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Tom Rasmussen was re-elected to his second term on the City Council and was sworn-in on Monday, January 7, 2008.
He now chairs the Parks & Seattle Center committee. In addition, he is the vice-chair of the Culture, Civil Rights, Health & Personnel committee and the Labor Policy committee and is a member of the Planning, Land Use & Neighborhoods committee.
His regional committee responsibilities include committee membership on the Board of Health and the Regional Policy Committee as well as the Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA 8), which works to restore and conserve salmon habitat in our region.
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Member of the Council since: 2004
Current Term: 2008-2011
Committees:
Chair: Parks & Seattle Center
Vice-Chair: Labor Policy; and
Culture, Civil Rights, Health & Personnel
Member: Planning, Land Use & Neighborhoods
Alternate: Public Safety, Human Services & Education
Staff:
Brian Hawksford, Ann Corbitt, and Maia Harris
Issues of Interest:
Expansion of Seattle's parks system, preserving and protecting open space, affordable housing, human services, public health, protecting services for seniors and the disabled, human rights, improving delivery of city services and accountability of city departments
Organizational Affiliations:
34th District Democrats, founder and first co-chair of the Privacy Fund, former national board member of Lambda legal defense and education fund, former chair of the Queen Anne Community Council Parks Committee, Alki Community Council |
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