CITY OF SEATTLE

ORDINANCE __________________

COUNCIL BILL __________________

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Neighborhoods; authorizing implementation of certain Neighborhood Matching Fund projects in 2014, and specifying that 2014 appropriations for the Neighborhood Matching Subfund shall carry forward automatically to future budget years; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

WHEREAS, Resolution 27709 established a Neighborhood Planning and Assistance Program, including a Neighborhood Matching Fund and a Citywide Review Team, to provide support for neighborhood improvement activities, leveraging citizen contributions and volunteer hours for a variety of neighborhood-based planning, development, and improvement projects; and

WHEREAS, Resolution 27965, and subsequent revisions, set forth the City of Seattle's Neighborhood Matching Fund Application and Review Guidelines; and

WHEREAS, in the 2014 budget $3,890,893 was appropriated for the Neighborhood Matching Subfund, including $1,474,549 for Large Projects funding; and

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Citywide Review Team are recommending identical Neighborhood Matching Fund Large Projects for funding; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The Department of Neighborhoods (hereinafter "Department") is hereby authorized to proceed with implementation of the following Large Projects as provided below:

Expenditures may be made for the above projects upon vouchers drawn by the Department Director from funds allocated for the Neighborhood Matching Subfund. The Department can encumber funds in the amounts allocated.

Section 2. The Department shall have the authority to administer the City's public works contracting process and execute contracts for any Neighborhood Matching Fund public works projects to which funds are allocated by this ordinance. Any public works contracts must comply with state and local law requirements. The Department is authorized to enter into agreements with public and private entities to implement the projects listed in Section 1. In the case of an agreement with a private entity, the agreement shall specifically describe the public benefit received by the City.

Section 3. The Department is hereby authorized to reallocate funds in the Neighborhood Matching Fund Subfund allocated above among the projects identified in Section 1 of this ordinance as necessary, provided that the sum of such changes shall not exceed $150,000, and further provided that the Mayor or his designee notify in writing the Chair of the Seattle Public Utilities and Neighborhoods Committee of the City Council of the nature of and reasons for the reallocation.

Section 4. Appropriations made from the Neighborhood Matching Subfund shall not lapse and shall be carried over each year until fully expended, abandoned or reappropriated to other authorized activities.

Section 5. Before approving a final plan for the Cheasty Greenspace Trails and Bike Park, which is proposed as a threeyear pilot project, the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) shall complete a full public process and technical review of the proposed design for the a multi-use bike and pedestrian perimeter trail, including review of engineering, environmental, design, and community factors, make necessary revisions to the proposed design, and report to the City Council's Parks, Seattle Center, Libraries and Gender Pay Equity (PSCLGPE) Committee. The report shall include a summary of the public engagement process and a plan outlining the method and criteria for evaluation of the pilot project.

After DPR completes its review of the proposed design and submits its report, DPR shall file the final design with the City Clerk, and submit it for approval to the Committee. After DPR reports to the City Council, and the Council approves and files the final design with the City Clerk, the Department of Neighborhoods will follow Neighborhood Matching Fund standard procedures for project implementation and use of funds for construction.

After the project is constructed, DPR shall also report quarterly to the PSCLGPE Committee, or the appropriate Council Committee, on the results of each quarterly evaluation of the Trails and Bike Park pilot project. After the three year pilot period is complete and before any final decision on the future of the perimeter trail, Council expects that DPR will report to the PSCLGPE on the results of the pilot project and expects that any permanent trail will be consistent with citywide greenbelt policies.

Section 6. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken after its passage and prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.

Section7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.

Passed by the City Council the ____ day of ________________________, 2014, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this

_____ day of ___________________, 2014.

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President __________of the City Council

Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2014.

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Edward B. Murray, Mayor

Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2014.

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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

(Seal)

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