Action Summary of the Seattle City Council
Full Council Meeting
Monday, March 30, 2015
No absences.
FULL COUNCIL
1. CB118330 PASSED AS AMENDED (9-0)
AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; amending Ordinance 123256 to clarify the role of and support for the City Light Review Panel.
PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
2. Res 31573 ADOPTED AS AMENDED (9-0)
A RESOLUTION expressing the Seattle City Council’s opposition to Trade Promotion Authority (“Fast Track”) and strong concerns about draft elements of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
3. CB118310 PASSED AS AMENDED (9-0)
AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Sections 23.42.054, 23.54.015, 23.76.004, 23.76.006, 23.76.032, and 23.84A.038 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adding new Section 23.42.056; to permit transitional encampments for homeless individuals as an interim use on City-owned or private property.
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, HUMAN SERVICES AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY
4. CB118325 PASSED (9-0)
AN ORDINANCE relating to unsheltered homelessness; lifting a budget proviso imposed on Finance General’s Reserves Budget Control Level; changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; making cash transfers between various City funds; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
5. CB 118349 PASSED (9-0)
AN ORDINANCE relating to incentivizing regional partners to develop homeless shelters; lifting a budget proviso imposed on Finance General’s Reserves Budget Control Level; changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; making cash transfers between various City funds; and amending Ordinance 124648, which adopted the 2015 Budget, including the 2015-2020 Capital Improvement Program.
ENERGY
6. CB 118351 PASSED (9-0)
AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; accepting various easements for overhead and underground electrical rights in King County, Washington; placing said easements under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
7. CB 118352 PASSED (9-0)
AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; accepting various easements for overhead and underground electrical rights in King County, Washington; placing said easements under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
FINANCE AND CULTURE COMMITTEE
8. CB 118346 PASSED (9-0)
AN ORDINANCE relating to contracting indebtedness; amending Ordinance 124125 to increase the authorized amount of interfund loans for the Alaskan Way Seawall Replacement Project; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
9. CB 118354 PASSED (9-0)
AN ORDINANCE granting Columbia Center Property LLC permission to continue to maintain and operate a pedestrian tunnel under and across 5th Avenue, south of Columbia Street, and under and across Columbia Street, east of 5th Avenue, 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; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
10. Appt 00037 CONFIRMED (9-0)
Reappointment of Joanne Donohue as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to April 1, 2017.
11. Appt 00038 CONFIRMED (9-0)
Reappointment of Paul Muldoon as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to April 1, 2017.
12. Appt 00039 CONFIRMED (9-0)
Appointment of David Amiton as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to May 30, 2016.
13. Appt 00041 CONFIRMED (9-0)
Appointment of Catherine E. Morrison as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to April 1, 2017.
14. Appt 00042 CONFIRMED (9-0)
Appointment of Gordon Padelford as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to April 1, 2017.