June 28th, 2016
On June 1st our City proclaimed June LGBTQ Pride Month. The Council and Mayor recognized that the fight for equality is not over and we must continue to lead the nation in establishing policies to prevent discrimination. We raised the LGBTQ flag and promised to continue to speak out against injustice and stand with those […]
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June 17th, 2016
Resolution on HUD Guidance Regarding Criminal Records On Monday, 6/13/16, the Full Council unanimously voted to pass Resolution 31669. This Resolution will inform landlords of their legal obligations under the Fair Housing Act to consider as tenants people with arrests or criminal records, who have been cleared of a crime or served their time. Access […]
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Posted: June 17th, 2016 under
Annexation,
Councilmember Herbold,
Homelessness,
Housing,
Housing Discrimination,
Libraries,
Parks and Recreation,
Trees.
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annexation,
Housing,
trees,
West Seattle,
White Center
June 9th, 2016
Seattle Legacy Business Survey is LAUNCHED! Please take this survey so we can learn from you what businesses in your neighborhood you’ve loved and lost or fear may be in peril. You may have heard that, upon the City Council’s request in a 2015 Budget Statement of Legislative Intent, the Mayor convened the Commercial Affordability […]
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June 3rd, 2016
West Seattle Bridge SLI SDOT has released its response to the West Seattle Bridge Council Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) 2015 Council budget action, and submitted a request to release $100,000 reserved for studying physical and operational improvements. The SLI grew from the West Seattle Bridge-Duwamish Waterway Corridor Whitepaper commissioned by former Councilmember Tom Rasmussen. […]
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Posted: June 3rd, 2016 under
Councilmember Herbold,
District 1,
Housing,
Seattle Public Utliities,
Terminal 5,
Transportation,
West Seattle Bridge.
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District 1,
Housing,
Terminal 5,
West Seattle Bridge
