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PC Public Hearing <br />10/22/20 <br />Page 3 <br />The PC asked clarifying questions. <br />Written Public Testimony <br />Lynn Miranda read the written public comments received prior to 5 PM, on 10/22/20 from the <br />following individuals: <br />- Jimmy K <br />- Brian Kennedy <br />- Rune Harkestad <br />- John McCullough, McCullough Hill Leary, ps., for Sterling Realty Organization (SRO) <br />Minnie Dhaliwal, Deputy Director, facilitated virtual public testimony. <br />Virtual Public Testimony <br />Adul Yusef, General Manager, Eastside for Hire, thanked the Commission for their service and <br />staff for taking note and doing a good job with outreach for this hearing, and for the continuation <br />of the April 23rd public hearing. He said in April they were in support of the TIB changes taking <br />place and even though they were not aware of the moratorium they would have not opposed it. <br />He said the COVID virus caused a lot of change to their business, and they are 90% down. <br />Therefore, they rented out their shop for auto repair, and at the time were not aware of the <br />moratorium. He said he met with David Cline the City Administrator and Jack Pace, and they <br />tried to help but were unable to because of the moratorium. He said they told him about tonight's <br />hearing, where he could address the issue. He requested temporary use of their property for auto <br />repairs for a couple of years, which he said they cannot do under the current code. He asked for <br />a chance to mitigate the problem while things are coming back from COVID. He asked the <br />Commission to take that into consideration. He said that the City Administration have shown <br />them tremendous respect and looked into every possible way that they could accommodate them. <br />He said nobody could have anticipated that the world would change this much, and that they <br />would need to use the property for auto repair. He asked the Commission to take note when <br />making their recommendations to the City Council and to accommodate their needs because the <br />moratorium was not designed to punish those businesses there but to make the community and <br />TIB better. <br />Traci Granbois said she encourages the commission to support the alternative proposal and <br />allow existing uses of the businesses to continue. <br />Chris Vandyke, Eastside for Hire, Assistant General Manager, said he wanted to echo Adul <br />Yusef's comments and underscore that businesses have been entirely turned upside down as of <br />the Governor's stay at home order on March 13 or 15. He said they have taken a body blow and <br />they don't know how much time it will take to recover, to put them back in the position where <br />the long range plans for the company are back in place. He said they are the largest minority <br />Phone: 206-433-1800 • Email: Mayor@TukwilaWA.gov • Website: TukwilaWA.gov <br />