The Seattle City Council’s Transportation, Waterfront, and Seattle Center Committee is scheduled to hear updates Thursday on the enforcement efforts this summer as a push to review the city’s approach to unlicensed vending continue.
In this year’s budget planning, a statement of legislative intent directs the mayor’s office to review how the city engages in the enforcement process.
CHS has reported on tensions over where enforcement should fall in a messy mix of SDOT, OED, SPD, FAS, SPR, and Public Health priorities.
Seattle/King County Public Health continues its role on the frontline of the process. A crackdown on unpermitted vendors hasn’t made a crack in Capitol Hill’s street food scene.
Meanwhile, CHS reported here on the crackdown ensnaring two recent well-regarded Capitol Hill pop-ups — coffee on wheels business Common Cart and Afghan pop-up Bolani Place.
In Thursday’s presentation (PDF), officials say the push around FIFA will include a review of how the various departments involved are “delegating enforcement authority” and a possible shuffle to get more resources — including Seattle Police Department time — on the issue.
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