The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.

 

Councilmember Mike O’Brien excused from meeting.

 

FULL COUNCIL:

1. Clerk File 308766 GRANTED (8 – 0)

Full Unit Lot Subdivision Application of Victor Wu for Goodhue Development, to subdivide one parcel into 26 unit lots, at 13727 Meridian Ave, North (Project #3005091 and 3004747).       

2. Council Bill 117486 PASSED (8 – 0)

Approving and confirming the plat of “Goodhue” in a portion of Section 19, Township 26 North, Range 4 East, W.M. in King County, Washington with a modified plat condition; waiving the requirement of a surety bond under subsection 23.22.070.C of the Seattle Municipal Code and approving acceptance of an irrevocable standby letter of credit to guarantee completion of required facilities and improvements; and setting a date for completion of required facilities and improvements.  

 

GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

3. Council Bill 117462 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to the 2012 Budget; carrying forward certain unexpended appropriations and funds for non- capital purposes from the 2011 budget of various departments; ratifying and confirming certain prior acts, all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council. 

4. Resolution 31385 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

Relating to the 2011 Families and Education Levy; approving a partnership agreement between the City of Seattle and Seattle School District No. 1, as required by Ordinance 123567.

 

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC RESILIENCY AND REGIONAL RELATIONS:

5. Council Bill 117451 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to Hearing Examiner filing fees, amending Section 3.02.125 to increase the fees required for certain cases before the City Hearing Examiner, and amending Sections 7.20.080 and 22.220.140 to make those sections consistent with Section 3.02.125.          

6. Council Bill 117436 PASSED AS AMENDED (8 – 0)

Relating to notice procedures in Hearing Examiner proceedings, amending Sections 3.02.090, 3.02.100, 5.55.150, 5.55.230, 6.02.290, 6.202.310, 7.20.100, 10.07.050, 10.52.032,10.52.034, 11.16.317, 14.04.180, 14.06.120, 14.08.180, 14.10.140, 14.16.080, 15.91.006, 15.91.010, 22.206.217, 22.208.050, 22.210.150, 22.220.140, 22.920.160, 23.66.030, 23.91.006, 23.91.010, 25.02.080, 25.08.930, 25.10.540, 25.16.110, 25.16.115, 25.20.115, 25.21.135, 25.22.135, and 25.24.085 to allow the option to provide notice by electronic means in specified circumstances and correct section references and format.

 

LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE:

7. Council Bill 117485 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to the Seattle Center Department; authorizing execution of an agreement with Festivals, Inc. for the presentation of annual Bite of Seattle festivals at Seattle Center.             

 

PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE:

8. Council Bill 117453 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the acquisition of real property commonly known as 1227 South Jackson Street; authorizing acceptance and recording of the deed for open space, park, and recreation purposes; authorizing acquisition by condemnation; increasing appropriations to the Department of Parks and Recreation in the 2012 Adopted Budget; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.     

9. Clerk File 312381 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Celina Jackson as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.   

10. Clerk File 312382 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Delannah Collins-Wright as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013    

11. Clerk File 312383 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Ilani Nurick as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.          

12. Clerk File 312384 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Katya Anderson as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.  

13. Clerk File 312385 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Leoma James as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.     

14. Clerk File 312386 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Matthew Fulle as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.     

15. Clerk File 312387 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Megan Warshaw as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013. 

16. Clerk File 312388 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Moriah Williams as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.  

17. Clerk File 312389 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Olive Burd as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.          

18. Clerk File 312390 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Rafael Regan as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.      

19. Clerk File 312391 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Ryan Lenea as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.        

20. Clerk File 312392 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Thomas Kovacs as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.  

21. Clerk File 312393 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Zena Getachew as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.   

22. Clerk File 312394 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Alex Askerov as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.          

23. Clerk File 312395 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Anders Peterson as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.    

24. Clerk File 312396 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Andrew Hermann as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.    

25. Clerk File 312397 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Bryce Goldsen as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.       

26. Clerk File 312398 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Cecilia Kalthoff as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.      

27. Clerk File 312399 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Chaltu Hussein as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.       

28. Clerk File 312400 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Christine Lu as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.

29. Clerk File 312401 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Hannah Trettenero as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.  

30. Clerk File 312402 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of John Noland as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.          

31. Clerk File 312403 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Karanja Mburu as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.        

32. Clerk File 312404 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Tristan Lee as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013. 

33. Clerk File 312405 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Valentina Gonzales-Marth as member, Seattle Youth Commission, for a term of confirmation to June 10, 2013.

Councilmember Nick Licata and Councilmember Tim Burgess excused.

GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

1.  Council Bill 117471 PASSED (7 – 0)

Relating to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services Mutual and Offsetting Benefit (MOB) properties; removing a budget proviso that restricts the expenditure of appropriations in the 2012 Budget for roof repairs on six MOB properties; and authorizing the carry forward of appropriated funds for their stated purpose until the roof-repair projects are completed or the funds are otherwise abandoned.      

 

2. Council Bill 117463 PASSED (7 – 0)

Amending the 2011 Adopted Budget, including the 2011-2016 Capital Improvement Program (CIP); changing appropriations to various departments and from various funds in the Budget; revising project allocations for certain projects in the 2011-2016 CIP; adding new projects; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.     

 

 

 

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:

1. Resolution 31379 ADOPTED (9 – 0)

Stating The City of Seattle’s opposition to transporting coal across Washington State and through Seattle due to negative health impacts and negative impacts to the Earth’s climate.        

PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE:

2. Resolution 31373 ADOPTED AS AMENDED (9 – 0)

Approving, as of February 28, 2012, a new Incident Annex to the City Disaster Readiness and Response Plan.    

3. Clerk File 311875 APPROVED (9 – 0)

Council land use action by the Department of Finance and Administrative Services to approve a 1,130 sq. ft. two story addition to Fire Station 34, located at 633 32nd Avenue East (Project No. 3012676, Type V).                            

4. Clerk File 312271 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Appointment of Leif Fixen as member, Urban Forestry Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 1, 2014.      

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.                                    

GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

1. Council Bill 117466 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to public art museum facilities; approving and authorizing the execution of certain consents and waivers in connection with the existing guarantee and reimbursement agreement with the Museum Development Authority and other parties; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

2. Council Bill 117447 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to the Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System; eliminating the disqualification for disability retirement due to pre-existing conditions; clarifying the requirements for disability appeals; authorizing the re-examination of persons retired for temporary total disability every 24 months; and amending Sections 4.36.145, 4.36.220 and 4.36.250 of the Seattle Municipal Code.  

3. Council Bill 117464 PASSED AS AMENDED (9 – 0)

Authorizing the sale of real property consisting of a portion of a subsurface parcel beneath Fire Station No. 2, legally described as Lots 4, 5 and 6, Block L, Bell’s Fifth Addition to the City of Seattle, located at 2320 4th Avenue, to the State of Washington for highway purposes.

 

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC RESILIENCY AND REGIONAL RELATIONS:

4. Clerk File 312297 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Appointment of Dean A. Kralios as member, Pioneer Square Preservation Board, for a term of confirmation to March 1, 2015.

5. Clerk File 312298 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Appointment of Marika A. Cialdella as member, Pike Place Market Historical Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 1, 2014.

6. Clerk File 312199 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Appointment of Martha Rogers as member, International Special Review District Board, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2013.     

 

PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:

7. Clerk File 312225 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Appointment of Jeffrey R. Watt as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.

8. Clerk File 312226 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Appointment of David Moore as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.

9. Clerk File 312227 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Appointment of Todd Sparrow as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.

10. Clerk File 312228 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Reappointment of Anne Donegan as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.

11. Clerk File 312230 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Reappointment of James R. Fair as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.

12. Clerk File 312231 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Reappointment of Lucas Grothkopp as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.

13. Clerk File 312232 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Reappointment of Rae Anne Rushing as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.

14. Clerk File 312233 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Reappointment of Allen D. Rainsberger as member, Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 30, 2015.

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.

Councilmember Jean Godden excused.                                     

FULL COUNCIL:

1. Resolution 31380 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

Supporting a United States Constitutional Amendment to Regulate Corporate Political Spending and Campaign Financing.            

 

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE:

2. Council Bill 117443 PASSED (8 – 0)

Vacating a portion of Southwest Dakota Street between West Marginal Way Southwest and the Southwesterly margin of the Duwamish Waterway, a portion of Southwest Idaho Street between West Marginal Way Southwest and the Southwesterly Margin of the Duwamish Waterway, and a portion of West Marginal Way Southwest between Southwest Dakota Street and Southwest Idaho Street in the Duwamish Industrial Area of Seattle on the petition of the Port of Seattle; accepting a public access easement from the Port of Seattle for public access to the shoreline area at Terminal 105; accepting a public access easement from the Port of Seattle for public access to the shoreline area at Terminal 107; accepting easement agreements from each of the Port of Seattle and JD Anderson, LLC for the construction, operation, and maintenance of stormwater drainage facilities; and accepting an easement and relinquishment of easement agreement from General Recycling of Washington, LLC for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a stormwater drainage facility and sanitary sewer facility, and relinquishment of an easement for sewer line, as reflected in Clerk File 297660.

3. Council Bill 117458 PASSED (8 – 0)

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

4. Council Bill 117459 PASSED (8 – 0)

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

5. Clerk File 312294 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of David A. Goldberg as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.   

6. Clerk File 312295 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Lorena P. Kaplan as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.   

7. Clerk File 312296 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Appointment of Dottie Faris as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2013.

 

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:

8. Council Bill 117452 PASSED (8 – 0)

Relating to the City Light Department, declaring as surplus and authorizing the Superintendent or his designee to release four (4) easements for electrical service located within City of Seattle Short Subdivision Nos. 3005320, 3008464, and 3012055.            

9. Council Bill 117460 PASSED (8 – 0)

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

10. Resolution 31365 ADOPTED (8 – 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 31230.         

11. Clerk File 312323 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of David E. Allen as member, Seattle City Light Review Panel for a term of confirmation to April 11, 2015.           

 

PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE:

12. Resolution 31370 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

Identifying principles and a revised schedule to guide the review and update of the City’s Comprehensive Plan.    

13. Clerk File 311765 APPROVED (8 – 0)

Council land use action by the Department of Finance and Administrative Services to approve a 1,473 sq. ft. addition to the existing two-story Fire Station 8 structure, and for additional eight surface parking spaces, located at 110 Lee Street (Project No. 3011999, Type V).    

 

HOUSING, HUMAN SERVICE, HEALTH, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE:

14. Council Bill 117454 PASSED (8 – 0)

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; decreasing appropriations in the 2012 Adopted Budget of funds available for activities under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and for activities of the Office of Housing; increasing the appropriation in the 2012 Adopted Budget for the Human Services Department for activities funded by the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program and the Emergency Solutions Grant program; increasing appropriations in the 2012 Adopted Budget for certain activities of the Office Housing and Office of Economic Development; amending the 2012 Annual Allocation Plan component of the 2012 Update to the Consolidated Plan; amending the 2011 Annual Allocation Plan component of the 2011 Update to the Consolidated Plan; reallocating unexpended funds from prior years; recognizing the Section 108 program income within the Consolidated Plan; and ratifying and confirming prior acts, all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.

FULL COUNCIL:

1. Resolution 31351 ADOPTED AS AMENDED (9 – 0)

Adopting a policy framework for City Light rate setting objectives, rate design policies, and marginal cost allocation among customer classes.        

 

GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

2. Resolution 31331 ADOPTED (9 – 0)

Relating to the Seattle Department of Transportation; rescinding Resolution 30636 and applying the City of Seattle’s existing debt management policies to transportation debt           

3. Clerk File 312316 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Appointment of Beth Goldberg as member, Audit Committee, for a term of confirmation to September 30, 2013. 

4. Clerk File 312317 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Appointment of John J. Jolley as member, Audit Committee, for a term of confirmation to September 30, 2014.  

 

 

LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE:

5. Council Bill 117446 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to the City of Seattle’s solid waste system, providing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities additional rulemaking authority to grant waivers and other relief from requirements relating to single-use food service ware and packaging, and amending Seattle Municipal Code Section 21.36.086 accordingly.           

6. Council Bill 117449 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to the solid waste system of Seattle Public Utilities; establishing rates and charges for solid waste services for the One Less Truck Pilot Program; and amending Chapter 21.40.050 of the Seattle Municipal Code.   

7. Council Bill 117457 PASSED (9 – 0)

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

 

PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:

8. Council Bill 117445 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to security from terrorism; authorizing the City to partner with the Port of Tacoma to receive financial assistance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office for State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness under the Port Security Grant Program for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2008 (PSGP FFY ’08), authorizing an application for allocation of funds under that agreement, increasing appropriations to the Police Department in the 2012 Budget, and ratifying and confirming prior acts; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.       

9. Clerk File 312234 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Reappointment of Mohamed Sheikh Hassan as member, Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Commission, for a term of confirmation to January 31, 2014.          

10. Clerk File 312235 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Reappointment of Devon Alisa Abdallah as member, Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Commission, for a term of confirmation to January 31, 2014.     

11. Clerk File 312236 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Reappointment of Michael Neguse as member, Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Commission, for a term of confirmation to January 31, 2014.         

 

PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE:

12. Clerk File 312194 CONFIRMED (9 – 0)

Appointment of Yazmin F. Mehdi as member, Board of Park Commissioners, for a term of confirmation to March 31, 2015.

 

The Council’s Chambers and offices are physically accessible; Print and communications access provided on request. Call 206-684-8888 (TDD: 206-233-0025) for further information.

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.

Councilmember Richard Conlin excused.

FULL COUNCIL:

1. Resolution 31351 HELD UNTIL MAY 7

Adopting a policy framework for City Light rate setting objectives, rate design policies, and marginal cost allocation among customer classes.           

2. Council Bill 117438 PASSED AS AMENDED (8 – 0)

Relating to the business license tax and other taxes; amending the tax code to allow a deduction for grants, contracts and sub-awards received as compensation for or to support life sciences research and development; adding a new subsection to Seattle Municipal Code Section 5.45.100 in connection therewith.

3. Resolution 31374 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

Initiating a proceeding for the vacation of a portion of Broad Street between Harrison Street and 6th Avenue North pursuant to Chapter 35.79 Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) Chapter 15.62.     

 

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT, SEAWALL, AND ALASKAN WAY VIADUCT REPLACEMENT PROJECT:

4. Resolution 31371 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

Relating to public safety and protection of the Central Waterfront, the downtown business district, major transportation facilities, and related public infrastructure, which are essential to the local and regional economy, expressing the City Council’s intent to place an Elliott Bay Seawall Replacement bond measure on the November 6, 2012 general election ballot, and establishing the process the Council will use to determine the final amount and scope of this measure.         

 

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:

5. Resolution 31372 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

Relating to Seattle Public Utilities, authorizing application to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Recreation and Conservation Office, for an Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account grant to fund fish habitat protection and restoration in the lower Cedar River.      

 

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE:

6. Resolution 31369 ADOPTED (8 – 0)

Granting conceptual approval to construct, maintain, and operate a rooftop photovoltaic array over the sidewalk areas of East Madison Street, 15th Avenue East, and East Pike Street, and to the centerline of the alley between East Madison Street and East Pike Street, as part of the construction of the new Bullitt Center at 1501 East Madison Street, as proposed by CCSDC, LLC.    

7. Clerk File 312248 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Jeniffer Calleja as member, Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.   

8. Clerk File 312249 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Lydia Heard as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.           

9. Clerk File 312250 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Mark J. Melnyk as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.   

10. Clerk File 312251 CONFIRMED (8 – 0)

Reappointment of Mark Landreneau as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term of confirmation to March 4, 2014.   

 

The Council’s Chambers and offices are physically accessible; Print and communications access provided on request. Call 206-684-8888 (TDD: 206-233-0025) for further information.

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.

 Councilmembers Richard Conlin and Tim Burgess excused.

FULL COUNCIL:

1. CLERK FILE 312273 FILED (7 – 0)

Memorandum of Understanding concerning building exterior preservation between The City of Seattle Office of Housing, The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Plymouth Housing Group, Bellwether Housing, Capitol Hill Housing, and Catholic Housing Services.        

 

LIBRARIES, UTILITIES, AND CENTER COMMITTEE:

2. COUNCIL BILL 117439 PASSED (7 – 0)

Relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights relating to sewer facility easements within the campus of the University of Washington as being surplus to City utility needs; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to relinquish such easement rights and accept a new easement grant from the University of Washington for a City-owned sanitary sewer facility; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts

 

GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

3. COUNCIL BILL 117438 HELD UNTIL 4/30

Relating to the business license tax and other taxes; amending the tax code to allow a deduction for grants, contracts and sub-awards received as compensation for or to support life sciences research and development; adding a new subsection to Seattle Municipal Code Section 5.45.100 in connection therewith.

 The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting.

 All Councilmembers Present.

GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

1.     COUNCIL BILL 117434 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to the City Employees’ Retirement System; amending Chapter 4.36 of the Seattle Municipal Code to clarify eligibility for membership consistent with past practice and interpretation; making technical changes; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.         

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:

2.     RESOLUTION 31351 HELD FOR TWO WEEKS

Adopting a policy framework for City Light rate setting objectives, rate design policies, and marginal cost allocation among customer classes.        

PLANNING, LAND USE, AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE:

3.     COUNCIL BILL 117435 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to land use and zoning, amending Seattle Municipal Code sections 23.42.030, 23.47A.004, 23.47A.006, 23.50.012, 23.50.014, 23.54.030, and 23.84A.040 to allow a recycling use in a Commercial 2 zone to be located on the same development site as a solid waste management use through administrative conditional use review, to allow access to a solid waste management use through a Commercial 2 zone or Industrial Buffer zone, and to allow limited uses associated with a solid waste management use to be located in Commercial 2 zones and Industrial Buffer zones through administrative conditional use review.       

4.     RESOLUTION 31366 ADOPTED (9 – 0)

Providing direction to Seattle Public Utilities in the reconstruction and operation of the North Transfer Station.

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE:

5.     COUNCIL BILL 117428 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to the First Hill Streetcar project; authorizing the Director of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record, on behalf of the City of Seattle, a permanent easement for street purposes from the Seattle School District No. 1, a municipal corporation of the State of Washington; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.  

6.     COUNCIL BILL 117432 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to a utility tunnel under and across Phinney Avenue North, north of North 34th Street, amending Ordinance 115776, as amended by Ordinances 120814 and 121855, updating the insurance and bond requirements, and amending the annual fee and other terms and conditions of the permit; renewing the term of the permit to the Fremont Dock Co., a Washington Corporation; providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.   

7.     RESOLUTION 31355 ADOPTED (9 – 0)

Granting conceptual approval to construct, maintain, and operate a service tunnel under and across Eastlake Avenue East, north of Aloha Street, as proposed by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

8.     RESOLUTION 31367 ADOPTED (9 – 0)

Approving the Seattle Transit Master Plan.         

PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE:

9.     COUNCIL BILL 117437 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the acquisition of real property commonly known as 8102, 8102A, and 8104 Greenwood Avenue North; authorizing acceptance and recording of the deed for open space, park, and recreation purposes; authorizing temporary commercial leasing of the real property; authorizing acquisition by condemnation; increasing appropriations to the Department of Parks and Recreation in the 2012 Adopted Budget; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.          

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The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. 

FULL COUNCIL:

1. Council Bill 117417 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to Human Rights; amending sections 14.04.130, 14.06.090, and 14.08.150 of the Seattle Municipal Code to revise deadlines for appeal decisions by the Human Rights Commission.         

2. Resolution 31368 ADOPTED AS AMENDED (9 – 0)

Relating to Sound Transit’s Lynnwood Link Extension Project, supporting the study of light rail stations at 130th and 155th streets.

 

GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

3. Council Bill 117418 PASSED (9 – 0)

Related to the regulation of horse-drawn carriages; amending Sections 6.315.050, 6.315.110, 6.315.200, 6.315.220, and 6.315.320 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

 

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC RESILIENCY AND REGIONAL RELATIONS:

4. Council Bill 117261 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Bel-Roy Apartments, 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.          

5. Council Bill 117401 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon Pier 56, 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.

6. Council Bill 117407 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon Pier 54, 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 117408 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon Pier 55, 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. Council Bill 117409 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon Pier 57, 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 117410 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to historic preservation, imposing controls and granting incentives upon Pier 59, a landmark designated by the Landmarks Preservation Board under Chapter 25.12 of the Seattle Municipal Code, adding it to the Table of Historical Landmarks contained in Chapter 25.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and repealing Ordinance No.121270.          

 

PUBLIC SAFETY, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE:

10. Council Bill 117416 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to Unfair Public Accommodation Practices; amending sections 14.06.020 and 14.06.030 to add the right of a mother to breastfeed her child in places of public accommodation free from discrimination.

11. Clerk File 312091 FILED (9 – 0)

December 2011 Report of the Police Intelligence Auditor, filed pursuant to Ordinance 108333(Seattle Municipal Code 14.12).           

12. Clerk File 312092 FILED (9 – 0)

Response of the Police Chief to the December 2011 Report of the Police Intelligence Auditor, filed pursuant to Ordinance 108333 (Seattle Municipal Code 14.12).

13. Clerk File 312093 FILED (9 – 0)

2011 Alternate Citizen Observer Report of the Seattle Police Department’s Firearms Review Board.

 

PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE:

14. Council Bill 117427 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to the City of Seattle’s Department of Parks and Recreation and Cascade Park; authorizing the Superintendent to enter into a five-year agreement, with options to extend, with YMCA of Greater Seattle to operate and provide management of the Cascade People’s Center located at 309 Pontius Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109.   

15. Council Bill 117431 PASSED (9 – 0)

Transferring jurisdiction of certain real property from the Department of Finance and Administrative Services to the Department of Parks and Recreation, including parcels located within or adjacent to Magnolia, Northeast Queen Anne, West Duwamish and East Duwamish Greenbelts; parcels located within or adjacent to Duwamish Head, Cheasty and Longfellow Creek Greenspaces; parcels located within or adjacent to Maple School Natural Area; parcels adjacent to Interlaken, Jefferson and Schmitz Parks; an underwater tideland parcel off Alki Point; and a view parcel in Magnolia; all for open space, park, and recreation purposes; accepting deeds; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.    

 *The Full Council meeting will adjourn to convene a Special Committee on the Library Levy meeting. The Full Council meeting will reconvene once the Special Committee on the Library Levy adjourns and then consider item 16, C.B. 117425.

 

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY LEVY:

16. Council Bill 117425 PASSED (9 – 0)

Relating to regular property taxes; requesting that a special election be held concurrent with the August 7, 2012, general election for submission to the qualified electors of the City a proposition to lift the limit on regular property taxes under Chapter 84.55 RCW and authorize the City to levy additional taxes for up to seven years for the purpose of supporting, maintaining and improving core public library services; authorizing creation of a new subfund; ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; and providing for effective dates.     

The Council’s Chambers and offices are physically accessible; Print and communications access provided on request. Call 206-684-8888 (TDD: 206-233-0025) for further information.