AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at page 208 of the Official Land Use Map to rezone land in the Rainier Beach neighborhood.
They reported a land use in neighborhoods committee agenda item five Capital 119 827 relating to land use concerning and that is chapter 23.32 seven the code at page 208 of the official land use map to resell land in the Rainier Beach neighborhood. The committee recommends the bill passed as amended. Thank you so much, Madam Clerk. Councilmember Strauss, you are the chair of the committee and are recognized in order to provide the committee report. Thank you. Council President CB 119827 would rezone two areas of the Rainier Beach to facilitate the development of affordable housing in the neighborhood. The two resound areas are within a quarter mile along Rainier Avenue South. In total, about 2.72 acres. One area is near the intersection of South Rose Street and the others at the intersection of South Cloverdale. South Road Street area is currently split, zoned and this proposed zone would change a portion of it to low rise three and another portion to neighborhood commercial to allowing for the offices of services that need to accommodate affordable housing to be present on site. Bellwether housing is seeking to construct the affordable apartment building with family size 2 to 4 bedroom units serving households between 50 and 60% of the area. Median income in the South Cloverdale Street area is currently zoned neighborhood commercial two and would be rezone to neighborhood commercial to 65 foot rather than 55 foot . How height limits the amount Baker Housing is seeking to construct a mixed use building there with 2 to 3 bedroom family sized units affordable, also with 50 to 60% of urban median income. Their proposal includes ground force floorspace for the Rainier Beach Food Center operated by the Rainier Valley Foodbank. The Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee did hold a public hearing on this proposal in August, and we did not receive any opposition to these reasons as well as OK'd has provided for the record. And the record reflects how and why these reasons need to come through our committee at this time and in this manner. Thank you, council president. That's the report from the committee. Councilmember Strauss for that report. Are there any additional comments on the bill? Customer. Morales, please. Thank you. I just want to thank the ladies committee and Councilmember Strauss in particular for inviting me to participate in the committee meeting last week and just share my thoughts. As I said, this is a legislative reserve that coordinates that serves the strategic purpose of the city in terms of increasing affordable housing, meeting our goals for for racial equity in the plan, and also providing really important services in an area of low economic opportunity and high risk of displacement. So these are these are important projects that are underway and will be really critical to the neighborhood. In addition to providing housing, they will also provide a community food center with a commercial kitchen, provides a more dignified shopping experience for the clients of the Renner Valley Food Bank. And then the housing project also could be slated to provide some child care, which we all know is desperately needed in the city. A child care facility. So. Here to support. And I want to thank the Land Use Committee for the work that they did on this. Thank you, Councilman Morales, for those remarks. Councilman. Councilmember Strauss, anything else to add? Nothing to further at this. Further to add at this time. Thank you, council president. Thank you so much. Okay. Seeing and looks. I'm sorry. I didn't realize that there was other councilmembers with comments. I apologize. Councilman Mosqueda, please. Just a quick note to say how excited I am to support these projects that pair affordable housing with co-located services and equitable development features like child care and job training services, small business incubation and community space. We talked a lot about this in the last committee meeting, and councilmembers Morales and Strauss have already mentioned it. But I think that these are great examples of what we continue to strive to do in the city to place these amenities next to transit. So it's a really great opportunity for us to highlight all of the work that I think we envision when we talk about development done right and through the community lens. And it is possible because the Raynor community has spent so many years advocating to advance. For example, as Councilman Morales, Morales said the Food Innovation Center in the neighborhood while also investing in affordable housing. And we're doing this through the equitable development lens to ensure good jobs for community members. I am hopeful, though, that in the future it doesn't take as long as it did to get this project underway and that we continue to do everything that we can as this council continues to lift up priorities like this to make sure that we're investing in what community has identified as priorities to prevent against displacement and also to create economic resiliency is a great example of that, and I want to underscore my appreciation for it, but also know it took a long time to get here and next time I'm hoping it won't take so long. So thank you so much. And Councilmember Strauss, excited that you got to over the finish line. Appreciate it. Happy to support. Thank you so much because members get it. Any other comments on the bill? Harry, will the court please call the role on the passage of the bill or as. I. Louis. Yes. Morales Mosqueda. Yes. Peterson Yes. A lot. Yes. Strauss Yes. Herbold. Yes. President Gonzalez. Yes. Nine in favor, not opposed. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. Will the clerk please affix my signature to the legislation on my behalf? Folks. We have other business. I understand because Verizon has an item for other business. Please customers one. Thank you. President Gonzalez, I move to be excused from the city council meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, September 15, 2020, because I must legally recuse myself from the issue that will be under consideration. Their second. I'm sorry. I guess Ben moved in and seconded it. And, Madam Clerk, you remind me. Do I need to call this to a roll, or do I just need a call for an objection? Captain Gonzalez, Amelia Sanchez. You can do either or you can ask a decent objection or you can ask us to call them. All right. I will simplify this and say, is there any objection to Councilmember Cifuentes request to be excused from tomorrow's special council meeting of September 15th, 2020 at 1 p.m.? Hearing no objection to the request to be excused is granted and that Councilmember Swan will be excused from for a special full council meeting at 1 p.m.. Is there any further business to come before the council? Okay. My further business is we got to get more childcare a.s.a.p. Okay, colleagues, this concludes items of business on today's agenda. Our next regularly scheduled city council meeting is on Monday, September 21st at 2 p.m.. Of course, the City Council will hold a special meeting tomorrow, September 15th at 1 p.m., and I hope that you all have a wonderful afternoon. We're adjourned. This. Thank you.