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Month: January 2012
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January 31, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata, Councilmember O'Brien, News Releases
Seattle City Councilmembers Conlin, Licata and O’Brien to appear on this month’s City Inside/Out: Council Edition
News Release:
What are the Councilmember's goals for the year? When will the plastic bag ban take effect and what will it mean for Seattleites? What should Seattle look forward to for urban farming this year? What will potential state cuts mean for the City's health and human services programs? Whatever your question, submit it now.
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January 30, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Final Roosevelt Decision Upholds Neighborhood Values
The City Council voted 7-2 (Harrell and Godden in opposition) this afternoon to approve the Roosevelt rezone proposal. The final legislation mandates landscaped setbacks at the ground level to achieve wider sidewalks and wider view corridors to the high school,...
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January 30, 2012January 6, 2023City Clerk
Action Summary for Monday, 01/30/12
The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. No absences. COMMITTEE ON THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: 1. Council Bill 117379 PASSED (7 – 2, Harrell and Godden Opposed) Relating to land use and zoning, establishing a new Station Area Overlay District, amending general locational criteria for single family...
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January 30, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Ethnic Heritage Gallery Artist Talk
This Thursday, February 2nd, 2012, the City's Ethnic Heritage Art Gallery will host an opening reception from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. for their new exhibition "Souls of Sweetness". The exhibit will run through April 15th in the 3rd Floor Gallery of Seattle’s Municipal Tower at 700 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104.
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January 27, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
More public safety tips: How to make a good 911 call
I was at the Thorton Creek Alliance (TCA) meeting for provocative community meeting last night, where neighbors had a productive conversation about public safety. Terrie Johnston, a neighborhood liaison from the Seattle Police Department’s North Precinct, spoke. The neighbors in this area are concerned – as is everyone in our city – about how to [...]
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January 27, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember O'Brien
Bring Your Questions! Town Hall Feb. 2
Live in North Seattle?
Have questions about Seattle or King County that you would like answered?
Then please join me and King County Councilmember Bob Ferguson for a Town Hall meeting at Olympic View Elementary (see map) near Northgate.
Thursday nigh...
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January 27, 2012January 6, 2023City Clerk
REVISED Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar January 30, 2012
BY BURGESS 1. C.B. 117393 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Committee referral: Full Council BY HARRELL; CO-SPONSORS BURGESS, CLARK 2. C.B. 117394 AN ORDINANCE relating to the organization of City government; creating an Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs; establishing the powers and duties of the [...]
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January 27, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Seattle Music Coming to Sea-Tac Airport
This Saturday, January 28 Sea-Tac Airport will launch the Sea-Tac Music Initiative, showcasing local music and musicians at Sea-Tac Airport. The kickoff features live music from 3-7 p.m. at the Gina Marie Lindsey Arrival Hall, at the south end of the baggage claim area. This new initiative produced is produced in collaboration with the Seattle [...]
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January 27, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Human Trafficking: The Evidence is Clear
I'm going to Olympia this afternoon to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on a package of bills related to the growing problem of human trafficking. Nicholas Kristof wrote an illuminating article yesterday in The New York Times that described...