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Action Summary, Monday 2/4/13

  The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2 p.m. Full Council meeting.   ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:   1. Council Bill 117695 PASS (9 – 0)   Relating to the City Light Department, amending SMC 21.49.086.G relating to the operation of the Rate Stabilization Account.              2. Council Bill 117690 PASS [...]

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Action Summary, Monday 1/28/13

The following is a summation of Council actions at Monday’s 2 p.m. Full Council meeting.               PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE: 1. RESOLUTION 31418 ADOPTED (9 – 0) Related to the Comprehensive Plan, stating the City’s intent to work with communities to review and implement neighborhood plans in the Neighborhood Planning Element of the [...]

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Action Summary, Tuesday 1/22/13

Councilmember Sally Bagshaw excused.   The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2 p.m. Full Council meeting FULL COUNCIL: 1. Council Bill 117585 PASSED (8 – 0) Relating to the Seattle Shoreline Master Program; amending the Seattle Comprehensive Plan provisions in the Shoreline District; repealing Chapter 23.60 of the Seattle Municipal Code [...]

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Full Council Action Summary, Monday 1/14/13

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2 p.m. Full Council meeting. FULL COUNCIL: 1. Resolution 31423 ADOPTED (9 – 0) Declaring the support of the Seattle City Council for passage of the Seattle School District’s Proposition 1 Operations Levy and Proposition 2 Building Excellence IV Capital Levy, on the February 12, [...]

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Action Summary, Monday 12/10/12

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. Councilmember Tom Rasmussen excused.      PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE: 1. Council Bill 117601 PASSED (8 – 0) Relating to land use and zoning, amending Sections 23.49.011, 23.49.013, 23.49.014, and 23.49.181 of the current Seattle Land Use Code (SMC, Title [...]

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Action Summary, Monday 12/03/12

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.  PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE: 1. Council Bill 117658 PASSED (9 – 0) Relating to the Department of Neighborhoods; authorizing implementation of certain Neighborhood Matching Fund projects in 2012, and specifying that 2012 appropriations for the Neighborhood Matching Subfund shall carry [...]

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Action Summary, Monday 11/26/12

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.  Councilmember Mike O’Brien Excused.   PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE: 1. Clerk File 312596 CONFIRMED (8 – 0) Reappointment of Gordon Bradley as member, Urban Forestry Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 1, 2015.             2. Clerk File [...]

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Action Summary, Monday 11/13/12

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. Councilmember Sally Bagshaw excused. FULL COUNCIL: 1. Clerk File 312571 CONFIRMED (8 – 0) Appointment of Robert R. Foxcurran as member, Landmarks Preservation Board, for a term of confirmation to September 1, 2013.    2. Clerk File 312572 CONFIRMED (8 – [...]

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Bernie Whitebear, Native American Leader

For most of his life, activist and community leader Bernie Whitebear (1937-2000) of the Lakes Tribe (one of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation) worked for social change and justice for the native people of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Whitebear made many contributions to improving rights for Native Americans in Seattle and, in these [...]

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Action Summary, Monday 10/15/12

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. No absences.  GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE: 1. Council Bill 117548 PASSED (7 – 2, Clark, Rasmussen Opposed) Relating to campaign contribution limits; amending Sections 2.04.370, 2.04.375, and 2.04.480 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and mandating that the Seattle Ethics [...]