The Seattle City Council goes back into action this week after its brief summer recess with a slate of committee meetings and hearings including a Wednesday afternoon session expected to set the course for the planned creation of a new levy organization to fund improvements around the 15th Ave E business community.
CHS reported on the proposed 15th Ave E Business Improvement Area here last month that would create a levy on property owners along the corridor to fund street cleaning and upkeep plus graffiti removal, neighborhood beautification efforts, and staff time to advocate on behalf of the neighborhood. A yearly 15th Ave street festival would also receive funds from the BIA. The BIA is expected to raise around $116,839 in 2022.
Wednesday, the council’s Community Economic Development Committee will hold a public hearing on the proposal:
Community Economic Development Committee
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 2:00 PM
Special Meeting – Public Hearing
Remote Meeting. Call 253-215-8782; Meeting ID: 586 416 9164; or Seattle Channel online.
1. CB 120162 — AN ORDINANCE establishing a new 15th Avenue East Business Improvement Area (BIA); levying special assessments upon owners of commercial property, multi-family residential property, and mixed-use property within the area; providing for the deposit of revenues in a special account and expenditures therefrom; providing for collection of and penalties for delinquencies; providing for the establishment of a BIA Advisory Board; providing for an implementation agreement with a Program Manager; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Public Hearing, Briefing and Discussion (30 minutes) Presenters: Phillip Sit, Office of Economic Development; Jill Cronauer, Hunters Capital; Jeff Pelletier, Board and Vellum; Danielle Hulton, Ada’s Technical Books; Yolanda Ho, Council Central Staff Register online to speak at the Community Economic Development Committee meeting at http://www.seattle.gov/council/committees/public-comment. Online registration to speak at the Public Hearing during the Community Economic Development Committee meeting will begin two hours before the 2:00 p.m. meeting start time, and registration will end at the conclusion of the Public Hearing during the meeting. Speakers must be registered in order to be recognized by the Chair. If you are unable to attend the remote meeting, please submit written comments to Councilmember Morales at [email protected]
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