Land Use and Sustainability Committee 9/16/2026

Okay, good morning, everyone.

September 16, 2026, Land Use and Sustainability Committee meeting will come to order.

It's 9.38 a.m.

I'm Eddie Lynn, chair of the committee.

Will the committee clerk please call the roll?

Vice Chair Strauss?

Here.

Council President Hollingsworth?

Here.

Council Member Foster?

Here.

Council Member Rink?

Here.

Chair Lynn?

Here.

Chair there are five members present.

There's no objection.

The agenda will be adopted.

Hearing no objection, the agenda is adopted.

Good morning, everyone.

Thank you for coming to this meeting to discuss land use.

As always, thank you to our city clerks, council, central staff, mayor's office, OSE and OPCD for helping us prepare.

We do have a pack agenda, so we're gonna try to move relatively quickly through each of our items, but we'll first start with our hybrid public comment period.

Public comment should relate to items on the agenda or items within the purview of this committee.

Comments regarding Council Bill 121276, the institution's legislation should be held until the public hearing.

So we'll have two different public comment periods.

Clerk, how many speakers are signed up for the general public comment period?

We have two in-person and two remote.

Okay.

Each speaker will have two minutes.

We'll start with the in-person speakers first.

Clerk, can you please read the public comment instructions?

The public comment period will be moderated in the following manner.

The public comment period is up to 60 minutes.

Speakers will be called in the order in which they registered.

In-person speakers will be called first, after which we will move to remote speakers since the whole public comment period is ended.

Speakers will hear a chime in 10 seconds or after their time.

Speakers will be muted if they do not in their comments within the live time to allow us to call in the next speaker.

The public comment period is now open and we'll begin with the first speaker on our list.

That is Steve Rubstello.

Good morning, Steve.

Unlike your last meeting, it looks like it's going to go a little longer.

But I still am concerned about MHA fees, which were supposed to be easily adjusted and never have been.

I also should be taking a look, if you look at MHA fees, what do you pay?

If you knock down an apartment house that has 7, 8, 9, 10 market rate, but affordable units, and you put up a brand new 40, 50 or more building, and you have one or two subsidized units, I don't think that's very effective.

I think that even with the state involved, design review is something that has been mercilessly tore upon.

And citizens, I think, do care about their city, and they should have something to say about buildings that go up in their community, especially really large buildings, buildings that change your community.

We have severely restricted the fact that citizens mean anything in this city at all.

It seems the policy is the city must adjust to what the developer drops there, and the citizens don't get much to say about it.

And let's look at trees.

Your count is going way down.

We solved that problem, right?

we're gonna equalize the wealthier and the poorer neighborhoods.

The trouble is you're gonna equalize it at zero and nobody gets any benefit of shade.

Nobody gets, the city doesn't get the benefit of conversion of oxygen.

We don't get any of the good things from trees.

I say it's time that we think about the citizens and not just the developers.

Thank you.

Next up we have Daniel Lokic.

Good morning, Council Members.

My name is Daniel Lokak, Executive Director of the Sound Industrial Alliance.

I'm here today to urge you to advance Council Bill 12-1268, incorporating the Ballard Inner Bay and Greater Duwamish-Mick sub-area plans, as transmitted by the Mayor, into the Comprehensive Plan.

The City's new Building a Resilient Seattle Economy Report delivers an important warning.

Seattle's economy has become increasingly fragile and dependent on a small number of large employers.

The question before us is what we choose to do about it.

A resilient economy requires a diverse economy, and that starts with protecting the industrial lands that make that possible.

These are places where Seattle builds, repairs, manufactures, and moves the goods our city and region depend on, providing living wage careers and pathways to economic opportunity.

Earlier this year, the Sound Industrial Alliance led a broad coalition of industry, labor, maritime, freight, and business organizations in this letter, calling on the city to protect these employment lands and adopt the mixed sub-area plans as proposed.

These plans are critical because industrial land, once lost, is nearly impossible to replace.

And protecting it preserves not only the businesses and jobs we have today, but the opportunity for new industries, investment, and living wage careers for generations to come.

A resilient Seattle needs more than one industry, more than a handful of major employers, and more than one pathway to economic opportunity.

I urge you to advance Council Bill 12-1268 and incorporate the mixed sub-area plans into the comprehensive plan.

Thank you.

Thank you.

There's our last in-person speaker.

We'll now move on to our remote speakers starting with Sabrina Bollio.

Good morning, council members.

This is Sabrina Bully with the Port of Seattle.

I'm here to echo Daniel Wilkig's comments on behalf of the Sound Industrial Alliance.

We are very excited to see this legislation move forward and have both sub-area plans incorporated and expedited to move into the full comprehensive plan.

This has been a long-term body of work.

We have worked tirelessly to make sure that there is language that represents our industry but also the needs of our friends at the stadiums and there is no need to delay today and we look forward to seeing this passed.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Next up we have Jasmine Smith.

Jasmine?

Jasmine, please press star six.

Sorry.

Hello, my name's Jasmine Smith.

I am the director of local advocacy at FutureWise.

I'm so sorry, I cannot be there in person today, but really wanted to Thank the Council and the Urban Forestry Commission for considering Tara Camp as a Urban Forestry Commissioner when we were able to bring her on last year as our Seattle organizer.

It was because of her deep expertise in conservation and environmental science and I'm really excited to have the opportunity to have her share that on the commission and really shine.

I know that this is going to be a huge asset to the city and to the Office of Sustainability and the Environment.

And I'm really looking forward to seeing her role on that.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Next up, we have David Haynes.

Hi, David Haines.

We need a revolutionary urban forestry.

We don't need a racist misinterpretation of equity weaponizing.

What I'm getting at is there is a lot of neighborhoods where you can tear up the asphalt, the real heat island, and offset the lack of canopy with more redevelopment of green space that incorporates housing, where the walkable neighborhood is you actually walk a block or two with no road raging through.

But you can't weaponize the tree ordinance as a favor to the self-dealing landlords who sabotage the integrity of the comprehensive plan for the next 20 years that we're still waiting for council to correct and take the restrictions off the comprehensive plan so we can have that 21st century first world quality robust housing build-out and commercial building build-out that has the proper floor space that doesn't rush the customer, rip off the small business and force them to debt service a double, triple, quadruple quintuple remortgage perception of property value.

That said, you know, the Green New Deal does not need to be racially weaponized either.

You know, hiring some kids of color to move some dirt claiming that they're fixing the habitat ain't enough.

You know, we still have a toxic train spewing shit all throughout the waterfront of Seattle and everybody acts like the person driving the car is the biggest problem when they encourage people to take the bus or the bike.

We have the toxic shit that taint the buildings in the waterfront on the northern side and We didn't even address that, but I just want to revolutionary urban forestry and whip off the fricking side streets, man, and have some green redevelopments of first-world quality homes.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Haynes.

Chair, that concludes our registered speakers.

Okay, as there are no additional registered speakers, we'll now proceed to our items of business.

If you could just hold on one moment.

So let's read the entire thing.

If you think that's best, go for it.

OK.

We'll now move on to our first items of business.

Will the clerk please read agenda items one through seven?

Agenda items one through seven.

Appointments 3623 through 3628 and reappointment 3635. Appointment of Hannah Lundgren as member.

Green New Deal Oversight Board for term to April 30th, 2028. Appointments of George Farrell, Jasmine Hadassah, Nairi Petty, Stephanie Masterman and reappointments of Hannah Lindell-Smith and Nancy Huizar all to the Green New Deal Oversight Board for terms to April 30th.

for briefing discussion and possible vote.

Okay.

And thank you.

Will our appointees and representative from OSC please join us to present and answer any questions council may have.

And once you're ready, if you could please introduce yourselves.

and colleagues, just for awareness, one appointment is gonna be removed.

I'll be removing somebody who is not, I think, did not wanna accept the appointment, so that will be Sarah Masterman, appointment is 03627, so I'll deal with that in just a moment.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning, Chair Lynn and esteemed members of this council committee.

My name is Elise Rasmussen.

I am the Climate Justice Advisor at the Office of Sustainability and Environment, and I'm also going to give a moment for my colleague, Marion, to introduce herself real quick.

It's on.

Hello, everyone.

Good morning.

My name is Marion Romero, she her pronouns.

I am support staff for the Green New Deal Oversight Board, and it's a pleasure to be here with you all.

Thank you.

And just before we get started, the Office of Sustainability and Environment staffs three boards and commissions, and we're here today to tell you about the group of incredible individuals that we recommend be appointed to these three bodies.

Mariona and I are here to share about the recommended appointees for the Green New Deal Oversight Board, and then our colleague Hannah Pascal will share about the recommended appointees for the Urban Forestry Commission and the Sweet and Beverage Tax Community Advisory Board.

Wonderful.

Perfect.

So while today our focus is to share about one key component of the Green New Deal, the Green New Deal Oversight Board, I wanted to just take a quick minute to share a high-level look at Seattle's Green New Deal legislation.

In 2019, as the Green New Deal was garnering attention at the federal level, Seattle communities came together with city council to co-develop a legislation for a Green New Deal for Seattle via a resolution.

Many of those community partners are current and former Green New Deal oversight board members and are integral in supporting the equitable implementation of Seattle's Green New Deal today.

The Green New Deal is a holistic approach for climate action that focuses specifically on advancing climate and environmental justice and supporting communities who are burdened first and worst by the climate crisis.

The goals of the Green New Deal are to address the climate crisis and environmental injustice, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while creating climate careers, and to promote community resilience, health, and wellbeing amid the climate crisis.

So onto the Green New Deal Oversight Board.

Like I said, they're an integral partner in this process as we work to implement the Green New Deal, and it's why we're here today.

The board holds monthly public meetings and has three subcommittees who work to carry out the board's primary functions, which are to provide guidance to support the long-term success of Green New Deal goals that I just reviewed, to engage community and partners with city departments to support the equitable implementation of the Green New Deal and to create climate-related budget and policy programmatic recommendations.

To be successful, the Green New Deal Oversight Board members need to reflect the voices of Seattle's communities.

They are experts through their lived and professional experiences and bring a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds to the board.

They're deeply rooted in the communities that they serve, which are the key constituencies with whom we do our climate work at the city.

Those constituencies are reflected in the makeup of the 19-person board, representing frontline communities overburdened by racial, environmental, and economic injustice, tribal members, environmental justice organizations, workforce development specialists and labor unions, technical climate and greenhouse gas reduction specialists, and also youth.

So I will now pass it to Marion to share more about the recommended appointees and also the recommended appointees themselves.

So today we are here to recommend four new appointees and two reappointees representing frontline communities, tribes, youth, and youth to the Green New Deal Oversight Board.

Of these six individuals, one person is to be appointed by the Green New Deal Oversight Board.

Three are appointed by the mayor, and two are to be appointed by council.

In a moment, I'll introduce all six individuals, some of who are here today to introduce themselves.

There's two folks that are on Zoom, and also for those who weren't able to make it today, we'll be reading their bios.

All right.

So first and foremost, George, could you please introduce yourself?

Good morning, everybody.

My name is George Farrell.

I'll share a couple things with you guys.

First, it's good to see everybody here.

I'm grateful to be here in space with you guys.

And, you know, it's a good picture of myself.

I clean up kind of well.

Great picture.

Great picture.

But if I could say that being a tribal member, Being here is not only an honor but an obligation to the people and to the land.

So I'm really grateful for that.

And coming in here, bringing a little bit of some understanding of our cultural and traditional knowledge, understanding and wisdom is a good viewpoint that I know in spaces like this we could all use.

Thank you, George.

We're honored to have you here today.

Thank you, George.

So next we have Hannah Lindell-Smith, a council appointment for youth representative.

Hannah, would you please introduce yourself?

Good morning, chair and members of the committee.

My name is Hannah Lindell-Smith.

I currently serve as a youth representative on the Seattle Green New Deal Oversight Board, and I would love to continue to serve in that capacity.

So I am a student at the University of Washington.

I currently study Law, Societies, and Justice, and I am also a campaigns intern with 350 Seattle.

Those are the current roles that I hold, but I have been in the Seattle climate justice movement for about five years now in a lot of different ways.

And through it all, I've gotten to see the very real brilliance, the leadership, and the, I think, innovation, honestly, that the young people in Seattle's climate movement have.

And so I view my role as an opportunity to bring some of that to the city more directly.

And it's resulted in policies like the Youth Leadership Fund Budget Recommendation, which I am hoping we get to implement this year, as well as the Youth Climate Assembly, which has been a success of last summer.

So I hope that we can do more of both of those things and continue to bring young people into policy as leaders and not just as consultants.

Thank you so much, Hannah.

Next, we have Hannah Jungren.

This is a mayor appointed tribal representative.

Hannah is online.

And Hannah, could you please introduce yourself?

Hello, everyone.

Thank you so much for having me today.

As was already said, my name is Hannah Njunger, and I'm very excited to be part of this board.

As my bio says, the Suquamish tribe was a recent recipient of the First Peoples Climate Fund that was created via this board.

We are very excited at the potential of being able to create future opportunities for other organizations and other tribes.

Our team is completely grant funded and opportunities like this are crucial for the creation of new roles and new programs that benefit the community.

So we are very excited to be able to represent in this capacity as well.

Thank you, Hannah.

Thank you.

Next we have Jasmine Hadassah, mayor appointment, youth representative.

Please introduce yourself.

Hello, I'm Jasmine Hadassah.

Good morning and nice to meet you all.

I am an incoming freshman at Bellevue College and this is my first time here.

I'm a bit nervous but I have been in the climate scene for about four or three years now and just getting to know myself and the rest of my community throughout this whole time and I am part of the outreach and transform lives organization where I serve as a youth intern where I coordinate with youth and work on climate resilient workshops and job workshops as well.

I have also served with the Washington State Coalition of African Community Leaders where I served as a youth leader and got my first time of advocacy at the Capitol and I have also been involved in from King County's Climate Equity Community Task Force, where I've got to work with a lot of youth from different experiences, different backgrounds.

And yeah, I'm really excited to be here and get to know more about the board and how we can sustain Seattle's city through climate.

Thank you.

Thank you, Jasmine.

You did great.

You're welcome.

Next, we have Nancy Huizar, a mayor appointment for Frontline Community Representative, and they are seeking reappointment.

Nancy Huizar is currently a co-chair of the Green New Deal Oversight Board and holds a seat representing Frontline Communities.

Nancy was born and raised in South Seattle and holds a degree from UW's Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Department.

Nancy is an environmental justice activist, facilitator, and consultant, and Nancy works closely with community groups, business associations, government departments, and agencies, nonprofits, coalitions of people, and community members to center their needs in environmental justice.

As a consultant, Nancy centers her work around supporting communities of color, particularly black and indigenous communities, to move them toward truly being equitable partners in problem solving the issues that affect where they live.

They believe everything we do to further mental justice needs to address how people, particularly people of color, are impacted Next we have Nairi Peri.

Okay, thank you.

So their mayor appointment for frontline community representative Nairi Ni Peri, she heard they, is a Seattle native policy analyst and organizing leader whose work centers environmental justice, community informed policy and equity.

a black queer young woman raised in a low-income household in Seattle's Central District in Rainier Beach.

Nye's lived experience is deeply connected to the environmental health disparities affecting communities near the Duwamish River and continues to shape their approach to policy and community engagement.

NIRAI has organized across government, nonprofit, and community sectors to support implementation of Washington's HEAL Act and other equity-centered initiatives.

They previously served as a youth representative on Washington's Environmental Justice Council, where NIRAI found Black Earth Day in Seattle, a community-centered environmental justice event recognized through a King County proclamation.

NYRE is certified in targeted universalism through UC Berkeley and SEED CoLab and is completing an Executive MPA at Syracuse University's Maxwell School with a track in policy and data analytics.

Excuse me.

And that is it for appointments.

Thank you.

Wonderful.

Colleagues, any questions or comments?

Okay.

Councilmember Foster.

Thank you so much, Chair Lynn.

I'll be brief.

I just want to say congratulations and thank you to all of you for this public service.

I got to serve on a board and commission extras for King County and it was a really meaningful experience for me as a person.

I feel like I learned a lot and I got to give a lot as well.

So you just have my gratitude because I think the work that the boards and commissions do is informative and it's a great way to help make the city more accessible.

So just wanna express my gratitude to each of you for your service.

Thank you.

Thank you, Council Member Foster.

Council President.

Just doubling down what Councilmember Foster said, very grateful for your service, looking forward to working with you.

And I do have to embarrass Nyre a little bit.

I coached her when she was in middle school for a couple years through her transformative years and just very grateful to see her.

It's a full circle moment to be able to vote for her confirmation on that as I would like to think I had some doing of her as she transitioned into the phenomenal person she is.

But thank you all too as well for your service and just very grateful and looking forward to some of the recommendations that you all are going to put forward to the council and the mayor and the work that you are doing for accountability as well.

So thank you.

Thank you, council president.

Yes, vice chair.

I'll just jump on it.

So Naira, it sounds like you're gonna be the next council president.

Is that what's going on?

They're online.

Oh, sorry.

I can't see what's...

This is...

Jasmine, I'm sorry.

Well, Nyre, it sounds like you'll be the next council president.

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for your service.

It's really important to see young perspectives on here because I remember when I started working at City Hall, we had...

Every Friday there was student protests for climate crisis out here on the city hall steps.

We haven't seen that in the last few years and I think that's because I could guess that maybe both of you or one of you were here at those protests but now you're here inside a city hall and that's really critical and I'm really happy that you're here as well as the immense indigenous experience that is coming to this.

We know just, George, like what you said, the traditional ways of healing and leading are what will get us through this climate crisis.

So I just want to say thank you and apologies for not seeing online and in person.

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Council Member Rink.

Thank you, Chair Lynn, and I'm going to join in the chorus of just appreciation to you all for being willing to step up and serve on this board, also welcoming you to City Hall as well and to Council Chambers.

Welcome, welcome.

Really appreciate you being here, and I want to just emphasize how important the Green New Deal Oversight Board is in so many ways for the work of the city and the work moving forward.

I also want to lift up particularly for our youth representatives.

My entry into formal organizing and politics was around environmental justice, fighting and working towards a ban on hydrofracking in New York State.

And that was my really foray into continued work because so many of these oppressions and fights that we're engaged in for social justice are connected.

And so it's also particularly meaning for me to have a member of the Standing Rock Tribe here as that work on hydrofracking then led to work on the Dakota Access Pipeline fight.

And so it's particularly meaningful to me to have you at this table, sir, given in so many ways that issue itself embodying like what the fight for frontline communities and the impacts of fossil fuel infrastructure on frontline communities really is.

And so I do have one question for the group.

And I don't wanna ask a question about your goals on the board or what have you.

I wanna ask this question focused on what do you think is most misunderstood right now about environmental justice work?

We're in a challenging moment nationally.

We know that we are, as a region, out of step with where the rest of the country is at in terms of our energy future.

There is a lot of strain on frontline communities right now as a result of that.

And so I know each of you are respectively engaged with your own communities, whether it be with young people, black community, indigenous community.

And so I'm wondering both, you know, what do you think is most misunderstood and just what are you hearing right now from your respective communities?

Beefy question, I know, so whoever wants to take a stab at it first.

I could jump in.

I think one of the pieces that I've heard consistently about what environmental justice is and the concept of that is, I think, something that is always brought to the table, like, in what lens are we looking at that through?

And how can we change what that looks like so that it encompasses a lot more of what is really important?

You know, the sustainability of energy, yes, that's one thing.

You know, the tribal peoples, it's always been the connection to land.

It's always been that relationship with land.

And I think when we figure out ways to relate that to the work and incorporate that into the work, we're gonna find some different avenues to solve problems.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Anyone else wanna?

Okay.

I'll add my two cents.

I think when I began organizing like many others, it was primarily based on no fights, which are, I think, encompassing of things like the Dakota Access Pipeline, things like the Tacoma LNG Terminal, things like all of the different ways of being and specific projects and specific practices that we need to not be doing anymore, which is important.

It is still important.

But I think what I've learned from the Green Deal Oversight Board is there is just as many things that we need to be saying yes to.

And so whether that is...

career pathways, whether that is wetland restoration, whether that is community solar, whether that's energy microgrids.

There are like, I think every single person on this board and every single person in the communities that we represent have some idea about something that they want to see, not just what they don't wanna see.

And so I see this board as a way to, re-envision climate justice and a just transition as something that we say yes to, not just something we say no to.

Thank you so much.

Yeah, I love all the comments.

I'm just gonna say briefly, I'm very excited that When we reconstituted committees, we included sustainability with land use.

And there's just such a strong connection between our land use policies and our sustainability fights.

And just to your point, there will continue to be no fights.

We passed a data center moratorium you know huge impacts of data centers and you know we are Many of the biggest companies here are at the heart of that.

But then there's also gonna be those yeses.

We have a yes to housing, right?

Yes to transit.

And we also know that we're not gonna completely end data centers.

They're gonna exist somewhere.

So it's like, how do we make wherever they do exist sustainable?

Whether that's here in Seattle or somewhere else in the state.

We don't want to just push our environmental problems to some other corner of the state or world.

And so it's a great point.

You know, you can't just play defense.

Sometimes you got to play offense.

Sometimes, you know, that strengthens your defense is when you do have a yes to pivot to.

So that's a great, great point.

Colleagues, any other questions or comments?

Anything else from?

Oh, Hannah.

Yeah, we'd love to hear from you, Hannah.

Hannah Lundgren online.

If you might have to come off mute, Hannah, if you're still there, if you still want this.

Okay, okay.

Well, apologies, Hannah, but maybe we'll get a chance to hear from you.

Let's see.

later or please feel free to shoot us an email or something.

Hopefully we'll get a chance to talk with you again.

So I'm gonna move.

So again, one of the appointments that was on the agenda is not moving forward.

So instead, I'm gonna...

Move that the committee recommend confirmation appointments 3623 through 3626 as well as 3628 and 3635. Is there a second?

Second.

Okay.

It is moved and seconded to recommend confirmation appointments.

Any other questions or comments or comments before we move on?

Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll on the recommendation to confirm the appointments?

Vice Chair Strauss, Council Member Foster?

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth?

Yes.

Council Member Rink?

Yes.

Chair Lynn?

Yes.

Chair, there are five votes in favor and zero post.

Wonderful.

Well, thank you so much.

It'll be passed on to full council at a future date, but really appreciate you spending time with us today and so much for your service to our community.

Okay, we'll now move on to our next item of business.

Will the clerk please read agenda items 8 through 13?

Agenda items 8 through 13. Appointments 3629 through 3634. Appointments of Maeve C. Gillis and Stephanie A. Smith as members of Urban Forestry Commission for terms 2 March 31st, 2027. Appointments of Tara K. Camp and Brianna P. Miller as members Urban Forestry Commission for terms 2 March 31st, 2028. and appointments of James B. Shambaugh and Aaron D. Clark as members of Urban Forestry Commission for Terms 2 March 31st, 2029 for briefing discussion and possible vote.

Wonderful.

And so we have our appointees and representative from OFC joining us.

Once you're ready, another exciting group of folks to come chat with us.

And before we get started, I just want to thank you all for being here.

As you heard, it's such a service for you to help us, and especially urban forestry is such an important topic that is front and center in so many of our discussions these days as we consider in particular our comprehensive plan, trying to figure out the future of our city.

And so look forward to hearing from each of you and also just look forward to working very closely.

There has been a lot of sort of jump fits and starts with our comprehensive plan.

It looks like we're gonna have a little bit more time to work on it for better or worse.

and so would love to engage with you all about how to make sure that we are centering urban forestry as we do so.

Thank you.

Hello?

Yes.

Okay.

Wonderful.

Thank you.

I'll start over.

Good morning.

Thank you, Chair Lin and the entire committee for your time today.

My name is Ham Pasquale.

I am the Board's and Commission's Strategic Advisor with the Office of Sustainability and Environment, and it is my pleasure to introduce the appointments for the Urban Forestry Commission and the Sweet and Beverage Tax Community Advisory Board.

Wonderful.

We're gonna start off with the Urban Forestry Commission first.

I'll share a little background on the Commission and the role before we get into introductions.

In 2009, the City Council passed an ordinance to establish the Urban Forestry Commission, also referred to as the UFC.

As designed in this ordinance, the UFC's role is to advise the Mayor and City Council concerning the establishment of policy and regulations governing the protection, management, and conservation of trees and vegetation in the City of Seattle.

The ordinance also initially established nine seats in the commission, but in 2017, another ordinance was enacted to expand the seats to 13. The U of C works in alignment with their mission of ensuring Seattle's urban forest is protected, well-managed, and thriving.

They specifically advise on policy development, budget priorities, planning, and implementation.

These recommendations are grounded in science and data, equity, and meaningful collaboration with community members and city staff.

The commission is guided by the revision of a 30% canopy cover in Seattle that is equitably distributed in 2037, believing that Seattle's urban forest is a thriving, interconnected ecosystem that supports climate resilience, biodiversity, and the well-being of all who live, work, worship, learn, and play in the city.

Listed here are the 13 members, each having a specific set of required expertise or knowledge.

As previously mentioned, the seats were expanded to include positions number 10 to 13. This diverse set of voices are meant to bring light to topics and issues that are influencing the management of Seattle's urban forests by sharing professional and lived experiences from across various communities and perspectives, These individuals bring a commitment to equity, inclusion, belonging, while centering the voices of communities disproportionately burdened by the impacts of environmental injustices and climate change.

Presented on the screen is an overview of the commission appointments you'll be hearing about today.

I will have to apologize as I'm noticing an error.

We're missing one person on this chart.

There should actually be saying that there are three mayoral appointed seats and two city, sorry, four mayoral appointed seats and two city council appointed seats.

All are new appointments with one seeking reappointment.

With that, we'll get into introductions for these UFC candidates.

Several of them are here today to introduce themselves, and then we'll open the floor for the committee ask questions at once all the UFC are introduced.

First, we have Aaron Clark.

Aaron is seeking reappointment for position number one, the wildlife biologist seat on the commission.

He is not here today, so I'll be introducing him myself.

Aaron is a systems-focused environmental professional with over 15 years of experience in strategic partnership, land restoration, and green infrastructure.

From 2023 to 2026, he led efforts to return native lands to native hands and advocate for Equitable Environmental and Land Use Policies at the Na'a'i Lahihi Fund.

He has a PhD in Biology from the University of Washington, where he studied migratory sparrows before transitioning to a restoration ecology nonprofit career.

He is also co-chair on the USC as of the beginning of this year.

Next, we have Jamie Shamba.

Jamie is a new appointment for position number two, the Urban Ecologist seat.

Jamie recently retired as the Director of Ocean Environment Research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Marine Environment Laboratory, where he set science priorities, directed resources to meet agency goals and community needs, and built strong partnerships across government, academia, industry, and other science users.

Since retiring in 2025, he began his own company, James Shamba and Associates LLC, that advises numerous nonprofits, organizations on fundraising, advocacy, communications, and partner outreach and engagement efforts.

He also has a master's in environmental studies from the Yale School of Environment.

Now we have Maeve Gillis.

Maeve is the new appointment for position number four, the seat dedicated to a hydrologist or similar professional.

Maeve's background includes doing hydrology research and studying how forests respond to droughts for her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering.

She currently works at Microsoft as a senior growth marketing manager and is also the outgoing commissioner for the number 10 seat, the Gengage member.

Next up, we have Stephanie Smith.

Stephanie is a new appointment for the position number six seat, the landscape architect, and she is here, so I will hand it off to her.

Welcome.

Hello, I'm Stephanie Smith.

I'm so very grateful to be here today.

I'm a landscape architect and project manager at Berger Partnership.

I bring experience in guiding projects from concept through construction, serving both private and public sector clients on projects of diverse scales and complexities.

I have a multidisciplinary background in sustainability, ecology, food systems, and fine art, which inform a unique approach towards design and planning, emphasizing responsible resource use and community connections.

I have hands-on experience volunteering in permaculture farming and endangered species habitat installation.

These volunteering experiences frame a delicate response towards site conditions, the context of site, and opportunities for wildlife integration within the design process.

Watershed site remediation and emergency planning research enable consideration of the larger scale and land use practices.

I grew up mostly in California but also partially in Denmark and have spent time in other communities around the world and feel that these lend a global perspective to my design process and thoughtfulness towards other places, people, and cultures.

I believe that everybody deserves access to nature and the opportunity to have a relationship with nature.

And I am passionate about expanding equitable access to green space in urban environments.

Thank you.

Wonderful.

Next, we have Tara Camp.

Tara is a new appointment for the position number seven seat, the NGO nonprofit representative.

And I'll hand it off to her.

Hi, Council.

Much like my bio on screen, my comments are gonna be very short.

Hello and good morning.

Thank you so much, committee members.

My name is Tara Camp.

I use she, her pronouns, and I am a community organizer with FutureWise, a land advocacy nonprofit that works across Washington State.

I've lived here in Seattle for six years, and most of that time I have been in District 3. Hi, Joy.

Councilmember Hollingsworth.

I hold a bachelor's degree in conservation biology and a master's in environmental sciences, and my work has spanned from mitigating aquatic invasive species in upstate New York, to running environmental education programs in Los Angeles, to advocating for legislation that impacts deep systems changes here in Washington state.

I'm a passionate organizer who thrives on engaging with community and turning any moment into a learning opportunity.

And I'm incredibly appreciative of this opportunity to join the Urban Forestry Commission to help grow and shape our amazing Emerald City.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

And then next we have Brianna Miller.

Brianna is the new appointment for the position number eight seat, the development community and utility representative.

Good morning, council members.

Thank you for having me.

My name is Brianna Miller, and I'm honored to be joining the Urban Forestry Commission as the Development Community Representative.

Born and raised in Seattle, I studied political science and law, society, and justice at the University of Washington, and the city's growth and character are very personal to me.

I am an entitlement associate at Blueprint Capital Services, where I coordinate permitting and land use approvals for middle housing residential projects.

for many small builders in the city.

I spend every day working with builders, architects, and city reviewers on tree protection, landscaping, and all other requirements that shape our built environment.

We can keep growing Seattle the way it needs while also protecting and expanding our tree canopy.

Making both succeed will take people at the table who understand how development works in practice.

That's the perspective I hope to bring, practical, predictable regulations and a commitment to providing tree canopy for every neighborhood while providing sustainable and affordable housing.

Thank you.

Thank you, Brianna.

Awesome.

This actually concludes the introductions for WC, so I will pause here to give committee space to ask these candidates questions.

Okay, wonderful.

Colleagues, any questions or comments?

Chair?

Yes, Vice Chair, yes.

To make sure that I don't stick my foot in my mouth anymore today, I'm just going to say immense gratitude to all of you for your volunteer service.

The Urban Forestry Commission is incredibly important because our tree canopy is what keeps us cool or warm, depending, and I really just appreciate all of your work because it does help us here at City Council and we have engaged members who understand the need for trees and understand the need for housing.

and understand the need to have an environment that is green and clean and a place where people can thrive outdoors.

I really appreciate you all.

Thank you.

Any other questions or comments?

House President.

Super quick.

Just very grateful for your service and everything that you're going to dedicate to the commission.

It's people like you all that are on the ground.

that are, you know, rooted in the community and really connected to the neighborhoods to be able to, you know, implement the certain policies and then also give us advice about things and stuff.

And so we really lean on you for being able to have that heartbeat to just everyday folks about how we shape legislation.

So just really grateful for your service.

And we know it's all volunteer.

So thank you so much.

Thank you, Chair Lynn.

And just building on council president's points, I'm really excited about the expertise you all are bringing to the Urban Forestry Commission from a biologist perspective, landscape architect, but also the utility perspective as well.

I just, reading through your resumes, just was so impressed and I'm very excited you all joining the Urban Forestry Commission and to be, I'm really excited to be working alongside you with my office.

So thank you so much for being willing to serve on this commission.

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you, Council Member Rank.

And just to add on to my comments earlier, yes, really appreciate your willingness to serve.

You know, as I think about our urban forest, and I think, you know, oftentimes we think about the environmental benefits of urban forest, but I think what I'm realizing more and more is the other benefits, the public health benefits, the mental health side of things, and, you know, contributions to public safety, the way trees can help drivers slow down and so on and so forth, and it keeps going.

I think about, I was meeting with students down in Rainier Beach about gun violence, which is a very heavy topic for our young folks.

there was questions about what would you like to see in your neighborhood?

And it was more nature, more trees.

And so throughout the city, particularly South Seattle, which I represent, which is lacking in tree canopy compared to many other districts, it's a critical issue.

So yeah, as we were talking about earlier, it's not just no, it's a yes to housing, yes to our cultural institutions, yes to jobs, and we can't include trees, but we gotta be thoughtful and we gotta work together.

And so very excited for the expertise that you all bring and look forward to working with you.

Okay, with that, let's see, I just wanna make sure I have the right numbers here.

Okay.

I move the committee recommending confirmation of appointments 0629 through 3634. Is there a second?

Second.

Okay, it's moved and seconded to recommend confirmation of the appointments.

If there's no further comments, will the clerk please call the roll on recommendation to confirmation of appointments, 3629 through 3634. Vice Chair Strauss.

Aye.

Council Member Foster.

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth.

Yes.

Council Member Rink.

Yes.

Chair Lynn.

Yes.

Two other five votes in favor and zero votes.

Okay, wonderful.

Again, thank you so much.

And we'll now move on to our next item of business.

Clerk, will the clerk please read agenda items 14 through 16?

Agenda items 14 through 16, appointments 3636 through 3638, appointment of Abdirahman A. Yusuf as member student beverage tax community advisory board for term to August 31st, 2027, and appointments of Georgina H. Sanchez and Stephanie S. Cismet.

to the Sweden Beverage Tax Community Advisory Board for terms to August 31st, 2029 for briefing discussion and possible vote.

Okay, wonderful.

Please proceed.

Okay, I'll move into introducing appointments for the Sweden Beverage Tax Community Advisory Board, also known as the CAB.

As I did with the USC, I will start by sharing some background on the CAB and their role.

Beginning in 2018, the City of Seattle started taxing sugar-sweetened beverage products distributed within the city.

This tax is levied on the distributors of sugary beverages and was designed to improve the health of Seattle residents by reducing the sales and consumptions of sugar drinks.

The tax also raises about 21 million per year for programs and services that increase access to healthy food, alleviate hunger, and support child health and early learning.

The same ordinance that created the sweet and beverage tax also established an 11-member community advisory board.

The board advises and makes recommendations to the mayor and city council on the food access and early learning program supported by the SBT.

The board's annual work plan is aligned with the city's budget process, and every year it develops annual budget recommendations that are directed at the mayor and city council.

In this way, the board plays a key role in integrating community priorities into city budgeting and programming that is supported by SBT staff, or sorry, supported by the SBT.

In addition to budget recommendations, the board develops an annual report about the SBT investments.

These reports are developed in partnership with the SBT-funded departments, including Department of Education and Early Learning, Human Services Department, Office of Sustainability Environment, and the State Budget Office.

This board consists of 11 members and has four position types that are outlined in this enabling ordinance.

Positions one to three are the food access representatives.

They are members that have experience in implementing community programs focused on expanding healthy food access and food security.

Four and five are the community representatives, which are members who represent populations disproportionately impacted by health impacts related to consuming sugary drinks.

Six through nine are the public health nutrition representatives.

They are members with expertise in public health and nutrition.

And then 10 and 11 are the early learning representatives who have expertise in early learning.

Here is the overview of the board appointments you'll be hearing about today.

All four are mayoral appointed seats.

I'll now get into introductions for the cab and then also finish at the end for questions.

First, we have Abdi Jusef.

Abdi is a new appointment for position number four, the community representative seat.

Abdi is currently the founder and executive director of the Somali Cultural Center, a nonprofit supporting Somali and African diasporic communities through arts, culture, civic engagement, and community-based programming.

He has a thorough career as a community organizer, nonprofit leader, and advocate with more than a decorative experience advancing equitable development, civic engagement, public health, and social justice across King County.

Next we have Georgina Sanchez.

Georgina has a new appointment for position number eight, a public health nutrition representative seat.

Georgina is a registered dietitian for the Multicultural Senior Meal Program at Tilth Alliance.

In addition to developing engaging nutrition education lessons and resource materials focused on relevant health topics, she oversees more than 20 congregate meal sites that serve immigrant and refugee older adults, providing opportunities to socialize, stay active, access nutrition, education, and enjoy culturally appropriate nourishing meals.

Now we have Stephanie Sismayet.

Stephanie is a new appointment for position number nine, another public health nutrition representative seat, and I will hand it over to her.

Good morning, council committee members.

My name is Stephanie Sismaet and my pronouns are she, her.

I was born in Seattle, but earned my Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of New Mexico and my Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics with a concentration in public health at the St. Louis University in Missouri.

I am a registered dietitian passionate about advancing equitable access to nutritious, culturally relevant foods.

I currently work throughout Seattle and King County as the Assistant Director of the Community Dining Program at Sound Generations.

It's a privilege to be a part of a meal program that pairs nutrition with social connection for the elders in our community.

I also lead Sound Generation's Community Food Bags Program, partnering with community leaders to provide groceries that reflect the cultural preferences and dietary needs of older adults.

My experience includes menu review, food safety, nutrition education, advocacy, grant writing, budget management, building partnerships, and supporting our chefs.

You can also find me visiting one of our 29 dining locations.

I am eager to utilize my nutrition expertise for the wellbeing of the greater community beyond my workplace.

I appreciate your consideration for my appointment as a public health and nutrition representative of the Sweet and Beverage Tax Community Advisory Board.

Thank you all for your time.

Thank you.

And then finally for the cab, we have Dan Torres.

Dan is a reappointment to position number 11. He is position number 11, the early learning representative seat.

He is also co-chair on the cab as of the beginning of this year.

Dan is a manager at the Bezos Family Foundation and leads The Room Team, a global program that provides free science-based tips and tools to help parents and caregivers promote child development.

His previous experience at the Washington State Department of Health and Thrive Washington focused on advancing high-quality early learning and ensuring all children in Washington thrive in safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and environments.

That's it for CAP introductions, and I'll pause here for any questions and comments.

Okay, colleagues, any questions or comments?

Okay, I know that healthy food is a critical issue and something my colleagues are deeply passionate about.

Vice Chair, do you have a...

Yeah, so my news is bad news.

We've seen the sweetened beverage tax return less revenue year over year.

And so it's just something that we need to look at.

Either the tax is working as intended and people are drinking fewer sugary drinks or we are experiencing substitution effect where people are going outside the city to purchase their sugary drinks.

Either it doesn't really matter at the end of the day because the revenue keeps coming in lower and lower.

which if we want to continue funding these programs that means we have to add general fund which means that we're increasing the structural budget deficit rather than reducing it.

All that to say the programs that the sweetened beverage tax funds are incredibly important and are really important to me.

So I just ask as you're continuing through your work to have this in your mind of are these priorities that are beyond just the sweetened beverage tax?

right, are these just priorities that the city needs to engage in and how do we either change or change the funding sources or just, you know, because these programs were originally built only to be funded by the Sweden Beverage Tax and we haven't seen that occur in the last few years as we have recognized the importance of the programs but that's my only ask to you and if you've got anything to share right now I'd be happy to hear it but it's a challenge that we're experiencing.

Thank you, Councilmember Shouse.

I look forward to tackling that with my fellow advisory board members and ensuring we maintain these investments in meal programs and continue investing in our communities.

Food is a public safety issue and food insecurity, culturally relevant foods is at the highest of our priorities.

So I'll keep that in mind and look forward to finding some common ground around priorities.

Thank you colleagues.

Yes, Council Member Foster.

Thank you so much, Chair.

So I'll again just say thank you all for your public service and joining and your leadership on the Sweetened Beverage Tax Advisory Committee.

I think it's really important.

And just echoing the comments from Councilmember Strauss, you know, I know over the last several years, the investment coming from Sweetened Beverage Tax has been the source for how we fund school, or excuse me, how we fund meals during break times and on weekends.

and that, as you all know, has been really something I'm passionate about and I think is really important.

So I want to thank the advisory board for your leadership on those investments because we know for kids who lack food access that out-of-time investment is really critical.

So thank you for that lens and thank you for your work and thank you for the time and energy that you're giving to the city.

Thank you, Council Member Foster.

Council Member Rank?

Thank you, Chair Lin.

And just to chime in on some of these points, much of what the Sweetened Beverage Tax funds is tremendously important.

And the board that oversees those funds, which I appreciate you for stepping up to serve on this board, I've really appreciated the way that the advisory board engages in the budget process.

I always look forward to seeing the budget recommendation letter from the advisory board on this matter, and I look forward to seeing their recommendation again this year because the programs that you all are overseeing that are funded through the sweetened beverage tax are so tremendously important.

in recognition that our Fresh Bucks program initially primarily funded through Sweet and Beverage Tax, and as Budget Chair Strauss has lifted up in recent years, we've taken steps to use general fund dollars, and of course, we were able to expand last year with funding through the Seattle Shield initiative.

All of that to say, I really appreciate the advisory board's robust engagement in the council process and hope that that can continue, and I'm glad that you're adding your expertise to the board.

and I thank you again for your service.

Thank you, Chair Lynn.

Thank you, Council Member Rink.

Colleagues, there's gonna be a little bit of a procedural issue here just because one of the appointments was not on the agenda.

So if it's okay, then this is for Dan Torres, who's gonna be appointment 03620. Without objection, I'd like to suspend the rules to consider his appointment and then...

Hearing no objection, I'm actually gonna move to amend the agenda to allow to consider appointment 03620 Dan Torres to the Sweetened Beverage Tax Community Advisory Board for term to August 31st, 2029. Do I have a second?

Thank you, Vice Chair.

Okay, it's been moved and seconded.

Clerk, can you please call the roll on the motion to amend the agenda to consider this appointment?

Council Member Foster?

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth?

Yes.

Council Member Brink?

Yes.

Chair Lynn?

Yes.

Chair, there are five votes in favor and zero opposed.

Okay, so the agenda has been amended to allow for consideration of that appointment.

So now I would like to...

move that the committee recommend confirmation of appointments 0629 through, let's see, just make sure I'm getting, oh, sorry.

06, sorry.

I'd like to move the committee recommend confirmation of appointments 3636 through 3638, as well as 3620. Is there a second?

Second.

Okay.

will the clerk please call the roll on recommendation of confirmation of appointments 3636 through 3638 and 3620. Vice Chair Strauss.

Aye.

Council Member Foster.

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth.

Yes.

Council Member Rink.

Yes.

Chair Lynn.

Yes.

Chair, there are five votes in favor and zero opposed.

Okay.

Thank you, colleagues.

And thank you all again to everyone who is serving on all the boards.

It's critical work and it's really meaningful.

So thank you.

Okay, now we'll move on to our next item of business.

Will the clerk please read Agenda Item 17?

And this is gonna be our- Agenda Item 17, Council Bill 121276, an ordinance relating to land use and zoning, amending sections 2345506, 2345570, and 2351A004 of the Seattle Municipal Code to modify development standards for institutions and multifamily zones for roofing discussion and possible vote.

Okay, and- Let's see.

Could our central staff please join us?

And then as, yeah, let's go ahead and do, we're gonna do the public hearing, but if you're able to join us.

As presiding officer, I am now opening the public hearing on Council Bill 121276 regarding the institution's legislation.

Clerk, how many speakers are signed up for the public hearing?

We have four speakers in person and two remote.

OK.

Each speaker will be provided two minutes.

Clerk, I'm now handing this over to you to present the instructions.

Speakers will be called the Order of Registration and Public Hearing Registration will remain open until the conclusion of this public hearing.

The same public comment rules apply to this public hearing.

A 10 second chime will be your notice that it's time to wrap up comments.

Speakers will be muted at the end of the allotted time.

Public comment related to ordinance 1268, the institution's legislation is only being accepted at this public hearing.

Speakers are asked to begin their comments by stating their name.

My apologies, that should be Constable 121276. We will start with our first in-person speaker, Fuwa Koyate.

Thank you for sticking around and look forward to your public comments.

Welcome.

Good morning.

Hello?

Yes.

Good morning, council members.

Thank you, Chair Lynn, for having us.

This is very exciting for us to have this conversation with the committee.

My name is Afua Kwiate, and I'm the executive director of Adefua Cultural Education Workshop.

We are spearheading the movement, the building, the new construction of the African Cultural Arts Center.

This conversation, the movement, the dreams started through critical conversations in our community with our elders, our children, our school providers, and et cetera, about what we need in the community around sustaining West African music, song, dance, the lineage to our motherland, being in America, living and working in District 2, zip code 98118, and et cetera.

So we stand tall with the call of building and the sustainability around our needs for building.

We need a new construction.

We are acknowledging our cultural land, which is where we're planning to build.

But for about seven months now, we've been at a standstill.

And so we really urge you to please support us in moving forward.

the work that we do, it's like the dragonfly.

We start here, then we continue on, and then there's another branch that takes it further, and we're at that branch right now to take it further.

My commitment for the past 42 years sits on your shoulders right now.

Please help us and move it forward so we can build.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next up, we have Chantal Patu.

Good afternoon, council members.

I love speaking in front of people, can't you tell?

My name is Chantel Patu, and I'm the co-founder and co-executive director of Urban Family.

For nearly 25 years, we have stood alongside young people and families across Southeast Seattle.

helping create greater safety, stability, belonging, and opportunity.

I also am a proud representative.

I used to be in her dance group.

We are now developing the Urban Family Empowerment Hub at 6727 Rainier Avenue South, bringing us back home to our community that we serve.

The Hub will be a place where preparation meets opportunity, building early learning, youth and young adult development, family support, workforce training, career pathways, small business resources, and safe community gathering space, all under one roof.

In partnership, the Urban Family Empowerment Hub, A De Fuwa, and the Brighton Senior Center will each have a distinct purpose.

We support youth and families and workers and entrepreneurs.

Adefour preserves culture, expands access to arts and education, and Brighton serves and connects our elders.

Together, we create something powerful, an intergenerational ecosystem of care, culture, opportunity, and belonging.

Our closeness and proximity should be recognized as a community strength and not treated as a zoning problem.

The current 600-foot dispersion requirement along the restrictions involving setbacks, building depth, and parking could prevent trusted neighborhood institutions from standing together.

These barriers reduce valuable program space and increase costs without providing a comparable public benefit.

I urge the council to pass Council Bill 121276. This is bigger than a technical zoning change.

It's about whether institutions rooted in Southeast Seattle will have room to grow alongside the communities we serve.

Please remove these outdated barriers and allow us to band together, distinct in purpose, complimentary in service, and united in building pathways to safety, economic mobility, and self-determination.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you, Chantel.

Next up we have Jeff Piper.

Good morning.

My name is Jeff Piper.

I'm an architect.

I'm the resident of the Central District, and I'm here in support of Council Bill 121276 and Amendment 1. We've been advocating for revisions to the rules governing institutions and low-rise zones because we see the effects of these regulations through our work with community-based organizations.

These are the organizations that provide childcare, senior care, arts and culture, food assistance, educational support, job training, community safety, and many other services that our communities depend upon.

And there's something fundamentally important about these organizations.

They need to be located in the communities that they serve.

Unfortunately, institutions in low-rise zones face a number of restrictions that housing in the same zones do not.

The 600-foot dispersion requirement is probably the clearest example.

We mapped that requirement around known institutions in the Rainier Valley and the result was dramatic.

Circles overlap throughout the neighborhood, leaving relatively little land available for a new institution or expansions for an existing one.

And our study only identified mapped institutions, so the actual constraint may be greater.

Existing structure depth and setback requirements create additional barriers, reducing the usable area of institutional properties and making expansion more difficult and more expensive.

We talk a lot in Seattle about residential and commercial displacement.

I think we also need to recognize institutional displacement.

When a community organization cannot reasonably adapt or expand the place it occupies, eventually it may have to look elsewhere.

And moving elsewhere can mean leaving behind the very community which it serves.

Council Bill 121-276 and the amendment make sensible corrections to those outdated institutional specific restrictions.

At the same time, removing unnecessary barriers doesn't require weakening reasonable environmental protections.

And the amendment number one actually strengthens the existing surface parking landscaping standard.

The ordinance is about allowing the institutions already woven into our neighborhoods a reasonable opportunity to remain there, adapt, and continue serving their communities.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next up we have Steve Rupostolo.

This is really a very good reason to bring back design review where you actually have a community taking a look and not having a one-size-fits-all policy.

because there are situations in neighborhoods where you would waive some restrictions, but who is a better person or a better entity to choose other than the neighborhood rather than somebody sitting downtown who has a bigger than big perspective?

but doesn't live where the problem or where the good thing might be.

And we have seen a continually movement away from allowing neighborhoods to really speak to what they are and what they want to be.

Now, trees.

I understand are going to be improved a bit in this.

But parking is something that is very, very close to most people.

I don't know where there is abundant free parking in the city of Seattle.

Wherever it is, there's nobody there.

In most of Seattle, we are concerned about that.

And yesterday, you were talking about, well, A couple of you, at least, were talking about the problems of removing vehicles.

And it just doesn't seem to happen.

We need a city that works.

We need to listen to the people who actually live here and take them into consideration.

The peasants may revolt otherwise.

Thank you, Steve.

That's our last in-person speaker.

We will now move on to our remote speakers, starting with Ruby Holland.

To say this most recent SEPA appeal was weaponized by a small group of homeowners and business interests is inaccurate.

The entire Coast Salish nation is impacted by how zoning changes affect salmon and their way of life.

Here in Washington, we've taken everything from them.

Everything.

Many places even require salmon that the Salish rely on to jump through hoops, aka culverts, to get to their destination.

Many Seattleites want to protect what little is left of the Salish lifestyle at all costs.

which is something transplants can't wrap their heads around.

While Council Member Lent has removed environmental reviews, he also removes our natural environmental protection with this bill, his latest.

We can't allow transplants in our city, especially those in City Hall, to tear our city up and make it unrecognizable, then return home to their city of origin to live their golden years in peace after disturbing, destroying ours.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Last we have Stephanie Ingram.

Hi, my name is Stephanie Ingram with Five Dot Architects.

I'm calling in support of CB 121276 Our firm is working with several small groups and non-profits in the south end that are hoping to do capital projects to improve their existing facilities or build new facilities on the land that they own.

There are significant barriers to these groups expanding and growing in the neighborhoods that CB 1212-76 addresses.

The first is the dispersion requirement that states that institutions cannot build or expand if they are within 600 feet of another institution.

A quick review of the Brighton neighborhood as an example indicates that none of the existing small institutions.

Child care centers, senior centers, community and cultural centers, none of them are currently eligible to even expand their facilities due to their proximity to each other.

The other two issues relate to structure depth and setbacks.

These standards have been updated for residential projects in the first phase of the comp plan, but not for institutions.

This limits the ability of these organizations to maximize the use of their land and limits the ground floor area that is most suited to this type of use.

Communities, particularly those in the south end, rely on their small institutions for services, walkability and affordability.

As we encourage density and affordability, we should also be supporting our community institutions.

They are a core piece of what makes our neighborhoods vibrant and exciting.

Thank you for your consideration.

Thank you.

Chair, that concludes our speakers.

Okay, that was our last registered speaker, present to speak at this public hearing.

Public hearing on ordinance 12176 is now closed.

Let's see, we have central staff.

Could you go ahead and, if you have any presentation or colleagues, if you have any questions for central staff?

About 12176, we have had this briefed before, so.

There are no questions for me.

I'll pull up amendment number one from Councilmember Ladd.

That'd be great.

Thank you so much.

Okay.

No questions or comments.

I'd move that the committee recommend passage of Council Bill 1276. Is there a second?

Second.

It's moved and seconded.

Recommend passage of the bill.

Let's see.

and we have amendment one before us.

This was based on feedback we got from community in particular about supporting trees, especially in parking lots.

So we have some, I'm not sure if folks can see the amendment, but I'd like to, I move to amend council bill 121276 as presented in amendment one.

Is there a second?

Second.

Okay, it's moved and seconded to amend the bill as presented on amendment one.

We have central staff here and colleagues if you have any questions.

No, just briefly the committee was briefed on this potential amendment last week.

The amendment would restore landscaping requirements for surface parking lots and also strengthen those requirements which specifically lower the threshold above which requirements apply from 20 spaces to 12 spaces and also increase the number of required trees from one tree for every four lots and one tree for every five spaces to one tree for every four spaces.

Okay.

Any questions?

Councilman Rink.

Thank you, Chair Lynn.

No questions.

I appreciate the opportunity to get briefed on this amendment last week and just wanted to voice my support for this amendment.

I'm really excited that we're putting something here that will translate into boosting our tree planting efforts, and I really want to commend you for your work on it, and I'm excited to vote yes.

Thank you.

Thank you, Council Member Rank.

Okay, there's no other questions or comments.

Will the clerk please call the roll on adoption of Amendment 1?

Vice Chair Strauss.

Aye.

Council Member Foster.

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth.

Yes.

Council Member Rink.

Yes.

Chair Lynn.

Yes.

Chair, there are five votes in favor and zero opposed.

Okay, the motion carries.

Amendment 1 is adopted.

Any final comments or questions before we vote on the council bill as amended?

I just wanna say briefly, thank you to everyone who came and spoke today.

I think about our institutions as critical third spaces where folks go to worship, where they get fed, where we preserve our history and cultural connections to our roots.

And as our city continues to grow and densify, it's critical that we remove sort of outdated dispersion requirements that we have these you know spread out throughout the city so that people can you know get these critical services right there in their neighborhood without having to hopefully jump in a car or even perhaps take transit if they can walk to their local institution to meet with their neighbors so excited to support our institutions and thank our institutions for all the services they provide to our community.

And with that, will the clerk please call the roll on the recommendation that council will pass the bill as amended?

Vice Chair Strauss.

Aye.

Council Member Foster.

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth.

Yes.

Council Member Rink.

Yes.

Chair Lynn.

Yes.

So there are five votes in favor and zero opposed.

Okay.

Thank you.

The motion carries the committee recommendation.

Thank you.

That the council will pass the bill as amended will be sent to a future city council meeting.

And we will now move on to our next item in business.

Will the clerk please read agenda item 18.

Jenna, item 18, Council Ball 121268, an ordinance relating to land use and zoning amending the Seattle Conference of Planned Incorporated Changes proposed as part of the 2026 Conference of Planned Annual Amendment Process for briefing discussion and possible event.

All right, and Rebecca, if you're able to join us.

Once you're ready, we are now moving on to our sub-area plans.

We're gonna have a lot of amendments.

We'll move through them as quickly as we can.

Thank you for your patience.

This is Rebecca Maskin from Council Central Staff.

I'd be happy to walk through the amendments to our Council Bill 1212-68 on the sub-area plans, the annual amendment to the comprehensive plan.

That'd be great.

Great.

So our first amendment is related to the downtown sub area plan.

This amendment would remove the downtown sub area plan from the package of legislation This would allow for additional time to perform environmental analysis related to the comprehensive plan, which is the environmental analysis that the sub-area plan was performed under.

And the work on the downtown plan would be completed next year, as planned to be completed next year, as a part of an additional package of sub-area plans.

Amendment 16 is similar to Amendment 1, but it would remove the Duwamish manufacturing and industrial sub-area plan.

This would allow for additional time for conversation and engagement with stakeholders within the MIC.

And similar to the downtown plan, this would be taken up in 2027 for additional work.

There are two additional amendments that I will now discuss that are on the Duwamish MIC plan.

So these are competing with the Amendment 16 here, Amendments 13 and 14. So if Amendment 16 moves forward, then it would render Amendments 13 and 14, which I'll discuss now, moot.

Colleagues, just for your awareness, I'm withdrawing my proposed Amendment 16. or I will not be moving it.

Okay.

I will cover 13 and 14 now because they are on the same plan.

So Amendment 13 to Council Bill 12-12-68 is also on the Duwamish MIC plan.

This amendment proposes a language change to clarify that, well, by our GMA and land use laws that all land uses that are allowed in zones are consistent with the zoning, so it strikes this phrase, inconsistent with zoning, which is unnecessary.

Amendment 14 to the Council Bill 12-12-68 is about, also concerns the Duwamish MIC plan.

This policy would add, or this amendment would add a new policy ensuring that tribal trust lands within the Greater Duwamish Manufacturing Industrial Center are exempt from land use regulation.

Those are the amendments proposed on the Downtown Plan and the Duwamish Plan.

So now I'll move to a suite of amendments that are on the Ballard, Inner Bay, North End Manufacturing Industrial Center.

So moving back to Amendment 2. So this amendment concerns the potentiality of future underutilized rail corridor within the BINMIC, stating that the corridor there could potentially be used for light rail in the future.

And I apologize because I haven't introduced who proposed these amendments so far.

So I will do that from now on.

And this amendment was proposed by Council Member Strauss.

Oops, skipped number three.

I don't have number three up here, but I know.

Amendment three is about foot ferries.

This is an amendment to the BINMIC plan as well, ensuring that water-dependent uses such as foot ferries that would cross the Ship Canal would be permitted within the BINMIC.

also introduced by Councilmember Strauss.

Amendment 4, introduced by Councilmember Strauss, concerns connections for pedestrians on the Ballard Bridge.

It amends two policies ensuring improved pedestrian and non-motorized facilities to, from, and across the bridge, as well as east and west connections at the Dravis Corridor.

Amendment 5, also introduced by Councilmember Strauss, amends the BIN-MIC plan to rephrase this policy about light industrial uses near what is currently transit.

It would amend frequent transit service to planned light rail stations, which is overlapping areas within the BIN-MIC.

Amendment 6, also proposed by Councilmember Strauss, concerns public water access.

It rephrases this policy, prioritizing public water access in addition to shoreline viewing.

Amendment 7 proposed by Councilmember Strauss also concerns the BINMIC plan.

This amendment would reference the Ballard Inner Bay Regional Transportation System study, which was performed by the city at the request of the state legislature in 2020. concerning replacement work of the Ballard and Magnolia bridges, and the amendment seeks to reference that study and ensure that it is included in any consideration of future bridge replacement.

Okay.

This says Amendment 1, but it is my typo.

I apologize for that.

This is Amendment 8. This policy is proposed by Council Member Strauss to the BINMIC plan.

This amendment would change a reference to vocational training, to career technical education, which is a phrase that's consistent with a number of institutional references in our city.

This is Amendment 9. Amendment 9 proposed by Councilmember Strauss on the BIN-MIC plan concerns sports and recreation facilities and adds a phrase ensuring that indoor and outdoor sports and recreation uses are allowed within the urban industrial zone.

Amendment 10, and I believe this is our last one, is also proposed by Councilmember Strauss and the BINMIC plan, similar to what we discussed with the Duwamish plan.

This amendment would add a policy that states that any tribal trust lands within the BINMIC area would be exempt from land use regulation.

And that is the suite of amendments today.

Okay.

Colleagues, any questions or comments?

We're gonna just, procedurally we'll have to move all of these, I believe individually, so, but we can also just do some general questions and comments to start, if you like.

Chair, if I may.

Thank you, Chair.

I'm just wondering procedurally in terms of like I have a couple of specific questions retained to an amendment.

Would you prefer we take up discussion when we take up each individual amendment or would you prefer taking up?

Either way is fine.

I mean, if you're going to sort of try to amend or do any sort of like walk-on, you know, I would suggest that you do that at the time, at least procedurally.

But if you have just comments or questions, please feel free to start.

Thank you, Chair.

I think I'll just take up my questions as we go through the process after moving each one.

Thank you.

I appreciate that clarity.

Okay, colleagues, any other sort of before we get started?

All right.

Well, I'd like to, first we'll have to move the underlying bill.

So I move that the committee recommend passage of Council Bill 121268. Is there a second?

Second.

Okay, it's moved and seconded to recommend passage of the bill.

Okay, and if there's no questions or comments before we get started, I would also, I move to amend Council Bill 121268 as presented in amendment one.

So I see you have amendment one up here.

This would remove the downtown sub area plan, which is needed to comply with the growth management hearings board decision, which said we need to do some additional environmental study.

Is there a second?

Second.

Okay.

It's moved and seconded to amend the bill.

I already provided my comments.

Any other comments or questions on amendment one?

This is to remove this downtown from the subway airplane.

Okay, will the clerk please call the roll on adoption of Amendment 1?

Vice Chair Strauss.

Aye.

Council Member Foster.

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth.

Yes.

Council Member Rink.

Yes.

Chair Lynn.

Yes.

Chair there are five votes in favor and zero post.

Okay, the motion carries.

Amendment 1 is adopted.

Let's see, moving on.

Let's see, we've got so many.

and we are not moving and not moving.

Let's see, Amendment 16. So we're going to move to Amendment 2, which is Council Member Shouse.

Thank you.

I move Amendment 2 version 1 to Council Bill and you just moved it a little bit.

Council Bill 121268. Second.

Okay, it's moved and seconded.

Councilmember Charles, if you want to speak to your amendment.

Thank you.

We are talking about heavy rail in the comp plan and just wanting to note that it is consistent if Sound Transit engages with BNSF to co-locate heavy rail and light rail.

It was said to me that Sound Transit did not want to engage with BNSF because it could take eight plus years to find it in alignment.

If they had started that in 2016 at the beginning of Sound Transit 3, it would have been completed two years ago.

Thank you.

Thank you, Vice Chair Strauss.

Any questions or comments?

Okay, will our clerk please call the roll on the adoption of Amendment 2.

Vice Chair Strauss.

Aye.

Council Member Foster.

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth.

Yes.

Council Member Rink.

Yes.

Chair Lin.

Yes.

Chair, there are five votes in favor, zero opposed.

The motion carries, Amendment 2 is adopted.

Let's move on to Amendment 3. Who, or is it, do we have an Amendment 3?

All right, Amendment 3, Council Member Strauss, Foot Ferries.

Thank you, I move Amendment 3 version 2 to Council Bill 12168. Second.

Okay, it's moved and seconded to amend the legislation.

Council Member Strauss.

The Virginia Five is the last of the Mosquito Fleet steam vessels that got people around our city and our region by foot ferry.

This is something that there have been many proposals over the last number of years about foot ferries throughout the Ship Canal, throughout Lake Union, throughout Lake Washington.

This is just putting it in the comprehensive plan that it would be helpful.

Okay, any questions or comments?

I just love this amendment, a huge proponent of expanding and seeing how we can bring online a mosquito fleet, so to speak, so really excited to see this come before us.

Thank you, Councilmember Strauss.

Thank you, Chair.

All right, wonderful.

Will the clerk please call the roll on adoption of Amendment 3?

Vice Chair Strauss.

Aye.

Councilmember Foster.

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth.

Yes.

Councilmember Rink.

Yes.

Chair Lynn.

Yes.

Two other five votes in favor, zero opposed.

Okay, and motion carries.

Amendment three is adopted.

Can we move on to amendment?

for, or what do we have here?

Amendment 4, Council Member Shouse.

Thank you, I move Amendment 4 to Council Bill 121268. Okay, second.

It's moved and seconded to amend those legislation.

Council Member Shouse.

Thank you, and I'm just double checking that this is all correct.

Yep.

And so regarding, and I need to bring this up on my own screen.

Sorry, there's a lot of amendments going on right now.

Mm-hmm.

So regarding the Ballard Bridge in particular, it's very dangerous for pedestrians.

I've been working with the state to have additional funding to cantilever pedestrian crossing.

This is similar to the foot ferries.

We know that North Queen Anne and Fisherman's Terminal are hop, skip, and a jump away from downtown Ballard in the brewery district, and yet they are highly disconnected because of the Ballard Bridge.

and so this is saying that we need to increase that.

And then within Dravis area, it's also a bit of an island.

There are a number of multimodal trails in the area but do not access the area in which people live and play sports.

And so this is just both saying we need to make these better connections.

Okay, colleagues, any questions or comments?

I'll just say my first apartment was right off of Dravis in that area, and there are definitely some improvements that could be made.

There was a little bit of a social media video recently about one of those that needs to be improved.

Just appreciate all your attention to detail throughout all these amendments.

Okay.

Will the clerk please call the roll on the adoption of Amendment 4?

Vice Chair Schauss?

Aye.

Council Member Foster?

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth?

Yes.

Council Member Rink?

Yes.

Traylon?

Yes.

Taylor, five votes in favor, zero votes.

Okay.

The motion carries and Amendment 4 is adopted.

Move on to Amendment 5. Council Member Schauss.

Thank you.

I move Amendment 5 version 1 to Council Bill 121268.

Okay, second.

It is moved and seconded to amend Council Bill as presented in the Amendment 5. Is there, let's see, Council Member Strauss, can you speak to it?

Yes, thank you.

For both the BIN-MIC and the Duwamish-MIC, we were explained to by OPCD that both of these plans would be consistent with the 2023 Maritime and Industrial Stakeholder Work Group, that re-zoned the industrial lands for the first time in, I think, 18 to 20 years.

And so that was a six-year-long program that worked to provide recommendations.

We added housing to the industrial zones, we removed industrial areas from the industrial zones, and then we protected some other industrial zones.

It was a very contentious, as I think we all even on this dais know, it was a contentious process.

And what I noticed when reading through the this comp plan is that this was a difference.

So this is a difference from what was agreed on.

This is a difference from what was explained to us by OPCD.

I don't have a lot of strong feelings about it other than I am looking for consistency and to not tell people that it is the same and it to not be the same.

Colleagues, any questions or comments?

Council Member Rink.

Thank you, Chair Lynn.

I appreciate the background that the sponsor of this amendment just provided on this.

I do want to note that I will be respectfully not supporting this amendment.

And while I'm supportive of including our additional economic activity around our planned light rail stations, I do believe this development should be transit-oriented and not just light rail-oriented.

So I'm supportive of keeping the frequent transit threshold, which includes our light rail stations, but also our rapid ride and frequent bus network as well.

Thank you.

Okay, thank you.

Any other questions or comments?

Okay.

Will the clerk please call the roll on the adoption of amendment five?

Ambassador Strauss.

Aye.

Councilmember Foster.

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth.

Yes.

Council Member Rink.

No.

Chair Lin.

Yes.

Chair, there are four votes in favor and one opposed.

Okay, and the motion carries.

Amendment five is adopted.

Let's move on to amendment number six.

Council Member Strauss.

Thank you.

I move amendment six to Council Bill 121268.

Okay, second.

It is moved and seconded to amend legislation.

Council Member Strauss.

Thank you.

So version six, this is something where street ends, oftentimes the departments will look to save money and do things that save them money but create less access.

And so within the comp plan, safe public water access is prioritized.

So there are a number, right down there by Salmon Bay Cafe.

There's a street end, there's a nice bench, there's a fence, and a bunch of big rocks.

And if they had spent just a little bit more time, thought, energy, and not that much more money, that could have been water access because it is the same grade as the water.

Now, there are other places where the grade is very different than the water level, and that means that it might not be achievable.

And so I don't want to ISIS out, but I want to make it very clear that every opportunity possible we should not be putting a barrier between the water and our public access.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilmember Shouts.

Any comments, questions?

I'll just say thank you for bringing this forward, that public access to water is critical.

Those street ends, we have so many unimproved street ends that restrict that access.

So that's not just in this area, it's citywide, but I appreciate you bringing this forward for this section.

Okay, no other?

Questions or comments?

Will the clerk please call the roll and adoption of Amendment 6?

Vice Chair Strass, Council Member Foster, Council President Hollingsworth, Council Member Ring, Chair Lynn, Chair Lynn, Chair there are five votes in favor, zero opposed.

Okay, the motion carries.

Amendment 6 is adopted.

Moving on to Amendment 7. Council Member Charles.

Thank you.

I realize that folks might not know what the Ballard Interbay Regional Transportation Study is.

It's actually the Ballard Interbay Regional Transportation Corridor.

There was a state-funded study from there.

I've heard concerns about what about the other city plans that have come since then.

and I have been encouraging SDOT to update their portions of the Ballard Inner Bay Regional Transportation Corridor with those new documents.

The key here is the same conversation that we've had here at the city.

Why do we have a pedestrian plan, a bike plan, a freight plan?

Why do we have all of these plans that are not in the same plan and speaking to each other?

It is the same framework in Inner Bay.

Interbay is the, so 15th and Elliott is the third most used north-south corridor only behind I-5 and SR-99.

This corridor is what connects Eastern Washington to the grain terminals.

It is this corridor that connects freight to Fisherman's Terminal, to the cruise ship terminal.

It is of state importance and we have federal oversight in this area with BNSF because BNSF only responds to federal oversight.

We have state with the armory that is placed there as well as the state importance on accessing our terminals, our green terminals in particular.

We have county connections in here not only with the buses but they have property along Elliott Avenue.

We have a port facility, again, that has a grain terminal, a cruise terminal.

It has upland space and fishermen's terminal, the closest freshwater port to the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea.

And then we have the city in here.

You can see the Dravis Bridge, the Ballard Bridge, Magnolia Bridge, as well as we have Sound Transit, another government entity that is operating in this space.

And so the same comments about why does Seattle have so many different modal plans that don't speak to each other, if we are not updating our modal plans into this Ballard Interbay Regional Transportation Corridor, then we are not aligning our plans with all of the other work that is going on in the region as well as this is the format and the body that advocates and aligns for state resources so we have received state funding twice over to complete this work because SDOT refused to and so this is again we need to be coordinating the work that SDOT and our city are doing with all of these other partners because the Ballard Bridge is of regional importance The Magnolia Bridge right now is how the causeway is how you connect to the port.

The Dravis Bridge is going to be incredibly important when we have the light rail station there.

And so it is really important that we align all of our work with the work that so many other government entities are doing as well.

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you, Council Member Schauss.

Colleagues?

Questions or comments?

Okay, will the clerk please call the roll on adoption of Amendment 7?

Professor Strauss?

Aye.

Council Member Foster?

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth?

Yes.

Council Member Rank?

Yes.

Chair Lynn?

Yes.

Chair 5 Ed's in favor of 05. Okay, motion carries.

Amendment 7 is adopted.

Let's see, do we have Amendment 8?

Are we going on to Amendment 8?

Can't quite see the screen.

Let's see.

These are out of order.

We have so many.

I think amendment eight.

Okay, here we go.

Amendment eight on the CTE.

Council member Schaus.

Number eight, I move Amendment 8 to Council Bill 121268. Okay, second.

It's moved and seconded to amend the legislation, Council Member Schaaf.

Yeah, most government entities stopped using the word vocational about a decade ago.

This is the term that the Seattle Colleges and the Seattle Public Schools use.

Thank you.

Appreciate your attention to detail, colleagues.

Okay, will the clerk please call the roll on the adoption of Amendment 8?

Vice Chair Stross?

Aye.

Council Member Foster?

Council President Hollingsworth?

Yes.

Council Member Rink?

Yes.

Chair Lynn?

Yes.

Chair, there are four votes in favor, zero opposed.

Okay, motion carries.

Amendment 8 is adopted.

Okay, Amendment 9. I think this is you, Council Member Strauss, I believe.

Amendment 9, so I move Amendment 9 to Council Bill 121268.

Okay, it's second.

It is moved in second to amend the legislation.

Council Member Strauss.

Thank you.

The Dravis area is the home of national champions Salmon Bay FC and Ballard, also national champions Ballard FC.

They play outdoors.

We're hoping to support them as well as we support all of the other indoor activities.

Thank you.

Wonderful colleagues.

Okay, that is important to support them.

Will the clerk please call the roll on adoption of Amendment 9?

Vice Chair Strauss.

Aye.

Council Member Foster.

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth.

Yes.

Council Member Rank.

Yes.

Chair Lynn.

Yes.

To their five votes in favor, zero opposed.

Okay, the motion carries.

Amendment 9 is adopted.

Moving on to Amendment 10. Council Member Strauss, Tribal Trust Lands.

Yep, and I realize we were moving so quickly.

Did we already pass the Duwamish MIC?

And I did not suspend the rules to move this amendment since we were provided last minute.

No, we still got time to do that?

Great.

So this is an amendment that will come to both the Duwamish and the Ballard and the BIN MIC.

This is also an amendment that I'm going to start bringing to all parts of the comprehensive plan.

I also need to apologize to our federally recognized tribes for the short notice of my government to government consultation request.

In particular, the Snoqualmie tribe has voiced displeasure with the limited amount of time I will say that this amendment came together this last week.

It is part of this work of making sure that our comprehensive plan is in line with our understanding of federal law.

So it's my understanding at this time, and I could be very wrong because we're still investigating all of the information, but it's my understanding that as tribal trust land is a federal designation that puts it into a similar category as reservation land, which means it is sovereign land.

So this means that our land use code is already not applicable to them because it is trust land, not city land.

So I know that the city lawyers were having some problems that this was gonna blow the comp plan up, but this is already the case.

It's just the case at the federal level.

And so we need to be bringing our comprehensive plan in line with that.

Yep.

Colleagues, any questions or comments?

Okay, Council Member Rochelle, I appreciate your hard work on that.

I know that the timing was a little bit tight when we weren't quite sure when we were gonna move forward with all of these.

So, you know, if we need further changes at full council or something, we can certainly do that.

In the meantime, I think federal law already trumps our local law anyways with respect to certain issues.

So, and I'm sure this would be interpreted, all of our comprehensive plan language should be interpreted consistent with existing law.

So with that, will the clerk please call the roll on the adoption of the amendment?

Vice Chair Strauss.

Aye.

Council Member Foster.

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth.

Yes.

Council Member Rink.

Yes.

Chair Lynn.

Yes.

Chair, there are five votes in favor and zero opposed.

Okay, thank you.

The motion carries.

Amendment 10 is adopted.

Moving on.

Are we doing 13 or are we doing 11?

Do we have an 11?

Just trying to go in numeric order if we can, but either way.

Is 13 is the next?

13 is next, there's no 11 or 12.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you for keeping us on track.

Okay.

Let's see, number 13. So let me just say, I move that committee amend Council Bill 121268 as presented in Amendment 13. Is there a second?

Second.

Okay, it's moved and seconded to amend the legislation.

This was just basically feedback we got.

It's more of a clarification technical issue, working with law.

And if there's no questions or comments, let's see.

Okay, it's moved and seconded.

Will the clerk please call the roll on adoption of Amendment 13?

Vice President Strauss.

Aye.

Council Member Foster.

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth.

Yes.

Council Member Rink.

Yes.

Chair Lynn?

Yes.

Chair, five votes in favor.

Zero opposed.

Okay.

The motion carries.

Amendment 13 is adopted.

I think moving on, this one is the one where I think we're going to need to suspend the rules.

So without objection, colleagues, I'd like to suspend the rules to allow for consideration of this amendment.

Okay.

Hearing no objection, the rules are suspended.

Council Member Strauss.

Thank you so much.

I move Amendment 14 to Council Bill 121268.

Okay, second.

Thank you.

Moved and seconded.

Council Member Schaus, sounds, seems familiar here, but please proceed if you have any.

Yep, same as before, and apologies to, especially the Snoqualmie Tribe for not having more time for government to government consultation.

Yeah, and thank you again for that work.

Okay, colleagues, it's moved and seconded.

Will the clerk please call the roll on the adoption of Amendment 14?

Vice Chair Strauss.

Aye.

Council Member Foster.

Yes.

Council President Hogsworth.

Yes.

Council Member Rink.

Yes.

Chair Lynn.

Yes.

Chair, five votes in favor, zero opposed.

Okay, the motion carries.

Amendment 14 is adopted.

I think that might be all of them.

Okay, thank you colleagues for hanging in there with us.

Anyone like to make any final comments before we vote on the underlying bill as amended?

Yeah.

Yes, please, Council President.

I'm sorry, I was looking for my hand.

Thank you, Chair, and I want to thank everyone for all your engagement in this.

It was a lot of amendments, but attention to detail, I think, is incredibly important.

I'll be abstaining today from the vote.

Just wanted some more clarification on the Duwamish sub-area plan and just don't feel comfortable moving forward after I have some concerns.

Thank you.

Thank you, Council President.

Anyone else?

I'll just say thank you colleagues for all the hard work.

We've had a number of these sub area plans briefed.

We do have quite a few that will need to move next year.

And so the goal was to get as many as we could adopted this year, just given the heavy lift that we're gonna have to do next year.

And with that, will the clerk please call the roll on the recommendation to pass Council Bill 121268 as amended?

Vice Chair Strauss.

Aye.

Council Member Foster.

Yes.

Council President Hollingsworth.

Yes.

Excuse me.

Abstain.

Council Member Rink.

Yes.

Chair Lynn.

Yes.

Chair, there are four votes in favor, zero opposed, and one abstention.

Yes, we were on such a roll there.

Okay, the motion carries.

The committee recommendation that council bill will pass a bill will be sent to a future city council meeting next week, September 22nd, next week's city council meeting.

We have reached the end of today's meeting agenda.

Is there any further business to come before the committee before we adjourn?

Okay, hearing no further business, we are adjourned.

This is our last meeting before budget.

Our next meeting will likely be held in December, 2026. Thank you all.

Thank you, Steve, for being our regular public commenter.

See you soon.