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
November 24th, 1998
The City Council agreed with the Mayor to fund the Elevated Transit Company (ETC), the body formed by the initiative to pursue the Monorail, for 1999 for another $50,000. This is conditioned on ETC matching it with $61,000 of outside funds. The ETC still has $85,000 of available funds left over from the City’s initial $200,000 contribution to it in 1998.
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Posted: November 24th, 1998 under
Budget and Economic Development,
Government,
Housing,
Parks,
Transportation,
UP.
Tags:
2012 Olympics,
Arboretum,
Elevated Transportation Company (ETC),
low-income housing,
Multi-Family Tax Exemption Program,
Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC),
Sound Transit,
UP
November 10th, 1998
On October 19, eight of nine City Council Members co-signed a letter to the Seattle Bid Committee stating that we could not support a resolution in favor of a bid for the 2012 Olympics. Portions of the letter are reprinted below. . In the end, it was a Council consensus opinion. In fact, because of a lack of support, it didn’t even came up for a vote. No Council Member was willing to sponsor a resolution endorsing the Olympics.
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Posted: November 10th, 1998 under
Government,
Parks,
Sports,
UP.
Tags:
2012 Olympics,
Arboretum,
Arboretum and Botanical Gardening Committee (ABGC),
Arboretum Park Preservation Coalition (APPC),
city council,
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS),
Seattle Bid Committee,
UP
October 8th, 1998
It appears that five or more City Council Members are now opposed to passing a Resolution on Monday endorsing the Seattle Bid Committee’s effort to represent Seattle and host the Olympics here in the year 2012.
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September 27th, 1998
This was the first time I’ve conducted an email poll through my Urban Politics and I was honestly amazed at the level of participation – 952 responses, representing a 67% return on the original number receiving the poll. However, I know that a number of people emailed it to their own email lists.
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September 8th, 1998
Due to a faulty memory, mine not the computer’s, there were two number 42 Urban Politics. Consequently this issue is number 45. All of the past Urban Politics can be found in correct sequence at my web site: http://www.seattle.gov/leg/licata/up00dex.htm.
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Posted: September 8th, 1998 under
Budget and Economic Development,
Government,
Parks,
Sports,
UP.
Tags:
2012 Olympics,
city council,
Dog Off Leash Area,
downtown,
Finance Committee,
Pacific Place Garage,
Seattle Bid Committee,
UP
