Action Summary, Tuesday 1/22/13

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Councilmember Sally Bagshaw excused.
 
The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2 p.m. Full Council meeting

FULL COUNCIL:
1. Council Bill 117585 PASSED (8 – 0)
Relating to the Seattle Shoreline Master Program; amending the Seattle Comprehensive Plan provisions in the Shoreline District; repealing Chapter 23.60 of the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC), the Shoreline Master Program; adopting a new Chapter 23.60A of the SMC, the Shoreline Master Program Regulations; incorporating and amending Chapter 25.09 of the SMC, environmentally critical areas regulations located in the Shoreline District into Chapter 23.60A of the SMC; amending subsection 23.80.004.C of the SMC, essential public facilities for light rail transit in the Shoreline District; adding certain shoreline violations to the citation process in Chapter 23.91of the SMC; amending Chapter 23.32 of the SMC at pages 1, 10, 33, 49, 52, 53, 65, 74, 75, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 97, 99, 114, 125, 208, 210, 214, 215, and 217 of the Official Land Use Map to revise the locations of shoreline environments; adopting a Restoration and Enhancement Plan; repealing subsections 25.09.020.D.6 and 25.09.200.B of the environmentally critical areas regulations, creating and regulating shoreline habitat as a critical area; and amending Sections 22.170.110, 22.805.020, 22.807.020, 23.28.030, 23.34.007, 23.41.004, 23.41.012, 23.42.038, 23.42.040, 23.42.100, 23.44.006, 23.44.008, 23.44.010, 23.44.014, 23.44.052, 23.45.536, 23.45.545, 23.50.002, 23.50.014, 23.50.018, 23.50.026, 23.55.015, 23.57.002, 23.72.006, 23.72.008, 23.76.006, 23.76.066, 23.88.020, 23.90.006, 23.91.002, 25.09.015, 25.09.020, 25.09.045, Section 25.09.200, 25.09.240, 25.09.260, 25.09.320, 25.09.330, 25.09.520 of the SMC.   
 
2. Council Bill 117693 PASSED (8 – 0)
Relating to land use and zoning; adopting a new Major Institution Master Plan for Seattle University; and amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at Page 111 of the Official Land Use Map, to expand the Major Institution Overlay zone, to include designation of height limits, and to modify height limits and rezone property within the existing Major Institution Overlay zone (Project Number 3008328, Clerk File 309092).         
 
LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE:
3. Council Bill 117682 PASSED (8 – 0)
Authorizing the Seattle Center Director to execute an agreement with The Vera Project for presentation of an all-ages music and art program during 2013 and 2014; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
 
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC RESILIENCY AND REGIONAL RELATIONS:
4. Clerk File 312481 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
Appointment of Robert Ketcherside as member, Landmarks Preservation Board, for a term of confirmation to August 15, 2014.
 
5. Clerk File 312608 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
Appointment of Linda Amato as member, Landmarks Preservation Board, for a term of confirmation to August 15, 2015.
 
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:
6. Resolution 31425 ADOPTED (8 – 0)
Relating to the City of Seattle’s budget planning, establishing general standards for the measurement of program performance and program evaluation, and reaffirming the Council’s intent to apply these standards in its review of the 2014 Proposed Budget.          
 
7.  Clerk File 312724 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
Appointment of Bradford J. Axel as member, Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2015.     
 
8. Clerk File 312725 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
Reappointment of Richard E. Cohan as member, Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2015.     
 
PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:
9. Clerk File 312733 FILED (8 – 0)
2012 Third Quarter Progress Report of the Chief of Police.         
 
10. Clerk File 312550 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
Appointment of Dana M. Lewis as member, Citizens’ Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to September 1, 2013.       
 
11.  Clerk File 312552 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
Appointment of Simmy Virk as member, Seattle Women’s Commission, for a term of confirmation to September 1, 2013.
 
12.  Clerk File 312553 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
Appointment of Mikeya Jackson-Harper as member, Seattle LGBT Commission, for a term of confirmation to September 1, 2013.