Form revised April 10, 2006

FISCAL NOTE FOR NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS

Department:	Contact Person/Phone:	DOF Analyst/Phone:
Police	Dave Chavez/386-0057	Greg Doss/615-1759

Legislation Title:

An Ordinance relating to security from terrorism; authorizing the City to partner with the State of Washington and King County to receive financial assistance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office for State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness under the Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant for Federal Fiscal Year 2007 (UASI 07), authorizing an application for allocation of funds under that agreement, increasing appropriations to the Police Department, Fire Department and Seattle Public Utilities in the 2008 Budget, and creating a new Police Lieutenant position; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council..

· Summary of the Legislation: This legislation appropriates $3,350,960 under UASI 07 to the funds outlined below to be reimbursed from funds received from DHS.  Funds will reimburse the City of Seattle for equipment, training, planning and management needs associated with preventing, responding to, and recovering from threats or acts of terrorism.

This legislation additionally authorizes the Police Department to execute an agreement to partner with the State of Washington, King County, and other local jurisdictions to participate in UASI 07 and receive funding from the state in the amount of $3,350,960 to increase the capacity of the Seattle urban area to prevent, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of terrorism.

This ordinance creates a new regular Police Lieutenant position.  This position will serve as project director and planner for the development and coordination of an all-hazards, all-crimes, Regional Counter Terrorism Center (RCTC).  The ordinance provides that when UASI grant funding is no longer available, the position will sunset.

· Background: This is the sixth ordinance SPD has asked City Council to adopt for the application and receipt of funds from DHS for furthering the City’s strategy for preparedness.  Seattle was one of seven cities awarded funding under UASI Grant Program 1 and one of thirty urban areas funded under UASI Grant Program 2.  Ordinance 121283, adopted by the City Council on September 22, 2003, as well as subsequent Ordinance 121418, adopted by the City Council on March 15, 2004, authorized the Police Department to apply for funding from these grants.  Ordinance 121515, adopted by the City Council on June 28, 2004, authorized the Police Department to apply for additional funding under UASI 04. Ordinance 121860, adopted by the City Council on July 11, 2005, authorized the Police Department to apply for additional funding under UASI 05, and Ordinance 122348, adopted by the City Council on February 26, 2007, authorized the Police Department to apply for additional funding under UASI 06.

· The funding authorized by this legislation continues previous efforts and reflects a multi-disciplinary approach that recognizes the need for prevention, protection, and response capability.  Months of work by City departments and Seattle’s urban area partners have resulted in assessments of Seattle’s risk, development of a strategy to respond to those risks, and a budget plan that implements the strategy.  Funding will continue to assist in the development of the RCTC, as well as finalize an evaluation process to determine the effectiveness of Homeland Security funding.  Seattle's first responders will also benefit from additional equipment and training. 

· Please check one of the following:

____ This legislation does not have any financial implications.

__X_ This legislation has financial implications.

Appropriations:  This table should reflect appropriations that are a direct result of this legislation.  In the event that the project/ programs associated with this ordinance have appropriations that were, or will be, received because of previous or future legislation or budget actions, please provide details in the Notes section below.

Fund Name and Number	Department	Budget Control Level*	2008 Appropriation	2009 Anticipated Appropriation
General Subfund (00100)	Police	Chief of Police Program P1000	$2,698,528	$0
General Subfund (00100)	Fire	Operations F3000	$552,432	$0
Seattle Public Utilities (C100-SPU CIP)	Utilities	Shared Cost Project C410	$100,000	$0
TOTAL			$3,350,960

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

Notes: 

Anticipated Revenue/Reimbursement: Resulting From This Legislation: This table should reflect revenues/reimbursements that are a direct result of this legislation.  In the event that the issues/projects associated with this ordinance/resolution have revenues or reimbursements that were, or will be, received because of previous or future legislation or budget actions, please provide details in the Notes section below the table.

Fund Name and Number	Department	Revenue Source	2008 Revenue	2009 Revenue
General Subfund (00100)	Police	DHS	$2,698,528	$0
General Subfund (00100)	Fire	DHS	$552,432	$0
Seattle Public Utilities (C100-SPU CIP)	Utilities	DHS	$100,000	$0
TOTAL			$3,350,960	$0

Notes: 

Total Regular Positions Created Or Abrogated Through This Legislation, Including FTE Impact:  This table should only reflect the actual number of positions created by this legislation.  In the event that positions have been, or will be, created as a result of previous or future legislation or budget actions, please provide details in the Notes section below the table.

Position Title and Department*		Fund Name		Fund Number		Part-Time/ Full Time		2008 Positions		2008FTE		2009 Positions**		2009 FTE**
	Police Lieutenant/Police		General Subfund		00100		Full Time		1		1		1		1
	TOTAL								1		1		1		1

*   List each position separately

** 2008 positions and FTE are total 2008 position changes resulting from this legislation, not incremental changes.  Therefore, under 2009, please be sure to include any continuing positions from 2008.

Notes:

· Do positions sunset in the future? Yes, the Police Lieutenant position will sunset in 36 months when the grant funding expires, unless funding is renewed.

Spending/Cash Flow: This table should be completed only in those cases where part or all of the funds authorized by this legislation will be spent in a different year than when they were appropriated (e.g., as in the case of certain grants and capital projects).  Details surrounding spending that will occur in future years should be provided in the Notes section below the table.

Fund Name and Number	Department	Budget Control Level*	2008 Expenditures	2009 Anticipated Expenditures
General Subfund (00100)	Police	Chief of Police Program P1000	$2,698,528	$0
General Subfund (00100)	Fire	Operations F3000	$552,432	$0
Seattle Public Utilities (C100-SPU CIP)	Utilities	Shared Cost Project C410	$100,000	$0
TOTAL			$3,350,960	$0

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

What is the financial cost of not implementing the legislation? The costs to the City of not implementing the legislation include the loss of funding that has been made available to the City under UASI 07, and therefore, loss of funding to improve the City’s overall ability to prevent, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of terrorism.  In addition, not implementing this legislation would likely result in the City of Seattle and contiguous jurisdictions being ineligible to receive additional funding that is expected to be made available under additional phases of the UASI Grant Program in future years.

· What are the possible alternatives to the legislation that could achieve the same or similar objectives? The only possible alternative would be to use scarce City resources to provide urban area security equipment, training and infrastructure protection, and to implement other elements of the urban area homeland security strategy that was authorized by Ordinance 121283.

· Is the legislation subject to public hearing requirements:  No

Other Issues:  If grant funds are not renewed in the future, the Police Lieutenant position will sunset.  Any sustainment issues with purchased equipment will be addressed within existing budget resources of the recipient departments.

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