AN ORDINANCE relating to property at Sand Point; authorizing the Director of Housing to execute an easement agreement for a sanitary sewer main line with the University of Washington; authorizing related agreements and actions to support the development of cottages for people experiencing homelessness on a parcel owned by the City and leased to SP Cottages LLC; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
And the item for Council Bill 120218 an ordinance relating to property at some point authorizing the Director of Housing to execute an easement agreement for a sanitary sewer main line with the University of Washington. Authorizing related agreements and actions to support the development of cottages for people experiencing homelessness on a parcel owned by the city and leased to SB Cottages LLC. And ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. Thank you so much. I moved the past council bill 120218. Is there a second second? Thank you so much. It's been moved and seconded to pass the bill. I'm going to hand it over to Councilor Mosquito, who is the prime sponsor of this bill in order to address the item. Thank you very much, Council President. Although this legislation is very technical, I am still excited. This legislation helps us advance a long anticipated project like Cottages for People Experiencing Homelessness. By way of background, in 2019, the Council approved legislation to lease city owned property on the former Sandpoint Naval Station site to Lehigh. That's the low income Housing Institute for creation of 20 to 25 units to serve individuals from families making 40% of the area median income. The project will serve homeless families who are children, seniors, veterans, people with physical disabilities, their community members. And we're really excited about the cottage vision that has been drawn up for this location and the way in which it integrates directly into community and creates thriving, local, connected neighbors. The cottages will have living and sleeping areas lofts and kitchens and bathrooms on site. The community will include common buildings, community gardens, outdoor recreation space and walking paths. Construction on the cottage is currently underway. There are being built modular through modules. I can't say that word around offsite by students in pre apprenticeship programs and using vocational training programs. These modules will be assembled onsite by a general contractor. We anticipate groundbreaking will occur January 2020, with tentative opening in September or October of 2022. This legislation helps move the project forward by enabling the Office of Housing to enter into an easement agreement with Connect with the connected University of Washington's adjacent sewer line. Thank you to Councilmember Peterson for your interest in this legislation as well, and happy to have you as a co-sponsor on this. I want to thank Representative Frank Chopp for all of the work that he has done specific in this area and helping to bring this vision to reality. I look forward to working with all of you over the next few years to do more of more projects like this, and specifically in bringing this project to life later next year. Thank you very much. Thank you, Councilman. Mosqueda, are there any additional comments? Councilmember Peterson. Go ahead. Thank you. Council President Thank you, Councilmember Skinner, for taking the lead on this. And I want to thank University Washington as well as Lehigh. And and like you said, Representative Frank Chopp, this project follows in the footsteps of other long term housing projects. And in District four, such as Gossett Place and Marion West and our court and the solid ground housing already at Magnuson Park and Mercy Magnuson housing there as well. This project is on the western edge of Magnuson Park and then of course the Cedar Crossing projects, which is under construction right now on top of Roosevelt Light Rail Station. So proud to be supportive of this low income housing infrastructure. Thank you. Thank you so much, Councilman Peterson. Are there any other comments on the bill? Seeing no additional hands raised will occur. Please call the will on the passage of the bill. Paterson. Yes. Sergeant. Yes. Strauss. Yes. Herbold. Yes. LEWIS Yes. Morales Yes. Skinner I. Council. President Gonzalez I am in favor and oppose. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. Will the clerk please affix my signature to the legislation on my behalf? Other business. Is there any further business to come before the Council? I'm not seeing any hands raised. So Collins is just going through the items of business. On today's agenda, our next regularly scheduled city council meeting is on November 22nd, 2021, at 2:00 pm, the very same day we are slated to vote. Take the final votes on our budget. So I hope that you all have a wonderful afternoon. I will see many of you later on this week, but for now we are adjourned. Thanks, everyone.