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     LAKE UNION DISTRICT COUNCIL BY- LAWS

              

Name:                         Lake Union District Council

 

Boundaries:              Its boundaries shall include the Cascade Area to the south to include South Lake Union, the Eastlake Neighborhood to the east, the Wallingford Neighborhood to t he northeast, the Fremont Neighborhood to the northwest, and the Westlake Area to the west.

 

Purpose:                     To fulfill the City of Seattle, Department of Neighborhoods organizational requirements under Res. 27709 and attachment A, as amended, including providing a forum for consideration of common concerns, including physical planning, budget allocations and service delivery, and for the sharing of ideas for solutions to common problems.

 

Membership:            Membership shall be only of associations of residents, businesses, property owners, and /or non-profit organizations that are primarily located in the Lake Union District Council’s boundaries.  An applicant organization should have written by-laws and its membership criteria must not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. A majority vote of the district council membership will seat new members and may, after appropriate notice and discussion, remove an organization from membership. 

 

Organization:           At least annually, the Council shall elect a Facilitator and an Alternate Facilitator to arrange for and chair District Council meetings, and carry out other duties as directed by the Council.

 

Meetings:                  District Council meetings shall be open to the public and be held on the first Monday except when it is a holiday, then the meeting will move to the following  Monday.

 

A majority vote shall be required to approve actions before the District Council to fulfill the purposes stated above.

 

Amendments:            These by-laws may be amended by a two-thirds majority vote of two- thirds of the organizations of the District Council Membership at a meeting following introduction in writing of any amendments.

 

Adopted, as revised, by the Lake Union District Council membership on April 2, 2007.

 

 

 

Suzie Burke, Facilitator     

         

Lake Union District Council
City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods
908 N 34th Street, Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: (206) 684-4054 Fax: (206) 684-4820
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