SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: Res 31891

• Record No: Res 31891
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution (Res)
• Status: Adopted
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 9/9/2019
• Title: A RESOLUTION approving the design for improvements to Victor Steinbrueck Park funded through the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy.
• Sponsors: Debora Juarez
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att 1 - Victor Steinbrueck Park Design, 3. Mayor's Letter, 4. Presentation, 5. Signed Resolution 31891, 6. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/13/2019	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
9/13/2019	1	Mayor	returned
9/13/2019	1	Mayor	Signed
9/13/2019	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
9/9/2019	1	City Council	adopted	Pass
9/4/2019	1	Civic Development, Public Assets, and Native Communities Committee	adopt	Pass
7/22/2019	1	City Council	referred
7/26/2018	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
7/24/2018	1	City Clerk	sent for review
7/24/2018	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION __________________
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A RESOLUTION approving the design for improvements to Victor Steinbrueck Park funded through the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy.
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WHEREAS, the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy identified the sum of $1.6 million to make improvements to public safety including but not limited to improving sight lines into the park, renovating seating, renovating the former children's play area, improving and expanding lighting, and upgrading the landscaping; and
WHEREAS, the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy also required City Council to determine whether the project is needed after it evaluated how well the removal of the automated public toilet, installation and operations of surveillance cameras, and increased policing addressed public safety issues in and around the park; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) provided the necessary evaluation related to the removal of the automated public toilet, installation and operations of surveillance cameras, and increased policing to address public safety issues in and around the park; and
WHEREAS, per Resolution 31558 adopted in 2014, the Council reviewed the evaluation and determined that Victor Steinbrueck Park remains in need of improvements as envisioned in the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy; and
WHEREAS, the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy also required DPR to conduct a project design process with broad public outreach and submit a project design to the City Council for review and approval prior to appropriation of levy funds for any construction; and
WHEREAS, DPR has conducted a project design process with broad public outreach and has submitted a project design to Council for review as required by the Parks and Greenspaces Levy that states that "[t]he Department of Parks and Recreation will conduct a project design process with broad public outreach and submit a project design to the Council for its review and approval prior to appropriation of levy ...