Speaker 1: Bill passed and chair will sign it. Please read the report of the Planning Land Use and Zoning Committee.
Speaker 2: The Report of the Planning and Zoning Committee Agenda Item five Cancel Bill one 119 200 Willing to land is in zoning in many sections 23.40 1.006.008 and point zero ten of settlement of a code to adopt the Central Area Neighborhood Design Guidelines. Establish a Central Area Design Review District and Change Design Review Board Composition. The committee recommends the bill passed as amended.
Speaker 1: Councilmember Johnson.
Speaker 7: Thank you. I have the great pleasure of bringing this bill forward today based off of several decades worth of work from very committed activists in the central area. And I want to say thank you to you all for sticking around to be part of this final vote today. This is a work that started back in the 1980s, but in committee probably referenced work that was going on in the city, you know, as long ago as the 1940s. And I'm really proud to be playing a small part here at the end to help get this great work across the finish line. What this really does is allows for two particular things the creation of neighborhood design guidelines that were the subject of several years worth of work, starting again in the 1990s, but more specifically, a body of work out of 2015 and 2016 that will result in very set, a very clear set of guidance for developers about new projects in the central area. In particular, I want to say thank you to the five different central area organizations that worked on that central area land use review committee, the 23rd Avenue Action Community Team, or the 23rd Avenue Act. The folks from the Central Historic Central Area Arts and Cultural District, the Central Area Collaborative and the African-American Veterans Group of Washington. Those design those design guidelines will coincide with the creation of now an eighth board and its design review board. And that eight design review board will allow the central area to have a unique focus on projects in their neighborhoods. Right now, the central area is divided into two different design review boards, which creates a lot of confusion about different projects that may be subjected to different reviews based on which. Design Review board they go to. So this is a really exciting project to bring forward after many, many years of work. These two things converged in this great council bill and I'm just again very grateful to community members for sticking through with us for so many years and happy to have played my little part to get it across the finish line.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Councilman Johnson. Any comments from any of my colleagues? I just want to, first of all, thank Councilmember Johnson for sort of shepherding this very carefully and think for our community leaders and our community for having the voices necessary. I guess I'm somewhat partial to the central area because I know it's its history so rich and an area of Seattle that is so rich in history and deserves. And I think you used the word unique. I think I heard the word unique that deserves and warrants the kind of advocacy and commitment that we're seeing not only in this legislation, but reflects the commitment from community advocates. So thank you very much. And we look forward to working with the the review district and the Commission on doing some, some great work preserving our great past. And, you know, we we talked this morning about losing a pillar of our community and Reverend McKinney this weekend. But as that kind of legacy, that's going to be imperative that we keep forward and in our physical structures as we move forward. So thank you for that legislation because you guys are always doing that. I say something and then I'm supposed to be last. Councilmember her will take us all.
Speaker 2: In the interest.
Speaker 4: Of.
Speaker 3: Using.
Speaker 2: The great work of this community to further our goals around the mandatory housing affordability up zones throughout the city. I just want to let you guys know that when folks in my district come to me and say, we're not sure that there's any ability to with the proposed up zones for the mandatory housing affordability program, when we don't feel confident that there's an ability for us to do planning around our unique needs. And there people are concerned that the the upper zones are sort of a one size fits all. I point to the work that you've done and share it with folks in District one and in West Seattle and South Park as an example of how you can use the fact that the city is figuring out how to accommodate more growth, also accommodate more affordability, but also trying to do it in a way that is consistent with the community's values. So I just want to let you know that you're you're helping folks in my district learn things.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Councilman Herbold. Okay. I think we're ready to vote. Please call the roll on the passage of the bill.
Speaker 3: Gonzalez I Herbold II Johnson Mosquera I O'Brien. So aren't I President Harrell high seven in favor and unopposed.
Speaker 1: Bill passed and sure was sign it.
Speaker 0: Congratulations please.
AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Sections 23.41.006, 23.41.008, and 23.41.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code to adopt the Central Area Neighborhood Design Guidelines, establish a Central Area Design Review District, and change Design Review Board composition.