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Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology Committee

Wednesday, July 15, 2015 · 2:00 PM AM · Council Chamber, City Hall 600 Fourth Avenue Seattle, WA 98104

TL;DR

The Public Safety, Civil Rights, and Technology Committee approved a police progress report and affirmed the city's commitment to privacy rights as a human right. The committee also approved funding allocations for technology projects and discussed all-gender restroom legislation.

Key Decisions

  • 2015 Police Progress Report Passed
  • Privacy Rights Resolution Passed (as amended)
  • Technology Matching Fund Program Allocations Passed
  • All-Gender Restroom Legislation Heard in Committee (no vote taken)
Agenda PDF

Agenda

  1. Please Note: Times listed are estimated
  2. Call To Order
  3. Chair's Report
  4. Public Comment
  5. Items of Business
  6. 1. 2015 Fourth Quarter Progress Report of the Chief of Police.
    Clerk File (CF)
    Action: place on record Passed

    The Committee recommends that Full Council place on record the Clerk File (CF).

  7. 2. A RESOLUTION affirming the human right to privacy and expressing a desire that the policies and products of the City’s privacy initiative be consistent with the right to privacy as described in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the applicable international human rights framework.
    Resolution (Res)
    Action: adopt as amended Passed

    The Committee recommends that Full Council adopt as amended the Resolution (Res).

  8. 3. AN ORDINANCE relating to the Technology Matching Fund Program; making allocations and authorizing implementation of certain Technology Matching Fund projects in 2015; providing that 2015 appropriations for the Technology Matching Fund from the Cable Television Franchise Subfund and from the Information Technology Fund shall automatically carry forward into the 2016 fiscal year; allowing that any unspent funds from an individual project may be applied to another Technology Matching Fund project; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
    Ordinance (Ord)
    Action: pass Passed

    The Committee recommends that Full Council pass the Council Bill (CB).

  9. 4. All-Gender Restroom Legislation
    Information Item (Inf)
    Action: heard in Committee

    The Information Item (Inf) was heard in Committee.

  10. Adjournment