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Month: April 2012
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April 30, 2012January 6, 2023City Clerk
Action Summary, Monday, 4/30/12
The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. Councilmember Richard Conlin excused. FULL COUNCIL: 1. Resolution 31351 HELD UNTIL MAY 7 Adopting a policy framework for City Light rate setting objectives, rate design policies, and marginal cost allocation among customer classes. 2. Council Bill 117438 PASSED AS AMENDED [...]
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April 30, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Gardens of Democracy
Local authors Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer have a second book out and it will inspire you with its roadmap to creating true community. Read this book to discover a new way to view our economic and political system and...
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April 27, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Downtown Free Ride Area Ending in September
King County Metro Transit will discontinue the Ride Free Area in Downtown Seattle on September 29, 2012. The ride free area runs from Battery Street to Jackson Street, and from Elliott Bay to 6thAvenue, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Ride Fee Area was established in 1973 as a partnership between Metro and the [...]
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April 27, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Community Center re-org report; what’s next for the Carkeek ELC and the Conservatory, and more
Parks & Neighborhoods Committee Meeting April 19 recap Our Parks and Neighborhoods committee meeting on April 19 was a briefing day. We had no legislation to consider, so we took the opportunity to get updates on some of the projects I’ve been interested in, such as how the community center reorganization has been going, what’s [...]
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April 27, 2012January 6, 2023City Clerk
Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar April 30, 2012
Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar April 30, 2012 BY BURGESS 1. C.B. 117455 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Committee referral: Full Council BY CONLIN 2. C.B. 117456 AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Sections 23.04.010, 23.34.004, 23.69.032, 23.76.004, 23.76.005, 23.76.006, 23.76.008, [...]
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April 26, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Seattle’s Economic Recovery Strategy Is Working
In the last several recessions, Seattle has lagged the national recovery, sometimes by as long as a year. But, in this recession, we are at the leading edge of recovery. Washington’s official numbers show the state’s unemployment rate at 8.2% in February, about equal to the national average – but that the Seattle area rate [...]
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April 25, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Standing Room Only Meeting of the Committee to End Homelessness and Rental Housing Inspections
This morning, the Governing Board of the Committee to End Homelessness (of which I’m a member) received a visit from a lot folks who don’t normally attend to these meetings. The group calls itself “Occupy the Committee to End Homelessness.” They are people who are concerned that since the 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness [...]
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April 25, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Let Your Voice Be Heard
Join the Seattle City Council for one of three conversations in May about the City budget and community priorities. You will engage City Councilmembers and your neighbors in conversation centered on five thought-provoking questions about the future of our City....
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April 25, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember O'Brien
Public “parklets” coming to Seattle?
(Note: This article was written for the CityBeat newsletter by our Spring policy intern, Chris Rule, who is in his second year of a Master’s program at the Evans School of Public Affairs) Visitors to 15th Ave E on Capitol Hill this Monday (4/23) got a special surprise to go with 75 degree weather. On 15th [...]