I’m very much looking forward to tomorrow’s Neighbor Appreciation Day. I’d have to say it’s my favorite Day of the year. I helped organize and will be participating in a clean up project along the Waterfront. I would love to see you there! We’ll meet at 9 a.m. (hopefully in great weather at the Alaskan Sourdough Bakery [...]
Category: Councilmember Bagshaw
Toughening encroachment enforcement, talking CSOs, and catching up with Parks: Committee Wrap up
Today in the Parks and Neighborhoods Committee meeting, we did the following: Passed two pieces of legislation on to full council, Held a public hearing on the partial transfer of jurisidiction of two pieces of subterranean property from Parks to SPU, Heard from our wonderful Parks Trusts volunteers, and Got caught up on events and [...]
Ratifying a little bit of aloha spirit in West Seattle – Marination Ma Kai at Seacrest Boathouse
This week in committee we’ll be looking at a six-year concessions agreement between DPR and Marination LLC (C.B. 117704) to manage and operate the Marination restaurant and boat and recreation equipment rental facility at Seacrest Park – a hidden jewel in West Seattle. Marination Ma Kai (which means, in Hawaiian, in the direction of the [...]
Tonight: Join the conversation about campaign finance reform
At Council we’re talking about how to improve our elections and how campaigns are financed. Everyone can agree that we want interested people to be involved and yes, run for office if that’s their calling. But we go about this reform is a complicated puzzle with many pieces. Financing local elections is just one of those pieces. In November [...]
The opportunity is yours: Ask City Councilmembers your questions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1/29/2013
Councilmember Sally Bagshaw
Councilmember Tim Burgess
Councilmember Mike O'Brien
The opportunity is yours: Ask City Councilmembers your questions
Councilmembers Bagshaw, Burgess and O'...
Our latest Public Health crisis — and what we can do to get well.
Another domestic dispute – and again — people were shot and killed in Seattle. One more family fight, tempers and guns involved, more deaths. Add these to the statistics we know nationwide from the latest annual data: 12,179 people murdered. 18,223 people committed suicide. 592 people killed accidentally. 326 killed by police intervention. 273 died [...]
Public invited to comment on memorandums of understanding related to renovation of Seattle’s Central Waterfront
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1/28/2013
Council President Sally J. Clark
Councilmember Sally Bagshaw
Councilmember Tim Burgess
Councilmember Richard Conlin
Councilmember Jean Godden
Councilmember Bruce Harrell
Councilmemb...
How to participate in Neighbor Appreciation Day
Saturday, February 9, 2013, is Seattle’s 19th annual celebration of Neighbor Appreciation Day. Neighbor Appreciation Day began in 1995 when Phinney Ridge activist Judith Wood suggested that the City designate “a special day to celebrate the goodness in those around us and to reach out and strengthen our bonds to each other.” Then-Mayor Norm Rice [...]
Sea level rise will bring flooding to parts of Seattle by 2050
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1/14/2013
Council President Sally J. Clark
Councilmember Sally Bagshaw
Councilmember Tim Burgess
Councilmember Richard Conlin
Councilmember Jean Godden
Councilmember Bruce Harrell
Councilmember Nick...
Take action for parks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day/Day of Service
I would like to highly recommend that on January 21, you consider spending a day ON (instead of taking a day off) volunteering with the Green Seattle Partnership. Here’s a calendar of events taking place around the city over the entire MLK Day weekend. Last year on this occasion I participated in Green Seattle Partnership’s [...]