The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.

Councilmember Jean Godden excused.                                     

FULL COUNCIL:

1. Resolution 31380 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

Supporting a United States Constitutional Amendment to Regulate Corporate Political Spending and Campaign Financing.            

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE:

2. Council Bill 117443 PASSED (8 – 0)

Vacating a portion of Southwest Dakota Street between West Marginal Way Southwest and the Southwesterly margin of the Duwamish Waterway, a portion of Southwest Idaho Street between West Marginal Way Southwest and the Southwesterly Margin of the Duwamish Waterway, and a portion of West Marginal Way Southwest between Southwest Dakota Street and Southwest Idaho Street in the Duwamish Industrial Area of Seattle on the petition of the Port of Seattle; accepting a public access easement from the Port of Seattle for public access to the shoreline area at Terminal 105; accepting a public access easement from the Port of Seattle for public access to the shoreline area at Terminal 107; accepting easement agreements from each of the Port of Seattle and JD Anderson, LLC for the construction, operation, and maintenance of stormwater drainage facilities; and accepting an easement and relinquishment of easement agreement from General Recycling of Washington, LLC for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a stormwater drainage facility and sanitary sewer facility, and relinquishment of an easement for sewer line, as reflected in Clerk File 297660.

3. Council Bill 117458 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to the Mercer Corridor Project West Phase; authorizing the Director of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record, on behalf of the City of Seattle, an easement for a portion of Block 73, D.T. Denny’s Home Addition to the City of Seattle, from IRIS Holdings, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, to widen and extend 6th Avenue North; authorizing the Director of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record, on behalf of the City of Seattle, a bargain and sale deed for a portion of Block 63, Block 64, and Block 73, D.T. Denny’s Home Addition to the City of Seattle, together with the vacated streets and vacated alleys, from IRIS Holdings, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, to widen Mercer Street; authorizing the transfer of jurisdiction of portions of Block 54, D.T. Denny’s Home Addition to the City of Seattle from the Seattle Center Department to the Seattle Department of Transportation and designating it for street purposes to widen Mercer Street and 5th Avenue North; authorizing the Director of Transportation to acquire all of the property rights necessary for converting Mercer Street and Roy Street into two-way streets between 9th Avenue North and 5th Avenue West, as well as constructing bicycle, pedestrian, and transportation improvements, and constructing the street grid across Broad Street; authorizing acquisition of real property rights within the area bounded on the north by Roy Street, on the south by John Street, on the east by 9th Avenue North, and on the west by 5th Avenue West, and on Elliott Avenue West near the intersection of Elliott Avenue West and West Mercer Place, through negotiation and use of eminent domain (condemnation); authorizing payment of all other costs associated with the acquisitions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.         

4. Council Bill 117459 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to the permission granted to the 2020 Fifth Avenue, LLC by Ordinance 123794 to construct, maintain, and operate a pedestrian skybridge in the mid-block portion of the alley between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue, south of Lenora Street, by amending Section 1 to revise the legal description of the adjacent property; and ratify and confirm certain prior acts.       

5. Clerk File 312294 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of David A. Goldberg as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.   

6. Clerk File 312295 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Lorena P. Kaplan as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.   

7. Clerk File 312296 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Dottie Faris as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2013.

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:

8. Council Bill 117452 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to the City Light Department, declaring as surplus and authorizing the Superintendent or his designee to release four (4) easements for electrical service located within City of Seattle Short Subdivision Nos. 3005320, 3008464, and 3012055.            

9. Council Bill 117460 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to the City Light Department; accepting statutory warranty deeds to the Dow, Faucett et al., Miller, and Schmitt properties in Snohomish County, Washington, and the Errol Hanson Funding Inc., Fischer, Heaphy, Raab Family Trust, TPB Properties Inc., Turner and Wall properties in Skagit County, Washington, for salmonid habitat protection purposes; ratifying the grants of Deeds of Right to the State of Washington on the Dow, Errol Hanson Funding, Inc., Faucett et al., Fischer, Miller, Schmitt, and TPB Properties Inc. properties for salmon recovery and conservation purposes; placing said lands under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.        

10. Resolution 31365 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

Endorsing the City Light Department’s Wholesale Energy Risk Management Policy; establishing it as the policy governing wholesale energy risk management at the City Light Department; and superseding Resolution 31230.         

11. Clerk File 312323 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of David E. Allen as member, Seattle City Light Review Panel for a term of confirmation to April 11, 2015.           

PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE:

12. Resolution 31370 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

Identifying principles and a revised schedule to guide the review and update of the City’s Comprehensive Plan.    

13. Clerk File 311765 APPROVED (8 – 0)

Council land use action by the Department of Finance and Administrative Services to approve a 1,473 sq. ft. addition to the existing two-story Fire Station 8 structure, and for additional eight surface parking spaces, located at 110 Lee Street (Project No. 3011999, Type V).    

HOUSING, HUMAN SERVICE, HEALTH, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE:

14. Council Bill 117454 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to funding for housing and community development programs; authorizing acceptance of grant funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for programs included in the City’s Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development; decreasing appropriations in the 2012 Adopted Budget of funds available for activities under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and for activities of the Office of Housing; increasing the appropriation in the 2012 Adopted Budget for the Human Services Department for activities funded by the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program and the Emergency Solutions Grant program; increasing appropriations in the 2012 Adopted Budget for certain activities of the Office Housing and Office of Economic Development; amending the 2012 Annual Allocation Plan component of the 2012 Update to the Consolidated Plan; amending the 2011 Annual Allocation Plan component of the 2011 Update to the Consolidated Plan; reallocating unexpended funds from prior years; recognizing the Section 108 program income within the Consolidated Plan; and ratifying and confirming prior acts, all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.

PDF copies of the original signed documents are available in the database records linked below:

Ord. 123877
C.B. 117438

AN ORDINANCE relating to the business license tax and other taxes; amending the tax code to allow a deduction for grants, contracts and sub-awards received as compensation for or to support life sciences research and development; adding a new subsection to Seattle Municipal Code Section 5.45.100 in connection therewith.

Ord. 123878
C.B. 117455

AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof.

Res. 31369

A RESOLUTION granting conceptual approval to construct, maintain, and operate a rooftop photovoltaic array over the sidewalk areas of East Madison Street, 15th Avenue East, and East Pike Street, and to the centerline of the alley between East Madison Street and East Pike Street, as part of the construction of the new Bullitt Center at 1501 East Madison Street, as proposed by CCSDC, LLC.

Res. 31371

A RESOLUTION relating to public safety and protection of the Central Waterfront, the downtown business district, major transportation facilities, and related public infrastructure, which are essential to the local and regional economy, expressing the City Council’s intent to place an Elliott Bay Seawall Replacement bond measure on the November 6, 2012 general election ballot, and establishing the process the Council will use to determine the final amount and scope of this measure.

Res. 31372

A RESOLUTION relating to Seattle Public Utilities, authorizing application to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Recreation and Conservation Office, for an Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account grant to fund fish habitat protection and restoration in the lower Cedar River.

Res. 31374

A RESOLUTION initiating a proceeding for the vacation of a portion of Broad Street between Harrison Street and 6th Avenue North pursuant to Chapter 35.79 Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) Chapter 15.62.

The current online code now incorporates ordinances with effective dates prior to February 22^nd, 2012. The most recent codified ordinance is Ordinance 123826.

http://clerk.seattle.gov/~public/toc/table.htm

     BY BURGESS
1. C.B. 117467

AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof.
Committee referral: Full Council

     BY GODDEN
2. C.B. 117468

AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to sign and to fulfill the obligations in a Consent Decree by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington State Department of Ecology.
Committee referral: Libraries, Utilities, and Center

     BY RASMUSSEN
3. C.B. 117469

AN ORDINANCE relating to a pedestrian skybridge over and across Alaskan Way West at West Prospect Street, amending Ordinance 120552, as amended by Ordinance 121855, updating the insurance and bond requirements, and amending the annual fee and other terms and conditions of the permit; renewing the term of the permit to the Immunex Corporation; providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Committee referral: Transportation

     BY RASMUSSEN
4. Res. 31381

A RESOLUTION relating to the franchise permit granted to the Seattle Steam Limited Partnership by Ordinance 121067, as amended by Ordinance 122260, to maintain and operate a thermal energy system in and along certain streets, avenues, alleys, and public places in the City of Seattle by establishing the annual fee for the next ten years of the permit.
Committee referral: Transportation

     BY Harrell
5. C.F. 312340

Appointment of Johanna L. Gusman as member, Seattle Women’s Commission, for a term of confirmation to July 1, 2014.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

     BY Harrell
6. C.F. 312341

Reappointment of Jamila Johnson as member, Seattle Women’s Commission, for a term of confirmation to July 1, 2014.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

     BY Harrell
7. C.F. 312342

Appointment of Bridgette Maryman as member, Seattle Women’s Commission, for a term of confirmation to July 1, 2014.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

PDF copies of the original signed documents are available in the database records linked below:

Ord. 123875
C.B. 117439

AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights relating to sewer facility easements within the campus of the University of Washington as being surplus to City utility needs; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to relinquish such easement rights and accept a new easement grant from the University of Washington for a City-owned sanitary sewer facility; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 123876
C.B. 117448

AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof.

Scanned copies of the original, signed documents are available in the database records linked below:

Ord. 123869
C.B. 117428

AN ORDINANCE relating to the First Hill Streetcar project; authorizing the Director of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record, on behalf of the City of Seattle, a permanent easement for street purposes from the Seattle School District No. 1, a municipal corporation of the State of Washington; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 123870
C.B. 117432

AN ORDINANCE relating to a utility tunnel under and across Phinney Avenue North, north of North 34th Street, amending Ordinance 115776, as amended by Ordinances 120814 and 121855, updating the insurance and bond requirements, and amending the annual fee and other terms and conditions of the permit; renewing the term of the permit to the Fremont Dock Co., a Washington Corporation; providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 123871
C.B. 117434

AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Employees’ Retirement System; amending Chapter 4.36 of the Seattle Municipal Code to clarify eligibility for membership consistent with past practice and interpretation; making technical changes; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 123872
C.B. 117435

AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning, amending Seattle Municipal Code sections 23.42.030, 23.47A.004, 23.47A.006, 23.50.012, 23.50.014, 23.54.030, and 23.84A.040 to allow a recycling use in a Commercial 2 zone to be located on the same development site as a solid waste management use through administrative conditional use review, to allow access to a solid waste management use through a Commercial 2 zone or Industrial Buffer zone, and to allow limited uses associated with a solid waste management use to be located in Commercial 2 zones and Industrial Buffer zones through administrative conditional use review.

Ord. 123873
C.B. 117437

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the acquisition of real property commonly known as 8102, 8102A, and 8104 Greenwood Avenue North; authorizing acceptance and recording of the deed for open space, park, and recreation purposes; authorizing temporary commercial leasing of the real property; authorizing acquisition by condemnation; increasing appropriations to the Department of Parks and Recreation in the 2012 Adopted Budget; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.

Ord. 123874
C.B. 117444

AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof.

Res. 31355

A RESOLUTION granting conceptual approval to construct, maintain, and operate a service tunnel under and across Eastlake Avenue East, north of Aloha Street, as proposed by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Res. 31366

A RESOLUTION providing direction to Seattle Public Utilities in the reconstruction and operation of the North Transfer Station.

Res. 31367

A RESOLUTION approving the Seattle Transit Master Plan.

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.

FULL COUNCIL:

1. Resolution 31351 ADOPTED AS AMENDED (9 – 0)

Adopting a policy framework for City Light rate setting objectives, rate design policies, and marginal cost allocation among customer classes.        

GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

2. Resolution 31331 ADOPTED (9 – 0)

Relating to the Seattle Department of Transportation; rescinding Resolution 30636 and applying the City of Seattle’s existing debt management policies to transportation debt           

3. Clerk File 312316 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Appointment of Beth Goldberg as member, Audit Committee, for a term of confirmation to September 30, 2013. 

4. Clerk File 312317 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Appointment of John J. Jolley as member, Audit Committee, for a term of confirmation to September 30, 2014.  

LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE:

5. Council Bill 117446 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to the City of Seattle’s solid waste system, providing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities additional rulemaking authority to grant waivers and other relief from requirements relating to single-use food service ware and packaging, and amending Seattle Municipal Code Section 21.36.086 accordingly.           

6. Council Bill 117449 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to the solid waste system of Seattle Public Utilities; establishing rates and charges for solid waste services for the One Less Truck Pilot Program; and amending Chapter 21.40.050 of the Seattle Municipal Code.   

7. Council Bill 117457 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to purchase certain real property located at 5560 South Holly Street, Seattle, Washington, and to execute, accept and record deeds and convenient documents and agreements deemed by the Director to be necessary to this transaction on behalf of the City.     

PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:

8. Council Bill 117445 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to security from terrorism; authorizing the City to partner with the Port of Tacoma to receive financial assistance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office for State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness under the Port Security Grant Program for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2008 (PSGP FFY ’08), authorizing an application for allocation of funds under that agreement, increasing appropriations to the Police Department in the 2012 Budget, and ratifying and confirming prior acts; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.       

9. Clerk File 312234 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Reappointment of Mohamed Sheikh Hassan as member, Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Commission, for a term of confirmation to January 31, 2014.          

10. Clerk File 312235 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Reappointment of Devon Alisa Abdallah as member, Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Commission, for a term of confirmation to January 31, 2014.     

11. Clerk File 312236 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Reappointment of Michael Neguse as member, Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Commission, for a term of confirmation to January 31, 2014.         

PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE:

12. Clerk File 312194 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Appointment of Yazmin F. Mehdi as member, Board of Park Commissioners, for a term of confirmation to March 31, 2015.

The Council’s Chambers and offices are physically accessible; Print and communications access provided on request. Call 206-684-8888 (TDD: 206-233-0025) for further information.

On Tuesday, May 1, 2012, Mayor McGinn filed a Proclamation Declaring a Civil Emergency, a  Civil Order, and an amended Civil Order relating to the unrest surrounding public events that day.  Click here to read the documents on the City Clerk’s website.

Clerk File 14547 contains the following report from Police Chief John Sullivan, dated April 24, 1902:

“I beg leave to report to your honorable body that on the night of April 23rd, 1902, H.H. Wilkins Jr. and a party of friends entered the Goo Goo Saloon and Concert Hall, on the southwest corner of 2nd Ave. South and Main streets, in this city. He drank a glass of beer and in a few moments was taken sick. A waiter came rushing up, gave him a glass of seltzer sour, and told his friends to take him out. As soon as they reached the sidewalk with him he became unconscious. Dr. DeSoto, who happened to be in the vicinity, applied restoratives, and Wilkins was brought to the police station. Dr. Bories was then called to attend him, and, after an examination, said that Wilkins had been given a large dose of chloral, and had it not been for the prompt attention given him by Dr. DeSoto he undoubtedly would have died.

James Sloan was picked up in the same place about two hours afterwards in a dazed condition, undoubtedly suffering from the effects of chloral, claiming that he had been robbed of fifteen dollars.

This report is made to your honorable body in order that you may take such steps as you deem best in the premises.”

The Seattle Times filled in more details about Sloan’s case, saying that a patrolman had noticed him inside the saloon in a “dazed condition” and left to call a patrol wagon to take Sloan to the police station. When he came back inside, Sloan was gone, and the bar’s occupants “professed not to know what had become of him.” About 15 minutes later, the patrolman found Sloan “in a box, where he evidently had been placed by some one.”

The Times reported that at the ensuing trial against the proprietors of the Goo Goo, a former bartender testified that chloral poison was kept behind the bar to mix in the drinks of “customers who happened to exhibit any large sum of money on their person.” However, the defense attorney got the victim Wilkins to admit that he had drunk whiskey earlier in the night and wasn’t feeling well all evening. Despite the two doctors’ testimony that they believed Wilkins’ symptoms to be from poison, the judge ended up dismissing the case.

The century 21 Exposition, also known as the Seattle World’s Fair, was held between April 21 and October 21, 1926 and drew almost 10 million visitors. Though the fair was primarily administered by the non-profit private Century 21 Exposition, Inc., the government of Seattle was deeply involved in development and execution. The Mayor’s Office spearheaded a Downtown Beautification program, the Board of Public Works conducted oversight and licensing for building projects on municipal land, and the engineering Department improved the downtown transportation network and improved the water/sewer utility and provided underground lighting. Seattle City Light provided a key role in developing the Pavilion of Electric Power, an exhibit featuring a 40-foot tall depiction of a hydroelectric dam.

Further resources at the Seattle Municipal Archives:

• Century 21 World’s Fair
• Century 21 World’s Fair Bibliography