September 13th, 2010
On Monday evening, Monday September 20, 2010, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., I will host an event called Can We Achieve Social Equity Using Smart Growth? It will be held in the Seattle City Council Chambers located on the Second floor of City Hall, 600 Fourth Avenue, in downtown Seattle.
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Posted: September 13th, 2010 under
Development and Sustainability,
Housing,
Human Services and Health,
Neighborhoods,
Planning and Land Use,
UP.
Tags:
Construction and Land Use (DCLU),
Land Use Code,
low-income housing,
Neighborhoods,
Rental Housing,
UP
April 10th, 2004
I’m sponsoring three brown-bag forums in the City Hall Council Chambers during the month of April. They will involve local public officials, professionals and citizens in discussing issues that affect our Seattle residents. Attendance is open to all and there will be an opportunity for citizens to ask questions of the panelists.
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Posted: April 10th, 2004 under
Environment,
Human Services and Health,
Neighborhoods,
Transportation,
UP.
Tags:
Department of Transportation,
Earth Day,
monorail,
Neighborhoods,
Nightlife,
Responsible Hospitality Institute,
UP
June 3rd, 2003
The “lease lid” is a limit on the square footage of property the University of Washington may lease in specific neighborhoods surrounding the campus. It was imposed in 1985 to prevent UW leasing from distorting the real estate market and driving out other uses.
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May 27th, 2003
Recently there has been much media attention on the relationship between neighborhood plans and economic development in Seattle. This debate has come into sharpest focus in three communities: Northgate, University District and South Lake Union. In each of them the Mayor has proposed some major public investments or changes to the existing land use controls. These set of proposals are referred to as the Mayor’s Action Agendas.
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Posted: May 27th, 2003 under
Budget and Economic Development,
Neighborhoods,
Planning and Land Use,
Transportation,
UP.
Tags:
Economic Development,
Mercer Street,
Neighborhood Community Summit,
Neighborhoods,
Northgate,
Office of Managment and Planning,
South Lake Union,
Univeristy District,
UP
February 21st, 2003
In August, 2002, the City Council passed an ordinance to repeal the Teen
Dance Ordinance, section 6.294 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and replace it
with a new law designed to allow youth more access to live music and dancing.
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January 10th, 2002
On December 19th I sent a letter, along with CM Richard Conlin, to our new Mayor Elect Greg Nickels, asking that as the incoming and outgoing chairs of the Council Committee with policy and legislative oversight of the Department of Neighborhoods, we thought it critical to address the subject of the hiring process for the new director.
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November 27th, 2001
In early December, the City Council will consider a proposed agreement to transfer management of the Woodland Park Zoo from the City of Seattle to the Woodland Park Zoo Society for 20 years, with a 10-year option to extend.
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Posted: November 27th, 2001 under
Budget and Economic Development,
Government,
Neighborhoods,
Parks,
UP.
Tags:
Board of Park Commissioners,
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS),
Long Range Plan (LRP),
Metropolitan Parks District (MPD),
Neighborhoods,
Seattle's Capital Improvement Program,
UP,
Woodland Park Zoo,
Woodland Park Zoo Society,
Zoo Commission
February 26th, 2001
Last week the City Council passed (7 – 0) Council Bill 113156 amending the Land Use Code to allow lighting standards up to 100 feet for public school playfield lighting. The actual placement of the standards would still be subject to SEPA review or subject to special conditions imposed upon their use in the four high school athletic complexes improved through the February 1988 Levy. Current laws limit lighting in existing public school sites to 30 or 35 feet in residential zones.
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Posted: February 26th, 2001 under
Neighborhoods,
Planning and Land Use,
UP.
Tags:
Construction and Land Use (DCLU),
Department of Design,
Land Use Code,
lighting,
Lighting Standards,
Neighborhoods,
Public Schools,
State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA),
UP
June 4th, 2000
On Wednesday, June 8 there is a City Council Public Hearing on the Pro-Parks Proposal for a $223 million voter-approved levy to implement Neighborhood Plan recommendations for parks and open space.
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Posted: June 4th, 2000 under
Neighborhoods,
Parks,
Public Safety,
UP.
Tags:
Arboretum,
Construction and Land Use (DCLU),
DEIS,
Music and Youth Task Force,
Neighborhoods,
noise ordinance,
open space,
Parks,
Seattle Parks and Recreation,
Teen Dance Ordinance,
UP,
Woodland Park Zoo
April 20th, 2000
Councilmember Heidi Wills and I sent the following letter this Tuesday (4/18/00) to Jim Jesernig, Director of the Washington State Department of Agriculture concerning the proposed spraying of pesticides over Ballard and Magnolia in order to stop a possible infestation of the gypsy moth. His Department proposed aerial spraying of Foray 48B, a biological product, to eradicate any Asian gypsy moth presence in a mile-square area of Ballard and the north part of Magnolia. Our letter requests that alternatives to spraying Ballard and Magnolia be used and that the Department of Agriculture work with the community on these alternatives.
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Posted: April 20th, 2000 under
Environment,
Human Services and Health,
Neighborhoods,
UP.
Tags:
Ballard,
citizen health,
Department of Agriculture (WSDOA),
Foray 48 B,
gypsy moth,
Magnolia,
Neighborhoods,
samon population,
UP
