Month: May 2012

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Action Summary, Tuesday 5/29/12

  The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE: 1. Resolution 31379 ADOPTED (9 – 0) Stating The City of Seattle’s opposition to transporting coal across Washington State and through Seattle due to negative health impacts and negative impacts to the Earth’s climate.         PLANNING, [...]

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Seattle City Council passes resolution opposing transportation of coal through Seattle

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Today the Seattle City Council unanimously passed Resolution 31379 stating Seattle’s opposition to the transportation of coal through Seattle. The resolution highlights the negative impacts on the climate as well as regional impacts on human health and rail and freight traffic from the significant increase in coal trains that would run through Seattle.

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Legislation approved 5/7/2012 and filed with the City Clerk

PDF copies of the original signed documents are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 123879 C.B. 117445 AN ORDINANCE relating to security from terrorism; authorizing the City to partner with the Port of Tacoma to receive financial assistance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office for State and Local Government Coordination and [...]

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Hope Amid Violence

Seattle police commanders briefed the Council this morning about the recent surge in gun violence the city has experienced. I know our officers and detectives are working hard to solve these crimes and prevent others before they occur. At the...

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Seattle City Council sets review schedule for SODO arena proposal

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The City Council’s Government Performance and Finance Committee today released its tentative review schedule for the proposed sports arena in Sodo partially funded by City bonds. The dates and times of the Committee’s meetings are listed below. Other Committee business unrelated to the arena will also be heard at these meetings.

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Sound Transit TOD and Parking Policies

As I noted in an earlier post, the Sound Transit Board held a retreat in April, primarily to discuss parking policies and valuing transit oriented development (TOD).  My goal was to change Sound Transit’s perspective on these issues, and to get the Board to agree to revise long-standing policies that encouraged Sound Transit (ST) to [...]

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Seattle Science Festival: A Chance to Inspire Girls and Women into STEM Classes and Careers

(Skip to the chase: download the Seattle Science Festival program, which incudes a detailed map of the Seattle Center grounds with the location of each exhibitor and performance stages as well as a schedule.) Having had the wonderful experience of becoming a pilot and certified flight instructor at age 50, I am an enthusiast for encouraging girls [...]