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