http://www.seattlechannel.org http://www.seattlechannel.org/ You're watching the Seattle Channel. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Agenda Items: Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Lowrise multifamily zones, Capitol Hill Housing, First Place School, 2011 State Legislative Agenda, 2011 Pay Zone Ordinance, adult entertainment licenses, wage supplement and insurance benefits, acceptance of funding from non-City sources, Multifamily Housing Limited Property Tax Exemption Agreement, purchase and sale of renewable energy certificates, Lake Forest Park Reservoir, revising water rates. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Relating to Seattle Public Utilities and Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities and the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to enter into easement agreements granting and conveying easement rights under and across portions of Cal Anderson Park to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority and to accept payment therefor; finding that the grants of temporary and permanent subsurface easements meet the requirements of Ordinance 118477, adopting Initiative 42, to the extent applicable; exempting the grant of a temporary surface easement from the requirements of Ordinance 118477, to the extent applicable; and authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to accept a storm drain access easement from the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Related to land use and zoning, amending various chapters of Title 23 of the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC); adding new sections to Chapter 23.45 and recodifying other sections in that chapter; repealing Sections 23.34.016, 23.34.022, 23.45.002, 23.45.004, 23.45.006, 23.45.009, 23.45.010, 23.45.011, 23.45.012, 23.45.014, 23.45.015, 23.45.016, 23.45.017, 23.45.018, 23.45.064, 23.45.066, 23.47A.029, 23.48.031, 23.86.020, and all the exhibits in these Sections; adding Section 23.54.040; amending provisions in SMC Title 25 regarding environmental policies, critical areas, and tree protection; establishing new classifications and standards for lowrise multifamily development; revising lowrise zoning designations and locational criteria for multifamily zones; amending the Official Land Use Map to rezone all property currently in a Lowrise or Lowrise Duplex/Triplex zone to one of three new Lowrise zones; providing for the effect of expiration of any prior decision rezoning property from a Lowrise zone; providing for the extension of contract rezone conditions for property previous zoned to a Lowrise zone; eliminating multifamily parking requirements in urban villages with frequent transit service; changing the mechanism for permitting parking off-site; changing methods for measuring structure height in most zones; establishing standards for solid waste storage areas in most zones; and establishing a new streamlined design review process, all in order to allow a greater variety of housing types in Lowrise multifamily zones, to improve development regulations in multifamily and other zones, to encourage design excellence, to implement Comprehensive Plan policies, and to protect and promote the health, safety, and welfare of the general public. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Application of Capitol Hill Housing for approval of a contract rezone of 9,799 square feet of land at 500 12th Avenue from Neighborhood Commercial 2 with a 40 foot height limit and pedestrian zone designation (NC2P 40) to Neighborhood Commercial 2 with a 65 foot height limit and pedestrian zone designation (NC2P 65) for future construction of a 6 story structure containing 40 affordable housing units, approximately 5,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space, and parking for 5 vehicles (Project No. 3009796, Type IV). The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Petition of Mitch Yockey for First Place School to rezone approximately 12,800 square feet of land at 160 20th Avenue from Lowrise 1 (L1) multifamily residential to Lowrise 3 (L3) multifamily residential (Project No. 3011035, Type IV). The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Petition of Josh Stepherson to rezone 152,755 sq.ft. of land at 3210 California Ave. Southwest from NC1-30 to NC2-40 (Project No.3007538, Type IV). elating to land use and zoning; amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at page 137 of the Official Land Use Map to rezone property located at 3210 California Avenue SW from Neighborhood Commercial 1 with a 30 foot height limit (NC1-30) to Neighborhood Commercial 2 with a 40 foot height limit (NC2-40) (Petition by Josh Stepherson, C.F. 308944, DPD Project 3007538). The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Setting forth the 2011 State Legislative Agenda of the City of Seattle. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Member Appointments The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Relating to City employment, to be known as the 2011 Pay Zone Ordinance; adjusting the pay zone structures for the City's discretionary pay programs for the year 2011. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Relating to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services; authorizing the Director of Finance and Administrative Services to execute an amendment to an existing parking lot management agreement between the City of Seattle and the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Relating to adult entertainment licenses and other licenses; amending Sections 6.202.180, 6.202.280, 6.270.070, 6.270.080 and 6.270.090 of the Seattle Municipal Code to establish deadlines for reviewing applications for adult entertainment licenses; require that applicants present written evidence that they are the owner, operator, or lessee of the premises; clarify that review for compliance with City development regulations including zoning and building codes occurs as part of the development regulation process rather than the licensing process; clarify standards for the review of applications for adult entertainment manager and adult entertainer licenses; and provide that an adult entertainment license application be denied to an applicant that is currently the subject of an adult entertainment license suspension or revocation order. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Relating to City employment, to continue to provide a wage supplement and insurance benefits for employees who are mobilized by the United States Armed Forces for active military service; and ratifying and confirming prior acts. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Authorizing, in 2010, acceptance of funding from non-City sources; authorizing the heads of the Department of Information Technology, Department of Neighborhoods, Department of Parks and Recreation, Department of Finance and Administrative Services, the Human Services Department, the Office of Economic Development, the Office of Intergovernmental Relations, the Office of Sustainability and Environment, the Office of the Mayor, Seattle Center, Seattle Department of Transportation, the Seattle Fire Department, the Office for Civil Rights, the Seattle Police Department, the Seattle Public Library, and Seattle Public Utilities to accept specified grants and private funding and to execute, deliver, and perform corresponding agreements; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Amending Ordinance 123177, which adopted the 2010 Budget, including the 2010-2015 Capital Improvement Program (CIP); changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; revising project allocations for certain projects in the 2010-2015 CIP; adding new projects; making transfers between various City funds; and making cash transfers between funds; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Authorizing the Director of Housing to enter into a Multifamily Housing Limited Property Tax Exemption Agreement between the City of Seattle and S/I Ballard, LLC for new multifamily rental housing constructed as part of a mixed-use project on property situated at 2034 NW 56th Street, Seattle, Washington, under Seattle's Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption Program, Chapter 5.73 SMC. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Authorizing the Director of Housing to enter into a Multifamily Housing Limited Property Tax Exemption Agreement between the City of Seattle and Wallace Properties - Madison, LLC for new multifamily rental housing constructed as part of a mixed-use project on property situated at 1222 East Madison Street, Seattle, Washington, under Seattle's Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption Program, Chapter 5.73 SMC. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Authorizing the Director of Housing to enter into a Multifamily Housing Limited Property Tax Exemption Agreement between the City of Seattle and Ridgecrest Equities, LLC for new multifamily rental housing constructed as a residential project on property situated at 310 17th Avenue South, Seattle, Washington, under Seattle's Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption Program, Chapter 5.73 SMC. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Relating to the City Light Department, authorizing the Superintendent or his designee to grant an easement for road purposes to the County of Snohomish over a portion of the City's fee-owned Bothell to Newhalem Transmission Corridor located in unincorporated Snohomish County, Washington; and accepting payment for the true and fair value of the easement from Washington Federal Savings. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the execution of enabling agreements with separate counterparties that establish general terms and conditions for the purchase and sale of renewable energy certificates in the form of a common master agreement. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Relating to the City Light Department; authorizing execution of a transaction-specific confirmation of a 7-year agreement with Holy Cross Energy for the purchase of environmental attributes in the form of renewable energy certificates that are necessary or convenient for meeting the requirements of the Washington State Energy Independence Act. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Relating to the City Light Department; authorizing execution of a transaction-specific confirmation of a 15-year agreement with Idaho Winds LLC for the purchase of environmental attributes in the form of renewable energy certificates that are necessary or convenient for meeting the requirements of the Washington State Energy Independence Act. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Relating to Seattle Public Utilities, amending Seattle Municipal Code Chapters 21.16 and 21.24, to clarify existing requirements, consolidate fee language, clarify authority, update definitions, modify enforcement process and provisions, modify build-over requirements, clarify side sewer reuse requirements, and clarify grease pretreatment requirements. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Relating to Seattle Public Utilities' Lake Forest Park Reservoir; declaring fee ownership of a portion of real property adjacent to the reservoir to be surplus to the City of Seattle's utility needs; and authorizing Seattle Public Utilities to sell the surplus property to the Lake Forest Park Water District and to execute documents and agreements necessary to complete the sale. The Seattle Channel http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2021099 Relating to water services of Seattle Public Utilities; revising water rates and charges for service to wholesale customers, and amending Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 21.04.440 in connection therewith. The Seattle Channel