Author: City Clerk (City Clerk)

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Action Summary, Monday 04/16/12

 The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.  All Councilmembers Present. GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE: 1.     COUNCIL BILL 117434 PASSED (9 – 0) Relating to the City Employees’ Retirement System; amending Chapter 4.36 of the Seattle Municipal Code to clarify eligibility for membership consistent with past practice [...]

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Action Summary, Monday 04/09/2012

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.  FULL COUNCIL: 1. Council Bill 117417 PASSED (9 – 0) Relating to Human Rights; amending sections 14.04.130, 14.06.090, and 14.08.150 of the Seattle Municipal Code to revise deadlines for appeal decisions by the Human Rights Commission.          2. Resolution 31368 ADOPTED [...]

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Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar April 9, 2012

Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar April 9, 2012 BY BURGESS 1. C.B. 117442 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Committee referral: Full Council BY RASMUSSEN 2. C.B. 117443 AN ORDINANCE vacating a portion of Southwest Dakota Street between West Marginal Way Southwest and the Southwesterly [...]

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Archives Feature: Earth Day

Earth Day is celebrated globally on April 22 to shine a spotlight on environmental issues with education and action.  Attitudes about recycling, composting, and solid waste have changed significantly since the first Earth Day in 1970.  Landfills were a primary means of disposal of solid waste in Seattle through the mid-1980s. The University Dump, now [...]

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Seattle Municipal Archives Photo of the Month

Opening of Lincoln Park Swimming Pool, July 27, 1925 This pool was dug out of dirt with a retaining wall of rocks along the sides. It filled with salt water from Puget Sound. A muddy bottom and control valves that did not always contain the water eventually required a pool made of concrete and tile. [...]

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Fair Housing Month

President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Right Acts of 1968 on April 11, 1968; Title VIII of the Act is also known as the Fair Housing Act of 1968. April is known as Fair Housing Month for this reason. In Seattle, until 1968, it was legal to discriminate against minorities in [...]

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Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar April 2, 2012

Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar April 2, 2012 BY CLARK 1. C.B. 117436 AN ORDINANCE relating to notice procedures in Hearing Examiner proceedings, amending Sections 3.02.090, 3.02.100, 5.55.150, 5.55.230, 6.02.290, 6.202.310, 7.20.100, 10.07.050, 10.52.032,10.52.034, 11.16.317, 14.04.180, 14.06.120, 14.08.180, 14.10.140, 14.16.080, 15.91.006, 15.91.010, 22.206.217, 22.208.050, 22.210.150, 22.220.140, 22.920.160, 23.66.030, 23.91.006, 23.91.010, 25.02.080, 25.08.930, 25.10.540, [...]

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Action Summary, Monday 3/26/12

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2 p.m. Full Council meeting. Councilmember Tom Rasmussen excused. LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE: 1. Council Bill 117421 PASSED (8 – 0) Relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to transfer sewer infrastructure to King County; and to relinquish portions [...]

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Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar March 26, 2012

Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar March 26, 2012 BY BURGESS 1. C.B. 117429 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Committee referral: Full Council BY CONLIN 2. C.B. 117430 AN ORDINANCE related to land use, zoning and environmental review, amending Sections 23.40.006, 23.42.040, 23.42.050, 23.44.014, 23.44.041, [...]

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Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar March 19, 2012

Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar March 19, 2012 BY BURGESS 1. C.B. 117424 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Committee referral: Full Council BY CONLIN 2. C.B. 117425 AN ORDINANCE relating to regular property taxes; requesting that a special election be held concurrent with the [...]