Author: City Clerk (City Clerk)

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Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar June 18, 2012

Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar June 18, 2012 BY BURGESS 1. C.B. 117496 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Committee referral: Full Council BY RASMUSSEN 2. C.B. 117497 AN ORDINANCE relating to the Transit Corridor Projects project; removing restrictions in the 2012 Adopted Budget that [...]

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Action Summary, Monday 06/11/12

  The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.   Councilmember Mike O’Brien excused from meeting.   FULL COUNCIL: 1. Clerk File 308766 GRANTED (8 – 0) Full Unit Lot Subdivision Application of Victor Wu for Goodhue Development, to subdivide one parcel into 26 unit lots, at 13727 [...]

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Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar June 11, 2012

Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar June 11, 2012 Revised 6/11/12 BY BURGESS 1. C.B. 117488 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Committee referral: Full Council BY RASMUSSEN 2. C.B. 117489 AN ORDINANCE relating to a pedestrian skybridge over and across the alley between 3rd Avenue [...]

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Action Summary, Monday 6/4/12

Councilmember Nick Licata and Councilmember Tim Burgess excused. GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE: 1.  Council Bill 117471 PASSED (7 – 0) Relating to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services Mutual and Offsetting Benefit (MOB) properties; removing a budget proviso that restricts the expenditure of appropriations in the 2012 Budget for roof repairs on six [...]

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Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar June 4, 2012

Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar June 4, 2012 BY BURGESS 1. C.B. 117482 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Committee referral: Full Council BY RASMUSSEN 2. C.B. 117483 AN ORDINANCE relating to term permits for sustainable building features that support sustainable building practices in public [...]

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The History of Seattle’s Pride Parade

Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week June 24-30, 1974, with a variety of activities at private and public venues around the city. Mayor Uhlman gave the event official endorsement in 1977, declaring June 25 to July 1 to be Gay Pride Week in the City of Seattle. Keith Luttenbacher, in [...]

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Let the Sun Shine in: Open Government in Seattle

“Sunshine laws” exist to ensure that the public has access to government information and policymaking in order to provide openness, transparency, and accountability.  These laws cover three major areas, election campaign disclosure, open meetings, and public records, and they exist at the federal, state, and local levels.  Washington State’s sunshine laws are considered to be [...]

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Action Summary, Tuesday 5/29/12

  The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE: 1. Resolution 31379 ADOPTED (9 – 0) Stating The City of Seattle’s opposition to transporting coal across Washington State and through Seattle due to negative health impacts and negative impacts to the Earth’s climate.         PLANNING, [...]

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Action Summary, Monday 5/21/2012

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.                                     GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE: 1. Council Bill 117466 PASSED (9 – 0) Relating to public art museum facilities; approving and authorizing the execution of certain consents and waivers in connection with the existing guarantee and reimbursement agreement with the [...]

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Action Summary, Monday 5/14/12

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. Councilmember Jean Godden excused.                                      FULL COUNCIL: 1. Resolution 31380 ADOPTED (8 – 0) Supporting a United States Constitutional Amendment to Regulate Corporate Political Spending and Campaign Financing.               TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: 2. Council Bill 117443 PASSED (8 – 0) Vacating a [...]