SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: Res 31827

• Record No: Res 31827
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution (Res)
• Status: Adopted
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 7/23/2018
• Title: A RESOLUTION providing an honorary designation of 15th Avenue South from South Nevada Street to South Columbian Way as "Alan Sugiyama Way."
• Sponsors: Bruce Harrell
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Presentation (added 7/18/1/8), 3. Signed Resolution 31827, 4. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/3/2018	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
8/3/2018	1	Mayor	returned
8/3/2018	1	Mayor	Signed
7/26/2018	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
7/23/2018	1	City Council	adopted	Pass
7/17/2018	1	Governance, Equity, and Technology Committee	adopt	Pass
7/16/2018	1	City Council	referred
7/10/2018	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
6/5/2018	1	City Clerk	sent for review
6/5/2018	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE

RESOLUTION __________________

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A RESOLUTION providing an honorary designation of 15^th Avenue South from South Nevada Street to South Columbian Way as “Alan Sugiyama Way.”

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WHEREAS, Alan Sugiyama was a life-long Seattle resident, living over 40 years in the Beacon Hill neighborhood; and

WHEREAS, Alan Sugiyama co-founded the Asian Family Affair newspaper in 1972 and promoted Asian American history throughout the 1970s. His work helped to end misrepresentation of Asian Americans in the media; and

WHEREAS, in 1979 Alan Sugiyama established the Center for Career Alternatives (CCA); and

WHEREAS, for 30 years, Alan Sugiyama’s work as executive director for CCA helped to create and foster spaces where disadvantaged adults and youth in King and Snohomish counties can go for free education, employment, and career training; and 

WHEREAS, in 1989, Alan Sugiyama was the first Asian American elected to the Seattle School Board where he served two terms, advocated for educational equity, and honorably served as President of the Seattle School Board; and

WHEREAS, notable among Alan Sugiyama’s many accomplishments was his work to successfully turn high-risk youth towards high-demand occupations. He did so by exploring new innovative paths to provide youth offenders, many of them chemically dependent, with employment and training alternatives to traditional punitive measures; and

WHEREAS, Alan Sugiyama was regionally and nationally respected for his integrity, courage, and tireless commitment to our youth and our community; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THE MAYOR CONCURRING, THAT:

Section 1. 15^th Avenue South between South Nevada Street and South Columbian Way shall have an honorary designation as "Alan Sugiyama Way."

Section 2. The Council requests that the Seattle Department of Transportation manufacture, install, and maintain honorary signs at the intersections of 15^th Avenue South and South and South Nevada Street, and 15^th Avenue South and South Columbian Way, which shall reflect the “Alan Sugiyama 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 “Alan Sugiyama Way” with the exception of the signs described in Section 2 of this resolution.

Adopted by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2018, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this ________ day of _________________________, 2018.

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President ____________ of the City Council

The Mayor concurred the ________ day of _________________________, 2018.

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Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor

Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2018.

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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

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