PDF copies of the original signed documents are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 123877 C.B. 117438 AN ORDINANCE relating to the business license tax and other taxes; amending the tax code to allow a deduction for grants, contracts and sub-awards received as compensation for or to support life sciences research and development; [...][More]

Here's the latest on towing laws in Seattle[More]

I was on Seattle Channel’s Inside/OUt: Council Edition last week with my colleagues Councilmembers Tim Burgess and Nick Licata. We discussed the May Day demonstrations, the proposed SODO sports arena, my ideas for some elections reform and more. [More]

Commute Seattle, a not-for-profit transportation service organization working to provide alternatives to drive-alone commuter trips in an effort to improve access to and mobility through downtown Seattle. Commute Seattle’s ambitious goal is to shift to 35,000 daily drive-alone commute trips to transit, cycling, walking and ridesharing by 2015.[More]

The current online code now incorporates ordinances with effective dates prior to February 22nd, 2012. The most recent codified ordinance is Ordinance 123826. http://clerk.seattle.gov/~public/toc/table.htm Ordinance Number Amendments made 123809 Amended §§ 23.22.100, 23.24.040, 23.24.046, 23.28.030, 23.44.010, 23.44.012; added § 23.41.012.B.23 123816 Amended §§ 23.34.010.B, 23.47A.005, zoning maps 42– 44, 60, 61, 102; added § 23.47A.009.D [...][More]

     BY BURGESS 1. C.B. 117467 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Committee referral: Full Council      BY GODDEN 2. C.B. 117468 AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to sign and to fulfill the obligations in a Consent Decree [...][More]

On Wednesday, May 9, the Council’s Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability Committee (PLUS) agreed to a revised proposal developed by the Seattle Planning Commission that adds portions of the City to the area already exempt from minimum parking requirements.  The action is part of a larger package of regulatory reforms designed to stimulate economic activity [...][More]

PDF copies of the original signed documents are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 123875 C.B. 117439 AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights relating to sewer facility easements within the campus of the University of Washington as being surplus to City utility needs; authorizing the Director of [...][More]

Next steps: Develop legislation reflecting committee direction[More]

This blog features highlights from the Parks and Neighborhoods committee meeting of May 3, 2012. (See the meeting on video instead.) We started committee last week with a discussion of Department of Neighborhood’s PACE program, which I wrote about at the time, so I won’t repeat it here. I’m looking forward to dropping in on [...][More]