I know we have a lot of happy visitors to Seattle and the Northwest, but sometimes I lose sight of that when reading emails from someone who received a parking ticket while here or who felt unsafe in some part of town. Once in a blue moon (literally right now), I get an email from [...]
Month: August 2012
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August 30, 2012January 6, 2023City Clerk
Alert: Temporary disruption to online services
Maintenance work in the Seattle Municipal Tower over Labor Day weekend will result in significant disruption to online services. Learn more here: Services affected in the City Clerk’s Office include: - Online Seattle Municipal Code - Ordinance, Resolution and Clerk Files databases - Seattle Municipal Archives search tools A temporary webpage will provide access to [...]
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August 28, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Help for caregivers goes unused – please help get the word out!
Last month I participated in a brown bag forum in Council Chambers that focused on caregiver issues. It was held as a special meeting of the Housing, Human Services, Health & Culture committee chaired by my colleague Councilmember Nick Licata. I was surprised to learn that King County’s services for caregivers—available through the King County [...]
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August 28, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Comprehensive Plan Amendments Advanced for Analysis
On August 13 the Council unanimously approved a resolution that advances possible Comprehensive Plan amendments for analysis and review by the Seattle Planning Commission and the Department of Planning and Development. These amendments will be considered for adoption in the spring of 2013 (state law limits the City to making general amendments to the Comprehensive [...]
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August 24, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata, News Releases
Councilmember Licata applauds new Cultural Facilities Program
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Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata issued the following statement thanking Mayor McGinn for debuting the new Cultural Facilities Program:
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August 24, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Request for Concepts: Industrial Development Pilot Program
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Today Mayor Mike McGinn, Councilmember Richard Conlin, and Council President Sally J. Clark, in partnership with King County and Washington State, launched the Industrial Development Pilot Program. The program is designed to support and grow the region’s industrial economy by providing regulatory and policy flexibility, financial incentives, and/or workforce training in support of innovative and sustainable industrial projects.
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August 24, 2012January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved August 13, 2012, and filed with the City Clerk
PDF copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 123951 C.B. 117537 AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the granting of nonexclusive easement rights to Puget Sound Energy and King County for access along and across portions of the City of Seattle’s fee-owned property in Section 29, [...]
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August 24, 2012January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation passed August 8, 2012, and filed with the City Clerk
PDF copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below. Ord. 123944 C.B. 117513 AN ORDINANCE relating to the City’s criminal code; amending and adding various sections and subsections in Chapters 12A.06 and 12A.10 of the Seattle Municipal Code to conform with changes in state law. Ord. 123945 C.B. 117526 AN [...]
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August 23, 2012January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved July 30, 2012, and filed with the City Clerk
PDF copies of the signed legislation are available through the database records linked below: Ord. 123940 C.B. 117504 AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department and authorizing the Superintendent of the City Light Department to accept on behalf of the City the new license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to operate Seattle’s Boundary [...]
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August 23, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Big Win for Police Innovation in Seattle
Very good news this week for highly focused police innovation around the policing of micro places where crime is concentrated. We received a $978,000 grant from the federal government’s Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement an innovative place-based, community-oriented youth...