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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

“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

The Seattle Department of Housing and Human Services, with support from the US Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, initiated Seattle SafeFutures in 1995, providing community support to youth and families in Asian communities, including a Cambodian Girls’ Group (later Help Each Other Reach the Sky or HERS) and Asian/Pacific Islander Diversion Parent Outreach and Support. Both programs received sustained funds after SafeFutures finished. Program outcomes included high school attendance, better grades and fewer domestic violence issues.

Related Topics:

• Race and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI), Office of Human Rights

 

• RSJI relatedblog articles, Council Connection, Seattle City Council

 

• City of Seattle Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Month
• Events
• Resources

 

• Seattle Municipal Archives
• Seattle Model City Program English as a Second Language Program records, Record Series 5415-10
• SafeFutures Program Records, 1995-2002, Record Series 3620-03
• Councilmember Martha Choe Subject Files, 1986-1999, Record Series 4617-02
• Family Support Unit Records, Seattle Human Services Department, Record Series 3622-01

 

• Seattle Channel videos
• City Light RSJI Program, 5/1/2010
• Seattle City Light: Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 5/17/2011
• Book Lust with Nancy Pearl featuring Justina Chen Headley 4/3/2008
• Community Stories: Ho`omau 10/18/2010
• Thousands of Journeys: Building Community 5/24/2006

Councilmember Richard Conlin excused.

FULL COUNCIL:

1. Resolution 31351 HELD UNTIL MAY 7

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

2. Council Bill 117438 PASSED AS AMENDED (8 – 0)

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.

3. Resolution 31374 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

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.     

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

4. Resolution 31371 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

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.         

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:

5. Resolution 31372 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

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.      

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE:

6. Resolution 31369 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

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.    

7. Clerk File 312248 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Jeniffer Calleja as member, Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.   

8. Clerk File 312249 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Lydia Heard as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.           

9. Clerk File 312250 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Mark J. Melnyk as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.   

10. Clerk File 312251 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Mark Landreneau as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.   

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.

BY BURGESS
1. C.B. 117455

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

BY CONLIN
2. C.B. 117456

AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Sections 23.04.010, 23.34.004, 23.69.032, 23.76.004, 23.76.005, 23.76.006, 23.76.008, 23.76.010, 23.76.012, 23.76.014, 23.76.015, 23.76.016, 23.76.018, 23.76.020, 23.76.022, 23.76.024, 23.76.026, 23.76.028, 23.76.032, 23.76.034, 23.76.036, 23.76.038, 23.76.040, 23.76.042, 23.76.046, 23.76.050, 23.76.052, 23.76.054, 23.76.056, 23.76.058, 23.76.060, 23.76.062, 23.78.002, 23.78.006, 23.78.012, 23.78.014, 23.79.006, 23.79.010, 23.79.012, 23.84A.014, 23.84A.024, 23.84A.025, 23.84A.030, 23.84A.032, 23.84A.036, 25.05.355, and 25.05.680 of the Seattle Municipal Code, repealing Sections 23.76.019, 23.76.049, and 23.76.068, and adding a new Section 23.76.067, to improve and clarify procedures for Master Use Permits and Council land use decisions.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY GODDEN
3. C.B. 117457

AN ORDINANCE 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.
Committee referral: Libraries, Utilities, and Center

BY RASMUSSEN
4. C.B. 117458

AN ORDINANCE 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.
Committee referral: Transportation

BY RASMUSSEN
5. C.B. 117459

AN ORDINANCE 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
Committee referral: Transportation

BY O’BRIEN
6. C.B. 117460

AN ORDINANCE 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.
Committee referral: Energy and Environment

BY CONLIN
7. Res. 31375

A RESOLUTION adopting revised rules for City Council quasi- judicial proceedings, and repealing the previous rules that were adopted by Resolution 31001.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY No Sponsor Required
8. C.F. 312299

Council Conditional Use application of King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Wastewater Treatment Division, to expand an existing stormwater treatment facility (North Beach Combined Sewer Overflow), located at 9921 Triton Drive Northwest, to include a new 325 foot long buried storage pipe within the Triton Drive right of way and a new 1,900 square foot above ground mechanical structure on the existing treatment facility site (Project No. 3012914, Type IV).
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY No Sponsor Required
9. C.F. 312300

Application of Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC, for a rezone of approximately 43,200 square feet of land at 400 Boren Avenue North from Industrial Commercial with a 65 foot height limit (IC-65) to Seattle Mixed with an 85 foot height limit (SM-85), to construct a seven-story residential building and below grade parking (Project No. 3013013, Type IV).
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY Burgess
10. C.F. 312316

Appointment of Beth Goldberg as member, Audit Committee, for a term of confirmation to September 30, 2013.
Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

BY Burgess
11. C.F. 312317

Appointment of John J. Jolley as member, Audit Committee, for a term of confirmation to September 30, 2014.
Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

Ord. 123851
C.B. 117425

AN ORDINANCE relating to regular property taxes; requesting that a special election be held concurrent with the August 7, 2012, general election for submission to the qualified electors of the City a proposition to lift the limit on regular property taxes under Chapter 84.55 RCW and authorize the City to levy additional taxes for up to seven years for the purpose of supporting, maintaining and improving core public library services; authorizing creation of a new subfund; ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; and providing for effective dates.

Ord. 123857
C.B. 117261

AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Bel-Roy Apartments, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Ord. 123858
C.B. 117401

AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon Pier 56, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Ord. 123859
C.B. 117407

AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon Pier 54, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Ord. 123860
C.B. 117408

AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon Pier 55, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Ord. 123861
C.B. 117409

AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon Pier 57, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Ord. 123862
C.B. 117410

AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon Pier 59, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and repealing Ordinance No.121270.

Ord. 123863
C.B. 117416

AN ORDINANCE relating to Unfair Public Accommodation Practices; amending sections 14.06.020 and 14.06.030 to add the right of a mother to breastfeed her child in places of public accommodation free from discrimination.

Ord. 123864
C.B. 117417

AN ORDINANCE relating to Human Rights; amending sections 14.04.130, 14.06.090, and 14.08.150 of the Seattle Municipal Code to revise deadlines for appeal decisions by the Human Rights Commission.

Ord. 123865
C.B. 117418

AN ORDINANCE related to the regulation of horse-drawn carriages; amending Sections 6.315.050, 6.315.110, 6.315.200, 6.315.220, and 6.315.320 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Ord. 123866
C.B. 117427

AN ORDINANCE relating to the City of Seattle’s Department of Parks and Recreation and Cascade Park; authorizing the Superintendent to enter into a five-year agreement, with options to extend, with YMCA of Greater Seattle to operate and provide management of the Cascade People’s Center located at 309 Pontius Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109.

Ord. 123867
C.B. 117431

AN ORDINANCE transferring jurisdiction of certain real property from the Department of Finance and Administrative Services to the Department of Parks and Recreation, including parcels located within or adjacent to Magnolia, Northeast Queen Anne, West Duwamish and East Duwamish Greenbelts; parcels located within or adjacent to Duwamish Head, Cheasty and Longfellow Creek Greenspaces; parcels located within or adjacent to Maple School Natural Area; parcels adjacent to Interlaken, Jefferson and Schmitz Parks; an underwater tideland parcel off Alki Point; and a view parcel in Magnolia; all for open space, park, and recreation purposes; accepting deeds; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 123868
C.B. 117442

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

Res. 31368

A RESOLUTION relating to Sound Transit’s Lynnwood Link Extension Project; supporting the study of a light rail station at 130th in addition to the proposed station at 145th Street.

 Councilmembers Richard Conlin and Tim Burgess excused.

FULL COUNCIL:

1. CLERK FILE 312273 FILED (7 – 0)

Memorandum of Understanding concerning building exterior preservation between The City of Seattle Office of Housing, The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Plymouth Housing Group, Bellwether Housing, Capitol Hill Housing, and Catholic Housing Services.        

LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE:

2. COUNCIL BILL 117439 PASSED (7 – 0)

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

GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

3. COUNCIL BILL 117438 HELD UNTIL 4/30

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. 123852
C.B. 117375

AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning, amending the Official Land Use Map at page pages 131 and 132 to rezone land in the North Beacon Hill Residential Urban Village and to expand the boundaries of the North Beacon Hill Station Area Overlay District.

Ord. 123853
C.B. 117412

AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning, amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at pages 159, 173, and 174 of the Official Land Use Map to rezone land in the Othello Residential Urban Village.

Ord. 123854
C.B. 117426

AN ORDINANCE amending the Seattle Comprehensive Plan to incorporate changes proposed as part of the 2011-2012 Comprehensive Plan annual amendment process.

Ord. 123855
C.B. 117433

AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department, accepting various easements granted to The City of Seattle for overhead and underground electrical rights in King County, Washington; placing said easements under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 123856
C.B. 117441

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

Res. 31362

A RESOLUTION establishing the 2012 work program for the Office of Housing.

BY BURGESS
1. C.B. 117448

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

BY CONLIN
2. C.B. 117449

AN ORDINANCE 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.
Committee referral: Libraries, Utilities, and Center

BY CLARK
3. C.B. 117450

AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Admiral’s House, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

BY CLARK
4. C.B. 117451

AN ORDINANCE relating to Hearing Examiner filing fees, amending Section 3.02.125 to increase the fees required for certain cases before the City Hearing Examiner, and amending Sections 7.20.080 and 22.220.140 to make those sections consistent with Section 3.02.125.
Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

BY O’BRIEN
5. C.B. 117452

AN ORDINANCE 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.
Committee referral: Energy and Environment

BY BAGSHAW
6. C.B. 117453

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the acquisition of real property commonly known as 1227 South Jackson Street; authorizing acceptance and recording of the deed for open space, park, and recreation purposes; 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.
Committee referral: Parks and Neighborhoods

BY LICATA
7. C.B. 117454

AN ORDINANCE 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.
Committee referral: Housing, Human Services, Health, and Culture

BY GODDEN
8. 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.
Committee referral: Energy and Environment

BY CONLIN
9. Res. 31373

A RESOLUTION, approving, as of February 28, 2012, a new Incident Annex to the City Disaster Readiness and Response Plan.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Neighborhoods

BY RASMUSSEN
10. 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.
Committee referral: Transportation

BY Clark
11. C.F. 312273

Memorandum of Understanding concerning building exterior preservation between The City of Seattle Office of Housing, The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Plymouth Housing Group, Bellwether Housing, Capitol Hill Housing, and Catholic Housing Services.
Committee referral: Full Council

BY Rasmussen
12. C.F. 312294

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

BY Rasmussen
13. C.F. 312295

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

BY Rasmussen
14. C.F. 312296

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

BY Clark
15. C.F. 312297

Appointment of Dean A. Kralios as member, Pioneer Square Preservation Board, for a term of confirmation to March 1, 2015.
Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

BY Clark
16. C.F. 312298

Appointment of Marika A. Cialdella as member, Pike Place Market Historical Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 1, 2014.
Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

RE-REFERRAL:

BY No Sponsor Required
17. C.F. 309092

Application of Seattle University to prepare a new major institution master plan for the Seattle University Campus, located at 901 12th Avenue (Project No. 3008328, Type IV).
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

(Originally referred to Planning, Land Use, and Neighborhoods on 5/18/09. Re-referred to Committee on the Built Environment on 1/19/10. )

 All Councilmembers Present.

GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

1.     COUNCIL BILL 117434 PASSED (9 – 0)

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.         

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:

2.     RESOLUTION 31351 HELD FOR TWO WEEKS

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

PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE:

3.     COUNCIL BILL 117435 PASSED (9 – 0)

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.       

4.     RESOLUTION 31366 ADOPTED (9 – 0)

Providing direction to Seattle Public Utilities in the reconstruction and operation of the North Transfer Station.

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE:

5.     COUNCIL BILL 117428 PASSED (9 – 0)

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.  

6.     COUNCIL BILL 117432 PASSED (9 – 0)

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.   

7.     RESOLUTION 31355 ADOPTED (9 – 0)

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.

8.     RESOLUTION 31367 ADOPTED (9 – 0)

Approving the Seattle Transit Master Plan.         

PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE:

9.     COUNCIL BILL 117437 PASSED (9 – 0)

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.          

 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.            

FULL COUNCIL:

1. Council Bill 117417 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to Human Rights; amending sections 14.04.130, 14.06.090, and 14.08.150 of the Seattle Municipal Code to revise deadlines for appeal decisions by the Human Rights Commission.         

2. Resolution 31368 ADOPTED AS AMENDED (9 – 0)

Relating to Sound Transit’s Lynnwood Link Extension Project, supporting the study of light rail stations at 130th and 155th streets.

GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

3. Council Bill 117418 PASSED (9 – 0)

Related to the regulation of horse-drawn carriages; amending Sections 6.315.050, 6.315.110, 6.315.200, 6.315.220, and 6.315.320 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC RESILIENCY AND REGIONAL RELATIONS:

4. Council Bill 117261 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Bel-Roy Apartments, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.          

5. Council Bill 117401 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon Pier 56, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

6. Council Bill 117407 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon Pier 54, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

7. Council Bill 117408 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon Pier 55, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

8. Council Bill 117409 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon Pier 57, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

9.  Council Bill 117410 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon Pier 59, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and repealing Ordinance No.121270.          

PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:

10. Council Bill 117416 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to Unfair Public Accommodation Practices; amending sections 14.06.020 and 14.06.030 to add the right of a mother to breastfeed her child in places of public accommodation free from discrimination.

11. Clerk File 312091 FILED (9 – 0)

December 2011 Report of the Police Intelligence Auditor, filed pursuant to Ordinance 108333(Seattle Municipal Code 14.12).           

12. Clerk File 312092 FILED (9 – 0)

Response of the Police Chief to the December 2011 Report of the Police Intelligence Auditor, filed pursuant to Ordinance 108333 (Seattle Municipal Code 14.12).

13. Clerk File 312093 FILED (9 – 0)

2011 Alternate Citizen Observer Report of the Seattle Police Department’s Firearms Review Board.

PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE:

14. Council Bill 117427 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to the City of Seattle’s Department of Parks and Recreation and Cascade Park; authorizing the Superintendent to enter into a five-year agreement, with options to extend, with YMCA of Greater Seattle to operate and provide management of the Cascade People’s Center located at 309 Pontius Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109.   

15. Council Bill 117431 PASSED (9 – 0)

Transferring jurisdiction of certain real property from the Department of Finance and Administrative Services to the Department of Parks and Recreation, including parcels located within or adjacent to Magnolia, Northeast Queen Anne, West Duwamish and East Duwamish Greenbelts; parcels located within or adjacent to Duwamish Head, Cheasty and Longfellow Creek Greenspaces; parcels located within or adjacent to Maple School Natural Area; parcels adjacent to Interlaken, Jefferson and Schmitz Parks; an underwater tideland parcel off Alki Point; and a view parcel in Magnolia; all for open space, park, and recreation purposes; accepting deeds; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.    

 *The Full Council meeting will adjourn to convene a Special Committee on the Library Levy meeting. The Full Council meeting will reconvene once the Special Committee on the Library Levy adjourns and then consider item 16, C.B. 117425.

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY LEVY:

16. Council Bill 117425 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to regular property taxes; requesting that a special election be held concurrent with the August 7, 2012, general election for submission to the qualified electors of the City a proposition to lift the limit on regular property taxes under Chapter 84.55 RCW and authorize the City to levy additional taxes for up to seven years for the purpose of supporting, maintaining and improving core public library services; authorizing creation of a new subfund; ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; and providing for effective dates.     

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.

Ord. 123845
C.B. 117259

AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the John B. Allen School, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Ord. 123846
C.B. 117260

AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Bloss House, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Ord. 123847
C.B. 117262

AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Villa Costella, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Ord. 123848
C.B. 117400

AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon the Chamber of Commerce Building, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Ord. 123849
C.B. 117421

AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to transfer sewer infrastructure to King County; and to relinquish portions of two sewer main easements in King County Parcel No. 2824049007, known as 7777 Perimeter Road South, King County International Airport, Seattle; and to declare portions of the easements and associated sewer infrastructure in the above property surplus to the City of Seattle’s needs.

Ord. 123850
C.B. 117429

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

Res. 31364

A RESOLUTION retiring introduced and referred Council Bills, Resolutions, and Clerk Files which have received no further action.

Ord. 123841
C.B. 117406

AN ORDINANCE relating to grant funds from the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance; authorizing the Mayor or his designee to execute related agreements; increasing an appropriation in the 2012 Adopted Budget for the Police Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 123842
C.B. 117413

AN ORDINANCE granting King County permission to maintain and operate two tunnels under and across 9th Avenue, between Alder Street and Jefferson Street; for a ten-year term, renewable for two successive ten-year terms; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 123843
C.B. 117420

AN ORDINANCE relating to the update of the Bicycle Master Plan; removing restrictions in the 2012 Adopted Budget that limit the Seattle Department of Transportation’s spending on the update of the Bicycle Master Plan.

Ord. 123844
C.B. 117424

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

BY BURGESS
1. C.B. 117442

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

BY RASMUSSEN
2. C.B. 117443

AN ORDINANCE 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.
Committee referral: Transportation

BY RASMUSSEN
3. 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.
Committee referral: Transportation

BY CONLIN
4. Res. 31370

A RESOLUTION identifying principles and a revised schedule to guide the review and update of the City’s Comprehensive Plan.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY No Sponsor Required
6. C.F. 312260

Petition for Amazon.com, Inc., to vacate the alley in Block 14, Heirs of Sarah A. Bell’s Addition to Seattle.
Committee referral: Transportation

BY No Sponsor Required
7. C.F. 312261

Petition for Amazon.com, Inc., to vacate the alley in Block 19, Heirs of Sarah A. Bell’s Second Addition to Seattle.
Committee referral: Transportation

BY No Sponsor Required
8. C.F. 312262

Petition for Amazon.com, Inc., to vacate the alley in Block 20, Heirs of Sarah A. Bell’s Second Addition to Seattle.
Committee referral: Transportation

BY No Sponsor Required
9. C.F. 312266

Council land use action to allow poles and netting up to 140 feet in height for a new driving range at Jackson Park Golf Course, located at 1000 NE 135th Street (Project No. 3012923, Type V).
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY Harrell
10. C.F. 312268

Chief of Police Audit Report of select police files obtained through the Police Department’s membership in the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU) and the Western States Information Network (WSIN), maintained exclusively for confidential information; dated March 7, 2012, in accordance with Ordinance 108333 (Seattle Municipal Code 14.12).
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

BY Harrell
11. C.F. 312269

Seattle Police Chief 2011 Annual Report concerning activities regulated by Ordinance 108333 (Seattle Municipal Code 14.12).
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

RE-REFERRAL:

BY No Sponsor Required
12. C.F. 311765

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).
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

Originally referred to Committee on the Built Environment on 9/26/11.

Ord. 123839
C.B. 117422

AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to enter into a license agreement with the Port of Seattle allowing Seattle Public Utilities to make a connection to a storm drain system owned by the Port of Seattle to receive water pumped from the Riverton Heights well field.

Ord. 123840
C.B. 117423

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

Res. 31363

A RESOLUTION supporting Washington’s BEST (Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking) Alliance, a business-led initiative to prevent human trafficking by adopting an anti-trafficking policy and a set of practices including: assessing and managing trafficking-related risks and impacts, aligning business practices with the anti- trafficking policy, educating employees about human trafficking, and training employees to identify and report possible cases to law enforcement.

City Light stenographers

High unemployment during the Great Depression led to scrutiny of families with more than one wage earner, particularly if one of those employed was a woman. A 1930 letter to a local newspaper complained that the wife of a fireman of the writer’s acquaintance “works in a store and lets two children run wild. The husband gets good pay and has steady work. What can be done about this?” The newspaper’s Mr. Fixit suggested writing to the Fire Chief, George Mantor, to have him determine whether “the conditions justify action.”Two anonymous citizens did just that. One, who signed her letter “A Poor Working Girl,” complained of a fireman’s wife who had been working at a tea room for two years: “[T]hey have no children and have a good time besides, and keeps us girls who need work out.” She claimed such wives worked for selfish reasons like “swell clothes.” Another writer, signing as “Yours for Fair Play,”complained of a fireman who hadn’t missed a day’s pay in eight years, worked on his vacations as well, and had “no sickness or any trouble of any kind…to call for the wife’s working.” (She sold ties at the Bon Marche.) The letter continued, “I for one think it is high time that men living off the taxpayers should at least keep there [sic] wives from doing another tax payer out of a living.”

Chief Mantor was uncertain about how to reply to these complaints. In a letter to the Central Labor Council, he asked whether the unions had a policy on the issue or if it was considered a personal decision for each employee to make. Mantor stated, “[W]e have been hesitant to make any comment or take any action – even though we believe that it is not a matter of good policy for our personnel who are steadily employed to permit their wives to fill positions that should go to the unemployed.”

The Labor Council replied that they agreed this was a problem in principle; “however, there are extenuating circumstances that justifies some married women working… [D]uring the war, women were pressed into service, filling the places of men in many instances, and after the war was over they just remained undisturbed.” While the council had no fixed policy on the matter, the letter stated that it was “a big question that should have been given attention years ago, and for our negligence, we are all subject to criticism… [T]he time is not far distant when there will be a general awakening when something will be done.”

Councilmember Tom Rasmussen excused. 

FULL COUNCIL:

1. Clerk File 312198 FILED (8 – 0)

2011 Annual Report of the Office of the Hearing Examiner.        

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:

2. Council Bill 117433 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to the City Light Department, accepting various easements granted to The City of Seattle for overhead and underground electrical rights in King County, Washington; placing said easements under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.       

PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE:

3. Council Bill 117375 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to land use and zoning, amending the Official Land Use Map at page pages 131 and 132 to rezone land in the North Beacon Hill Residential Urban Village and to expand the boundaries of the North Beacon Hill Station Area Overlay District.           

4. Council Bill 117412 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to land use and zoning, amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at pages 159, 173, and 174 of the Official Land Use Map to rezone land in the Othello Residential Urban Village.    

5. Council Bill 117426 PASSED (8 – 0)

Amending the Seattle Comprehensive Plan to incorporate changes proposed as part of the 2011-2012 Comprehensive Plan annual amendment process.     

6. Clerk File 312214 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Kadie Bell Sata as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term of confirmation to April 15, 2013.   

7. Clerk File 312215 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of David Cutler as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term of confirmation to April 15, 2015.    

8. Clerk File 312216 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Bradley Khouri as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term of confirmation to April 15, 2015.

9. Clerk File 312217 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Matt Roewe as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term of confirmation to April 15, 2015.

10. Clerk File 312218 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Catherine Benotto as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term of confirmation to April 15, 2015.            

11. Clerk File 312219 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Julie Bassuk as member, Seattle Design Commission, for a term of confirmation to February 28, 2014.

12. Clerk File 312220 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Donald L. Vehige as member, Seattle Design Commission, for a term of confirmation to February 28, 2014.

13. Clerk File 312221 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Thomas J. Nelson as member, Seattle Design Commission, for a term of confirmation to February 28, 2014.   

14. Clerk File 312222 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Laurel Kunkler as member, Seattle Design Commission, for a term of confirmation to February 28, 2014.           

15. Clerk File 312238 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Morgan Shook as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term of confirmation to April 15, 2014.    

HOUSING, HUMAN SERVICE, HEALTH, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE:

16. Resolution 31362 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

Establishing the 2012 work program for the Office of Housing.

The University Dump, now a parking lot, closed in November 1954.

See the Archives’ online photo exhibit, The City at Work  for more images of waste management and environmental cleanup efforts in Seattle over the years.

Item 44896 Seattle Municipal Archives
 

Opening of Lincoln Park Swimming Pool, July 27, 1925

This pool was dug out of dirt with a retaining wall of rocks along the sides.

It filled with salt water from Puget Sound.

A muddy bottom and control valves that did not always contain the water eventually required a pool made of concrete and tile.

The Laurence Colman Pool, dedicated on July 4, 1941, is also filled with salt water from the Sound.

Item 28728, Department of Streets and Sewers Photographs (Record Series 2625-10), Seattle Municipal Archives.

President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Right Acts of 1968 on April 11, 1968; Title VIII of the Act is also known as the Fair Housing Act of 1968. April is known as Fair Housing Month for this reason.

In Seattle, until 1968, it was legal to discriminate against minorities in Seattle when renting apartments or selling real estate. The task of securing legislation to prohibit discrimination in housing began in the late 1950s. It turned out to be a decade-long struggle.

Restrictive covenants was one method used to keep black families, and often other minorities, out of white neighborhoods in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1961 the Seattle branch of the NAACP requested an ordinance prohibiting discrimination in housing. Public hearings, an Advisory Committee on Minority housing, marches and protests helped put the issue on the ballot in 1964. Voters turned the open housing ordinance down in an overwhelming 2 to 1 vote.

A large, sign-carrying crowd stood peacefully in the Fifth Avenue Plaza at City Hall on July 1, 1963, during a demonstration in support of an open-housing ordinance. Courtesy: Bruce McKim/Seattle Times

On April 19, 1968, three weeks after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the City Council unanimously passed Ordinance 96619 "defining and prohibiting unfair housing practices in the sale and offering for sale and in the rental and offering for rent and in the financing of housing accommodations, and defining offenses and prescribing penalties, and declaring an emergency therefore." The ordinance had been sponsored by six of the nine Council members, but the chief architect was first term council member Sam Smith, the first African American to sit on the Council. Smith had previously been a tireless advocate for open housing and fair employment while serving as the first African American member of the Washington State Legislature. The ordinance was signed by the Mayor the same day.

Mrs. Pearl Warren, director of the Indian Center, addressed City Council during a hearing on the open housing ordinance, April 19, 1968. The ordinance passed unanimously. Council members were seated at right, and about 200 persons were in the Council Chambers. Courtesy: Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times

The open housing legislation passed in 1968 was amended in 1975 to include prohibitions against discrimination based on sex, marital status, sexual orientation, and political ideology; and in 1979 to include age and parental status. In 1986, creed, and disability were added as prohibitions on discrimination and in 1999 gender identify was added. Seattle continues to develop strategies to address more covert forms of discrimination in housing today.

Related Topics:

• Race and Social Justice Initiative, Office of Human Rights
• The Seattle Open Housing Campaign, 1959-1968, Online Exhibit of the Seattle Municipal Archives
• Introduction
• Restrictive Covenants
• O’ Meara v. Washington State Board Against Discrimination
• State Fair Housing Legislation
• The NAACP Request
• The Citizens’  Advisory Committee on Minority Housing
• Protest: Sit-in and Freedom March, 1963
• "An Open Hearing for Closed Minds"
• The People Vote
• Years of Ferment: 1964-1967
• Open Housing, 1968
• The Seattle Open Housing Campaign, 1959-1968 digital document library, Seattle Municipal Archives
• Digital Documents
  Scanned original documents relating to this topic
• Detailed Narrative
  The story of the struggle for fair housing
• Timeline
  Local and national civil rights milestones
• Bibliography
  Resources for further research
• The public can view an exhibit on Seattle’s open housing campaign at History House, located in Fremont at 790 north 34th Street.
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BY CLARK
1. C.B. 117436

AN ORDINANCE relating to notice procedures in Hearing Examiner proceedings, amending Sections 3.02.090, 3.02.100, 5.55.150, 5.55.230, 6.02.290, 6.202.310, 7.20.100, 10.07.050, 10.52.032,10.52.034, 11.16.317, 14.04.180, 14.06.120, 14.08.180, 14.10.140, 14.16.080, 15.91.006, 15.91.010, 22.206.217, 22.208.050, 22.210.150, 22.220.140, 22.920.160, 23.66.030, 23.91.006, 23.91.010, 25.02.080, 25.08.930, 25.10.540, 25.16.110, 25.16.115, 25.20.115, 25.21.135, 25.22.135, and 25.24.085 to allow the option to provide notice by electronic means in specified circumstances and correct section references and format.
Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

BY BAGSHAW
2. 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.
Committee referral: Parks and Neighborhoods

BY BURGESS
3. 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.
Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

BY GODDEN
4. 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.
Committee referral: Libraries, Utilities, and Center

BY CONLIN
5. C.B. 117440

AN ORDINANCE relating to the solid waste system of Seattle Public Utilities; establishing rates and charges for solid waste services for the Every Other Week Garbage Pilot Program; and amending Chapter 21.40.050 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY BURGESS
6. C.B. 117441

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

BY RASMUSSEN
7. Res. 31367

A RESOLUTION approving the Seattle Transit Master Plan.
Committee referral: Transportation

BY CONLIN
8. Res. 31368

A RESOLUTION relating to Sound Transit’s Lynnwood Link Extension Project, supporting the study of light rail stations at 130th and 155th streets.
Committee referral: Full Council

RE-REFERRAL:

BY BURGESS
9. Res. 31331

A RESOLUTION relating to the Seattle Department of Transportation; rescinding Resolution 30636 and applying the City of Seattle’s existing debt management policies to transportation debt.
Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance (Originally referred to Special Budget Committee on 10/24/11. Re-referred to Finance and Budget Committee on 11/14/11.)

BY Rasmussen
10. C.F. 312248

Reappointment of Jeniffer Calleja as member, Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.
Committee referral: Transportation

BY Rasmussen
11. C.F. 312249

Reappointment of Lydia Heard as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.
Committee referral: Transportation

BY Rasmussen
12. C.F. 312250

Reappointment of Mark J. Melnyk as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.
Committee referral: Transportation

BY Rasmussen
13. C.F. 312251

Reappointment of Mark Landreneau as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.
Committee referral: Transportation

RE-REFERRAL

BY Conlin
14. C.F. 312198

2011 Annual Report of the Office of the Hearing Examiner.
Committee referral: Full Council for Action (Originally referred to Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability Committee on 3/26/12.)

]]> http://council.seattle.gov/2012/03/30/seattle-city-council-introduction-and-referral-calendar-april-2-2012/feed/ 0 http://council.seattle.gov/2012/03/26/action-summary-monday-32612-2/ http://council.seattle.gov/2012/03/26/action-summary-monday-32612-2/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:10:00 +0000 City Clerk http://cityclerk.seattle.gov/?p=492 The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2 p.m. Full Council meeting.

Councilmember Tom Rasmussen excused.

LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE:

1. Council Bill 117421 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to transfer sewer infrastructure to King County; and to relinquish portions of two sewer main easements in King County Parcel No. 2824049007, known as 7777 Perimeter Road South, King County International Airport, Seattle; and to declare portions of the easements and associated sewer infrastructure in the above property surplus to the City of Seattle’s needs.

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC RESILENCY AND REGIONAL RELATIONS:

2. Council Bill 117400 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon the Chamber of Commerce Building, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

3. Council Bill 117259 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the John B. Allen School, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

4. Council Bill 117260 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Bloss House, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

5. Council Bill 117262 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Villa Costella, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

6. Clerk File 312196 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Johnny Bianchi as member, Seattle Investment Fund LLC Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014.

7. Clerk File 312197 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Shaiza Damji as member, Seattle Investment Fund LLC Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014.

PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:

8. Council Bill 117417 HELD FOR TWO WEEKS

Relating to Human Rights; amending sections 14.04.130, 14.06.090, and 14.08.150 of the Seattle Municipal Code to revise deadlines for appeal decisions by the Human Rights Commission.

9. Clerk File 312192 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Beryl Fernandes as member, Citizens’ Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to January 1, 2014.

10. Clerk File 312193 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Benjamin B. Krokower as member, Citizens’ Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to January 1, 2014.

ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS

11. Resolution 31364 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

Retiring Introduced and referred Council Bills, Resolutions, and Clerk Files which have received no further action.

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BY BURGESS
1. C.B. 117429

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

BY CONLIN
2. C.B. 117430

AN ORDINANCE related to land use, zoning and environmental review, amending Sections 23.40.006, 23.42.040, 23.42.050, 23.44.014, 23.44.041, 23.45.504, 23.45.510, 23.45.512, 23.45.514, 23.45.518, 23.45.526, 23.45.527, 23.45.529, 23.45.532, 23.45.545, 23.47A.005, 23.47A.008, 23.54.015, 23.54.016, 23.54.020, 23.55.022, 23.76.004, 23.76.006, 23.84A.032, 23.91.002, 25.05.800 and Chapter 23.52 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding new Sections 23.40.035 and 23.52.008 to carry out proposals for regulatory reform.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY BAGSHAW
3. C.B. 117431

AN ORDINANCE transferring jurisdiction of certain real property from the Department of Finance and Administrative Services to the Department of Parks and Recreation, including parcels located within or adjacent to Magnolia, Northeast Queen Anne, West Duwamish and East Duwamish Greenbelts; parcels located within or adjacent to Duwamish Head, Cheasty and Longfellow Creek Greenspaces; parcels located within or adjacent to Maple School Natural Area; parcels adjacent to Interlaken, Jefferson and Schmitz Parks; an underwater tideland parcel off Alki Point; and a view parcel in Magnolia; all for open space, park, and recreation purposes; accepting deeds; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Committee referral: Parks and Seattle Center

BY RASMUSSEN
4. 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.
Committee referral: Transportation

BY O’BRIEN
5. C.B. 117433

AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department, accepting various easements granted to The City of Seattle for overhead and underground electrical rights in King County, Washington; placing said easements under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Committee referral: Energy and Environment

BY BURGESS
6. 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.
Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

BY CONLIN
7. 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.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY CLARK
8. Res. 31364

A RESOLUTION retiring introduced and referred Council Bills, Resolutions, and Clerk Files which have received no further action.
Committee referral: Full Council for Introduction and Adoption

BY O’BRIEN
9. Res. 31365

A RESOLUTION 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.
Committee referral: Energy and Environment

BY CONLIN
10. Res. 31366

A RESOLUTION providing direction to Seattle Public Utilities in the reconstruction and operation of the North Transfer Station.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY Conlin
11. C.F. 312198

2011 Annual Report of the Office of the Hearing Examiner.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY Conlin
12. C.F. 312214

Appointment of Kadie Bell Sata as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term of confirmation to April 15, 2013.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY Conlin
13. C.F. 312215

Reappointment of David Cutler as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term of confirmation to April 15, 2015.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY Conlin
14. C.F. 312216

Reappointment of Bradley Khouri as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term of confirmation to April 15, 2015.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY Conlin
15. C.F. 312217

Reappointment of Matt Roewe as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term of confirmation to April 15, 2015.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY Conlin
16. C.F. 312218

Reappointment of Catherine Benotto as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term of confirmation to April 15, 2015.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY Conlin
17. C.F. 312219

Reappointment of Julie Bassuk as member, Seattle Design Commission, for a term of confirmation to February 28, 2014.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY Conlin
18. C.F. 312220

Reappointment of Donald L. Vehige as member, Seattle Design Commission, for a term of confirmation to February 28, 2014.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY Conlin
19. C.F. 312221

Reappointment of Thomas J. Nelson as member, Seattle Design Commission, for a term of confirmation to February 28, 2014.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY Conlin
20. C.F. 312222

Reappointment of Laurel Kunkler as member, Seattle Design Commission, for a term of confirmation to February 28, 2014.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY Harrell
21. C.F. 312225

Appointment of Jeffrey R. Watt as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

BY Harrell
22. C.F. 312226

Appointment of David Moore as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

BY Harrell
23. C.F. 312227

Appointment of Todd Sparrow as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

BY Harrell
24. C.F. 312228

Reappointment of Anne Donegan as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

BY Harrell
25. C.F. 312229

Reappointment of Philip Dovinh as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

BY Harrell
26. C.F. 312230

Reappointment of James R. Fair as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

BY Harrell
27. C.F. 312231

Reappointment of Lucas Grothkopp as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

BY Harrell
28. C.F. 312232

Reappointment of Rae Anne Rushing as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

BY Harrell
29. C.F. 312233

Reappointment of Allen D. Rainsberger as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

BY Harrell
30. C.F. 312234

Reappointment of Mohamed Sheikh Hassan as member, Immigrant and Refugee Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to January 31, 2014.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

BY Harrell
31. C.F. 312235

Reappointment of Devon Alisa Abdallah as member, Immigrant and Refugee Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to January 31,2014.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

BY Harrell
32. C.F. 312236

Reappointment of Michael Neguse as member, Immigrant and Refugee Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to January 31, 2014.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

BY Conlin
33. C.F. 312238

Appointment of Morgan Shook as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term of confirmation to April 15, 2014.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

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Ord. 123833
C.B. 117387

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Streetcar; authorizing execution of a construction contract for the First Hill Streetcar Project; authorizing an amendment to an agreement with the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority to revise the invoicing schedule for the Project; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.

Ord. 123834
C.B. 117395

AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2011 Families and Education Levy; approving an implementation and evaluation plan as required by Ordinance 123567; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 123835
C.B. 117397

AN ORDINANCE relating to the North Downtown electrical substation, distribution network, and associated transmission improvements in the South Lake Union Urban Center; removing two budget provisos that limit spending of appropriations in the 2009 Adopted Budget; adding a new project and revising project allocations for certain projects in the 2012-2017 Adopted CIP; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 123836
C.B. 117402

AN ORDINANCE relating to a grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the purpose of implementing the Neighborhood Equitable Transit Oriented Development (NET) Initiative, a three year effort to implement priorities identified in the Rainier Valley and Beacon Hill neighborhood plans; authorizing acceptance of the grant funds; authorizing related agreements and actions; amending the 2012 Adopted Budget by creating a new Budget Control Level (BCL) for the purposes of the NET Initiative and providing an appropriation for the new BCL; and ratifying and confirming prior acts; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.

Ord. 123837
C.B. 117414

AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the Superintendent or his designee to enter into two temporary tieback easement agreements with Plymouth Housing Group and Yale Partners, LLC that contain indemnity provisions on portions of Lots 11 through 16, Block 13, Pontius Fourth Addition to the City of Seattle, according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 7 of Plats, Page 8, records of King County, Washington; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 123838
C.B. 117415

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

]]> http://council.seattle.gov/2012/03/23/legislation-passed-march-5-2012-and-filed-with-the-city-clerk/feed/ 0 http://council.seattle.gov/2012/03/21/online-seattle-municipal-code-has-been-updated-7/ http://council.seattle.gov/2012/03/21/online-seattle-municipal-code-has-been-updated-7/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:41:51 +0000 City Clerk http://cityclerk.seattle.gov/?p=376 The current online code incorporates ordinances with effective dates prior to December 30^th, 2011. The most recent codified ordinance is Ordinance 123803. 

Ordinance #	SMC Content Affected
123774	Amended zoning map 102
123776	Amended §§ 22.900G.015.A, 23.41.012.E, 23.47A.012, 23.73.009, 23.73.010, 23.84A.038; added §§ 22.900G.010.E, 23.73.012– 23.73.024
123783	Added §§ 6.320.005– 6.320.120
123786	Added §§ 3.15.010– 3.15.070
123788	Added §§ 4.34.075
123790	Amended § 23.47A.013, zoning maps 137, 138, 150, 151; added § 23.47A.009
123802	Amended 17.16.030.B
123803	Amended § 3.26.010

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Councilmember Tim Burgess excused.

FULL COUNCIL:

1. Council Bill 117406 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to grant funds from the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance; authorizing the Mayor or his designee to execute related agreements; increasing an appropriation in the 2012 Adopted Budget for the Police Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.     

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE:

2. Council Bill 117413 PASSED (8 – 0)

Granting King County permission to maintain and operate two tunnels under and across 9th Avenue, between Alder Street and Jefferson Street; for a ten-year term, renewable for two successive ten-year terms; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

3. Council Bill 117420 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to the update of the Bicycle Master Plan; removing restrictions in the 2012 Adopted Budget that limit the Seattle Department of Transportation’s spending on the update of the Bicycle Master Plan.

 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.            

 

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BY BURGESS
1. C.B. 117424

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

BY CONLIN
2. C.B. 117425

AN ORDINANCE relating to regular property taxes; requesting that a special election be held concurrent with the August 7, 2012, general election for submission to the qualified electors of the City a proposition to lift the limit on regular property taxes under Chapter 84.55 RCW and authorize the City to levy additional taxes for up to seven years for the purpose of supporting, maintaining and improving core public library services; authorizing creation of a new subfund; ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; and providing for effective dates.
Committee referral: Special Committee on the Library Levy

BY CONLIN
3. C.B. 117426

AN ORDINANCE amending the Seattle Comprehensive Plan to incorporate changes proposed as part of the 2011-2012 Comprehensive Plan annual amendment process.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY BAGSHAW
4. C.B. 117427

AN ORDINANCE relating to the City of Seattle’s Department of Parks and Recreation and Cascade Park; authorizing the Superintendent to enter into a five-year agreement, with options to extend, with YMCA of Greater Seattle to operate and provide management of the Cascade People’s Center located at 309 Pontius Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109.
Committee referral: Parks and Neighborhoods

BY RASMUSSEN
5. 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.
Committee referral: Transportation

BY Harrell
6. C.F. 312192

Appointment of Beryl Fernandes as member, Citizens’ Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to January 1, 2014.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

BY Harrell
7. C.F. 312193

Appointment of Benjamin B. Krokower as member, Citizens’ Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to January 1, 2014.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

BY Bagshaw
8. C.F. 312194

Appointment of Yazmin F. Mehdi as member, Board of Park Commissioners, for a term of confirmation to March 31, 2015.
Committee referral: Parks and Neighborhoods

BY Clark
9. C.F. 312196

Reappointment of Johnny Bianchi as member, Seattle Investment Fund LLC Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014.
Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

BY Clark
10. C.F. 312197

Reappointment of Shaiza Damji as member, Seattle Investment Fund LLC Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014.
Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

BY Clark
11. C.F. 312199

Appointment of Martha Rogers as member, International Special Review District Board, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2013.
Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

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Ord. 123827
C.B. 117411

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

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

 

Ordinance	SMC Section(s) Affected
123742	Amended §§ 21.04.430, 21.04.440, 21.76.040.A.3; repealed §§ 21.04.420, 21.04.450, 21.12.070, 21.12.080
123743	Amended § 5.80.020
123744	Amended §§ 4.04.250, 4.08.040, 4.08.050, 4.08.070
123746	Amended § 20.48.030
123747	Amended § 5.48.055
123749	Amended § 21.76.065
123754	Amended § 11.23.120
123755	Amended §§ 22.900A.030, 22.900A.040, 22.900A.060, 22.900B.020, 22.900B.060, 22.900C.010, 22.900D.010, 22.900D.145, 22.900D.150, 22.900D.160, 22.900E.050, 22.900G.020; added § 22.900F.060
123756	Amended § 3.20.040
123757	Amended § 21.49.086.G
123759	Amended § 18.28.010
123770	Amended §§ 23.30.010, 23.34.008, 23.40.020, 23.45.502, 23.45.510, 23.47A.002, 23.47A.013, 23.58A.002, 23.58A.014, 23.84A.018; added §§ 23.58A.025, 23.58A.026, 23.58A.028
123772	Amended §§ 5.06.030, ch. 5.76, 5.80.020, 5.80.030

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Ord. 123826
C.B. 117403

AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at page 60 and page 61 of the Official Land Use Map to rezone property located at 4715 – 4735 15th Avenue Northeast from Lowrise 3 Multifamily Residential to Neighborhood Commercial 2 with a 65 foot height limit, and approving and accepting a Property Use and Development Agreement in connection therewith. (C.F. 309434, DPD Project 3004384)

Ord. 123828
C.B. 117385

AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department, authorizing the acceptance of the transfer of the “Pressentin Creek” state trust land in Skagit County, Washington from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, authorizing the acceptance of the quitclaim deed thereto, placing said land under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department, and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 123829
C.B. 117390

AN ORDINANCE relating to the King Street Station Rehabilitation Phase 2B Project; ratifying and confirming Seattle Department of Transportation’s execution of a grant agreement with the Washington State Department of Transportation for and on behalf of the City of Seattle, under which agreement the City will receive over 16 million dollars in funding for the restoration of King Street Station.

Ord. 123830
C.B. 117398

AN ORDINANCE relating to street and sidewalk use; amending Chapters 15.02 and 15.04 of the Seattle Municipal Code, to correct typographical errors, correct section references, clarify regulations, and make minor amendments.

Ord. 123831
C.B. 117404

AN ORDINANCE related to the Board of Park Commissioners; changing the meeting frequency requirement; and amending Section 3.26.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Ord. 123832
C.B. 117405

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

Res. 31354


A RESOLUTION establishing the City’s intent to seek a private sector partner to assist it in exploring possible models for expanding, upgrading, and/or developing district energy systems in certain areas of Seattle.

Res. 31359


A RESOLUTION to provide the Families and Education Levy Oversight Committee with advisors appointed from the Seattle Youth Commission who can provide valuable insight and perspective to its stewardship responsibilities.

Res. 31360


A RESOLUTION approving the proposed budget of the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission for fiscal year 2012.

Res. 31361


A RESOLUTION adopting Statements of Legislative Intent (SLIs) for the 2012 Adopted Budget and 2012-2017 Adopted Capital Improvement Program (CIP), and Budget Guidance Statements (BUGS) for the 2013-2014 Proposed Budget.

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

 

GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

1. Clerk File 312155 CONFIRMED (5 – 0)

Appointment 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, 2015.    

 

PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:

2. Council Bill 117406 Held until next week

Relating to grant funds from the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance; authorizing the Mayor or his designee to execute related agreements; increasing an appropriation in the 2012 Adopted Budget for the Police Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.   

 

LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE:

3. Council Bill 117422 PASSED (5 – 0)

Relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to enter into a license agreement with the Port of Seattle allowing Seattle Public Utilities to make a connection to a storm drain system owned by the Port of Seattle to receive water pumped from the Riverton Heights well field.

 

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC RESILIENCY AND REGIONAL RELATIONS:

4. Clerk File 311996 CONFIRMED (5 – 0)

Appointment of Mark R. Ellerbrook as member, Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority Asset Management Committee, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2013.

 

ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS:

5. Resolution 31363 ADOPTED AS AMENDED (5 – 0)

Supporting Washington’s BEST (Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking) Alliance, a business-led initiative to prevent human trafficking  by adopting an anti-trafficking policy and a set of practices including: assessing and managing trafficking-related risks and impacts, aligning business practices with the anti-trafficking policy, educating employees about human trafficking, and training employees to identify and report possible cases to law enforcement.

 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.

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The Seattle City Clerk's Office launched their new homepage today. This is the first step in improving overall site and database navigation and access to the City's vast collection of legislative and archive records. ]]> Councilmember Sally J. Clark

Seattle City Clerk’s Office unveils new homepage

SEATTLE – The Seattle City Clerk’s Office launched their new homepage today. This is the first step in improving overall site and database navigation and access to the City’s vast collection of legislative and archive records.

Visit the City Clerk’s Office online at http://www.seattle.gov/leg/clerk/.

“Seattle City Council is proud to enhance government access and transparency. This new web portal does just that,” stated Council President Sally J. Clark.

The City Clerk’s homepage features a slide show of civic and historical education campaigns and a live feed of the City Clerk’s blog entries, including access to summaries of legislation recently passed by the Council. This new design follows a similar layout of the City Council’s www.seattle.gov/council homepage, which brands the City of Seattle’s Legislative Department.

“We are pleased to share the updated homepage featuring user-friendly access standards and infrastructure improvements,” stated Seattle City Clerk Monica Martinez Simmons. “The Clerk’s Office is the front line for legislation, records and archives access. We look forward to better serving our residents and community stakeholders.”

Seattle City Council meetings are cablecast and Webcast live on Seattle Channel 21 and on the City Council’s website. Copies of legislation, Council meeting calendar, and archives of news releases can be found on the City Council website. Follow the Council on Twitter and on Facebook.



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