The Seattle Times’ weekend story about the dueling reports over Key Arena lead the news this morning.
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This week at City Hall: pretty much everything
It’s going to be a very busy week for the City Council.
Continue readingNews roundup: tree cutting
This week’s hearing on the West Seattle tree cutting tops the news this morning.
Continue readingNews roundup: Housing preservation, youth detention, safe injection, and of course the arena
Yesterday’s committee discussion of housing preservation tops the news this morning.
Continue readingNews roundup: NCIS, SODO Arena, and pretty much everything else
After a few days’ dry spell, everyone’s writing about the City Council again…
Continue readingSODO Arena: SDOT vs. Port of Seattle throwdown
The Department of Transportation and the Port of Seattle faced off this afternoon at the Sustainability and Transportation Committee meeting. At issue: what will be the impact of the proposed SODO Arena on transportation in the immediate area — and particularly freight transportation. Unfortunately, they both missed an opportunity to solve an even bigger issue.
Continue readingJohnson tries to kick update to design review process down the road
This morning the Planning, Land Use and Zoning Committee heard a presentation on some proposed changes to the city’s design review process for construction projects, and while Committee chair Rob Johnson likes many of the ideas presented, he stated his preference to wait until next summer to formally take up any revisions.
Continue readingCouncil crawling towards approval of Swedish Cherry Hill expansion
The City Council is slowly moving towards approving the new Master Institution Master Plan for the Swedish Health System Cherry Hill campus, over the objections of neighbors, but not before making a few changes of their own.
Continue readingNews roundup: NCIS, Housing levy, safe injection sites, and more
Lots of City Council-related news this morning…
Continue readingThis week: lots of land use deliberations
The City Council will be very busy with land use decisions this week.
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