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    Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on October 22, 2014, and filed with the City Clerk

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    Res. 31552

    A RESOLUTION relating to contracting indebtedness; confirming, ratifying and approving certain terms of the issuance and sale of The City of Seattle, Washing ton, Municipal Light and Power Improvement and Refunding Revenue Bonds, 2014, for the purposes set forth in Ordinance 124336 and in Ordinance 121941 (as amended by Ordinance 1 22838 and amended and restated by Ordinance 124335); confirming, ratifying and a pproving actions taken and to be taken to provide for the refunding of certain o utstanding bonds of the Light System of the City; and confirming, ratifying and approving action taken and to be taken by the Dire ctor of Finance and other City officials relating to the issuance and sale of th e bonds to the purchaser thereof.

    Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on October 20, 2014, and filed with the City Clerk

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    Ord. 124612
    C.B. 118176

    AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Municipal Code Section 22.420.010; amending Section 110 of the 2012 Seattle Fuel Gas Code regarding administrative review of decisions related to application of the Fuel Gas Code.

    Ord. 124613
    C.B. 118177

    AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Municipal Code Section 22.150.010; amending Sections R103, R105, R202, and R302 of the 2012 Seattle Residential Code, to clarify regulations and adopt amendments consistent with the Washington Residential Code.

    Ord. 124614
    C.B. 118178

    AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Municipal Code Section 22.700.010; amending Seattle Energy Code Sections C101, C109, C402, C403, C404, C405, and C408 of the 2012 Seattle Energy Code, to correct section references, clarify regulations, and make amendments consistent with Washington State Energy Code.

    Ord. 124615
    C.B. 118179

    AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Municipal Code Section 22.502.016 and amending Sections 110, 205, 225, 604, 1603, 1604 and 1702 of the 2012 Seattle Plumbing Code, to clarify regulations and adopt amendments consistent with the Washington State Plumbing Code.

    Ord. 124616
    C.B. 118180

    AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Municipal Code Section 22.100.010; amending Sections 103, 106, 907, 908, 911, 1029, 1606, 1805, 3016 and 3107 of the 2012 Seattle Building Code, to clarify regulations and adopt amendments consistent with Washington State regulations.

    Ord. 124617
    C.B. 118181

    AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 22.170; adding Section 22.170.055, and amending Section 22.170.120 of the Seattle Grading Code, to clarify regulations, and adopt amendments consistent with the Seattle Building Code.

    Ord. 124618
    C.B. 118182

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Municipal Code Section 22.400.010; amending Section 110 of the 2012 Seattle Mechanical Code, regarding administrative review of decisions related to application of the Mechanical Code.

    Ord. 124619
    C.B. 118226

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

    Res. 31551

    A RESOLUTION stating the City’s intent to implement an affordable housing linkage fee program, establishing policy parameters for such a program, and directing the Department of Planning and Development and the Office of Housing to develop regulations implementing an affordable housing linkage fee program.

    Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on October 13, 2014, and filed with the City Clerk

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    Ord. 124610
    C.B. 118202

    AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning, amending Sections 23.47A.004, 23.51A.004, 23.84A.020 and 23.84A.046 of the Seattle Municipal Code, to establish a definition for and allow youth service centers, and provide development standards for youth service centers existing as of January 1, 2013 in public facilities operated by King County.

    Ord. 124611
    C.B. 118225

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

    Res. 31550

    A RESOLUTION supporting Washington State Initiative 594 (I-594) and expressing the support of the Mayor and the Seattle City Council requiring a mandatory background check for all firearm sales and transfers in the State of Washington by closing the loopholes in the existing state criminal background check system that allows convicted felons, domestic abusers, and the seriously mentally ill to purchase firearms from strangers online and at gun shows with no questions asked.

    Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on October 6, 2014, and filed with the City Clerk

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    Ord. 124607
    C.B. 118194

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the rates, terms and conditions for the use and sale of electricity supplied by the City Light Department for 2015 and 2016; and amending Seattle Municipal Code Sections 21.49.030, 21.49.040, 21.49.052, 21.49.055, 21.49.057, 21.49.058, 21.49.060, 21.49.065, 21.49.080, 21.49.082, and 21.49.085 in connection therewith.

    Ord. 124608
    C.B. 118201

    AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; establishing a definition for small efficiency dwelling unit; clarifying standards for configuration of dwelling units; amending development standards for congregate residences; amending design review thresholds; clarifying the application of green factor landscaping requirements to congregate residences; amending income eligible household definitions for incentive programs related to small efficiency dwelling units and congregate residences; and modifying vehicle, bicycle and Restricted Parking Zone regulations for small efficiency dwelling units and congregate residences; amending Sections 11.16.315, 23.41.004, 23.45.504, 23.45.508, 23.45.524, 23.47A.004, 23.47A.016, 23.54.015, 23.54.040, 23.58A.004, and 23.84A.008 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and adopting new Sections 23.42.048 and 23.42.049.

    Ord. 124609
    C.B. 118224

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

    Res. 31538

    A RESOLUTION relating to Indigenous Peoples’ Day; declaring the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the City of Seattle; encouraging other institutions to recognize the Day; and reaffirming the City’s commitment to promote the well-being and growth of Seattle’s American Indian and Indigenous community.

    Res. 31543

    A RESOLUTION concerning the Central Waterfront; commending the work of the Central Waterfront Committee, dissolving that Committee and superseding Resolution 31264; and establishing a new Central Waterfront Steering Committee to advise the City on implementing the Central Waterfront Concept Design and Strategic Plan to create a series of new parks and public spaces on the Central Waterfront, and on building the broader partnerships necessary for it to succeed.

    Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on September 29, 2014, and filed with the City Clerk

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    Ord. 124588
    C.B. 117846

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing execution of the Boundary Power Assignment Agreement with Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, Washington, for the term of the Boundary Hydroelectric Project license granted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on March 20, 2013, 42 years.

    Ord. 124589
    C.B. 118112

    AN ORDINANCE related to the Seattle Department of Transportation; lifting a budget proviso imposed on Transportation Operating Fund, Budget Control Level: Mobility-Capital, for the Pay Station Capital Improvement Project (TC366350) as provided in Ordinance 124349, which adopted the 2014 Budget.

    Ord. 124590
    C.B. 118146

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy; deleting the Seattle Asian Art Museum project from the Citywide Parks Owned Cultural Facilities Sub- Category of the Development Category; adding new major maintenance projects in the Neighborhood Parks and Playgrounds Subcategory of the Development Category; increasing appropriations to the Department of Parks and Recreation in the 2014 Adopted Budget; and amending the 2014-2019 Adopted Capital Improvement Program; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.

    Ord. 124591
    C.B. 118163

    AN ORDINANCE related to land use and zoning; amending Seattle Municipal Code Sections 23.49.011, 23.49.013, and 23.49.014 to remove provisions related to the bonus for a Landmark performing arts theater (LPAT) and to increase the base floor area ratio (FAR) of a lot with an LPAT to provide a new incentive for rehabilitating and maintaining these structures; and amending the Downtown Amenity Standards to delete reference to the bonus for the restoration and preservation of a Landmark performing arts theater and to update references to the Public Art Advisory Committee.

    Ord. 124592
    C.B. 118188

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the acquisition of real property commonly known as 4201 16th Avenue SW; authorizing acceptance and recording of the deed for open space, park, and recreation purposes; and authorizing acquisition by condemnation.

    Ord. 124593
    C.B. 118190

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Electrical Code amending Section 22.300.016 of the Seattle Municipal Code, adopting the 2014 National Electrical Code with Seattle amendments, and adopting, by incorporation, specific portions of the 2014 Washington Administrative Code Chapter 296-46B (Washington State Electrical Rule); and repealing Sections 2-34 of Ordinance 122970.

    Ord. 124594
    C.B. 118193

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; amending subsection 21.49.086.D of the Seattle Municipal Code to create Net Wholesale Revenue targets for 2015 and 2016 consistent with those assumed in the City Light 2015-2020 Strategic Plan adopted by Resolution 31529.

    Ord. 124595
    C.B. 118203

    AN ORDINANCE related to the redevelopment of Yesler Terrace; vacating portions of Terry Avenue, Spruce Street, Alley in Block 84 of Terry’s 2nd Addition, Spruce Street and 9th Avenue Intersection, Alley at Yesler Terrace Steam Plant, 8th Avenue and Yesler Way Intersection, 8th Avenue South, South Main Street, 9th Avenue South, and South Washington Street, on the petition of the Housing Authority of the City of Seattle, with a modified street vacation condition; relinquishing certain easements no longer needed by the City of Seattle; approving and confirming the plat of “Yesler Terrace Community” and accepting dedications in a portion of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 32, Township 25 North, Range 4 East and a portion of the Northwest Quarter and a portion of the Northeast Quarter of Section 5, Township 24 North, Range 4 East, W.M. in King County, Washington, with modified plat conditions; accepting temporary easements for street purposes over certain vacated portions of Terry Avenue, Spruce Street, and South Washington Street; authorizing the signing, acceptance and recording of a Covenant for Infrastructure Construction, and a Public Access, Easement and Maintenance Agreement; and authorizing the signing and acceptance of a Cooperative Agreement Regarding Dedicated Street Areas in Yesler Terrace Plat.

    Ord. 124596
    C.B. 118205

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing amendments to two federal grant agreements with the National Park Service to remove Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act conditions from a limited area of Seward Park that will be affected by surface ancillary facilities for Seattle Public Utilities’ combined sewer overflow project and to place the conditions on an area of Lake Washington Boulevard; and transferring appropriation authority and cash from the Drainage and Wastewater Fund (44010) to the Cumulative Reserve Subfund – Unrestricted Subaccount (00164) for landscaping enhancements on Lake Washington Boulevard required by the National Park Service.

    Ord. 124597
    C.B. 118206

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation, concerning the West Duwamish Greenbelt, finding that an exchange of property between the City of Seattle and West Seattle Acquisition Co., L.L.C., owner of property adjacent to park property, is necessary, as required by Ordinance 118477, also known as Initiative 42; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to accept a deed from West Seattle Acquisition Co., L.L.C., for certain property meeting the criteria of Initiative 42; and authorizing the Superintendent to execute and record a Quit Claim Deed for certain City-owned West Duwamish Greenbelt property to West Seattle Acquisition Co., L.L.C., all to eliminate an existing private, non- park use of park property.

    Ord. 124598
    C.B. 118208

    AN ORDINANCE relating to communication cabinets in public places; amending Sections 15.02.042, 15.32.010, 15.32.020, 15.32.130, 15.32.140, 15.91.002, and 15.91.016; and adding new Sections 15.32.200, 15.32.250, and 15.32.260 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

    Ord. 124599
    C.B. 118213

    AN ORDINANCE relating to water services of Seattle Public Utilities; revising water rates and charges for service to wholesale customers, and amending Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 21.04.440.E in connection therewith.

    Ord. 124600
    C.B. 118217

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Department of Transportation; authorizing the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation, on behalf of the City of Seattle, to execute an assignment, assumption, and consent agreement with the Seattle Steam Limited Partnership, Seattle Community Energy, LLC, and BIF II District Energy Holdings III LC regarding the transfer of the Seattle Steam Franchise authorized under Ordinance 121067, as amended by Ordinance 122260, to BIF II District Energy Holdings III LLC.

    Ord. 124601
    C.B. 118218

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Streetcar System; authorizing execution of an amendment to the funding and cooperative agreement for the First Hill Streetcar; establishing fare policy objectives for the Seattle Streetcar and authorizing the Director of Transportation to set streetcar fares and establish policies and procedures for fare inspection; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    Ord. 124602
    C.B. 118219

    AN ORDINANCE relating to City-owned property under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation located at 1000 Mercer Street in D. T. Denny’s First Addition to North Seattle; and extending, laying out, widening, establishing, and opening a portion of Mercer Street.

    Ord. 124603
    C.B. 118220

    AN ORDINANCE authorizing the sale at fair market value of certain surplus property located at 1000 Mercer Street.

    Ord. 124604
    C.B. 118221

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the execution of a Metered Energy Efficiency Purchase Agreement with The Bullitt Foundation and the Cascadia Center for Sustainable Design and Construction for the purchase of energy from the Bullitt Center.

    Ord. 124605
    C.B. 118222

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the execution and potential amendment of a Regional Energy Efficiency Initiative Agreement with the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance.

    Ord. 124606
    C.B. 118223

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

    Res. 31547

    A RESOLUTION calling for promoting workforce housing in Seattle by supporting a regional transit oriented development acquisition fund and by exploring the expansion of the development of accessory dwelling units and detached accessory dwelling units.

    Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on September 22, 2014, and filed with the City Clerk

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    Ord. 124580
    C.B. 118175

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2012 Seattle Fire Code; as adopted by Chapter 22.600.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code; amending and adding various provisions to that Fire Code all as regulated and allowed by the State Building Code Act, Chapter 19.27 of the Revised Code of Washington.

    Ord. 124581
    C.B. 118183

    AN ORDINANCE relating to Discovery Park; authorizing the execution of Lot Boundary Adjustment 3012031; authorizing the exchange of property and property interests in and adjacent to Discovery Park to complete the Lot Boundary Adjustment; finding, after a public hearing, that the exchange of property and property interests meets the requirements of Ordinance 118477, which adopted initiative 42; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to negotiate and enter into agreements to exchange restrictive use covenants from the property to be transferred by the City of Seattle to the property to be transferred to the City of Seattle; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    Ord. 124582
    C.B. 118195

    AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; prohibiting food waste and compostable paper from disposal as garbage; and amending Sections 21.36.082, 21.36.083 and 21.36.922 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

    Ord. 124583
    C.B. 118196

    AN ORDINANCE authorizing Seattle Public Utilities to enter into an Easement Agreement with the Port of Seattle for the construction, operation, maintenance and monitoring of City-owned stormwater drainage facilities including an outfall pipeline at the Terminal-117 cleanup site on the Lower Duwamish Waterway.

    Ord. 124584
    C.B. 118197

    AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Northwest Rooms and International Fountain Pavilion, 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.

    Ord. 124585
    C.B. 118212

    AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a memorandum of understanding between the City of Seattle and the Seattle Parking Enforcement Officers’ Guild; providing payment therefor; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.

    Ord. 124586
    C.B. 118214

    AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment commonly referred to as the Second Quarter 2014 Employment Ordinance; establishing a Magistrate Compensation Program for Magistrates in the Seattle Municipal Court, designating positions as exempt from Civil Service status, returning positions to Civil Service status, amending Seattle Municipal Code Section 4.13.010, authorizing the Mayor to execute a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Seattle/Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System and the Professional and Technical Employees, Local 17, and ratifying and confirming prior acts; and all by a 2/3 vote of the City Council.

    Ord. 124587
    C.B. 118215

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

    Res. 31546

    A RESOLUTION concerning the development of a Seattle Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda and calling for establishment of a Seattle Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda Advisory Committee to be jointly convened by the Mayor and Council.

    Res. 31548

    A RESOLUTION concerning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides by the City of Seattle; supporting a national moratorium on neonicotinoids, urging the White House Task Force on Pollinator Health to recommend such a moratorium, urging the US Environmental Protection Agency to institute such a moratorium, and urging the US Congress to revive legislation to enact such a moratorium; and urging retailers operating within the City of Seattle to ensure that no plants, seeds or products containing neonicotinoids are offered for sale.

    Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on September 15, 2014, and filed with the City Clerk

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    Ord. 124570
    C.B. 118168

    AN ORDINANCE accepting deeds for street or alley purposes; laying off, opening, widening, extending, and establishing portions of the following rights-of-way: the alley in Block “J”, Bell’s 5th Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 60, H.W. Treat’s 1st Addition to the City of Ballard; the alley in Block 8, Pettit’s University Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 8, Pettit’s University Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 16, Pontius Third Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 98, D.T. Denny’s 5th Addition to North Seattle; North 141st Street abutting the Southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section 19, Township 26 North, Range 4 East, Willamette Meridian; Aurora Avenue North abutting the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 19, Township 26 North, Range 4 East, Willamette Meridian; the alley in Block 4, Wegener’s Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 52, Yesler’s 2nd Addition (Supplemental) to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 44, Addition to the Town of Seattle, as laid out by A.A. Denny (Commonly known as A.A. Denny’s 6th Addition to the City of Seattle); the alley in Block 48, Second Addition to the Town of Seattle as laid off by the Heirs of Sarah A. Bell (deceased), (Commonly known as Heirs of Sarah A. Bell’s 2nd Addition to the City of Seattle); the alley in Block 2, John B. Agen’s Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 69, D.T. Denny’s Park Addition to North Seattle; Northeast 143rd Street and Lake City Way Northeast abutting Block 19, Seattle Suburban Home Tracts; the alley in Block 30, Second Addition to the Town of Seattle as laid off by the Heirs of Sarah A. Bell (deceased), (Commonly known as Heirs of Sarah A. Bell’s 2nd Addition to the City of Seattle); the alley in Block 87, Gilman’s Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 13, Replat of Blocks 1, 2, 6, 7, 13, 14, and 23, North Seattle; the alley in Block 1, Gatewood Gardens; the alley in Block 4, Lawton Heights; placing the real property conveyed by said deeds under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    Ord. 124571
    C.B. 118187

    AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to execute an agreement with the Seattle Art Museum relating to the renovation of the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park.

    Ord. 124572
    C.B. 118192

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department, approving a fifteen-year franchise to construct, operate, maintain, replace and repair an electrical light and power system in, across, over, along, under, through and below certain designated public rights- of-way in the City of Burien.

    Ord. 124573
    C.B. 118198

    AN ORDINANCE relating to food and beverage concessions in several City of Seattle parks; authorizing the Superintendent of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into five-year concession lease agreements with food service providers to provide food services at Gas Works Park, West Green Lake Beach and Madrona Park.

    Ord. 124574
    C.B. 118199

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System; removing outdated and redundant language; re- ordering and renumbering sections; correcting Code Section cross-references in accordance therewith; amending Sections 4.36.030, 4.36.040, 4.36.050, 4.36.060, 4.36.100, 4.36.101, 4.36.103, 4.36.106, 4.36.110, 4.36.120, 4.36.124, 4.36.125, 4.36.130, 4.36.135, 4.36.140, 4.36.145, 4.36.160, 4.36.170, 4.36.180, 4.36.185, 4.36.190, 4.36.191, 4.36.192, 4.36.193, 4.36.195, 4.36.200, 4.36.210, 4.36.215, 4.36.220, 4.36.230, 4.36.240, 4.36.250, 4.36.260, 4.36.270, 4.36.280, 4.36.290, 4.36.295, 4.36.300, 4.36.310, 4.36.320, 4.36.330, 4.36.340, 4.36.360, 4.36.370, 4.36.380, 4.36.385, 4.36.400, 4.36.410 and 4.20.610 of the Seattle Municipal Code; creating new Sections 4.36.525, 4.36.585, 4.36.530, 4.36.535, 4.36.540, 4.36.565, 4.36.580, 4.36.555, 4.36.500, 4.36.520, 4.36.505, 4.36.510, 4.36.515, 4.36.545, 4.36.550, 4.36.595, 4.36.665, 4.36.567, 4.36.570, 4.36.675, 4.36.670, 4.36.575, 4.36.600, 4.36.605, 4.36.615, 4.36.645, 4.36.650, 4.36.655, 4.36.660, 4.36.610, 4.36.680, 4.36.620, 4.36.625, 4.36.630, 4.36.560, 4.36.635, 4.36.690, 4.36.695, 4.36.700, 4.36.705, 4.36.710, 4.36.640, 4.36.715, 4.36.590, 4.36.720 and 4.36.900 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and repealing Sections 4.36.150, 4.36.175, 4.36.196 and 4.36.199 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

    Ord. 124575
    C.B. 118200

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System; clarifying and simplifying the calculations for final compensation and creditable service; amending Sections 4.36.040, 4.36.050, and 4.36.555 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

    Ord. 124576
    C.B. 118207

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the SR 520, I-5 to Medina: Bridge Replacement and HOV Project; authorizing the execution and delivery of an amendment to the Bryant Site Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement between the University of Washington and the City of Seattle; authorizing the execution and delivery of a deed of access rights to the Washington State Department of Transportation (“WSDOT”); authorizing execution and delivery of a correction deed and amended temporary easement in connection with the conveyance to WSDOT of certain City property under Ordinance 124247 and superseding said ordinance insofar as in conflict herewith; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.

    Ord. 124577
    C.B. 118209

    AN ORDINANCE granting 2001 Sixth LLC permission to maintain and operate a skybridge and utility connection over and across the alley between 5th and 6th Avenues, north of Virginia Street, for a ten-year term, renewable for two 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.

    Ord. 124578
    C.B. 118210

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; replacing the Department’s requirement for a letter of credit or cash deposit for new or enlarged services with an amp fee; and amending Seattle Municipal Code Section 21.49.110.X in connection therewith.

    Res. 31540

    A RESOLUTION relating to the Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System; amending Resolution 31334 as amended by Resolution 31474; establishing the Council’s intent to fund the Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System in accordance with the January 1, 2014 Actuarial Study.

    Res. 31542

    A RESOLUTION approving interest rates set by the Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System (SCERS) Board of Administration for 2015.

    Res. 31544

    A RESOLUTION granting conceptual approval to construct, maintain, and operate a below-grade waste-heat conveyance system and utility tunnels under and across Virginia Street, between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue, and 6th Avenue, between Virginia Street and Lenora Street; and acknowledging the applicants’ plans for future expansion in the Denny Triangle neighborhood; as proposed by Eco District LLC.

    Res. 31545

    A RESOLUTION granting conceptual approval to construct, maintain, and operate a below-grade waste-heat conveyance system and utility tunnels under and across Lenora Street, between 6th and 7th Avenue, and 7th Avenue, between Lenora and Blanchard Street; and acknowledging the applicants’ plans for future expansion in the Denny Triangle neighborhood; as proposed by Acorn Development LLC.

    Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on September 8, 2014, and filed with the City Clerk

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    Ord. 124566
    C.B. 118167

    AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning, establishing minimum floor area ratio requirements for lots with pedestrian designations within Urban Centers, Urban Villages, and the Station Area Overlay District, for lots in the Northgate Overlay District on a Major Pedestrian Street, and for lots zoned Seattle Mixed abutting a Class 1 or Class 2 Pedestrian Street within a Station Area Overlay District; amending Sections 23.47A.013 and 23.48.009 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

    Ord. 124567
    C.B. 118171

    AN ORDINANCE relating to centralized City human resources services; changing the name of the Personnel Department to the Seattle Department of Human Resources and affirming the department’s organizational role in City government; amending various sections of Chapters 3.02, 3.122, 3.124, 4.04, 4.08, 4.10, 4.13, 4.14, 4.20, 4.21, 4.24, 4.26, 4.28, 4.30, 4.33, 4.34, 4.36, 4.40, 4.44, 4.50, 4.70, 4.77, 4.78, 4.79, 4.86, 4.88, 4.94, 4.100, 5.09, 5.33, 5.78, and 10.02 of the Seattle Municipal Code to change references associated with the Personnel Department and the Personnel Director to the Seattle Department of Human Resources and the Seattle Human Resources Director, respectively; repealing obsolete Section 4.04.190 of the Seattle Municipal Code; uncodifying Section 4.04.270 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and making additional provisions for enacting this ordinance.

    Ord. 124568
    C.B. 118174

    AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment, adopting a 2014 Citywide Position List.

    Ord. 124569
    C.B. 118204

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

    Res. 31541

    A RESOLUTION regarding insurance coverage for comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion, calling on the United States Congress and President Obama to repeal all federal bans on public coverage of abortion and supporting efforts to improve access to public and private insurance coverage for comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion.

     

    Legislation approved by the Seattle City Council on September 2, 2014

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    Ord. 124549
    C.B. 118129

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the 23 rd Avenue Corridor Improvements project; transferring jurisdiction of a portion of Lot 1, Block 2, Sander-Boman Real Estate Co.’s 1 st Addition to the City of Seattle, from the Department of Parks and Recreation to the Department of Transportation; laying-off, opening, widening, extending, establishing, and designating the property for street purposes; superseding requirements of Ordinance 118477; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    Ord. 124550
    C.B. 118142

    AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the Metropolitan Printing Press Company 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.

    Ord. 124551
    C.B. 118143

    AN ORDINANCE relating to historic preservation, imposing controls upon the RKO Distributing Company 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.

    Ord. 124552
    C.B. 118147

    AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning, extending a deadline for compliance with locational restrictions in Section 23.42.058 on the production, processing, selling, or delivery of marijuana; and repealing Section 7 of Ordinance 124326.

    Ord. 124553
    C.B. 118148

    AN ORDINANCE relating to a pedestrian tunnel under and across East Thomas Street, east of 15th Avenue East; amending Ordinance 122597; 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 Group Health Cooperative, formerly known as Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound; providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    Ord. 124554
    C.B. 118155

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services, declaring the property located at 3205 13th Avenue West, commonly known as former Fire Station 20, surplus to the City’s needs and authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services to sell the site and building through an open competitive process.

    Ord. 124555
    C.B. 118156

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the State Route 520 Project; authorizing the Director of the Department of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record on behalf of the City of Seattle, a statutory warranty deed for a portion of Lot 1, Block 1, Glenwilde Addition to the City of Seattle, from Michael Leigh, a single person; placing the real property conveyed by such deed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation and designating the property for street purposes; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    Ord. 124556
    C.B. 118158

    AN ORDINANCE authorizing, in 2014, acceptance of funding from non-City sources; authorizing the heads of the Executive Department, Department of Planning and Development, Department of Parks and Recreation, Seattle Police Department and the Seattle Department of Transportation to accept specified grants and private funding and to execute, deliver, and perform corresponding agreements; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    Ord. 124557
    C.B. 118159

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2014 Budget; amending Ordinance 124349, which adopted the 2014 Budget, including the 2014- 2019 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 2014-2019 CIP; creating positions; creating exempt positions; modifying positions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.

    Ord. 124558
    C.B. 118162

    AN ORDINANCE relating to enforcement and timely payment of parking infractions; providing authority to provide notice through use of a vehicle notification sticker that a vehicle may be immobilized; correcting a conflicting provision with regard to the time to request administrative review; providing that any person who unlawfully removes an immobilization device and is immobilized a second time is not eligible for a payment plan; and amending Seattle Municipal Code Sections 11.35.010 and 11.35.020.

    Ord. 124559
    C.B. 118166

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services, declaring the property located at 620 South Main Street as surplus to the City’s needs; and authorizing the Director of Finance and Administrative Services to negotiate and execute all documents for the sale and transfer of the property to the InterIm Community Development Authority.

    Ord. 124560
    C.B. 118169

    AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring the real property at 5560 South Holly Street surplus to the City’s needs and authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to sell the property through an open competitive process.

    Ord. 124561
    C.B. 118170

    AN ORDINANCE 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.

    Ord. 124562
    C.B. 118172

    AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department, declaring the former Greenlake, Beverly, and Boulevard Park Substation properties as surplus to the City’s needs and no longer required for providing public utility service or other municipal purpose; authorizing the sale of said properties through brokered sales to be managed by the Department of Finance and Administrative Services; and authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the City Light Department to execute all necessary documents to accomplish such property sales.

    Ord. 124563
    C.B. 118184

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

    Ord. 124564
    C.B. 118185

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

    Ord. 124565
    C.B. 118186

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

    Res. 31536

    A RESOLUTION identifying proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments to be considered for possible adoption in 2015 and requesting that the Department of Planning and Development and the Seattle Planning Commission review and make recommendations about the proposed amendments.