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Urban Politics #256
By City Councilmember Nick Licata.
HOLD THE VOTE ON MONDAY FOR THE MERCER PROJECT
Friday, May 9, I announced that I will move to hold the Mercer Street Project at Monday's Full Council meeting on May 12th. The Council has not had adequate time to review this project. New information has just been released. In addition, the cost of the project has spiraled out of control to $193 million.
In this UP I will explain how information has been withheld from the Council and how that has shut the door on a public discussion on the usefulness of this project.
At this past week's Transportation Committee Meeting I criticized the Mercer Project and was told by the Director of our Transportation Department that their analysis showed a positive result. When I pressed her as to where this information came from, the Director said that her Department had already distributed it to our staff. As it turns out they had given our staff 3 pages of a 100 page document: the Mercer Corridor Improvements Project Environmental Assessment, Transportation Discipline Report by CH2MHILL.
The Director also said that the material was being given to us as it was completed. After I insisted that they provide the full report to us, our staff noted that the report had been completed in August of 2006. How did they expect the Council to vote on one of the largest public works projects this city has ever seen without reading the most important supporting document analyzing it?
Click here to go to the May 6, 2008, Transportation Committee meeting page. I begin speaking at 58:48; my presentation on Mercer begins at 59:40.
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Civic activity and Community involvement are two key components to Councilmember Licata’s history of
involvement in Seattle politics that dates back to 1975.
Nick has been instrumental in founding organizations and publications such as The Civic Foundation, the Seattle Sun
newspaper and the People’s Yellow pages to help provide people with access to community organizations, social service
agencies, and political groups as well as promoting neighborhood involvement in the City’s political process.
Councilmember Licata is excited to be the Chair of the Culture, Civil Rights, Health & Personnel; Labor Policy; and Pedestrian Safety Committees and
working with his colleagues to help keep Seattle a vibrant and livable city.
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Member of the Council since: 1998
Current Term: 2006-2009
Committees:
Chair: Culture, Civil Rights, Health & Personnel;
Labor Policy; and
Pedestrian Safety
Vice-Chair: Finance & Budget and
Budget
Member: Public Safety, Human Services & Education
Alternate: Housing & Economic Development
Staff:
Newell Aldrich, Lisa Herbold, Frank Video, and Robin Matisse
Issues of Interest:
Transparency in government decision-making, Fair distribution of public resources to our diverse communities, Investing our public resources as efficiently and effectively as possible
Organizational Affiliations:
Democratic Party, ACLU, Sierra Club, 911 Media Arts Center, Washington Environmental Council, NOW, National League of Cities
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