City Council — Minutes 2023-10-10
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The Seattle City Council met on October 10, 2023, with 9 members present. The Council unanimously approved a Proclamation declaring October 2023 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and designating October 19, 2023 as Purple Thursday, signed by all 9 councilmembers. In a 5–4 vote, the Council re-referred Council Bill 120635 (amending the Seattle Comprehensive Plan to incorporate changes related to a transportation impact fee program) from the Land Use Committee directly to the City Council, with Herbold, Morales, Pedersen, Sawant, and Juarez voting in favor and Lewis, Mosqueda, Nelson, and Strauss opposed. The Council also introduced an ordinance authorizing the Seattle Department of Transportation Director to approve transfer of a railway franchise for standard gauge railway tracks.
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