Vision2000
Infrastructure
Roads
Seek Federal and State funding for:
Multiple inter-connecting ramps for I-5 and Highway 99.
A new Marginal Way Skyway, connecting Highway 99 with the new First Avenue bridge
Clean up the I-5 "Mercer Mess"
City-wide expressways.
Internet -
Seek grants and funding for computerization of our library system and access for all Seattle telephone prefixes to the World Wide Web
Evening computer training to Seattle residents taught by paid high school computer students.
Trucks -
Require Rock Shield Guards and protective load shield tarps on all loaded trucks
Mandated staggered evening hours on all large truck deliveries for business opened after 6 p.m.
Transit -
Favors a tourist-supported and cash-productive monorail over any surface rail transit.
Request Metro to expand downtown daytime free bus zones.
Health and Human Service Police -
Elected review board to share control in the investigation of citizen complaints
Salary increases based on performance appraisals
Video cameras for patrol vehicles
Off-duty officers mandated for large public facilities where alcohol is consumed.
Homelessness -
City work projects comprised of homeless individuals for park,road, and sanitation improvements.
Environment and City -
Mandate fresh air exchange ratios for assemblies that allow smoking.
Explore a joint venture with investment capital from world-class companies to enhance the Seattle Center.
Expedite the development of the proposed African American Museum.
No further funding of any sports facility without part or full City ownership in any operating sports franchise.
Reconsideration of King Dome demolition
with anticipation of presidential convention
and Olympics bid possibilities.
Housing -
Ease downtown building height
caps in order to instigate residential mixed-
use construction
Expand downtown core
from Denny to Mercer Street
Establish a
joint committee of equal voices from the
Apartment Owners' Association and the Ten
ants' Union
Tenants' 60-day first right of refusal on purchasing apartment units operating under DCLU authorization
Fast-track
low interest HUD or bank loans guaranteed
by the City of Seattle to allow tenants to
exercise purchase options.
Government -
Explore expanding school
lunch programs to earlier "brunch" concept
All meritorious suits against city employees,
officers, or agents for individual misconduct
must be awarded from the defendant's per-
sonal property and finances first
Limits on
elected office terms of service not to exceed
eight continuous years
Non-violent offenders given community service to maintain and
aid in the construction of new neighborhood
dog parks
Revision of discriminatory im-
pound law.