Allows much-needed affordable housing and workspace in Stadium District Today the City Council passed Council President Sara Nelson’s (Position 9) amended “Stadium Makers’” bill, that will now allow the construction of workforce housing and affordable workspaces for Seattle’s small manufacturing businesses, generate living-wage union jobs and improve public safety in a two-block stretch of the...
Seattle City Councilmembers Dan Strauss (District 6) and Alexis Mercedes Rinck (Position 8) are requesting to reschedule the Stadium District rezone legislation scheduled for a final Council vote later today. This comes after nine new amendments were released yesterday afternoon. The Seattle City Council has been considering fiercely debated legislation proposed by Council President Sara...
In 2016, during the Seattle City Council meeting which would decide on a street vacation allowing Chris Hansen to develop land into a third arena, Debora Juarez (former District 5 Councilmember and Council President), said from the dais, “You can build 1 arena, 2 arenas, or 5 arenas, but you cannot build a deep-water port.” ...