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 23, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Neighbors Successful in Effort to Keep Retail out of Residential and Commercial Business Districts Strong
What garnered the most opposition at today’s meeting was an element that would have allowed small-scale, ground-floor commercial uses in certain multifamily zones that are located in Urban Centers or Station Area Overlay Districts.
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May 9, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Committee Decision about Rental Housing Inspection Program Legislation
Next steps: Develop legislation reflecting committee direction
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April 19, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Peoples Greenstreet Project on South Orcas
On a day of driving rain and snow in March, which perfectly demonstrated the effectiveness of the project, a hardy gathering of neighbors, design professionals, and city and county staff celebrated the official opening of the South Orcas Greenstreet project. The South Orcas Greenstreet is an innovative, community-driven natural drainage project developed by Cari Simson, [...]
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April 16, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
ONE Against Extreme Poverty
Recently, I was asked to be interviewed for a public policy video aimed at President Obama and other world leaders ahead of next month's G8 Summit. The message? US foreign aid investments are working and extreme poverty needs to remain on the global agenda.
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April 16, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Grant dollars for Park & Neighborhood projects available, update on Rowing & Sailing Centers, and new land for parks: Committee Recap
This blog features highlights from the Parks and Neighborhoods committee meeting of April 5, 2012. (See the meeting on video instead.) Funding opportunities for local parks projects Reminder! The technical assistance workshops for the Parks Opportunity Fund are coming up at the end of May. These workshops are open to anyone interested in learning about [...]
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February 27, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
A Waterfront Writers Park
On Monday, March 5th, I will participate in a public forum hosted by the Central Waterfront Committee at Seattle’s Town Hall titled “Setting the Stage: How do we create vibrant spaces for arts, culture and entertainment”? It will run from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Central Waterfront Committee is a volunteer group of community [...]
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February 13, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
The Future of Magnuson Park
This past Saturday, while I was addressing the Seattle Care Congress at the Greenwood Senior Center, my Legislative Aide Frank Video was participating in a half-day planning workshop at Warren G. Magnuson Park.
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February 13, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Connections: The Aquarium and the Waterfront
Conserving what’s on the bottom of our oceans can be a tough sell. We can’t see it or touch it. It’s out of sight and out of mind for all of us except a few scientists. That’s changing, thanks to the contributions of marine scientists James L. Bodkin and Elliott A. Norse, and others like them, to the [...]
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February 1, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Climate Neutral Blog Post 16: The Intersection of Food and Climate
As I noted in an earlier post in this series, the food system and agriculture generate somewhere between 15% and 20% of America’s carbon emissions (depending on the study and what it counts). American food travels an average of 1500 miles from farm to plate. Then there is the processing, storage, marketing, packaging, and shopping [...]