November 21st, 2019
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 […]
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Posted: November 21st, 2019 under
Councilmember Herbold.
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Budget Committee,
CBO,
copper wire laws,
Department of Neighborhoods,
diaper distribution pilot program,
District 1,
DON,
First-in-time,
FIT Rule,
Futurewise,
Land Use Section,
Lisa Herbold,
Navigation Team,
OED,
Office for Civil Rights,
Rapid Ride H Line,
SDCI,
SDOT,
Seattle City Attorney,
Seattle Department of Transportation,
Seattle Displacement Coalition,
South Park,
State Supreme Court,
Tenants Union of Washington State,
Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys,
West Seattle
June 7th, 2019
Now Live – Vacant Building Monitoring Program The Council passed legislation during budget last year to implement a fee-based enhanced vacant building monitoring program. The enhanced vacant building monitoring program went into effect on June 1. I will continue to monitor its effectiveness and receive monthly reports from the department. As the program rolls out, […]
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Posted: June 7th, 2019 under
Councilmember Herbold.
Tags:
2019 watchlist,
BIA,
Business Improvement Area,
Center City Streetcar,
Commercial Block Watch,
CRUEDA,
Discrete (individual) Projects,
District 1,
First Quarter Enhanced Capital Project,
LGBTQ community,
Move Seattle levy,
Murals in West Seattle,
Ongoing Programs,
Pioneer Square,
Pride Month,
Rainbow Flag Adoption,
SDCI,
Vacant Building Monitoring Program,
West Seattle Junction Association
November 2nd, 2018
This Week’s Budget Update This week the Budget Committee met to consider specific budget proposals to amend the proposed budget, on October 30, October 31, and November 1. Next week, Councilmember Bagshaw, as Chair of the Budget Committee, will present a proposed budget balancing package on November 7th. That balancing package will be considered for […]
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Posted: November 2nd, 2018 under
Councilmember Herbold.
Tags:
budget,
Center City Streetcar,
Colman Pool,
Concord International Elementary School,
constituent e-mails,
D1 Budget Priorities,
Proposals,
Re-Entry Lunch and Learn,
SDCI,
SDOT,
SPU,
Trail Access
October 19th, 2018
District 1’s Young’s Restaurant and RainWise I was delighted to learn recently that a beloved District 1 business, Young’s Restaurant, became the first commercial site to complete the RainWise program! If you’re unfamiliar with the RainWise program, it’s a Seattle Public Utility (SPU) lead effort to install rain gardens or cisterns to better manage rain. […]
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Posted: October 19th, 2018 under
Councilmember Herbold.
Tags:
ADU,
budget,
City Hall,
D1,
GrayKey,
Promised Land Movie,
Racial Equity Toolkit,
RainWise,
SDCI,
SFD,
SPD,
Surveillance Ordinance,
Young's Restaurant
May 18th, 2018
Vacant Building Monitoring Program Report You may recall last August the Council passed legislation to make it easier for the City to demolish vacant buildings; I wrote about this legislation at the time. This legislation was one step towards addressing the significant increase in complaints about vacant buildings; between 2013 and 2016 the City saw […]
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Posted: May 18th, 2018 under
Councilmember Herbold.
Tags:
Light Rail,
Madison Middle School,
school,
SDCI,
Sound Generations,
transportation alternatives,
Transportation Coalition,
vacant buildings,
West Seattle,
zoning modification
March 30th, 2018
Parking Legislation Update The final vote on the parking update legislation will be this Monday, April 2 at Full Council. My two previous reports about this legislation can be found here and here. The version of the bill that passed out of committee on March 21 can be found here. I proposed a few amendments, […]
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February 16th, 2018
Fauntleroy Watershed Council Annual Report In my Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development, and Arts committee meeting on Tuesday we heard from the Fauntleroy Watershed Council who presented their annual report. The Fauntleroy Watershed Council is a venue for volunteers interested supporting and maintaining the Fauntleroy Creek, Park, and other natural areas within the Fauntleroy watershed. […]
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Posted: February 16th, 2018 under
Councilmember Herbold,
District 1,
District Office Hours,
Planning and Land Use,
Seattle Public Utliities.
Tags:
bus,
Fauntleroy,
office hours,
parking,
planning and land use,
SDCI,
SDOT,
Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections,
Seattle Public Utilities,
SPU