Seattle Mayor McGinn, Seattle City Council President Conlin, and Councilmembers Rasmussen and Godden today jointly announced that the City will commit $3 million from the sale of the Rubble Yard to fund additional roadway work in 2011. The commitment will provide a 33 percent boost in 2011 street repair funding, preventing the elimination of 21 positions in the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) while also providing a small increase for bike improvements.
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July 11, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
News Release: Seattle City Council approves SR 520 agreement with WSDOT and Parks
The Seattle City Council today unanimously approved Council Bill 117219 authorizing the Director of the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation to execute an agreement with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to design, develop and plan specific environmental mitigation projects surrounding and supported by the SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV program. Mitigation includes funds to pay for costs incurred for work needed in 2011.
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July 7, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Zero Waste — Frugality Works In Seattle
In 2010 Seattle sent 335,600 tons of solid waste to the Columbia Ridge Landfill in eastern Oregon. That’s what we need to target for reduction. The good news is that we continue to make great progress, and a recent study of residential waste demonstrates how well we are doing, and where we have opportunities to [...]
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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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July 6, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Rasmussen, News Releases
City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen selected for Governor’s statewide transportation task force
Seattle City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen will represent Seattle on Gov. Gregiore’s newly formed “Connecting Washington Task Force,” announced yesterday. The 27 member task force includes a broad range of groups and interests from local government, labor and business representatives and transit organizations, who have been designated to develop a 10-year investing and funding plan for the state’s transportation system and are expected to present their recommendations to the 2012 Legislature.
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July 5, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Rasmussen, News Releases
Seattle City Council approves SR 520 agreement with WSDOT
The Seattle City Council today unanimously approved Council Bill 117209 authorizing the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) to execute an agreement with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to design and construct pedestrian and traffic calming improvements in the Washington Park Arboretum.
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July 5, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
First Two Years of Parks for All Levy: Delivering on the Promises
The Parks and Green Spaces Levy Oversight Committee has completed a report on the first two years of work on the $146 million levy approved by the voters in 2008. The City’s general fund has been strained by the recession, and the Parks Department is facing difficult challenges in keeping its operations going. However, the [...]
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July 1, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Seattle’s Legislative Strategy Worked
This year Seattle set out to challenge a saying that’s often quoted about how the legislature operates: “It’s Republicans against Democrats, East of the mountains against West of the mountains, and everyone against Seattle.” We worked closely with our legislative delegation, reached out around the State with our Seattle for Washington campaign, spent a lot [...]
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June 28, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Making Community Tree Planting Work
Seattle residents love planting trees, and Seattle has been helping them to do so for many years. We have an array of tree planting programs scattered among different Departments, without either central coordination or dedicated oversight to ensure that trees are planted in a coherent fashion and are maintained and retained after planting. On Monday, [...]
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June 23, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Roosevelt Neighborhood and Transit Oriented Development
In 2008, voters approved the Sound Transit II ballot measure, which funds light rail from the University District through the Roosevelt neighborhood in Northeast Seattle, continuing on to Northgate and Lynnwood. Light rail transit stops are great places for additional housing and job development, and the Roosevelt neighborhood has recently endorsed an update to neighborhood [...]