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Jean Godden

Former councilmember · 2012–2015

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Overview and record

Activity at a glance

2015–2026 official records

Jean Godden received credit for 36 passed matters in 2015–2026, earning 97.9 points—within the available comparison group. The largest single contribution is CB 118356 (2015), worth 6.0 points: Adding a new Chapter 4.27 to the Seattle Municipal Code to provide a Paid Parental Leave Benefit to eligible city employees. The credited record is concentrated in Environment, Climate & Parks, especially parks & recreation. Of those, 31 originated in an executive department before Council sponsorship.

2015–2026 LegisRate points

97.9

Within the available comparison group

31 credited measures originated in an executive department.

How scoring works

Outcome, voting, and attendance describe the record; they do not add to or subtract from the LegisRate score.

Sponsored outcomes 36 passed

100.0% passage rate

Final voting choices 323 in favor

0 opposed · 0 abstained

Full Council attendance 100.0% present or late

50 of 50 records

Sponsorship record25 prime · 6 co-sponsor · 5 unranked · 36 early-recorded

Record details Outcome, voting, attendance, and sponsorship context
Sponsored outcomes0 unsuccessful · 0 pendingPending measures are not included in the passage rate.
Final voting choices323 recorded decisions0.0% opposed · 0.0% abstained · 0 not voting
Votes on contested matters13 recorded choices13 supported · 0 opposed
Attendance detail47 present · 3 late0 excused · 0 unexcused. Excused absences remain visible and are not treated as unexcused.
Sponsorship timing36 early · 0 after committee · 0 after passageFirst appearance in the official sponsor record.
Council-wide voting context93.4% without recorded opposition or abstention2904 of 3109 eligible final tallies; 205 contested.

Only the latest recorded legislative vote per matter is used; a missing structured tally is not counted as an absence.

What the work concerns

Policy-area mix

Share of scored work

Jean Godden's policy-area mix Hover or focus a policy-area slice for its point total and share of scored work. 97.9 points

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Environment, Climate & Parks

59.6 points · 60.9%

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By year

Annual work

YearPointsPassedPass rateOriginalCo-sponsoredOpposedAbstainedAttendance
201597.936100.036110.00.0100.0
Career total97.936100.036110.00.0100.0

Rates are shown only when the relevant official record exists. Vote and attendance measures describe participation; they do not affect points.

Council roles

Committees & positions

Point-by-point audit

Contributing bills

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Adding a new Chapter 4.27 to the Seattle Municipal Code to provide a Paid Parental Leave Benefit to eligible city employees.CB 118356 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2015 · Labor & City Workforce +6.0 pts

Official titleAn ORDINANCE relating to City employment; adding a new Chapter 4.27 to the Seattle Municipal Code to provide a Paid Parental Leave Benefit to eligible city employees; amending Seattle Municipal Code Subsection 4.20.055 to provide the Paid Parental Leave benefit to eligible temporary workers; and establishing other conditions of implementing the new benefit.

Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $1,350,000. Durability 2: the measure creates a lasting regulatory, charter, or voter-approved structure. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [1, 1, 2, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

(5 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share7 in favor · 0 opposedemployment or labor actionSigned ordinance 124753
Authorizes the Director of the Office of the Waterfront to enter into a development agreement to distribute $34 million in bond proceeds….CB 118339 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2015 · Land Use & DevelopmentAffordable HousingPermitting & DevelopmentTaxes, Revenue & Debt +5.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority; authorizing the Director of the Office of the Waterfront to enter into a development agreement to distribute $34 million in bond proceeds and to convey certain real property located at 1901 Western Avenue, Seattle, Washington to the Authority for the development of a mixed-used project with public parking, low-income housing, public open space, retail and commercial space; authorizing the acceptance of an easement from the Authority on that property; and authorizing the Director of the Office of the Waterfront and the Housing Director to execute documents and take other actions in connection with this project.

Affordable HousingPermitting & DevelopmentTaxes, Revenue & Debt

Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $34,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [1, 2, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

(4 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share8 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 124737
Approves the Seattle Aquarium Society’s Master Plan for the purpose of allowing the advancement of the design of a potential on land….Res 31603 · Resolution (Res) · 2015 · Environment, Climate & ParksParks & Recreation +5.0 pts

Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to the Office of the Waterfront and the Department of Parks and Recreation; approving the Seattle Aquarium Society’s Master Plan for the purpose of allowing the advancement of the design of a potential on land Aquarium expansion, so that sufficient information is available for environmental review, and directing the Office and the Department to coordinate environmental review of the Aquarium expansion with the Seattle Aquarium Society.

Parks & Recreation

Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $45,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [1, 2, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

(4 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share8 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned resolution 31603
Authorizes the acceptance of a donation of real property in the Yesler Terrace neighborhood from the Housing Authority of the City of….CB 118320 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2015 · Environment, Climate & ParksParks & RecreationElectricityNeighborhoods +4.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation and the City Light Department; authorizing the acceptance of a donation of real property in the Yesler Terrace neighborhood from the Housing Authority of the City of Seattle for open space, park, and recreation purposes; declaring certain real property rights surplus to the needs of the City Light Department; authorizing the partial release of a City Light easement that affects property in the Yesler Terrace neighborhood, including the property to be donated; reallocating funding from the Acquisition Category Inflation Adjustment to the Opportunity Fund Category of the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy; increasing appropriations to the Department of Parks and Recreation in the 2015 Adopted Budget; amending the 2015-2020 Adopted Capital Improvement Program; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.

Parks & RecreationElectricityNeighborhoods

Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $3,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [1, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 124710
Authorizes execution of an agreement with Seattle School District providing for the exchange of City-owned property at Garfield Playfield for District-owned property….CB 118321 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2015 · Environment, Climate & ParksPermitting & DevelopmentParks & RecreationYouth & Education +4.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing execution of an agreement with Seattle School District providing for the exchange of City-owned property at Garfield Playfield for District-owned property adjacent to the Rainier Beach Community Center; authorizing execution, acceptance and recording of Quitclaim Deeds and easements necessary for the development of the properties; authorizing execution of a lease for the Garfield Teen Life Center within Garfield High School; superseding Ordinance 118477, which adopted Initiative 42, for the purposes of this ordinance; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.

Permitting & DevelopmentParks & RecreationYouth & Education

Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $920,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [1, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share8 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 124712
Authorizes the Mayor to amend the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between the City of Seattle and King County authorized by City of Seattle….CB 118357 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2015 · Environment, Climate & ParksTrees & HabitatProcurement & Contracts +4.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to King County Conservation Futures Levy proceeds; authorizing the Mayor to amend the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between the City of Seattle and King County authorized by City of Seattle Ordinance 114978; and authorizing the deposit of 2012 supplemental allocations, 2013 supplemental allocations, and 2014 allocations from King County Conservation Futures Levy proceeds into the City of Seattle’s 2008 Parks Levy Fund.

Trees & HabitatProcurement & Contracts

Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $5,261,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [1, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share8 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 124762
Authorizes the acceptance of monetary donations from the Seattle Parks Foundation, Friends of Rainier Beach Urban Farm, and Seattle Tilth to support….CB 118387 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2015 · Environment, Climate & ParksParks & RecreationBudget & Appropriations +4.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Opportunity Fund category of the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy; authorizing the acceptance of monetary donations from the Seattle Parks Foundation, Friends of Rainier Beach Urban Farm, and Seattle Tilth to support the existing Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands Improvements project (K730153); increasing appropriations to the Department of Parks and Recreation in the 2015 Adopted Budget; and amending the 2015-2020 Adopted Capital Improvement Program; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.

Parks & RecreationBudget & Appropriations

Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $2,644,840. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [1, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 124768
Authorizes the acquisition of real property commonly known as 8118 Greenwood Avenue North.CB 118392 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2015 · Environment, Climate & ParksParks & RecreationCity Property +4.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the acquisition of real property commonly known as 8118 Greenwood Avenue North; authorizing acceptance and recording of the deed for open space, park, and recreation purposes; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.

Parks & RecreationCity Property

Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $5,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [1, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 124784
Authorizes the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to sign a lease with Sprint Communications Company L.P. for continuing use of subsurface fiber-optic….CB 118434 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2015 · Environment, Climate & ParksParks & RecreationProcurement & Contracts +4.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to sign a lease with Sprint Communications Company L.P. for continuing use of subsurface fiber-optic cable installed in the Burke-Gilman Trail.

Parks & RecreationProcurement & Contracts

Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $6,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [1, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 124821
Authorizes the Mayor to amend the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between the City of Seattle and King County authorized by City of Seattle….CB 118489 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2015 · Environment, Climate & ParksTrees & HabitatProcurement & Contracts +4.0 pts

Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to King County Conservation Futures Levy proceeds; authorizing the Mayor to amend the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between the City of Seattle and King County authorized by City of Seattle Ordinance 114978; and authorizing the deposit of 2015 allocations from King County Conservation Futures Levy proceeds into the City of Seattle’s 2008 Parks Levy Fund.

Trees & HabitatProcurement & Contracts

Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $5,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.

Factors [1, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional

(3 factors + 1 sponsor) × 100%Original sponsor · primary share9 in favor · 0 opposedaffected service or requested subjectSigned ordinance 124866