 1.8 MILLION
PEOPLE.
THIS IS THE LIGHTER GREEN, THE
HISTORIC GROWTH IN THIS REGION,
AS EVERYONE KNOWS, WE'VE HAD A
VERY DRAMATIC BOOM PERIOD OVER
THE LAST DECADE.
OVER THE LAST DECADE WE'VE
ADDED, IN THE REGION, OVER
400,000 PEOPLE.
SO THINK ABOUT HALF OF SEATTLE
WITHIN THE EXISTING URBANIZED
AREA JUST IN THE LAST DECADE.
DRAMATIC GROWTH IS HAVING
IMPACT THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
WE EXPECT A SIMILAR TRAJECTORY
OF FUTURE GROWTH, SO WE NEED TO
GET OUT AHEAD OF IT.
ONE THING ALSO WE'VE RECOGNIZED
IS WITH THAT GROWTH COMES AT
PRETTY DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT
THAN THE GRAPHICAL CHANGES.
RIGHT NOW 14% OF THE POPULATION
IS OVER THE AGE 65.
WE EXPECT THAT TO INCREASE TO
ABOUT 18%, 4% DOESN'T SEEM LIKE
A HUGE NUMBER, BUT 4% OF 6
MILLION PEOPLE, 18% OF 60
PEOPLE IS A DRAMATIC INCREASE
IN THE REGIONS ELDERS.
WE WILL BE MUCH MORE DIVERSE.
OVER 80% OF GROWTH IN THE
REGION SINCE THE YEAR 2000 HAVE
BEEN PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND
THAT'S THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
AS WE WILL SHOW LATER, THAT IS
ESPECIALLY EVIDENT IN SOME OF
OUR MORE SUBURBAN COMMITTEES.
AND OUR HOUSEHOLDS ARE GETTING
SMALLER.
THAT IMPLIES SOME DIFFERENCES
IN HOUSING NEED, HOUSING
LOCATION, CHOICE NEED, AND HOW
THAT JURISDICTIONS THROUGHOUT
THE REGION WILL PLAN TO
ACCOMMODATE GROWTH AND HOUSE
PEOPLE.
WITH THAT, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE
THAT WE WANTED TO DO DIG
DEEPER, BUT I WILL TURN THAT
OVER TO MAGGIE FOR THAT
ANALYSIS.
>> I WILL DIG DEEPER INTO SOME
OF THESE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE
CHANGE WE'VE BEEN SEEING.
SO HERE IN THE MAP ON THE RIGHT
YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS FOR
PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE REGION
BY CENSUS TRACK, THOSE CENSUS
TRACTS THAT ARE DARKEST BLUE,
ARE OVER 50% PEOPLE OF COLOR IN
THE YEAR 2000.
AND THEN AS I SWITCH IT OVER TO
2016, YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE
CENSUS TRACTS, THEY ARE MORE
DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE
REGION, AND THERE ARE MORE OF
THEM.
SO OUTSIDE OF THE REALLY URBAN
AREAS SUCH AS SEATTLE, AND INTO
THOSE SUBURBAN JURISDICTIONS.
AS YOU CAN GO BACK AND FORTH
YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH IN SOUTH
KING COUNTY, AND THEN DOWN
SOUTH INTO TACOMA AS WELL.
SO IN 2000 PEOPLE, REPRESENT
24% OF THE REGION'S POPULATION,
AND THEN IN 2016 THAT IS 35%.
MANY OF OUR JURISDICTIONS ARE
AT OR NEAR 50% PEOPLE OF COLOR.
CITIES SUCH AS SEATAC ARE IN
THE HIGH 60%, THERE ARE MANY
CITIES THAT ARE AT OR NEAR 50%
SUCH AS KENT, BELLEVUE AND
REDMOND.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR THIS
DATA SET IS THAT 35% PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
AND THEN SIMILARLY FOR CENSUS
TRACTS WHICH ARE LOW INCOME, WE
DEFINED LOW INCOME AS BEING AT
OR BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL
POVERTY LETTER YOU CAN SEE THAT
DIFFERENCE HERE BETWEEN 2020
16, AND SIMILAR TO THE CHANGE
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR, THE CENSUS
TRACTS, WHICH ARE AT OR OVER
50% PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOME IS
INCREASING AND BECOMING MORE
DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
SO IN 2016 PEOPLE WITH LOW
INCOME REPRESENT 24% OF THE
POPULATION AND THAT'S THE ONLY
ONE MILLION PEOPLE.>> AND YOU
REMIND US IN TERMS OF DOLLARS
WITH A 200 PERCENT OF THE 70
FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL IS.
>> I AM NOT SURE OF THAT
NUMBER.>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT, I
THOUGHT MAYBE YOU HAD IT AT THE
TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
>> I THINK IT'S ABOUT 21,000.
AND THEN AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED,
WE'VE BEEN USING A LOT OF THE
DATA WE PRODUCE IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR PLANS.
SO RECENTLY WE RELEASE THE
VISION 2050 DROP SUPPLEMENTAL
EIS, THAT'S OUT FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT NOW AND THIS PLAN
EVALUATES THE ENVIRONMENTAL
EFFECTS OF THE THREE REGIONAL
GROWTH ALTERNATIVES.
IN THOSE ALTERNATIVES ARE, I
WILL REVIEW THEM BRIEFLY, BUT
THAT DOCUMENT REALLY GOES INTO
DEPTH ON THEM, SO THE THREE
ALTERNATIVES ARE STAY THE
COURSE, WHICH IS A CONTINUATION
OF VISION 2040, IT'S OUR NO
ACTION, THERE'S THAT FOCUS
GROWTH, AND THOSE ARE LIGHT
RAIL STATIONS, COMMUTER RAIL,
AND PRT STATIONS, AND THEN
THERE'S A RESET URBAN GROWTH
WHICH DISPERSES GROWTH
THROUGHOUT THE URBAN GROWTH
AREA AND PUTS MORE GROWTH INTO
RURAL AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS.
AS PART OF THIS EIS WE ALSO
HAVE THE EQUITY ANALYSIS WHICH
IS IN APPENDIX B THIS INCLUDES
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SIMILAR
TO WHAT I SHOULD, BUT ALSO A
LOT MORE OF IT.
THERE ARE OVER 30 MAPS IN THE
DOCUMENT, SO THERE'S A LOT TO
DIG INTO.
IT ALSO MEASURES IMPACTS ON
SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIES WHICH I
WILL GO INTO IN THE NEXT FEW
SLIDES.
AND IT INTRODUCES SOME NEW AND
UPDATED TOOLS WHICH BRIAN WILL
TALK ABOUT LATER.
SO FAR THE EQUITY ANALYSIS WE
LOOK AT THE IMPACT IN AREAS
WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF LOW
INCOME AND RESIDENCE WITH
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
SO THESE SHOW THOSE CENSUS
TRACTS WHICH ARE 50% BELOW
INCOME, AND THEN THE MAP ON THE
RIGHT ARE THOSE WHICH ARE OVER
50% PEOPLE OF COLOR.
SO THIS IS PRESENT-DAY
DEMOGRAPHICS, WE CAN'T LOOK AT
DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE YEAR 2050,
SO WE LOOK AT THESE PRESENT-DAY
NUMBERS TO SEE WHAT IMPACT
MIGHT BE UNDER THESE THREE
ALTERNATIVES.
SO HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF
THE MEASURES THAT IS INCLUDED
IN THE EQUITY ANALYSIS.
THIS IS LOOKING AT THE
PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION AND
EMPLOYMENT IN PROXIMITY TO HIGH-
CAPACITY TRANSIT IN THE YEAR
2050.
SO I WILL BREAK THIS DOWN A
LITTLE BIT.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH, WE
HAVE THE THREE ALTERNATIVES,
STAY THE COURSE, TRANSIT FOCUS
GROWTH, AND RESET URBAN GROWTH.
THE GREEN BAR ON THE DATA
GROWTH SHOWS 48% OF THE
POPULATION IN JOBS IN CENSUS
TRACTS WHICH ARE GREATER THAN
50% PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE IN
PROXIMITY TO HIGH-CAPACITY
TRANSIT.
SO THIS ISN'T LOOKING AT
SPECIFICALLY THE PEOPLE OF
COLOR WHO LIVE THERE, IT'S ALL
OF THE PEOPLE AND JOBS IN THOSE
CENSUS TRACTS.
YOU CAN SEE UNDER ALL THREE OF
THESE GROWTH ALTERNATIVES, THE
PEOPLE AND JOBS IN THE CENSUS
TRACTS WHICH ARE GREATER THAN
50% PEOPLE OF COLOR, THERE'S A
HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THEM WILL
HAVE PROXIMITY TO HIGH-CAPACITY
TRANSIT.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE
COMPLICATED.
AND A LOT TO LOOK AT.
SO I USE THE EXACT SAME AS OR
TO SHOW HOW WE DID THIS
ANALYSIS ALSO FOR THOSE CENSUS
TRACTS WHICH ARE GREATER THAN
50% LOW INCOME.
AND THIS HAS A SIMILAR RESULT
OF THE PEOPLE AND JOBS LIVING
IN CENSUS TRACTS WITH GREATER
THAN 50% PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOME
HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE, WHICH
ARE IN PROXIMITY TO HIGH
CAPACITY TRANSIT.
>> I WOULD REMIND EVERYBODY
THAT BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION
THAT DEMOGRAPHICS DON'T CHANGE.
>> AND IT'S ALSO BASED ON THAT
WE WILL IMPLEMENT OUR PLAN
TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY IN OUR TRANSIT PLAN.
SO THE FULL IMITATION OF
TRANSIT THREE, AND SO FORTH.
>> AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT AND
THAT THIS IS KIND OF A PROXY
FOR LOOKING AT DEMOGRAPHICS, WE
ARE USING PRESENT-DAY
INFORMATION.
WHICH IS ONE IS WHY WE
DEVELOPED OR UPDATED SOME OF
OUR OTHER TOOLS TO LOOK AT
THESE ANALYSES.
BRIAN WILL TALK ABOUT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE.>> GREAT,
THANK YOU.
SO WHAT MAGGIE DESCRIBED IS AN
EXPLICIT CONSIDERATION OF AREAS
TODAY WHERE THERE ARE
CONCENTRATIONS OF PEOPLE OF
COLOR AND LOW INCOME RESIDENCE.
AS PART OF THE 20/50 WORK, IN
ADDITION TO THAT FOCUS, WE
DEVELOPED TWO MAPPING TOOLS,
BASICALLY TO HELP ADVANCE OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF DISPARITIES AT
THE REGIONAL LEVEL, AS WELL AS
TO HELP FOCUS ATTENTION ON
PLACES AND COMMUNITIES WHERE WE
WOULD EXPECT MITIGATIONS AND
IMPROVEMENTS MAY BE NEEDED.
THE FIRST TWO WE WILL LOOK AT
IS CALLED OPPORTUNITY MAPPING.
THIS TOOL BASICALLY ASSESSED
THE AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITIES
THAT EXIST IN NEIGHBORHOODS
TODAY.
THIS TOOL FIRST DEVELOPED IN
2012 AS PART OF A PARTNERSHIP
CALLED THE GROWING TRANSIT
COMMUNITIES.
WHERE WE ANALYZE THE RANGE OF
FACTORS THAT REPRESENT ACCESS
TO OPPORTUNITIES WHICH REPRESENT
, THAT RESEARCH HAS
DEMONSTRATED A PAYROLL AND
POSITIVE LIFE OUTCOMES.
THERE ARE FIVE FACTORS, GROUPED
INTO FIVE AREAS.
EDUCATION, JOBS, HOUSING AND
NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY,
TRANSPORTATION AND HEALTH.
SO AS PART OF THE 2050 WORK, WE
UPDATED THIS INDEX THAT WAS
FIRST DEVELOPED IN 2012 WITH
THE MOST RECENTLY AVAILABLE
DATA TO BASICALLY REFRESH OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF WHO HAS ACCESS
TO OPPORTUNITIES IN RICH AREAS,
AND WHO DOES NOT.
AND WHERE THERE MAY BE NEEDS
FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN OPPORTUNITY
POOR AREAS.
SO THIS MAP IS THE UPDATED
INDEX WHERE THE DARKER COLORS
ARE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE VERY
HIGH OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LATER
COLORS ARE THE ONES WITH VERY
LOW OPPORTUNITIES RELATIVE TO
EACH OTHER.
SO THESE ARE PLACES TODAY, AND
IN PLANNING APPLICATIONS WE ARE
BASICALLY LOOKING AT THREE
SCENARIOS THAT MAGGIE
DESCRIBED, AND WHERE GROWTH MAY
TAKE PLACE IN EACH OF THE THREE
ALTERNATIVES FOR ANALYSIS IN
THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENT EIS.
OTHER APPLICATIONS WE'VE USED
THIS FOR IS TO HELP FACILITAE
BOARD DISCUSSIONS AND HELP
DEVELOP REGIONAL POLICIES TO
MITIGATE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
ACCESS.
THIS IS ALSO ONE OF THE FACTORS
IN CONSIDERATION FOR PROJECT
PRIORITIZATION, IN OUR
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, AS WELL
AS CRITERIA FOR SELECTION FOR
FUNDING.
AND THEN LASTLY, ALSO A FACTOR
THAT IS USED IN WASHINGTON
STATE HOUSING FINANCE
COMMISSION PROGRAM FOR
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING BONDS FOR
LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT.
THE SECOND MAPPING TOOL IS
ANYONE FOR IS CALLED
DISPLACEMENT RISK ANALYSIS.
WITH THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
GROWTH EXPECTED, WE WANTED TO
HELP ENSURE THAT THAT GROWTH
CAN OCCUR WITHOUT DISPLACING
EXISTING RESIDENCE.
SO WHAT THIS TOOL DOES IS
IDENTIFY AREAS THAT ARE AT
GREATER RISK BASED ON TODAY'S
NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITION.
WE REVIEWED A WHOLE BUNCH OF
TOOLS THAT WERE DEVELOPED
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE LOOK AT
BEST PRACTICES, AND WHAT WE
FOUND WERE SIMILAR APPROACHES,
DEPENDING ON DATA AVAILABILITY
AND WHAT THE STAKEHOLDER
VALUES.
IN ULTIMATELY WE DECIDED TO
PIGGYBACK ON SOMETHING THAT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE DID IN THAT
2035 GROWTH AND EQUITY WORK.
WE FOUND THAT IT WAS A VERY
GOOD PIECE OF WORK, AND IT
ALREADY HAS A LOT OF COMPONENTS
THAT ARE RELATIVE TO US.
WE ARE BASICALLY, BECAUSE OF
THE WE EMBARKED ON AN ONGOING
COLLABORATION WITH THE OFFICE
OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT HERE, TO HELP EACH
OTHER.
ANYTHING THAT WE CAN GET OUR
HANDS ON, AS FAR AS DATA IS
CONCERNED, CAN BE USEFUL FOR
THE CITY AND THE ADVANCEMENTS
THAT THE CITY MAKES, CAN HELP
US KEEP OUR TOOLS UP-TO-DATE.
SO ON THIS SLIDE, SIMILAR TO
THE OPPORTUNITY MAPPING, THERE
ARE FIVE AREAS IN WHICH ARE
CONSIDERED TO BE INDICATORS OF
RISK OF DISPLACEMENT FOR PEOPLE
LIVING IN THOSE AREAS.
AT FIRST WE WANT TO KNOW WHO
LIVES THERE, AND SOME OF THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE AT RISK FOR DISPLACEMENT.
THE TRANSPORTATION AND
NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITIES, SOME
HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS AS WELL
AS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
SO WHAT THIS MAP SHOWS OUR
AREAS WHERE THE GREEN HAVE
LOWER RISK OF DISPLACEMENT.
THE YELLOW IS MODERATELY HIGHER
AND THEN THE ORANGE IS THE
HIGHER LEVEL OF DISPLACEMENT.
THE RISK OF DISPLACEMENT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT DISPLACEMENT
WILL NECESSARILY HAPPEN, BUT
THERE ARE AREAS IN WHICH THERE
ARE CERTAIN QUALITIES WHERE, IF
THE RIGHT CONDITIONS OCCUR, AND
THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT WE
MAY EXPECT ARE CONCENTRATED IN
THOSE AREAS, THERE MAY BE
CAUSES FOR CONCERN, AND WE NEED
TO FOCUS ON MITIGATION.>>
BRIAN, ON THIS RETICULAR SLOT,
I THINK IF WE WERE TO LAY OVER
THE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY THAT
YOU ALL IDENTIFIED IN PREVIOUS
LIGHTS, WE WOULD SEE THAT THE
DISPLACEMENT RISK IS MOST
SIGNIFICANT AND ANNOUNCED
AROUND THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE
ARE ALSO HIGH OPPORTUNITIES.
AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A HUGE
CONCERN FOR A CITY LIKE SEATTLE
THAT REALLY WANTS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE MAKING ROOM FOR NEW
RESIDENTS, WHILE ALSO NOT
INADVERTENTLY DISPLACING
RESIDENTS FROM THE CITY.
I APPRECIATE THE DEEP DIVE AND
HOPE THAT WE CAN MAYBE GET A
SLIDE THAT INCORPORATES SORT OF
THAT LAYERING OVER OF THE
OPPORTUNITY AREAS RELATIVE TO
WHAT WE ARE SEEING THIS MAP
SHOW IN TERMS OF THE RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT.>> SURE, WE DON'T
HAVE THAT HERE, BUT YOU ARE
PERFECTLY ON POINT.
SOME OF THESE TOOLS WHEN THEY
ARE LOOKED AT IN ISOLATION ARE
NOT AS POWERFUL WHEN THEY ARE
CONSIDERED TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I
APPRECIATE THAT.
>> MOVING ON, THIS WORK IS
BEING USED IN OUR VISION 2050
PLAN, WE ARE PROVIDING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS.
I'VE MET WITH KING COUNTY,
INCLUDING KING COUNTY METRO AND
THE KING COUNTY HOUSING
AUTHORITY IN TERMS OF THE
PLANNING EXERCISES THEY ARE
DOING, WHERE THEY ARE CONCERNS
ABOUT EQUITABLE CONCERNS AND
THIS PLACEMENT.
THE LAST SLIDE I WILL GO OVER
ARE SOME OF THE DRAFT POLICIES
WITHIN VISION 2050 WHERE WE ARE
USING THESE TOOLS TO
SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT ITEMS
THAT ARE OF INTEREST FOR EQUITY
REASONS.
WE ARE EXPLICITLY CONSIDERING
THE DISPLACEMENT OF
MARGINALIZED RESIDENTS AND WE
ARE CALLING ARCHIMEDES TO
ENGAGE IN EQUITABLE COMMUNITY
PLANNING.
AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR
OPPORTUNITY, HOW DO WE CONNECT
AREAS WITH LOW OPPORTUNITY TO
PLACES WITH HIGH OPPORTUNITY,
AND DO SO IN WAYS THAT WE CAN
MAXIMIZE THAT ACCESS WHILE
MINIMIZING AND PREVENTING
NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON
MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS.
SO I'LL CLOSE UP, BUT BEFORE I
DO, ONE THING THAT IS
IMPORTANT, LOOKING AT THIS MAP,
IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE,
OFTENTIMES PEOPLE THINK OF THE
FASTEST-GROWING PARTS OF THE
REGION LIKE SEATTLE, AS HAVING
THE MOST POTENTIAL FOR
DISPLACEMENT AS GROWTH
CONTINUES TO OCCUR.
BUT ONE THING FOR US AS A
REGIONAL ORGANIZATION, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO TALK TO ALL OF OUR
MEMBERS AND SAY 1, IF PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE ARE BEING DISPLACED,
WHERE MIGHT THEY BE DISPLACED?
AND WHAT PRESSURES MIGHT THAT
PAUSE FOR OTHER MEMBER
JURISDICTIONS?
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, TO,
WHICH HAS STRUGGLED OVER THE
YEARS, BUT IS BEGINNING TO
REALLY HAVE ITS OWN BOOM, A LOT
OF DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN, THE
UTEP CAMPUS DOWNTOWN HAS
COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED WHAT WAS
A FORMALLY FAIRLY DERELICT
WAREHOUSE DISTRICT INTO A
REALLY VIBRANT PART OF DOWNTOWN
TACOMA.
YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU KNOW YOUR
GEOGRAPHY, THOSE PARTS OF
TACOMA, THE COMMUNITIES LIVING
THERE TODAY ARE ALSO AT HIGH
RISK OF DISPLACEMENT AS GROWTH
HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DECADES.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US, AS BRIAN
MENTIONED, AND THOSE DRAFT
POLICIES THAT HE REVIEWED
BRIEFLY, TO THINK ABOUT HOW,
THROUGHOUT THE REGION, WE NEED
A REGIONAL RESPONSE TO THESE
SORTS OF PRESSURES.
REGIONAL TOOLS, REGIONAL
RESOURCES, AS I MENTIONED
EARLIER, SOME JURISDICTIONS ARE
VERY SMALL, I THINK OUR
SMALLEST JURISDICTION INDEX IS
ABOUT 180 PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ISSUES, SO
WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT
THOSE REGIONAL RESPONSES AND
RESOURCES ARE IN A ROW THAT WE
HAVE, AND TO HIGHLIGHT THESE
ISSUES AND ENCOURAGE THAT
CONVERSATION AMONGST OUR
MEMBERS.
TO RESEARCH BEST PRACTICES, AND
TO THAT END, WE ARE REALLY
TRYING TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THIS
APPROACH TO BEING EXPLICIT IN
HOW WE EVALUATE OR CONSIDER
EQUITY AT PSR SEE.
WE'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT WE
ARE CENTERING THIS WITHIN OUR
ORIGINAL PLANS AND POLICIES,
BUT VERY IMPORTANTLY, RIGHT NOW
WE ARE RECRUITING FOR A NEW
STAFF POSITION, A MANAGERIAL
STAFF POSITION TO BE THE LEAD
PERSON AT PSR SEE TO SHEPHERD
THESE SORTS OF CONVERSATIONS
AMONGST OUR MEMBERS, AND TO
LEAD THE WORK ACROSS OUR AGENCY
IN DEVELOPING NEW TOOLS AND
DATA, AND WORKING WITH MANY
PARTNERS, AND ENGAGING WITH OUR
MEMBER JURISDICTIONS.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THAT.
IT'S A HUGE ADVANCEMENT, AND
THAT HAS NOT ONLY THE FULL
SUPPORT OF OUR MANAGEMENT, BUT
OF COURSE OF OUR PORTS.
THAT'S ONE THING WE HEARD BACK
IN OUR SCOPING PROCESS, IS THAT
YOU NEED TO REALLY CENTER THIS
AND RESOURCES, AND MAKE SURE
THERE ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE THE
ABILITY TO HAVE THIS AS THEIR
PORTFOLIO AT PSR SEE.
AND ALSO AS PART OF THAT, AND
HOW MAY PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF
THIS ORGANIZATION BUT IT'S AN
INITIATIVE OF RACE FORWARD,
ONLY THE CENTER OF INCLUSION,
THERE'S A GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE
IN EQUITY, AND IT'S A NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO
CREATE AND CONDUCT TRAININGS,
TO CREATE PEER LEARNING CORE
HEARTS, THEY HAVE NATIONAL
RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
THEY WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN
IT NORTHWEST LEARNING COHORT,
THEY WERE MEMBERS LISTED ON THE
SECOND BULLET, THESE ARE THE
ONES WE KNOW OF RIGHT NOW WHO
WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS
WORK.
THOSE INCLUDE KING COUNTY, THE
CITY OF LYNNWOOD, CITY OF
SEATTLE WILL PARTICIPATE, THE
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY, CITY
OF TACOMA, BUT ALSO THIS COHORT
WILL HAVE MEMBERS FROM OREGON
AS WELL.
SO METRO, WHICH IS THE
EQUIVALENT ORGANIZATION TO
PSRC, LANE COUNTY AND OTHERS.
SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE A PART
OF A COHORT THAT WILL LEARN
FROM ONE ANOTHER AND HAVE
SESSIONS LIKE THIS, TALKING
ABOUT TOOLS THEY ARE DEVELOPING
OR ISSUES THEY ARE IDENTIFYING
IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS.
>> DO YOU THINK I CAN ADD TWO
THINGS TO THIS SLIDE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THE FIRST IS TO EXPLAIN WHY
NON-TRAN02 FOLKS ARE APPEAR UP
HERE.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TCC AND
SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WORKED
WITH PSRC TO DEVELOP A SPACE
WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER ADVOCATES
FROM A RANGE OF SECTORS, AND
THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND SO
WE'VE BEEN MEETING QUARTERLY,
AND THE STAFF HAS GIVEN US TIME
TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND DIVE
DEEPER ON SOME ISSUES.
I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS, PSRC IS
KIND OF A MYSTERY, AND
DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE, AND
IT'S HARD FOR A PERSON FROM THE
GENERAL PUBLIC TO ENGAGE.
AND IF YOU ARE NOT LUCKY ENOUGH
TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE BOARD
DECISION-MAKING TABLES, THEN
THERE IS NOT NECESSARILY A LOT
OF WAYS TO ENGAGE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PSRC
DOES IS GIVE THE STAFF TIME,
AND A GOOD CHANCE TO DIVE DEEP
ON SOME OF THE ISSUES.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE
REASONS WE ARE HERE, WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON THESE THINGS
ALONGSIDE.
AND SECOND, WE HAVE BEEN REALLY
PLEASED THAT AS PART OF THAT
WORK PSRC HIRED AN EQUITY
CONSULTANT FOR HELP ON THIS
VISION PLAN TO DO SOME
RESEARCH, SO THAT WAS REALLY
NICE TO SEE SOME DOLLARS
INVESTED INTO THAT EFFORT, AND
MAYBE WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT
SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME
OUT OF THAT.
>> I CAN MENTION A COUPLE.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS HIRE A GROUP
THAT LOOK NOT ONLY AT WHAT WE
ARE DOING AT PSRC, BUT WHAT WE
HAVE BEEN DOING IN TERMS OF OUR
APPROACH TO ANALYSIS, OR WHAT
OUR POLICIES LOOK LIKE, AND
ALSO LOOK AT OTHER PLACES IN
THE COUNTRY, AND SEE HOW THIS
HAS BEEN TACKLED IN PEER
REGIONS LIKE BOSTON, THE SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AREA, THE TWIN
CITY WAS, LA, AND OTHER PLACES
AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND ONE
THING WE WERE P█RETTY GRATIFIED
WITH WAS, I WOULD SAY WE
WEREN'T TOO FAR BEHIND OUR
ORGANIZATIONS, WE HAVE BEEN
DOING GOOD WORK IN PURSUING
PAST THAT OUR PEER
ORGANIZATIONS ARE.
BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT SOME
PLACES THAT WE CAN IMPROVE.
AND ONE OF THEM WAS TO HAVE
SOME DEDICATED STAFFING.
SO TO DATE, THROUGH DIFFERENT
PROJECTS, DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT
PSRC HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD ,
WHETHER IT BE FOR DATA OR
POLICY, AND NOW TO HAVE A
DEDICATED RESOURCE POSITION,
PERMANENT POSITION, WITHIN
PSRC, TO MIND THIS TOPIC AND
OF THIS ISSUE, WAS ONE OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
ANOTHER WAS TO CONTINUE TO
ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS
ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND REALLY MAKE SURE WE ARE
HEARING FROM PEOPLE THEMSELVES.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF SOME OF
THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
YOU MAY REMEMBER.
>> ANOTHER BIG RECOMMENDATION
THAT MAINLY CAME FROM THE FOCUS
GROUPS THAT THE CONSULTANTS PUT
TOGETHER, WAS TO MAKE OUR DATA
MORE AVAILABLE, SO PSRC
PRODUCES A LOT OF DATA, AND
SOMETIMES EVEN AS STAFF, IT'S
HARD TO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE
AVAILABLE, AND WHERE TO FIND A
PREACHER TRYING TO MAKE THAT AS
EASILY ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE
WORKING ON MOVING FORWARD.
ESPECIALLY WITH THIS
OPPORTUNITY MAPPING, MAKE IT
AVAILABLE TO OUR JURISDICTION
WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME
AMOUNT OF STAFF TO MAKE THESE
TOOLS THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO TO
DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, AND
COMMUNITY GROUPS.
>> I THINK ANOTHER ONE WAS
AROUND HOW DO WE NOT JUST HAVE
EQUITY DEDICATED STAFF BUT
REALLY FRONT-LINE COMMUNITY
REPRESENTATION AND INPUT
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.
I THINK THE GROUP OF COMMUNITY
PARTNERS ARE WELL RESOURCED TO
DO THIS WORK, AND NOT
NECESSARILY WORKING OR
REPRESENTATIVE OF A COMMUNITY
OR COMMUNITY-BASED, BUT IT'S
LIKE HAVING THAT REGIONAL
NETWORK WHERE WE CAN HAVE
DEDICATED SPACE TO HAVE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS, AND REALLY HAVE
FRONT-LINE COMMUNITY
EXPERIENCE.
I ALSO THINK AMONG THE
ADVOCATES AND STAFF, AND THE
BOARD LOOKING AROUND TO SEE
THAT WE ARE ALL PREDOMINANTLY
WHITE GROUP, FIGURING OUT WAYS
TO ENSURE THAT THE FOLKS THAT
ARE THERE ARE WELL UP TO SPEED
IN THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
I THINK IT'S AWESOME THAT THE
STAFF GETS TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE COHORT, WE ARE THINKING OF
HOW TO BRING BOARD MEMBERS
ALONG AND CONTINUE TO DIVERSIFY
WITHIN THE GROUPS DOING THIS
WORK.
>> ONE POINT WITH THE GREAT NEW
TOOLS COMING ONLINE.
SARAH IS WITH TRANSPORTATION
CHOICES COALITION AND I'M WITH
FUTURE -WISE.>> THANK YOU FROM
THE AUDIENCE.
WHY DON'T WE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE
ARE AT A GOOD PLACE TO
TRANSITION AND REALLY PROVIDE
THE COMMUNITY LEADERS AT THE
TABLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK
ABOUT HOW THEY'VE BEEN ENGAGING
IN THE WORK, AND FROM WHAT
SPACE THEY ARE ENTERING INTO
THAT WORK.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY
GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
SHIFT.
SO TIERNEY, YOU ARE ALREADY
STARTING.
REMIND US WE WERE, THE
ORGANIZATION YOU ARE WITH AND
FUNDAMENTALLY, WHAT IS THE GOAL
THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH, AND ANY SORT OF
OTHER REMARKS YOU'D LIKE TO
SHARE.
>> SO I'M TIERNEY MARTIN, I
WORK WITH FUTURE -WISE, WHICH
IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS ON LAND-
USE PLANNING THROUGHOUT THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON.
SO OUR ORGANIZATION STARTED
BACK IN THE EARLY 90s WHEN THE
STATE'S GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT
WAS ENACTED, AND WE SORT OF
PLAYED AT SHEPHERDING AND
STEWARDING ROLE FOR THAT
PARTICULAR LAW OVER THE PAST
NEARLY 30 YEARS.
MY ROLE AT FUTURE -WISE IS TO
SUPPORT OUR URBAN WORK, AND
SOMETIMES THAT TAKES THE ROLE
OF DATA ANALYSIS, SOMETIMES
IT'S MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
WORK, OTHER TIMES IT'S
PROVIDING POLICY EXPERTISE.
SO TO WORK WITH OUR REGIONAL
PLANNING ORGANIZATION LIKE THAT
PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL IS
SOMETHING THAT IS VERY HIGH
PRIORITY FOR US.
AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF
COLLABORATE WITH OTHER ISSUE
FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS,
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES
COALITION, THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM, AND
OTHERS, IS SOMETHING WE ARE
VERY EAGER TO DO.
IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD
EXPERIENCE SO FAR.
THE WORKSHOPS THAT PUGET SOUND
REGIONAL COUNCIL HAVE PUT ON, I
THINK LED BY MEMBERS OF GEAR IN
THE PAST, WERE EXCELLENT
CLEARINGHOUSES FOR THE
DIFFERENT IDEAS ON HOW TO
PURSUE RACIAL EQUITY IN
REGIONAL PLANNING.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF THAT WORK
CONTINUING.
WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT
YOU ARE HIRING AN EQUITY
MANAGER AND WE ARE CURIOUS TO
KNOW SORT OF WHAT THEIR SCOPE
OF WORK WILL BE, WHAT THEIR
SORT OF BUDGET WILL BE.
BUT ONE OF THE SORT OF COMMENTS
I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS
RELATED TO THAT DISPLACEMENT
RISK ANALYSIS.
ONE OF THE STRENGTHS OF THE
METHOD THAT YOU ALL USED, AS IT
TAKES LOTS OF DIFFERENT
INDICATORS OF DISPLACEMENT RISK
AND COMBINES THEM TOGETHER SO
WE CAN HAVE A VERY CLEAR
PICTURE OF WHERE THE RISK IS
HIGH AND WHERE THE RISK IS LOW.
ONE OF THE DOWNSIDES OF THAT IS
THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
DISPLACEMENT BEING DRIVEN BY
DIFFERENT THINGS IN DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES.
IN ONE PLACE THERE MIGHT BE
THAT THERE'S A LIGHT RAIL
STATION COMING IN, AND IN
ANOTHER PLACE THERE MAY BE AN
NEW EMPLOYER MOVED THERE.
OR LOTS OF OTHER REASONS, SO I
WOULD HOPE THAT IN ADDITION TO
MAKING THOSE GREAT MAPS
AVAILABLE, YOU WILL HELP MEMBER
JURISDICTIONS AND THE
COMMUNITIES THEY REPRESENT
ANALYZE WHAT PARTICULAR
SOLUTIONS ARE BEST SUITED TO
THEIR CONDITIONS.
AND I THINK A KEY ROLE IN THAT
WILL BE HAVING A DEDICATED
STAFF MEMBER, BUT IT WILL ALSO
BE ABOUT MAKING ROADS INTO
THOSE COMMUNITIES AND WORKING
WITH THE COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO
REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ON THE
GROUND CONDITIONS IN A WAY THAT
FRANKLY CENSUS DATA IS NOT EVER
GOING TO BE ABLE TO REFLECT.
AND SO WHILE IT'S GREAT TO BE A
PART OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS
GROUP, I WOULD REALLY BE
INTERESTED IN SEEING WAYS THAT
WE CAN EXPAND THE MEMBERSHIP OF
THIS GROUP TO INCLUDE SOME OF
THOSE COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO
HAVE A PLACE BASED
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY ARE
FACING.
BECAUSE FUTURE WISE IT DOESN'T.
>> I WILL QUICKLY RESPOND TO
THAT, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY
EXCELLENT POINT.
AT THE REGIONAL SCALE THINGS
LOOK VERY DIFFERENT THAN SAY AT
THE SEATTLE APPLICATION OF THE
THIS PLACEMENT RISK ANALYSIS.
AND WHAT TUNING IS REFERRING TO
AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL.
I RECENTLY MET WITH PLANNERS
FROM KING COUNTY WERE LOOKING
AT UNINCORPORATED AREAS, AND
THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE
CLEARINGHOUSE ROLE WE PLAY IN
SHARING THE DATA, BUT THEN US
ASSISTING THEM IN UNDERSTANDING
WHAT WENT INTO THESE MEASURES,
AND HOW THEY CAN AUGMENT WHAT
WE HAVE WITH THEY ARE ON THE
GROUND INFORMATION FOR THEIR
SPECIFIC PURPOSES FOR THE
COMMUNITIES THEY ARE
SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT.
SO WHAT WE WOULD TRY TO DO IS
PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,
THAT COMBINED WITH THEIR
KNOWLEDGE, AND WHAT WE ARE
HOPING TO DO WITH OTHER
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE INTERESTED
IN THIS TOPIC.
>> THAT'S GREAT, I THINK THAT'S
SUCH A REALLY EXCELLENT POINT,
AROUND REALLY SORT OF PRODUCING
THE DATA IS ONE THING, BUT THEN
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WHAT DO
YOU DO WITH IT, HOW YOU
INTERPRET AND ANALYZE IT.
FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, HOW
DO YOU MANIPULATE THE DATA TO
REALLY SORT OF BEGIN THE
PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING SOME
SOLUTIONS IS REALLY AN
IMPORTANT PART OF PRODUCING THE
DATA IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT
PERSPECTIVE.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU
WANTED TO ADD BEFORE WE GO
AROUND THE TABLE?>> NO, I WILL
LET IT GO AROUND THE TABLE PRE-
>> AND I JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'VE BEEN
JOINED BY MY COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN, WHO CAN I'M SURE
ASSURE US IN A MOMENT THAT HAS
FIXED ALL THE ISSUES ON
TRANSIT.
>> I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO
OPEN AT THIS AFTERNOON.
>> EXCELLENT.
DO YOU WANT TO PROVIDE US SOME
REMARKS, REACTIONS, ANYTHING
ELSE THAT YOU THINK WILL BE
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
LEARN AND UNDERSTAND AS PART OF
THIS BODY OF WORK?
>> I THINK I GAVE SOME OF MY
COMMENTS ALREADY, BUT JUST FOR
THE RECORD, AND THE POLICY
DIRECTOR AT POLICY CHOICES
COALITION, WE ARE AN ADVOCACY
GROUP, WE REALLY FOCUS ON
TRANSIT, AND ALSO HEALTHY,
SUSTAINABLE EQUITABLE
TRANSPORTATION, SO REALLY
TRYING TO ROOT OUR POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADVOCACY
AND TRANSPORTATION JUSTICE.
AND WE DO AGAIN WORK AT THE
STATE, BUT ALSO LARGELY IN
PUGET SOUND REGION, SO YEAH.>>
MY NAME IS LEAH, LIKE I SAID
EARLIER, AND I AM THE
WASHINGTON TRANSPORTATION
MANAGER AT CLIMATE SOLUTIONS.
IT'S A ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT,
AND AS OUR NAME SUGGESTS, WE
ARE INTERESTED IN FINDING
SOLUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS
THAT WE ARE FACING.
WE WORK IN WASHINGTON AND
OREGON, AND OUR MISSION IS TO
ACCELERATE JUST AND EQUITABLE
CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS TO THE
CLIMATE CRISIS, AND ONE OF OUR
VALUES IS JUSTICE.
SO AS WE FACE THE CLIMATE
CRISIS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT POLICIES THAT WE ARE
ADVOCATING FOR AND MAKE SURE WE
LEAVE, WE ARE CREATING A SYSTEM
THAT IS NOT JUST BETTER FOR THE
CLIMATE, BUT IT'S BETTER FOR
EVERYBODY.
SO THIS WORK OBVIOUSLY
INTERSECTS A LOT WITH WHAT
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS DOES, AND
WHAT I PERSONALLY DO WITH THE
FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION, AND
THIS LONG-RANGE PLANNING HAS
HUGE SOCIAL, CLIMATE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL RAMIFICATIONS.
AND AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
DISPLACEMENT, THESE THINGS
INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER VERY
CLOSELY.
AND THE CREATE FEEDBACK LOOPS
THAT HAVE FURTHER NEGATIVE
CONSEQUENCES FOR CLIMATE AND
FOLKS WHO ARE BEING DISPLACED.
AND SO WE ARE INVOLVED IN THESE
DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BOTH
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE
INFORMATION TO ADDRESS THIS AND
MAKE SURE THAT AS OUR REGION
GROWS, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE
SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE.>>
GREAT, THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN, DO YOU
HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO
SHARE WITH US.
I KNOW YOU ARE ON THE EXECUTIVE
BOARD FOR PSRC, AND OUR LEAD
HERE IN THE CITY FOR
TRANSPORTATION SUSTAINABILITY.
AND YOU ARE ALSO LEADING THE
EFFORTS TO DRAFT A LETTER OF
COMMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE
VISION 2050 I WANTED TO PROVIDE
YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE
REMARKS WITH US.
>> SURE, THANK YOU.
IN ADDITION TO THE EXECUTIVE
BOARD OF PSRC, I'M ALSO ON THE
TRANSPORTATION BOARD, SO IT'S
KIND OF MY JOB AWAY FROM A JOB.
AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE
PROCESS, BUT I WILL BE HONEST
THAT OUR AMAZING STAFF FOLKS
ARE THE ONES WHO ARE PUTTING
THOSE POINTS TOGETHER TO RELY
ON THIS.
I WILL JUST SAY THAT THE WORK
AROUND VISION 2050 IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
HOLDING THIS FORUM HERE.
PEOPLE FOR WHATEVER REASON TEND
TO NOT SEE THE CONVERSATIONS WE
HAVE DOWN AT PSRC.
AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE SO MANY
FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE HERE
TODAY TO, AND HOPEFULLY
TRACKING ALONG ON TV.
THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH COMING
TO THE CITY, IT'S GREAT TO LOOK
AT THE GRAPH AND SEE THAT WE
HAVE BEEN GROWING PRETTY
CONSISTENTLY AND RAPIDLY FOR
THE PAST 40 YEARS.
AND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT,
IS IT REALLY GOING TO GROW THAT
MUCH, WELL IT'S JUST PRETTY
MUCH CONTINUING WHAT'S BEEN
HAPPENING FOR THE LAST 40
YEARS.
WE WILL HAVE LUMPS AND IT
JUMPS, BUT IT'S A DESIRABLE
PLACE TO LIVE, THERE'S A LOT
GOING FOR IT AND THERE'S A LOT
OF CHALLENGES.
AND I THINK WHAT'S CRITICAL IN
VISION 2050, AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE AGENCY, PSRC,
THE WORK THEY'VE DONE, AND THEY
ALSO WANTED TO EMPHASIZE HAVING
THAT EQUITY DIRECTOR, AND AT
THE END OF THE DAY THAT AGENCY
IS LED BY ELECTED LEADERS
THROUGHOUT THE FOUR COUNTY
REGION.
SO THERE IS ALWAYS A TENSION
BETWEEN THE STAFF LEADING
ELECTIVES AND ELECTIVES EATING
THE STAFF.
STAFF DOES AN AMAZING JOB.
ELECTIVES LEADING THE STAFF.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS
WORKED WELL AND WHAT HAS NOT
WORKED WELL IN THIS RECENT
PERIOD OF GROWTH.
AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT IT'S
BEEN AMAZING TO BE IN THE CITY
FOR THIS LAST PERIOD OF GROWTH.
THERE IS A TON OF OPPORTUNITY
GENERATED IN MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF
WEALTH CREATED.
AND WE LOOK AT THE DATA HERE,
LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HAVE
CONTINUED TO INCREASE.
AND YOU LOOK OUTSIDE AND IT'S
VERY CLEAR THAT THERE IS A
GROWING, OBVIOUSLY
HOMELESSNESS, AND JUST POVERTY,
AND THE RISK OF DISPLACEMENT,
AND ACTUAL DISPLACEMENT THAT IS
HAPPENING AT AN UNPRECEDENTED
LEVEL.
AND THIS IDEA THAT WE CAN BE
AND INCLUSIVE CITY WITH A BUNCH
OF OPPORTUNITY AND PROSPERITY
úTHAT IS SHARED, I THINK WE ARE
FAILING AT.
AND AS WE LOOK AT WHERE DO WE
GO AS I REGION IN THE FUTURE,
THIS ISN'T JUST A SEATTLE
THING, IT AFFECTS EVERYONE IN
THE REGION, GETTING THAT RIGHT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
GENJI WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING
TO DRIVE NATIONAL TAX POLICY,
BUT WE KNOW THAT HOW WE CHOOSE
TO GROW AS A REGION, HOW WE
ACCOMMODATE THAT GROWTH, AS
DOES THE TRANSPORTATION
INVESTMENTS.
AND HOW YOU ACCESS THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER THEY ARE
WALKABLE, OR ACROSS THE STREET
ON THE LIGHT RAIL, TO A JOB, OR
EDUCATION, OR WHATEVER IT IS.
SO THIS WORK IS REALLY
FUNDAMENTAL TO WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
AND IT GETS A TON OF ATTENTION
FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE.
A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT
WORK ON THIS, BUT A LOT OF
TIMES THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC
IS NOT AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING
ON.
I THINK IT'S HEADING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION, AND IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT.
I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES
AT THE ELECTED LEVEL, COMING
FROM ONE WHO WON'T BE HERE NEXT
YEAR.
YOU KNOW, HOW WE CONTINUE TO
SHOW UP AT THOSE AREAS BOARD
ARE CONTINUING TO ELEVATE VOICES
, CERTAINLY MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT
AWARE, AND DON'T HAVE THE TIME
AND CAPACITY TO COME DOWN AND
TESTIFY, BUT AS ELECTED
OFFICIALS, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE
THAT OUR FELLOW ELECTED
OFFICIALS ARE SHARING OUR
VALUES AND WILL REALLY COMMIT
TO THEM.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S REALLY WISE REMARKS AND
WISE COUNSEL FOR THIS
COUNCILMEMBER WHO WILL CONTINUE
TO BE HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK
YOU'VE DONE COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN, TO REALLY MAKE SURE
THAT CITY OF SEATTLE'S VALUES
ARE BEING ADVOCATED FOR IN THIS
REGIONAL CONTEXT, AND I
CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US, WE
LOOK AT THE MAPS AROUND THE
OPPORTUNITY MAPPING, WHICH WAS
ON SLIDE 16, AND WE COMPARE
THAT TO, AND LOOK AT ALSO SLIDE
18 AROUND THE DISPLACEMENT RISK
ANALYSIS, IT REALLY DOES PAINT
A PICTURE OF HOW REGIONAL THIS
ISSUE IS AROUND GROWTH AND THE
POTENTIALLY NEGATIVE IMPACT OF
THE GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY THAT
OUR REGION CONTINUES TO
EXPERIENCE.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
REGION, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
FOR VERY LARGE COUNTIES IN THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, KITSAP,
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, PIERCE
COUNTY AND KING COUNTY.
COMPARED TO COUNTIES ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS,
YOU CAN GO TO PLACES IN PIERCE
COUNTY THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT,
DIFFERENT FROM TACOMA, YOU CAN
GO TO PLACES IN SEATTLE THAT
ARE VERY UNIQUELY DIFFERENT
THAN NORTH AND OR ISSAQUAH.
BUT YOU ARE STILL IN THE
COUNTY, THE SAME WITH
SNOHOMISH.
BUT WHAT I THINK IS COMMON AND
TRUE IS THAT THE ENTIRE REGION
IS AT RISK AT BUILDING A FUTURE
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE
CURRENTLY NOW, BUT MIGHT NOT BE
IF WE DON'T PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
AND THAT IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT
VALUE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO
TALK TO OTHER MEMBERS
THROUGHOUT THE REGION TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE ALL
UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS IMPACTS
ALL OF US, AND IT'S OUR SHARED
RESPONSIBILITY TO STRUGGLE WITH
IT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE
WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING AT THE
COUNCIL.
I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE
OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, AN
ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE
EXECUTIVE BOARD SINCE I WAS
FIRST SELECTED IN 2015.
I HOWEVER ONLY WENT TO MY FIRST
EXECUTIVE WORD YESTERDAY, SO I
HANDED IN MY ALTERNATE CHIP AND
ACTUALLY ATTENDED.
AND I THINK TO COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN'S POINT, IT WAS
REMARKABLE TO ME THAT OUT OF
ALL THE FOLKS WHO ATTENDED, ALL
THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, I WAS BY
FAR THE YOUNGEST PERSON AND I
WAS THE ONLY PERSON OF COLOR.
AND IT'S INTERESTING TO BE IN
THOSE SPACES AS A WOMAN OF
COLOR WHO IS DEFINITELY ON THE
YOUNGER SIDE WHO RELIES HEAVILY
ON ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE
ARE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTING
THROUGH THIS CITY, AND TO BE
SITTING AT A TABLE WHERE THAT
IS NOT NECESSARILY THAT
REPRESENTATIVE MAINSTREAM
EXPERIENCE.
AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
STAFF'S WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE
WITH ME AROUND THESE ISSUES
THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO
ME, AND THAT I KNOW ARE ALSO
IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL.
AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO
COMMIT TO BE A GOOD REGIONAL
PARTNER TO ALL THESE OTHER
JURISDICTIONS THAT WE SHARE
THIS RESPONSIBILITY WITH, AND
WHO I BELIEVE, I HAVE HOPE WE
WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO
WORK TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY
SOLUTIONS THAT WORK FOR OUR
INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES WHILE
STILL HAVING THAT COMMON SHARED
VISION OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH FOR THE WHOLE
REGION.
AND LASTLY I WILL JUST SAY THAT
I REALLY WANT TO THINK THAT
COMMUNITY PARTNERS, HAVE STRUT
IN PARTICULAR FROM TCC WHO
REACH OUT AND SAID HEY, I HAVE
THOUGHTS ABOUT PSRC, YOU ARE ON
THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, WILL
YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT IT ? AND I
SAID OF COURSE I WILL.
AND SHE REALLY PUT THIS ISSUE
ON MY RADAR AROUND WHY VISION
2050 IS IMPORTANT, AND WHY THE
WORK AROUND THE EQUITY SPACE IS
PARTICULARLY VITAL AND
CRITICAL, SO I REALLY WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT
I WAS AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE
OF THIS ISSUE AND THAT I WAS
PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
GRANULAR DETAILS.
SHE EVEN PROVIDED ME A CHART
THAT BROKE DOWN EXACTLY WHAT
PSRC DOES.
WHICH WAS AMAZING.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THREE
YEARS, AND I JUST FIGURE THIS
OUT.
SO REALLY, TRULY THANK YOU TO
THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
YOU HAVE ALL BEEN DOING IN THIS
SPACE, NOT JUST IN THIS
CONTEXT, BUT JUST IN THE
BROADER CONTEXT FOR MANY YEARS,
THE WORK THAT YOUR
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN DOING
TO PUSH US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS
AND AS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, TO
BE RADICAL THINKERS.
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT
VISION 2050, I'M ALWAYS LIKE
GOSH, I HOPE WE ARE STILL HERE
IN 2050, I THINK WE HAVE SOME
CLEAR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE MORE
RADICAL, AND IT'S REALLY SAVE
NOT JUST OUR PLANET, BUT THE
PEOPLE WHO WE LOVE, AND
OURSELVES FROM DESTROYING
OURSELVES BY NOT DOING PLANNING
ANYMORE SUSTAINABLE WAY.
SO REALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL
TAKEN THE TIME TO BE WITH US
AND SHARE WITH THE AUDIENCE ALL
OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
DOING, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO PARTNER ON THIS
ISSUE AND BEYOND.
ANY OTHER CLOSING REMARKS?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.>> THANK
YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS, WE ARE
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS WORK.
WE THINK IT'S NECESSARY, AND WE
ARE ALSO EXCITED TO SEE THAT
OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE TAKING IT
VERY SERIOUSLY.
IT SEEMS TO BE A SHARED VALUE
ACROSS ALL OF THE BOARD
MEMBERS, AND WE ARE JUST
EXCITED TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, YES
MA'AM?>> THE MAPPING TOOL I
HEARD IT HAD AN IMPACT ON
TRANSIT POLICY AND I WONDERED
IF YOU HAD A COUPLE OF
SENTENCES ON THAT.>> WE HAVE A
QUESTION FROM THE AUDIENCE
ABOUT HOW THE OPPORTUNITY
MAPPING CORRELATES WITH
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
OH, AND ZONING.>> I WOULD JUST
SAY, ZONING ISN'T TAKEN INTO
ACCOUNT EXPLICITLY AS IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS OPPORTUNITY
MAPPING.
IT'S MORE OUTCOME SPACE, SO
OBSERVED DATA ABOUT POSITIVE
LIFE OUTCOMES, AND THERE ARE
THINGS IN THERE LIKE HOUSING
QUALITY, CRIME WITHIN
NEIGHBORHOODS, PROXIMITY TO
PARKS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
BUT WE DON'T LOOK SPECIFICALLY
AT THE ZONING THAT MIGHT HAVE
CREATED THOSE CONDITIONS.
TRANSPORTATION IS DEFINITELY A
PART OF THAT EVALUATION, SO
WHAT KIND OF TYPE OF ACCESS TO
TRANSIT DOES A COMMUNITY
PRESENTLY HAVE?
WHAT ARE THE COSTS? WHO IS
WALKING WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD,
AND SO FORTH.
SO THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP TO
TRANSPORTATION OUTCOMES, BUT
NOT TO NECESSARILY, THIS IS
LOOKING AT OBSERVED CONDITIONS
AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR HOW
PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THEIR
LIVES WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES.>>
GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY SO WE ARE GOING TO AND OUT
THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE I HAVE
TO DO A PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I
COMMITTED TO AND TODAY'S EVENT
AT 1:00.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
AND THAT IS TERESA BARKER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY NAME IS TERESA BARKER I WAS
A RESIDENT IN SEATTLE, I WAS
BORN IN TUCSON BUT MY DAD MOVED
THE FAMILY HERE WHEN I WAS
THREE FOR A JOB WITH BOEING
WHEN WE WERE IN THE EARLY 60s.
I'VE BEEN ORGANIZING A GROUP OF
NORTH BEND NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE
BEEN MEETING WITH CITY
REPRESENTATIVES AT THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ON SOCIAL EQUITY AND
JUSTICE ISSUES AND HOUSING.
I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY SESSIONS WHICH IS
GREAT WORK.
I ALSO HAVE A DOCTORAL DEGREE
AND MY WORK IS IN ENGINEERING
AND WE DID RESEARCH INTO
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
AND MANUFACTURING.
AT THAT TIME I REVIEWED THE
CITY COUNCILS ZERO CARBON PLAN,
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE
NAME OF IT WAS, AND I JUST
WANTED TO COMMENT THAT I
SUPPORT AND AM EXCITED ABOUT
THE DIRECTION OF THIS
THOUGHTFUL GROWTH WITH REGARD
TO INCORPORATING SOCIAL JUSTICE
ISSUES AS WELL AS CLIMATE
CHANGE ISSUES.
AND BEFORE I HEARD THE
PRESENTATION TODAY I WANTED TO
STATE THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL
AND BLACK/WHITE SERVICES AND
REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS, SO
GROCERIES, DRY CLEANERS, THE
THINGS WE USED TO HAVE ALONG
STONE WAY AND ROOSEVELT WAY.
FOR EXAMPLE WE STILL SEE
INFINITY RIDGE AND COLUMBIA
CITY, IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE
MORE THAN JUST GROUP HUBS AND
YOGA STUDIOS.
AND THEN AFTER HEARING THE
DISCUSSION, I WAS CONCERNED
ABOUT THE LARGER ISSUE OF
DISPLACEMENT.
WE ARE HAVING HOMES AND LOW
CAST COST MULTIFAMILY RESIDENCE
NOT DOWN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THOUGHTFUL AND
APPROACHABLE SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT THAT THE COUNCIL IS
WORKING ON NOW.
A
>> THANK YOU TERESA, I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT,
IT'S ALWAYS SCARY TO SHOW FOR
THE FIRST TIME AND DIVE ON IN,
BUT I THINK YOU'VE DONE A
PRETTY GOOD JOB TODAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
AND FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS
WITH US.
WE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL
COMMUNITY APPRECIATE HEARING
DIRECTLY FROM FOLKS WHO CARE
ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
THAT WAS THE ONLY PERSON WE HAD
SIGNED UP, IS THERE SOMEBODY
WHO DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SIGN
UP THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE
COMMENTS?
SO WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
ASK FOLKS TO COME UP TO THE
MICROPHONE, YOU CAN BEGIN BY
SHARING YOUR NAME AND PROVIDING
TESTIMONY.>> MY NAME IS CARRIE
CAMPBELL, I WILL BE REALLY
QUICK.
I JUST WANT TO INVITE YOU, WHEN
YOU ARE LOOKING AT EQUITY AND
YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, THAT
WE CONSIDER ART IN SOME OF
THOSE AREAS.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT YOUR
OPPORTUNITY GAP, I THINK IT WAS
SLIDE 18, AND THAT ART ACTUALLY
TOUCHES EVERY ONE OF THOSE
AREAS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT.
ART HELPS WITH HEALTH, IT'S
IMPORTANT IN OUR ECONOMIC
GROWTH, MORE THAN 70% OF PEOPLE
THAT HAVE MOVED HERE IN THE
LAST 5 TO 10 YEARS INDICATE
THAT ART IS ONE OF THE REASONS
THEY MOVE HERE.
IT'S ALSO AN EMPLOYER OF THIS
AREA.
IT IMPROVES THE HEALTH OF
CERTAIN AREAS IN YOUR HOUSING,
SO BUS STOPS, CORNERS THAT ARE
GETTING TRASH, WHAT DO PEOPLE
DO, THEY BRING ART TO THAT
AREA.
SO I WOULD ADD ART TO
EDUCATION, I WOULD JUST ARGUE
THAT IT'S MISSING AND I WOULD
LOVE TO SEE IT INCLUDED.>>
CARRIE, I APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THAT UP.
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE
CREATIVE ECONOMY, AND THAT IS
DEFINITELY HITTING A LOT OF THE
BELLS THAT HIT THOSE JOBS, AND
THEY PAY LIVING WAGES, AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT WE
HAVE, AS A CITY, WE HAVE AN
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, AND
WE REALLY PRIORITIZE
RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS
THAT THE CREATIVE ECONOMY HAS
IN OUR STATE AND OUR CITY.
SO THANK YOU.>> WE HAVE ANOTHER
PERSON COMING UP.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE THE PUBLIC RECORD, IF
AFTER YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR
COMMENT, IF YOU CAN SIGN UP ON
THAT SHEET, THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
SO LET'S START OFF WITH YOUR
NAME.
>> MY NAME IS WALT SAVE LYNN,
I'M A RETIRED DEMOGRAPHER, AND
I CAME TO THIS MEETING BECAUSE
I SAW PSRC AND THEY WANTED TO
SEE WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.
THAT ADDING OF EQUITY TO THEIR
FORECASTING WORK IS AN ENORMOUS
UNDERTAKING, I APPRECIATE HOW
DIFFICULT IT IS.
I HAD AN OCCASION, AMONG MANY
OTHER PEOPLE TO CRITICIZE MAYOR
MURRAY AND HIS POOR UNDER
FORECASTING OF GROWTH TO 2035.
I BROUGHT ALONG A TABLE.
AND I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED
TO SEE THE DRAFT FORECAST, IF
YOU'VE GOTTEN THE DRAFT
FORECAST, I WILL LEAVE MY
COORDINATES.
BECAUSE THE FIRST FORECAST
NUMBER, I BELIEVE, IN THE
PREVIOUS FORECAST, WAS 2020,
WHICH WAS WAY IN THE FUTURE, SO
IT WAS NECESSARY TO INTERPRET
TO THE PRESENT TIME, AND THAT
IS WHAT MY TABLE TALKS ABOUT.
SO I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO
MORE INFORMATION.>> THANK YOU
WALT FOR JOINING US, HAPPY TO
HAVE ROXANA, TAKE WHATEVER
INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SHARE WITH US.
NEXT UP.
>> MY NAME IS PAULA REHM BRITO,
AND I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF
COMMENTS.
MY FIRST IS CONCERN ON HOW YOU
LOOK AT LOW INCOME DATA MOVING
FORWARD.
ESPECIALLY IF IDEALLY WE ARE
KIND OF PAIRING THESE
STRATEGIES WITH BRINGING PEOPLE
OUT OF LOW INCOME STATUS.
SO I GUESS JUST KIND OF HAVE A
CONCERN AROUND HOW YOU CAN
TRACK THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS BEING
PUSHED OUT OF CITY LIMITS
VERSUS LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
RISING OUT OF THAT STATUS.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
GETS EASILY LOST IN CENSUS
DATA.
AND IT'S SOMETHING WORTH
LOOKING INTO.
AND THEN ALSO I JUST WANT TO
KINDA MAKE A NOTE THAT I THINK
OTHER PEOPLE MENTIONED, BUT THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PSRC'S BOARD
VISION ON EQUITY VERSUS
FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES VISION ON
EQUITY, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT
BOARD MEMBERS ARE PUSHING FOR
THAT, BUT IT MAY NOT BE THE
SAME OUTCOMES THAT PEOPLE WHO
ARE ACTUALLY IMPACTED ONE.
SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU
ARE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH
COMMUNITY, AND MAKING SURE THAT
THOSE PEOPLE'S COMMENTS ARE
INCORPORATED.
AND THEN JUST HOW TO MAKE THE
VISION 2050 MORE NIMBLE.
I THINK AS WE BRING IN NEW
STRATEGIES, INCOME, AND LIKE IF
WE HAVE GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME
BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, OR IF WE
HAVE MAJOR MASS TRANSIT THAT
CHANGES EVERYTHING BEFORE 2050,
OR IN THE MEANTIME, HOW CAN YOU
KIND OF CHANGE THAT DOCUMENT
AND MAKE IT MORE OF A LIVING
DOCUMENT, AND BE ABLE TO CHANGE
STRATEGY IN A WAY THAT MAKES
SENSE FOR THE ACTUAL OUTCOMES
WE SEE IN THE NEXT FEW DECADES.
AND THEN MY FINAL TWO CENTS,
THE THIRD PSRC OPTION I THINK
IS REALLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE
THAT CAN REALLY ENCOURAGE
SPRAWL, AND WE HAVE GREAT URBAN
GROWTH BOUNDARIES SET UP FROM
DECADES EARLIER, AND I THINK WE
NEED TO FOCUS MORE ON EQUITABLE
GROWTH IN OUR CITY LIMITS,
RATHER THAN PUSHING PEOPLE AND
TAKING AWAY OUR RURAL AREAS AND
FARMING COMMUNITIES.
>> I THINK YOU JUST SPOKE
FUTURE WISE LANGUAGE.
GREAT QUESTIONS, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
NEXT UP.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ERIKA
THOMAS.
I'M A RELATIVELY RECENT
GRADUATE, WITHIN THE PAST FEW
YEARS, AND I'VE WORKED IN
RETAIL UP UNTIL RECENTLY, I AM
NOW AN ARCHAEOLOGIST.
I WANTED TO 1st DEGREE WITH
WHAT POLLY SAID ABOUT THE THIRD
OPTION BEING DANGEROUS.
I THINK THE SECOND OPTION IS
REALLY THE BEST OPTION FOR
GROWTH.
I THINK TRANSIT IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WITH MY
COWORKERS IN THE RETAIL
INDUSTRY WHO CAN'T ALWAYS
AFFORD CARS OR DON'T HAVE A
PLACE TO PUT A CAR.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE
ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT WITH
ENOUGH CAPACITY FOR EVERYBODY,
WHEN EVERYONE IS COMMUTING AT
THE SAME TIME.
ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY,
IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITY MAPPING
AND ECONOMIC HEALTH, I THINK
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THINK
ABOUT FOOD SERVICE JOBS, AND
RETAIL JOBS, AND ALSO TEMP
JOBS.
LIKE THE KIND OF JOBS THAT
AMAZON AND MICROSOFT OFTEN
OFFER, IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC
HEALTH.
I THINK THERE'S BEEN GREAT WORK
DONE IN TERMS OF RAISING THE
MINUTES MINIMUM WAGE, BUT I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THAT THERE IS THIS
GROUP OF JOBS THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY RECENT
GRADUATE WITH BACHELORS
DEGREES, ARE GETTING, THAT ARE
LOWER THAN WHAT WE WOULD ALL
LIKE IN TERMS OF BENEFITS AND
ECONOMIC HEALTH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER BREE
>>, COMMISSIONER WITH THE BOARD
OF SIENA, I WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR THIS WORK, I SERVE PSRC
ON THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY
BOARD AND THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SERVES ON
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND ANOTHER
ON THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT BOARD.
WE ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN HIS
WORK, AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU
NOTICE ON THESE BOARDS, OR THAT
THE FOLKS AT THE TABLE DON'T
LOOK LIKE OUR COMMUNITY
CLLECTIVELY, SO ACTIVELY
ENGAGING IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE WE JUST
RECENTLY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
HIRING OUR FIRST SENIOR
DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY
AND INCLUSION.
AND OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WE
INSTITUTED TWO PROGRAMS
INTERNALLY TO TRY TO ADDRESS
ISSUES OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND
INCLUSION
WHERE WE CAN START TO EXAMINE
DISPARITY AND ADDRESS THAT WITH
MORE AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONS, TO
TAKE IN THAT REGARD.
AND ALSO A PRIORITY HIGHER
PROGRAM WHERE WE LOOK AT ZIP
CODES AND THEY HAD A WE GET
MORE EMPLOYEES AT THE PORT OF
SEATTLE BUT ALSO WITH OUR
VENDOR CONTRACTORS.
AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY
IMPORTANT NEXUS TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT THAT THE PSRC PLAYS,
SO ANOTHER KUDOS TO THE CITY
FOR LEADING EFFORTS AROUND
CENSUS 2020, WHICH REALLY
IMPACTS THE WORK THAT PSRC
DOES.
I'M VERY CONCERNED, IN FACT I
MADE A BRIEF TO THE SUPREME
COURT AROUND THE QUESTION ON
THE CENSUS THAT HAS BEEN
PROPOSED BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION TO ASK ABOUT
CITIZENSHIP.
UNFORTUNATELY IT LOOKS LIKE THE
SUPREME COURT IS LEANING
TOWARDS ALLOWING THAT, WHICH
JUST MAKES THIS WORK THAT MUCH
MORE IMPORTANT.
SO COMMUNITY MEMBERS NEED TO
ESPECIALLY BE ENGAGING THOSE
COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE
UNDERCOUNTED TO FIND WAYS THAT
THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE
REPRESENTED.
BECAUSE THE FOUR COUNTIES THAT
ARE INCLUDED IN THE PSRC WILL
BE SYSTEMATICALLY UNDERCOUNTED,
BECAUSE WE ARE, WE HAVE MORE
COMMITTEES OF COLOR THAN THE
AREAS THAT WILL BE OVER
COUNTED.
SO IN ORDER FOR US TO GET OUR
FAIR SHARE FOR THIS REGION,
ESPECIALLY FOR ALL OF THE
TRANSPORTATION, FREIGHT
MOBILITY, PASSENGER MOVEMENT
PROJECTS, WE NEED EVERY FEDERAL
DOLLAR THAT WE CAN GET.
I HOPE TO BE A PARTNER ON
WORKING WITH YOU ON THESE
EFFORTS.>> THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING
ABOUT RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS,
BUT CERTAINLY THESE GROWTH
ISSUES IMPACT OUR INDUSTRIAL
AND MARITIME INDUSTRY.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE MORE
PERSON.>> MY NAME IS ROBERT
WEISS, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF
SEATTLE SINCE 1975.
I AM HERE BECAUSE I HAVE A
BUSINESS INTEREST IN PUGET
SOUND DATA, I'VE DONE A LOT OF
CAMPAIGN WORK FOR DISTRICT FOR
CANDIDATES, IN NORTH SEATTLE,
AND IT JUST SEEMS THAT FOR
CITIZENS, ELDERLY PEOPLE,
CROSSTOWN TRANSPORTATION IS
BECOMING MORE AND MORE OF A
CHALLENGE.
AND I AM REMINDED OF ONE
PARTICULAR OLDER LADY THAT I
TALKED WITH WHO SAID NOBODY
SEEMS TO BE THINKING ABOUT, AND
SHE'S IN NORTH EAST SEATTLE,
AND WE ARE ALSO NORTH SOUTH,
BUT PERHAPS WE NEED TO TAKE A
LOOK AT MORE FLEXIBLE
TRANSPORTATION FOR OLDER PEOPLE
IN TERMS OF CROSSTOWN.
THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING WITH US.
WE TRY TO WORK AS HARD AS YOU
CAN TO BUILD A SYSTEM THAT IS
FOR ALL AGES AND ALL ABILITIES.
AND AS SOMEBODY WHO RELIES
PRIMARILY ON PUBLIC TRANSIT,
I'M NOT YET IN THE OLDER SIDE
OF THE SPECTRUM, BUT CERTAINLY
CAN APPRECIATE THE STRUGGLES
WITH THE EAST/WEST CONNECTIONS.
I THINK WE CAN ALL EMPATHIZE
WITH THAT SENTIMENT.
AND WE ARE ALL GOING TO KEEP
WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE
WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE
CONNECTIONS, SO THAT MORE FOLKS
ARE INCENTIVIZED TO USE OUR
WONDERFUL TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS, THAT WE WILL HAVE A
GREAT BENEFIT FOR MOBILITY
ACROSS THE AREA, AND OBVIOUSLY
CLIMATE CHANGE REASONS AS WELL.
THAT APPEARS TO BE THE LAST
PERSON WHO IS INTERESTED IN
GIVING PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR
ATTENDING IN THE AUDIENCE, I
WANT TO THANK ROXANA GOMEZ FROM
MY OFFICE WHO CLERKED TODAY'S
MEETING AND ORGANIZED THE WHOLE
THING.
THANK YOU ROXANA.
APPLAUSE FOR ROXANA.
SHE DID A GREAT JOB, SHE IS
VERY EAGER AND EXCITED ABOUT
THE AREA TRANSPORTATION POLICY,
AS SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T OWN A
CAR, SO I REALLY THINK HER FOR
HER LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE,
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE
ARE ADJOURNED, THANK YOU.