Month: January 2012

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West Seattle Transportation Priorities

The project to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct is already having a major impact on transportation around West Seattle.  The construction detours have made it more challenging to access downtown – on the other hand, the City’s work on the Spokane Street Viaduct, specifically the new 4th Avenue ramp, has helped to mitigate that.  When [...]

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Online Seattle Municipal Code has been updated

The current online code incorporates ordinances with effective dates prior to October 29th, 2011. The most recent codified ordinance is Ordinance 123734.
http://clerk.seattle.gov/~public/toc/table.htm
This update affected subsection 3.14.920.D, amended...

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Neighborhoods take action against crime

On Monday night I joined a nighttime walk-about with the Southeast Seattle Crime Prevention Council (SSCPC), a nonprofit community group committed to addressing crime and public safety issues. Roughly 25 neighbors from the Rainier Beach, Beacon Hill, Mt. Baker, and Othello neighborhoods joined security officers from Sound Transit and Seattle Police officers from the South [...]

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Come visit us at City Hall this Saturday!

We’re having an open house this weekend at your City Hall, and I would love to invite you to attend! City Hall will be open Saturday, January 28th, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.   Please come on down and enjoy local music and food, learn about resources the City provides, meet me, my colleagues, and [...]

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Council Begins Work on Library Levy

On Monday, December 19, the Council unanimously adopted Resolution 31345, setting forth a structure, process and schedule to consider placing a Library Levy on the August 7, 2012 ballot for funding to be used in combination with existing City funding for Library operations and major maintenance.  This is the start of a four month process [...]

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Updated: Legislation of 1/9/2012 now filed with the City Clerk

PDF copies of the original signed documents are available in the database records linked below. Ord. 123808 C.B. 117383 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Ord. 123807 C.B. 117382 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering t he payment thereof. Ord. 123806 C.B. [...]

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Seattle’s Race and Social Justice Initiative wins prestigious award

News Release
The City of Seattle’s Race and Social Justice Initiative will be receiving the American Society for Public Administration’s (ASPA) 2012 Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Exemplary Practice Award on March 6, 2012. The announcement came last week (1/16/12) in recognition of the outstanding work being done by City of Seattle employees and the Seattle Office of Civil Rights to bring about a more fair, equitable and inclusive Seattle.

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Thursday Brown Bag on Climate Action Plan

This Thursday, Jan. 26, Futurewise, my office and the Office of Sustainability and Environment have teamed up to put together a brown bag discussion on the Climate Action Plan. The focus of the brown bag will be on transit oriented communities. Building homes closer to jobs while also improving street and transit infrastructure can save [...]