Speaker 6: The Report The Sustainability Transportation Committee Agenda Items nine 311 Resolution 31839 Adopting Revised Street Vacation Policies for the City of Seattle. Committee Recommends the resolution be adopted. Council Bill 119 234 Lane to Seattle Design Commission Committee Recommends the bill passes amended council bill 119 237 Related Landing Zoning Committee recommends a bill pass.
Speaker 0: OC will vote on them individually. But Councilman Brian. Perhaps you could describe them sort of collectively.
Speaker 5: You bet. So this is a resolution that updates our street vacation policies and the two ordinances that are necessary to make our code consistent with the resolution. This was coming before council originally, two weeks ago. But we heard from folks in the maritime industry that they wanted an opportunity to look at that a little more thoroughly. And in the intervening two weeks, I've come up with some additional language which I think strengthens the resolution. And so we've adopted that. And so what I'd like to do before I talk in depth about it is to amend Resolution 31809 Exhibit A by substituting version two for version one.
Speaker 0: Their second has been moved in second to amend the resolution, as stated by Councilmember Bryan. All those in favor of the amendment. Please vote i. I opposed. The ayes have it. It is amended.
Speaker 5: Thank you all for that. The the attachment or sorry. Exhibit Ayes has some stronger language. Now, the talk specifically about free mobility and the importance of the maritime and maritime sector of our economy and making sure that, as we do consider certifications, they were fully considering those concerns. I want to just talk at a high level about why we're changing these vacation certification policies. There is a number of pieces that we're going to change in there, and I'll touch on a few of them, starting with recognizing the city's core goals of race and social equity, an analysis of street vacation petitions and public benefit proposals that also includes new sections on the Public Trust Doctrine and the city's process for reviewing street vacations. Acknowledges three new public trust functions of the right away free speech, right to assembly and land use in urban form. And this new policy provides additional guidance regarding analysis of impacts to the public trust functions of street vacations. It requires an early community outreach process and provides for an early council forum or briefing. The new direction provides for different processes depending on whether a project is determined to be complex or simple street vacation. It recognizes that street vacation impacts may be felt in an area broader than just the immediate neighborhood, so the benefits could be more citywide in certain circumstances. It clarifies a relationship between the required steps in the land use review process and the street vacation review process considers on and off site public benefits as being equivalent. It recognizes an option for additional factors in proposed public benefit package reviews, such as the existence of an equitable development agreement, which we'll get to in a moment between the petitioner and community groups, and allows for long term or permanent commitment to carry out programmatic benefits as opposed to just capital benefits as part of the public benefit package.
Speaker 0: Very good. Councilmember O'Brien my Reynolds talked about. Did you want to describe the other components at all?
Speaker 5: So what we're going to do, what I propose we do is we'll have a vote on the resolution, which is what changes the policies, and then we'll consider the two ordinances. The first ordinance clarifies the role that the Design Commission plays. The Design Commission has always or has been playing a role in street vacations for a number of years, but it's actually not been codified. And so this will just clarify that role and make sure it's defined inconsistently with the policies we're passing. And the second ordinance also clarifies the role that design review will play and at what point in the process the design review would be considered?
Speaker 0: Very good. So we're going to vote on the resolution first. All those in support of the those in favor of adopting the resolution as amended. Please vote i. I those opposed vote no. The motion carries in the amended resolution is adopted and the share was sign it.
Speaker 5: And if there are no other comments, I suggest we just go to a vote on the two council bills. That's okay with colleagues.
Speaker 0: Not to be. I think one of my notes suggested that one of the council bills was going to be amended, that that is not going to be met. Okay. Very good. Okay. So any other questions on the bills? If not, please call the role on the passage of the bill.
Speaker 1: Salon. Hi, Bagshaw. Hi. Gonzalez Herbold. Hi. Johnson For us was Kerry O'Brien. Hi, President Herrell I nine in favor and unopposed.
Speaker 0: This bill passed and chair of the Senate. Please call the rule on the next bill, please.
Speaker 1: So, Aunt Bakeshop. Gonzalez I. Herbold I. Johnson Suarez. Mesquita, I. O'Brien, President Herrell.
Speaker 0: Hi.
Speaker 1: Nine In favor and unopposed.
Speaker 0: Bill passing share of Senate. Please read the next agenda item.
A RESOLUTION adopting revised Street Vacation Policies for the City of Seattle and repealing previous versions of the policies adopted by Resolutions 27527, 28605, 30297, 30702, and 31142.