Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar April 30, 2012

BY BURGESS
1. C.B. 117455

AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof.
Committee referral: Full Council

BY CONLIN
2. C.B. 117456

AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Sections 23.04.010, 23.34.004, 23.69.032, 23.76.004, 23.76.005, 23.76.006, 23.76.008, 23.76.010, 23.76.012, 23.76.014, 23.76.015, 23.76.016, 23.76.018, 23.76.020, 23.76.022, 23.76.024, 23.76.026, 23.76.028, 23.76.032, 23.76.034, 23.76.036, 23.76.038, 23.76.040, 23.76.042, 23.76.046, 23.76.050, 23.76.052, 23.76.054, 23.76.056, 23.76.058, 23.76.060, 23.76.062, 23.78.002, 23.78.006, 23.78.012, 23.78.014, 23.79.006, 23.79.010, 23.79.012, 23.84A.014, 23.84A.024, 23.84A.025, 23.84A.030, 23.84A.032, 23.84A.036, 25.05.355, and 25.05.680 of the Seattle Municipal Code, repealing Sections 23.76.019, 23.76.049, and 23.76.068, and adding a new Section 23.76.067, to improve and clarify procedures for Master Use Permits and Council land use decisions.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY GODDEN
3. C.B. 117457

AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to purchase certain real property located at 5560 South Holly Street, Seattle, Washington, and to execute, accept and record deeds and convenient documents and agreements deemed by the Director to be necessary to this transaction on behalf of the City.
Committee referral: Libraries, Utilities, and Center

BY RASMUSSEN
4. C.B. 117458

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Mercer Corridor Project West Phase; authorizing the Director of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record, on behalf of the City of Seattle, an easement for a portion of Block 73, D.T. Denny’s Home Addition to the City of Seattle, from IRIS Holdings, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, to widen and extend 6th Avenue North; authorizing the Director of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record, on behalf of the City of Seattle, a bargain and sale deed for a portion of Block 63, Block 64, and Block 73, D.T. Denny’s Home Addition to the City of Seattle, together with the vacated streets and vacated alleys, from IRIS Holdings, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, to widen Mercer Street; authorizing the transfer of jurisdiction of portions of Block 54, D.T. Denny’s Home Addition to the City of Seattle from the Seattle Center Department to the Seattle Department of Transportation and designating it for street purposes to widen Mercer Street and 5th Avenue North; authorizing the Director of Transportation to acquire all of the property rights necessary for converting Mercer Street and Roy Street into two-way streets between 9th Avenue North and 5th Avenue West, as well as constructing bicycle, pedestrian, and transportation improvements, and constructing the street grid across Broad Street; authorizing acquisition of real property rights within the area bounded on the north by Roy Street, on the south by John Street, on the east by 9th Avenue North, and on the west by 5th Avenue West, and on Elliott Avenue West near the intersection of Elliott Avenue West and West Mercer Place, through negotiation and use of eminent domain (condemnation); authorizing payment of all other costs associated with the acquisitions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Committee referral: Transportation

BY RASMUSSEN
5. C.B. 117459

AN ORDINANCE relating to the permission granted to the 2020 Fifth Avenue, LLC by Ordinance 123794 to construct, maintain, and operate a pedestrian skybridge in the mid- block portion of the alley between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue, south of Lenora Street, by amending Section 1 to revise the legal description of the adjacent property; and ratify and confirm certain prior acts
Committee referral: Transportation

BY O’BRIEN
6. C.B. 117460

AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; accepting statutory warranty deeds to the Dow, Faucett et al., Miller, and Schmitt properties in Snohomish County, Washington, and the Errol Hanson Funding Inc., Fischer, Heaphy, Raab Family Trust, TPB Properties Inc., Turner and Wall properties in Skagit County, Washington, for salmonid habitat protection purposes; ratifying the grants of Deeds of Right to the State of Washington on the Dow, Errol Hanson Funding, Inc., Faucett et al., Fischer, Miller, Schmitt, and TPB Properties Inc. properties for salmon recovery and conservation purposes; placing said lands under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Committee referral: Energy and Environment

BY CONLIN
7. Res. 31375

A RESOLUTION adopting revised rules for City Council quasi- judicial proceedings, and repealing the previous rules that were adopted by Resolution 31001.
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY No Sponsor Required
8. C.F. 312299

Council Conditional Use application of King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Wastewater Treatment Division, to expand an existing stormwater treatment facility (North Beach Combined Sewer Overflow), located at 9921 Triton Drive Northwest, to include a new 325 foot long buried storage pipe within the Triton Drive right of way and a new 1,900 square foot above ground mechanical structure on the existing treatment facility site (Project No. 3012914, Type IV).
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY No Sponsor Required
9. C.F. 312300

Application of Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC, for a rezone of approximately 43,200 square feet of land at 400 Boren Avenue North from Industrial Commercial with a 65 foot height limit (IC-65) to Seattle Mixed with an 85 foot height limit (SM-85), to construct a seven-story residential building and below grade parking (Project No. 3013013, Type IV).
Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

BY Burgess
10. C.F. 312316

Appointment of Beth Goldberg as member, Audit Committee, for a term of confirmation to September 30, 2013.
Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

BY Burgess
11. C.F. 312317

Appointment of John J. Jolley as member, Audit Committee, for a term of confirmation to September 30, 2014.
Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance