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 [...]
Press Releases
The latest press releases from Seattle City Councilmembers.
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 [...]
City of Seattle promotes efforts to lower prescription drug costs for uninsured residents
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The City of Seattle today promoted a new program to help provide residents with some relief from the high cost of prescription medications...
Ocean Beauty – a big fish story
When you think of the types of business sectors we have in Seattle it’s easy to mentally jump to jets, coffee and software. But when you think about an icon for the Northwest, few would challenge the salmon as our region’s reigning champion symbol. Our local economy and our dinner tables have long benefited from [...]
Seattle City Council to host conversation on community priorities for the City budget
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Join the Seattle City Council for community conversations about the City budget and community priorities. Participants will engage City Councilmembers and neighbors in conversation centered on five thought-provoking questions about the future of our City.
Updating the Comprehensive Plan
On Monday, May 14, the Council adopted a resolution describing how we will carry out the second ever update of the Seattle Comprehensive Plan. The Plan was first adopted in 1994, and then updated in 2004. The next update is scheduled for 2015, and will respond to lots of changes in the City (for example, [...]
Seattle City Councilmember Burgess’ statement on proposed new sports arena
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Councilmember Tim Burgess, Chair of the City Council's Government Performance and Finance Committee, released the following statemen...
Career pathways to skip the skills mismatch
We had two great presentations in the Council’s Economic Resiliency & Regional Relations Committee yesterday on current job trends and the better coordination under way in the Seattle area to prep people to be successful competing in the sectors that are hiring. Matt Houghton from the City’s Office of Economic development started off breaking down [...]
Join the Seattle City Council in discussing Cultural Competency and Bias with Dr. Edwin Nichols
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Join Dr. Edwin Nichols and Seattle City Councilmembers Bruce Harrell and Mike O'Brien for a brown bag discussion on Cultural Competency and Bias.
City of Seattle seeking candidates for Human Rights Commission
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The Seattle Human Rights Commission is seeking to fill five Commissioner positions. The Commission advises the Mayor and City Council on...
Democracy and Corporate ‘Personhood’
On Monday, May 14, the Council unanimously adopted resolution 31380, joining some 100 other cities and other governments calling for a Constitutional Amendment to overturn the Supreme Court decision that granted corporations political rights as ‘persons’. The 5 to 4 decision, in the case known as ‘Citizens United’ (the name of the corporate front organization that [...]
Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell’s message to students: Don’t text and drive
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In an effort to raise awareness of the dangers of texting and driving, Councilmember Bruce Harrell, chair of the Seattle City Council's Public Safety, Civil Rights and Technology Committee, met with students at Garfield High School this morning to discuss the issue.