SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: Res 31690

• Record No: Res 31690
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution (Res)
• Status: Adopted
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 8/8/2016
• Title: A RESOLUTION providing an honorary designation of South Jackson Street from 20th Avenue South to 23rd Avenue South as "Ernestine Anderson Way."
• Sponsors: Bruce Harrell
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A – Anderson Honorary Street Sign, 3. Summary Att B – Ernestine Anderson Honorary Street Name Map, 4. Signed Resolution 31690

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/17/2016	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
8/17/2016	1	Mayor	returned
8/16/2016	1	Mayor	Signed
8/12/2016	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
8/8/2016	1	City Council	adopted	Pass
8/1/2016	1	City Council	referred
7/22/2016	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
7/19/2016	1	City Clerk	sent for review
7/19/2016	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION __________________
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A RESOLUTION providing an honorary designation of South Jackson Street from 20th Avenue South to 23rd Avenue South as "Ernestine Anderson Way."
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WHEREAS, Ernestine Anderson was a legendary American jazz and blues singer from Seattle's Central Area and a graduate of Garfield High School; and
WHEREAS, Ernestine Anderson's prolific career spanned more than five decades, which included recording over 30 albums; and
WHEREAS, Ernestine Anderson was nominated four times for a Grammy Award and performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Monterey Jazz Festival, and countless other jazz festivals around the world; and
WHEREAS, Ernestine Anderson's creative talents and musical accomplishments helped shape the Seattle music scene; and
WHEREAS, Ernestine Anderson Place was recently constructed in 2012 on South Jackson Street between 20th Ave South and 20th Place South to house and serve homeless and low-income seniors 55 and older in the Central Area neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, Ernestine Anderson's successful career will continue to inspire new generations of musicians in Seattle and around the world; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THE MAYOR CONCURRING, THAT:
Section 1. South Jackson Street between 20th Avenue South and 23rd Avenue South shall have an honorary designation as "Ernestine Anderson Way."
Section 2. The Council requests that the Seattle Department of Transportation manufacture, install, and maintain honorary signs at the intersections of South Jackson Street and 20th Avenue South, South Jackson Street and 20th Place South, South Jackson Street and 22nd Avenue South, and South Jackson Street and 23rd Avenue South, which shall reflect the "Ernestine Anderson Way" honorary designation.
Section 3. By this resolution, the Council does not intend to affect any existing or future signage that reflects the honorary designation of "Ernesti...