Form revised: December 6, 2011

FISCAL NOTE FOR NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS

Department:	Contact Person/Phone:	CBO Analyst/Phone:
DPD	Tom Hauger 4-8380	Kristi Beattie 4-5266

Legislation Title: A RESOLUTION identifying principles and a preferred schedule to guide the review and update of the City’s Comprehensive Plan.

Summary of the Legislation:

This Resolution describes the themes and schedule for the mandated major review of the City’s Comprehensive Plan.

Background:  

The state has changed the deadline for completing a major Comp Plan Review twice in recent years.  DPD had been planning to complete the review in time for Council action in early 2013.  However, as part of the 2012 budget, Council restricted the amount of resources that DPD could use toward this review to $150,000 and directed DPD to take advantage of the time the state has allowed by extending the deadline until June 2015.

Please check one of the following:

__X__ This legislation does not have any financial implications.

(Please skip to “Other Implications” section at the end of the document and answer questions a-h. Earlier sections that are left blank should be deleted. Please delete the instructions provided in parentheses at the end of each question.)

____    This legislation has financial implications.

(If the legislation has direct fiscal impacts (e.g., appropriations, revenue, positions), fill out the relevant sections below.  If the financial implications are indirect or longer-term, describe them in narrative in the “Other Implications” Section. Please delete the instructions provided in parentheses at the end of each title and question.)

Other Implications:

a) Does the legislation have indirect financial implications, or long-term implications?

No. 

b) What is the financial cost of not implementing the legislation?

The Resolution helps clarify expectations about the work that will be conducted on the Comprehensive Plan over the next three years and may therefore help control expansion of the project’s scope and future expenditures for staff and consultants.

c) Does this legislation affect any departments besides the originating department? 

Several other departments are partnering with DPD in reviewing the Comprehensive Plan.  These include SDOT, OH, OSE, SPU, SCL and OED.  The schedule in the Resolution revises the timing for the  departments’ involvement in reviewing, and preparing amendments for, the Comp Plan.

d) What are the possible alternatives to the legislation that could achieve the same or similar objectives? A statement of legislative intent is an alternative way for the Council to articulate its desires about the contents and schedule for the major review of the Comprehensive Plan; however, the proposed Resolution provides a more collaborative approach for the executive and Council to define the review process.

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:

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