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.