Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell

1) Council Bill 116174: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; accepting the deed to the Boulder Creek property in Skagit County, Washington; accepting the associated Cooperative Agreement with the Washington Department of Natural Resources concerning the management of the Boulder Creek property; and accepting the grant of a Conservation Easement over the Boulder Creek property to the Washington Department of Natural Resources for salmonid habitat protection purposes.” [Read blog post.]
2) Council Bill 116177: “AN ORDINANCE related to the City’s computer software; removing a budget proviso that restricts an appropriation in the 2008 Adopted Budget for the Department of Information Technology’s Technology and Governance Budget Control Level; and authorizing expenditure of the appropriation for Microsoft Office 2007 licenses under an enterprise agreement and for planning an upgrade of the City’s computer software to Microsoft Office 2007.”
3) Council Bill 116178: “AN ORDINANCE related to the City’s Broadband Initiative; amending a budget proviso that restricts spending of the amount appropriated in the 2008 Adopted Budget in the Department of Information Technology’s Office of Electronic Communications Budget Control Level.”
4) Clerk File 309147: “Reappointment and Oath of Office of Jorge Carrasco as Superintendent of Seattle City Light.”
5) Council Bill 116266: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the Technology Matching Fund Program; making allocations and authorizing implementation of certain Technology Matching Fund projects in 2008; providing that 2008 appropriations for the Technology Matching Fund from the Cable Television Franchise Subfund and from the Information Technology Fund shall automatically carry forward into the 2009 fiscal year; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.”
6) Council Bill 116265: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department net metering program and customer meter aggregation and amending Chapter 21.49 of the Seattle Municipal Code to conform with amendments to Chapter 80.60 of the Revised Code of Washington.”
7) Resolution 31076: “A RESOLUTION relating to the City Light Department; acknowledging the 2008 Integrated Resource Plan for future conservation and power resources needed to provide reliable, cost-effective, and environmentally responsible electric power to the citizens of Seattle as conforming with the public policy objectives of the City of Seattle and the requirements of the State of Washington; and approving the plan for the biennium September 2008 through August 2010.”
8) Resolution 31053: “A RESOLUTION endorsing the City Light Department’s Wholesale Energy Risk Management Policy and establishing it as the policy governing wholesale energy risk management at the City Light Department.”
9) Council Bill 116348: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing a contract for power management and risk management services with ACES Power Marketing, LLC, and appropriating supplemental funds in 2008.”
10) Council Bill 116335: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the Superintendent or his designee to enter into a seventeen-year power purchase agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration and related agreements.”

Public Safety, Human Services & Education Committee: (Back to top)

1) Council Bill 116207: “AN ORDINANCE relating to guest registration at Motels and Hotels in the City of Seattle; amending Seattle Municipal Code Section 6.98.020 to comply with the State and recent court rulings.”
2) Council Bill 116232: “AN ORDINANCE concerning indigent public defense services; authorizing the Director of the Department of Executive Administration to execute indigent public defense contracts with the Associated Counsel for the Accused (ACA), The Defender Association (TDA), and Northwest Defenders Association (NDA) for a period of three years; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.”
3) Council Bill 116267: “AN ORDINANCE relating to Educational and Developmental Services; approving amendments to an implementation and evaluation plan originally approved by Ordinance 121815, as required by Ordinance 121529, and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.”
4) Council Bill 116259: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the Office of Professional Accountability, Office of Professional Accountability Auditor and Office of Professional Accountability Review Board; amending Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 3.28 Subchapters VII, VIII and IX; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.”
5) Resolution 31090: “A RESOLUTION requesting the King County Council to approve two pilot projects for funding using King County Mental Illness and Drug Dependency (MIDD) Funds.”
6) Council Bill 116343: “AN ORDINANCE amending SMC 4.04.120 to add an expectation that the Seattle City Council and the Office of Professional Accountability Review Board will jointly host a public hearing on police accountability at least ninety days before the City begins collective bargaining on a new contract with the Seattle Police Officer’s Guild or the Seattle Police Management Association or their successor labor organizations.”
7) Council Bill 116324: “An ORDINANCE relating to mandatory fees for prostitution-related offenses; changing the crimes covered by the fee imposed for pretrial diversion of such offenses; changing the amount of the fee imposed for pretrial diversion of such offenses; and amending S.M.C. 12A.10.070.”

Housing & Economic Development Committee: (Back to top)

1) Council Bill 116205: “AN ORDINANCE relating to foreclosure prevention; establishing policies for a foreclosure prevention program; clarifying and limiting the authority of the Office of Housing to use a 2008 Budget allowance for the program; imposing a proviso; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.”
2) Council Bill 116246: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the regulation of conversion condominiums; amending Seattle Municipal Code Section 22.206.160 and Chapter 22.903, and adding new sections.”
3) Council Bill 116245: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the Multifamily Tax Exemption Program; amending Sections 5.73.010, 5.73.020, 5.73.030, 5.73.040, 5.73.050, 5.73.065, 5.73.070, 5.73.090, 5.73.100, and 5.73.120 of the Seattle Municipal Code.”
4) Council Bill 116285: “AN ORDINANCE relating to The City of Seattle’s Bridge Loan Program; authorizing the Director of the Office of Housing to execute agreements under which the City will receive supplemental funding from the United Way of King County for such program; accepting the money when received; and increasing the 2008 Budget of the Office of Housing by making a reimbursable appropriation; all by a three- fourths vote of the City Council.”
5) Resolution 31086: “A RESOLUTION adopting and approving an application for surplus federal property at Fort Lawton, including a Redevelopment Plan, and authorizing the City of Seattle Office of Housing to forward the application to the United States Department of Defense and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in anticipation of the closure of the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center.”
6) Resolution 31085: “A RESOLUTION establishing a Neighborhood Plan Advisory Committee, outlining its membership and responsibilities associated with the development of the Neighborhood Plan Status Reports and update of Seattle’s existing Neighborhood Plans.”

Culture, Civil Rights, Health & Personnel Committee: (Back to top)

1) Council Bill 116252: “Relating to City employment, authorizing the Mayor to sign and/or execute a collective bargaining agreement to be effective through December 31, 2010, and authorizing the Mayor to sign and/or execute a Memorandum of Understanding, both between the City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild, and providing payment therefor.

General Full Council: (Back to top)

1) Resolution 31035: “Approved committee structure for the City Council in 2008 and 2009.”
2) Resolution 31045: “A RESOLUTION adopting the Seattle City Council 2008 Work Program.”
3) Resolution 31044: “A RESOLUTION adopting Statements of Legislative Intent (SLIs) for the 2008 Adopted Budget and 2008-2013 Adopted Capital Improvement Program (CIP), and Budget Guidance Statements (BUGS) for the 2009-2010 Proposed Budget.”
4) Resolution 31052: “A RESOLUTION establishing the Campaign Public Financing Advisory Committee.”
5) Resolution 31063: “A RESOLUTION adopting the City Council’s budget goals for the 2009 and 2010 budgets.”
6) Council Bill 116268: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the Premises Use and Occupancy Agreement between the City of Seattle and the Professional Basketball Club, LLC: approving termination of the Agreement in accordance with the Professional Basketball Club, LLC and City of Seattle Settlement Agreement Memorandum of Understanding; and repealing Ordinance No. 122492.”
7) Council Bill 116274: “AN ORDINANCE relating to additional regular property taxes; providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City at a special election on November 4, 2008, of a proposition authorizing the City to levy regular property taxes for up to six (6) years in excess of the limitation on levies in Chapter 84.55 RCW for the purposes of acquiring, developing, or restoring parks, recreation facilities, cultural facilities, green spaces, playfields, trails, community gardens, and shoreline areas; providing for interim financing pending tax receipts; creating a citizens levy oversight committee; creating a new fund; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.”
8) Resolution 31095: “A RESOLUTION stating the City of Seattle’s opposition to State of Washington Initiative 985, which would open high-occupancy vehicle lanes to all traffic during specified hours, require traffic light synchronization, increase roadside assistance funding, and dedicate certain taxes, fines, tolls and other revenues to traffic-flow purposes, and urging voters to vote “no” on this initiative on November 4, 2008.”
9) Council Bill 116373: “AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor to execute an interlocal agreement to establish the terms that will govern the rights, duties, and responsibilities of the cities of Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, and Shoreline in a combined Environmental Impact Statement for a potential municipal jail facility.”

Budget Committee: (Back to top)

Environment, Emergency Management & Utilities Committee: (Back to top)

1) Council Bill: 116149: “AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to enter into contracts with Waste Management of Washington, Inc. and CleanScapes, Inc. to provide solid waste collection and transfer services in the City of Seattle.”
2) Resolution 31057: “A RESOLUTION endorsing the recommendations of an evaluation of the automated public toilet program and requesting the termination of the program and the development of alternative public toilet services.”
3) Resolution 31065: “A RESOLUTION requesting the Director of the Department of Planning and Development to submit legislation to extend the City’s tree protection efforts to include groves or groups of trees or other vegetation that are determined to have substantial ecological, educational, or economic value and to update existing Director’s Rules in support of these efforts.”
4) Council Bill 116251: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the City of Seattle’s solid waste system, establishing an advanced recovery fee (a green fee) for disposable shopping bags, providing a deduction for the green fee from the City’s business license tax, creating two new positions, and amending Seattle Municipal Code Chapters 21.36, 21.40, and 5.45.”
5) Council Bill 116250: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the City of Seattle’s solid waste system, prohibiting the use of expanded polystyrene food service containers, requiring food service businesses to transition from disposable plastic food service ware to compostable and recyclable alternatives, and amending Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 21.36.”
6) Council Bill 116352: “AN ORDINANCE relating to drainage services of Seattle Public Utilities (SPU); updating definitions; providing a rate discount for open space properties; and amending Chapters 21.33 and 21.76 of the Seattle Municipal Code.”

Finance & Budget Committee: (Back to top)

1) Resolution 31039: “A RESOLUTION related to women’s professional basketball and providing guidance for negotiating terms for a lease of the KeyArena at Seattle Center.”
2) Council Bill 116158: “AN ORDINANCE relating to customer service improvements; abrogating an unexpended allowance in the 2008 Budget of Finance General; and reappropriating the unexpended allowance to the 2008 Budget of the Department of Executive Administration.”
3) Council Bill 116209: “AN ORDINANCE relating to contracting indebtedness; amending Ordinance 122286 and Ordinance 122553 to revise and add to the projects authorized to be financed by the issuance and sale of limited tax general obligation bonds of the City and accordingly to increase the authorized maximum principal amount of those bonds; increasing appropriations to the Seattle Department of Transportation in the 2008 Budget; and making a cash transfer from the 2007 Multipurpose LTGO Bond Fund to the Transportation Operating Fund.”
4) Council Bill 116208: “AN ORDINANCE relating to taxicabs; increasing the taximeter rates for taxicabs licensed to operate in Seattle; increasing the flat rate from the downtown hotel district to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport; adding a special rate penalty; and amending Section 6.310.530 of the Seattle Municipal Code.”
5) Council Bill 116210: “AN ORDINANCE relating to taxicabs; increasing the taxicab regulatory license fees, inspection fees, and miscellaneous fees; restricting the transferability of new taxicab licenses; raising the maximum number of taxicab licenses issued by the City; imposing requirements concerning the issuance and maintenance of new taxicab licenses;”
6) Council Bill 116326: “AN ORDINANCE relating to taxicabs and for-hire vehicles; making the current mandatory digital security camera equipment requirement a permanent safety feature for all licensed taxicabs; adding a new permanent mandatory digital security camera equipment requirement for all for-hire vehicles; and amending Section 6.310.320 of the Seattle Municipal Code.”

Labor Policy Committee: (Back to top)

Parks & Seattle Center Committee: (Back to top)

1) Council Bill 116226: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; lifting a budget proviso restricting the expenditure of an appropriation in the 2008 Adopted Budget; authorizing the installation of surveillance cameras in City Parks; and reducing appropriations no longer needed for cameras at Cal Anderson Park.”
2) Council Bill 116225: “AN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance cameras in Seattle parks: authorizing a pilot program to install surveillance cameras in selected parks; adopting City policies regarding the installation and use of such cameras; and establishing a new Chapter 18.14 in the Seattle Municipal Code.”
3) Council Bill 116273: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the Superintendent to enter into a Lease Agreement with Building 11 LLC for the purpose of renovating Building 11 and offering multiple uses and recreational opportunities in Building 11 at Magnuson Park.”
4) Resolution 31071: “A RESOLUTION adopting the Seattle Center Century 21 Master Plan.”
5) Council Bill 116313: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the Superintendent to enter into a Lease Agreement with Building 11 LLC for the purpose of renovating Building 11 and offering multiple uses and recreational opportunities in Building 11 at Magnuson Park; and exempting the use of a portion of the Building from the provisions and requirements of Ordinance 118477.”
6) Council Bill 116312: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the Superintendent to enter into a Concession Agreement with Arena Sports Magnuson Park LLC to renovate and provide indoor participant sports programs in Building 27 at Warren G. Magnuson Park.”

Planning, Land Use & Neighborhoods Committee: (Back to top)

1) Council Bill 116010: “AN ORDINANCE related to land use and zoning, amending Sections 23.41.004, 23.54.015, 23.76.012, 25.05.800, 25.05.908 and 25.08.425 of the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) and adding a new section 23.42.044, to change environmental review thresholds for minor new construction, expressed as categorical exemptions in Seattle’s SEPA ordinance, amending related Land Use Code and other provisions pertaining to design review, construction-related noise, construction worker parking, notice requirements, and correcting errors and omissions.”
2) Council Bill 116276: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Neighborhoods; authorizing implementation of certain Neighborhood Matching Fund projects in 2008, and providing that 2008 appropriations for the Neighborhood Matching Subfund shall carry forward automatically to future budget years.”
3) Resolution 31084: “A RESOLUTION concerning Single Family zones within the City of Seattle, and efforts to reduce the prominence of new dwellings that are not compatible with the size, bulk, siting and scale of existing residential development within those zones.”
4) Council Bill 116322: “AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning and to the relocation of and standards for fire stations, amending Sections 23.40.002, 23.42.040, 23.42.104, 23.47A.032, 23.54.030, 23.76.004, 23.76.006, and 23.76.032 of the Seattle Municipal Code.”
5) Council Bill 116275: “AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning, amending Sections 23.43.008, 23.44.010, 23.44.012, 23.44.014, 23.44.016, 23.44.017, 23.44.022, 23.44.040, 23.54.015, 23.84A.016, 23.84A.032, and 23.86.006 and repealing Section 23.44.042 of the Seattle Municipal Code to modify the land use and zoning standards relating to Single Family neighborhoods to limit the impact of new development on existing homes and the character of single family neighborhoods, and setting effective dates.”

Transportation Committee: (Back to top)

1) Resolution 31042: “A RESOLUTION approving a Seattle Streetcar Network Concept indicating potential routes for further study and analysis and outlining a City Council review process to determine whether it is feasible to develop all or portions of a streetcar network in Seattle.”
2) Council Bill: 116132: “AN ORDINANCE approving a work program for study and analysis of the Seattle Streetcar Network Concept and removing a budget proviso that restricts spending on streetcar network analysis.”
3) Council Bill 116161: “AN ORDINANCE relating to financing certain capital activities of Seattle Department of Transportation; increasing appropriations to the Department of Transportation in the 2008 Budget; and amending the 2008-2013 Capital Improvement Program; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.”
4) Council Bill 116241: “AN ORDINANCE relating to enforcement of traffic infractions and amending Seattle Municipal Code Section 11.31.090 and Seattle Municipal Code Subsection 11.31.120 C to provide that violations of Seattle Municipal Code Section 11.52.100 may be enforced through the use of evidence detected by an automated traffic safety camera and providing penalties for such violations.”
5) Council Bill 116281: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the Traffic Code, amending Section 11.72.230 to prohibit a person from moving a motor vehicle not lawfully under his or her control when the motor vehicle is occupying a parking stall or space on City property, and amending Section 11.31.121 to specify a monetary penalty for violation of Section 11.72.230.”
6) Council Bill 116296: “AN ORDINANCE relating to sidewalk cafes and amending the City’s Street Use and Land Use Codes, creating a new Section 15.16.012, repealing Section 15.16.030, and amending Sections 15.02.046, 15.04.015, 15.16.010, 15.16.040, 15.16.050, 15.16.060, 15.16.070, 15.16.080, 23.76.006.”
7) Council Bill 116331: “AN ORDINANCE relating to the Greenwood Avenue N Street Improvements project; authorizing the Director of Transportation to acquire property rights necessary for improving transportation mobility, safety and access and supporting economic development along Greenwood Avenue N from N 105th to N 112th Street; authorizing acquisition of real property rights, through negotiation and use of eminent domain (condemnation); and authorizing payment of all other costs associated with the acquisition.”

Alaskan Way Viaduct Committee: (Back to top)

Pedestrian Safety: (Back to top)

Pike Place Market Levy: (Back to top)

1) Council Bill 116242: “AN ORDINANCE relating to regular property taxes; providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City at an election to be held on November 4, 2008, of a proposition authorizing the City to levy regular property taxes in excess of the limitation on levies in Chapter 84.55 RCW for the purpose of renovating the Pike Place Market and its environs; authorizing the Executive to enter into an agreement with the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority; creating a new fund in the City Treasury; providing for interim financing pending tax receipts; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.”

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