The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.
No absences.
HOUSING, HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE:
1. COUNCIL BILL 117402 PASSED AS AMENDED (9 – 0)
Relating to a grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the purpose of implementing the Neighborhood Equitable Transit Oriented Development (NET) Initiative, a three year effort to implement priorities identified in the Rainier Valley and Beacon Hill neighborhood plans; authorizing acceptance of the grant funds; authorizing related agreements and actions; amending the 2012 Adopted Budget by creating a new Budget Control Level (BCL) for the purposes of the NET Initiative and providing an appropriation for the new BCL; and ratifying and confirming prior acts; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE:
2. CLERK FILE 311670 GRANTED AS CONDITIONED (9 – 0)
Petition of the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation to vacate a portion of Westlake Avenue between Pine Street and Fourth Avenue currently improved and operating as a portion of Westlake Park, bounded by the south margin of Pine Street, a line 20 feet west of and parallel to the east margin of Westlake Avenue, the east margin of Fourth Avenue, and the east margin of Westlake Park.
3. COUNCIL BILL 117387 PASSED (9 – 0)
Relating to the Seattle Streetcar; authorizing execution of a construction contract for the First Hill Streetcar Project; authorizing an amendment to an agreement with the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority to revise the invoicing schedule for the Project; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:
4. COUNCIL BILL 117397 PASSED (9 – 0)
Relating to the North Downtown electrical substation, distribution network, and associated transmission improvements in the South Lake Union Urban Center; removing two budget provisos that limit spending of appropriations in the 2009 Adopted Budget; adding a new project and revising project allocations for certain projects in the 2012-2017 Adopted CIP; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
5. COUNCIL BILL 117414 PASSED (9 – 0)
Relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the Superintendent or his designee to enter into two temporary tieback easement agreements with Plymouth Housing Group and Yale Partners, LLC that contain indemnity provisions on portions of Lots 11 through 16, Block 13, Pontius Fourth Addition to the City of Seattle, according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 7 of Plats, Page 8, records of King County, Washington; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts
PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE:
6. CLERK FILE 312139 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Appointment of Ellen Cecil as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
7. CLERK FILE 312140 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Appointment of Benjamin A. Smith as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
8. CLERK FILE 312141 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Appointment of Laird H. Bennion as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
9. CLERK FILE 312142 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Appointment of Ric Cochrane as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
10. CLERK FILE 312143 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Appointment of Gundula Proksch as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
11. CLERK FILE 312144 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Reappointment of Tony Case as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
12. CLERK FILE 312145 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Reappointment of Salone Habibuddin as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
13. CLERK FILE 312146 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Reappointment of Myer J. Harrell as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
14. CLERK FILE 312147 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Reappointment of Joseph Hurley as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
15. CLERK FILE 312148 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Reappointment of Dawn Bushnaq as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
16. CLERK FILE 312149 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Reappointment of Gabriel F. Grant as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
17. CLERK FILE 312150 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Reappointment of Ted C. Panton as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
18. CLERK FILE 312151 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Reappointment of Samuel E. Cameron as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
19. CLERK FILE 312152 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Reappointment of Michele (Mike) F. DeLilla as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
20. CLERK FILE 312153 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Reappointment of Jill Kurfirst as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
21. CLERK FILE 312154 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Reappointment of Pragnesh Parikh as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2014.
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:
22. COUNCIL BILL 117395 PASSED (9 – 0)
Relating to the 2011 Families and Education Levy; approving an implementation and evaluation plan as required by Ordinance 123567; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.