Marijuana in Seattle
The Committee will work with the Department of Finance and Administrative Services to study the existing market for Taxi, For-hire and Limousine services, the current approach to the regulation of these services and potential modifications to this regulatory structure. The Committee plans to coordinate with both King County and the Port of Seattle in this work.

Committee on Taxi, For Hire and Limousine Regulations
The Committee will work with the Department of Finance and Administrative Services to study the existing market for Taxi, For-hire and Limousine services, the current approach to the regulation of these services and potential modifications to this regulatory structure. The Committee plans to coordinate with both King County and the Port of Seattle in this work.

Climate Action Plan
The City is writing a new Climate Action Plan to meet the bold goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. Your input is needed to create a plan that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, helps the city prepare for the impacts of a changing climate, and makes Seattle an even better place to live.

Seattle for Washington
The Seattle for Washington program helps us strengthen relationships with key policy makers and better understand issues important to communities around the state. By building relationships and opening dialogue, we hope to reduce conflict and create opportunities for positive and constructive working relationships.

City Budget Process
City Council works as a team to put people first. They keep their word with a sustainable budget addressing needs.

Job Assistance Legislation
A proposed legislation to increase public safety and job assistance by reducing criminal recidivism and enhancing positive reentries to society by prohibiting certain adverse employment actions against individuals who have been arrested, convicted, or charged with a crime.

Neighborhood Greenways
In 2012, SDOT is constructing our first Neighborhood Greenways. A total of seven miles of greenways are being added in Ballard, Beacon Hill, Delridge and Wallingford.

Paid Sick Leave
Introduced on June 27, 2011, the Housing, Human Services, Health, and Culture Committee has discussed a proposed paid sick leave ordinance, sponsored by Councilmember Nick Licata.

Yesler Terrace Redevelopment
Yesler Terrace is a 30-acre publicly subsidized housing community located on the southern slope of First Hill, adjacent to downtown, Harborview Medical Center, the International District, and Seattle University.

Elections Reforms
Councilmember O'Brien has proposed two reforms to our local elections system to limit the actual and perceived influence of campaign contributions in city government.

Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs
The formation of the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (OIRA) recognizes that Seattle is home to many immigrant and refugee communities and that language and cultural barriers can compromise equal access to government services and programs.

SR 520 Bridge Replacement Project
The replacement of the State Route 520 bridge continues to be a high priority project for the City of Seattle with ongoing work on the planning, design and funding options.

Special Committee on the Central Waterfront, Seawall,
and Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program
The City Council is currently consulting transportation experts on how best to address safety concerns with the Alaskan Way Viaduct and the seawall along Seattle's Waterfront.

SODO Arena Proposal
The City Council is considering a proposal negotiated by the Mayor, the King County Executive and a private investor named Chris Hansen to construct a multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena in SODO.

Developing a sustainable retirement system
During its City budget deliberations in the fall of 2010, the City Council issued a statement of legislative intent directing staff to develop alternatives to the current Seattle City Employees' Retirement System (SCERS) benefit.

Local Food Action Initiative
The Local Food Action Initiative is a series of actions meant to promote local and regional food sustainability and security.

Carbon Neutrality
Building on Seattle's history of environmental leadership, the City Council established carbon neutrality as one of its seventeen Council priorities in 2010.

The Great Student Initiative
A City of Seattle effort to form new partnerships with information, communication and technology companies and financial institutions to provide low-cost, high-speed Internet access, computer, software and services for low-income students in the Seattle Public Schools, and create a steering committee to advance the goals of the Initiative.

Comprehensive Plan Amendments
The city's Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan), titled "Toward a Sustainable Seattle," is a document created in 1994 that sets out the goals, values and policies guiding us as we accommodate growth over time.  Once a year, the public has the opportunity to suggest amendments to that plan.  Click here to learn how to submit an amendment or to review which amendments have been recently proposed.