Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar, July 15, 2013

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     BY BURGESS
1. C.B. 117835

AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof.
Committee referral: Full Council

     BY BAGSHAW
2. C.B. 117836

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the acquisition of a portion of the real property commonly known as the Port of Seattle’s West Yard; authorizing the acceptance and recording of the deed for open space, park and recreation purposes; authorizing the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy Oversight Committee to perform all functions of the 2000 Neighborhood Parks, Green Spaces, Trails, and Zoo Levy; deleting a project from the Acquisition Category and a project from the Development Category of the 2000 Neighborhood Parks, Green Spaces, Trails, and Zoo Levy; reallocating funds to the Opportunity Fund categories of the 2000 Neighborhood Parks, Green Spaces, Trails, and Zoo Levy and the 2008 Parks Levy; abandoning certain appropriations to the Department of Parks and Recreation effective as of January 1, 2013; increasing the appropriations to the Department of Parks and Recreation in the 2013 Adopted Budget; amending the 2013-2018 Adopted Capital Improvement Program; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by three–fourths vote of the City Council.
Committee referral: Parks and Neighborhoods

     BY BURGESS
3. C.B. 117837

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services; amending Ordinance 121969 regarding the grant of an easement to Puget Sound Energy for a nonexclusive easement over, under, through, across and upon a portion of the property known as the Joint Training Facility, located at 9401 Myers Way South.
Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

     BY BURGESS
4. C.B. 117838

AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment and the 2013 Adopted Budget; authorizing the execution of a collective bargaining agreement between the City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild to be effective January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2014; authorizing the execution of memoranda of understanding between the City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild; amending Ordinance 124058 by increasing appropriations to the Police Department for providing the 2012 and 2013 payments therefor; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.
Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

     BY BURGESS
5. C.B. 117839

AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment, adopting a 2013 Citywide Position List.
Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

     BY BURGESS
6. C.B. 117840

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Downtown Parking and Business Improvement Area (known as the Metropolitan Improvement District); amending Ordinance 124175 to correct a technical error in the special assessment rate schedule; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

     BY CLARK
7. C.B. 117841

AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Anhalt Apartment Building at1600 East John Street, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

     BY HARRELL
8. C.B. 117842

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Technology Matching Fund Program; making allocations and authorizing implementation of certain Technology Matching Fund projects in 2013; providing that 2013 appropriations for the Technology Matching Fund from the Cable Television Franchise Subfund and from the Information Technology Fund shall automatically carry forward into the 2014 fiscal year; that any unspent funds from an individual project may be applied to another Technology Matching Fund project; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

     BY HARRELL
9. C.B. 117843

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Office of Professional Accountability (OPA), amending the following sections of the Seattle Municipal Code: Section 3.28.810, clarifying the term of office of the OPA Director; Section 3.28.850, clarifying the term of office of the OPA Auditor; Sections 3.28.900, 3.28.905, 3.28.910 and 3.28.920, increasing the number of OPA Review Board members from seven to nine, changing the name of the board to the Independent Police Oversight Review Board, and authorizing the board to conduct a performance review of the OPA Director.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

     BY HARRELL
10. C.B. 117844

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Fire Code, adopting as the Seattle Fire Code the 2012 edition of the International Fire Code with some exceptions, amending and adding various provisions to that code; amending Section 22.600.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and repealing Sections 2-44 of Ordinance 123393.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

     BY LICATA
11. C.B. 117845

AN ORDINANCE related to City banking contracts; amending Section 3.39.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code; creating a new Section 3.39.090 of the Seattle Municipal Code; requiring the Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services to consider socially responsible banking practices when selecting vendors for depository services; and requiring periodic reports to the City Council.
Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

     BY O’BRIEN
12. C.B. 117846

AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing execution of the Boundary Power Assignment Agreement with Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, Washington, for the term of the Boundary Hydroelectric Project license granted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on March 20, 2013, 42 years.
Committee referral: Energy and Environment

     BY RASMUSSEN
13. C.B. 117847

AN ORDINANCE relating to authorizing a bike share program to be implemented in public places; and amending Sections 11.23.440 and 15.17.005 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Committee referral: Transportation

     BY HARRELL
14. Res. 31462

A RESOLUTION stating the City Council’s intent to review, analyze and consider ways to strengthen civilian oversight within the City’s police accountability system and requesting the Community Police Commission to consider recommendations from the Independent Police Oversight Review Board as part of the Commission’s review of the accountability system, as called for in the settlement agreement between the United States Department of Justice and the City of Seattle.
Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

     BY O’BRIEN
15. Res. 31463

A RESOLUTION relating to the City Light Department; establishing a ratepayer engagement process for the development of biennial revisions to the utility’s strategic plan and supporting electricity rates; outlining the roles of the Department, the City Light Review Panel, the Mayor, and the Council in that process; and establishing a schedule for regular adoption of such strategic plans and electricity rates necessary to implement them.
Committee referral: Energy and Environment

     BY LICATA
16. C.F. 313131

Appointment of Jerry L. Garcia as member, Seattle Arts Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31st, 2014.
Committee referral: Housing, Human Services, Health, and Culture