Action Summary, Monday 2/25/2013

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

Councilmember Tom Rasmussen excused.

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CENTRAL WATERFRONT, SEAWALL, AND ALASKAN WAY VIADUCT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM:

1. Council Bill 117698 PASS (8 – 0)

Relating to the Central Waterfront Project, authorizing execution of a Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Renovation and Expansion of the Seattle Aquarium and Development of the Central Waterfront Project between the City of Seattle and the Seattle Aquarium Society.

 

2. Council Bill 117699 PASS (8 – 0)

Relating to the Central Waterfront Project, authorizing execution of a Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Redevelopment of the PC-1 North Site within the Pike Place Market Historical District.

 GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

3. Council Bill 117706 PASS (8 – 0)

Relating to the Pacific Place Garage; authorizing the loan of funds from the City’s Consolidated (Residual) Cash Pool, or its participating funds, to the Downtown Parking Garage Fund; and providing for repayment.           

4. Council Bill 117717 PASS (8 – 0)

Relating to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services; authorizing the Director of Finance and Administrative Services to execute a three- year extension to a lease agreement under which the City leases warehouse space at Federal Center South, 4735 East Marginal Way South in Seattle, from the U.S. General Services Administration.  

 5. Council Bill 117718 PASS (8 – 0)

Relating to contracting indebtedness; authorizing and providing for the issuance and sale of unlimited tax general obligation bonds and bond anticipation notes, and authorizing the loan of funds from various City funds, to pay all or part of the costs of the design, construction, renovation, improvement and replacement of the Alaskan Way seawall and associated public infrastructure, as authorized at the November 6, 2012 election, and to pay the costs of issuing and selling the bonds and the notes; providing for terms and sale of the bonds and the notes; creating a project fund; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.        

 PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:

6. Clerk File 312669 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Christian M. Halliburton as member, Public Safety Civil Service Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2015.     

 7. Clerk File 312809 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Jeniffer Calleja as member, Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Commission, for a term of confirmation to January 31, 2015.         

 8. Clerk File 312810 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Justin Chan as member, Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Commission, for a term of confirmation to January 31, 2015.          

 9. Clerk File 312811 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Roxana Norouzi as member, Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Commission, for a term of confirmation to January 31, 2015.         

 10. Clerk File 312812 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Maria E. Mora Villalpando as member, Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Commission, for a term of confirmation to January 31, 2015.          

 PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE:

11. Council Bill 117687 PASS (8 – 0)

Relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation and Seattle Public Utilities; transferring partial jurisdiction of a portion of Lake Washington Boulevard located beneath, adjacent to, and across Lake Washington Boulevard South from a parking lot at 53 rd Avenue South, from the Department of Parks and Recreation to Seattle Public Utilities for maintenance, repair and operation of a combined sewer overflow underground storage tank, associated underground pipes and electrical lines, and limited surface ancillary facilities; and finding that transfer of partial jurisdiction meets the requirements of Ordinance 118477, which adopted Initiative 42.       

 12. Council Bill 117688 PASS (8 – 0)

Relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation and Seattle Public Utilities; transferring partial jurisdiction of a portion of Lake Washington Boulevard South located beneath and adjacent to a parking lot between 48th Avenue South and 49th Avenue South, from the Department of Parks and Recreation to Seattle Public Utilities for maintenance, repair, and operation of a combined sewer overflow underground storage tank, associated underground pipes and electrical lines, and limited surface ancillary facilities; and finding that transfer of partial jurisdiction meets the requirements of Ordinance 118477, which adopted Initiative 42.      

 13. Council Bill 117709 PASS (8 – 0)

Related to a settlement agreement between the City of Seattle and Building 11 Investors, LLC; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to implement the terms of the settlement agreement; increasing appropriations in connection thereto; making a cash transfer between various city funds; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts, all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.