January 21st, 2002
Every two years the City Council has an opportunity to rearrange its committees. Committee Chairs and the subject matter for the committees often change. This year is no different. The current changes were adopted by Resolution 30437 which describes the committee chairs, membership and meeting times of the standing committees of the Seattle City Council for 2002 and 2003.
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July 5th, 2000
This issue of Urban Politics (UP) may provide more information than you want to know about the monorail. But if you do read on, you will know the history of how the City got to its present status with regards to its obligation to build a monorail. You will also know what the current political thinking is on the Council and what other options citizens are proposing.
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Posted: July 5th, 2000 under
Budget and Economic Development,
Government,
Transportation,
UP.
Tags:
B&O tax,
city council,
Councilmanic,
Elevated Transportation Company (ETC),
Initiative 41,
Initiative 53,
monorail,
property tax,
Sound Transit,
UP
February 17th, 2000
The following preamble and workplan have been reviewed and shaped by leaders of the faith community, organized labor, police guild and civil rights organizations. It is not perfect but as Kathleen Taylor, ACLU Washington Executive Director has written, “The Council review is appropriately focusing on policy changes needed to prevent civil liberty abuses in the future. The Council rightly will not attempt to resolve specific claims of civil liberties violations. If the panels meet the high expectations set forth by Councilmember Compton’s Accountability Review Committee, the City will be well served.”
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Posted: February 17th, 2000 under
Civil Rights,
Government,
Public Safety,
UP.
Tags:
Accountability,
citizen protest,
city council,
Police Department,
UP,
WTO Accountability Review Committee,
WTO Conference
January 7th, 2000
There is no question that all of the past yearly City Council Retreats have been subject to the Open Meetings Act, and as such Seattle citizens have legal access to the meetings. However given that January’s retreat is to be held out of town, as many others have been over the last 20 years, such access is limited. Consequently, some citizens have argued that we should not hold retreats out of town unless we can provide an electronic recording of them.
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Posted: January 7th, 2000 under
Environment,
Government,
Parks,
Planning and Land Use,
UP.
Tags:
city council,
city council retreats,
Government,
mounted police,
open public meeting act,
SEATRAN,
Trees,
UP
December 31st, 1999
The Mayor’s decision, with the City Council concurring, to cancel this evening’s Millenium Celebration at the Seattle Center has rightfully disturbed many citizens.
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November 17th, 1999
On Tuesday, (11/16/99) the City Council meeting as the Budget Committee passed the 2000 Year City Budget. The Council will take the final vote on Monday (11/22/99).
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Posted: November 17th, 1999 under
Budget and Economic Development,
Government,
Neighborhoods,
UP.
Tags:
Budget Committee,
city council,
flyover,
Neighborhood Arts Celebration,
Neighborhood Matching Funds,
Public Toilets,
Seattle Arts Commission,
Seattle Public Utilities,
UP
October 13th, 1999
The Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) was formed earlier this year to address the criticisms raised in a financial feasibility study (the “Randall and Ransom Report”) for the redevelopment of the Sand Point Naval Base. The key findings of this report recommended a “top level task force to review uses under new political leadership” and said that without “cohesive and visionary plans” it would be difficult to find the funding to implement any redevelopment plans. The BRC was charged with identifying that vision.
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Posted: October 13th, 1999 under
Budget and Economic Development,
Environment,
Government,
Planning and Land Use,
UP.
Tags:
city council,
Dog Off Leash Area,
Mayor's Blue Ribbon Committee,
park,
samon population,
Sand Point Naval Base,
UP
October 3rd, 1999
The City operates on a 2 year (Biennium) Budget. The main portion of the two-year budget (1999 & 2000) was prepared last fall. This fall the City makes adjustments to the budget for the year 2000. The Mayor presents his proposed budget adjustments to the City Council (which he did on 9/27/99) and then the City Council must pass a final budget by November 29th.
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Posted: October 3rd, 1999 under
Budget and Economic Development,
Government,
Human Services and Health,
Neighborhoods,
Parks,
Public Safety,
UP.
Tags:
city budget,
city council,
community centers,
Neighborhoods,
Office of Professional Accountability,
Parks,
Public Toilets,
UP
January 24th, 1999
There will be 3 Public Workshops to help the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation revise its Public Involvement Policy. These meetings were set up under the auspices of City Council Parks Citizen Participation Resolution 29845, which I sponsored in response to citizen complaints that I had received regarding the Parks Departments development plans for some neighborhood parks.
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Posted: January 24th, 1999 under
Arts and Culture,
Government,
Neighborhoods,
Parks,
Planning and Land Use,
UP.
Tags:
Belltown,
Citizens Advisory Committee,
city council,
Neighborhoods,
P-patch,
Poet Populist,
Public Involvement Policy,
Seattle Neighborhoods Arts Celebration,
Seattle Parks and Recreation,
UP
January 3rd, 1999
Every Council Member depends heavily on the skills, commitment and energy of his or her staff. I am very fortunate to have staff who have an abundance of all three. In appreciation of their fine work and to let others know what they work on, I’d like to briefly say a few words about each of them.
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Posted: January 3rd, 1999 under
Civil Rights,
Government,
Housing,
Parks,
Technology,
UP.
Tags:
2012 Olympics,
60-day Rental Notice Ordinance,
AT&T,
Burma Ordinance,
Cable Network,
city council,
City Hall,
council staff,
Parks Department,
TCI,
UP
