Economic Development, Technology, and City Light Committee — Minutes 2023-04-26
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The Economic Development, Technology, and City Light Committee met on April 26, 2023, with four of five members present (Sara Nelson presiding, with Debora Juarez, Kshama Sawant, and Dan Strauss; Lisa Herbold excused). The Committee unanimously approved three appointments to the City Light Review Panel: Oksana Savolyuk for a term to April 11, 2024, Scott Haskins for reappointment to April 11, 2026, and Timothy O. Skeel for reappointment to April 10, 2026, all passing 4–0. The Committee discussed CB 120556, authorizing a transfer of funds from the Light Fund into the Rate Stabilization Account in 2023, and unanimously recommended passage of CB 120537, which establishes a new ten-year Metropolitan Improvement District for downtown business improvement areas with special assessments on commercial, multifamily, and mixed-use properties while disestablishing the prior 2013 Metropolitan Improvement District. The meeting adjourned at 10:50 a.m.
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