City Council Rolls out Major Budget Highlights
Final vote on the budget package set for Monday

With the final budget package up for a vote at Monday’s Full Council meeting, the Councilmembers held a press conference on Monday to share their key additions, restorations and savings in arriving at a 2010 balanced budget.

Click here to view the City Council’s major highlights in the 2010 budget.

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With her colleagues behind her, Budget Chair Jean Godden addresses the crowd at the Seattle Public Library during the Council's "Making Smart Choices" press conference on the budget. All nine Councilmembers were in attendance.

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1960 Rapid Transit Plan

In 1960, the Seattle Transit System published a report exploring public transportation options as part of the Central Business District Comprehensive Plan process. The document looked at how high-speed rail might fit in with Interstate 5, then still in the planning phase.

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Councilmember Jean Godden responds to a question from the audience at the Council Town Hall Meeting held on Sept. 22 at Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Club. Godden was joined by her eight Councilmember colleagues, all of whom fielded questions from a group of nearly 200 who engaged in a productive evening of questions and answers.

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TERM DEFINITIONS

Foster safe, just and healthy communities for all

• Implement a coordinated program to reduce youth violence and increase public safety for all Seattle residents.
• Review and decide on a proposal for renewing the Housing Levy.
• Make sure that initial neighborhood plan updates are effective and responsive to communities.
• Partner with the Seattle School District to strengthen our public schools and ensure that all of our children achieve academic success.
• Bring City and community organizations together to reduce hunger and malnutrition in Seattle.

Invest public resources fairly and effectively

• Take major steps forward on the replacement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct and the Central Waterfront Public Space Design.
• Continue to put people first in any budget revisions, ensuring support for critical human services; make budget decisions through a process that is transparent and accessible to the people of Seattle.
• Act to keep City Light an effective organization that uses well-designed and comprehensive strategies for capital projects, operations, and human resources.
• Implement new transit opportunities to provide greater access to public transportation, including Sound Transit light rail to the University and Northgate, expanded bus service, and the First Hill streetcar.
• Create new ways to make government more accessible and responsive to citizens, and create an online citizen engagement portal.
• Manage a tightened budget by using our resources wisely and improving customer service.

Build a livable city for our future

• Create a coordinated action strategy for Seattle’s economic recovery.
• Implement the Parks for All Levy and ensure that open space and parks are available, accessible, and maintained throughout Seattle.
• Support arts and cultural development through a Cultural Overlay District that provides incentives for creating and maintaining cultural facilities.
• Revise zoning in key areas of the City where greater height and density will promote the public interest.