Mayor, Chief herald UIHI Report findings as ‘stark’, ‘staggering’ SEATTLE – Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle), Chair of the Council’s Civic Development, Public Assets, and Native Communities Committee, convened today’s briefing on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls (MMIWG) report today, which pointed to the ‘obvious and urgent need’ to close...
Category: Councilmember Juarez
Home » Councilmember Juarez » Page 3
Post
April 18, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez, Juarez, News Releases
Councilmember Juarez’s Committee Advances Library Levy
Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle), Chair of the Select Committee on the Library Levy, passed the library levy out of committee yesterday with her Council colleagues in a 7-0 vote. The library levy will go before the Full Council on Monday, April 22 during its regularly-scheduled meeting. “Since 1890, the Seattle Public Library...
Post
January 28, 2019January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez, Juarez, News Releases
Councilmember Juarez and Mayor Durkan Celebrate Formation of Waterfront LID
Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle), Chair of the Civic Development, Public Assets and Native Communities Committee, and the Seattle City Council approved by a 8-0 vote a package of legislation establishing the Waterfront Local Improvement District (LID). The package of legislation included an ordinance establishing the formation of the Waterfront LID, an operations...
Post
December 4, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Harrell, Councilmember Juarez, Harrell, Juarez, News Releases
Councilmember Juarez, President Harrell Celebrate Approval of NHL Expansion Team in Seattle
Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle) and Council President Bruce Harrell (District 2 South Seattle), Co-Chairs of the Select Committee on Civic Arenas, issued the following statements after the NHL Board of Governors approved an expansion in Seattle, which will bring a hockey team in 2021. The team will play in the soon-to-be renovated...
Post
November 20, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez
2019-2020 Budget Wins for D5!
In the nearly two months since Mayor Durkan delivered her proposed budget to the city council on September 24th, 2018, I have worked every day fighting for funding for crucial projects in District 5. As part of my commitment to bring City Hall to you, I worked with the D5 Community Network to put on […]
Post
November 13, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez
“Stop the Bleed” Trainings and Stations Coming to D5!
Thank you to Sandy Motzer, Susanna Cunningham, Ann Forest for all of their hard work to share Stop the Bleed training and tools in North Seattle! They installed life-saving “Stop the Bleed” stations in the Lake City Community Center and the Meadowbrook Community Center, thanks to a $5,000 Neighborhood Matching Fund award they applied for […]
Post
September 25, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez
Mayor’s Budget Proposal and D5 Community Network Budget Discussion
Hello D5, Yesterday Mayor Durkan released her 2019-2020 Proposed Budget. While I am excited that many of the District 5 investments we have advocated for are included in this budget proposal, I will be working over the next few weeks to address a few crucial gaps in services and program funding for our neighborhoods. I […]
Post
September 24, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Harrell, Councilmember Juarez, Harrell, Juarez, News Releases
Council Votes to Approve OVG’s Plans to Renovate Arena
ArenaCo. arrangement ‘unprecedented’, uses no public funding The Seattle City Council approved final transactions documents by a vote of 8-0 to fully renovate the Arena at Seattle Center and formally approve Oak View Group’s (OVG) plan to privately finance. Taken together, the two ordinances – CB 119344 which revises use of the admissions tax;...
Post
September 11, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez
Homeless Encampments Update
Hello D5, Over the last few weeks my office has received about thirty emails and calls regarding unauthorized homeless encampments at the Lake City Post Office/Grocery Outlet and the Kingfisher Natural Area along Thornton Creek. On behalf of my constituents I have reached out to the City’s Navigation Team, and they have responded to both […]
Post
May 14, 2018January 6, 2023Bagshaw, Councilmember Bagshaw, Councilmember Harrell, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Juarez, Councilmember Mosqueda, Harrell, Johnson, Juarez, Mosqueda, News Releases
Seattle Council Passes Tax on Business to Help Address Homelessness
Following more than five months of deliberation, the Seattle City Council passed an ordinance related to taxation, intended to help address homelessness. The amended proposal establishes an annual tax of $275 per full time employee on the City’s largest businesses, those with revenues of more than $20 million (about 3% of all businesses). The measure...