Speaker 1: The bill passes and the chair will sign it. Please read item three.
Speaker 5: Agenda item three. Clerk file 313843. Petition of GID Development Group and the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation for the vacation of the alley between Lake Avenue, Ninth Avenue and Leonora Street in BLOCK 24. Heirs of Sarah Arpels second edition, the committee recommends for council to grant the petition as conditioned.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Councilmember Rasmussen.
Speaker 6: Thank you. This would grant conditional approval of an early vacation in BLOCK 24 is also sometimes known as the Enterprise car rental site at Ninth and Leonora. It's a bit unusual in that the application for the vacation has been made jointly between the private developer guide development and our Seattle Parks Department. Each of the petitioners would take about half of the 2400 square foot alley in the block. The developer private developer guide would take one half of the alley to complete a 400 unit, 400 foot tall residential building on the north side of the block. And the park department would take the other half of the alley to complete a much needed new 10,000 square foot park on the south side of the lot, alongside Westlake Avenue and Leonora Street. It would feature an open lawn and an activity area, place, structure, hillclimb and seating for gathering picnics and general leisure. The Disney Triangle Urban Center Village is being heavily developed, as you know, and more office space will be needed and welcome in this neighborhood all along. Westlake. While the two projects are separate, Jedi and the Parks Department are working closely to design and coordinate the development of this public park. Without a vacation, the opportunity for a complimentary design between the two groups would be lost and the alley would continue to be used for vehicular traffic and would actually be a detriment and a barrier between the residential tower and the new park. With the early vacation, there is an opportunity for many more amenities to be expanded on the block and better public use and public access to the park.
Speaker 1: Thank you. Questions or comments? Councilmember BENSHOFF.
Speaker 0: Just one. Councilmember Rasmussen, the last piece of legislation you mentioned that more bicycle racks were going to be added at the location. And I didn't hear you say that this time, but I would like to encourage us to do that where possible. I'm finding that more often than not I am locking my bike to a tree downtown, and if we're really encouraging people to use our spaces, a few more bicycle racks around would be very helpful.
Speaker 6: Thank you. I believe the the ballot measure that we just approved going to the voters will actually include funding for many, many more bicycle.
Speaker 1: Bicycle racks. Councilmember Gordon.
Speaker 0: I just want to say that this is really a parks development. Much more in a lot of respects than a transportation project. Aside from the fact that it was necessary to do grant vacation of the alley.
Speaker 3: In order to.
Speaker 0: Do it, but it's going to be harder and harder to get the park spaces downtown. And I think it's really the design is exciting and it's.
Speaker 3: Going to be really a great.
Speaker 0: Amenity for the area, which is very heavily now developed. And it will be wonderful to have.
Speaker 3: This little green.
Speaker 0: Space in this park right on that spot. When you think about what is.
Speaker 3: There now.
Speaker 0: An alley and a car rental park part, a development that has a whole lot of cars parked there. Think about how you're going to have green grass and you're going to have an opportunity to sit out on the sidewalk. It will be quite, quite, quite a good amenity and very pleased that we can have that kind of public, private cooperation.
Speaker 1: Thank you. Please call the roll. Excuse me. This is a clerk file, so we will. Those in favor of granting the petition as conditioned vote I those opposed vote no. The motion carries the request is granted as condition of the chair will sign the conditions of the City Council Report of the Energy Committee. Please read item for.
Petition of GID Development Group and the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation for the vacation of the alley between Westlake Avenue, 9th Avenue, and Lenora Street in Block 24, Heirs of Sarah A. Bell's Second Addition.