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    Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar

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    Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar
    August 5, 2013

         BY CONLIN
    1. C.B. 117854

    AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Sections 23.49.178 and 23.66.140 of the Seattle Municipal Code to allow development in Pioneer Square meeting certain requirements to attain a maximum height of 130 feet if a freestanding manufactured public restroom structure is acquired and installed and amending provisions for green building performance and rooftop features.
    Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

         BY BURGESS
    2. C.B. 117859

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

         BY BURGESS
    3. C.B. 117860

    AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment and the 2013 Adopted Budget; authorizing execution of a collective bargaining agreement between the City of Seattle and the Seattle Parking Enforcement Officers’ Guild to be effective January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2013; amending Ordinance 124058 by increasing appropriations to the Police Department for providing the 2011 and 2012 retroactive payments therefor; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.
    Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

         BY BURGESS
    4. C.B. 117861

    AN ORDINANCE establishing a new Pioneer Square Parking and Business Improvement Area; levying special assessments upon operators of the business property, and mixed-use property (multi-family residential and commercial) within the area; providing for the deposit of revenues in a special account and expenditures therefrom; providing for collection of and penalties for delinquencies; providing for the establishment of a Ratepayers Advisory Board; providing for an implementation agreement with a Program Manager; disestablishing the current Pioneer Square Parking and Business Improvement Area that was established in 1983 by Ordinance 111244 (“1983 PSBIA”) as amended by Ordinance 114396, Ordinance 115838 and Ordinance 122000; suspending the issuance of assessments and providing for the winding up of activities under the 1983 PSBIA; and providing for the distribution of remaining funds from and closing of the 1983 PSBIA Account.
    Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

         BY BURGESS
    5. C.B. 117862

    AN ORDINANCE relating to City contracting; increasing an appropriation in the Department of Finance and Administrative Services 2013 Adopted Budget; creating two new full-time positions to monitor and enforce wage and labor conditions, including wage-theft violations; requiring a report summarizing the work performed; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts in connection thereto; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.
    Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

         BY BURGESS
    6. C.B. 117863

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System; clarifying the delegation and contracting authority of the Retirement System Board of Administration; and amending Section 4.36.140 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
    Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

         BY CLARK
    7. C.B. 117864

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Sister Cities program, amending sections 1.24.010 and 1.24.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adding new sections 3.14.440, 3.14.450, 3.14.460, and 3.14.470 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
    Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

         BY LICATA
    8. C.B. 117865

    AN ORDINANCE relating to funding for housing and community development programs; authorizing acceptance of grant funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for programs included in the City’s Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development; amending Ordinance 124058, which adopted the 2013 Budget; increasing appropriations in the 2013 Adopted Budget of funds available for activities of the Human Services Department under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program; decreasing appropriations in the 2013 Adopted Budget for the Human Services Department for Transitional Living and Support to reflect reductions in federal funds under the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program and the Emergency Solutions Grant program and to reappropriate general fund revenues for the Executive Department’s Office of Economic Development; decreasing appropriations in the 2013 Adopted Budget for certain activities of the Office of Housing to reflect reduced funding under the HOME Investment Partnerships Program; making a cash transfer between funds; authorizing the amendment of the 2013 Annual Action Plan to the Consolidated Plan to reflect federal funding levels and to modify the allocations to various projects and programs; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.
    Committee referral: Housing,Human Services,Health and Culture

         BY LICATA
    9. C.B. 117866

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the regulation of wheelchair accessible taxicab licenses; and amending Sections 6.310.330 of the Seattle Municipal Code in connection thereto.
    Committee referral: Taxi, For Hire, and Limousine Regulations

         BY O’BRIEN
    10. C.B. 117867

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Residential Code, amending Section 22.150.010, and adopting by reference Chapters 2 through 10, 12 through 24, Section P2904, 44, and Appendices F and G of the 2012 International Residential Code, and amending certain of those chapters; adopting a new Chapter 1 related to administration, permitting and enforcement; and repealing Sections 2-18 of Ordinance 123383.
    Committee referral: Energy and Environment

         BY O’BRIEN
    11. C.B. 117868

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Existing Building Code, amending Chapter 22.110 of the Seattle Municipal Code and adopting by reference Chapters 2 through 5, 7 through 11, 13 through 16, A1, and A3 through A6 of the 2012 International Existing Building Code; amending certain of those chapters, and adopting a new Chapter 1 related to administration, permitting and enforcement; and repealing Sections 2-12 of Ordinance 123379.
    Committee referral: Energy and Environment

         BY O’BRIEN
    12. C.B. 117869

    An Ordinance relating to the Seattle Energy Code, amending Section 22.700.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adopting by reference Chapters 51-11C and 51-11R of the Washington Administrative Code, and amending certain of those chapters; and repealing Sections 2-18 of Ordinance 123430.
    Committee referral: Energy and Environment

         BY O’BRIEN
    13. C.B. 117870

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Building Code, amending Chapter 22.100.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adopting by reference Chapters 2 through 29, Chapters 31 through 33 and Chapter 35 of the 2012 International Building Code, and amending certain of those chapters; adopting a new Chapter 1 related to administration, permitting and enforcement; adopting a new Chapter 30 related to elevators and conveying systems, and repealing Sections 2-33 of Ordinance 123384.
    Committee referral: Energy and Environment

         BY O’BRIEN
    14. C.B. 117871

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Plumbing Code, repealing Section 22.500.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code, amending Section 22.502.016 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adopting by reference Chapter 51-56 of the Washington Administrative Code, and amending certain of those chapters; adopting a new Chapter 1 related to administration, permitting and enforcement; and repealing Sections 2-46 of Ordinance 119774.
    Committee referral: Energy and Environment

         BY O’BRIEN
    15. C.B. 117872

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Mechanical Code, amending Chapter 22.400.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adopting by reference Chapters 2 through 9, and Chapters 11 through 15 of the 2012 International Mechanical Code, and amending certain of those chapters; adopting a new Chapter 1 related to administration, permitting and enforcement; and repealing Sections 2-13 of Ordinance 123380.
    Committee referral: Energy and Environment

         BY O’BRIEN
    16. C.B. 117873

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Fuel Gas Code amending Section 22.420.010 and adopting by reference Chapters 2 through 8 of the 2012 International Fuel Gas Code, and amending certain of those chapters; adopting a new Chapter 1 for the Seattle Fuel Gas Code related to administration, permitting and enforcement; and repealing Sections 2-7 of Ordinance 123381.
    Committee referral: Energy and Environment

         BY RASMUSSEN
    17. C.B. 117874

    AN ORDINANCE accepting for general street purposes 13 deeds and one correction deed conveyed to the City of Seattle by the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (“Sound Transit”) in connection with the Central Link Light Rail Transit Project as agreed to in a Property Acquisition and Transfer Procedures Agreement between the City of Seattle and Sound Transit, dated August 12, 2003 (“Property Transfer Agreement”); laying off, opening, widening, extending, and establishing portions of the rights-of-way located on Martin Luther King Jr. Way South between South Holly Street and South Othello Street; placing the real property conveyed by the deeds under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
    Committee referral: Transportation

         BY BURGESS
    18. C.B. 117875

    AN ORDINANCE establishing a five-year SoDo (South of Downtown) Parking and Business Improvement Area; levying special assessments upon owners of property within the area; providing for the deposit of revenues in a special account and expenditures therefrom; providing for collection of and penalties for delinquencies; providing for the establishment of a Ratepayers Advisory Board; providing for an implementation agreement with a Program Manager; and ratifying and confirming certain acts related thereto.
    Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

         BY BAGSHAW
    19. C.B. 117876

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Opportunity Fund category of the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy; accepting the recommendations of the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy Oversight Committee; authorizing the acquisition of real property commonly known as 48th Ave. SW & SW Charlestown , Baker Park Expansion, and South Park Plaza; authorizing acceptance of the deeds for open space, park, and recreation purposes; amending the 2013 Adopted Budget and 2013-2018 Capital Improvement Program; increasing appropriations in connection thereto; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts, all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.
    Committee referral: Parks and Neighborhoods

         BY CONLIN
    20. C.B. 117877

    AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning, amending Section 23.45.516 of the Seattle Municipal Code to modify the criteria for lots eligible for additional height in Midrise zones.
    Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

         BY BURGESS
    21. Res. 31469

    A RESOLUTION to initiate a five-year SoDo (South of Downtown) Parking and Business Improvement Area.
    Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

         BY BURGESS
    22. Res. 31470

    A RESOLUTION of intention to establish a five-year SoDo (South of Downtown) Parking and Business Improvement Area and fixing a date and place for a hearing thereon.
    Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

         BY BURGESS
    23. Res. 31471

    A RESOLUTION of intention to disestablish the 1983 Pioneer Square Parking and Business Improvement Area, and fixing a date and place for a hearing thereon.
    Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

         BY BURGESS
    24. Res. 31472

    A RESOLUTION to initiate a Pioneer Square Parking and Business Improvement Area.
    Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

         BY BURGESS
    25. Res. 31473

    A RESOLUTION of intention to establish a Pioneer Square Parking and Business Improvement Area, and fixing a date and place for a hearing thereon.
    Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

         BY BURGESS
    26. Res. 31474

    A RESOLUTION amending Resolution 31334; clarifying the City’s approach toward amortizing the unfunded liability of the Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System (SCERS); and requesting that the SCERS Board of Administration and its actuary deliver to the City Council in 2014 an analysis of other potential assumption and policy changes designed to further strengthen the retirement system.
    Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

         BY BURGESS
    27. Res. 31475

    A RESOLUTION approving interest rates set by the Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System (SCERS) Board of Administration for 2014.
    Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

         BY O’Brien
    28. C.F. 313183

    2012 International Building Code.
    Committee referral: Energy and Environment

         BY O’Brien
    29. C.F. 313184

    2012 International Fuel Gas Code.
    Committee referral: Energy and Environment

         BY O’Brien
    30. C.F. 313185

    2012 Existing International Building Code.
    Committee referral: Energy and Environment

         BY O’Brien
    31. C.F. 313186

    2012 Uniform Plumbing Code.
    Committee referral: Energy and Environment

         BY O’Brien
    32. C.F. 313187

    2012 International Mechanical Code.
    Committee referral: Energy and Environment

         BY O’Brien
    33. C.F. 313188

    2012 International Residential Code.
    Committee referral: Energy and Environment

    Action Summary, Monday 7/29/13

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    The following is a summation of Council actions at Monday’s 2 p.m. Full Council meeting.

    FULL COUNCIL:
    1. Council Bill 117827 (PDF Version) Held until August 5
    Approving an amendment of the Property Use and Development Agreement approved by Ordinance 123774 for property located at 500 Fairview Avenue North.

    HOUSING, HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE:
    2. Council Bill 117791 (PDF Version) DID NOT PASS, (4 – 5) IN FAVOR: Bagshaw, Harrell, Licata, O’Brien; OPPOSED: Burgess, Clark, Conlin, Godden, Rasmussen
    Relating to land use and zoning; amending Sections 23.54.015, 23.76 .004, 23.76.006, and 23.76.032 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adding new Section 23.42.056; to permit transitional encampments for homeless individuals as an interim use on City-owned or private property.

    TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE:
    3. Council Bill 117830 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
    Granting Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center permission to construct, maintain, and operate a skybridge over an d across Eastlake Avenue East, north of Aloha Street, for a ten-year term, renewable for two successive ten-year terms; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; and providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions.

    ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:
    4. Council Bill 117805 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
    Relating to the City Light Department; accepting various easements for overhead and underground electrical rights in King County, Washington; placing said easements under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    5. Council Bill 117806 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
    Relating to the City Light Department; accepting various easements for overhead and underground electrical rights in King County, Washington; placing said easements under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE:
    6. Resolution 31458 (PDF Version) ADOPTED (9 – 0)
    Identifying proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments to be considered for possible adoption in 2014 and requesting that the Department of Planning and Development and the Seattle Planning Commission review and make recommendations about the proposed amendments.

    Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar

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    Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar
    July 22, 2013

         BY CONLIN
    1. C.B. 117848

    AN ORDINANCE relating to McCurdy Park; accepting an offer from the Washington State Department of Transportation to acquire certain real property in connection with the SR 520 Project; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to execute a purchase and sale agreement and deed for such real property and to take other related actions; increasing appropriations in connection therewith; authorizing the Superintendent to execute an amended and restated agreement with the Museum of History and Industry for the distribution of the proceeds from the conveyance such real property; superseding Ordinance 118477, which adopted Initiative 42, for purposes of this ordinance; and ratifying and confirming prior acts; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.
    Committee referral: SR 520

         BY CLARK
    2. C.B. 117849

    AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Pacific Net and Twine Building, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
    Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

         BY CLARK
    3. C.B. 117850

    AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the YWCA Building, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
    Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

         BY CLARK; RASMUSSEN
    4. C.B. 117851

    AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Sections 23.41.012, 23.47A.005, 23.73.002, 23.73.005, 23.73.006, 23.73.008, 23.73.009, 23.73.010, 23.73.012, 23.73.014, 23.73.024, and 23.84A.008, and adding a new Section 23.73.015 to the Seattle Municipal Code to strengthen measures for maintaining and enhancing the character of the Pike/Pine neighborhood by addressing the bulk and scale of new development and the use of incentives for retaining character structures, clarifying and strengthening provisions for retaining character structures, removing restrictions on nonresidential uses under certain conditions, and making corrections.
    Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

         BY O’BRIEN
    5. C.B. 117852

    AN ORDINANCE repealing Chapter 6.255, relating to the distribution of yellow pages phone books, and amending Section 6.202.280 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
    Committee referral: Energy and Environment

         BY BURGESS
    6. C.B. 117853

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; revising project allocations for certain projects in the 2013-2018 Adopted CIP in order to allow for additional expenditures for Boundary Powerhouse, Generator Unit 53; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
    Committee referral: Government Performance and Finance

         BY CONLIN
    7. C.B. 117854

    AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Sections 23.49.178 and 23.66.140 of the Seattle Municipal Code to allow development in Pioneer Square meeting certain requirements to attain a maximum height of 130 feet if a freestanding manufactured public restroom structure is acquired and installed and amending provisions for green building performance and rooftop features.
    Committee referral: Planning Land Use, and Sustainability

         BY RASMUSSEN
    8. C.B. 117855

    AN ORDINANCE related to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (“Sound Transit”) authorizing the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation to execute an amendment to the Agreement between the City of Seattle and Sound Transit for Grant of Non-Exclusive Use of a Light Rail Transit Way as related to the Central Link Light Rail Transit Project to reflect the approved alignment for the Link Light Rail Transit Project, including the revised Northgate Link Extension and portion of the East Link segment located within the City of Seattle.
    Committee referral: Transportation

         BY BURGESS
    9. C.B. 117856

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

         BY CLARK
    10. Res. 31464

    A RESOLUTION regarding a voter-proposed City Charter amendment changing the system of electing members of the Seattle City Council from the present at-large system to a system in which seven of nine City Councilmembers are elected by districts and two from the City at-large; authorizing the City Clerk and the Executive Director of the Ethics and Elections Commission to take those actions necessary to enable the proposed City Charter amendment to appear on the November 5, 2013 ballot and the local voters’ pamphlet; requesting the King County Elections’ Director to place the proposed City Charter amendment on the November 5, 2013 election ballot; and providing for the publication of such proposed amendment.
    Committee referral: Full Council

         BY RASMUSSEN
    11. Res. 31465

    A RESOLUTION approving the alignment, station locations, and maintenance base location for Sound Transit’s Central Link, University Link, Northgate Link Extension, and East Link Light Rail Lines in the City of Seattle; and superseding the alignment, station locations, and maintenance base location approved in Resolution 30993.
    Committee referral: Transportation

         BY Clark
    12. C.F. 313145

    Report of the City Clerk on the Certificate of Sufficiency for Seattle City Charter Amendment No. 19, regarding a voter-proposed City Charter amendment changing the system of electing members of the City Council from present at-large system to a system in which seven of nine City Councilmembers are elected by districts and two from the City at-large.
    Committee referral: Full Council

         BY Clark
    13. C.F. 313147

    Appointment of Deb Barker as member, Landmarks Preservation Board, for a term of confirmation to August 15, 2016.
    Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

         BY Clark
    14. C.F. 313148

    Appointment of Nicholas Carter as member, Landmarks Preservation Board, for a term of confirmation to August 15, 2016.
    Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

         BY Licata
    15. C.F. 313149

    Appointment of Kathryn A. Gardow as member, Burke-Gilman Place Public Development Authority, for a term of confirmation to June 30, 2016
    Committee referral: Housing, Human Services, Health, and Culture

         BY Licata
    16. C.F. 313150

    Reappointment of Suzanne Petersen Tanneberg as member, Burke-Gilman Place Development Authority, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2016.
    Committee referral: Housing, Human Services, Health, and Culture

    Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar, July 1, 2013

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    Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar
    July 1, 2013

         BY CONLIN
    1. C.B. 117817

    AN ORDINANCE related to the regulation of watercraft noise on Seattle waterways; amending by adding a section to 25.08.485 of the Seattle Municipal Code to authorize the Seattle Police Department to regulate noise from audio systems.
    Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

         BY RASMUSSEN
    2. C.B. 117819

    AN ORDINANCE granting BNSF Railway Company permission to construct, maintain, and operate Biotech Reader Kiosks and Optical Character Recognition Camera Portals in the westerly margin of Colorado Avenue South, south of Atlantic Street, for a ten-year term, renewable for four successive ten-year terms; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
    Committee referral: Transportation

         BY BURGESS
    3. C.B. 117820

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

         BY HARRELL
    4. C.F. 313104

    Reappointment of Laura A. Obara Gramer as member, Seattle Commission for People with Disabilities, for a term of confirmation to April 30, 2015.
    Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

         BY HARRELL
    5. C.F. 313105

    Appointment of Ryan Troyer as member, Seattle Commission for People with Disabilities, for a term of confirmation to April 30, 2014.
    Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

         BY HARRELL
    6. C.F. 313106

    Appointment of Robert F. Canamar as member, Seattle Commission for People with Disabilities, for a term of confirmation to April 30, 2015.
    Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

         BY HARRELL
    7. C.F. 313107

    Reappointment of Michael L. Barta as member, Seattle Commission for People with Disabilities, for a term of confirmation to April 30, 2015.
    Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

         BY CLARK
    8. C.F. 313108

    Reappointment of Ann Magnano as member, Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority Council, for a term of confirmation to June 30, 2017.
    Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

         BY CLARK
    9. C.F. 313109

    Reappointment of Matt Hanna as member, Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority Council, for a term of confirmation to October 1, 2016.
    Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

         BY CLARK
    10. C.F. 313110

    Reappointment of Bruce T. Burger as member, Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority Council, for a term of confirmation to June 15, 2015.
    Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

         BY CLARK
    11. C.F. 313111

    Appointment of Patrice Barrentine as member, Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority Council, for a term of confirmation to June 30, 2016.
    Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

    Action Summary, June 3, 2013

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    Monday, June 3, 2013

    2:00 p.m.

     The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2 p.m. Full Council meeting.

     Councilmember Burgess was excused from today’s meeting.

     FULL COUNCIL:

    1.   Council Bill 117786  PASSED AS AMENDED (8-0)
    Relating to Emergency Medical Services; authorizing execution, pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, of an agreement with King County regarding the imposition and allocation of property tax revenues generated by a six-year, vote r-approved King County-wide tax levy for emergency medical services, and approving the submittal by King County of a proposition to the voters seeking authority to levy those additional taxes.

    2. Clerk File 311813  Granted as Conditioned (8-0)
    Application of R.C. Backer and Aegis Living for a contract rezone of approximately 12,800 square feet of land at 225 West Galer Street from Neighborhood Commercial 2 with a 30 foot limit (NC2-30′) to Neighborhood Commercial 2 with a 40 foot limit in height (NC2- 40′), to construct a 48,000 square foot, four-story 57 unit assisted living facility, to include 21 parking stalls in a below grade garage (Project No. 3012582, Type IV).

    3. Council Bill 117794  PASSED (8-0)
    Relating to land use and zoning; amending the Official Land Use Map to rezone properties located at 225 West Galer Street from Neighborhood Commercial 2 with a 30 foot height limit (NC2-30) to NC2 with a 40 foot height limit (NC2-40).

    PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE:

    4.  Resolution 31400 ADOPTED (8-0)

    Declaring the City of Seattle will continue to promote and encourage the development of buildings that achieve the highest level of environmental sustainability by requesting updates and enhancements to its Living Building and Seattle Deep Green pilot programs; and requesting the formation of a Green Building Technical Advisory Group to advise the City on sustainable building practices.

    Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar, May 28, 2013

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        BY BURGESS
    1. C.B. 117787

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

         BY CLARK
    2. C.B. 117788

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the City of Seattle archives and records management activities; combining the duties and responsibilities for archives and records management in one division of the Office of the City Clerk; creating a Seattle Archives and Records Management Program; amending Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) Chapter 3.122; repealing SMC Chapter 3.123; amending SMC Chapter 3.42.040; repealing SMC Chapter 3.42.050; and amending SMC Chapter 3.125.
    Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

         BY CLARK
    3. C.B. 117789

    AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Ballard Carnegie Free Public Library Building, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
    Committee referral: Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations

         BY GODDEN
    4. C.B. 117790

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Center; authorizing the Seattle Center Director to execute a five year extension to an agreement with SMG, doing business as SAVOR, for the management of food and beverage services at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center.
    Committee referral: Libraries, Utilities, and Center

         BY LICATA
    5. C.B. 117791

    AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Sections 23.54.015, 23.76.004, 23.76.006, and 23.76.032 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adding new Section 23.42.056; to permit transitional encampments for homeless individuals as an interim use on City-owned or private property.
    Committee referral: Housing, Human Services, Health, and Culture

         BY LICATA
    6. C.B. 117792

    AN ORDINANCE relating to a homeless encampment on City-owned property; authorizing the Director of Finance and Administrative Services to execute a contract to conduct an environmental assessment of the “Glassyard” property located south of Highland Park Way Southwest between 2nd Avenue Southwest and South Myrtle Street; making an appropriation from the General Subfund; amending the 2013 Adopted Budget of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts in connection thereto; all by a three- fourths vote of the City Council.
    Committee referral: Housing, Human Services, Health, and Culture

         BY O’BRIEN
    7. C.B. 117793

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; declaring certain real property rights surplus to utility needs; authorizing the Superintendent or his designee to grant an easement for access and parking purposes over a portion of the City’s fee-owned Duwamish Transmission Corridor adjacent to South 112th Street in the City of Tukwila, Washington; and accepting payment for the true and full value of the easement from Amalfi Investments, LLC; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
    Committee referral: Energy and Environment

         BY CONLIN
    8. C.B. 117794

    AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending the Official Land Use Map to rezone properties located at 225 West Galer Street from Neighborhood Commercial 2 with a 30 foot height limit (NC2-30) to NC2 with a 40 foot height limit (NC2-40).
    Committee referral: Full Council

         BY Rasmussen
    9. C.F. 313035

    Appointment of Timothy L. Hillis as member, Seattle Freight Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014.
    Committee referral: Transportation

    Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar May 20, 2013

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         BY BURGESS
    1. C.B. 117785

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

         BY BURGESS, CLARK, HARRELL
    2. C.B. 117786

    AN ORDINANCE relating to Emergency Medical Services; authorizing execution, pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, of an agreement with King County regarding the imposition and allocation of property tax revenues generated by a six-year, voter-approved King County-wide tax levy for emergency medical services, and approving the submittal by King County of a proposition to the voters seeking authority to levy those additional taxes.
    Committee referral: Full Council

         BY Conlin
    3. C.F. 313019

    Appointment of Brodie Bain as member, Seattle Design Commission, for a term of confirmation to March 1, 2015.
    Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

         BY Conlin
    4. C.F. 313020

    Appointment of Bernie Alonzo as member, Seattle Design Commission, for a term of confirmation to March 1, 2015.
    Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

         BY Conlin
    5. C.F. 313021

    Appointment of Keely N. Brown as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term of confirmation to April 15, 2016.
    Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

         BY Conlin
    6. C.F. 313022

    Appointment of Marjorie Press as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term of confirmation to April 15, 2016.
    Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

         BY Conlin
    7. C.F. 313023

    Appointment of Tim Parham as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term of confirmation to April 15, 2016.
    Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

    Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar March 25, 2013

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    Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar
    March 25, 2013

    BY BURGESS
    1. C.B. 117741

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

    BY HARRELL
    2. C.B. 117742

    AN ORDINANCE related to the amendment of Section 4.08.070 of the Seattle Municipal Code to remove the $25 fee charged by the Public Safety Civil Service Commission for police and fire entry-level exams.
    Committee referral: Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology

    BY RASMUSSEN
    3. C.B. 117743

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Department of Transportation; relating to the Northgate Way improvement project; authorizing the Director of the Department of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record on behalf of the City of Seattle, a warranty deed for a portion of Block 3, Elbert Place Addition to the City of Seattle, from 10501 Aurora LLC, a Washington limited liability company; authorizing the Director of the Department of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record on behalf of the City of Seattle, a warranty deed for a portion of Block 4, North Park Addition to the City of Seattle, from 10409 Aurora LLC, a Washington limited liability company; authorizing the Director of the Department of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record on behalf of the City of Seattle, a warranty deed for a portion of Block 7, Oak Lake Villa Tracts, from AVU LLC, a Washington limited liability company; authorizing the Director of the Department of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record on behalf of the City of Seattle, a warranty deed for a portion of Block 2, Oak Lake Villa Tracts, from Elsia LLC, a Washington limited liability company; authorizing the Director of the Department of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record both temporary construction easements and permanent property rights from abutting property owners located along North 105th Street and North Northgate Way between Greenwood Avenue North and Corliss Avenue North, necessary or convenient for the Northgate improvement project in connection with the Arterial Asphalt and Concrete Program through negotiation and use of eminent domain (condemnation); placing the real property conveyed by such deeds and easements under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation and designating the property for transportation, utility and other municipal purposes; authorizing payment of all other costs associated with acquisition; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.
    Committee referral: Transportation

    BY LICATA
    4. C.B. 117744

    AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning, creating a new Section 23.42.058 and amending Sections 23.50.012, 23.84A.018, and 23.84A.025 of the Seattle Municipal Code to establish locational restrictions on the production, processing, selling, or delivery of marijuana and to make a minor modification to existing allowances for agricultural uses in certain industrial areas.
    Committee referral: Housing, Human Services, Health, and Culture

    BY CONLIN
    5. C.B. 117745

    AN ORDINANCE relating to tree and vegetation management in public places; adding a new Chapter 15.43 to Subtitle I of Title 15 of the Seattle Municipal Code to provide for the regulation of planting, maintenance, and removal of trees and shrubs in all public places; amending Sections 15.02.044, 15.02.046, 15.04.012, 15.18.010, 15.90.018, and 15.91.002; and repealing Chapter 15.42 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
    Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

    BY CLARK
    6. Res. 31440

    A RESOLUTION retiring introduced and referred Council Bills, Resolutions, and Clerk Files which have received no further action.
    Committee referral: Full Council for Introduction and Adoption

    BY CONLIN
    7. Res. 31441

    A RESOLUTION adopting the Seattle Food Action Plan.
    Committee referral: Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability

    BY GODDEN
    8. Res. 31442

    A RESOLUTION granting conceptual approval to King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Wastewater Treatment Division to locate, construct, maintain, and operate underground injection control wells and associated green stormwater infrastructure systems on selected blocks comprising the Green Stormwater Infrastructure Drainage Area, bounded by 35th Avenue Southwest to the west, Southwest Othello Street to the north, 30th Avenue Southwest to the east, and Southwest Barton Street to the south.
    Committee referral: Libraries, Utilities, and Center

    BY BAGSHAW
    9. C.F. 312904

    Appointment of Tom Tierney as member, Board of Park Commissioners, for a term of confirmation to March 31, 2016.
    Committee referral: Parks and Neighborhoods

    BY NO SPONSOR REQUIRED
    10. C.F. 312905

    Petition of WSA Properties et al. to vacate Occidental Avenue South between the north margin of South Holgate Street and a line parallel and 30 feet south of the centerline of South Massachusetts Street.
    Committee referral: Transportation

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    Monday, March 18, 2013

    2:00 p.m.

     The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2 p.m. Full Council meeting

     LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE:

    1. Council Bill 117726 REFERRED TO THE LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE
    Authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to enter into contracts with Lenz Enterprises, Inc. and PacifiClean, LLC to provide organics processing services for the City of Seattle; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE:

    2. Council Bill 117733 PASSED (9-0)
    Relating to the Traffic Code; amending section 11.23.160 of the Seattle Municipal Code to increase the number of free-floating car share permits authorized annually and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    3. Council Bill 117729 PASSED (9-0)
    Accepting deeds for street or alley purposes; laying off, opening, widening, extending, and establishing portions of the following rights-of-way: the alley in Block 72, Gilman Park; the alley in Block 26, Woodlawn Addition to Green Lake; the alley in Block 11, D. T. Denny’s Water Front Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 4, University Heights; the alley in Block 17, Heirs of Sara A. Bell’s 2nd Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 18, Hill Tract Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 6, Plat of Replat of North Trunk Road Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 33, D.T. Denny’s Home Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 55, Terry’s First Addition to the Town of Seattle; the alley in Block 22, Hill Tract Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 4, Eastern Addition to the Town of Seattle; West Barrett Street abutting Block 20, Gilman’s Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 20, Gilman’s Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 11, Fairview Homestead Association for the Benefit of Mechanics and Laborers; Southwest Snoqualmie Street abutting Block 63, The Boston Co’s Plat of West Seattle; the alley in Block 63, The Boston Co’ s Plat of West Seattle; the alley in Block 11, Bell & Denny’s Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 56, Gilman Park; the alley in Block 3, Elbert Place Addition to the City of Seattle; placing the real property conveyed by said deeds under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    4. Resolution 31431 ADOPTED (9-0)

    Granting conceptual approval to construct, maintain, and operate a Saturn sculpture and solar collector over Evans ton Avenue North, south of North 35th Street, as proposed by Saturn Building LLC.

    5. Clerk File 312299 APPROVED (9-0)
    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).

    6. Resolution 31421 ADOPTED (9-0)

    Granting conceptual approval to King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Wastewater Treatment Division to construct, maintain, and operate a combined sewer overflow control system within Triton Drive Northwest as part of the existing North Beach Pump Station.

     ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:

    7. Council Bill 117711 PASSED (9-0)
    Relating to the City Light Department (“City Light”), declaring certain real property rights surplus and no longer required for providing public utility service or other municipal purpose; authorizing the Superintendent of City Light to execute a Real Property Exchange Agreement between the City of Seattle and Sierra Pacific Industries, Inc. (SPI) for the conveyance of said surplus property and a cash equalization payment of $208,000 in exchange for the conveyance of SPI-owned land to the City in the South Fork of the Nooksack River watershed, Skagit County, Washington for wildlife habitat purposes; authorizing the Superintendent of City Light or his designee to execute Bargain and Sale Deeds for the properties conveyed by the City and accept a Bargain Sale Deed for the lands conveyed to the City; and placing said land s under the jurisdiction of City Light.

    8. Resolution 31430 ADOPTED (9-0)

    Approving the proposed budget of the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission for fiscal year 2013.

    HOUSING, HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE:

    9. Resolution 31434 ADOPTED (9-0)
    Regarding local solutions for low-income homeowners and communities impacted by the foreclosure crisis.

    10. Clerk File 312664 CONFIRMED (9-0)
    Reappointment of Debbie C. Thiele as member, Seattle Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, for a term of confirmation to March 20, 2017

    11. Clerk File 312793 CONFIRMED (9-0)
    Reappointment of Henry W. McGee, Jr. as member, Museum Development Authority Council, for a term of confirmation t o October 1, 2015.

    12. Clerk File 312841 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Reappointment of Ruthann Martin as member, Burke-Gilman Public Development Authority Board, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014.

    PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:

    13. Council Bill 117730 PASSED AS AMENDED (9-0)
    Relating to the City of Seattle’s use of surveillance equipment; requiring City departments to obtain City Council approval prior to acquiring certain surveillance equipment; requiring departments to propose protocols related to proper use and deployment of certain surveillance equipment for Council review, requiring departments to adopt written protocols that address data retention, storage and access of any data obtained through the use of certain surveillance equipment, and establishing a new Chapter 14.18 in the Seattle Municipal Code.

    14. Clerk File 312766 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Appointment of Claudia D’Allegri as member, Community Police Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2016.

    15. Clerk File 312768 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Appointment of Harriet Walden as member, Community Police Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2 016.

    16. Clerk File 312770 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Appointment of Kevin Stuckey as member, Community Police Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 20 16.

     17. Clerk File 312771 CONFIRMED (9-0)
    Appointment of Jennifer Shaw as member, Community Police Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 20 16.

    18. Clerk File 312772 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Appointment of Marcel J. Purnell as member, Community Police Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2016.

    19. Clerk File 312773 CONFIRMED (9-0)
    Appointment of Tina Podlodowski as member, Community Police Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2016.

    20. Clerk File 312774 CONFIRMED (9-0)
    Appointment of John Page as member, Community Police Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2016.

    21. Clerk File 312775 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Appointment of Diane Narasaki as member, Community Police Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2 016.

    22. Clerk File 312776 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Appointment of Kathleen F. Joncas as member, Community Police Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 3 1, 2016.

    23. Clerk File 312777 CONFIRMED (9-0)
    Appointment of Jay W. Hollingsworth as member, Community Police Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2016.

    24. Clerk File 312778 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Appointment of William G. Hobson as member, Community Police Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2016.

    25. Clerk File 312779 CONFIRMED (9-0)
    Appointment of Lisa Daugaard as member, Community Police Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 20 16.

     26. Clerk File 312780 CONFIRMED (9-0)
    Appointment of Joseph Kessler as member, Community Police Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2 016.

    PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE:

    27. Clerk File 312843 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Reappointment of Amoreena R. Miller as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2015.

    28. Clerk File 312844 CONFIRMED (9-0)
    Appointment of Natalie Gualy as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2015.

    29. Clerk File 312845 CONFIRMED (9-0)
    Appointment of Murphy McCullough as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 20 15.

     30. Clerk File 312846 CONFIRMED  (9-0)
    Appointment of Katherine Idziorek as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2 015.

     31. Clerk File 312847 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Appointment of Christina Orr-Cahall as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2015.

     32. Clerk File 312848 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Reappointment of Mathew Albores as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 201 5.

    33. Clerk File 312849 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Reappointment of Mindy Black as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2015.

    34. Clerk File 312850 CONFIRMED (9-0)
    Reappointment of Jerry Coburn as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2015.

    35. Clerk File 312851 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Reappointment of Christina Pizana as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2 015.

    36. Clerk File 312852 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Reappointment of Daniel L. Skaggs as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2 015.

     37. Clerk File 312853 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Reappointment of Chip Wall as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 2015.

     38. Clerk File 312854 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Reappointment of Stephen Yamada-Heidner as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April l3, 2015.

    39. Clerk File 312855 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Reappointment of Martine Zettle as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 201 5

    40. Clerk File 312856 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Appointment of T. Frick McNamara as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 20 15.

    41. Clerk File 312857 CONFIRMED (9-0)

    Appointment of Janet Stephenson as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 3, 201 5.

    42. Clerk File 312821 FILED (9-0)

    2012 Annual Report of the Office of the Hearing Examiner.

    ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS:

    43. Resolution 31435 ADOPTED  (9-0)
    Setting the public hearing on the petition of Seattle Public Utilities for the vacation of Carr Place North between North 34th Street and North 35th Street in the South Wallingford Planning area of Seattle; pursuant to Chapter 35.79 Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) 15.62 (Clerk File 312535).

    http://cityclerk.seattle.gov/2013/03/1469/

    Candidate Workshops at King County Elections

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    King County Elections will hold candidate workshops on April 25th and April 27th. Elections staff say “Candidate workshops are open to anyone interested in running for office, whether they are a first time candidate or a long-standing incumbent.”

    Candidate workshop flyer

    General filing resources for all candidates are also available on their website.

    Information specific to City of Seattle elective offices is available from Seattle’s Ethics and Elections Commission.