The Seattle City Council voted today 8-0, approving C.B. 117229 creating a regulatory framework for medical cannabis operations within the City of Seattle.
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July 15, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw, Councilmember Burgess, Councilmember Godden, Councilmember Harrell, Councilmember Licata, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Rasmussen, News Releases
Seattle Transportation Benefit District Governing Board meetings scheduled to consider CTAC-III recommendation
The Seattle City Council, acting in its capacity as the Seattle Transportation Benefit District (STBD) Governing Board, will convene following the regular City Council meeting on Monday, July 18 (approximately 2:30 p.m. or immediately following the 2 p.m. Full Council meeting).
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July 6, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata, News Releases
Housing, Human Services, Health, and Culture Committee to tour
SEATTLE – Join the Seattle City Council’s Housing, Human Services, Health, and Culture Committee on Thursday, July 7 for a walking tour of the “Nickelsville” homeless person’s encampment. This tour will continue the work surrounding Resolution 31292 and homeless individuals not currently served within the existing system of shelters.
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June 23, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
UP #309 Paid Sick Leave
There are approximately 190,000 people working in Seattle without paid sick leave. If you are not one of them, why should you care? Because, if they get sick, they go to work sick handling your food, your groceries, or your personal items in your home while caring for your loved ones. And it does happen. One in four grocery workers report coming to work sick when they don’t have paid sick leave. With 78% of accommodation and food service workers, about half of retail workers, and one fourth of health care workers not earning paid sick days, chances are they are going to work sick. In King County, from 2006 to 2010 approximately 30% of recent food borne illness outbreaks (almost all due to norovirus) was linked to food handlers who worked while sick.
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April 22, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
UP #308 Preserving Pioneer Square’s Character
I am recommending that the full Council amend the South Downtown legislation to roll-back the maximum height limits in Pioneer Square to the maximum height limit of 120 feet as proposed by DPD, for the following reasons.
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April 8, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Melissa Hines
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Melissa Hines, director of the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs’ funding programs and leader of the office’s arts education initiative passed away Friday, April 8th, from leiomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer. She was 63.
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February 14, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
UP #307 Saving Artists’ Work Space & the 619 Western Building
The impending loss of the 619 Western Building resulting from Alaska Way Viaduct tunneling presents 3 problems: finding new accommodations for the displaced artists; the building by law must be saved or replaced in a manner that retains the historical character of the neighborhood; and potential impacts on Pioneer Square’s cultural vitality must be mitigated by relocating as many displaced artists as possible within the neighborhood.
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February 9, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
UP #306 Bored Tunnel Agreement Vote
21 days before the 10 year anniversary of the Nisqually earthquake that significantly damaged the Alaska Way Viaduct, the Seattle City Council voted 8-1 (O'Brien voting 'no') to approve a series of agreements with the State regarding the tunnel and a variety of related projects.
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January 24, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
UP #305 The State Legislature and Surface Solution for Alaska Way Viaduct
While the debate will rage on about whether the state will pay for any cost overruns on the deep bore tunnel, the flip side of the issue is whether Seattle would keep the money already allocated to this project for a surface road alternative, as the Mayor prefers.
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December 9, 2010January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
UP #304 Seattle Skyline and Signs
The question has been raised: "Do we want large illuminated signs on the top of our downtown buildings advertizing their tenants?" On December 8th, 2010, the City's Department of Planning and Development (DPD) briefed Council President Conlin's Regional Development and Sustainability Committee on a proposed bill that would amend the City's sign code to allow businesses leasing 200,000 square feet or more in a single downtown building to have illuminated identification signs on the exterior walls of that building.