[dorkbotsea-blabber] [Fwd: City Council meeting today!]

[Joseph Gray]

*Action Alert!*

*Council to vote on nightlife rules TODAY - Monday, August 13th at 2pm!**
*Mayor's license proposal still alive

Voice your opinion to the City Council!

Last Thursday, the City Council's Neighborhoods and Economic Development
committee passed a reasonable package of new nightlife rules which creates
an advisory board, requires some nightlife businesses to develop security
plans, and adds additional enforcement staffing for the city. This package
can be viewed at
http://www.seattle.gov/council/issues/nighlife_ord.htm<http://smr.mm.ticketmaster.com:80/track?type=click&mailingid=5826627&messageid=5820317&databaseid=DATABASEID&serial=118702618626609&emailid=tadkins@systemsbiology.org&userid=511331187&extra=&&&http://www.seattle.gov/council/issues/nighlife_ord.htm>
.

However, a last minute push by Councilmembers Jan Drago and David Della has
put the mayor's license proposal back on the table. The new proposal can be
viewed here
(http://seattlenma.org/downloads/prpsd_ntlf_lic_ord.pdf<http://smr.mm.ticketmaster.com:80/track?type=click&mailingid=5826627&messageid=5820317&databaseid=DATABASEID&serial=118702618626609&emailid=tadkins@systemsbiology.org&userid=511331187&extra=&&&http://seattlenma.org/downloads/prpsd_ntlf_lic_ord.pdf>).
This new license, combined with the new rules the committee has already
passed, makes this new package as extreme – if not more – than what the
mayor proposed. In addition, the council is working on a new noise ordinance
which has yet to be made public, but is expected to be voted on next
Thursday, August 16. The council is now contemplating even more regulation
than the Mayor proposed!

Here is what we need you to do:

   - Contact the members of the city council and tell them you support
   the package that the committee has approved and we don't need a license.
   They should just vote on what they have in front of them NOW and move on.
   - Please contact the City Council today! Councilmembers email
   addresses are listed below.
   - Attend the Monday, August 13th 2 PM City Council meeting and
   testify. You will have only two minutes, and they limit the total time
   allotted for public comment so sign up early!
   - Attend the Thursday, August 16th, 6 PM meeting of council's
   Neighborhoods and Economic Development Committee at the Highpoint
Community
   Center – 6920 34th Ave SW. Testimony will be taken at the beginning of the
   meeting.
   - Forward this email to your friends and colleagues asking them to
   voice their support of nightlife in Seattle. Neighborhood activists and
the
   Mayor have been pounding on City Councilmembers these last few months. Our
   voice needs to be heard! Contact the councilmembers today!

   *Seattle** City Council:**
   Sally Clark - sally.clark at seattle.gov
   Richard Conlin - richard.conlin at seattle.gov
   David Della - david.della at seattle.gov
   Jan Drago - jan.drago at seattle.gov
   Jean Godden - jean.godden at seattle.gov
   Nick Licata - nick.licata at seattle.gov
   Richard McIver - richard.mciver at seattle.gov
   Tom Rasmussen - tom.rasmussen at seattle.gov
   Peter Steinbrueck - peter.steinbrueck at seattle.gov*
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