City Council
Council Chamber, City Hall 600 4th Avenue Seattle, WA 98104
Agenda — 61 items
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- A. CALL TO ORDER
- B. ROLL CALL
- C. PUBLIC COMMENT
- D. CONSIDERATION OF INITIATIVE 137
- 6 Initiative Measure No. 137, concerning a payroll expense tax to fund the Social Housing Developer.
- 7 A RESOLUTION regarding Initiative 137 concerning a payroll expense tax to fund the Social Housing Developer; authorizing the City Clerk and the Executive Director of the Ethics and Elections Commission to take those actions necessary to enable the proposed Initiative Measure to appear on the November 5, 2024, ballot and the local voters’ pamphlet; requesting the King County Elections Director to place the proposed Initiative Measure on the November 5, 2024, ballot; and providing for the publication of such proposed Initiative Measure.
- E. PRESENTATIONS
- F. ADOPTION OF INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR:
- 10 September 10, 2024
- G. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
- H. APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR
- 13 Journal:
- 1. August 13, 2024
- 2. September 3, 2024
- 16 Bills:
- 3. AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of August 26, 2024, through August 30, 2024, and ordering the payment thereof; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
- 18 Appointments:
- 19 CITY COUNCIL:
- 4. Appointment of Scott Beck as member, Seattle LGBTQ Commission, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 5. Appointment of Sonia Hitchcock as member, Seattle Women’s Commission, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 6. Appointment of Montana Houston as member, Seattle Renters’ Commission, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 7. Appointment of Avery Hultgren as member, Seattle Human Rights Commission, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 8. Appointment of Leonard Harrison Jerome as member, Design Review Board, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 9. Appointment of Matt Malloy as member, Seattle Planning Commission, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 10. Appointment of Augusta Joy Milford as member, Design Review Board, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 11. Appointment of Timothy Patrick Randazzo as member, Urban Forestry Commission, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 12. Appointment of Marisol Beas as member, Community Involvement Commission, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 13. Appointment of Urjeet Deshmukh as member, Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Commission, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 14. Appointment of Lauren Miles as member, Landmarks Preservation Board, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 15. Appointment of Hailey Dickson as member, Community Technology Advisory Board, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 16. Reappointment of Meral Kandymova as member, Seattle Center Advisory Commission, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 17. Appointment of Amaiya Leonor as member, Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 18. Appointment of Carmen Pan as member, Seattle Arts Commission, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 19. Appointment of Ian Iserman as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 20. Appointment of Kyler Parris as member, Seattle Transit Advisory Board, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 21. Appointment of Joshua Scheidt as member, Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 22. Appointment of Caitlin Truong as member, Seattle Design Commission, for a term to August 31, 2025.
- 39 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE:
- 23. Appointment of Delaney Lind as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term to March 31, 2025.
- 24. Appointment of Stevie Rae Brown as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term to March 31, 2026.
- 25. Appointment of Nicole Callais as member, Seattle Freight Advisory Board, for a term to May 31, 2026.
- 26. Appointment of Marc Hoecker as member, Seattle Freight Advisory Board, for a term to May 31, 2026.
- 27. Appointment of Kelsey Nyland as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term to March 31, 2026.
- 28. Appointment of Tracy Timmons-Gray as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term to March 31, 2026.
- 29. Reappointment of Fallon Boyle as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term to March 31, 2026.
- 30. Reappointment of Nigel Barron as member, Seattle Freight Advisory Board, for a term to May 31, 2026.
- 31. Reappointment of Dan Gatchet as member, Seattle Freight Advisory Board, for a term to May 31, 2026.
- 32. Reappointment of Chris Grgich as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term to March 31, 2026.
- 33. Reappointment of Dan McKisson as member, Seattle Freight Advisory Board, for a term to May 31, 2026.
- 34. Reappointment of Wes Mills as member, Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, for a term to March 31, 2026.
- 35. Reappointment of Stanley W. Ryter as member, Seattle Freight Advisory Board, for a term to May 31, 2026.
- 36. Appointment of Maris Zivarts as member, Seattle School Traffic Safety Committee, for a term to March 31, 2027.
- I. COMMITTEE REPORTS
- 55 CITY COUNCIL:
- 37. AN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; adopting a 2024 Citywide Position List.
- J. ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
- K. ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS
- L. OTHER BUSINESS
- M. ADJOURNMENT
- 63 _____________________________________________________ Jodee Schwinn, Deputy City Clerk Signed by me in Open Session, upon approval of the Council, on September 17, 2024. _____________________________________________________ Sara Nelson, Council President of the City Council