Council added OMFE area to shelter

exploration list prior to April 17, 2017, in

advance of Sound Transits concept
design for the TOD parcels, which was
developed via the confidential RFP
process and was not released until June.

After initially evaluating five sites the

city is now looking only at three:
Eastgate, Lincoln Center and Bel-Red
Site #1 Lincoln Center

Winter Shelter is currently located at the Lincoln Center property in Wilburton.

Building is on its last legs, is not code-compliant and can only be used on a temporary basis.

Shelter need is to get to a facility that can be operated year round as soon as possible.
Site #2 - Eastgate

Discussion of potential Eastgate Homeless Shelter has

been going on since at least August 1, 2016, when the
Council had a public discussion of it.

Eastgate would require a complex, 4 party structure

between Bellevue, King County, Congregations for the
Homeless and Imagine Housing.

The location has been met with significant community

opposition.

Proposed shelter features include:

100 beds
Drop-in Day Center & Cafeteria 125 seats
Complementary associated services on-site
50-60 units of affordable housing for low income households, with
50% set-aside for individuals exiting homelessness.
 Site #3 Bel-Red

OMFE Site (Former Shelter Site)

TOD area

Proposed Shelter Site

Spring Boulevard
Future Light Rail Station

120th Ave. NE

Eastside Rail Corridor and

Hospitals & Future EastLink Tracks
Medical Services

Downtown

Lincoln Center Property (current

shelter site)
Current Ownership of land - September, 2017
Sound Transit land colored in blue for OMFE Site
Bellevue owns green colored Railspur Parcel
There is no agreement in place requiring Bellevue to transfer the Railspur Parcel to Sound Transit.

Location of Mens
Homeless Shelter in
2016

Sound Transit
OMFE Site
Bellevue Railspur Parcel
Owner: City of Bellevue
Parcel #1099100104
Area: 47,284 SF
Zoning: BR-OR-2

Proposed new location for Mens

Homeless Shelter
Goals for Proposed Shelter Design
Adjust the boundaries of the Bellevue Railspur Parcel to enable the TOD with as
little impact to the concept design as possible.
The new parcel should be the same size as the existing parcel 47,284 sq. ft.
Buildings 4 and 5 on Sound Transits property should be viable for residential
development.
Attain as much of the desired 1.2 million square feet of development potential as
possible.
Incorporate all elements from Eastgate Shelter proposal, and more.

To create the
shelter design,
we started with
these concept
drawings from
Sound Transit.

The dashed line

was added to
show how the
Railspur parcel
impacts Sound
Transits design.
With the assistance of
Important
Kirkland to note
architectural that this still enables a quality TOD site for Sound Transit. Buildings 4 and 5 are dimensioned for
firm
multifamily
Link Design residential
Group, all of thesizes. Note how the TOD roadway does not need to be relocated and buildings 1-3 remain as-is.
goals were achieved.

All that Sound Transit is

required to do is agree to
the boundary line
adjustment to create the
parcel shown below.

The only changes to the ST

concept design are:
Different shape to
buildings 4 and 5
Eliminate the retail kiosk

Buildings 4 and 5 are viable Existing Railspur Parcel

for residential. 47,284 sf

1.2 million square feet of Post Boundary Line

development capacity is Adjustment Parcel
preserved. 47,284 sf

Proposed Shelter
We even left sufficient
width for a new roadway at
the south edge of the site.
Sound Transit Massing
Without Shelter

Proposed Massing
With Shelter
Floors 2 & 3: Shelter. The Shelter consists of two floors,
and includes the following elements:
Overnight shelter for approximately 100 beds
Day Room for 125 occupants
Bathroom and Shower Facilities
Kitchen Facilities
Laundry Facilities
Training/Meeting Rooms
Community Room
Medical Examination & Recuperation Rooms
Counseling Offices
Donation Area
Offices
Lobby/Reception/Queuing Area
Parking (approximately 20 stalls)
Loading Area

Floors 3-5: 50-60 units of congregate housing and/or

apartments.
 Sound Transit Concept Shelter Concept
Building 1 Office 236,609 236,609
Building 2 Office 233,653 233,653
Building 3 Office 238,362 238,362
Building 4 Residential 180,287 150,000
Building 5 Residential 120,210 150,000
Building 6 Residential 142,430 142,430
Retail Kiosk/Shelter 1,887 65,300
Total 1,153,438 1,216,354
Video rotating the design to show from all angles
Response to Sound Transits Points:
MOU calls for 1.2M square feet of TOD development.
Proposed revision actually increases gross floor area above 1.2M.
Sound Transit has no interest in revisiting its planned designs.
The concept designs were developed in a confidential RFP process and
not revealed to the council or public until June, 2017.
The city council and public has had no opportunity to respond to the
design.
This is the earliest and most appropriate time we could be discussing a
solution to the inclusion of Bellevues railspur parcel into the TOD plan.
Changes to the south end of the TOD site have no impact on Sound
Transits construction of the maintenance facility. It can still start next
summer as planned.
The discussion must happen because Bellevue has made no
commitment to transfer its railspur parcel to Sound Transit, and that
transfer, or Boundary Line Adjustment, must happen for the TOD site
to work, or for that matter for Sound Transit to use it for construction
staging.
The Implementation agreement and MOU must be honored.
Nothing about this proposal is inconsistent with either agreement.
Late breaking introduction of a shelter into the OMF-East development will
undermine the chances of realizing the envisioned TOD.
The proposal is not calling for the introduction of the shelter into the
OMF-East development, nor is it late-breaking.
Cant recommend we endanger the TOD vision by issuing an RFP for developers
that includes, or seeks to incentivize, a shelter.
The RFP would not include the shelter. It would be built on city
property after completion of the BLA that is necessary for the TOD.