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Flóra Carlile-Kovács’ stunning nature-inspired textile creations

Title: Flóra Carlile-Kovács’ stunning nature-inspired textile creations
Runtime: 6:24
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Inspired by the natural world, Flóra Carlile-Kovács fabricates felted fabric out of wool and silk to construct exquisite sculptures, wall-hangings, and wearable art. Created by Howard Shack

More information: https://www.florafelts.com/

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Dujie Tahat delivers poetic power to Seattle as new Civic Poet

Title: Dujie Tahat delivers poetic power to Seattle as new Civic Poet
Runtime: 2:01
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Dujie Tahat, the freshly minted Civic Poet of Seattle, reads their original poem "After St. Paul’s Cathedral Burned Down Ma Still Drove Us To Mass". Created by Vincent Pierce

More information: https://dujietahat.com/

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Seattle's historic Labour Temple reimagined as a cultural hub

Title: Seattle's historic Labour Temple reimagined as a cultural hub
Runtime: 0:56
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Seattle’s Labour Temple, founded in 1942, was, for many years, a home to unions representing organized workers. Although the original intent of the temple has changed, the building has been carefully renovated to reflect the magnificent architectural integrity of its art deco beginnings, and now houses a coffee shop, salon, co-working facilities, along with two gallery spaces featuring local artists. Created by Peggy Lycett

More information: https://www.labourtemple.com/

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Beautiful Freaks belt out art punk energy in "Loser Sellouts"

Title: Beautiful Freaks belt out art punk energy in "Loser Sellouts"
Runtime: 4:51
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: The wildly fun art punk band @beautifulfreaks2159, comprised of James Bonaci, Meg Hall, Cyra Wirth, Peter Bryson, and Tony LeFaive, perform their original song “Loser Sellouts” from the stage of Ballard’s beloved Sunset Tavern. Created by Vincent Pierce

More information: https://www.instagram.com/beautifulfreaksonline/

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Artist Natalie Krick deconstructs power dynamics through images of an icon

Title: Artist Natalie Krick deconstructs power dynamics through images of an icon
Runtime: 5:43
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Natalie Krick is a Seattle based interdisciplinary artist whose work investigates the medium of photography, visual perception and pleasure through a feminist lens. Created by Chris Barnes

More information: https://www.nataliekrick.com/

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Seattle City Council Select Committee on the Comprehensive Plan 3/19/2025

Title: Seattle City Council Select Committee on the Comprehensive Plan 3/19/2025
Runtime: 1:29:37
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Missing Middle Zoning Requirements; Adjournment.
0:00 Call to Order
1:04 Public Comment
3:52 Missing Middle Zoning Requirements

Mayor Bruce Harrell celebrates Seattle CARE department expansion

Title: Mayor Bruce Harrell celebrates Seattle CARE department expansion
Runtime: 41:56
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Mayor Bruce Harrell celebrates the expansion of Seattle's Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE) department's Community Crisis Responders to neighborhoods in South and Southwest Seattle. The Mayor is joined by City and community leaders and discusses progress on the CARE expansion plan, what it means for neighborhoods, and the vision for the continued growth of the department and responder program.

Speakers and attendees include:
Mayor Bruce Harrell, City of Seattle
Chief Amy Barden, Seattle CARE Department
Charlotte Starck, president, Alki Community Council
Erin Goodman, executive director, SODO BIA
Kevin Loyal, founder, Champ Boxing Gym
Carolanne Sanders Lundgren, chief campaigns officer, Purpose. Dignity. Action

Finance, Native Communities, and Tribal Governments Committee 3/19/2025

Title: Finance, Native Communities, and Tribal Governments Committee 3/19/2025
Runtime: 1:54:51
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Appointment of Kiersten Grove as Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services (FAS); Hearing Protection Regulations; Adjournment.

0:00 Call to Order
2:35 Public Comment
6:05 Appointment of Kiersten Grove as director of FAS
1:04:05 Hearing Protection Regulations

Title: Seattle City Council 3/18/2025
Runtime: 5:09:44
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Roll Call; Presentations; Public Comment; Adoption of Introduction and Referral Calendar, Approval of the Agenda; Approval of the Consent Calendar; CB 120933: relating to land use and zoning; Items Removed from Consent Calendar; Adoptions of Other Resolutions; Other Business; Adjournment.
0:00 Call to Order
1:08 Public Comment
1:29:39 Approval of the Agenda
1:37:39 CB 120933: relating to land use and zoning

Title: Transportation Committee 3/18/2025
Runtime: 1:52:32
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Sound Transit 3, Seattle Link Light Rail Extensions; Res 32166: Relating to a skybridge at 8th Avenue near Cherry Street; Adjournment.

0:00 Call to Order
4:45 Public Comment
18:38 Sound Transit 3, Seattle Link Light Rail Extensions
1:18:43 Res 32166: Relating to a skybridge at 8th Avenue near Cherry Street

The remarkable & tragic life of Seattle trailblazer Alice Ball

Title: The remarkable & tragic life of Seattle trailblazer Alice Ball
Runtime: 1:49
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: At just 23, Seattle’s Alice Ball developed a groundbreaking treatment for leprosy. She would die a year later, and history nearly erased her achievement. We're sharing her remarkable life this Women's History Month.

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Title: Seattle City Council Briefing 3/17/2025
Runtime: 1:22:16
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Approval of the Minutes; President's Report; State Legislative Session Update (2025); Signing of Letters and Proclamations; Preview of City Council Actions, Council and Regional Committees; Executive Session on Pending, Potential, or Actual Litigation*
0:00 Call to Order
2:25 State Legislative Session Update;
34:03 Preview of City Council Actions, Council and Regional Committees

Get to know the award-winning Seattle Channel

Title: Get to know the award-winning Seattle Channel
Runtime: 2:26
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Get interested. Get involved. Get engaged. Get inspired. Get informed. Get to know the Seattle Channel.

Seattle Channel is an award-winning municipal television station that reflects, informs, and inspires the community it serves with a local mix of news, analysis, stories, and perspectives you won't find anywhere else.

Programming
Seattle Channel programming includes series and special features highlighting the diverse civic and cultural landscape of Seattle. The station's compelling, high-quality content includes a weekly public-affairs show; live government meetings and press conferences; in-depth weekly arts coverage; a weekly news/lifestyle magazine show; community features; panel discussions and interviews with local leaders and national figures, including best-selling authors.

Where you can find us
Seattle Channel is on cable television channel 21 on Comcast (321 HD) and Wave (721 HD) for cable subscribers in Seattle. We are al...

Title: Land Use Committee 3/17/2025
Runtime: 1:42:20
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Appointments; CF 314491: Relating to a rezone in Fremont; CF 314511: Relating to UW Medical Center-NW Campus master plan; CB 120948: Relating to Seattle construction codes; CB 120771: Relating to land use and street-level spaces; Adjournment.

0:00 Call to Order
2:05 Public Comment
14:16 Appointments -
25:55 CF 314491: Relating to a rezone in Fremont
40:04 CF 314511: Relating to UW Medical Center-NW Campus master plan
57:00 CB 120771: Relating to land use and street-level spaces

Would these Seattle musicians survive a vacation at “The White Lotus”?

Title: Would these Seattle musicians survive a vacation at “The White Lotus”?
Runtime: 1:36
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Who's afraid of a "White Lotus" vacation? A few Seattle-area musicians seem to be. And the rest? Well, they might just be the villains!

Appearances from:
@beautifulfreaks2159
@hockeyteethband
@soundslikejuliet
@etuckermusic

City Inside/Out: How Seattle’s new big business tax could reshape affordable housing

Title: City Inside/Out: How Seattle’s new big business tax could reshape affordable housing
Runtime: 26:05
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: After a bruising election battle, Seattle voters have opted to tax the city’s highest paying companies to pay for social housing. The goal is to create an additional supply of affordable homes for the city’s low and moderate-income residents. Hear from Seattle Social Housing Developer CEO Roberto Jiménez and I-135 co-sponsor Tiffani McCoy about their next steps.

Guests:
Roberto Jiménez, CEO, Seattle Social Housing Developer
Tiffani McCoy, Co-Executive Director, House Our Neighbors

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Mayor Harrell announces Seattle Preschool Program expansion

Title: Mayor Harrell announces Seattle Preschool Program expansion
Runtime: 22:41
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Mayor Bruce Harrell and partners announce the opening of applications for the City's award-winning Seattle Preschool Program (SPP) for the 2025-2026 school year. Nine new classrooms and 169 seats will be added for the upcoming academic year, with the capacity to serve more than 2,500 children living in Seattle.

In the 2025-2026 school year, SPP is partnering with 29 organizations, with 114 preschool sites and 158 classrooms. Applications will open Friday, March 14, 2025. SPP provides free tuition to most Seattle families who apply, with rates calculated based on household income and family size to advance educational equity and reduce race-based opportunity gaps in kindergarten readiness.

Speakers and attendees include:
-Mayor Bruce Harrell, City of Seattle
-Councilmember Maritza Rivera, City of Seattle
-Dwane Chappelle, Director, Seattle Department of Education and Early Learning
-Jennifer Kelty, Executive Director, The Children's Cen...

Governance, Accountability and Economic Development Committee 3/13/2025

Title: Governance, Accountability and Economic Development Committee 3/13/2025
Runtime: 1:14:29
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Appointment to Washington State Convention Center Public Facilities District Board; CB 120950: relating to reaffirming The City of Seattle as a Welcoming City; Adjournment.
0:00 Call to Order
1:20 Public Comment
9:23 Appointment
24:37 CB 120950: relating to reaffirming The City of Seattle as a Welcoming City

Libraries, Education and Neighborhoods Committee 3/13/25

Title: Libraries, Education and Neighborhoods Committee 3/13/25
Runtime: 55:55
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Reappointments to Seattle Public Library Board of Trustees, Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy Oversight Committee; Update on Chinatown International District Community Capacity Building; Adjournment.

0:00 Call to Order
1:48 Public Comment
4:15 Reappointments
12:59 Update on Chinatown International District Community Capacity Building

Title: Early 20th Century Mugshots
Runtime: 0:45
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Meet a few jointists, joyriders, and other Washington women convicted of early 20th-century crimes.

Made in collaboration with our friends at @WashingtonStateArchivesOlympia

Title: Seattle City Council 3/11/2025
Runtime: 30:19
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Roll Call; Presentations; Public Comment; Adoption of Introduction and Referral Calendar, Approval of the Agenda; Approval of the Consent Calendar; Res 32165: adopting the Statements of Legislative Intent (SLI) for the 2025 Adopted Budget and 2025-2030 Adopted Capital Improvement Program (CIP); CB 120946: relating to the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT); Items Removed from Consent Calendar; Adoptions of Other Resolutions; Other Business; Adjournment.
0:00 Call to Order
1:06 Public Comment
15:15 Res 32165: adopting the SLI for the 2025 Adopted Budget and 2025-2030 CIP
17:54 CB 120946: relating to SDOT
28:50 Other Business

Public Safety Committee Meeting 3/11/2025

Title: Public Safety Committee Meeting 3/11/2025
Runtime: 2:07:41
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; CARE Update: 911 Center, CCR Team, and Future Planning; Adjournment.

0:00 Call to Order
6:00 Public Comment
13:40 CARE Update

Title: Seattle City Council Briefing 3/10/2025
Runtime: 1:15:01
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Approval of the Minutes; President's Report; State Legislative Session Update (2025); Signing of Letters and Proclamations; Preview of City Council Actions, Council and Regional Committees; Adjournment.

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell proposes renewal of Seattle's first-in-nation Democracy Voucher program

Title: Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell proposes renewal of Seattle's first-in-nation Democracy Voucher program
Runtime: 18:36
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Mayor Bruce Harrell joins a coalition of community leaders and civic engagement organizations to announce his proposal to renew Seattle's Democracy Voucher Program, which is expiring at the end of this year.

Created by voters in 2015 and implemented in the 2017 election cycle, the Democracy Voucher Program is a first-of-its-kind public campaign financing system which aims to increase participation, reduce the influence of big money in politics, and make the city's elections more accessible and transparent.

The program is administered by the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission (SEEC) which sends four $25 democracy vouchers to eligible residents during municipal election cycles. Residents then donate their vouchers to qualifying campaigns, which are redeemed for the assigned value.

Since the programs inception, Seattle has had among the highest rates of ...

City Inside/Out: State lawmakers clash over changes to Washington’s ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’

Title: City Inside/Out: State lawmakers clash over changes to Washington’s ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’
Runtime: 29:03
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: There’s a fight in Olympia over student rights and parental notification as Democratic lawmakers try to amend the state’s “Parents’ Bill of Rights” (I-2081) passed last year. Republicans say the current legislative effort will block parental access to their child’s school records, including medical and criminal information.

Guests:
Vicki Murray, PhD, Director, Center for Education, Washington Policy Center
E. Tyler Crone, Public Health Advocate and Parent

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Seattle’s CARE Department expands citywide to assist more in crisis

Title: Seattle’s CARE Department expands citywide to assist more in crisis
Runtime: 1:25
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: “These issues aren’t limited to just one area.”

Seattle’s CARE Department will expand its services citywide on March 10, now including South and Southwest Seattle. In January, North Seattle received its own assigned Community Crisis Responders (CCRs). CCRs assist Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers in responding to 9-1-1 calls involving individuals in crisis or facing behavioral health challenges, such as non-violent person-down incidents, welfare checks, and other requested calls. The CARE Department aims to streamline the process of connecting individuals to appropriate service providers while allowing police officers and firefighters to focus on higher-priority calls. With this expansion, a total of 27 CCRs will now serve the entire city. More information: https://www.seattle.gov/care

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Select Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Changes 3/6/2025

Title: Select Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Changes 3/6/2025
Runtime: 2:58:22
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) and Reproductive Rights Issues; Letter supporting federal workers; Overview of Immigrant and Labor Rights Issues; Adjournment.
0:00 Call to Order
7:40 Public Comment
20:30 LGBTQ and Reproductive Rights Issues
1:20:20 Letter Supporting Federal Workers
1:28:18 Overview of Immigrant and Labor Rights Issues

Bertha Knight Landes: The first woman to lead a major U.S. city

Title: Bertha Knight Landes: The first woman to lead a major U.S. city
Runtime: 2:03
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Nearly a century ago, Bertha Knight Landes made history as the first woman to lead a major U.S. city. This Saturday, for #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate her March 9, 1926, election as Seattle's first woman mayor—and the barriers she broke along the way! ⁠
#womenshistorymonth #seattle #seattlehistory #berthaknightlandes

Book Lust with Nancy Pearl: Erika Swyler's new book explores what happens when AI takes over

Title: Book Lust with Nancy Pearl: Erika Swyler's new book explores what happens when AI takes over
Runtime: 25:07
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Nancy Pearl speaks with author Erika Swyler about her new genre-bending novel, "We Lived on the Horizon." It's a little bit speculative fiction, but it's also mystery, sci-fi, romance, political thriller, and horror, too. The book takes place in a thought-provoking world where AI is in charge and sacrifice is rewarded. They discuss AI and robots in fiction, how Swyler builds characters and stories, and how they would rearrange the library if they each had their own way.

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Title: Select Budget Committee March 5, 2025
Runtime: 2:02:41
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Appointment of Kiersten Grove as Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services (FAS); CB 120946: relating to the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT); Adjournment.
0:00 Call to Order
2:50 Public Comment
7:40 Appointment of Kiersten Grove, Director of FAS
22:35 CB 120946: relating to SDOT

Title: Seattle City Council 3/4/2025
Runtime: 24:45
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Roll Call; Presentations; Public Comment; Adoption of Introduction and Referral Calendar, Approval of the Agenda; Approval of the Consent Calendar; Committee Reports; CB 120943: Ordinance relating to Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption Program; Res 32164: Resolution relating to Seattle Parks and Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office; Items Removed from Consent Calendar; Adoptions of Other Resolutions; Other Business; Adjournment.
0:00 Call to Order
1:08 Public Comment
13:02 CB 120943: Ordinance relating to Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption Program
15:14 Res 32164: Relating to Seattle Parks and Recreation
18:29 Other Business

Seattle City Council Transportation Committee 3/4/2025

Title: Seattle City Council Transportation Committee 3/4/2025
Runtime: 2:53:54
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Proposed SDOT 2025 Levy Delivery Plan; Achieving Vision Zero Through the Safe System Approach; Adjournment.

0:00 Call to Order
7:00 Public Comment
29:35 Proposed SDOT 2025 Levy Delivery Plan
1:37:38 Achieving Vision Zero Through the Safe System Approach

Title: Seattle City Council Briefing 3/3/2025
Runtime: 1:17:41
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Approval of the Minutes; President's Report; State Legislative Session Update (2025); Signing of Letters and Proclamations; Preview of City Council Actions, Council and Regional Committees; Adjournment.
0:00 Call to Order
3:23 State Legislative Session Update (2025)
24:18 Signing of Letters and Proclamations
25:55 Preview of City Council Actions, Council and Regional Committees

History Café: Hidden Echoes of Vietnam in Seattle

Title: History Café: Hidden Echoes of Vietnam in Seattle
Runtime: 1:35:52
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Fifty years after the first Vietnamese refugees arrived in Washington state, Seattle-based storyteller Thanh Tân shares fascinating artifacts and stories from community archives and personal collections. Discover untold narratives of Vietnamese Americans who have shaped the Evergreen State’s vibrant cultural tapestry.

History Café is produced as a partnership between HistoryLink and @mohaiseattle

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Governance, Accountability and Economic Development Committee 2/27/2025

Title: Governance, Accountability and Economic Development Committee 2/27/2025
Runtime: 1:55:23
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; CB 120933: relating to land use and zoning; Adjournment.

0:00 Call to Order
3:41 Public Comment
1:05:12 CB 120933: relating to land use and zoning

Libraries, Education and Neighborhoods Committee 2/27/25

Title: Libraries, Education and Neighborhoods Committee 2/27/25
Runtime: 1:02:07
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; The Seattle Public Library Annual Levy Update; Adjournment.
0:00 Call to Order
1:22 Public Comment
7:33 Seattle Public Library Annual Levy Update

Seattle City Council Parks, Public Utilities and Technology Committee 2/26/25

Title: Seattle City Council Parks, Public Utilities and Technology Committee 2/26/25
Runtime: 1:57:48
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to the Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Office of City Auditor Report and Briefing on Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation (SPR) Restrooms; Seattle Parks’ Restroom Audit Response Briefing; Res 32164: relating to Seattle Parks and Recreation; Appointment to Central Waterfront Oversight Committee; Adjournment.

0:00 Call to Order
1:45 Public Comment
13:16 Office of City Auditor Report and Briefing SPR Restrooms
46:48 SPR Restroom Audit Response Briefing
1:47:18 Res 32164: relating to Seattle Parks and Recreation
1:54:35 Appointment

Housing and Human Services Committee 2/26/25

Title: Housing and Human Services Committee 2/26/25
Runtime: 2:01:50
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Appointments and Reappointments to Seattle Human Rights Commission, Seattle LGBTQ Commission, Seattle Disability Commission; CB 120943: relating to the Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption Program; Results of Homelessness Outreach RFQ (Request for Qualifications); Adjournment.

0:00 Call to Order
1:55 Public Comment
12:42 Appointments and reappointments
22:21 CB 120943: relating to the Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption Program
58:34 Results of Homelessness Outreach RFQ

Title: State of Downtown 2025
Runtime: 1:20:13
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Downtown Seattle Association President & CEO Jon Scholes shares insights and analysis on the present and future state of downtown in the DSA's 20th annual State of Downtown event. Scholes and others highlighted the latest data and storylines that have impacted the urban core.

The event features keynote speaker Marc Dunkelman, a fellow in International and Public Affairs at Brown University and author of the soon-to-be-released book "Why Nothing Works," following his first book, "The Vanishing Neighbor: The Transformation of American Community." Dunkelman brought years of experience from Washington, D.C., where he served as a senior fellow at the Clinton Foundation, worked on the staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and held the role of vice president for strategy and communications for the Democratic Leadership Council. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and other major publications.

Speakers:
Sung Yan...

CityStream: Sustainable Dining & Nature's Classroom

Title: CityStream: Sustainable Dining & Nature's Classroom
Runtime: 24:25
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: For some local restaurants, it's getting easier to be green! See how the Restaurant 2 Garden program turns food scraps and unused ingredients into nutrient-rich compost. And at Fiddleheads Forest School, rain, wind, and even snowy conditions become a hands-on learning experience for this outdoor preschool! Plus, we celebrate Black History Month through the lens of photographer Al Smith. Host Linda Byron has these stories from the Danny Woo Community Garden in the Chinatown International District.

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CityStream: How one Seattle program is bringing food full circle

Title: CityStream: How one Seattle program is bringing food full circle
Runtime: 5:26
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Food waste occupies a significant portion of the region’s landfills, but a new program is working to change that. Restaurant 2 Garden transforms food scraps and unused ingredients into compost for local gardens. These gardens then grow fresh produce, which returns to participating restaurants—cutting waste and strengthening local food systems. Brian Callanan reports on how hyperlocal community composting is shaping your next meal and helping the planet.

More information: https://restaurant2garden.com/

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Title: Seattle City Council 2/25/25
Runtime: 15:25
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Roll Call; Presentations; Public Comment; Adoption of Introduction and Referral Calendar, Approval of the Agenda; Approval of the Consent Calendar; Items Removed from Consent Calendar; Adoptions of Other Resolutions; Other Business; Executive Session on Pending, Potential, or Actual Litigation*; Adjournment.
*Executive Sessions are closed to the public

TJ Klune presents "The Bones Beneath My Skin"

Title: TJ Klune presents "The Bones Beneath My Skin"
Runtime: 1:04:25
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Author TJ Klune discuss his newest book, the supernatural road trip thriller "The Bones Beneath My Skin" with Kim Fu.

"The Bones Beneath My Skin" is a spine-tingling standalone novel―a supernatural road-trip thriller featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors on the run from cultists and the government.

Speakers include:

TJ Klune is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of "The House in the Cerulean Sea", "The Extraordinaries", and more. Being queer himself, Klune believes it's important—now more than ever—to have accurate, positive queer representation in stories.

Kim Fu is the author of two novels, a collection of poetry, and most recently, the story collection "Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century", winner of the Washington State Book Award, the Pacific Northwest Book Award, and the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, as well as a finalist for the Giller Pr...

Public Safety Committee Meeting 2/25/2025

Title: Public Safety Committee Meeting 2/25/2025
Runtime: 1:25:04
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Interim Chief of Police Introduction; Overview of Interdepartmental Emergency Management Planning and Response; Adjournment.

Governance, Accountability and Economic Development Committee 2/24/2025

Title: Governance, Accountability and Economic Development Committee 2/24/2025
Runtime: 2:52:42
Date posted: 2 years ago
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Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; CB 120933: relating to land use and zoning - Stadium Transition Area Overlay District; Port of Seattle, Seattle Freight Advisory Board, and ILWU Washington Area District Council Panel Discussion; Adjournment.

0:00 Call to Order
3:03 Public Comment
8:00 Public Hearing on CB 120933: relating to land use and zoning
1:31:40 Port of Seattle, Seattle Freight Advisory Board, and ILWU Washington Area District Council Panel Discussion

Meet Jenifer Chao, Director of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

Title: Meet Jenifer Chao, Director of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods
Runtime: 2:21
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Meet Jenifer Chao, the energizing director of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. Director Chao shares what motivates her as she leads this highly regarded department: building community and helping communities connect to government and each other. Learn more about Chao, from her journey to the U.S. as a refugee to the things that bring her joy - family and her love of coffee, spicy foods, and connecting to her purpose.

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Council Edition: Hollingsworth & Solomon on growth, housing & more

Title: Council Edition: Hollingsworth & Solomon on growth, housing & more
Runtime: 28:59
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: A last-minute legal challenge and an impending state deadline are raising new questions about Seattle's Comprehensive Plan process. Additionally, the Seattle City Council must now address a new social housing funding measure that city leaders unsuccessfully opposed in the February special election. Councilmembers Joy Hollingsworth and Mark Solomon join host Brian Callanan to break down these issues and more—plus, they’ll answer your questions—on this month's episode of Council Edition!

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Art Zone spotlights a creative space, musician & an icon's legacy

Title: Art Zone spotlights a creative space, musician & an icon's legacy
Runtime: 24:39
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Fay Jones reflects on the painters life; original music from singer and songwriter Whitney Mongé; Century Ballroom says goodbye after 28 years; behind-the-scenes with Seattle Opera’s Ashlee Naegle; and remembering the unforgettable Ginny Ruffner.

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Remembering Ginny Ruffner, a pioneer who transformed Seattle’s glass art scene

Title: Remembering Ginny Ruffner, a pioneer who transformed Seattle’s glass art scene
Runtime: 1:26
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Known for her fantastical glass and metal sculptures, Ginny Ruffner was a beloved and accomplished artist and an important and leading figure in Seattle’s artistic community. Created by Peggy Lycett

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SPACES: Century Ballroom brings people together through dance & music

Title: SPACES: Century Ballroom brings people together through dance & music
Runtime: 3:23
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: After nearly three decades of teaching dance steps to thousands of eager students in the beautiful surrounds of the Century Ballroom, owner Hallie Kuperman waves goodbye. Created by Vincent Pierce

More information: https://centuryballroom.com/

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