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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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June 6, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Harrell, News Releases
Seattle City Council Committee to discuss action plan to stop the violence
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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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June 5, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess, News Releases
Seattle City Council to hold hearing on taximeter rate increase legislation
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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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May 31, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Clean Water Consent Decree
Seattle and the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) have completed negotiations on a historic consent decree that opens the door for a more thoughtful and effective approach to promoting clean water in Seattle and Puget Sound. The Council is now reviewing this decree, and will vote on whether to endorse it in the near future. [...]
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May 31, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw, Councilmember Rasmussen, News Releases
Have a question for the Seattle City Council? Get it answered on Seattle Channel’s Council Edition
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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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May 29, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Walmart, SEPA, and Neighborhoods
Walmart (photo from Wikipedia) The Council is working on changes to the way the City implements the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) in the regulatory reform legislation now under consideration. The goal of this component of the legislation is to encourage development in areas that the City has identified for future growth by eliminating redundant [...]
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May 29, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember O'Brien, News Releases
Seattle City Council passes resolution opposing transportation of coal through Seattle
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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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May 29, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess, News Releases
Seattle City Council sets review schedule for SODO arena proposal
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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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May 24, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Sound Transit TOD and Parking Policies
As I noted in an earlier post, the Sound Transit Board held a retreat in April, primarily to discuss parking policies and valuing transit oriented development (TOD). My goal was to change Sound Transit’s perspective on these issues, and to get the Board to agree to revise long-standing policies that encouraged Sound Transit (ST) to [...]
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May 22, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Seawall Funding Plan Moving Forward
The City Council has begun the process for placing a 30-year property tax bond measure on the November ballot to complete the financing package for the Seawall replacement and strengthening. The Council must make a decision by July in order to place this measure on the ballot. The City has been working for almost ten [...]