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City Councilmembers today announced the public hearing date to discuss a proposed 30-year property tax bond measure of $290 million to provide public safety and protection of the Central Waterfront and related public infrastructure. The measure under consideration would be on the November 6, 2012 General Election ballot. The 30-year bond for $290 million would cost the owner of a $360K home about $59 per year.
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Sound Transit Board Member and Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin will propose a coordinated access strategy for the Northgate Link Light Rail Station at the Sound Transit Capital Committee on Thursday, June 14, 1:30 p.m. at 401 South Jackson Street. The proposal will commit Sound Transit to:...
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Seattle City Councilmembers Sally J. Clark and Sally Bagshaw will be in the Madison Park neighborhood this weekend, as their monthly outreach event returns.
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Seattle City Councilmembers today joined Gov. Chris Gregoire, state, port and local officials in breaking ground for the launch pit for the tunnel boring machine for the Alaskan Way Viaduct (AWV) replacement project. ...
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Councilmember Bruce Harrell, chair of the Seattle City Council’s Public Safety, Civil Rights and Technology Committee, will hold a meeting on Wednesday to talk about how to stop the violence in our community and examining the causes or trends of recent violence.
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The Seattle City Council's Government Performance and Finance Committee will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 6 to receive comments on Council Bill 117465, which calls for an increase in the taxicab meter rate and an increase in the flat rate from downtown Seattle to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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Do you have a question for the City Council? What are city leaders doing to address the rise in gun violence? How can residents voice their opinion on the proposed NBA/NHL arena? Whatever your questions, submit them now.
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Today the Seattle City Council unanimously passed Resolution 31379 stating Seattle’s opposition to the transportation of coal through Seattle. The resolution highlights the negative impacts on the climate as well as regional impacts on human health and rail and freight traffic from the significant increase in coal trains that would run through Seattle.
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The City Council’s Government Performance and Finance Committee today released its tentative review schedule for the proposed sports arena in Sodo partially funded by City bonds. The dates and times of the Committee’s meetings are listed below. Other Committee business unrelated to the arena will also be heard at these meetings.
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The City of Seattle today promoted a new program to help provide residents with some relief from the high cost of prescription medications...