Form revised December 4, 2006

FISCAL NOTE FOR NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS

Department:	Contact Person/Phone:	DOF Analyst/Phone:
Parks and Recreation	Terry Dunning / 684-4860	Jennifer Devore / 615-1328

Legislation Title:

AN ORDINANCE relating to real property known as Discovery Park and the laying off of portions of the park roadways within Discovery Park known as Utah Street, Washington Avenue, California Avenue, Iowa Street, Lawtonwood Road, Illinois Avenue, Texas Way, Bay Terrace Road, Idaho Avenue and 45^th Avenue West, as public park boulevards; amending Appendices I and II to Ordinance 117569 and to Title 15 of the Seattle Municipal Code (Description and Maps of Park Drives and Boulevards); and naming the portions of Washington Avenue and Utah Street so laid off as Discovery Park Boulevard.

· Summary of the Legislation:

This legislation changes several portions of park roadways within Discovery Park to Park Boulevards.  It also amends the Municipal Code to include these new boulevards and names the central roadway (portions of Washington Avenue and Utah Street) running from the main park entrance to the West Point Treatment Plant as “Discovery Park Boulevard”.

· Background:

The purpose of this legislation is to create legal access, both for transportation and utility purposes over certain park roadways that have served, and will continue to serve, properties surrounded by the Park (Montana Circle and the Washington Avenue Military Housing areas) and private property accessed via the Park’s northern boundary.  Currently the Navy and Federal Aviation Administration  have easement access only across some of the existing road system.  Currently the homes in Lawtonwood and Bay Terrace are accessed via park roads, but have no legal access across these roadways.  Changing their status to Park Boulevards gives these roadways the legal status of public streets while preserving them in park jurisdiction.

Although the need for public access has been raised by the Lawtonwood and Bayview Terrace communities in the past, the recent privatization of former military housing creates an additional need for those soon-to-be private homes to have public access and utilities.   Failure to provide this access in this form will require the City to enter into separate easement relationships with large numbers of property owners. 

In addition to access for transportation purposes, the new boulevards will also become utility corridors and the foci of any new public utility installations within or across the Park, thus preserving natural areas from potential utility encroachments that could potentially serve private properties around and within the Park.

Another important aspect of the conversion of these roadways is that traffic regulations applicable to public streets now will be fully enforceable over the affected roadways.  Previously these roadways have been characterized as “private” for enforcement purposes.  The new designation should enhance law enforcement within the Park.

· Please check one of the following:

_ ___ This legislation does not have any financial implications.

_X__ This legislation has financial implications.

Appropriations:  N/A

Fund Name and Number	Department	Budget Control Level*	2007 Appropriation	2008 Anticipated Appropriation
TOTAL	N/A

*See budget book to obtain the appropriate Budget Control Level for your department.

Notes:  Costs associated with maintenance of the roadways addressed in this legislation are covered in the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) 2007 Operating budget.  

Anticipated Revenue/Reimbursement: Resulting From This Legislation: NA

Fund Name and Number	Department	Revenue Source	2007 Revenue	2008 Revenue
TOTAL	N/A

Notes:  N/A

Total Regular Positions Created Or Abrogated Through This Legislation, Including FTE Impact:  NA

Position Title and Department*		Fund Name		Fund Number	Part-Time/ Full Time	2007 Positions	2007 FTE	2008 Positions**	2008 FTE**
	TOTAL		N/A

Notes:  N/A

· Do positions sunset in the future?  N/A

Spending/Cash Flow: N/A

Fund Name and Number	Department	Budget Control Level*	2007 Expenditures	2008 Anticipated Expenditures
TOTAL	N/A

Notes:  N/A

· What is the financial cost of not implementing the legislation?  Multiple transactions may be needed in the future to arrange for multiple private rights (primarily access and utilities) in and across the affected roadways.  This will potentially involve considerable staff time and the cost of an unknown number of separate pieces of legislation.

· What are the possible alternatives to the legislation that could achieve the same or similar objectives?  Private easement rights could be created to support the private properties adjacent to and within the Park.  This would require multiple transactions with several property owners and possibly several pieces of legislation.  Costs would be greater and public services could be delayed until legislation authorizing each right being conveyed is completed.

· Is the legislation subject to public hearing requirements:  No

· Is the legislation subject to public hearing requirements:  No

· Other Issues:  The Park Boulevard system is, in part, maintained consistent with the “Boulevard Agreement” between DPR, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), and Seattle Public Utilities (SPU).  This Agreement was adopted by Ordinance 111551 in 1984 and will need to be amended in the near future in order to address conditions and division of responsibilities for these roadways.  The future maintenance of these roadways will be discussed between SPU, SDOT and DPR and any changes in maintenance responsibilities arising from these negotiations will be reflected in future budgets.

Please list attachments to the fiscal note below:  None.