Form revised August 4, 2003
FISCAL
NOTE FOR NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS
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Department: |
Contact Person/Phone: |
DOF Analyst/Phone: |
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Seattle
Transportation |
Jon
Layzer/684-8084 |
Susan Cole/684-8894 |
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Legislation Title: |
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AN
ORDINANCE relating to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
(“Sound Transit”); authorizing execution of “Fifth Supplement to MOA for
Intergovernmental Cooperation (April 20, 1998) between Central Puget Sound
Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) and The City of Seattle for the
Central Link Light Rail Project”; making reimbursable appropriations in the
2003 budgets of Seattle Transportation, Department of Design, Construction
and Land Use, Seattle Fire Department, and Seattle Police Department, and
Department of Parks and Recreation; and accepting funds from Sound Transit;
all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council. |
·
Summary
of the Legislation:
This legislation authorizes a Fifth Supplement to
the Memorandum of Agreement with Sound Transit for the provision of, and Sound
Transit reimbursement for, City services for completion of design review and
permitting, and for continuing program management associated with construction
of Sound Transit’s Central Link Light Rail Project. This Agreement provides for reimbursement of most City services
not covered by the Construction Services Agreement, under review by Council at
the same time. This Supplement
continues the Memorandum of Agreement through December 2004, adjusting scope
and budget to reflect continued progress on the project
·
Background: (Include brief description
of the purpose and context of legislation and include record of previous
legislation and funding history, if applicable):
The City has entered into a series of
agreements with Sound Transit beginning with an initial Memorandum of Agreement
in April of 1998 (Ordinance 118927).
That agreement provided $2.5 million for station area planning and
implementation to be fully reimbursed by Sound Transit. The First Supplement to the MOA was executed
in October of 1999 (Ordinance 119514).
It provided $4.9 million for design review and permitting, also to be
fully reimbursed by Sound Transit.
The Second Supplement (Ordinance 120120) was to
cover 2001 and 2002 activities and was developed in conjunction with the
2001/2002 City budget. It was approved
by the City Council but not by the Sound Transit Board, due to significant
changes in the Sound Transit budget and workplan. Thus the Second Supplement was never executed. The City used unexpended funds from the
previous two agreements to continue to support a reduced demand for services
from Sound Transit. In the absence of
execution of the Second Supplement, Ordinance 120277 was passed by the City
Council in February of 2001. It
reallocated $1.7 million of unspent funds from prior agreements among
departments for interim funding until a new agreement could be negotiated.
The Third Supplement was approved by the City
Council on May 14, 2001 and was intended to provide a reduced level of funding
for City services to Sound Transit while the agency reevaluated its project and
budget. That agreement was for $1.6
million and was executed on June 8, 2001 (Ordinance 120363). Due to a lower
than expected demand for services, the City was able to extend funding from the
Third Supplement through March of 2002.
The extended timeline was authorized through another interim spending
plan, which was authorized by the City Council in December of 2001 (Ordinance
120698). Additionally, Ordinance 120698
redistributed budget authority that remained from the Third Supplement in
accordance with a spending plan that was agreed to by the participating
departments. This spending plan
continued to support City activities through the first quarter of 2002. Sound Transit authorized continued use of
unspent funds still available under the Third Supplement through a letter of
approval, which use was specifically allowed in Section IV.C. of the First
Supplement.
The Fourth Supplement was approved on April 22, 2002
(Ordinance 120784) and was extended on May 12, 2003 (Ordinance 121150),
providing for the continuation of the City’s partnership with Sound
Transit. The Fourth Supplement has been
administered using the same method as approved through the First Supplement,
which involved the use of a single point of contact for performance reporting
and invoicing system. Seattle
Transportation has coordinated reimbursements for all departments, providing
quarterly invoices and monthly progress reports
to Sound Transit, and developing interdepartmental agreements with the
participating departments outlining tracking and reporting procedures. Seattle Transportation has managed the
general project budget and ensured that participating department costs are
within budget and match the scope of the agreement.
City staff have worked with Sound Transit to clarify
the scope, schedule, and budget for City services through the completion of the
Central Link Light Rail Initial Segment construction in 2009. A separate Construction Services Agreement
covers the scope of City reimbursable services for services directly related to
the construction of the Central Link project during that time period. This Fifth Supplement to the original MOA
provides for City services related to completion of the design review and
permitting phases of the Central Link project, and limited ongoing program
management expenses associated with the construction phase of the Central Link
project.
·
Please check one of the
following:
____ This legislation does not have any
financial implications. (Stop
here and delete the remainder of this document prior to saving and printing.)
__X_ This legislation has
financial implications. (Please complete all relevant sections that follow.)
Appropriations: (Please only reflect the dollar amount actually appropriated by this
legislation.)
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Fund Name and Number |
Department |
Budget Control Level* |
2003 Appropriation |
2004 Anticipated Appropriation |
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Construction
and Land Use Fund (15700) |
DCLU |
Land
Use Services (U2200) |
14,653 |
12,680 |
|
Construction
and Land Use Fund (15700) |
DCLU |
Construction
Permit Services (U2300) |
55,851 |
50,601 |
|
Construction
and Land Use Fund (15700) |
DCLU |
Construction
Inspections (U23A0) |
9,122 |
18,885 |
|
Construction
and Land Use Fund (15700) |
DCLU |
Code
Compliance (U2400) |
1,051 |
0 |
|
Construction
and Land Use Fund (15700) |
DCLU |
Planning
(U2900) |
1,112 |
0 |
|
General
Subfund (00100) |
Fire |
Prevention
(F50) |
49,500 |
83,600 |
|
General
Subfund (00100) |
Police |
Traffic
Enforcement Program (P680) |
80,142 |
44,300 |
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TOTAL |
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211,431 |
210,066 |
* This is line of business
for operating budgets, and program or project for capital improvements
Notes:
No new appropriation is requested for Seattle Transportation, Seattle
City Light, Seattle Public Utilities, or Seattle Department of Parks and
Recreation. All work in the Fifth
Supplement for 2003 for these departments is to be carried out with existing
appropriations.
Anticipated Revenue/Reimbursement: Resulting From
This Legislation:
|
Fund Name and Number |
Department |
Revenue Source |
2003 Revenue |
2004 Revenue |
|
Transportation Operating Subfund (10310) |
Seattle Transportation |
Sound
Transit |
170,785 |
331,498 |
|
Light Fund (41000) |
Seattle
City Light |
Sound Transit |
61,012 |
94,263 |
|
Drainage
and Wastewater Fund (44010) |
SPU |
Sound Transit |
56,356 |
67,193 |
|
Construction
and Land Use Fund (15700) |
DCLU |
Sound
Transit |
14,653 |
12,680 |
|
Construction
and Land Use Fund (15700) |
DCLU |
Sound
Transit |
55,851 |
50,601 |
|
Construction
and Land Use Fund (15700) |
DCLU |
Sound
Transit |
9,122 |
18,885 |
|
Construction
and Land Use Fund (15700) |
DCLU |
Sound
Transit |
1,051 |
0 |
|
Construction
and Land Use Fund (15700) |
DCLU |
Sound
Transit |
1,112 |
0 |
|
General
Subfund (00100) |
Fire |
Sound
Transit |
44,863 |
79,000 |
|
General
Subfund (00100) |
Police |
Sound
Transit |
80,142 |
44,300 |
|
Parks
Operating Fund (10200) |
Parks |
Sound
Transit |
7,500 |
16,000 |
|
TOTAL |
|
|
502,447 |
714,420 |
Notes:
All expenses incurred pursuant to the Fifth Supplement will be
reimbursed by Sound Transit, except for a portion of the expenses in the
General Subfund, Police Department, for recruitment, training, and equipment
for new police officers. Twenty (20)
percent of these expenses shall be reimbursed by Sound Transit based on an
estimated five year project construction period, or roughly 20 percent of the
total duration of a police officer’s employment with the City. The City’s share (80 percent) of the cost of
recruitment, training, and equipment will be funded out of existing unused 2003
budget authority in the Police Department.
Total Regular Positions
Created Or Abrogated Through This Legislation, Including FTE Impact:
No changes to position authority are proposed.
·
Do positions sunset in the
future? (If yes, identify sunset
date):
All positions created in response
to Sound Transit funding will continue only while funded by Sound Transit and
will be abrogated or explicitly converted to other funding sources as soon as
the Sound Transit funding ceases.
Positions created under previous legislation
shall continue until Sound Transit funding is no longer available, at which
time positions shall either be abrogated, or explicitly converted to other
funding sources. Within departments for
which positions have been created, staffing related to the Sound Transit light
rail project continues to exceed the number of positions created.
Spending/Cash Flow: (Please complete this section only in those cases where part or all of
the funds will be spent in a different year than when they were appropriated
(e.g., as in the case of certain grants and capital projects.)
|
Fund Name and Number |
Department |
Budget Control Level* |
2003 Expenditures |
2004 Anticipated Expenditures |
|
Transportation Operating Subfund (10310) |
Seattle Transportation |
Transportation Policy & Planning (18310) |
170,785 |
331,498 |
|
Light Fund (41000) |
Seattle
City Light |
SCL
– CIP Project #8204 |
61,012 |
94,263 |
|
Drainage
and Wastewater Fund (44010) |
SPU |
General
Expense (N000B) |
56,356 |
67,193 |
|
Construction
and Land Use Fund (15700) |
DCLU |
Land
Use Services (U2200) |
14,653 |
12,680 |
|
Construction
and Land Use Fund (15700) |
DCLU |
Construction
Permit Services (U2300) |
55,851 |
50,601 |
|
Construction
and Land Use Fund (15700) |
DCLU |
Construction
Inspections (U23A0) |
9,122 |
18,885 |
|
Construction
and Land Use Fund (15700) |
DCLU |
Code
Compliance (U2400) |
1,051 |
0 |
|
Construction
and Land Use Fund (15700) |
DCLU |
Planning
(U2900) |
1,112 |
0 |
|
General
Subfund (00100) |
Fire |
Prevention
(F50) |
44,863 |
79,000 |
|
General
Subfund (00100) |
Police |
Traffic
Enforcement Program (P680) |
344,308 |
44,300 |
|
Parks
Operating Fund (10200) |
Parks |
Capital
Projects (K3700) |
7,500 |
16,000 |
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TOTAL |
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|
766,613 |
714,420 |
* This is line of business
for operating budgets, and program or project for capital improvements
Notes:
This chart shows expenditure estimates for September through December
2003. For September through December
2003, work by Seattle Transportation, Seattle City Light, Seattle Public
Utilities, and Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation will be carried out
under existing budget authority for those departments; most other department
work will be carried out under the new appropriation within each department;
for Police, a portion of the work will be carried out under existing budget
authority and a portion will be carried out under the new appropriation in this
ordinance.
·
What is the financial cost
of not implementing the legislation? (Estimate the
costs to the City of not implementing the legislation, including estimated
costs to maintain or expand an existing facility or the cost avoidance due to
replacement of an existing facility, potential conflicts with regulatory
requirements, or other potential costs if the legislation is not implemented.)
Without this legislation, some or all of the
financial cost associated with the legislation could be incurred by City
departments without authority to seek reimbursement from Sound Transit.
·
What are the possible
alternatives to the legislation that could achieve the same or similar
objectives? (Include any potential
alternatives to the proposed legislation, such as reducing fee-supported
activities, identifying outside funding sources for fee-supported activities,
etc.)
No reasonable alternatives have been identified.
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Is the legislation subject to
public hearing requirements: (If yes, what public
hearings have been held to date, and/or what plans are in place to hold a
public hearing(s) in the future.)
·
Other Issues (including long-term implications of the legislation):
The City continues to seek full reimbursement
for expenses incurred related to Sound Transit’s light rail project. Continuing unreimbursed expenses for the
City related to Sound Transit are limited to a single Sound Transit Program
Manager position in SDOT, and management expenses within affected departments
that are not recovered through indirect or overhead charges.
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