Tag: Budget and Economic Development
Mayor Mike McGinn delivered his proposed 2013-14 budget to the Seattle City Council on Monday afternoon Sept. 24. It was his third budget message and, partly because times are better and city revenues not so constrained as they were in the grim years of the Great Recession, this message was more favorably received than in [...]
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Posted: October 4th, 2012 under Councilmember Godden.
Tags: Budget, Budget and Economic Development
On Monday, September 24, Mayor McGinn submitted his 2013-2014 budget proposal to the Council, and the Council will spend the next two months reviewing and modifying it. We are legally required to adopt a budget for 2013 by December 1. Under the two-year budget cycle, we also “endorse” a budget for 2014, which will go [...]
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Posted: October 3rd, 2012 under Councilmember Conlin.
Tags: Budget, Budget and Economic Development
Today, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) Director Peter Hahn gave his department’s presentation (PDF) to the City Council Budget Committee. (Download the SDOT section or the entire proposed budget from the Mayor for 2013-2014 from this page – see the left navigation pane). SDOT described two categories of investment: Addressing the maintenance backlog (street repair, bridge maintenance and [...]
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Posted: October 2nd, 2012 under Councilmember Bagshaw.
Tags: bicycling, Budget, Budget and Economic Development, Seawall, transportation
How best to turn Seattle’s always-limited resources into efficient services over the next two years? That’s the question my Council colleagues and I deal with this fall as we examine the 2013-2014 proposed City budget. The process started for City Council last Monday. In a rare Seattle moment of required protocol, Councilmember Harrell and I [...]
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Posted: October 2nd, 2012 under Councilmember Clark.
Tags: Budget, Budget and Economic Development
I am pleased that after months of discussion, we are seriously considering a new arena for our SuperSonics and potentially an NHL team. I have moved from “Really? Spend public money on yet another sports arena?” to a qualified, “Yes.” The proposed plan can work for the people and entities that concern me deeply: the City [...]
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Posted: September 24th, 2012 under Councilmember Bagshaw.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development, Environment, Seattle Center, Sports Arena
Last month, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) published final employment data for the region for 2011. They showed that Seattle has become the driver for economic recovery in the region, with employment growth far exceeding that of other areas. While total employment in the region increased by only 1% (from 1,673,000 in 2010 to [...]
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Posted: September 20th, 2012 under Councilmember Conlin.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development
About 1 in 5 renters spend more than half of their income on rent and more than half of this group have incomes less than 30% median income.
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Posted: September 19th, 2012 under Councilmember Licata.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development, Development and Sustainability, Environment, Housing, Human Services and Health
Discussions about the proposed SODO arena are ongoing between Council staff and arena proponent Chris Hansen. City Councilmember Tim Burgess noted on his blog that the Government Performance and Finance Committee he chairs will next consider the proposed Memorandum of Understanding in September. Hansen released a statement on discussions as well. Eight Councilmembers sent a [...]
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Posted: August 15th, 2012 under Councilmember Licata.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development, Sports Arena
A new program called Filmworks Innovation Lab provides $350,000 annually to fund up to 30% of a small motion picture production's budget.
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Posted: August 13th, 2012 under Councilmember Licata.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development
The City Council is considering whether it should approve public financing to support the construction of a new arena south of Safeco Field. It appears likely that constructing a new arena to bring an NBA basketball team to Seattle can be done without City participation. The land is zoned to permit its construction, and the [...]
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Posted: August 7th, 2012 under Councilmember Conlin.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development, Sports Arena
