On Monday, April 25, the City Council met for over two hours, and unanimously approved three major pieces of legislation – reflecting the wide range of issues that we deal with as a Council. The SODO zoning legislation is designed to encourage good development while protecting the character of our South Downtown neighborhoods. A new [...]
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April 26, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Technology Saves Money!
The City Clerk is required to post a number of legal notices, including about all legislation approved by the Council. Some types of legislation are required to be printed in full in a “daily newspaper of general circulation”, to be selected by competitive bid. Over time, the two requirements had evolved into the policy of [...]
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April 21, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Economic Recovery Initiative Launched by Council
On Monday, April 18, the Council unanimously adopted Resolution 31282, which outlines guiding principles, key priorities and actions for achieving economic renewal and development in Seattle. Our goal is to use this action plan to advance City and regional recovery, as the recession wears on. In previous recessions, Seattle has lagged behind the national recovery [...]
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April 19, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Council to Address Gaps in City-Provided Homeless Services
Over the past two years, homelessness in Seattle has decreased by 15 percent – an extraordinary achievement in the face of this recession, and a testament to the success of the Seattle community’s ‘Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness’. Of the 1,753 people found outdoors rather than in shelters in the 2011 One-Day Count, many [...]
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April 14, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Parks Levy Making it Happen: Expanding Community Gardens
I led the effort to include more money for community gardens when the Council put together the renewal of the Parks Levy in 2008. We wound up including $2 million, which may sound like a lot, but given how expensive land can be, we were only able to conservatively promise adding four more gardens. But [...]
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April 12, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Neighborhood Disaster Planning
Three Seattle District Councils and neighborhoods created communications hubs and community outreach on emergency preparedness in 2009, using $21,000 that I secured in the Council’s 2008 budget. In 2010, these three groups convened a planning summit for other communities to learn from their experience, and a number of other groups are seeking to develop systems [...]
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April 8, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Tunnel Update April 2011
On Thursday, March 31, I and other Councilmembers joined Governor Gregoire, King County Executive Constantine, Port Commission Chair Bryant, and representatives of the legislature in a news conference reaffirming the state and regional commitment to proceeding with the necessary work to implement the plan for the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement program. The program includes replacing [...]
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April 6, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Equitable for who?
Sometimes I look at knotty neighborhood development questions and think, “If only we could bring a bunch of really smart people around the table and ask them what we could do.” Sometimes it happens! I had the opportunity to see the future of the Mount Baker Light Rail Station Area as envisioned by five teams [...]
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April 6, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Carbon Neutral Seattle, Blog Post 11: Density and Community
Choices about controlling carbon emissions are shaped by public policies. Carbon emissions are lower in communities that are compact and that provide access via transit and non-motorized travel among jobs, homes, and commercial and recreational activities. New York is the classic example – with great transit connections and many multi-family dwellings, New Yorkers emit much [...]
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April 5, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Council Proposes New Police Accountability Measures
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is facing significant challenges. In the last few months, police officers have been murdered in Seattle and other nearby cities. There have been several recent actions by SPD officers that have raised questions about the City’s accountability system, including abusive activities towards suspects and the death of John Williams, a [...]