Speaker 6: Agenda item six. Resolution 3177. Amending procedures for the evaluation and re-use and disposal of city real property to update certain portions of the procedures and expedite the disposition of properties for affordable housing development consistent with the recommendations of housing affordability and Living Livability Agenda Advisory Committee adopted by the Council in Resolution 316 22, the committee recommends a resolution be adopted as amended.
Speaker 0: Customer Herbold.
Speaker 5: Thank you. This resolution would amend the city's surplus property disposition policies to prioritize the use of surplus city properties, specifically for the development of affordable housing, and to expedite the disposition of these properties for affordable housing. Properties are eligible for the shorter review time. If the Office of Housing has proposed a property be transferred to an entity for the development of affordable housing. This is consistent with the recommendations of the House Committee. I do have an amendment to Appendix F that I distributed councilmembers earlier today. It's specifically the form that is contained in Appendix F of attachment A called the Excess Property Proposed Use Form. And so I moved to amend Appendix F of attachment a.
Speaker 2: Second.
Speaker 0: That's been moved in second and that attachment A be amended. Did you want to speak more to it comes I heard.
Speaker 5: Well, if I could, I think it would be good for folks who might have missed the email from the greenspace Seattle Greenspaces Coalition today. This specific amendment would address the, as I said, the property review process determination form. It's a it's a form that's used in the surplus property disposition process. And the original language that passed out of committee is the sentence is there strong community support for one or more of the proposed options? The email that we received today from the Seattle Greenspaces Coalition expressed a strong and longstanding interest in the use of surplus city properties. They concur with our goals to expedite the use of these properties for housing purposes. But they raised a concern about the language because the language is on the current FASB form covers not only support for options, but also allows for any position, for instance, neutral or negative, and therefore allows for a wider range of constituent comment rather than just sort of a binary binary. We support it. The amendment would restore the language currently used by IFRS in the form with one change. It would replace the word citizens with individuals and so it would read have individuals, community groups and other interested parties contacted the city regarding any of the proposed options. This amendment would in no way affect the prioritization of affordable housing. The primary goal of the legislation or the abbreviated timeline for review of affordable housing is a separate issue altogether and a separate a separate fact revision to question to question two that passed in committee would remain as as as as passed by the committee members. The amendment was run by the Department of Finance and Administrative Services and they are fine with with the changes proposed.
Speaker 0: Very good things for that. Nation. So we're going to take the amendment first. Any other comments on the amendment that's been moved in Second Amendment attached in a. Is a minute by substituting opinion appendix f all those in favor say I. I oppose. The ayes have it. So now we have a resolution that has been amended. Does you want to say any other words on the overall resolution? Again.
Speaker 5: Are you just to restate that this is consistent with the recommendation of the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda Committee, looking at ways that we can use existing property within city ownership for housing and expediting the ability to do so, which the city has already has a really good track record over the last two years as compared to previous years. This can just speed speed that up further.
Speaker 0: Very good. Any further comments? Okay. Those in favor of adopting the resolution as a minute, please vote i. I. Those oppose vote no. The motion carries and the resolution as amended is adopted and chair will sign it. Please read item seven and eight into the record.
A RESOLUTION amending procedures for the Evaluation of the Reuse and Disposal of the City’s Real Property, to update certain portions of the procedures and expedite the disposition of properties for affordable housing development, consistent with the recommendations of the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) Advisory Committee adopted by the City Council in Resolution 31622.