Finance and Housing Committee — Minutes 2022-08-11
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The Finance and Housing Committee met on August 11, 2022, with five members present, presiding over Councilmember Mosqueda. The committee voted 4–1 to recommend passage of CB 120396, which authorizes a $20,000,000 loan from the REET I Capital Projects Fund to finance the "Ocean Pavilion" Aquarium expansion project through 2023 tax-exempt bonds, with Councilmember Pedersen opposing. The committee also voted 4–1 to recommend passage of CB 120397, authorizing amendments to existing agreements with the Seattle Aquarium Society for the expansion financing, again with Pedersen opposing. Three additional ordinances concerning cannabis worker support (CB 120391), cannabis business licensing and social equity criteria (CB 120392), and Seattle employment regulations (CB 120393) were discussed but no votes were recorded.
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