Contents Preparation for King Tides in South Park Spokane Street Bridge Presentation Fauntleroy Watershed Annual Report Move Seattle Levy Oversight Committee Public Comment on Zoning Modifications at West Seattle High School Preparation for King Tides in South Park On December 27 and 28, South Park experienced flooding resulting from the confluence of an extreme storm, […]

Contents This Week’s Budget Update Alki Walk with SDOT Director Spotts Reconnect West Seattle 3rd Quarter Report Seeking CPC Candidates Seattle University Public Safety Survey Open Duwamish River Community Projects to Receive $244,000 in Funding from the City of Seattle Seattle Transportation Plan Phase 2 Outreach This Week’s Budget Update This week, the Council met […]

What is 988? Perhaps you’ve heard about 988, the new, nation-wide phone number to call for mental health crisis?  It’s not quite in operation yet – July 16th is the launch date – but I invited the local leaders who are rolling out 988 to provide an update in Tuesday’s Public Safety & Human Services […]

This Week in the Budget This week, Seattle City Council Budget Committee Chair Bagshaw proposed a Chair’s Revised 2020 Budget. This revised proposal incorporated additional requests by Councilmembers that were submitted the previous week. The Budget Committee met on Tuesday, November 19th to vote on budget actions proposed by Councilmembers. The baseline for discussion was […]

Progressive Revenue Task Force Thursday January 4, 2018 was the first meeting of the Progressive Revenue Task Force.  The task force was established by Resolution 31782, passed during the November Budget discussion soon after a narrow majority of Councilmembers voted against the progressive Employee Hours Tax (EHT) that would have funded $13 million in programs […]