Re-Elect Nick Licata

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Notable Licata achievements (snatched from an AKA email)

Parks, Libraries, and the Arts

2006-2009:

Secured funding to open City libraries on Sundays
Secured additional funding for the Seattle Public Library’s
collections budget, providing among other things, additional computers
allowing more patrons to apply for jobs
Supported 2008 parks levy, to maintain the quality of life in
Seattle’s neighborhoods as growth occurs
Supported Pike Place Market Levy, to maintain the long-term quality
and health of the Market
Worked to amend the timeline for state-mandated fire code regulations
on nightclubs that threatened their economic viability, helping to
create a more business-friendly policy that preserves public safety
goals
Co-sponsored legislation setting terms for Seattle Storm contract, and
voted for 10-year lease at KeyArena for Seattle Storm that is a good
deal for both the public and the team
Raised questions about proposed $300 million public contribution to
KeyArena renovations
Submitted proposal for Seattle Center, Arts, Arts Education and Tourism Funding
Convened Cultural Overlay District Advisory Committee (CODAC) to
provide recommendations this year to Council on developing, preserving
and promoting arts and culture resources, including low-income
live/work space for artists.
Met with state legislators to encourage passage of legislation
allowing jurisdictions to place on their ballots funding proposals for
arts and heritage programs, regional centers, human services,
low-income housing, and community development.
Met with state legislators to encourage reinstatement of long-term
funding for King County heritage and arts programs.
Met with state legislators to encourage returning to education
purposes (arts education) lottery revenues currently funding baseball
stadiums that will expire in 2012
Tripled funding for computer lab education and equipment in the South
Park and Rainier community centers
Helped secure temporary use of unused City Light building by Stranger
Genius Award winner/City Arts Office grantee artist Ryan Mitchell &
Seattle’s award-winning Pat Graney Company for public performances
Worked with nightlife industry to ensure fair treatment in City regulations
Helped resolve SDOT / Fremont Arts Council dispute over Fremont
traffic calming feature that threatened interference with access to
the Fremont Troll
Sponsored a $50k appropriation for 911 Media Arts Center and a $50k
appropriation for the Central District Forum for Art and Ideas in
support of their expanded programming
Founded and sponsored legislation recognizing Seattle’s Live Theatre
Week produced by Theatre of Puget Sound in tandem with national Free
Night of Theatre sponsored by Theatre Communications Group, Inc.
Launched the Seattle Composer web site, where the public can listen
to, download, and purchase original music by local composers
This year marks over 180 poetry readings since I initiated the
Council’s Words’ Worth Poetry Program in 1998

Previously:

Co-sponsored Youth and Music task force that led to the recommendation
to create the Vera Project; supported City funding to bring it to
fruition
Co-sponsored repeal of the Teen Dance Ordinance, and replaced it with
a more youth-friendly ordinance
Voted to restore funding for the Seattle Public Library bookmobile
Supported funding for the Vera Project at its inception, and to assist
the move to the Seattle Center
Sponsored legislation authorizing a Citizen Implementation Review
Panel to enhance public financial reporting and act as a sounding
board for the community in the implementation of the Libraries for All
bond passed by Seattle voters
Founded in 1999 the Seattle Poet Populist program and partnered with
the Seattle Public Library and Bumbershoot to sponsor its citywide
election from which the winner serves an annual term as Seattle’s poet
Dedicated City Hall’s visual arts gallery after Anne Focke, who
started Bumbershoot & pioneered Seattle’s Arts Office and Percent For
Art program
Sponsored legislation dedicating 20% admission tax revenue to the Arts
Office for funding local artists and arts organizations
Revised Mayor’s proposed Arts Office re-organization so Council can
appointment half of that office’s advisory body, the citizen volunteer
Arts Commission, and preventing the City’s film office & tourism
functions from being folding into the Arts Office
Amended Seattle’s film incentives legislation to include a discounted
permit fee for low-impact / low-budget productions
Sponsored the Seattle Interactive Entertainment Center Workshop,
resulting in DigiPen and the Human Interface Technology Laboratory at
the University of Washington proposing an Experience Engineering Lab
to be sited at the Seattle Center
Sponsored two Seattle Neighborhood Arts Conferences to promote
neighborhood arts city-wide
Advocated as member of the Sand Point Blue Ribbon Committee for arts
facilities development (SPACE in building 18) at Magnuson Park
Convened the Nightlife and Neighborhoods brown-bag
Convened a developers’ workshop on the Department of Planning and
Development’s Live/Work legislation
Convened the Space for Artists Forum for artists, designers,
developers, and policy makers on creating affordable live/work space
for artists in Seattle
Sponsored the publishing of the handbook Space for Artists 2002 in
partnership with the Department of Planning and Development
Restored $25,000 for ArtWorks, a non-profit arts organization
employing juvenile offenders to beautify neighborhoods & reduce
graffiti
Restored cuts in technical support for 18 community arts councils
Restored Arts Office funding for Seattle’s small-to-medium sized arts groups
Sponsored an amendment that gives neighbors formal involvement in
Woodland Park Zoo's transportation plan
Helped resolve dispute over SPU / U. District community over removal
of a Campus Parkway wall mural commissioned by the Department of
Neighborhoods
Voted down a proposal for paid parking at city parks
Provided for off-leash dog areas and athletic fields at Magnuson/Sand
Point while maintaining habitat conservation
Secured capital funding for ArtsWest theatre in West Seattle
Voted to divide McCaw Hall's debt payments in 2005 and 2006 between
its tenants and the City