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    Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on October 14, 2013, and filed with the City Clerk

    November 6, 2013 by City Clerk

    Scanned copies of the signed legislation are available in the database records linked below:

    Ord. 124327
    C.B. 117936

    AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof.

    Ord. 124328
    C.B. 117917

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Elliott Bay Seawall Project; authorizing the Director of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record, on behalf of the City of Seattle, an easement for portions of Block 176, Seattle Tide Lands, from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, for enhancement and restoration of the aquatic ecosystems of Elliott Bay; authorizing the Director of the Department of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record both temporary and permanent property rights from abutting property owners located along Alaskan Way between Virginia Street and South Main Street, necessary or convenient for the Elliott Bay Seawall Project through negotiation or condemnation; placing the conveyed real property under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation and designating the property for transportation, utility, and general municipal purposes; authorizing payment of all other costs associated with acquisition; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.

    Filed Under: Legislation approved

    Action Summary Tuesday, September 3, 2013

    September 4, 2013 by City Clerk

    2:00 p.m.

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

     Payment of Bills

    (These are the only Bills which the City Charter allows to be introduced and passed on the same day.)

     Full Council

    Clerk File 313225 CONFIRMED (7-0)

    Appointment of Elizabeth Rankin as member, Burke-Gilman Place Public Development Authority Board, for a term of confirmation to July 15, 2016.

    PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE:

    Council Bill 117876 PASSED (7-0)
    Relating to the Opportunity Fund category of the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy; accepting the recommendations o f 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.

    Council Bill 117876 PASSED (7-0)
    Relating to the Department of Neighborhoods; authorizing implementation of certain Neighborhood Matching Fund projects in 2013, and specifying that 2013 appropriations for the Neighborhood Matching Subfund shall carry forward automatically to future budget years.

     
    TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE:

    4. Council Bill 117819  PASSED (7-0)
    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.

    5. Council Bill 117847 PASSED (7-0)
    Relating to authorizing a bike share program to be implemented in public places; and amending Sections 11.23.440 and 15.17.005 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

    6. Council Bill 117880 PASSED (7-0)

    Granting King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks Wastewater Treatment Division permission to locate, construct, maintain, and operate underground injection control wells and associated green stormwater infrastructure systems on selected blocks within the project 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; for an unlimited term; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; and providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions.

    7. Council Bill 117884 PASSED (7-0)
    Related to Restricted Parking Zones (RPZs); amending Section 11.16.316 of the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) to make permanent a pilot program.

     
    8. Resolution 31468 ADOPTED (7-0)
    Granting conceptual approval for Puget Sound Bike Share to construct, maintain, and operate a bike-share program in public places located within Major Institution Overlay Districts, designated Urban Centers and Urban Villages, and commercially- or industrially-zoned parcels lying between these areas in the City of Seattle.

    9. Clerk File 313062 CONFIRMED (7-0)
    Appointment of Chisula Chambers as member, Bridging the Gap Levy Oversight Committee, for a term of confirmation t o December 31, 2015.

    10. Clerk File 313158 CONFIRMED (7-0)
    Appointment of Lillian Beticevich as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to Sept ember 1, 2014.

    ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:

    11. Council Bill 117829 PASSED (7-0)

    Relating to the City Light Department; declaring as surplus and authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the City Light Department or his designee to grant an easement to Snohomish County and the Alderwood Water and Wastewater District limited to roadway and underground utility purposes, within the City of Seattle transmission line corridor in Section 16, Township 27 North, Range 5 East, W.M., in Snohomish County, Washington; accepting payment for the true and full value of the easement from Toll WA, LP; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    12. Resolution 31467 ADOPTED (7-0)
    Endorsing the City Light Department’s Wholesale Energy Risk Management Policy; establishing it as the policy governing wholesale energy risk management at the City Light Department; and superseding Resolution 31365.

    PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE:

    13. Clerk File 313198 CONFIRMED (7-0)

    Appointment of Michael Austin as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to September 1, 2 014.

    14. Clerk File 313199 CONFIRMED (7-0)

    Appointment of Daniel M. Folz as member, Seattle Design Review Board, for a term of confirmation to April 4, 2015.

    15. Clerk File 313200 CONFIRMED (7-0)

    Appointment of Megan Groth as member, Seattle Design Commission, for a term of confirmation to September 1, 2014.

    HOUSING, HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE:

    16. Clerk File 313149 CONFIRMED (7-0)

    Appointment of Kathryn A. Gardow as member, Burke-Gilman Place Public Development Authority, for a term of confirmation to June 30, 2016.

    ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS

    17. Resolution 31481 ADOPTED (7-0)

    Of intention to establish a Pioneer Square Parking and Business Improvement Area, and fixing a date and place for a hearing thereon, and superseding Resolution 31473.

    18. Resolution 31482 ADOPTED (7-0)
    Of intention to disestablish the 1983 Pioneer Square Parking and Business Improvement Area, and fixing a date and place for a hearing thereon, and superseding Resolution 31471.

    19. Resolution 31483 ADOPTED (7-0)
    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, and superseding Resolution 31470.

     

    Filed Under: City Clerk's Update

    Action Summary, Monday 8/12/13

    August 12, 2013 by City Clerk

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

    FULL COUNCIL:
    1. Council Bill 117781 (PDF Version) HELD UNTIL SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
    Relating to land use and zoning, creating a new Section 23.42.058 and amending Sections 23.50.012, 23.84A.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, to modify the definition of food processing, and to modify existing allowances for agricultural uses in certain industrial areas.
    LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE:
    2. Clerk File 313156 (PDF Version) CONFIRM (9 – 0)
    Appointment of Holly D. Golden as member, Seattle Center Advisory Commission, for a term of confirmation to September 28, 2014.
    3. Clerk File 313157 (PDF Version) CONFIRM (9 – 0)
    Appointment of A. Grace Dwomoh as member, Seattle Center Advisory Commission, for a term of confirmation to September 1, 2014.

     
    COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC RESILIENCY AND REGIONAL RELATIONS:
    4. Council Bill 117864 (PDF Version) PASS AS AMENDED (9 – 0)
    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.

    GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:
    5. Council Bill 117845 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
    Related to City banking contracts; creating a new Chapter 20.65 in Title 20 of the Seattle Municipal Code; requiring the Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services to consider socially responsible banking practices when selecting vendors for depository services; and requiring periodic reports to the City Council.
    6. Council Bill 117853 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
    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.
    7. Council Bill 117860 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
    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.
    8. Council Bill 117862 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
    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.

    9. Council Bill 117863 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
    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.

    10. Resolution 31469 (PDF Version) ADOPTED (9 – 0)
    To initiate a five-year SoDo (South of Downtown) Parking and Business Improvement Area.

    11. Resolution 31470 (PDF Version) ADOPTED (9 – 0)
    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.

    12. Resolution 31471 (PDF Version) ADOPTED (9 – 0)
    Of intention to disestablish the 1983 Pioneer Square Parking and Business Improvement Area, and fixing a date and place for a hearing thereon.
    13. Resolution 31472 (PDF Version) ADOPTED (9 – 0)
    To initiate a Pioneer Square Parking and Business Improvement Area.

    14. Resolution 31473 (PDF Version) ADOPTED (9 – 0)
    Of intention to establish a Pioneer Square Parking and Business Improvement Area, and fixing a date and place for a hearing thereon.

    15. Resolution 31474 (PDF Version) ADOPTED (9 – 0)
    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.

    16. Resolution 31475 (PDF Version) ADOPTED (9 – 0)
    Approving interest rates set by the Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System (SCERS) Board of Administration for 2014.

    PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:
    17. Council Bill 117842 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
    Relating to the Technology Matching Fund Program; making allocations and authorizing implementation of certain Technology Matching Fund projects in 2013; providing that 2013 appropriations for the Technology Matching Fund from the Cable Television Franchise Subfund and from the Information Technology Fund shall automatically carry forward into the 2014 fiscal year; that any unspent funds from an individual project may be applied to another Technology Matching Fund project; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TAXI, FOR-HIRE, AND LIMOUSINE REGULATIONS:
    18. Council Bill 117866 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
    Relating to the regulation of wheelchair accessible taxicab licenses; and amending Sections 6.310.330 of the Seattle Municipal Code in connection thereto.

    Filed Under: City Clerk's Update

    Action Summary, Monday 8/5/13

    August 5, 2013 by City Clerk

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

     FULL COUNCIL:
    1. Clerk File 313145 (PDF Version) FILED (8 – 0)
    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 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.

    2. Resolution 31464 (PDF Version) ADOPTED (8 – 0)
    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.

    3. Council Bill 117827 (PDF Version) PASSED AS AMENDED (8 – 0)
    Approving an amendment of the Property Use and Development Agreement approved by Ordinance 123774 for property located at 500 Fairview Avenue North.

    SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SR 520 PROJECT:
    4. Council Bill 117848 (PDF Version) PASSED (8 – 0)
    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.

    HOUSING, HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE:
    5. Clerk File 313131 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Jerry L. Garcia as member, Seattle Arts Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014 .

    6. Clerk File 313150 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Reappointment of Suzanne Petersen Tanneberg as member, Burke-Gilman Place Development Authority, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2016.

    PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE:
    7. Council Bill 117818 (PDF Version) PASSED AS AMENDED (8 – 0)
    Related to land use and zoning, approving and authorizing execution of a development agreement with the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (“Sound Transit”) for real properties owned by Sound Transit within the Capitol Hill Station Area Overlay District; approving and adopting revised Capitol Hill Neighborhood Design Guidelines; and amending section 23.41.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

    COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC RESILIENCY AND REGIONAL RELATIONS:
    8. Council Bill 117822 (PDF Version) PASSED (8 – 0)
    Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Rohrer House, 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.
    9. Council Bill 117823 (PDF Version) PASSED (8 – 0)
    Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Barksdale House, 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.

    10. Council Bill 117824 (PDF Version) PASSED (8 – 0)
    Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Horace Mann School, 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.

    11. Council Bill 117825 (PDF Version) PASSED (8 – 0)
    Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Charles P. Dose House, 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.

    12. Clerk File 313108 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Reappointment of Ann Magnano as member, Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority Council, for a term of confirmation to June 30, 2017.

    13. Clerk File 313109 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Reappointment of Matt Hanna as member, Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority Council, for a term of confirmation to October 1, 2016.

    14. Clerk File 313110 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Reappointment of Bruce T. Burger as member, Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority Council, for a term of confirmation to June 15, 2015

    15. Clerk File 313111 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Patrice Barrentine as member, Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority Council, for a term of confirmation to June 30, 2016.

    16. Clerk File 313147 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Deb Barker as member, Landmarks Preservation Board, for a term of confirmation to August 15, 2016.

    17. Clerk File 313148 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Nicholas Carter as member, Landmarks Preservation Board, for a term of confirmation to August 15, 2016.

    18. Clerk File 313161 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Jacqueline Gruber as member, Pioneer Square Preservation Board, for a term of confirmation to September 1, 2014.

    PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE:
    19. Clerk File 313162 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Mazohra Thami as member, Board of Park Commissioners, for a term of confirmation to September 1, 2014.

    Filed Under: City Clerk's Update Tagged With: Action Summary

    Action Summary, Monday 7/29/13

    July 29, 2013 by City Clerk

    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.

    Filed Under: City Clerk's Update Tagged With: Action Summary

    Action Summary, Monday 7/22/13

    July 22, 2013 by City Clerk

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

    FULL COUNCIL:
    1. COUNCIL BILL 117781 (PDF Version)  Hold until Monday, August 12th, 2013
    Relating to land use and zoning, creating a new Section 23.42.058 and amending Sections 23.50.012, 23.84A.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, to modify the definition of food processing, and to modify existing allowances for agricultural uses in certain industrial areas.

    2. COUNCIL BILL 117827 (PDF Version) Hold until Monday, July 29th, 2013
    Approving an amendment of the Property Use and Development Agreement approved by Ordinance 123774 for property located at 500 Fairview Avenue North.

    3. RESOLUTION 31461 (PDF Version) ADOPTED AS AMENDED (9 – 0)
    Relating to the 3rd Avenue Transit Corridor Design Concept and recommendations, Pike/Pine Retail Core Urban Design Concept and other Downtown streetscape improvements related to the Center City Initiative; and addressing the funding plan and steps for implementation.

    JOINT LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE & ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:
    4. RESOLUTION 31459 (PDF Version) ADOPTED (9 – 0)
    Establishing a City policy that green stormwater infrastructure is a critical aspect of a sustainable drainage system and adopting a 2025 goal for green stormwater infrastructure implementation in Seattle.

    5. COUNCIL BILL 117828 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
    Relating to the “Agreement for Sewage Disposal” between the City of Seattle and the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle dated January 26, 1961, and amended by “Supplemental Agreement No. 2” executed February 15, 1962; authorizing the Director of Seattle Center to convey an easement to King County through Seattle Center land in partial satisfaction of City of Seattle obligations under the “Agreement for Sewage Disposal”.

    COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC RESILIENCY AND REGIONAL RELATIONS:
    6. COUNCIL BILL 117789 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
    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.

    7. COUNCIL BILL 117841 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
    Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Anhalt Apartment Building at 1600 East John Street, 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.

    8. CLERK FILE 313015 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
    Reappointment of Elaine Wine as member, Landmarks Preservation Board, for a term of confirmation to August 15, 2015.

    GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:
    9. COUNCIL BILL 117831 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
    Relating to revenues generated from the use of school zone fixed automated traffic cameras; creating a fund for depositing such revenues; and adopting financial policies for the City of Seattle governing the fund.

    10. COUNCIL BILL 117837 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
    Relating to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services; amending Ordinance 121969 regarding the grant of an easement to Puget Sound Energy for a nonexclusive easement over, under, through, across and upon a portion of the property known as the Joint Training Facility, located at 9401 Myers Way South.

    11. COUNCIL BILL 117838 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
    Relating to City employment and the 2013 Adopted Budget; authorizing the execution of a collective bargaining agreement between the City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild to be effective January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2014; authorizing the execution of memoranda of understanding between the City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild; amending Ordinance 124058 by increasing appropriations to the Police Department for providing the 2012 and 2013 payments therefor; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.

    12. COUNCIL BILL 117839 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
    Relating to City employment, adopting a 2013 Citywide Position List.

    13. COUNCIL BILL 117840 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
    Relating to the Downtown Parking and Business Improvement Area (known as the Metropolitan Improvement District); a mending Ordinance 124175 to correct a technical error in the special assessment rate schedule; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE:
    14. COUNCIL BILL 117826 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
    Relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to gran t and convey easement rights under portions of Rainbow Point Park to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority for the purposes of installing, repairing, maintaining, and operating tunnels for light rail service, and to accept payment therefor; and finding that the grant of a permanent subsurface easement meets the requirements of Ordinance 118477, adopting Initiative 42.

    15. COUNCIL BILL 117836 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
    Relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the acquisition of a portion of the real property commonly known as the Port of Seattle’s West Yard; authorizing the acceptance and recording of the deed for open space, park and recreation purposes; authorizing the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy Oversight Committee to perform all functions of the 2000 Neighborhood Parks, Green Spaces, Trails, and Zoo Levy; deleting a project from the Acquisition Category and a project from the Development Category of the 2000 Neighborhood Parks, Green Spaces, Trails, and Zoo Levy; reallocating funds to the Opportunity Fund categories of the 2000 Neighborhood Parks, Green Spaces, Trails, and Zoo Levy and the 2008 Parks Levy; abandoning certain appropriations to the Department of Parks and Recreation effective as of January 1, 2013; increasing the appropriations to the Department of Parks and Recreation in the 2013 Adopted Budget; amending the 2013-2018 Adopted Capital Improvement Program; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by three–fourths vote of the City Council.

    ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS:
    RESOLUTION 31466 ADOPTED (9 – 0)
    In support of expanded housing options and greater tax fairness.

    Filed Under: Action Summary Tagged With: Action Summary

    Action Summary – Monday, July 15, 2013

    July 15, 2013 by City Clerk

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

    FULL COUNCIL:
    1. Council Bill 117831 (PDF Version) REFERRED TO THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
    Relating to revenues generated from the use of school zone fixed automated traffic cameras; creating a fund for de positing such revenues; and adopting financial policies for the City of Seattle governing the fund.

    GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:
    2. Council Bill 117813 (PDF Version) (amendment 1) (amendment 2) PASSED AS AMENDED (9 – 0) .
    Related to the 2013 Budget; amending Ordinance 124058, which adopted the 2013 Budget, including the 2013-2018 Capital Improvement Program (CIP); changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; adding new projects; revising project allocations for certain projects in the 2013-2018 CIP; making cash transfers between various City funds; creating positions, including exempt positions; imposing provisos on certain appropriations; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.

    TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE:
    3. Council Bill 117784 (PDF Version) PASSED (9 – 0)
    Related to Restricted Parking Zones (RPZs); authorizing the Director of Transportation to consider requests from e mployers within RPZs for employee permits under certain conditions; and amending Sections 11.16.315 and 11.16.316 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

    4. Council Bill 117807 (PDF Version) PASSED (8 – 0, BAGSHAW DISQUALIFIED)
    Relating to a pedestrian skybridge over and across Post Avenue, north of Spring Street; amending Ordinance 117589, as amended by Ordinance 121855; updating the insurance and bond requirements; amending the annual fee and other terms and conditions of the permit; renewing the term of the permit to the Watermark Tower Association of Apartment Owners; providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    5. Resolution 31461 (PDF Version) HOLD UNTIL MONDAY JULY 22
    Relating to the 3rd Avenue Transit Corridor Design Concept and recommendations, Pike/Pine Retail Core Urban Design Concept and other Downtown streetscape improvements related to the Center City Initiative; and addressing the funding plan and steps for implementation.

    ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:
    6. Resolution 31460 (PDF Version) ADOPTED (9 – 0)
    Relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the deferral of certain environmental costs for cleanup of designated Superfund sites in accordance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 62 — Codification of Accounting and Financial Reporting Guidance Contained in Pre-November 30, 1989 FASB and AICPA (GASBS 62) and subsequent amendments.

    PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE:
    7. Council Bill 117827 (PDF Version) HELD UNTIL MONDAY, JULY 22
    Approving an amendment of the Property Use and Development Agreement approved by Ordinance 123774 for property located at 500 Fairview Avenue North.

    Filed Under: Action Summary Tagged With: Action Summary

    Action Summary, Monday 7/8/13

    July 8, 2013 by City Clerk

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

     

    FULL COUNCIL:
    1. Council Bill 117817 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
    Related to the regulation of watercraft noise on Seattle waterways; amending by adding a section to 25.08.485 of t he Seattle Municipal Code to authorize the Seattle Police Department to regulate noise from audio systems.

    LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE:
    2. Council Bill 117803 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
    Relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the purchase of approximately 1,972 square feet of real property commonly called the Wood Property located at 1054 South Elmgrove Street; and authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to execute any necessary documents and agreements, accept or deliver any necessary deeds, and take any other actions reason ably necessary on behalf of the City.

    3. Council Bill 117804 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
    Authorizing Seattle Public Utilities to establish institutional controls relating to the long-term protection of the environmental remediation of Slip 4 of the Lower Duwamish Waterway consisting of development and execution of an environmental covenant with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that will place restrictions on City of Seattle real property; negotiate and execute a lot line adjustment with 1st South Properties, L.L.C.; negotiate and execute a nonexclusive storm water drainage outfall facility easement with 1st South Properties, L.L.C.; and pursue and establish a permanent Regulated Navigation Area within Slip 4 through coordination with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

    4. Clerk File 313061 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
    Appointment of David W. Gault as member, Seattle Public Utilities’ Customer Review Panel, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2014.

    COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC RESILIENCY AND REGIONAL RELATIONS:
    5. Council Bill 117788 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
    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.

    GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:
    6. Council Bill 117812 (PDF Version) PASS (9 – 0)
    Relating to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services; authorizing the amendment of certain lease agreements with the Washington State Department of Transportation, to clarify that the City’s indemnity obligations are limited to funds that have been appropriated and are available at the time an indemnity claim is made, and to specify the resources available to meet such obligations.

    PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:
    7. Clerk File 312964 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
    Appointment of Roslyn Kagy as member, Seattle Women’s Commission, for a term of confirmation to July 1, 2014.

    8. Clerk File 313104 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
    Reappointment of Laura A. Obara Gramer as member, Seattle Commission for People with Disabilities, for a term of confirmation to April 30, 2015.

    9. Clerk File 313105 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
    Appointment of Ryan Troyer as member, Seattle Commission for People with Disabilities, for a term of confirmation to April 30, 2014.

    10. Clerk File 313106 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
    Appointment of Robert F. Canamar as member, Seattle Commission for People with Disabilities, for a term of confirm ation to April 30, 2015.

    11. Clerk File 313107 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (9 – 0)
    Reappointment of Michael L. Barta as member, Seattle Commission for People with Disabilities, for a term of confirmation to April 30, 2015

     

    Filed Under: Action Summary Tagged With: Action Summary

    Action Summary, Monday 7/1/13

    July 1, 2013 by City Clerk

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

    Councilmember Rasmussen excused

    HOUSING, HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE:

    1. Council Bill 117798 (PDF Version) PASS (8 – 0)
    Related to the 2013 budget appropriation for the Human Services Department (HSD) Transitional Living and Support B CL; lifting a budget proviso to allow spending for outreach, engagement and case management services for families; and a mending Ordinance 124058, which adopted the 2013 budget.

    Filed Under: Action Summary Tagged With: Action Summary

    Action Summary, Monday 6/24/13

    June 24, 2013 by City Clerk

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

    8 Councilmembers present, Councilmember Tom Rasmussen excused.

    FULL COUNCIL:

    1. Council Bill 117815 (PDF Version) PASS (8 – 0)       
    Authorizing the Human Services Department to enter into a contract with a non-profit organization to provide outreach, engagement, case management, shelter, housing and other services to immediately move the campers at the encampment at 7116 W Marginal Way SW to appropriate shelter, housing and services; appropriating $500,000 for such purpose; declaring an emergency; and ratifying and confirming prior acts; all with a three-fourths vote of the City Council.

    2. Clerk File 313092 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Jonathan A. Grant as member, 2009 Housing Levy Oversight Committee, for a term of confirmation to June 30, 2014.

    PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:

    3. Clerk File 312998 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment and Oath of Office of Lewis Pierce Murphy as Director of the Office of Professional Accountability to a term from July 1, 2013 to July 1, 2016.

    HOUSING, HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE:

    4. Council Bill 117781 (PDF Version) (Amendment 1 ) (Amendment 2) (Amendment 3)

    HELD UNTIL JULY 22ND
    Relating to land use and zoning, creating a new Section 23.42.058 and amending Sections 23.50.012, 23.84A.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, to modify the definition of food processing, and to modify existing allowances for agricultural uses in certain industrial areas.

    SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCE:

    5. Council Bill 117814 (PDF Version) PASS (8 – 0)
    Relating to public financing of political campaigns; providing for the submission to voters of the City, at an election to be held on November 5, 2013, of a proposition to lift the limit on regular property taxes under Chapter 84.55 R CW and authorize the City to levy additional property taxes for up to six years for the purposes of establishing a public matching funds program for financing City Council election campaigns when certain qualifying conditions are met by candidates, and limiting campaign expenditures on City election campaigns of those who voluntarily enter the Public Campaign Financing Program; establishing a campaign matching fund account in the City Treasury; amending Subchapter V of chapter 2.04 the Seattle Municipal Code and adding new sections to chapter 2.04; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

    6. Council Bill 117810 (PDF Version) PASS (8 – 0)
    Relating to City employment commonly referred to as the First Quarter 2013 Employment Ordinance; designating posit ions as exempt from Civil Service status, amending Seattle Municipal Code Section 4.13.010, authorizing the Mayor to exe cute a Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Seattle and the Public Service and Industrial Employees Local 1239, and ratifying and confirming prior acts; all by a 2/3 vote of the City Council.

    7. Council Bill 117811 (PDF Version) PASS (8 – 0)
    Relating to City employment; amending Seattle Municipal Code Section 4.20.370 to reconcile it with planned changes to the public transit subsidy benefit offered to City employees; authorizing the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between the City and certain City labor unions to amend collective bargaining agreements to reflect the benefit provided in Seattle Municipal Code Section 4.20.370; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.

    8. Resolution 31457 (PDF Version) ADOPTED (8 – 0)
    Reappointing one member to the Seattle-King County Taxicab Advisory Commission to advise and make recommendations on taxicab regulations to the City of Seattle and King County.

    PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE:

    9. Council Bill 117801 (PDF Version) PASS (8 – 0)
    Relating to the Washington Park Arboretum; approving the execution of a mitigation agreement among the Washington State Department of Transportation, the University of Washington, and the Washington Park Arboretum Foundation for impacts to the Arboretum from the State’s SR 520 Project; authorizing the Mayor or his designees to execute, deliver, and perform corresponding agreements; amending Ordinance 124058, which adopted the 2013 Budget, including the 2013-2018 Capital Improvement Program (CIP); creating a new fund; adding a new project; creating a new Capital Improvement Program Budget Control Level and creating a new appropriation for the implementation of the Arboretum Mitigation Plan; and ratifying and confirming prior acts; all by a three- fourths vote of the City Council.

    10. Council Bill 117802 (PDF Version) PASS (8 – 0)
    Relating to Freeway Park; authorizing an agreement between the City of Seattle and First Hill/Eighth Avenue LLC concerning connecting a private development to the Pigott Corridor portion of Freeway Park; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    11. Clerk File 313048 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Robert Edmiston as member, Board of Park Commissioners, for a term of confirmation to March 31, 201 6.

    12. Clerk File 313049 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Chloe Fasoldt as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    13. Clerk File 313050 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Claire Huebler as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    14. Clerk File 313051 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Owain James as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    15. Clerk File 313052 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Elaine LaFontaine as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    16. Clerk File 313053 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Liam Lawrence as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    17. Clerk File 313054 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Sarah Lober as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    18. Clerk File 313055 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Sabrina Mohamed as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    19. Clerk File 313056 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Sam Orlin as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    20. Clerk File 313057 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Waylon Robert as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    21. Clerk File 313058 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Seray Savrun as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    22. Clerk File 313059 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Lena Tran as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    23. Clerk File 313060 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Vincent Tsan as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    24. Clerk File 313067 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Lizette Becerra as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    25. Clerk File 313068 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Reappointment of Delannah Collins-Wright as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31 , 2014.

    26. Clerk File 313069 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Marta Deneke as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    27. Clerk File 313070 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Isabel Emery as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    28. Clerk File 313071 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Reappointment of Bryce Goldsen as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    29. Clerk File 313072 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Reappointment of Chaltu Hussein as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    30. Clerk File 313073 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Reappointment of Cecilia Kalthoff as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014

    31. Clerk File 313074 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Reappointment of Ryan Lenea as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    32. Clerk File 313075 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Henry C. Meyerson as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    33. Clerk File 313076 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Reappointment of Hannah Trettenero as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014 .

    34. Clerk File 313077 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Madeline Walsh as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    35. Clerk File 313078 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Reappointment of Meghan Warshaw as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

    36. Clerk File 313079 (PDF Version) CONFIRMED (8 – 0)
    Appointment of Greyson Zatzick as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to May 31, 2014.

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