Month: October 2012

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Legislation approved September 17, 2012, and filed with the City Clerk

PDF copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 123955 C.B. 117571 AN ORDINANCE vacating a portion of Broad Street between Taylor Avenue North and 6th Avenue North, initiated by Resolution 31374 and as reflected in Clerk File 312319; accepting a Deed for Street Purposes from an escrow account [...]

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New Parks Policy

I'm glad that the community members I worked with in 1998 have continued to monitor the issue and have found a way to negotiate a better approach while also not compromising on public safety and fair access to our parks for all.

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A Week in Regional Policy

Councilmembers have a lot of responsibilities at City Hall – serving on and Chairing Committees, writing legislation, responding to constituents and handling complaints, thinking, writing, and talking with each other about major issues, and so forth.  But we also have specific responsibilities in the region – most of us serve on several regional entities, and [...]

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It Takes a City

Mayor Mike McGinn delivered his proposed 2013-14 budget to the Seattle City Council on Monday afternoon Sept. 24. It was his third budget message and, partly because times are better and city revenues not so constrained as they were in the grim years of the Great Recession, this message was more favorably received than in [...]

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Sign up NOW for classes at Belltown Community Center

When Councilmember Richard Conlin advocated for locating a community center in Belltown in 1998, this is the kind of response he heard, “Well, it may be a swell idea, but you’ll never site it.” And indeed, as a result of his persistent efforts to get the proposed facility included in the 1999 Community Centers and [...]

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Legislation approved September 10, 2012, and filed with the City Clerk

PDF copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 123977 C.B. 117573 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Ord. 123978 C.B. 117572 AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Sections 23.44.010 and 23.44.012 of the Seattle Municipal Code to [...]

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Mayor’s 2013-2014 Budget in Recovery Mode

On Monday, September 24, Mayor McGinn submitted his 2013-2014 budget proposal to the Council, and the Council will spend the next two months reviewing and modifying it.  We are legally required to adopt a budget for 2013 by December 1.  Under the two-year budget cycle, we also “endorse” a budget for 2014, which will go [...]