Today, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) Director Peter Hahn gave his department’s presentation (PDF) to the City Council Budget Committee. (Download the SDOT section or the entire proposed budget from the Mayor for 2013-2014 from this page – see the left navigation pane). SDOT described two categories of investment: Addressing the maintenance backlog (street repair, bridge maintenance and [...]
Month: October 2012
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October 2, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Budget thoughts.
How best to turn Seattle’s always-limited resources into efficient services over the next two years? That’s the question my Council colleagues and I deal with this fall as we examine the 2013-2014 proposed City budget. The process started for City Council last Monday. In a rare Seattle moment of required protocol, Councilmember Harrell and I [...]
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October 2, 2012January 6, 2023City Clerk
Legislation approved September 4, 2012, and filed with the City Clerk
PDF copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 123954 C.B. 117538 AN ORDINANCE related to cable television; approving the transfer of the controlling interest in WaveDivision Holdings, LLC, parent company of WaveDivision I, LLC, holder of a nonexclusive Seattle cable franchise, to Oak Hill Capital Partners III, L.P., [...]
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October 1, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Arts Crush + Day of Ideas
October offers a month of arts happenings...
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October 1, 2012January 6, 2023City Clerk
Archives Find of the Month: McMahon’s New York Circus, 1892
In preparation for what would be his third summer setting up shop in Seattle, John McMahon purchased a circus license from the city for $50. The license gave him permission for two performances of his McMahon’s New York Circus, on May 14 and 15, 1892. From what we can tell, the May 14 performance went [...]
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October 1, 2012January 6, 2023City Clerk
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Jeanette Williams championed rights for women, people of color and the disabled. Although the Washington State Legislature passed laws in 1967 and in 1971 (RCW 70.92 and RCW 7092A) requiring public buildings and public accommodations be built with barrier-free design to accommodate the disabled, the regulations were rarely enforced. Stating that the disabled are “the [...]
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October 1, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Oct 8 deadline for Small & Simple Projects Neighborhood Matching Fund
The deadline for the fall round of applications to the Neighborhood Matching Fund’s Small and Simple Projects Fund is a week away. The Small and Simple Projects Fund provides matching funds of up to $20,000 to support community members as they work together to build a stronger and healthier neighborhood through civic participation. It is a program [...]
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October 1, 2012January 6, 2023City Clerk
Action Summary, Monday, 10/1/12
The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. Councilmember Tom Rasmussen and Councilmember Richard Conlin excused. TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: 1. Council Bill 117599 PASSED (7 – 0) Vacating a portion of Westlake Avenue between Pine Street and 4th Avenue, on the petition of the Seattle Department of Parks and [...]
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October 1, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw, Councilmember Burgess, Councilmember Godden, Councilmember Licata, News Releases
Seattle City Council approves rental housing inspection legislation
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This Seattle City Council voted today (5-0) to approve rental housing inspection legislation, improving living conditions for Seattle’s more than approximately 269,000 renters occupying 147,000 rental units. Council Bill 117569 provides a multi-faceted approach to addressing Seattle’s sub-standard housing through a registration and inspection program.
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October 1, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw, News Releases
Join the Seattle City Council’s “Sallys” for coffee and conversation
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Seattle City Councilmembers Sally J. Clark and Sally Bagshaw will be in the Bitter Lake neighborhood in October to speak with members of the community.
The October "Coffee with Sallys" conversation hour will be held in the Family Room at the Bitter Lake Community Center on Saturday, October 13, from 9 – 10:30 a.m. The coffee chat is open to everyone and the Councilmembers will listen and speak with Seattleites about local issues in an informal setting.