A RESOLUTION affirming The City of Seattle’s commitment to racial equity and social justice and recognizing the Seattle Department of Transportation’s Transportation Equity Program, created to provide safe, environmentally sustainable, accessible, and affordable transportation options that support communities of color, low-income communities, immigrant and refugee communities, people with disabilities, people experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity, LGTBQ people, women and girls, youth, and seniors to thrive in place in vibrant and healthy communities, and eliminate or mitigate racial disparities and the effects of displacement.
Opposed bill passed in show Senate. Please read that you're not in number three. The short title. Agenda item three Resolution 31773. A resolution affirming the City of Seattle's commitment to racial equity and just such social justice. And recognizing the Seattle Department of Transportation's Transportation Equity Program, the committee recommends the resolution be adopted. Cast Member Bryant Thank you. The work to address equity within the Department of Transportation is critical. Body of work in this resolution is just one small step along the path. What we know is that Seattle is becoming a higher cost city and more and more people are struggling to afford to live in our city. Housing is obviously a big piece of that puzzle, and for most you households, housing is the largest cost, but transportation is a close second. And especially for households that are cost burden, the cost of getting around the city can often be the difference between having a viable life in the city or really struggling. The transportation equity program within the State Department of Transportation, sometimes in part designed to address the city's affordability crisis by providing access to affordable transportation options and thereby reducing transportation costs, especially for the most vulnerable and the lowest income communities. This resolution also asks that our side create a broader transportation equity agenda, outlining some of the principles and frames of the process for creating that agenda and identify some partners in the work. There's a team of folks at our staff that are working on this. Obviously, this is critical to have leadership from the department director, former director, who was a good leader on that. And as we move forward with the new director and start in the coming months, I look forward to ensuring that that director will also be engaged in this work, that this resolution will will establish the city's policy on working towards equity in transportation. Very good. Any comments or questions? If not those in favor of adopting the resolution, please vote i. I. Those oppose vote no. The motion carries the resolutions adopted in the chair will sign it. We have two appointments. Should we read them both in the same time? There's separate there's separate commission. Let's go with a Janette in number four, please. Agenda item four. Appointment eight, six, eight. The appointment of Emily Payne as members Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board for a term two August 31st, 2019. The committee recommends the appointment be confirmed.