The July edition of Seattle Channel’s City Inside/Out: Council Edition is out on the Seattle Channel.  I appear with Councilmembers Burgess and Godden.
We discuss issues such as the proposed SODO arena, utility rates, the plastic bag ban, and upcom…

Get the latest on the proposed SODO Arena, street crime, the Elliott Bay seawall ballot measure, Northgate and more on the new edition of the Seattle Channel’s City Inside/Out: Council Edition. Councilmembers Nick Licata, Jean Godden and I share our…

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. Council President Sally Clark excused.  FULL COUNCIL: 1. Resolution 31392 ADOPTED (8 – 0); PUBLIC HEARING SET FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, AT 5:30 P.M. IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS Setting the public hearing on the petition of the Seattle Housing Authority for […]

Somehow we got into July and I’m not sure how that happened. At the top of this year the Council went through our annual agenda priorities exercise which yielded this 2012 Action Agenda and I thought, “Great. We finished this relatively quickly at the start of the year. Now we have the year ahead of […]

  The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. Councilmember Sally Bagshaw excused.      FULL COUNCIL: 1. RESOLUTION 31391 ADOPTED (8 – 0) Revising certain General Rules and Procedures of the Seattle City Council; amending Attachment 1 of Resolution 31343, Section I.C.3 and Appendix A.    PARKS AND […]

News Release:
Seattle City Councilmembers today unanimously approved Council Bill 117498, a 30-year property tax bond measure of $290 million to provide public safety and protection of the Central Waterfront and related public infrastructure. Once approved at the Full Council meeting next week, the measure will be on the November 6, 2012 General Election ballot.

We started the June 21 Parks and Neighborhoods Committee meeting with a report from Department of Parks and Recreation’s acting (DPR) Superintendent Christopher Williams. Superintendent’s Report Christopher opened his report with the great news that the Coca-Cola Company gave Beacon BIKES a $10,000 award for the Beacon BIKES Circulation Plan Congratulations to Beacon BIKES! Coming up […]

News Release:
Seattle City Councilmembers today announced the public hearing date to discuss a proposed 30-year property tax bond measure of $290 million to provide public safety and protection of the Central Waterfront and related public infrastructure. The measure under consideration would be on the November 6, 2012 General Election ballot. The 30-year bond for $290 million would cost the owner of a $360K home about $59 per year.

Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar June 18, 2012 BY BURGESS 1. C.B. 117496 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Committee referral: Full Council BY RASMUSSEN 2. C.B. 117497 AN ORDINANCE relating to the Transit Corridor Projects project; removing restrictions in the 2012 Adopted Budget that […]

News Release:
City Councilmembers today announced the public hearing date to discuss a proposed 30-year property tax bond measure of $290 million to provide public safety and protection of the Central Waterfront and related public infrastructure. The measure under consideration would be on the November 6, 2012 General Election ballot. The 30-year bond for $290 million would cost the owner of a $360K home about $59 per year.