Earlier this week, SDOT made an emergency announcement that it was closing the high West Seattle Bridge due to an increase in cracking of the concrete in the bridge that, in their estimation, made the bridge unsafe to carry vehicles. They are now working on a deeper analysis and a repair plan. Let’s take a deeper dive into what has happened to the bridge.
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Notes from today’s Council meetings
A bill passes this afternoon, and lots of notes about what the Council members have been up to while working remotely.
Continue readingThis week in the virtual Council Chambers
It’s another week of the City Council conducting its meetings by conference call and cancelling committee hearings.
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This week the City Council meeting switched from Skype to a good old-fashioned conference call, featuring automated announcements every time someone entered or dropped the call and plenty of background chatter as the Council members called in from home. And yet they still managed to get a few things done.
Continue readingCity Council and staff to telecommute, cancel committee meetings for remainder of March
Late this afternoon, Council President Lorena Gonzalez and Council President Pro Tem Teresa Mosqueda issued a directive to the city’s Legislative Department outlining several measures the department will take to address the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Topping the list: all department employees are instructed to telecommute through the end of the month, and all committee meetings will be cancelled for the remainder of March.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
Both this morning’s Council Briefing and this afternoon’s City Council meeting were fairly short and to the point today. Here are the highlights.
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Here’s what was said and done in Council chambers today.
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Things got a little heated this afternoon.
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Another long, heated public comment session at a poorly-attended Council meeting, a bill pushed out another week, and an update on what’s going on in Olympia. Also, the return of Council member Mosqueda!
Continue readingNotes from Monday’s Council meetings
There was much discussion on last week’s gun violence downtown, plus a debate over resolutions.
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