Form revised February 6, 2008

FISCAL NOTE FOR NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS

Department:	Contact Person/Phone:	DOF Analyst/Phone:
Legislative	Sara Belz 4-5382	NA

Legislation Title:

AN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance cameras in Seattle parks: authorizing a pilot program to install surveillance cameras in selected parks; adopting City policies regarding the installation and use of such cameras; and establishing a new Chapter 18.14 in the Seattle Municipal Code.

· Summary of the Legislation:

This legislation authorizes a pilot program to place a total of 12 surveillance cameras in four Seattle parks:  Cal Anderson, Hing Hay, Occidental Square, and Victor Steinbrueck.  (The total number of cameras includes three that are already installed in Cal Anderson Park.)  The legislation also establishes a City protocol to govern the installation and use of the cameras for the duration of the pilot program. 

• Background:

In November 2007, the City Council approved a budget proviso stating that none of the funds appropriated for the Department of Parks and Recreation’s (DPR) Parks Infrastructure BCL could be used to install surveillance cameras in parks unless authorized by a future ordinance.  For the protocol included in this legislation to take effect, the budget proviso must be lifted.

_ X _ This legislation does not have any financial implications.

It is anticipated that the adoption of a protocol to govern the use of these surveillance cameras will have no greater financial implications than authorizing the use of the cameras without an established protocol.