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King County

Dow Constantine
King County Executive
401 Fifth Avenue, Suite 800
Seattle, WA 98104?1818

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July 9, 2018

The Honorable Jenny Durkan The Honorable Debora Juarez
Mayor, City of Seattle The Honorable Teresa Mosqueda
PO Box 94749 Seattle City Council

Seattle, WA 98124?4749 PO Box 34025

Seattle, WA 98124?4025

Dear Mayor Durkan, Councilmember Juarez and Councilmember Mosqueda:

On behalf of King County Executive Dow Constantine, I am writing to respond to your letter
regarding Metro?s transit?orientated development on its Northgate property. The Executive
remains strongly committed to this important project and is thankful for the City?s continued
partnership. He shares your goals of quickly moving the project forward and maximizing the
number of affordable housing units built on the property.

To that end, the County is working to issue a new RFP for the Northgate property by July 3 l.
The new proposal will make it clear that the land for the affordable housing component must
be provided to the nonpro?t developer at no cost, as well as requiring a greater minimum
number of affordable units. Our team will work closely with Seattle?s Of?ce of Housing to
?nalize the details for the new RFP. We thank you in advance for prioritizing this review so
we may issue it by the end of the month.

This project will bring new mixed-income housing opportunities, including for low and very
low income families, along with access to Metro transit and future Sound Transit light rail
services.

Thank you for your partnership.

Sincerely,



Casey Sixkiller
Chief Operating Of?cer
Office of the King County Executive

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