WHEREAS, Section 6 of Article V of the City Charter currently specifies that it is the duty of the Mayor to deliver a message to the City Council each year at the third Council meeting in June; and

WHEREAS, Section 6 of Article V of the City Charter currently specifies that this June message be a statement of the conditions and affairs of the City; and

WHEREAS, the message is traditionally referred to as the "State of the City Address"; and

WHEREAS, in recent years, Mayors have traditionally appeared before the Council to deliver the "State of the City Address"; and

WHEREAS, since 1992, Mayors have elected to deliver this State of the City Address to the Council at a regular Council meeting during the first quarter of the year, and not June as specified in the Charter; and

WHEREAS, it has become common practice for the Mayor to appear before the Council annually at a regular Council meeting in September to present his or her proposed budget for the City for the coming year; and

WHEREAS, this second address to the Council is traditionally referred to as the "Budget Address"; and

WHEREAS, the City Council desires to continue the practice of receiving these two annual addresses from the Mayor at regular Full Council public meetings in February and September; NOW THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Subject to the approval of a proposition by a majority of the qualified electors casting votes thereon, Section 6 of Article V of the Charter of the City of Seattle is amended as follows:

ARTICLE V. Executive Department

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Sec. 6. ANNUAL MESSAGES; SPECIAL MESSAGES:

A.It shall be the duty of the Mayor annually at the third regularmeeting of the City Council in JuneFebruary, to communicate by message to the CityCouncil a statement of the conditions and affairs of the City, and to recommend the adoption of such measures as he or she may deem expedient and proper; and

B. It shall be the duty of the Mayor annually at a regular City Council meeting, at the time he or she presents his or her proposed budget, to communicate by message to the Council his or her recommendation for the adoption of such budget; and

C.tThe Mayor shall, further, have the right to make special communication to the City Council from time to time as he or she may deem useful and proper.

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Section 2. The King County Director of Records and Elections, as ex officio supervisor of elections, is hereby requested to call a special election and is directed to submit the charter amendment proposed herein to the qualified electors of the City at the election on November 6, 2007.

Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the Director of the Department of Records and Elections of King County as Supervisor of Elections the charter amendment proposed herein in the form of a ballot title prepared by the City Attorney pursuant to RCW 29A.36.071, and shall certify a copy of the proposed Charter amendment, and the same shall be published by the City Clerk in accordance with state law.

Adopted by the City Council the _____ day of _____________, 2007, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this _____ day of ________________, 2007. _______________________________________ President __________ of the City Council

Filed by me this ______ day of _________________, 2007. _______________________________________ City Clerk

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