Seattle City Council
2010 Significant Vote Log

Introduction

The Significant Vote Log includes a brief summary and the final vote on selected legislation before the Seattle City Council. Items selected include those which have generated significant media and/or public interest, those for which the full Council vote was not unanimous, and all votes on confirmation of the Mayor's appointment of City department heads and Municipal Court judges. The log does not include all the details contained within any piece of legislation, nor does it include votes on amendments that may have been proposed to the legislation. The minutes of each meeting contain a record of votes on amendments. To view the minutes of the meeting at which the issue was voted upon, use the link to the minutes. To view the entire text of legislation identified in the Log, use the link to the identifying number of the legislation (Council Bill or Resolution).

For questions regarding the Significant Vote Log, please contact Theresa Dunbar, City Clerk's Office, (206) 684-8142 or at Theresa.dunbar@seattle.gov

Abbreviations

Y: Affirmative vote
N: Negative vote
A: Abstained from vote
--: Absent from meeting

Issue/Summary: Established committee structure, membership, meeting times, and duties of City Council standing committees for 2010 and 2011.

Title of Legislation:
A RESOLUTION relating to committee structure, membership, meeting times, and duties of the standing committees of the Seattle City Council for 2010 and 2011, and superseding Resolution 31035.

Vote:
          Bagshaw: Yes
          Burgess: Yes
          Clark: Yes
          Conlin: Yes
          Godden: Yes
          Harrell: Yes
          Licata: Yes
          O'Brien: Yes
          Rasmussen: Yes

Issue/Summary: Designated City Councilmember participation, for 2010 and 2011 on King County Committees, Regional Committees, State Committees, and City of Seattle Committees.

Title of Legislation:
A RESOLUTION relating to Seattle City Councilmember participation, for 2010 and 2011, on King County Committees, Regional Committees, State Committees, and City of Seattle Committees, and superseding Resolution 31037.

Vote:
          Bagshaw: Yes
          Burgess: Yes
          Clark: Yes
          Conlin: Yes
          Godden: Yes
          Harrell: Yes
          Licata: Yes
          O'Brien: Yes
          Rasmussen: Yes

Issue/Summary: Established the Council’s intent to review City Light’s existing financial policies early in 2010 with the goal of improving its ability to absorb wholesale market revenue shocks.

Title of Legislation:
A RESOLUTION relating to the City Light Department; establishing transitional financial policies for setting electric rates for 2010 and superseding a portion of Resolution 30933, and declaring the Council's intent to complete a full review of the utility's financial policies in 2010 with the goal of enhancing the utility's ability to absorb predictable fluctuations in wholesale revenue without negatively impacting customer rates.

Vote:
          Bagshaw: Yes
          Burgess: Yes
          Clark: Yes
          Conlin: Yes
          Godden: Yes
          Harrell: Yes
          Licata: Yes
          O'Brien: Yes
          Rasmussen: Yes

Issue/Summary: Recognized Seattle as the City of Music, and formed the Seattle City of Music Commission to provide guidance and direction to the City of Seattle regarding its leadership and support of music.

Title of Legislation:
A RESOLUTION recognizing Seattle as the City of Music and establishing a Seattle Music Commission.

Vote:
          Bagshaw: Yes
          Burgess: Yes
          Clark: Yes
          Conlin: Yes
          Godden: Yes
          Harrell: Yes
          Licata: Yes
          O'Brien: Yes
          Rasmussen: Yes

Issue/Summary: Created a new Seattle Commission for People with Disabilities, established its responsibilities and administrative support.

Title of Legislation:
AN ORDINANCE creating the Seattle Commission for People with Disabilities, establishing its responsibilities, providing its administrative support through the Office for Civil Rights, creating a new Seattle Municipal Code Section 3.14.933 and amending Seattle Municipal Code Sections 3.14.900, 3.14.910, 3.14.920, 3.14.930, 3.14.931, 3.14.932 and 3.14.940.

Vote:
          Bagshaw: Yes
          Burgess: Yes
          Clark: Yes
          Conlin: Yes
          Godden: Yes
          Harrell: Yes
          Licata: Yes
          O'Brien: Yes
          Rasmussen: Yes

Issue/Summary: Allowed additional height within the Seattle Mixed zone with a 65 foot height limit in order to promote biotech industries, research and development laboratories, and associated office uses under limited circumstances in the South Lake Union Urban Center.

Title of Legislation:
AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Chapter 23.48 of the Seattle Municipal Code; allowing additional height within the Seattle Mixed zone with a 65 foot height limit in order to promote biotech industries, research and development laboratories, and associated office uses under limited circumstances in the South Lake Union Urban Center; and making clarifications and correcting errors.

Vote:
          Bagshaw: Yes
          Burgess: Yes
          Clark: Yes
          Conlin: Yes
          Godden: Yes
          Harrell: Disqualified from Voting
          Licata: No
          O'Brien: Yes
          Rasmussen: Yes

Issue/Summary: Stating the City Council's policy goals and priorities for the appointment and confirmation of a new Chief of Police.

Title of Legislation:
A RESOLUTION stating the City Council's policy goals and priorities for the appointment and confirmation of a new Chief of Police.

Vote:
          Bagshaw: Yes
          Burgess: Yes
          Clark: Yes
          Conlin: Yes
          Godden: Yes
          Harrell: Yes
          Licata: Yes
          O'Brien: Yes
          Rasmussen: Yes

Issue/Summary: Approved City Light's 19.68 aMW conservation target for 2010-2011 and a ten-year conservation potential of 93.67 aMW.

Title of Legislation:
A RESOLUTION relating to the City Light Department; acknowledging and approving City Light's adoption of a biennial energy conservation target of 19.68 aMW for 2010-2011 and a ten-year conservation potential of 93.67 aMW.

Vote:
          Bagshaw: Yes
          Burgess: Yes
          Clark: Yes
          Conlin: Yes
          Godden: Yes
          Harrell: Yes
          Licata: Yes
          O'Brien: Yes
          Rasmussen: Yes

Issue/Summary: Urged the Washington State Legislature to establish a Do Not Mail Registry and directed Seattle Public Utilities to encourage their customers to use existing commercial mail opt-out services.

Title of Legislation:
A RESOLUTION urging the Washington State Legislature to establish a Do Not Mail Registry and directing Seattle Public Utilities to encourage their customers to use existing commercial mail opt-out services.

Vote:
          Bagshaw: Yes
          Burgess: Yes
          Clark: Yes
          Conlin: Yes
          Godden: No
          Harrell: Yes
          Licata: Yes
          O'Brien: Yes
          Rasmussen: Yes

Issue/Summary: Appropriated funds for the development of a skateboard park at Delridge Playfield from the 2000 Parks Levy Fund and the 2008 Parks Levy Fund.

Title of Legislation:
AN ORDINANCE relating to Parks Levies, including the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy and the 2000 Neighborhood Parks, Green Spaces, Trails, and Zoo Levy; establishing the Delridge Skateboard Park Development project; amending the 2010 Adopted Budget and 2010-2015 Capital Improvement Program by making appropriations from the 2000 Parks Levy Fund and the 2008 Parks Levy Fund; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.

Vote:
          Bagshaw: Yes
          Burgess: Yes
          Clark: Yes
          Conlin: Yes
          Godden: Yes
          Harrell: Yes
          Licata: Yes
          O'Brien: Yes
          Rasmussen: Yes

Issue/Summary: Required owners of certain non-residential buildings to submit reports of their building’s energy performance using the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager Tool.

Title of Legislation:
AN ORDINANCE relating to energy conservation; requiring owners of nonresidential and multi-family buildings to measure and disclose energy efficiency performance, and adding a new Chapter 22.920 to Title 22 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Vote:
          Bagshaw: Absent
          Burgess: Yes
          Clark: Yes
          Conlin: Yes
          Godden: Yes
          Harrell: Yes
          Licata: Yes
          O'Brien: Yes
          Rasmussen: Yes

Issue/Summary: Adopted the Seattle City Council 2010 Work Program.

Title of Legislation:
A RESOLUTION adopting the Seattle City Council 2010 Work Program.

Vote:
          Bagshaw: Yes
          Burgess: Yes
          Clark: Yes
          Conlin: Yes
          Godden: Yes
          Harrell: Yes
          Licata: Yes
          O'Brien: Yes
          Rasmussen: Yes

Issue/Summary: Adopted Statements of Legislative Intent (SLIs) for the 2010 Adopted Budget and 2010-2015 Adopted Capital Improvement Program (CIP), and Budget Guidance Statements (BUGS) for the 2011-2012 Proposed Budget.

Title of Legislation:
A RESOLUTION adopting Statements of Legislative Intent (SLIs) for the 2010 Adopted Budget and 2010-2015 Adopted Capital Improvement Program (CIP), and Budget Guidance Statements (BUGS) for the 2011-2012 Proposed Budget.

Vote:
          Bagshaw: Yes
          Burgess: Yes
          Clark: Yes
          Conlin: Excused
          Godden: Yes
          Harrell: Yes
          Licata: Yes
          O'Brien: Yes
          Rasmussen: Yes