Tag: Development and Sustainability
Sound Transit has entered an extraordinarily busy time, with new light rail construction entering a whole new phase of activity. The connection from downtown to the University of Washington is moving towards completion; the extension to Northgate and Lynnwood is actively proceeding; light rail to Bellevue and Redmond is in design; and light rail south [...]
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Posted: February 20th, 2013 under Councilmember Conlin.
Tags: Development and Sustainability, transportation
A new King County historic preservation program is the first to fund operations, rather than projects, and will go a long way to keeping such organizations viable, especially smaller organizations.
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Posted: February 11th, 2013 under Councilmember Licata.
Tags: Development and Sustainability
The year has barely begun and already Seattle's Pike-Pine district has been desinated one of twelve top places for art in the U.S. for 2013.
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Posted: January 22nd, 2013 under Councilmember Licata.
Tags: Development and Sustainability
On Monday, December 17 the City Council approved the City’s state legislative agenda for 2013. I proposed an amendment to add a provision in support of considering the creation of a state investment trust, to “provide financing for housing development, public works infrastructure, educational infrastructure, student loans, and community quality of life projects.” This was [...]
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Posted: December 21st, 2012 under Councilmember Licata.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development, Development and Sustainability
December 13, 2012 marks the six month anniversary of the Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability (PLUS) Committee’s first discussion of the South Lake Union rezone proposal. As we enter our seventh month of analysis, it is useful to keep in mind several facts that informed the legislation and that should frame our consideration going forward. [...]
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Posted: December 12th, 2012 under Councilmember Conlin.
Tags: Development and Sustainability
Does your neighborhood have a transportation problem that needs to be addressed? The City’s Neighborhood Street Fund program is now accepting applications for the third of three rounds of funding from the Bridging the Gap (BTG) levy. Up to $4.5 million will be spent by Seattle’s Department of Transportation (SDOT) on projects selected from those [...]
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Posted: November 20th, 2012 under Councilmember Rasmussen.
Tags: Development and Sustainability
My Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability (PLUS) Committee will hold our second public hearing on the proposed South Lake Union Rezone on Wednesday, November 14, at 5:30 PM in the Council Chambers. We held an initial hearing in August, and have discussed the proposed rezone several times in Committee. The legislation is now in final [...]
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Posted: November 8th, 2012 under Councilmember Conlin.
Tags: Development and Sustainability
Returning to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce’s Regional Conference at Suncadia this past week was bittersweet for me. It was here, at this time last year, that we lost a dear friend, Senator Scott White. I was so proud that the Chamber established The Senator Scott White Regional Leadership Award, this year awarded to Rep. [...]
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Posted: October 22nd, 2012 under Councilmember Bagshaw.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development, Development and Sustainability, Seattle for WA, transportation
Last Friday I heard from SDOT that people would be able to walk across the West Thomas Street overpass by the end of the day. I haven’t had the experience of making that walk yet, but that doesn’t dampen my enthusiasm about the project’s completion. I’m so glad it’s open. The West Thomas Street Overpass [...]
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Posted: October 17th, 2012 under Councilmember Bagshaw.
Tags: Development and Sustainability, Parks, Seattle Center, transportation
As the City Council considers the comprehensive rezone legislation for South Lake Union (SLU), it will also take up legislation that will authorize and implement the ‘TDR for TIF’ program –‘Transfer of Development Rights for Tax Increment Financing’. That arcane phrase describes a way to implement growth management by protecting rural land and investing in [...]
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Posted: October 9th, 2012 under Councilmember Conlin.
Tags: Development and Sustainability
