Action Summary of the Seattle City Council
Full Council Meeting
Monday, February 9, 2015
All Councilmembers were present.
FULL COUNCIL:
1. Res. 31566 ADOPTED (9-0)
A RESOLUTION adopting Statements of Legislative Intent (SLIs) for the 2015 Adopted Budget, the 2016 Endorsed Budget and 2015-2020 Adopted Capital Improvement Program (CIP).
PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE:
2. Res. 31567 ADOPTED (9-0)
A RESOLUTION related to the Duwamish Waterway Cleanup and the health of communities adjacent to the Lower Duwamish Waterway.
3. C.F. 314113 GRANTED (9-0)
Council land use action to allow an approximately 5,000 s.f. accessory storage building to Fire Station 28, located at 5968 Rainier Avenue South, in an environmentally critical area (Project No. 3018085, Type V).
EDUCATION AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE:
4. C.B. 118323 PASSED (9-0)
AN ORDINANCE relating to the oath of office for Municipal Court judge; amending Seattle Municipal Code 3.33.120.
5. C.F. 314251 CONFIRMED (9-0)
Reappointment of Jennifer A. Greenlee as Executive Director of the Civil Service Commission and of the Public Safety Civil Service Commission, for a term of confirmation to February 14, 2018.
6. C.F. 314218 CONFIRMED (9-0)
Appointment of Alice Shobe as member, Housing Levy Oversight Committee, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2016.
7. C.F. 314237 CONFIRMED (9-0)
Reappointment of Michael E. Heinisch as member, Pacific Hospital Preservation and Development Authority Governing Council, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2017.
8. C.F. 314241 CONFIRMED (9-0)
Appointment of Doris W. Koo as member, Pacific Hospital Preservation and Development Authority Governing Council, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2017.
9. C.F. 314242 CONFIRMED (9-0)
Appointment of Eleanor J. Menzies as member, Pacific Hospital Preservation and Development Authority Governing Council, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2016.
10. C.F. 314243 CONFIRMED (9-0)
Appointment of Richard Nafziger as member, Pacific Hospital Preservation and Development Authority Governing Council, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2017.
11. C.F. 314249 CONFIRMED (8-0; Absent: O’Brien)
Reappointment of Johnny Bianchi as member, Seattle Investment Fund LLC Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2017.
12. C.F. 314250 CONFIRMED (8-0; Absent: O’Brien)
Reappointment of Shaiza Damji as member, Seattle Investment Fund LLC Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2017.
PARKS, SEATTLE CENTER, LIBRARIES, AND GENDER PAY EQUITY COMMITTEE:
13. C.B. 118320 PASSED (9-0)
AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation and the City Light Department; authorizing the acceptance of a donation of real property in the Yesler Terrace neighborhood from the Housing Authority of the City of Seattle for open space, park, and recreation purposes; declaring certain real property rights surplus to the needs of the City Light Department; authorizing the partial release of a City Light easement that affects property in the Yesler Terrace neighborhood, including the property to be donated; reallocating funding from the Acquisition Category Inflation Adjustment to the Opportunity Fund Category of the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy; increasing appropriations to the Department of Parks and Recreation in the 2015 Adopted Budget; amending the 2015-2020 Adopted Capital Improvement Program; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.
14. C.B. 118321 PASSED (8-0; Absent: Sawant)
AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing execution of an agreement with Seattle School District providing for the exchange of City-owned property at Garfield Playfield for District-owned property adjacent to the Rainier Beach Community Center; authorizing execution, acceptance and recording of Quitclaim Deeds and easements necessary for the development of the properties; authorizing execution of a lease for the Garfield Teen Life Center within Garfield High School; superseding Ordinance 118477, which adopted Initiative 42, for the purposes of this ordinance; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.
PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:
15. C.B. 118309 PASSED (9-0)
AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board; revising the designated member representation of the Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board to include representatives of the services industry, major institutions, and the Fire Fighters and Fire Chiefs labor unions; creating a new Subchapter V in Chapter 3.16 of the Seattle Municipal Code consisting of new Sections 3.16.300, 3.16.310, 3.16.320, 3.16.330, 3.16.340, 3.16.350 and 3.16.360; all by amending Ordinance 119799.