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Themes and Priorities for 2009
Foster safe, just and healthy communities for all
- Implement a coordinated program to reduce youth violence and increase public safety for all Seattle residents.
- Review and decide on a proposal for renewing the Housing Levy.
- Make sure that initial neighborhood plan updates are effective and responsive to communities.
- Partner with the Seattle School District to strengthen our public schools and ensure that all of our children achieve academic success.
- Bring City and community organizations together to reduce hunger and malnutrition in Seattle.
Invest public resources fairly and effectively
- Take major steps forward on the replacement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct and the Central Waterfront Public Space Design.
- Continue to put people first in any budget revisions, ensuring support for critical human services; make budget decisions through a process that is transparent and accessible to the people of Seattle.
- Act to keep City Light an effective organization that uses well-designed and comprehensive strategies for capital projects, operations, and human resources.
- Implement new transit opportunities to provide greater access to public transportation, including Sound Transit light rail to the University and Northgate, expanded bus service, and the First Hill streetcar.
- Create new ways to make government more accessible and responsive to citizens, and create an online citizen engagement portal.
- Manage a tightened budget by using our resources wisely and improving customer service.
Build a livable city for our future
- Create a coordinated action strategy for Seattle’s economic recovery.
- Implement the Parks for All Levy and ensure that open space and parks are available, accessible, and maintained throughout Seattle.
- Support arts and cultural development through a Cultural Overlay District that provides incentives for creating and maintaining cultural facilities.
- Revise zoning in key areas of the City where greater height and density will promote the public interest.
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