Form revised: December 6, 2011
FISCAL NOTE FOR NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS
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Department: |
Contact Person/Phone: |
CBO Analyst/Phone: |
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Information Technology |
D’Anne Mount/233-8736 David Keyes/ 386-9759 |
Jennifer Devore/ 615-1328 |
Summary of the Legislation:
This legislation authorizes the disbursement of $320,000 from the Department of Information Technology, Office of Electronic Communications Budget Control Level (D4400), Community Technology Program, to 23 grantees for the purpose of increasing residents’ technology access and literacy, and for increasing civic engagement using information technologies. The 2012 Adopted Budget (Ordinance 123758) appropriated $320,000 from the Cable Television Franchise Subfund and from the Information Technology Fund.
The projects to be funded will assist a wide range of residents in need and help to further digital inclusion for all. Almost half (11) of this year’s projects are new grantee organizations. The other projects build on infrastructure and knowledge at our prior grantee sites. Five projects are aimed specifically at using technology to increase community building and civic engagement. Three projects will add assistive technology for people with disabilities. At least 11 projects will serve veterans, 17 will serve immigrants and refugees, and 12 will reach the homeless. At least 13 projects will serve seniors and 9 will serve youth. As a result of this funding, more than 3,000 residents are expected to be given an opportunity to increase their technology literacy while also improving their English skills and literacy levels, receiving assistance with employment and business skills, as well as school, safety, health and public benefits. Participants will gain skills in using social media, assistive technologies, audio and video production, and digital storytelling, in addition to basic computer and Internet skills. These projects will also help increase awareness of the benefits of broadband and encourage broadband adoption.
Background:
(Include a brief description of the purpose and context of legislation and include record of previous legislation and funding history, if applicable.)
Resolution 29673 established the Technology Matching Fund (TMF) to provide funding in exchange for services from eligible organizations that secure matching funding from outside sources for the purpose of promoting citizen access to information technology and literacy in using technology, and to apply technology to foster civic engagement. The resolution established project eligibility and selection criteria, with the proviso that additional requirements may be established as necessary by the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), in consultation with the Citizens’ Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board (CTTAB), to ensure projects meet the program goals and are consistent with other City contracting and financial accountability rules and regulations.
The TMF awarded a total of $2,470,832 for 200 projects between 1998 and 2011. The maximum allowable award per project by legislation is $50,000; the current maximum award per project is $20,000. The current maximum award was set in order to ensure that a greater number of projects could be supported by the TMF. In 2012, $320,000 was appropriated for these projects; the revenue was generated from cable television franchise fees.
The City’s funding to the organizations in exchange for their services will be matched by the community through cash, donations of hardware, software, supplies and labor. A one-to-one match is required; however, the community contribution is often greater than the City’s support. This year’s projects are projected to provide more than $520,000 in community matching resources.
The CTO is required to submit recommendations for funding to the City Council for approval. Recommendations for funding projects are made to the CTO by CTTAB. This year three current members and two former members of CTTAB served on the TMF Application Review Committee. A summary of the projects recommended for funding is provided in the table below.
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Project Description |
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African Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest
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African Chamber of Commerce Computer Literacy Plan Provide computer instruction to help African immigrants and refugees gain skills for employment and in use of social media. Classes will be held in Rainier Beach in partnership with the Center for East African Community Affairs.
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$12,000 |
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Alliance of People with disAbilities
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disAbility Toolbox Augment the instruction and hardware at the Independence Technology & Employment Computer Lab to better serve individuals with mental health and other non-visible disabilities.
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$5,000 |
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Atlantic Street Center
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If You're Not Online, You're Falling Behind Increase available hardware and technology access for teen parents and caretakers of children in K - 12 schools. Conduct a “hip and socially relevant” digital exclusion awareness campaign, hosting events and providing hands-on computer and Internet training.
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$19,770 |
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Barton Place Apartments / Seattle Housing Authority
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Barton Place Computer Lab Install a new computer mini-lab with two computers and a printer in an SHA housing building in Rainier Beach. Low-income residents will gain computer skills through drop-in sessions and instructor-led classes.
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$14,658 |
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Child Care Resources
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Computer Assistance for Child Care Providers Set up a mobile computer lab equipped with Internet access to increase tech literacy for low-income child care providers so they can register and participate in Early Achievers, the Quality Rating Improvement System.
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$9,100 |
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Children's Home Society of WA / North Seattle Family Center
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Lake City Court Computer Lab Expansion Project Upgrade the computer lab at SHA’s Lake City Court family housing complex with assistive technology and language software to provide better support for limited English speakers and individuals with disabilities. Offer additional workshops to improve employment and education for low-income families.
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$18,000 |
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Chinese Information and Service Center
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Come on! You are part of it! Host two civic engagement and digital media production training camps for 20 immigrant youth. Participants will use digital media to explore various civic issues and present possible solutions to the community.
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$6,300 |
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Community Voice Mail National
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Online Document Access for the Homeless Pilot a system and training to scan and store important documents online for the homeless. Train participants to retrieve this information, routinely needed to secure benefits and access to services.
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$16,145 |
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Entre Hermanos
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Digital Stories for Civic Engagement: LGBT Latinos Train LGBT Latinos to produce digital stories on the issues that matter most. Post the stories on the mappingvoices.org civic engagement map and elsewhere. Share with policy makers and the community.
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$ 15,000 |
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Gay City Health Project
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Gay City LGBT Library and Resource Center Assist and train LGBT youth, homeless, transgender and other vulnerable sub-populations with technology skills and online applications for jobs and benefits. The Resource Center will add two computers and the capacity to text questions to the library. |
$17,000 |
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Jack Straw Foundation |
Blind Audio Project Upgrade recording studio and editing capabilities and provide a series of hands-on workshops for blind and visually impaired youth and adults. Students will work with a team of professionals to create and share audio stories.
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$14,000 |
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Jubilee Women's Center
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Empowering Women through Digital Inclusion Expand their Education Center training to help low-income and homeless women gain vital skills necessary to achieving economic self-sufficiency.
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$17,000 |
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Low Income Housing Institute
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Computer Technology and Job Search Training Build on a pilot project to engage volunteers to help formerly homeless, low-income, senior and disabled residents of LIHI housing to improve their computer technology and job search skills. Expand program to four locations: South Lake Union, Greenwood, Pioneer Square and Georgetown.
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$17,000 |
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Millionair Club Charity |
Computer Lab Update and Tech Literacy Project Upgrade computers that are eight years old with modern hardware and software to expand the lab’s capacity; develop a volunteer-led technology literacy program for job-seeking homeless and under-housed adults.
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$7,915 |
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Neighborhood House at High Point and Rainier Vista
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Technology Prep Career Program (TPCP) Provide computer based
instruction and lab time to help low-income families with English
proficiency, financial literacy, citizenship, access to benefits and employment.
Offer community-wide events focused on employment and college attainment for
youth. |
$16,813 |
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OneAmerica
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English Innovations Offer technology-based ESL classes for adult immigrants, using laptops and volunteer mentors to build English skills, technology comfort and civic engagement. This includes subscriptions to LiveMocha, an online English language learning application.
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$15,000 |
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Oromo Cultural Center
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Oromo Cultural Center Technology Project Upgrade six computers and provide training to Oromo, Somalian, Gambian and East African adults to improve employment and economic opportunities. Recruit participants who are willing to provide volunteer instuction back to the community.
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$17,000 |
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Rainier Beach Community Empowerment Coalition
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Rainier Beach Wisdom Commons Expand the citizen and organization journalists program with adults and youth collecting and disseminating community information related to Rainier Beach and implementation of the RB 2014 neighborhood plan. Provide a hardware lending library for the journalists. |
$15,000 |
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Southeast Seattle Education Coalition
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Technology for Community Engagement Expand the current Wordpress website to include a blog and other features to mobilize Southeast Seattle’s ethnic community-based organizations to advocate and influence policy, especially related to public school improvement. Develop a technology plan and pilot to focus effective use of electronic tools.
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$8,525 |
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Tenants Union of Washington State
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Tenants Unite: Language Access Project Expand the Tenants Union’s website and mobile access to include tenants’ rights resources and information in Spanish, Vietnamese and Somali. Provide public access computers, interpretation and tech training in the Rainier Valley, training tenants in immigrant and ethnic communities to use online tools to share their stories and develop leadership.
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$19,774 |
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The Common Language Project
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Seattle Digital Literacy Initiative Partner with four after-school programs that serve diverse, low-income and at-risk youth to offer training in media literacy and production. Provide two intensive media production camps and develop a new apprenticeship program where youth will work side by side with journalists. |
$18,000 |
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Tierra Madre Fund
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Gen7: Native Technology and Cultural Education Develop and teach technology classes to Native American middle school students. Students will build computer animations and games based on traditional Native American stories. They will also create games to teach about the Native language, Lushootseed and Native plant knowledge. They will showcase their projects to the community.
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$14,000
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Youth in Focus
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Digital Literacy Through Photography Offer two advanced-level digital photography classes for disadvantaged teens, providing training in photography skills and online content sharing.
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$7,000 |
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Total |
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$320,000 |
Please check one of the following:
____ This legislation does not have any financial implications.
__X__ This legislation has financial implications.
Appropriations:
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*See budget book to obtain the appropriate Budget Control Level for your department.
Appropriations Notes: Funds for the TMF were previously appropriated in the 2012 Adopted Budget (Ordinance 123758) for $320,000 under the Department of Information Technology. These funds are appropriated from the Cable Television Franchise Subfund (00160) for the Cable Fee Support to Information Technology Fund Budget Control Level (D160B), and then in turn from the Information Technology Fund (50410) for the Office of Electronic Communications Budget Control Level (D4400). The proposed legislation specifies that any portion of the $320,000 allocated for the TMF from these appropriations that is not spent or encumbered in 2012 will automatically carry over into the 2013 fiscal year and that any unspent funds from a single project may be reallocated to another TMF project.
Anticipated Revenue/Reimbursement Resulting from this Legislation:
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2012 Revenue |
2013 Revenue |
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Revenue/Reimbursement Notes:
Total Regular Positions Created, Modified, or Abrogated through this Legislation, Including FTE Impact:
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Position # for Existing Positions |
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PT/FT |
2012 Positions |
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2013 Positions* |
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* 2013 positions and FTE are total 2013 position changes resulting from this legislation, not incremental changes. Therefore, under 2013, please be sure to include any continuing positions from 2012.
Position Notes:
Do positions sunset in the future? N/A
Spending/Cash Flow:
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Fund Name & # |
Department |
Budget Control Level* |
2012 Expenditures |
2013 Anticipated Expenditures |
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Information Technology Fund (50410) [Funding is initially appropriated from the Cable Television Franchise Subfund (00160)]
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Information Technology |
Office of Electronic Communications (D4400)
[Funding is initially appropriated to the Cable Fee Support to Information Technology Fund Budget Control Level (D160B)] |
$120,000 |
$200,000 |
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$120,000 |
$200,000 |
* See budget book to obtain the appropriate Budget Control Level for your department.
Spending/Cash Flow Notes: The grantee projects begin starting in the fall 2012 and some of the grantees project activities conducted under the TMF grants will not be completed until 2013, and the City will not receive requests for reimbursement until those activities are complete.
Other Implications:
a) Does the legislation have indirect financial implications, or long-term implications?
Yes, the City’s funding to the organizations receiving project awards will be matched by the community through cash, donations of hardware, software and supplies and labor.
b) What is the financial cost of not implementing the legislation?
The City would not be able to leverage non-City resources (including cash) valued at $520,000 provided by the community for these 23 projects.
c) Does this legislation affect any departments besides the originating department?
No
d) What are the possible alternatives to the legislation that could achieve the same or similar objectives?
Projects could be approved by resolution rather than by ordinance.
e) Is a public hearing required for this legislation?
No
f) Is publication of notice with The Daily Journal of Commerce and/or The Seattle Times required for this legislation?
No
g) Does this legislation affect a piece of property?
No
h) Other Issues:
List attachments to the fiscal note below:
N/A