The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2 p.m. Full Council meeting
PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:
1. Council Bill 117796 (PDF Version) PASS AS AMENDED (9 – 0)
Seeking to increase public safety and job assistance through reducing criminal recidivism and enhancing positive reentries to society by prohibiting certain adverse employment actions against individuals who have been arrested, convicted, or charged with a crime; and adding Chapter 14.17 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:
2. Council Bill 117771 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
Authorizing, in 2013, acceptance of funding from non-City sources; authorizing the heads of the Seattle Fire Department, Seattle Police Department, Executive Department, Department of Planning and Development, Department of Parks and Recreation, Human Services Department, Department of Information Technology, Department of Transportation, Seattle City Light, and Seattle Public Utilities to accept specified grants and private funding and to execute, deliver, and perform corresponding agreements; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
3. Council Bill 117770 (Amendment 1) (Amendment 2) PASS AS AMENDED (9 – 0)
Related to the 2013 Budget; amending Ordinance 124058, which adopted the 2013 Budget, including the 2013-2018 Capital Improvement Program (CIP); changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; adding new projects; making cash transfers between various City funds; revising project allocations for certain projects in the 2013-2018 CIP; creating positions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE:
4. Council Bill 117775 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
Granting Apex Hotel Condominium Association of Apartment Owners permission to maintain and operate a concrete shear wall on the east side of the alley between 1st Avenue and Western Avenue, south of Bell Street for a ten-year term; renewable for two successive ten-year terms; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
5. Council Bill 117782 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
Granting King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Wastewater Treatment Division permission to construct, maintain, and operate a combined sewer overflow control system within Triton Drive Northwest as part of the existing North Beach Pump Station for an unlimited term; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; and providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions.
6. Council Bill 117783 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
Granting Saturn Building LLC permission to construct, maintain, and operate a Saturn sculpture and solar collector over Evanston Avenue North, south of North 35th Street, for a ten-year term, renewable for two successive ten-year terms; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; and providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions.
LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE:
7. Council Bill 117689 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
Relating to the Seattle Center Department; authorizing execution of a ten-year lease agreement with two five-year options to extend with Pottery Northwest, Inc., for use of space on the Seattle Center campus.
8. Council Bill 117790 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
Relating to the Seattle Center; authorizing the Seattle Center Director to execute a five year extension to an agreement with SMG, doing business as SAVOR, for the management of food and beverage services at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center.