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Council hears a package of OPCD amendments including $6M Rainier Beach clinic request and expanded outreach funding
Summary
Councilmembers on the Budget Committee discussed several Office of Planning and Community Development budget amendments that would restore a vacant long‑range planning position, expand outreach for forthcoming zoning work and fund neighborhood projects — including a $6 million infrastructure request tied to a Rainier Beach community clinic (Tubman Center for Health and Freedom).
Councilmembers on the Budget Committee considered a suite of amendments for the Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) that would restore long‑range planning capacity and add one‑time outreach and project dollars, including a $6,000,000 proposal to support infrastructure near a Rainier Beach clinic.
The amendment (OPCD 7a) sponsored by Councilmember Alex Solomon asked the committee to add $6,000,000 to OPCD to support infrastructure improvements — street, sidewalk and utility upgrades — near a proposed Tubman Center for Health and Freedom clinic by the Rainier Beach Link light‑rail station. Solomon told the committee the Tubman Center ‘‘has become a critical provider of reproductive and gender‑affirming care’’ and…
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