The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2 p.m. Full Council meeting.
No Absences.
FULL COUNCIL:
1. Resolution 31443 (PDF Version) ADOPTED AS AMENDED (9 – 0)
Stating the City of Seattle’s opposition to any action by the Food and Drug Administration to approve genetically engineered salmon.
LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE:
2. Council Bill 117754 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
Relating to the Seattle Center Department; authorizing execution of an agreement with Northwest Folklife for the presentation of the annual Northwest Folklife Festival at Seattle Center.
3. Clerk File 312948 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Appointment of Walter L. Reese as member, Seattle Public Utilities’ Customer Review Panel, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014.
4. Clerk File 312949 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Appointment of Laura C. Lippman as member, Seattle Public Utilities’ Customer Review Panel, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014.
5. Clerk File 312950 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Appointment of Tara Luckie as member, Seattle Public Utilities’ Customer Review Panel, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014.
6. Clerk File 312951 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Appointment of Bruce C. Lorig as member, Seattle Public Utilities’ Customer Review Panel, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014.
7. Clerk File 312952 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Appointment of Suzanne M. Burke as member, Seattle Public Utilities’ Customer Re view Panel, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014.
8. Clerk File 312953 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Appointment of Carl Pierce as member, Seattle Public Utilities’ Customer Review Panel, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014.
9. Clerk File 312954 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Appointment of Noel F. Miller as member, Seattle Public Utilities’ Customer Review Panel, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014
10. Clerk File 312955 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Appointment of David F. Layton as member, Seattle Public Utilities’ Customer Review Panel, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014.
11. Clerk File 312956 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
Appointment of Robert K. Ho as member, Seattle Public Utilities’ Customer Review Panel, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014.
PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:
12. Council Bill 117750 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
Relating to grant funds from the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance; authorizing the Mayor or his designee to execute related agreements; increasing an appropriation in the 2013 Adopted Budget for the Police Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts, all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.
13. Council Bill 117763 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
Relating to youth employment and mentoring programs; changing appropriations to the Department of Neighborhoods, Department of Parks and Recreation and Human Services Department; and removing a proviso in Ordinance 124058.
PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE:
14. Council Bill 117758 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
Relating to the Bell Street Park Boulevard Development Project and the 2008 Parks and Green Space Levy; reallocating funding from the Neighborhood Park Acquisition Subcategory to the Neighborhood Parks and Playgrounds Development Subcategory of the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy; increasing appropriations to the Department of Parks and Recreation in the 2013 Ad opted Budget; and amending the 2013-2018 Adopted Capital Improvement Program; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.
15. Council Bill 117761 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
Related to Structured Teen Programming; lifting a budget proviso imposed on the Department of Parks and Recreation’s Recreation Facilities and Programs Budget Control Level in 2013 for structured teen programming and amending Ordinance 124058, which adopted the 2013 budget.
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Seattle City Council
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