Form revised February 4, 2010

FISCAL NOTE FOR NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS

Department:	Contact Person/Phone:	DOF Analyst/Phone:
Legislative	Ben Noble / 4-8160

Legislation Title:

A RESOLUTION reaffirming the City of Seattle’s commitment to full equal rights for all of its residents and employees regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity; authorizing City Departments to work with the Seattle Office for Civil Rights and the Seattle Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Commission as they assess the needs of Seattle’s LGBT community and propose community and City strategies for meeting those needs; and establishing that it is City policy to participate in the annual Pride Parade and Rally and to support employee participation in the event. 

· Summary of the Legislation:

This resolution directs City departments to work with the Seattle Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender (LGBT) Commission and the Seattle Office for Civil Rights (SOCR) to provide a report to the Seattle City Council and the Mayor by June 2011 that assesses the needs of Seattle’s LGBT community and proposes community and City strategies for meeting these needs.  This assessment will be led by SOCR and the LGBT commission, but a successful effort will require the assistance of personnel in many different City departments.

The resolution also directs departments to support their employees’ participation in the annual Pride Parade and Rally; including the designation of a staff person to participate in a city-wide coordinating team.

· Background: Over the past 25+ years the City has taken many steps to support the rights of its LGBT residents and to address the concerns of the City’s LGBT community.  However, issues, challenges and opportunities remain.  The goal of the assessment requested in this resolution is develop a path forward for continued work by the City and others in supporting the LGBT community.  The assessment will provide an opportunity to identify specific gaps and/or needs and to propose options for addressing these issues.

_X _ This legislation does not have any financial implications.

The City Council assumes that the work requested in this resolution will be conducted by existing City personnel as part of their regular duties and will not require any additional financial support.  Implementation of any recommendations that grow out of the assessment will be considered as part of subsequent legislation, and the financial impacts of such implementing actions will be considered at that time.