A RESOLUTION setting the public hearing on the petition of Grand Street Commons LLC for the vacation of the alley in Block 14, Jos C. Kinnear’s Addition to The City of Seattle in the block bounded by 23rd Avenue South, South Grand Street, 22nd Avenue South, and South Holgate Street in the North Rainier/Mt. Baker Hub Urban Village area of Seattle, according to Chapter 35.79 of the Revised Code of Washington, Chapter 15.62 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and Clerk File 314459.
Agenda Item three Resolution 32020 Setting a public hearing on the petition of Grand Street Comments LLC for the vacation of the Alien Black 14 Jesse Canaries Edition. Thank you so much. I need to adopt resolution 32020. Is there a second? Second? It's been moved and seconded to adopt the resolution. I'm going to hand over to Councilmember Peterson, who's the sponsor of this item, to address it. Thank you. Council President colleagues. Resolution 32020 simply sets the date for a public hearing on whether to vacate a city owned alley to benefit a proposed affordable housing project called Grande Street Commons, located in the Mount Baker neighborhood. All street vacations go through the transportation committee, but due to budget season, this public hearing would take place at a full city council meeting on Monday, November eight. Thank you. Are there any additional comments on the resolution? Caspir Mosquito See that you have your hand raised. Thank you very much. I want to thank Chet Petersen for their work on the Transportation Committee, always looking for opportunities to partner transportation and housing and walkable, livable Seattle. So thanks for your work on this legislation here today to move this more quickly forward. I do want to thank you for your work, to understand your work quickly to move this. As we understand, the project is ready for groundbreaking in December and needs the street vacation in place before then. And just flagging that this is one of several affordable housing projects that I've learned of recently that require street vacations from the city. While typically projects are required to compensate the city for the appraised value of the land, which can be anywhere from several hundred thousand dollars to upwards of $1,000,000. And in these cases where it isn't, where it is, where it is, an affordable housing project that is trying to be built, it's precious time and limited public resources for building affordable housing that I want to make sure is not just going back to the city to pay for the street vacations, which I think we all agree makes no sense. So I'm excited for this step today. I think that the issue overall was brought to our attention by Pastor Seales. So I also want to thank who we're working on with and working with on an affordable housing projects such as church owned sites in the Central District, and looking forward to continuing to work with Pastor Seales and the Mount Baker Community Housing Office to work on future legislation to help continue the process and making sure that street vacation fees for affordable housing projects are something that those who are developing affordable housing don't have to go through. And I see this as complementary to that larger vision. So thank you so much for your work on this, Councilmember Peterson, and look forward to working with you central staff and Erin house in my office who's been a who's been doing a lot of research to get to the bottom of of how we can avoid that sort of revolving door of funding back to the city to really just expedite creating affordable housing and utilizing our public land efficient efficiently. So just teeing up more conversations to come in the post budget conversations in December and next year. And thank you, Councilmember Peterson, for all of your work in the future. Any additional comments on the resolution? Gilmore, Hanson, Peterson. Anything else to add? Okay. I'm hearing I'm seeing a a no, thank you. So will the clerk please call the roll on the passage on the adoption of the resolution Herbold. Yes. Thank you. Juarez by. Lewis Yes. Morales. Yes. Let's get to. I. Peterson I so want. Yes. Strauss. Yes. President Gonzalez. 9 a.m. favored unopposed motion carries. The resolution is adopted. The chair will sign it. Will the quick fix my signature to the legislation on my behalf? Will the correct please read items four through eight into the record?