Legislation approved November 19, 2012, and filed with the City Clerk

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Ord. 124029
C.B. 117611

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Director of Finance and Administrative Services to execute a Third Amendment to the Lease and Concession Agreement between the City of Seattle and BH Music Center; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 124030
C.B. 117612

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the levy of regular property taxes by The City of Seattle for collection in 2013, representing an increase above the regular property taxes levied for collection in 2012; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 124031
C.B. 117614

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Center Department; amending Ordinance 123644 to increase and extend the term of an interfund loan to the Seattle Center Operating Fund; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 124032
C.B. 117615

AN ORDINANCE relating to the levy of property taxes; fixing the rates and/or amounts of taxes to be levied, and levying the same upon all taxable property, both real and personal, in The City of Seattle, to finance the departments and activities of City government and to provide for the general obligation bond interest and redemption requirements for the year beginning on the first day of January 2013; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 124033
C.B. 117616

AN ORDINANCE relating to the financing of the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall Replacement Program; amending Ordinance 123761 to increase the amount of an interfund loan.

Ord. 124034
C.B. 117617

AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; establishing a 2013 furlough program for certain employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements.

Ord. 124035
C.B. 117618

AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; establishing twenty-five (25) unfunded positions in the Personnel Department to be utilized by City departments to perform work that otherwise would be contracted out; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.

Ord. 124036
C.B. 117623

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; establishing the 2013-2014 fee schedule for the use of park properties and other park and recreation facilities and services; superseding previous park and recreation fee schedules; and amending Section 18.28.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Ord. 124037
C.B. 117626

AN ORDINANCE relating to fleet services, authorizing the transfer to King County of certain vehicles leased from the City by Public Health – Seattle and King County; establishing the method for determining the value of the vehicles to be transferred; authorizing the Director of Finance and Administrative Services to execute an agreement with King County in order to complete the associated transition, including refunding County funds that were originally intended to replace the vehicles being transferred, compensating the City for those vehicle assets, transferring said vehicles; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 124038
C.B. 117627

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Joint Training Facility Project; amending Ordinance 121179, as last amended by Ordinance 123481, to extend the term of an interfund loan.

Ord. 124039
C.B. 117628

AN ORDINANCE relating to animal licensing; amending Section 9.25.100, Section 9.26.020 and Section 9.26.025 in connection therewith, and adding a new Section 9.25.200 to the Seattle Municipal Code, authorizing the establishment of amnesty periods by Director’s rule.

Ord. 124040
C.B. 117629

AN ORDINANCE relating to animal regulations; changing shelter fees and regulations concerning the municipal spay and neuter clinic, and enhancing the Director’s authority relating to pet adoptions, and amending Sections 9.25.030, 9.25.045, 9.25.081, 9.26.050 and 9.26.060 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Ord. 124041
C.B. 117630

AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Center parking charges; amending Seattle Municipal Code Subsection 17.19.010.B to eliminate the distinction between event and nonevent charges and authorizing the Seattle Center Director to establish charges for daily parking based upon minimum and maximum rates.

Ord. 124042
C.B. 117631

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Center Department; adopting a fee schedule from which the Seattle Center Director is authorized to set fees for 2013 and 2014 for use of Seattle Center facilities and property; adopting policies for use of Seattle Center facilities and event related service agreements; adding a new Section 17.16.005 to the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Sections 17.16.010, 17.16.015, 17.16.020, 17.16.030, and 17.16.033 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Ord. 124043
C.B. 117633

AN ORDINANCE authorizing, in 2012, acceptance of funding from non-City sources; authorizing the heads of the Office of Sustainability and Environment, the Seattle Fire Department, and the Seattle Police Department to accept specified grants and private funding and to execute, deliver, and perform corresponding agreements; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 124044
C.B. 117636

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Building and Construction Codes, Subtitle VI Fire Code; amending Seattle Municipal Code Sections 22.602.045, 22.602.050, 22.602.070, 22.602.080, and 22.602.090, to add, delete and revise various Seattle Fire Department permit, certificate, inspection and plan review fees and related provisions.

Ord. 124045
C.B. 117637

AN ORDINANCE relating to the electric system of The City of Seattle; authorizing the issuance and sale of municipal light and power revenue bonds for the purposes of providing funds for certain additions and betterments to and extensions of the existing municipal light and power plant and system of the City, paying the costs of issuing and selling those bonds and providing for the reserve fund requirement; providing for the terms, conditions, covenants and manner of sale of those bonds; describing the lien of those bonds; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 124046
C.B. 117638

AN ORDINANCE relating to financing the solid waste system of The City of Seattle, Washington; adopting a system or plan of additions and betterments to and extensions of the solid waste system; authorizing the issuance and sale of solid waste revenue bonds, in one or more series, for the purposes of paying all or part of the cost of carrying out that system or plan, providing a bond reserve and paying the costs of issuing and selling the bonds; authorizing the execution of certain agreements relating thereto; providing for the terms, conditions, covenants and manner of sale of the bonds; describing the lien of the bonds; creating certain accounts of the City relating to the bonds; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 124047
C.B. 117646

AN ORDINANCE related to fees and charges for permits and activities of the Department of Planning and Development and related fees by other departments; amending Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 22.900A, Administration and Enforcement; Chapter 22.900B, General Provisions; Chapter 22.900C, Fees for Land Use Review; Chapter 22.900D, Fees for New and Altered Buildings and Equipment; Chapter 22.900E, Fees for Certificates and Registrations; Chapter 22.900F, Compliance and Other Inspections; and Chapter 22.900G, Fees Collected for Other Departments.

Ord. 124048
C.B. 117653

AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering t he payment thereof.

Ord. 124049
C.B. 117520

AN ORDINANCE relating to drainage services of Seattle Public Utilities (SPU); amending Section 21.33.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code to update definitions; amending Section 21.33.030 of the Seattle Municipal Code to update exemptions from drainage rates and adjust drainage rates; amending Sections 21.33.050 and 21.33.070 to clarify billing and collection procedures; and amending Section 21.76.040 of the Seattle Municipal Code to revise credits to low-income drainage customers.

Ord. 124050
C.B. 117521

AN ORDINANCE relating to wastewater services of Seattle Public Utilities; amending Section 21.28.040 of the Seattle Municipal Code to adjust the wastewater volume rate; and amending Subsection 21.76.040 A of the Seattle Municipal Code to adjust credits to low-income wastewater customers.

Ord. 124051
C.B. 117566

AN ORDINANCE relating to drainage and wastewater services of Seattle Public Utilities; adjusting wastewater and drainage rates to pass through increased treatment costs charged by King County; amending Sections 21.28.040 and 21.33.030 of the Seattle Municipal Code to reflect the adjusted rates; and amending Section 21.76.040 of the Seattle Municipal Code to adjust credits to low-income drainage and wastewater customers.

Ord. 124052
C.B. 117625

AN ORDINANCE, relating to the Seattle Department of Transportation’s Commuter Services Program; authorizing the Director of Finance and Administrative Services to adjust parking fees in the Seapark and Seattle Municipal Tower Garages in association with the Commute Trip Reduction Program’s Guaranteed Ride Home Program for City employees; establishing that such fees be lower than regular daily parking fees in those facilities; and deleting obsolete language and amending Ordinance 119758 in connection thereto.

Ord. 124053
C.B. 117632

AN ORDINANCE relating to contracting indebtedness; authorizing and providing for the issuance and sale of limited tax general obligation bonds to pay all or part of the cost of financing elements of the City’s capital improvement program, issuing and selling the bonds, and other City purposes approved by ordinance; providing for terms and sale of the bonds; creating a bond fund; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Ord. 124054
C.B. 117634

AN ORDINANCE related to the 2012 Budget; amending Ordinance 123758, which adopted the 2012 Budget, including the 2012-2017 Capital Improvement Program (CIP); creating new appropriations; changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; adding new projects; creating positions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.

Ord. 124055
C.B. 117641

AN ORDINANCE adopting the 2013 Annual Action Plan to the City of Seattle 2009 – 2012 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development, as amended; authorizing the submission of the 2013 Annual Action Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; and authorizing the Human Services Director to make changes to the Plan for certain purposes.

Ord. 124056
C.B. 117645

AN ORDINANCE relating to the solid waste system of Seattle Public Utilities; revising rates and charges for solid waste services; revising credits to low income customers for solid waste services; offering free disposal at City recycling and disposal stations to low income customers under certain conditions; revising rates for yellow pages phone book recovery fees; establishing conditions for adjustments to 2015 and 2016 solid waste rates; establishing conditions for deposits to and withdrawals from the rate stabilization account of the Solid Waste Fund; and amending Chapters 21.40, 21.76 and 6.255 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Ord. 124057
C.B. 117652

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Firefighters’ Pension Fund established under RCW 41.16; amending Ordinance 117216 as last amended by Ordinance 123459 to continue the suspension of contributions to the Actuarial Account for an additional two years through 2014, requesting a study of investment options for the Actuarial Account, and clarifying the City Finance Director’s authority to invest funds in the account.

Ord. 124058
C.B. 117647

AN ORDINANCE adopting a budget, including a capital improvement program and position modifications, for The City of Seattle for 2013; creating positions exempt from civil service; all by a two-thirds vote of the City Council.

Ord. 124059
C.B. 117644

AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; directing the transfer of certain funds in the Light Fund into the Rate Stabilization Account in 2012.

Res. 31415

A RESOLUTION endorsing a budget and position modifications for The City of Seattle for 2014.

Res. 31416

A RESOLUTION approving revisions made as of September 27, 2012 to the City of Seattle Disaster Readiness and Response Plan.

Res. 31417

A RESOLUTION setting the public hearing on the petition of City Investors XX, LLC for the vacation of a portion of the alley in Block 93 D.T. Denny’s Addition to North Seattle in the South Lake Union area of Seattle; pursuant to Chapter 35.79 Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) 15.62 (Clerk File 312425).