AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to enter into a reciprocal easement agreement with Mercy North and Mercy South affecting portions of Park property at Magnuson Park and adjacent property, authorizing acceptance of reimbursed City-incurred costs related to the easement agreement; superseding the requirements of Ordinance 118477, which adopted Initiative 42, for the purposes of this ordinance; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Agenda Item two Council Vote 118 926 Relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation authorizing the Superintendent of Parks Recreation to enter into a reciprocal easement agreement with Mercy North in Mercy South, affecting portions of park property at Magnuson Park and adjacent properties authorizing acceptance of reimbursement city incurred costs related to the easement agreement superseding the requirements of Ordinance 118 477, which adopted Initiative 42 for the purposes of this ordinance and modify and confirming certain prior acts, the committee recommends the bill pass. Councilman Burgess. Thank you. These next two items, agenda item two and three. Both relate to housing at Magnuson Park in northeast Seattle. This first piece of legislation will grant a permanent fire emergency access easement in order to comply with the Master Youth Use Permits for this particular project at Building nine in Magnuson Park. There's 148 units of affordable housing that will be constructed here. This building will also include a child care facility and a health health care clinic. Construction is expected to begin in June of this year. Mercy Housing has successfully secured all of the necessary funding for the project, including $12 million from the city's Office of Housing, $12.2 million from the state of Washington, and $2 million from the city's Department of Human Services. Mercy will, based on an independent appraisal, pay $32,000 for the property that's covered by the easement. Very much. Any further comments? Councilmember Johnson. Thank you. Council President Just want to say a couple of quick words about this project, since it's one of the most common questions that we get in my office. These are the buildings that are just kind of on the back side of Sandpoint way as you go along. Sandpoint up towards the main entrance that runs about a four block stretch between 70th and 74th Avenue Northeast. And they've had big cardboard particleboard over the windows for almost 20 years now. And it's going to be really exciting to have them turn into actual units of housing in addition to the 100 and family, 150 families that'll be there at the Mercy Housing. There's also 160 units across the street, the solid ground apartments that currently exist for those transitioning out of homelessness. These new units that come on line are going to be targeted at workforce housing. So those folks that are making 60% a very immediate income or for a family of four in the city of Seattle, that's about $55,000 a year. So a lot of the folks who are working in our school system as nurses, in our health care system and folks that are generally being priced out of the city are the target folks to be living at these mercy housing at this mercy housing project. In addition to this, we're working really hard on some concurrent infrastructure needs in the neighborhood. There's a pretty good bus line that stops about 6:00 and doesn't run there on the weekends that we're trying to fix. There's some concurrent infrastructure improvements that I'm working with Councilmember Juarez on at the community center that's right there inside the park to come on line as the same time as the housing opens in January of 2019. And then there's also some really important sort of public safety issues street lighting, sidewalks, etc., that we're working on in the park, too. So all of this is to say in a city that is really growing quickly, we are spending a lot of time and energy focused on not only affordable housing but also concurrent infrastructure associated with that affordable housing. I'm really proud to see this project move forward and can't wait to be there when it opens. Thank you for those comments. Any further comments that please call the role on the passage of the bill. Gonzalez I Herbold Johnson Suarez O'Brien so on I Burgess by President Harrell. I. Eight in favor and unopposed. Bill passed and chair of the Senate Please read Agenda number three. Agenda Agenda Item three cancel 118 927 related to the proposed Marcy Housing Northwest Project for Development of Low Income Housing and Nonresidential Space in Building Nine at Sandpoint near Warren G. Magnuson Park, authorizing the housing director to grant a temporary construction easement and permanent utility and driveway easement over city owned property south of Building Nine to benefit the Building nine property and authorizing related documents and actions. Committee Recommends Vote Passes Amended. Customer in Burgess. Thank you. So in addition to the emergency access easement that was just granted, this legislation grants a temporary construction and then a permanent driveway easement for this project. The Office of Housing determined that these easements were necessary to provide access during construction and then on an ongoing basis thereafter. Thank you. Any further comments? Please call the roll on the passage of the bill. Gonzalez I Herbold Johnson. Suarez O'Brien, Sergeant Burgess, President Harrell eight in favor and unopposed. Bill passed and chair senate please read items four and five together please. Agenda times four and five appointments 627 and 628 re appointments of Deb Barker and Kristen Johnson as Members Landmarks Preservation Board for Term two August 14th, 2019. The committee recommends these appointments be confirmed.