AN ORDINANCE approving and confirming the plat of “Fremont on the Ave” in portions of the Northeast 1/4 of Southwest 1/4 of Section 18, Township 25 North, Range 4 East, W.M. in King County, Washington.
approving confirming the plot of Fremont on the AV in portions of the Northeast one fourth and Southwest, one fourth of section 18 township 25th North Range four east in King County, Washington Councilmember Johnson. Welcome to another session of Rob Johnson's Planning Ladies and Zoning Nerd Sessions today council is considering final plat approval for a subdivision in the Fremont Urban Village. Subdivision of this site will facilitate the sale of ten townhomes that are currently under construction. Procedurally, the city reviews these in three steps. First, the Department of Construction and Inspections as START and other departments charged with providing services to the site review the preliminary plant and make a recommendation to the hearing examiner. Then the hearings examiner has an open public record. Public hearing reviews the plan and makes a determination. She held that review January 28, 2016. And then finally after those improvements have been made. Council takes action on the final plot plat to make sure the improvements are consistent with the hearings. Examiner's Results. This final step is necessary for the individual lots to be certified for sale, and that's the action that we're taking in front of us today. I'm happy to answer any questions, but if there aren't any, I'd recommend the council vote to put the court file on file and approve the councilman. Thank you. Councilman Johnson, are there any further questions or comments? Okay. So let's deal with the file first. I will move to file clerk file 314, two, three, nine, second. Those in favor of filing the file please vote i. I. Those opposed vote no. The motion carries the files placed on file relative to the council. Bill 118876. I'll move to pass council bill 118876. Second. Any further comments? Please call the rule on the passage of the bill. Suarez O'Brian, Bagshaw Burgess Gonzalez, Purple Johnson, President Harrell. I. Eight in favor and. Unopposed the bill passed in show assignment. Please read the next agenda item. The Report on Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development and Arts Committee Agenda Item eight Appointment 530 Appointment of DeLand or as Director of the Office of Labor Standards. The committee recommends the appointment be confirmed. Councilmember Herbold. I'm sorry. I thought there was one more bill. I'm falling behind. All right. Sorry, Dylan. You're doing great. I'm not doing so well. So, Dylan or has been serving as the director of the Office of Labor Standards since May 2015. He's responsible for ensuring that that office enforces Seattle's minimum wage, paid sick and safe time wage theft, the fair chance employment laws. Additionally, in the last year, Dylan was instrumental in helping craft the secure scheduling ordinance. As I think we all know, we are confirming him today because the Council's budget action acted upon the mayor's recommendation to make the Office of Labor Standards a standalone department that thus obligating the Council to. To confirm his. His appointment. In the past years, I've gotten to know Dylan. I know him to be thoughtful, responsive and very hardworking. I'm honored and excited to vote in favor of his appointment as the Director of Office of Labor Standards. Seattle's a national leader in workers rights, and I have every confidence that Dylan will do an exemplary job in upholding our values. Thank you. Councilman Herbold, any additional comments or questions from our colleagues? Councilmember O'Brien was sick at committee, so I apologize. Councilmember Herbold and Dylan, I would have I would be in that in favor of if I was a committee. And I apologize for missing that. But I get a chance to vote yes on you today. Excellent. So I hearing no other comments. Those in favor of confirming appointment 005. Three zero. Please vote i i those opposed vote no. The motion carry and the appointment is confirmed. And at this time we'd like to invite Dylan order to the podium and provide some brief remarks. We'll suspend the rules and brief. Someone said, brief Mr. Bush. I did. I can't. I just want to thank the mayor for nominating me for this position and to the council for supporting my confirmation. It has been an honor to serve in this position thus far and a very hard job. I will say to you and I really look forward to carrying the torch further. And as we enter this new chapter of our lives at the Office of Labor Standards. As I mentioned in the committee hearing, the work that we're doing here not only benefits the workers in the city of Seattle, workers and employers both, but affects communities across this country. So thank you very much. You know, in all seriousness, I do want to say that you have a very challenging job and you've certainly risen to the occasion. It's comfortable I'm comfortable bringing a little levity only because I've gotten to know you and work with you and just extremely impressed with what you do. But I think it's very important to note that given the the complexity of the legislation, we're passing the political mood of our city in this country that jobs like yours and in particular your job, become increasingly important for the people of Seattle. And I have to say that we've we've picked the right person for the job. So I was going to say that during the remarks. But I want to see what you're going to say first. But thank you very much for for being here. Thank you very much, Councilmember. I really appreciate it with grace. Yes. Thank you so much. And I really look forward to working with all of you as we move this work forward. Excite. Thank you. 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