Speaker 2: Agenda Item one Capital 119832 The relating to the Office of Housing of the Department of Finance Administrative Services authorizing the acceptance of a transfer of real property near the Mount Sacred White Rail Station from the University of Washington. For the purpose of development of affordable housing and other potential educational research and clinical uses by the university, including an early learning facility and for general municipal purposes. Pricing of property under the direction of the Office of the Housing, the Department Administrative Services to State Facilities management of the property, including leasing, collection of rent payments of expenses and other property management duties and. Ratifying confirming. Purchased direct.
Speaker 0: Thank you so much. I will move to pass. Council Bill 119802. Is there a second Bakken? It's been moved and seconded to pass the bill. Councilmember Mosqueda, you are the sponsor of this bill, so you are recognized in order to address this item.
Speaker 1: Thank you. Council President. Council colleagues.
Speaker 0: This legislation authorizes the city to accept at no cost the transfer of property at the University of Washington laundry site near the Mount Baker Light Rail Station from the University of Washington. For the purposes of developing affordable housing, along with other potential amenities, including educational services, research services, clinic clinical uses, including such things as an early learning facility as outlined in the state's capital budget. We heard from council central staff last week and the Office of Housing, in addition to FEMA, about the transfer at our council briefing and as we discussed in last week's meeting, this is a really exciting opportunity for transit oriented, affordable housing, co-located with early learning facilities and other important community amenities, such as services and opportunities for partnership with labor and community.
Speaker 1: I know that many of.
Speaker 0: Our colleagues have already expressed interest in seeing this property support.
Speaker 1: The community vision.
Speaker 0: Especially from Black and Brown led community organizers and organizations. The vision for creating a more walkable, livable environment, for creating more opportunities for community services.
Speaker 1: Amenities in this building space that directly impact the local community and.
Speaker 0: Are built in alignment.
Speaker 1: With what the community.
Speaker 0: Is asking for. And that we.
Speaker 1: Integrate the building and the vision.
Speaker 0: Into the broader neighborhood plan. And that.
Speaker 1: Means things like community.
Speaker 0: Homeownership, opportunities adjacent to sound transit opportunities. Looking really to looking forward, really to working with all of you in the community and with the leadership of Councilmember Morales, who spoke to this last week about making sure that when you do development, it's development done right.
Speaker 1: In the model that the community has.
Speaker 0: Put forward. So that'll be an exciting opportunity. As we heard from the Office of Housing.
Speaker 1: Community Engagement will commence.
Speaker 0: This year to develop the RFP for the site and we express a strong interest in having the Office of Housing come back to council with the draft RFP before issue, which director Alvarado from the Office of Housing expressed. That should be happy to do so. And our office will be working with all of you and the Office of Housing to schedule that time. The legislation introduced is a routine legislation that allows for us to accept the process property and comply with the state requirements for the transfer transfer to take place prior to June 30th. And with that context, I'll hand it back over to Council President. Thank you so much. Councilmember mosqueda, are there any other comments or questions from from colleagues? I don't know. We've had an opportunity to discuss this a few times already, both in council briefing and in full council. So are there any other questions or comments on the bill? Hey, thank you all so much. Really exciting opportunity here and looking forward to voting in favor of this bill once.
Speaker 2: The.
Speaker 0: Roll is called. So at this point, I will have the clerk call the roll. Yes. Councilmember Mosqueda, thank you very much. Just very briefly, before the roll is called, I want to say thank you to our council colleagues for engaging in this process relatively quickly. And also to Emily Alvarado, the director of Office of Housing, her team for moving swiftly.
Speaker 1: A quick thank.
Speaker 0: You to Representative Chop for pushing the transfer to utilize this land for affordable housing and to the university for engaging with us. I think it's a loss of.
Speaker 1: Good living.
Speaker 0: Waiting in jobs that I think if we're able to use this property to create more good living wage, union jobs and housing and other additional amenities into the future really does serve.
Speaker 1: That vision that.
Speaker 2: We've all talked about, about.
Speaker 0: Using public land for the best public purpose and prioritizing public services so that we don't create a situation where more people are displaced or that we lose an opportunity to create public amenities on public space. So thanks to Office of Housing and for their work to see this happen and quickly, thank you to Erin House for her fast work.
Speaker 1: For my office to get all the details together.
Speaker 0: And to do some stakeholder and final touches to the legislation. I appreciate her work on this. Thank you so much. Okay. If there are no other comments on the bill, we'll go ahead and move to a roll call. I would ask that the clerk please call the roll on the passage of the bill.
Speaker 1: The want i.
Speaker 3: Strauss II.
Speaker 1: Purple. Hi, Suarez.
Speaker 2: Hi.
Speaker 3: LEWIS Hi.
Speaker 1: Morales Hi. Mosquito, I.
Speaker 3: Peterson Hi.
Speaker 1: President. Gonzalez. Hi. Nine in favor and unopposed.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Madam Clerk. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. And I would ask that the clerk please affix my signatures to the legislation on my behalf. Okay. Item two I would ask that the clerk please read agenda item two into the record.
AN ORDINANCE relating to the Office of Housing and the Department of Finance and Administrative Services; authorizing the acceptance of a transfer of real property near the Mount Baker light rail station from the University of Washington for the purpose of development of affordable housing and other potential educational, research, and clinical uses by the University, including an early learning facility, and for general municipal purposes; placing the property under the jurisdiction of the Office of Housing; authorizing the Department of Finance and Administrative Services to take custodial management of the property, including leasing, collection of rents, payment of expenses, and other property management duties; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.