>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS MIKE O'BRIEN, IT IS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3. TALKING TO
THE SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE.
WELCOME TO YOUR FIRST COMMITTEE
MEETING WITH ME AND SECOND TO
LAST WITH ME ALSO.
GLAD YOU ARE HERE.
IT IS 2:03 PM.
THE FIRST BE TO APPROVE THE
AGENDA.
WE HAVE TWO AT ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA.
A STREET VACATION FOR HER
REVIEW AND A BRIEFING ON THE
RAPID RIDE DELRIDGE LINE RAPID
RIDE H I BELIEVE.
PLANNING TO VOTE ON THE FIRST
ONE AND DEPENDING ON HOW THE
CONVERSATION GOES.
AND THE SECOND IS A BRIEFING.
UNLESS THERE ARE OBJECTIONS I
CAN APPROVE THE AGENDA.
I THINK I CAN DO IT THAT WAY.
I'M STILL LEARNING THIS.
YOU WILL PICK IT UP FASTER THAN
ME I AM SURE.
THE AGENDA IS APPROVED AND WE
CAN MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL ASK KELLY, STAFFED TODAY
BY KELLY.
THAT IS A LOT OF SHEETS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC
COMMENT?
WE HAVE FIVE FOLKS SIGNED UP.
MEGAN YOUR FIRST.
YOU WILL HAVE UP TO TWO MINUTES,
MEGAN WILL BE FOLLOWED BY LEE
AND THEN DOUG AND BRIAN AND
DON.
>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
SPEAK.
I AM A MEMBER, I WAS IN TWO
GROUPS IN THE FIRST ONE WAS
FROM UW AND THEY HAVEN'T
EXHIBIT DOWN AT THE GALLERY ON
OCCIDENTAL STREET. ANTHROPOCENE
IS WHEN HUMANS HAVE SO MUCH
POWER THAT THEY CHANGE THE
ENVIRONMENT.
IN A WAY THAT WAS UNPRECEDENTED
IN ALL OF EARTH'S HISTORY THAT
GOT ITS OWN EPOQUE'S.
BEFORE THAT WAS HOLOCENE.
I WAS THOUGHT HOLOCENE WAS AFTER
ANTHROPOCENE.
BECAUSE THEN WERE GOING TO
SWITCH TO SOLAR ENERGY.
THEY SAID NO.
THEN I WENT TO THE WTO 20s
ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEKEND.
AND I LEARNED THAT BIG
CORPORATIONS ARE GATHERING DATA,
LITTLES OF DATA AND ALGORITHMS,
JUST LOTS AND LOTS OF DATA AND
IT'S BEING USED AS A FORM OF
POWER OF FINDING OUT HOW TO
EXTRACT MONEY OUT OF PEOPLE'S
SHOPPING HABITS.
OR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND HOW
TO TURN THEIR RESOURCES INTO
MONEY.
AND IT'S SCARY.
SO LASTLY I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
THAT IN TERMS OF THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, WHAT
IF OUR ABILITY TO CHANGE THE
ENVIRONMENT, IF WE USE THAT
DATA IN THE WAY THAT WAS HUMANE
AND LIKE BUILD RELATIONSHIPS UP
? WHAT IF THEY USE THAT DATA TO
MAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FREE
AND RELATIVELY CLEAN SO THAT WE
SOLVE GLOBAL WARMING?
BECAUSE THAT IS ANOTHER HUGE
ISSUE.
AND IF WE USE DATA TO SOLVE THE
ISSUES OF PEOPLE BEING SEPARATE
FROM EACH OTHER OR COMING
TOGETHER AND BUILDING COMMUNITY
IN A WAY THAT IS TOTALLY GREEN,
AND DOESN'T USE ANY CARBON. AND
BUILDS COMMUNITIES UP AND NOT
DOWN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MEGAN.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND
HAVING A POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON
HOW WE CAN SOLVE SOME OF THESE
CRISIS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
LEE?
>> HI.
THANK YOU.
I AM LEE BRUSH.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE OUTGOING
MEMBERS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY
AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK FOR
THIS COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR
TRANSPORTATION.
AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME ITS
NEWEST MEMBER. NEVER FORGET,
THE BEST TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS
A GREAT LAND-USE PLAN.
THAT IS A MANTRA REPEATED BITE
FORMER CHIEF PLANNER OF
VANCOUVER BC.
THAT PHILOSOPHY HAS HELPED
VANCOUVER'S LEADER TO CREATE
ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST LIVABLE
CITIES WHERE OVER 50% OF ALL
TRIPS ARE BY TRANSIT, WALKING,
AND BIKING.
THE CIVIC LEADERS OF VANCOUVER
DID THAT BY HAVING A VISION. AND
THE KIND OF VISION OF THE KIND
OF CITY THEY COULD BUILD.
AND BY HAVING THE COURAGE TO
LEAD THROUGH THE INEVITABLE FLAK
THAT THAT VISION CREATES.
ONE OF MY DREAMS IS FOR THE
LEADERS OF BOTH CITIES TO MEET
TO EXPLORE STRATEGIES INTO
ENVISION WAYS TO IMPLEMENT
TRANSPORTATION AND LAND-USE
PLANS THAT HELP PEOPLE OF ALL
AGES AND ALL ABILITIES TO LIVE,
ENJOY AND MOVE AROUND THEIR
CITY.
IN THE LAST 11 MONTHS SEVEN
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY
TRAFFIC ON AURORA.
I'M SITTING TO YOU A
PRESENTATION THAT I DID A YEAR
AGO ADDRESSING IT.
BUT AURORA IS ONLY THE TIP OF
THE ICEBERG.
THE SAME RECORD OF FAILURE AND
DEATH ON SEATTLE STREETS
AFFECTS ALL OF SEATTLE.
AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF THE
LESSONS CAN BE APPLIED TO
DELRIDGE.
I CHALLENGE YOU TO ENVISION A
BETTER CITY AND TO HAVE THE
COURAGE TO LEAD AND LEAD
THROUGH THE INEVITABLE FLAK
THAT THAT VISION WILL OCCUR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU LEE.
THANK YOU FOR LEAVING THOSE
PRESENTATIONS AND THANKS FOR
YOUR ONGOING COMMITMENT, NOT
JUST TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON
AURORA, AND THE TRAGIC INCIDENTS
THAT SEEM TO BE HAPPENING AGAIN
AND AGAIN.
DESPITE GOOD ADVOCACY WORK I DO
BELIEVE THERE IS A COMMITMENT
AT THE CITY TO ACHIEVE VISION
ZERO AND YET CLEARLY WE HAVE, A
HUGE GAP BETWEEN THE COMMITMENT
AND REALITY WE ARE SEEING, THE
DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES
THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST
YEAR.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO
FIGURE THAT OUT.
THANK YOU.
DOUG?
>> HI.
MY NAME IS DOUG.
I AM A RESIDENT OF NORTH
DELRIDGE.
IN WEST SEATTLE.
I COMMUTE BY BIKE DAILY.
I TAKE MAKE FIRST-GRADE SON TO
ELEMENTARY BY BIKE.
I WANT TO TALK TO ABOUT THE
RAPID RIDE H PLANS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IS THIS BETTER?
>> I CAN HEAR YOU BUT THE TV
CREW CAN YOU AS WELL.
>> I HAVE TO ADMIT BEING
DISAPPOINTED WE CAN'T HAVE 28
NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND BIKE LANES
FOR DELRIDGE.
I RECOGNIZE SDOT HAS MADE
COMPROMISES TO ACCOMMODATE ALL
MODES.
AND UTILIZING PARALLEL
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS WHILE
FAR FROM IDEAL COULD BE
IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY WITH TWO
CHANGES I WANTED TO PROPOSE.
FIRST, THE CURRENTLY PLANNED
ONE WEIGHT SOUTHBOUND LANE
BETWEEN CANYON AND JUNEAU
SHOULD BE MADE INTO A TO A
PROTECTED BIKE LANE.
THIS WILL ALLOW NORTHBOUND
CYCLISTS TO SAFELY ACCESS THE
26 AVENUE GREENWAY AT THE
NORTHERN SECTION OF THE
DELRIDGE QUARTER.
THERE APPEARS TO BE SUFFICIENT
ROADWAY TO ACCOMMODATE TWO-LANE
BIKE ALONG THE STRETCH.
SECOND THE 26 AVENUE GREENWAY
WHICH IS PLANNED TO BE THE ONLY
RECRUIT AS PART OF THE RAPID
RIDE H PLANS IS CURRENTLY USED
BY MOTORCYCLE DRIVERS IS A CUT
THROUGH PAST TWO DELRIDGE
ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING
COMMUTE.
LIKE TO SEE TRAFFIC DIVERTERS
IDEALLY ON 26 AVENUE GREENWAY.
SO THAT IT CAN BE RETURNED TO
THE FAMILY FRIENDLY SAFE
PARALLEL ROOTS IT'S INTENDED TO
BE.
IDEALLY THESE CHANGES SHOULD
PROCEED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
DELRIDGE WEIGHT RAPID RIDE SO
CONDITIONS DON'T FURTHER
DETERIORATE DURING
CONSTRUCTION.
GIVEN THE ALREADY COMPRISED
DESIGN OF THE ROOTS I ENCOURAGE
COUNCIL TO PUSH SDOT ON THESE
TWO POINTS.
WITH THESE CHANGES WE CAN HELP
MAKE THE DELRIDGE QUARTER MORE
SAFE AND LIVABLE.
>> THANK YOU DOUG.
RYAN?
AND THEN DON IS THE LAST ONE.
>> TANKS.
I WANT TO START RETHINKING THIS
COMMITTEE AND BY EXTENSION THE
CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE.
IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST
FORWARD THINKING ON
TRANSPORTATION POLICY IN YEARS.
A GREAT CREDIT OF THAT GOES TO
THE CHAIR.
AS OF LAST MONTH THE CITY BIKE
NETWORK HAS BEEN EXPANDED IN
FOR DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
INCLUDING GAME CHANGING
DIRECTION SOUTH OF JACKSON
STREET WHERE I WAS PERSONALLY
AFRAID TO RIDE MY BIKE FOR
YEARS.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY I'M HERE TO
COMMENT ON THE PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY CRISIS.
2019 IS SHAPING UP TO BE ONE OF
THE WORST YEARS FOR SAFETY FOR
PEOPLE WALKING.
WITH JUST THREE FATALITIES.
AURORA AVENUE OR SIX
PEDESTRIANS WILL HAVE LOST
THEIR LIVES SO FAR THIS YEAR.
IN MICROCOSM OF HOW OUR
APPROACH NEEDS TO CHANGE WITH
NEITHER WSDOT OR SDOT WILLING
TO STEP UP TO MAKE THE CHANGE
TO TURN AURORA INTO EIGHT ZERO
BIDDLE STREET.
LOWER SPEEDS, SIGNALS, WE NEED
THE COURAGE TO ACT AND WE CAN'T
WAIT LONGER.
>> THANK YOU.
DON?
>> I AM DON WITH WEST SEATTLE
BY CONNECTIONS.
WE ARE SAFE STREETS ADVOCACY
GROUP FOR PEOPLE WALKING AND
BIKING AND TAKING TRANSIT IN
WEST SEATTLE.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE
DELRIDGE RAPID RIDE H PROJECT.
BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO, IT'S
THANKSGIVING, I LIKE TO GIVE
THANKS TO THIS COMMITTEE AND TO
MIKE O'BRIEN IN PARTICULAR, YOU
HAVE INSPIRED ME MORE THAN YOU
KNOW SINCE COMING TO THE CASCADE
ADVOCACY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO AND
GETTING ME TO COMMIT TIME TO
THIS KIND OF WORK.
AND YOUR CONTINUING WORK HAS
LED ME TO CONTINUE.
AND ALSO TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FORGETTING A PROVISO
FOR THE CONTINUED COUNCIL
OVERSIGHT OF THE RAPID RIDE
PROJECT.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
IT SERVES WEST SEATTLE AND SOME
OF SEATTLE'S LOWEST INCOME
HIGHEST DENSITIES OF PEOPLE OF
COLOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND PEOPLE
WHO REALLY NEED TRANSIT.
MORE THAN 25% OF SOME OF THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS HOUSEHOLD DON'T
HAVE A CAR.
AND I THINK THE SDOT TEAM HAS
DONE GREAT WORK IN INCLUDING
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
SO PEOPLE CAN GET TO THE
TRANSIT STOPS ON FOOT OR IN
WHEELCHAIRS OR BIKES.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM ALONG
THE WAY AND MADE SUGGESTIONS.
WE STILL HAVE AREAS WHERE WE
THINK IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE
MADE TO MAKE THIS REALLY
SUCCESSFUL, ESPECIALLY TO
SURVIVE THE TWO YEARS REPEATING
ON DELRIDGE WHEN CAR TRAFFIC IS
GOING TO WANT TO DIVERT TWO
ADJACENT STREETS AND THOSE
INCLUDE THE GREENWAY STREETS
THAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES
FOR PEOPLE ON BIKES AND FOOT.
SO, EIGHT DIVERTER ON GENESEE,
THE 28 LANES DOUG TALKED ABOUT,
SOME OTHER MEASURES WE HAVE
GIVEN YOU IN COMMENTS THE SDOT
TEAM HAS PROMISED THEY WOULD
LOOK INTO, WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO SEEING POSITIVE
RESULTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU DON.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE
AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT?
ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE WE WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND I WILL INVITE PRESENTERS
AFFORD THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM.
UNTIL HE CAN READ IT IN WHEN
SHE GETS HER.
HERE.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119628.
AN ORDINANCE VACATING THE ALLEY
IN BLOCK 81, TERRY'S SECOND
ADDITION, AND AN AERIAL PORTION
OF 9th AVENUE BETWEEN JEFFERSON
STREET AND ALDER STREET ON THE
PETITION OF KING COUNTY (CLERK
FILE 304408); AND ACCEPTING A
PROPERTY USE AND DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT.
>> WELCOME EVERYONE.
IT'S START WITH INTRODUCTIONS.
>> LISH WHITSON.
>> BEVERLY BARNETT.
>> BLAKE VOORHEES.
>> LESLIE HARPER.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY OPENING
WORDS?
>> BECAUSE THIS IS
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S FIRST
MEETING ON STREET VACATIONS I
WOULD GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE
PROCESS AND WHERE WE ARE FOR
THIS PROJECT.
>> WE CAN ALWAYS BENEFIT FROM
THAT IN THIS COMPLEX PROCESS.
>> A STREET VACATION IS A
PETITION BY A PROPERTY OWNER TO
ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF WAY
ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEX
OWNERSHIP OF OUR STREETS AND
ALLEYS, THERE IS A SEPARATE
PROCESS WE GO THROUGH DISTINCT
FROM ANY NORMAL PROPERTY
DISPOSITION PROCESS THE CITY
UNDERTAKES.
THAT IS LAID OUT UNDER STATE
LAW.
THE COUNCIL HAS THREE POINTS
WHERE IT TOUCHES THE STREET
VACATION PROCESS, AN EARLY
BRIEFING, A REVIEW OF THE
PROPOSAL, AND THE PUBLIC
BENEFITS THAT THE PROJECT WILL
PROVIDE.
AND THEN, THE FINAL STAGE WHERE
AFTER APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT,
AFTER CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF
THE PROJECT ONCE IT'S BEEN
BUILT, ONCE THE PUBLIC BENEFITS
HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, IT COMES
BACK TO THE CITY FOR FINAL
APPROVAL AND AT THAT POINT THE
CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY TRANSFERS
THE PROPERTY OVER TO THE
PETITIONER.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS
PROJECT.
IT WAS APPROVED MANY YEARS AGO.
THEY HAVE COMPLETED ALL THE
CONDITIONS OF THE APPLICATION
AND THEY ARE BACK HERE TO GET
FINAL APPROVAL UNDER THIS
ORDINANCE.
>> GREAT.
THANKS FOR THAT.
>> PERFECT.
THANK YOU FOR THE BACKGROUND.
I WOULD EMPHASIZE WHAT LISH
WHITSON WAS TALKING ABOUT, TWO-
PART APPROVAL PROCESS.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE
COUNCIL GIVES THE CONDITIONAL
OR CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL , IT
ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO MOVE
FORWARD AND BUILD THE PROJECT.
BUT YOU HOLD BACK THE VERY LAST
STEP AND IT'S A WAY THE COUNCIL
CAN ACHIEVE ACCOUNTABILITY
AROUND THE PAYMENT OF FEES,
ANY DESIGN OR DEVELOPMENT
CONDITIONS, AND OF COURSE THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PUBLIC
BENEFIT FEATURES.
SO GENERALLY WE SEE WITH MOST
PROJECTS, IT CAN TAKE SEVERAL
YEARS BECAUSE VACATIONS ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH REALLY COMPLEX
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
THIS IS UNUSUAL IN THAT IT IS
NOT TIMELY, BUT WE ARE VERY
HAPPY, DISPROPORTIONATELY HAPPY
TO BE HERE BECAUSE IT'S TAKEN A
LONG TIME TO GET YOUR.
AND WE DO FIND IT SOMETIMES
WITH PROJECTS THAT THERE IS AN
EASEMENT THAT IS DIFFICULT OR
WE ALL GET BUSY, IT GETS IN THE
BOTTOM OF MY STACK, SO WITH
THIS THERE WERE SOME ISSUES.
A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT TO
DESIGN AND BUILD.
'S IS ONE THAT WHEN MULTIPLE
TIMES TO THE DESIGN COMMISSION.
THE WERE A LOT OF STRUCTURAL
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES.
AND THEN HARBORVIEW WAS NOT
EXPECTING THE VACATION FEE TO
BE A SIGNIFICANT AS IT WAS.
SO WE HAD TO WORK ON FINDING
SOME ALTERNATIVES.
IT'S JUST A WHOLE SERIES OF
THINGS THAT HAVE PUT THAT, THIS
INTO THIS VERY DELAYED BUT
EVERYTHING DONE AND WE ARE
HAPPY TO BE HERE CATEGORY.
SO TED IS GOING TO GO THROUGH
THE POWERPOINT THAT SHOWS THE
PROJECT AND SOME OF THE
HISTORY.
AND THEN WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT
PROCESS OR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
IT.
IT IS READY.
READY TO GO.
>> HERE WE GO.
BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE
POWERPOINT, A QUICK REFRESHER,
HARBORVIEW IS THE ONLY TRAUMA
CENTER FOR A FIVE YEAR REGION
AND IS CAN COUNTY UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
HERE ARE THE ITEMS WE ARE
REVIEWING.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE LOCATION
OF THE ALLEY AND THE BOND
PROJECT WERE COMPLETED IN 2007
AND 2009, WE ARE GOING TO
REVIEW THE COMPENSATION
REFERRED TO IN THE VARIOUS
CONDITIONS AND PUBLIC BENEFITS
COMPLETED AS PART OF THE
PROCESS.
HERE IS WHERE THEY ARE
TECHNICALLY LOCATED.
THE ALLEY VACATION IS THE LONG
REDLINE AT THE TOP OF THE BLACK
DIAGRAM.
IT DISSECTS A CITY BLOCK
BOUNDED BY JAMES STREET AND
JEFFERSON STREET AND TERRY AND
NINTH AVENUE.
THE AERIAL VACATION GOES
OVERNIGHT AVENUE AND IS JUST
SOUTH OF JEFFERSON, RIGHT NEXT
TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S WHERE THE TWO LOCATIONS
ARE.
THERE ARE TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE
AFFECTED BY THESE OR BENEFITED
FROM THESE VACATIONS.
FIRST WE WILL TALK ABOUT IS ON
THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, THE
PHOTOGRAPH ON THE LEFT.
AND AERIAL VACATION ALLOWED FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SKYBRIDGE
OVERNIGHT AVENUE.
THE SKYBRIDGE IS SIX FLOORS
OCCUPIED SPACE AND SERVED TWO
REALLY IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS FOR
OUR CAMPUS.
THE FIRST IS IT SEISMICALLY
BRACED THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT-
HAND SIDE OF THE PICTURE, IT
WAS BUILT AT THE SAME TIME,
BUILDING ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE
OF THE PICTURE IS EAST HOSPITAL.
BOTH BUILDINGS HAVE INPATIENT
UNITS.
THEY HAVE ACUTE CARE FLOORS AND
ICUS.
THE EAST BUILDING WAS BUILT IN
THE 1970S SO DIDN'T MEET THE
STANDARDS.
THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERS
CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO USE
THE SKYBRIDGE TO SEISMICALLY
BRACE THE EAST HOSPITAL AND THE
NORM MALENG BUILDING WHICH IS
IMPORTANT IN CASE WE HAVE AN
EARTHQUAKE.
IT ALSO DIVIDES CRITICAL
PATHWAYS FOR TRANSPORTING
PATIENTS AND EQUIPMENT.
DECIDE YOU'R SEEING NOW HAS
CORE DOORS ON ONE SIDE AND FOR
STAFF AND MOVING PATIENTS BACK
AND FORTH BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT
BUILDINGS.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKYBRIDGE
YOU CAN'T SEE HAS WAITING ROOMS
AND OFFICES.
GREAT WAITING ROOM SO LOOK DOWN
NINTH AVENUE.
ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE
RANIER.
IT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR PATIENTS
AND FAMILIES TOGETHER AND GET A
BREAK.
IT SOLVED TWO IMPORTANT
PURPOSES.
SEISMIC BRACING AND ALSO TRANSIT
PATIENT TRANSPORTATION.
THE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT-HAND
SIDE IS THE NINTH AND JEFFERSON
BUILDING.
THAT WAS BUILT ON AN ENTIRE
CITY BLOCK.
THE ALLEY VACATION ALLOWED THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THAT.
IT PROVIDED IMPORTANT EXPANSION
FOR CLINICS AND SERVICES.
WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT CLINICS
IN THE BUILDING.
OFFICES, RESEARCH SPACE.
WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THE KING
COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER FROM
OLD SPACE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
CAMPUS TO THIS NEW BUILDING.
IF VASTLY IMPROVE THE
ENVIRONMENT.
A BRAND-NEW AUTOPSY SPACE.
BOTH BUILDINGS DID SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVEMENTS ON CAMPUS AND THEY
WERE BUILT FROM THE VACATIONS.
THAT'S A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON
THE STRUCTURES.
AS BEVERLY NOTED, THERE WAS AN
EVALUATION VALUE FOR THE REAL
ALLEY VACATION.
IT CAME $1.9 MILLION.
HARBORVIEW RUNS ON A RAZOR THIN
MARGIN EVERY YEAR.
WRITING A CHECK FOR $1.9
MILLION IS GOING TO BE
CHALLENGING.
FOR THE COURSE OF A COUPLE
YEARS WE WORKED ON COMING UP
WITH WAYS TALKED TO BEVERLY
ABOUT WAYS OF LOWERING THE
AMOUNT OF FINDING WAYS TO
OFFSET IT.
DURING THAT TIME WE ACTUALLY
BUILT OUT SPACE FOR MEDIC ONE.
I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE
REALIZES, THERE IS IT SETTLED
FIRED PERMIT STATION EMBEDDED
IN OUR CAMPUS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE FIRE TRUCKS BUT
HAS MEDIC ONE VEHICLES.
MEDIC ONE DOES PARAMEDIC
TRAINING ON OUR CAMPUS.
WE BUILT OUR NEW OFFICES, AND
THAT COST APPROXIMATELY $1.1
MILLION.
WE GO BACK TO THAT COST, BACK
TO THE CITY AND SAID HOW ABOUT
IF WE TAKE THAT $1.1 MILLION IN
OFFSET $2 MILLION FUND AND WE
CAME DOWN WITH THE FINAL CASH
CONTRIBUTION OF $845,000.
CITY COUNCIL AGREED THAT IT
MADE SENSE.
SO WE ENDED UP WRITING A CHECK
FOR $8500.
HUNDRED $45,000.
THIS IS A LIST OF THE PUBLIC
BENEFITS. WE WON'T GO THROUGH
THIS LINE BY LINE BUT I HAVE
PICTURES THE COVER ALL THE BASES
THAT THESE REFERENCE.
HARBORVIEW SHALL PROVIDE
ADEQUATE VEHICULAR AND
PEDESTRIAN CLEARANCE.
THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE
SKYBRIDGE FACING SOUTH.
YOU CAN SEE IT IS QUITE HIGH
OFF THE CITY STREET AND PROVIDES
20 OF PEDESTRIAN CLEARANCE AND
ACCESS AND VEHICLES.
SECOND CONDITION, REFINEMENTS
OF THE STREETSCAPE TO INCLUDE
EXPANDED SIDEWALKS AND
PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING.
THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE LEFT IS
THE VIEW ALONG NINTH AVENUE AND
WE HAVE 11 FOOT SIDEWALKS.
THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE RIGHT
SHOWS PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING, IT
DOES A NICE JOB LIGHTING UP THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE EVENINGS.
NEXT CONDITION, DESIGNED
REFINEMENTS OF OTHER PUBLIC
BENEFITS SPECIFIC TO THIS
VACATION, BEYOND DEVELOPMENT
REQUIREMENTS.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS KING COUNTY
AND HARBORVIEW WORKED WITH
ARTISTS TO PRODUCE PERMANENT
ARTWORK UNDERNEATH THE
SKYBRIDGE.
THIS IS A PIECE, SHE HAS SOME
PIECES IN YOUR CITY HALL BY
YOUR OFFICES I BELIEVE.
AND THIS IS TITLED BRIDGE, YOU
COULD SEE ITS DECORATIVE PANELS
UNDERNEATH THE SKYBRIDGE AND
MORE DECORATIVE PIECES ON THE
LEFT-HAND SIDE.
NIGHT IT'S LIT UP WITH BLUE
LIGHTS TO SIGNIFY WATER.
THIS PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SAME
ARTWORK WHERE IT LIGHTS UP THE
SKYBRIDGE IN BLUE AT NIGHT.
HARBORVIEW'S COMMITMENT TO THE
PUBLIC ARTWORK IS TO MAKE SURE
THE LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS ON AND
MAINTAINED.
THE NEXT CONDITION INCLUDES
GENEROUS BUILDING SETBACKS AND
EXPANDED SIDEWALKS.
THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE
NINTH AND JEFFERSON BUILDING AT
THE BUS PLAZA.
WE HAVE MORE DETAILED
PHOTOGRAPHS.
THIS IS A CLOSER VIEW, ON THE
LEFT A CLOSER VIEW OF THE BUS
STOP.
ON THE RIGHT SHOWS A
SIGNIFICANT 20 FOOT SIDEWALK.
WHICH IS PRETTY UNUSUAL FOR
MOST DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS.
THAT REFERENCES A SETBACK WE
PROVIDED.
NEXT PICTURE SHOWS A VIEW ALONG
JAMES STREET, NEXT TO THE NINTH
AND JEFFERSON BUILDING HAVE A
16 FOOT SIDEWALK.
YOU CAN SEE AWNINGS ABOVE THE
BUILDING AND I HAVE TO SAY THE
BUILDING SETBACKS THIS IS A
GOOD EXAMPLE.
WE KNOW HOW BUSY JAMES STREET
CAN BE.
AND WHEN IT'S POURING RAIN IT'S
QUITE NICE TO WALK UNDER THE
AWNINGS AND GET AWAY FROM
TRAFFIC.
IT DEFINITELY IMPROVES THE
PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AROUND
CAMPUS.
THE NEXT ONE IS A VIEW OF THE
BUILDING ALONG NINTH AVENUE.
IS 16 FOOT SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF
ONE OF OUR RETAILERS.
IT ALSO SHOWS THE TREEPLANTING
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
AGAIN, IT IS REALLY NICE
PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE
ESPECIALLY IN THE RAIN.
I THINK THIS IS LAST
PHOTOGRAPH.
THIS IS OUR BUS STOP, IT HAS
TWO PUBLIC ART PIECES.
ONE IS THE LOWER LEAF SCULPTURE
MADE OUT OF GRANITE AND MARBLE.
A PERMANENT PEACE.
IN THE FLOORING, IT'S HARD TO
SEE FROM THIS PHOTOGRAPH BUT
IT'S A PIECE OF MARBLE THAT
EXTENDS INTO THE LOBBY IT IS A
SERIES OF MOON PHASES
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
IT COVERS BOTH LOOK ART IN
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I THINK THAT IS IT.
ANY QUESTIONS
>> WHEN DID WE FIRST PASS
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THIS?
>> IT WAS APPROVED IN 2003.
>> SO BEFORE MY TIME?
>> I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER
CONLON AND THEN RASMUSSEN WERE
THE MAIN LEADS ON THE APPROVAL
AND IMPLEMENTATION.
>> HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO THE
PORT OF SEATTLE WE DID A FEW
MONTHS AGO AS FAR AS RECORD-
SETTING TIMELINES?
>> WE STILL HAVE ONE PORT
PROJECT EVEN OLDER THAN THIS.
TERMINAL FIVE.
THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND OLDEST
PROJECT EVER.
BUT THIS ONE WAS PRETTY
COMPLICATED TO WORK OUT.
AND HARBORVIEW HAS BEEN A
PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.
ALL HAVE SAT DOWN AND FIGURED
OUT A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD AND
THE COUNCIL WAS SUPPORTIVE.
SUPPORTIVE OF FINDING WAYS TO
KEEP HARBORVIEW, KEEP THE
PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
IT WAS DIFFICULT BUT REALLY
COLLABORATIVE THROUGH THE WHOLE
PROCESS.
>> OBVIOUSLY.
THERE IS A SET OF RULES THAT
APPLY TO THINGS AND SOME OF
THOSE, REGARDLESS OF WHO THE
PARTY IS, WHETHER IT'S ANOTHER
PUBLIC AGENCY OR NOT, AND SO,
AT THE SAME TIME RECOGNIZING WE
HAVE SOME SHARED INTEREST IN
ACHIEVING OUR RESPECTIVE GOALS
AND TAKING MONEY OUT OF ONE POT
AND PUTTING IT IN ANOTHER POT
IS NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST WAY
TO DO IT.
I APPRECIATE THE CREATIVITY IN
THE PARTNERSHIP THAT EXISTS.
DOZENS OF PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN
THE CITY AND COUNTY, AND THE
MEDIC ONE PARTNERSHIP AT
HARBORVIEW IS GREAT.
THAT THAT WAS ABLE TO BE
FINESSED IN A WAY THAT SERVED
ALL.
I AM PREPARED TO MOVE THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THIS?
>> I DO NOT.
>> I WILL MOVE COUNCIL BUILT
119628.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
SO THAT WILL GO ON TO THE FULL
COUNCIL ON MONDAY WITH A
RECOMMENDATION TO VOTE YES.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU FOR THIS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK
YOU TO THE COMMITTEE CHAIR.
IT HAS BEEN A REAL PLEASURE
WORKING WITH YOU ON ALL OF
THESE COMPLICATED ISSUES WHERE
WE REALLY NOODLE OVER SOLUTIONS
ON THINGS FOR ALL THIS TIME.
I THINK YOU HAVE BEEN A
TREMENDOUS LEADER AND WE WILL
MISS YOUR LEADERSHIP.
>> THANKS EVERLY I APPRECIATE
THAT.
I WANT TO SAY IS SOMEONE WHO
GETS TO JUMP IN AND DABBLE IN
THIS, FROM TIME TO TIME AS
PROJECTS COME TO FLOOR, THAT
WORK IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT
SOMEONE LIKE YOU BEING, FRANKLY
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, A VERY
DEDICATED AND PASSIONATE
ADVOCATE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD IN
THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THESE
PROJECTS.
AND KNOWING AS MUCH AS WE CAN
ON PROJECTS WHERE IT'S
APPROPRIATE AND FINDING PASS TO
BALANCE THE NEEDS OF MULTIPLE
ORGANIZATIONS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU EVERYONE.
LET'S SEE, I CAN READ AN AGENDA
ITEM.
DELRIDGE RAPID RIDE H BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
IF IT'S UNDER 10 WORDS I HAVE
PERMISSION TO READ IT AS LONG
AS THERE ARE NO CODES.
>> IT FEELS VERY FAR AWAY.
>> THIS IS LIKE PASS THE SALT
THAT ONE OF THOSE FANCY DINNERS
WHERE WE SIT AT THE OPPOSITE
END OF THE TABLE AND HAVE AN
INTIMATE CONVERSATION.
WELCOME.
LET'S START WITH INTRODUCTIONS.
>> I AM CJ HOLD PROJECT MANAGER
WITH SDOT ON CAPITAL PROJECTS
AND ON THE DELRIDGE RAPID RIDE
H PROJECT.
>> I AM LORELEI WILLIAMS .
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD TO
DO THIS PRESENTATION.
THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT FOR
A VARIETY OF REASONS.
ONE, IT IS SERVING A POTENTIAL
TO BRING ROBUST TRANSIT SERVICE
TO POPULATIONS WHO NEED IT.
TWO, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE
TRANSIT INVESTMENTS THAT IS NOT
DEPENDENT ON FEDERAL FUNDING.
SO, WHEREAS SO MANY OTHER GREAT
PROJECTS THAT ARE TIED UP IN
COMPLEX TIMING AND APPLICATION
PROJECTS, THIS ONE WE, JOINTLY
WITH THE COUNTY, I BELIEVE
CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY.
THAT IS NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING
WE HAVE CONTROL OVER AND AS A
RESULT IT'S LIKELY GOING TO
MOVE FORWARD.
FASTER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER
PROJECTS.
LET'S JUMP IN.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
PRESENTATION AND AS WE GO
THROUGH THIS OR AT THE END, I
WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF
THE QUESTIONS RAISED DURING
PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF YOU FEEL LIKE ADDRESSING
GOES ON THE WAY THAT IS FINE I
CAN BRING THEM UP AT THE END.
>> CJ AND I WERE TAKING NOTES.
HE WILL EITHER ADDRESS THEM AS
HE IS TALKING OR WE WILL FOLLOW-
UP AS WE FINISH THINGS.
NICE TO MEET YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I IMAGINE WE WILL HAVE MANY
CONVERSATIONS IN THE FUTURE.
THERE'S A LOT WE ARE DOING AS
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN SAID,
DELRIDGE IS ONE OF THE FIRST
CORE DOORS IN CONJUNCTION WITH
HOPEFULLY MADISON THAT WILL
MOVE FORWARD TO CONSTRUCTION IN
2020.
IT IS PRETTY EXCITING.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE
FORWARD A NUMBER OF BIG
PROJECTS.
MORE ON THE BRIDGE SIDE.
SO THESE WOULD BE THE FIRST TWO
QUARTERS OUT OF THE LEVY.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD AND
WHEN WE ARE EXCITED TO PROCEED
N.
SO WE ARE HERE TODAY AS A
FOLLOW-UP TO WHEN WE WERE HERE
EARLIER THIS YEAR WHERE WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT THINGS AROUND THE
30% DESIGN MILESTONE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO WALK THROUGH
ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS
TEAR AND WHERE WE ARE AT 80%
DESIGN AS WELL AS ADDRESS
PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I WILL CLICK US THROUGH.
WE SDOT START PRESENTATIONS
WITH OUR VISION AND MISSION ON
THE SLIDE DECK.
YOU'LL SEE THIS TIME AND TIME
AGAIN.
I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK TO IT
BRIEFLY.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE HEARD COMMENTS TODAY.
OUR VISION IS THAT SEATTLE IS A
THRIVING EQUITABLE COMMUNITY
POWERED BY DEPENDABLE
TRANSPORTATION.
OUR MISSION IS TO DELIVER
TRANSPORTATION THAT PROVIDES
SAFE AND AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO
LACES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
WITHIN THAT WE HAVE SIX CORE
VALUES.
EQUITY, SAFETY, MOBILITY,
SUSTAINABILITY, LIVABILITY AND
EXCELLENCE.
AND THIS IS OUR PRESENTATION
OVERVIEW.
CJ IS GOING TO COVER BASICALLY
ALL THE BASES OF BACKGROUND,
BUT WE HAVE DONE RECENTLY,
SPECIFICALLY THE IN-DEPTH
COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS
ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE BEEN DOING
AS WELL AS SPECIFIC FOLLOW-UPS
ON ACTUAL REQUEST WE HAVE
GOTTEN AND WHETHER WE ARE GOING
TO DO THEM OR NOT AND WHY.
AND FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION
WE EXPECT TO RESPOND TO THE
COUNCIL ORDINANCE ABOUT THE
DETAILS OF THE PBL DECISIONS.
THAT IS FORTHCOMING ALSO AS
WELL AS THERE IS A PROVISO ON
THIS PROJECT PRIOR TO
CONSTRUCTION WHERE WE WILL
SUBMIT A FULL REPORT THAT THIS
IS A PRECURSOR TO.
BUT WE WILL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION PRIOR TO
CONSTRUCTION.
NOUN GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
CJ FOR DETAILS.
>> THANK YOU.
I LIKE STARTING BIG PICTURE.
ESPECIALLY, COUNCILMEMBER YOU
MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR.
I WANT TO START BIG PICTURE AND
GIVE YOU BACKGROUND AND THEN
DIG INTO THE DETAILS.
I LIKE TO START WITH THIS
GRAPHIC, IT IS KIND OF A LAYERED
LOOK AT THE OVERALL H LINE.
THINK ABOUT IT IN THESE LAYERS.
THE BLUE LINE IS THE METRO
RAPID RIDE H LINE OVERALL
PROJECT WHICH RUNS FROM, HI,
>> WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD . THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
>> IT RUNS FROM SOUTHLAKE TO
BURIEN VIA DELRIDGE.
KIND OF THE GREEN BOX THERE IS
THE SDOT KING COUNTY JOINT
DELIVERY OF THE TRANSIT PLUS
MULTIMODAL CORD OR WHICH
INCLUDES THE TRANSIT
IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA AS
WELL AS THE MULTIMODAL
IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE RED BOX
THERE WHICH IS THE SDOT ONLY
DELIVERED PAVING PIECE WHERE WE
ARE DOING FULL RECONSTRUCTION
IN THAT AREA.
IN ADDITION TO SOME UTILITY
UPGRADES.
SO, FOR THE BLUE LINE, THE
METRO LINE, THE NORTHERN PART
OUTSIDE THE GREEN BOX, THAT IS
DELIVERED ONLY BY METRO.
AND THEN SOUTH OF BARTON AT THE
BOTTOM THERE ALL THE WAY TO
BURIEN THAT IS DELIVERED BY
METRO.
AND LIKE I SAID, GREEN IS
JOINT.
WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE,
A COST SHARE AGREEMENT, METRO
IS A FUNDING PARTNER.
AND JUST OVERALL GOALS, FASTER
MORE FREQUENT BUS SERVICE.
IMPROVED ACCESS TO TRANSIT AND
IMPROVED SAFETY ARE WALKERS,
BIKERS, DRIVERS AND BUS.
>> IT'S APPROXIMATELY FOUR
MILES OF PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL.
WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE
DELRIDGE PEACE RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE ROAD.
GENERALLY A MIX OF BIKE LANES
AND THERE'S ALSO PARALLEL
GREENWAY BETWEEN WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE AND GRAHAM ON 26th
AVENUE SOUTHWEST.
AND THERE IS ALSO TO THE WEST
OF DELRIDGE AND TO THE EAST OF
DELRIDGE THERE IS A GREENWAY
BETWEEN WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE AND
CAMBRIDGE TO THE SOUTH.
I WILL GET INTO A LITTLE MORE
DETAIL ON THOSE FACILITIES WHEN
WE GET TO THAT SECTION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO CHECK ON THE NUMBERS.
CURRENT NUMBER OF TRIPS, 9200
TRIPS.
GOAL, ANOTHER 7100.
AND I SIMPLY ADDING THOSE
NUMBERS TO NAME A GOAL WE HAVE
FOR THIS PROJECT OF MORE THAN
16,000 RIDERS BY 2035?
>> THE 7100 IS JUST FOR THE
DELRIDGE SECTION.
>> OKAY.
>> WHEREAS THE 9200 IS FOR THE
OVERALL 120 LINE.
>> GOT IT.
IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT AN
OVERALL GOAL FOR THE PROJECT,
FOR OUR PURPOSES NOW WE ARE
ONLY TALKING ABOUT 7100?
>> RIGHT.
WE JUST CARVE THAT OUT SINCE WE
ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE
DELRIDGE SECTION.
BUT WE COULD PULL THE NUMBERS
FOR THE OVERALL ROUTE. WOULD
YOU LIKE THOSE NUMBERS?
>> IT GIVES US A LITTLE MORE OF
AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.
>> I'M GOING TO LOOK.
>> IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO HAVE
BOTH.
THE CURRENT DELRIDGE ONLY
NUMBERS, I GUESS MAYBE THAT'S
WHAT I'D BE MORE INTERESTED IN.
THE CURRENT DELRIDGE ONLY
NUMBERS.
VERSUS THE PROJECTED 2035.
>> IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE
PROXIMATELY DOUBLING, EXPECTING
TO DOUBLE IN THAT SPECIFIC
QUARTER.
WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW THAT.
>> RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT
OUT.
WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT.
SO OVERALL JUST BACK TO THE
EXISTING CAN WE HAVE PARKING
THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER.
IT IS A BUSY CORRIDOR.
ESPECIALLY AT THE NORTH END.
19,000 ADP.
IT GETS LESS TOWARD THE MIDDLE
AND SOUTH.
THE 120, AS WE HAVE BEEN KIND
OF TALKING ABOUT IT, IT'S A
BUSY ROUTE.
IT'S ONE OF THE TOP BUSIEST
ROUTES IN THE CITY IN TERMS OF
RIDERSHIP.
80 BUS STOPS.
RUNS ALL THE WAY THROUGH
DELRIDGE, BURIEN, THERE IS A
LOT OF WRITERS.
>> I THINK IT'S ON THE COUNTIES
TOP 10 LIST.
ON THAT, HOW WILL, I KNOW THERE
IS SORT OF A STANDARD ROUTER
FREQUENCY, HOW DOES THAT
FREQUENCY, THE NEW PROJECTED
FREQUENCY COMPARED TO WHAT IT
IS CURRENTLY?
BECAUSE I AM ALREADY, I GET
FREQUENT CONCERNS ABOUT THE
FACT THAT FULL BUSES PASS FOLKS
BY AND ARE TAKING ON MORE
WRITERS.
AND UNLESS WE ARE ALSO
ADJUSTING THE FREQUENCY OF THE
NEW RAPID RIDE, I AM CONCERNED
THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE
GETTING AT THAT OVERCROWDING
ISSUE.
>> YET, SO THAT IS A GOOD
POINT.
KING COUNTY DID MAKE SOME
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE 120.
SO YOU ARE ALREADY GETTING
FASTER SERVICE THAN IT WAS
PRIOR TO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT WE ARE STILL EXPECTING
ADDITIONAL TIME SAVINGS BY SOME
OF THE MEASURES WE ARE
IMPLEMENTING AS PART OF THESE
PROJECTS LIKE TRANS A PRIORITY,
MORE EFFICIENT BOARDING, BETTER
SPEED THROUGH THE QUARTER.
>> AND OTHER EFFICIENCIES FOR
SURE BUT I WOULD JUST LOVE A
COMPARISON OF RAPID RIDE
FREQUENCY TO THE CURRENT
FREQUENCY OF THE 120.
>> AND JUST TO MAKE SURE I AM
CLEAR, THERE IS THE
CONVERSATION BUT ALSO THE
FREQUENCY AND NUMBER OF BUSES
ON THE ROUTE YOU ARE ASKING US
FOR.
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY, AND GENERALLY YOU CAN
SEE THERE IS A LOT OF FOLKS
SERVED, 187,000 JOBS, 49,000
RESIDENTS, A VERY DIVERSE
NEIGHBORHOOD. ALMOST 40% LOW
INCOME.
ALREADY 8% PERSONS OF COLOR.
84% OF FOLKS DO NOT OWN A CAR.
WE ARE REALLY COGNIZANT OF THAT
POPULATION AND TRYING TO SERVE
THEM TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
SO THIS IS JUST A HIGH-LEVEL --
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION?
ONE OF THE FEATURES TYPICALLY
OF RAPID RIDE PROGRAMS IS SOME
STOP CONSOLIDATION TO REDUCE
DWELL TIMES AND GET THINGS
MOVING FASTER.
WHAT ARE THE 80 STOPS GOING TO
GO TO BECOMES RAPID RIDE, DO WE
KNOW THAT YET?
>> YEAH, WE DID DO STOP
CONSOLIDATION FOR THIS PROJECT.
IF YOU RECALL AT 30% THAT WAS
PART OF THE, BETWEEN 10% AND
30% DESIGN, WE TOOK THOSE STOPS
WHICH WERE, YOU KNOW, IT VARIED
THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER, BUT WE
CONSOLIDATED THEM TO ONE THIRD
OF A MILE GENERALLY
CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE
QUARTER.
SO THERE WERE A LOT OF
DECISIONS ON THE MICROLEVEL,
WHERE TO CLOSE STOPS, WERE TO
ADD STOPS, OR TO CONSOLIDATE
AND BRINGING OTHER STOPS BASED
ON RIDERSHIP AND NEEDS.
SO WE DID GO THROUGH THAT
PROCESS.
PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THAT
AND OUTREACH AROUND THAT
PROCESS.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
TODAY, A RESULT OF THAT.
>> 80 STOPS IS CURRENTLY ON THE
120.
HOW MANY STOPS WILL THE RAPID
RIDE H HAVE?
>> AGAIN I'M ONLY SPEAKING TO
DELRIDGE, WE ARE 20 STOPS AND
DELRIDGE.
I CAN LOOK TO OUR FRIENDS A
KING COUNTY TO GET A COUNT OF
THE OVERALL H LINE IF THAT'S
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?
>> SORRY, YEAH, I'M NOT SURE
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
I'M TRYING TO THINK THROUGH AS
WE CONSOLIDATE STOPS, DWELL
TIME WILL IN THEORY GO DOWN.
SO WE WILL SPEEDED UP.
I'M TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF
THAT.
OBVIOUSLY SOME PEOPLE WILL LOSE
A STOP THAT IS CONVENIENT.
THERE IS A TRADE-OFF THERE.
I IMAGINE YOU ALONG WITH THE
COUNTY OF DONE SOME WORK TO DO
THE BEST TO EVALUATE THAT.
JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF
THAT.
>> THERE'S DEFINITELY REDUCTION
IN STOPS.
IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT MORE
EFFICIENT, IT'S GOING TO MAKE
THE BUS MOVE QUICKER.
WE CAN SHOW THE OVERALL NUMBERS
IF THAT IS HELPFUL, AFTER THE
PRESENTATION.
>> YEAH.
BUT THE RAPID RIDE LINE ALL THE
WAY TO BURIEN, SO THERE IS,
OUTSIDE THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
THERE IS ADDITIONAL STOP
CONSOLIDATION.
MAYBE THEY WERE CONFIGURED
PROPERLY BUT I IMAGINE THERE
WAS SOME ADJUSTMENT.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW I GUESS
JUST FROM 80 HOW MANY WE ARE
GOING TO.
ONE OF THE WAYS WE OBVIOUSLY
GET MORE FREQUENCY IS ADDING
MORE BUSES AND DRIVERS.
ADDING CAPACITY WITH BIGGER
BUSES.
ANOTHER WAY IS IF WE CAN TAKE A
ROUTE THE TAKES 40 MINUTES TO
RUN AND TO END AND GET IT TO 37
MINUTES, WE CAN GET THE SAME
BUSES AND DRIVERS DELIVERING A
FEW MORE RUNS PER DAY.
THAT CONSOLIDATION DOES HAVE
NOT JUST THE PEOPLE ON THE BUS
GET A SLIGHTLY QUICKER RIDE
HOME, WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE MORE
PEOPLE IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF
INVESTMENT.
TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> TO STEAL CJ'S THUNDER
BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE LATER,
ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT WE HAD TO
CAREFULLY ALANSON THIS CORRIDOR
IS WHEN WE FELT WE NEEDED
TRANSIT DEDICATED LANES IN THE
SPACE IT TAKES UP AND HOW WE
HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS BETWEEN
THOSE TWO.
THAT IS ANOTHER WAY --
>> YOU SPEEDED UP.
>> EXACTLY.
>> THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE INTO THE
OVERVIEW.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE FEATURES
FOR THIS DELRIDGE PIECE, WE ARE
LOOKING AT TO IMPROVE THAT
SPEED AND RELIABILITY FOR THE H
LINE.
DEDICATED BUS LANES.
WE HAVE A MIX ON THIS PROJECT
BUS ONLY, 24/7 LANES AND PEAK
ONLY DEDICATED LANES.
TO IMPROVE THE SPEED AND
RELIABILITY WE HAVE ENHANCED
BUS STOPS.
THIS IS A RENDERING NOT TO SCALE
BUT IT'S JUST AN IDEA, AN
UPDATED PART IS WERE
IMPLEMENTING AS PART OF THIS
PROJECT.
A LOT OF THOSE STOPS ARE GOING
TO BE IN LANE.
WERE GOING TO PULL THEM OUT
FROM THE CURB SO THE BUS
DOESN'T HAVE TO PULL OUT PICK
UP WRITERS AND THEN GO BACK
INTO TRAFFIC.
THAT'S GOING TO SAVE A LOT OF
TIME.
MORE COMFORTABLE STATION.
SEATING, LIGHTING, OTHER
AMENITIES.
AND ONBOARD FAIR COLLECTIONS
AND ORCA READERS SO PEOPLE CAN
PAY BEFORE THEY ENTER.
úSPECIALIZED BUSES.
RAPID RIDE BUS THAT HAS EASIER
LOADING ON AND OFF.
TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY.
AT THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS I AM
THINKING HOLDEN, ORCHARD,
GENESEE, WHERE WE HAVE
ARTERIALS COMING ONTO DELRIDGE,
WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE TRANSIT
SIGNAL PRIORITY SO THE BUSES
CAN GET THE GREEN LIGHT AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE AS THEY ARE COMING
I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT.
AND ALSO BETTER CONNECTIONS TO
THE STOPS.
AGAIN, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THIS IN MORE DETAIL, BUT JUST
IMPROVEMENTS TO GET PEOPLE TO
THE BUS STOPS SO THEY CAN USE
IT MORE EFFICIENTLY.
>> I RECALL HEARING A FEW YEARS
AGO THERE WERE EIGHT FINITE
NUMBER OF ORCA READERS LEFT AND
THEY WERE MAKING MORE.
I AM CURIOUS IF THAT IS STILL
CONSTRAINED.
I KNOW WE ARE MOMENTS AWAY
WHICH COULD BE YEARS, ORCA 2.0
OR WHATEVER THE NEXT VERSION IS,
BUT I'M CURIOUS, IS THE
INSTALLATION OF READERS AN ISSUE
OR IS IT LIKE WE HAVE FIGURE
THAT OUT.
>> KING COUNTY METRO IMPLEMENTS
THE READERS AND I BELIEVE IT IS
LINED UP PER OUR AGREEMENT THAT
THEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THAT
ON SCHEDULE.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE --
>> THAT IS FINE.
>> WE HAD THE PUSH ON THIRD
AVENUE I THINK IT WAS AND WE
WERE RUNNING LOW ON INVENTORY
INACCESSIBILITY.
THEY HAVEN'T RAISED THAT AS AN
ISSUE RECENTLY.
SO AS FAR AS WE KNOW WE ARE IN
GOOD SHAPE.
>> AND JUST A HIGH-LEVEL
SCHEDULE, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A
LOT MORE DETAIL WITHIN THIS,
BUT THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING
SINCE 2015.
WE WORKED THROUGH PLANNING,
ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT,
BETWEEN 2015 AND 2017.
STARTED DESIGN EARLY 2018.
WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 90% DESIGN.
SO WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO
FINAL DESIGN.
NOT ALL THE WAY THERE.
BUT BY EARLY 2020 WE ARE
LOOKING TO FINALIZE DESIGN, GET
THE CONTRACT PACKAGED TOGETHER,
PUT IT OUT TO BID, GET A
CONTRACT DRAWN FORWARD.
START CONSTRUCTION BY SPRING OF
2020 CONSTRUCT THROUGH THE END
OF 2021.
AND THEN OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE
RAPID RIDE H LINE UP AND
RUNNING SEPTEMBER 2021.
>> VECTOR TO THE UTILITY WORK,
ROADWAY WORK, OBVIOUSLY THERE
IS LANE RECONFIGURATION,
INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC FOR
THE POLLS AND READERS AND ALL
OF THOSE THINGS.
IS AT THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT
MANAGES ALL OF THAT?
>> GENERALLY THERE WILL BE ONE
PRIME CONTRACTOR.
THEY WILL HAVE A LOT OF SUDS
SUBS AND SPECIALISTS WORKING
UNDERNEATH THEM.
IT'S A BIG CONTRACT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL FOR
WHOEVER GETS THAT.
WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF WHO
GETS THAT KIND OF STRUCTURE
THEY USE IN TERMS OF GETTING
EVERYTHING DONE ON TIME.
>> ON THE QUESTION OF THE
PROJECT, PEOPLE ARE EXCITED
IT'S HAPPENING.
THERE OBVIOUSLY VERY LIKELY TO
BE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
PROJECT THE SIZE.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT HOW THAT IS GOING TO BE
MANAGED?
IS IT SOMETHING WE ARE DOING IN
PHASES?
OR JUST ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN
PROVIDE.
>> YEAH, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY
GOING TO LOOK AT A PHASED
APPROACH.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE
ENTIRE CORE DOOR SHUT DOWN AT
THE SAME TIME.
SO WE HAVE A STRUCTURE IN OUR
SPECIFICATIONS THAT THE
CONTRACTOR HAS TO PROVIDE
SEQUENCING, PHASING PLAN THAT
WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW, AND
APPROVED BEFORE THEY START
CONSTRUCTION TO MAKE SURE IT
WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.
WE ARE PUTTING CONSTRAINTS ON
THE CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SURE AT
LEAST ONE LANE IN EITHER
DIRECTION IS ACTIVE AT ALL
TIMES.'S WE DON'T DETOUR PEOPLE
INTO RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE UNIFORMED
POLICE OFFICERS ON HAND TO
DIRECT TRAFFIC.
AND IMPLEMENT MITIGATION
MEASURES IF NEEDED, IF WE NEED
TO TOUR ROUTES OR READER SIGNS.
THAT IS ALL IN OUR
SPECIFICATIONS, WE ARE VERY
COGNIZANT OF THE IMPACTS AND
TRYING TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO
MITIGATE THOSE FOR THE
COMMUNITY.
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TRYING
TO DELIVER THE PROJECT ON TIME.
>> AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY
TO THE PHASING, I HAVE A LITTLE
BIT OF RECOLLECTION OF THE
PHASING WORK DONE ON THE 23rd.
BECAUSE OF MY OVERSIGHT OF THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR
STABILIZATION FUNDING OUT TO
THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS SOME
OF ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE
PROJECT.
AND SO I KNOW IN THAT INSTANCE
SDOT WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE
COMMUNITY IN DEVELOPING THE
PHASING APPROACH.
SIMILARLY THE PROJECT SDOT HAS
WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE FOLKS
IN THE AVALON NEIGHBORHOOD IN
DEVELOPING WITH THE PHASING
CLICK.
GETTING THEIR INPUT. IS THAT
SOMETHING WE CAN EXPECT OR
SUGGEST A CONVERSATION BETWEEN
SDOT AND THE CONTRACTOR?
>> NO.
WE ABSOLUTELY WANT TO INCLUDE
THE COMMUNITY AND THAT
DISCUSSION.
AS WE GET CLOSER TO
CONSTRUCTION, WHEN WE HAVE A
CONTRACTOR INVOLVED, AND
CONSTRUCTION PHASING OR
CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, WE WANT
TO GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE
COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE WE ARE
NOT IMPACTING PEOPLE.
WE WILL SEE WE HAVE BEEN
ENGAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS
EARLY, GETTING THEM ENGAGED.
THERE ARE POCKETS OF COMMERCIAL
AREAS, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE
ARE REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO
AND WE ARE ALREADY STARTING
THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE MEETING THEIR
NEEDS.
>> SO IT'S NOT JUST A QUESTION
OF, OKAY, WE WILL GET YOU AND
OPEN FOR BUSINESS SIGN.
BUT IT'S A CONVERSATION WHERE
WE ARE GETTING THEIR INPUT
ABOUT HOW TO ACTUALLY BEST
PHASE.
I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE WE'RE
LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION
STARTING SOON.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF
WHEN THOSE CONSTRUCTION
AGREEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE
FINALIZED.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN
FOCUSED ON DOING UNITY OUTREACH
AROUND DESIGN AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN INVOLVED
WITH SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL
NODES.
I DON'T KNOW WE ARE ACTUALLY
ASKING THE COMMUNITY HOW THEY
WANT THE PROJECT TO BE.
JUST WONDERING WHEN EXACTLY
THAT PIECE IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> AND CJ, YOU CAN GRAB ME IF I
SAY SOMETHING INACCURATE HERE.
BUT, I THINK IT'S A FAIR
STATEMENT THE BETWEEN 90 AND 100
WE HAVE MORE OF THOSE DETAILS
AND CONVERSATIONS TO WORK OUT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED IS WE WANT TO KEEP
ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION OPEN.
FOR ME TRAFFIC MAINTENANCE
STANDPOINT THAT DETAIL, WE HAVE
LAID OUT.
THERE IS, WE VERY ON OUR
PROJECTS AS FAR AS HOW MUCH
PRESCRIPTION WE GIVE TO THE
CONTRACTOR ON WHAT THEIR
LIMITATIONS ARE.
WE TRY TO LEAVE AS MUCH OPEN TO
THEM AS WE CAN AND ALSO MAKE
SURE THEY CAN OPEN UP THE WHOLE
ORDER AT ONE TIME.
I THINK WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO
TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE RIGHT
BALANCE WITHIN THE CONTRACT.
THERE IS SOME BASIC RULES ABOUT
HOW WE AFFECT DRIVEWAYS AND WE
HAVE TO MAINTAIN ACCESS AND ALL
THOSE THINGS.
SOME OF THOSE DETAILS AND THAT
COORDINATION IS DEFTLY A
PROCESS DURING CONSTRUCTION AS
WE GET THE CONTRACTORS REALLY
MINUTE DETAIL OF WHERE THEY ARE
GOING TO BE WORKING AND WHEN.
I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE
WORK TO DO BEFORE WE GO TO
CONSTRUCTION.
WE CAN ADD THAT TO OUR PROVISO
RESPONSE AND ALSO THE DETAILS
AND WHAT THINGS WE EXPECT TO
HANDLE LATER.
>> THANKS.
COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS
ENGAGEMENT, WE TALKED LITTLE
ABOUT THIS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING OUTREACH SINCE
THE BEGINNING, THROUGHOUT
PLANNING, TO DEVELOP
ALTERNATIVES, THROUGH DESIGN,
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE
OF A 90% DESIGN PUSH WHERE WE
ARE DOING A LOT OF THIS, WE ARE
GETTING OUT MAILINGS, TALKING
TO PEOPLE FACE-TO-FACE, DOING
DOOR-TO-DOOR, WE ARE MEETING
WITH ADVOCACY GROUPS.
THAT WE ARE DOING THIS
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
IT DOESN'T STOP WHEN DESIGN IS
OVER.
WE WILL DO IT DURING
CONSTRUCTION AND THROUGHOUT
CONSTRUCTION TILL THE END.
BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY
WE HAVE TAKEN AN EQUITY APPROACH
TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT
EXPERTISE ON THE TEAM.
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TRANSLATION
SERVICES FOR MATERIALS AND TALK
TO FOLKS.
WE ALSO HAVE TRANSLATORS AND
INTERPRETERS ON HAND FOR PUBLIC
EVENTS.
WE ARE REALLY COGNIZANT OF
GETTING THE WORD OUT IN A
VARIETY OF WAYS WE ARE
MAXIMIZING WE TALKED TO.
AND THEN, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING
A LOT, RIGHT, WE HAVE HUNDREDS,
MAYBE MORE COMMENTS FROM FOLKS
ABOUT DIFFERENT DETAILS ON THE
QUARTER.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH
EVERYTHING WITH YOU GUYS BUT I
DID WANT TO COVER A FEW OF THE
BIG PICTURE THEMES THAT WE HAVE
BEEN HEARING AND TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING ABOUT
IT.
AS YOU HEARD IN THE BEGINNING,
DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE
BEEN GETTING REQUESTS TO TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK AT THE BIKE
CONFIGURATION ALONG DELRIDGE.
AND THE GREENWAYS TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE REALLY TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT THE VARIOUS
CONSIDERATIONS THERE.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY
WITH THE CULTURAL CENTER TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE MEETING THEIR
NEEDS IN TERMS OF PARKING AND
ACCESS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS ON
THE NEW FINLEY STATION.
WE TALKED ABOUT STOP
CONSOLIDATION.
ONE OF THE CONSOLIDATIONS
BROUGHT THE STOP AT BRANDON
STREET AND JUNEAU STREET
TOGETHER AT FINDLAY WHICH IS
KIND OF A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
NODE.
IN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN DIDN'T
HAVE A ROBUST PEDESTRIAN
CROSSING.
SO WE ADDED A FLASHING BEACON.
WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT
WASN'T ENOUGH FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
WE TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER AND
WE ARE ADDING A PEDESTRIAN
ACTIVATED SIGNAL.
WE ARE WORKING WITH BUSINESSES.
I TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE ARE
WORKING FACE-TO-FACE WITH FOLKS
TO MAKE SURE THEIR NEEDS ARE MET
. THERE IS A PARKING LOSS ALONG
THIS CORRIDOR AS A RESULT OF
THE PROTECTED BIKE LANE
SOUTHBOUND.
AS WELL AS WHERE WE ARE PUTTING
IN BUS STOPS. SO WE ARE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH NOT JUST THIS IS,
ALSO RESIDENCES TO MAKE SURE
THEIR PARKING NEEDS ARE
ACKNOWLEDGED AND LOOKING TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ADDRESS
THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT
OF COMMENTS ABOUT ON STREET
FLOODING.
THIS CORRIDOR REALLY DIDN'T
HAVE ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR DRAINAGE. AND SO WE ARE
DOING A HARD LOOK AT THAT.
WE ARE DOING A LOT OF
IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE WAY IN
TERMS OF WATER CONVEYANCE.
WORKING CLOSELY WITH SPU TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE TAKING CARE OF
THAT AND MAKING IMPROVEMENTS
ALONG THE WAY.
>> AND YOU GOT SOME GOOD,
POSITIVE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO
FEEDBACK FROM YOUNGSTOWN.
AS IT RELATES TO THE LEFT TURN
LANE.
>> YES.
WE HEARD THEM THAT IT WAS
REALLY A QUESTION OF TRADE-OFFS
BETWEEN THE 24 HOUR BUS LANE
VERSUS A PARKING LANE VERSUS A
LEFT TURN POCKET.
AND THEY REALLY WANTED THAT
ACCESS INTO THE PARKING LOT.
SO WE TOOK THAT TO HEART AND
PUT THAT INTO THAT 90% DESIGN.
THIS IS KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF
THE 90% DESIGN ELEMENTS WITH A
LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
THERE IS A LOT ON THIS GRAPHIC.
I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO TOO
MUCH DETAIL BUT WE TALKED ABOUT
THE TRANSIT ONLY LANES.
YOU CAN SEE THE DARK RED AT THE
NORTH END BETWEEN ANDOVER AND
ALASKA STREET, THOSE ARE 24/7
BUS ONLY.
ONE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS, WE GOT
IT FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES,
IS TO EXTEND THAT TO THE SELF
FOR THE NORTHBOUND LANE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK UP IN
THE MORNING BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9
AM BETWEEN ALASKA AND HUDSON.
SO WE DID A LITTLE SURVEY TO
CHECK THE TRAFFIC BACKUPS AND
VERIFIED THAT WAS IN FACT THE
CASE.
SO WE EXTENDED THAT BUS ONLY
LANE IN THE OF THE FEEDBACK WE
GOT.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE WE HAVE SOME
US ONLY LANES FROM GRAND STREET
TO MYRTLE STREET IN THE SOUTH.
THOSE RED DOTS ARE THE FINAL
PLACEMENT FOR ALL THE STOPS.
YOU CAN SEE THE CONSISTENT
PATTERN WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP
THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER.
KEEP THAT THIRD MILE PLACEMENT.
THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND
IS WE HAVE A LANDSCAPE MEDIAN
ISLAND FOR THE NORTH.
THAT BLUE LINE IS LANDSCAPE WAS
REALLY ALSO PROVIDE A SAFETY
FEATURE TO SLOW TRAFFIC
THE LOOK AT
THIS WITH IT
THE ADVOCACY COMMUNITY, I
REAPPOINTED PEOPLE TO THE BIKE
ADVISORY BOARD, THANK YOU ALL.
BOTH WITH TRANSIT EXPERTISE.
ADVOCATES CARE ABOUT ALL MODES
THEY WANT TO HEAR THOSE
BALANCING ACT THEY TRY TO DO TO
KEEP TRYING AND COMING UP, AND
MAYBE THERE IS A PATH ONE WAY
OR ANOTHER, TESTIMONY OR TRYING
OR MAYBE SOME OTHER ROUTES WE
HAVE NOT QUITE FULLY VETTED YET
WILL COME FORWARD.
I HOPE AS WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS
THE FINAL DESIGN OR THINGS THAT
COME LATER THEY CONTINUE TO
WORK THE PROBLEM.
WE DON'T CIVILLY SAY THAT IS
WHAT IT IS.
BUT MAYBE THEY FIND THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD
TO REACH OUT AND GET THE RIGHT
PEOPLE IN THE
ROOM YOU KNOW WITH
>> PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES.
I'M NOT SURE HOW WE ARE DOING
ON TIME.
WE ARE CLOSE TO THE END.
>> WE ARE FINE.
WE HAVE 11 MORE DAYS.
>> [LAUGHTER]
I THINK I MENTIONED THIS UP
FRONT, WE ARE BRINGING CURB
ROUNDS UP TO STANDARDS,
THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER.
WE ARE ADDING CROSSWALKS ACROSS
DELRIDGE WAY, WHEREVER WE HAVE
A TRANSIT STOP.
AND AS I TALKED ABOUT THE
EXAMPLE AT FINDLAY WE ARE
TRYING TO RIGHT SIZE THE
CROSSINGS TO MAKE SURE THEY
MAKE THE MOST SENSE IN TERMS OF
ACCESS THROUGH DELRIDGE AND
SAFE CROSSINGS ACROSS DELRIDGE.
THEY ARE EITHER FULL SIGNAL, A
WALK AND BIKE SIGNAL OR A
FLASHING BEACON AND WHAT MAKES
THE MOST SENSE ALONG THE WAY.
WE ARE ALSO DOING SIDEWALK
REPAIR AT KEY LOCATIONS.
WE DO HAVE SIDEWALKS GENERALLY
THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER BUT
THERE ARE SOME PLACES WHERE
IT'S SUBSTANDARD.
AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING OF
DELRIDGE, WE HAVE BEEN
COORDINATING WITH SEATTLE PARKS
AND REC TO TRY TO IMPROVE
CONNECTIVITY UP THE HILL TO
HIGH POINT AT BRANDON IN FINDLAY
TO BRING FOLKS SAFELY THROUGH
THEIR. LOOKING AT WAYS TO GET
PEOPLE DOWN THE HILL.
THAT IS THE CHALLENGE OF THIS
COURT OR.
THE BOTTOM OF THE VALLEY, AND
THAT IS A TOUGH OBSTACLE FOR
FOLKS.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO
LOOK AT OPTIONS.
AND WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH A
LOT OF FOLKS, I THINK WE HAVE A
WALK COMING UP MAYBE NEXT WEEK.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE DATE ON
THAT?
IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
SO WE ARE OUT THERE TO TRY TO
CONNECT FOLKS OFF OF DELRIDGE
AND BRING THEM TO THE COURT OR
TO THE BUS STOP.
AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT
THAT THROUGH YOUR ONGOING
ENGAGEMENT YOU ARE BRINGING NEW
PEOPLE TO THE CONVERSATION.
THAT CAN BE SO CHALLENGING.
BRINGING NEW FOLKS AND WHO HAVE
QUESTIONS, THAT HAVE BEEN
ANSWERED OR THERE'VE BEEN
DECISIONS AROUND TRADE-OFFS.
YOUR BRINGING IN NEW PEOPLE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU
ARE DOING THAT AND YOU ARE
WILLING TO SORT OF RISK THE
CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH
ONGOING TRANSPARENCY, IT'S SO
IMPORTANT IN MAKING THIS A MUCH
BETTER PROJECT.
>> THANKS.
AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE
WITH THE FUNDING.
WE ARE AT AROUND $72.8 MILLION.
THIS IS JUST FDOT COSTS.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FPU AND
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT COSTS FOR
BETTERMENTS THEY ARE WORKING
ON.
WE HAVE ABOUT 9.5 FOR THE
SEATTLE LIVVIE TRANSIT PLUS
MULTIMODAL.
AND ABOUT 38.5 FOR PAVING.
TOTAL LOCAL VEHICLE LICENSING
FEE OF ABOUT 100,000.
COMPLETE STREET PLAN IS
500,000.
WE HAVE A MOBILITY GRANT WITH
WSDOT, AND WE HAVE A SIGNED
AGREEMENT FOR THAT.
IN PLACE.
FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE
WONDERING ABOUT THE I 976.
>> IT MEANS WE ARE NOT --
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY
THAT.
I CAN SAY WE HAVE A SIGNED
AGREEMENT.
>> AND YOU CAN DETERMINE WHAT
THAT MEANS.
THAT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY STRONG
COMMITMENT.
HONESTLY THERE ARE REALITIES
OUT THERE.
>> WE HAVE ALSO BEEN SPENDING
THAT MONEY AS PART OF DESIGN.
>> THAT'S THE REAL WAY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> AND THEN KING COUNTY METRO
IS CONTRIBUTING $40 MILLION
APPROXIMATELY TO THE PROJECT AS
WELL.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY
WITH KING COUNTY METRO
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER.
WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP
WITH THEM WORKING ON THIS.
KIND OF GETTING EVERYTHING IN
PLACE THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE.
MAKING SURE THE PIECES OF THE
OVERALL H LINE MOVING FORWARD
AND WE ARE ALL ENGAGED IN
MAKING A PRODUCT THE BEST
SERVES THE COMMUNITY.
NEXT STEPS, AS I MENTIONED,
ANDY PERCENT DESIGNED THIS
QUARTER.
WE ARE GOING TO FINALIZE DESIGN
BY EARLY NEXT YEAR.
CONSTRUCTION STARTS, I AM
LOOKING AT ABOUT MAY OR JUNE TO
START CONSTRUCTION.
THROUGH THE END OF 2021.
WITH SERVICE STARTING, WE ARE
SHOOTING FOR SEPTEMBER 2021
SERVICE.
4H LINE.
FOR THE H LINE.
>> KIND OF AND NOT TO THE
COMMENT YOU MADE EARLIER TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , THERE
HAS BEEN SO MUCH ENERGY AND
FOCUS FROM EVERYBODY ABOUT WHAT
THE FINAL PRODUCT IS GOING TO
LOOK LIKE THAT MAKING SURE WE
SPEND SOME TIME AND EVERYONE
UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE TWO YEARS
BEFORE THEN ARE GOING TO LOOK
LIKE, IS SOMETHING WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO SPEND MORE TIME EVEN
BETWEEN NOW AND CONSTRUCTION.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU AGREEING,
EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE
SPELLED OUT AND IN PROVISO,
SOME LEVEL OF DETAIL ABOUT THE
REFERENCE, I APPRECIATE THAT AS
WELL.
>> DEFINITELY.
>> QUESTION ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
AND VISION ZERO MORE BROADLY.
WHEN WE ARE DOING A MAJOR
PROJECT LIKE THIS, AND WE HAVE
OUR COMMITMENT TO VISION ZERO,
HOW DOES THE SAFETY DATED WE
HAVE ON THE COURT OR INFLUENCE
DESIGN?
ARE WE GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT
INTERSECTIONS THAT POP UP AS
HAVING A HIGHER NUMBER OF
INCIDENTS?
>> IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT.
>> I WOULD SAY A BLANKET YES.
I MEAN, OUR DESIGN PROCESS
WITHIN SDOT HAS NOT ONLY REGULAR
INVOLVEMENT WITH ALL THE
DIFFERENT PIECES, AIR TOD
DIVISION AND TRAFFIC
ENGINEERING SIDE OF THINGS, ARE
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE PROGRAM
INDIVIDUALS LOOKING AT HOW TO
ADDRESS THINGS THEY KNOW ARE
GOING ON, ESPECIALLY IN A MAJOR
QUARTER PROJECT LIKE THIS.
AND WE HAVE A REVIEW PROCESS
WHERE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO
LOOK AT THE PLANS AND BEGIN.
SO, I WOULD SAY IT IS AN
INTEGRAL PART OF WHAT WE DO
THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN PROCESS.
PROJECTS LIKE THIS ARE A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE
WHAT WE ARE DOING.
THAT BEING SAID, WE DO RUN INTO
TIMES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY FOR ALL THE THINGS
WE WANT TO DO ON THE COURT OR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S
ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY, CJ, THE
IS JUMPING OUT ON THIS PROJECT
THAT WE WISH WE COULD DO THAT
WE ARE NOT DOING.
IN TERMS OF THAT?
>> GENERALLY, WHENEVER WE ARE
PUTTING IN A CROSSING FOR
EXAMPLE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
DATA.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE VOLUMES,
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE
SPEEDS, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
FATALITY OR COLLISION HISTORY
AT THAT INTERSECTION.
SO WE ARE TAKING THAT INTO
ACCOUNT.
THAT IS PART OF A WARRANT
PROCESS TO PUT IN A CROSSWALK
OR SIGNAL CROSSWALK.
WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT
THAT DATA AND TAKING THAT INTO
ACCOUNT.
I THINK WE ARE PRETTY MUCH DOING
WHAT WE THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING
AND WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM
THE COMMUNITY.
IS A PRETTY ROBUST EFFORT WE
ARE PUTTING IN HERE IN TERMS OF
THE AMOUNT OF CROSSINGS.
SIGNAL UPGRADES WE ARE DOING.
WITHOUT COMPLETELY SHUTTING
DOWN THE CORRIDOR.
IN TERMS OF TRAVEL TIMES.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
COLLISION OR FIDELITY DATA IN
THAT QUARTER, ARE THERE ANY
LOCATIONS THAT POP UP AS PLACES
YOU PUT PARTICULAR ATTENTION
INTO?
IS IT DANGEROUS QUARTER TODAY
BY HISTORICAL STATISTICS? OR IS
A RELATIVELY SAFE?
>> I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO
YOU ON THAT.
I THINK IN GENERAL, THERE IS
NOTHING THAT JUMPS OUT AT ME AS
KIND OF A SPECIFIC HOTSPOT.
I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK BACK.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH,
ONE OF THE THINGS WITH VISION
ZERO, IT MEANS ZERO.
THERE IS A BIT OF LOOKING AT
RELATIVE TO OTHER CORRIDORS HOW
DOES THIS ONE MEASURE.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW THAT.
OF COURSE THIS IS THE LAST TIME
WE ARE GOING TO TOUCH THIS IN A
MAJOR PERIOD BEFORE OUR
COMMITMENT TO THE FATALITY FREE
MAJOR INCIDENT FREE, SO
FIGURING OUT WHERE THERE IS
HISTORY OF THINGS, TAKING
ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE
SHARING THAT INFORMATION.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> SAME THING AS WE WRAP UP OUR
DESIGN AND PROVISO RESPONSE, IF
THERE ARE ANY HEIGHT COLLISION
LOCATIONS WE ARE NOT ADDRESSING
OR ARE ADDRESSIN WE CAN SHARE
SPECIFIC RESPONSES TO THAT.
>> I AM REALLY HAPPY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS HERE
BECAUSE THIS IS A MAJOR PROJECT
IN DISTRICT 1 AND NO ONE KNOWS
THAT BETTER THAN COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD . THAT WAS GOING TO BE
MY FIRST QUESTION, DOES SHE
SUPPORT THIS AND WHAT ARE HER
THOUGHTS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SMALL
BUSINESSES.
SO THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> ASKING US THE HARD
QUESTIONS.
>> WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION
OFF-LINE ABOUT OUR CAPITAL
WATCH PROJECT AND OUR USE OF
STAGE GATING AND REVISES TO
HAVE OVERSIGHT FOR PROJECTS IN
YOUR DISTRICT TOO.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
I IMAGINE WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET
INFORMATION IN THE NEXT FOR THE
LAST MEETING BUT SOME WILL
PROBABLY ROLL OVER INTO THE
NEXT MEETING.
WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT WAY.
ANY OTHER LAST COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THIS?
>> I KNOW YOU ARE GETTING THEM
IN THERE.
>> FIVE OR SIX MORE IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
>> I HAD A MOMENT THIS MORNING
WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL
, HIS LAST.
>> GOOD TO KNOW.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING WORK
ON THIS.
I'M REALLY EXCITED.
FINGERS CROSSED I HOPE YOU CAN
GET CONSTRUCTION STARTED BY
NEXT YEAR, IT'S AN AMBITIOUS
SCHEDULE.
A LOT OF WORK TO DO BUT I HOPE
YOU GET SOME GOOD BIDS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> JUST QUICKLY, I KNOW WE HAVE
ONE MORE MEETING BUT I DON'T
KNOW IF I'LL BE AT THE TABLE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER O'BRIEN FOR CHAIRING A
COMMITTEE AND HELPING TO LEAD
US THROUGH THE CHALLENGES WE
FACE EVERY DAY.
EVEN WHEN WE FACE DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS, YOU ARE ALWAYS
POSITIVE AND HELPFUL AND
LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP.
>> GREAT WORKING TOGETHER.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF
THE ORDER?
I THINK WE WILL BE ADJOURNED.
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