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Ordinance 125303

Introduced as Council Bill 118951

Title

AN ORDINANCE authorizing, in 2017, acceptance of funding from non-City sources; authorizing the heads of the Executive Department, Department of Education and Early Learning, Department of Parks and Recreation, Human Services Department, Seattle Fire Department, Seattle Police Department, and Seattle City Light, to accept specified grants and private funding and to execute, deliver, and perform corresponding agreements; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Description and Background

Current Status:Passed
Fiscal Note:Fiscal Note to Council Bill No. 118951
Index Terms:EXECUTIVE-DEPARTMENT, EDUCATION-DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT-OF-PARKS-AND-RECREATION, DEPARTMENT-HUMAN-SERVICES, FIRE-DEPARTMENT, POLICE-DEPARTMENT, CITY-LIGHT

Legislative History

Sponsor:Tim Burgess
Date Introduced:April 17, 2017
Committee Referral:Affordable Housing, Neighborhoods, and Finance
Committee Action Date:May 3, 2017
Committee Recommendation:Pass as amended
Committee Vote:6 (Burgess, Herbold, Johnson, O'Brien, Harrell, Sawant) - 0
City Council Action Date:May 8, 2017
City Council Action:Passed
City Council Vote:9-0
Date Delivered to Mayor:May 10, 2017
Date Signed by Mayor:
(About the signature date) 		May 11, 2017
Date Filed with Clerk:May 11, 2017
Signed Copy:PDF scan of Ordinance No. 125303

Text

CITY OF SEATTLE

ORDINANCE __________________

COUNCIL BILL __________________

AN ORDINANCE authorizing, in 2017, acceptance of funding from non-City sources; authorizing the heads of the Executive Department, Department of Education and Early Learning, Department of Parks and Recreation, Human Services Department, Seattle Fire Department, Seattle Police Department, and Seattle City Light, to accept specified grants and private funding and to execute, deliver, and perform corresponding agreements; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The Mayor or the Mayor’s designee, the Director of Education, the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation, the Director of the Human Services Department, the Fire Chief, and the Chief of Police, are authorized to accept the following non-City funding from the grantors listed below, and to execute, deliver, and perform, on behalf of The City of Seattle, agreements for the purposes described below. The funds, when received, shall be deposited in the receiving fund identified below to support, or as reimbursement for, the corresponding appropriations set forth in the ordinance introduced as Council Bill 118952.

Item Department Grantor Purpose Amount Fund
1.1 Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL) The Casey Family Foundation This grant will support the "Improve School Climate" component of the Seattle Education Action Plan. Funding is expected to be spent in the 2017-18 school period. $207,500 Department of Education Fund (14100)
1.2 Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) Group Health This supports the existing Neighborhood Response Program project (K732416) and will be used to support fitness zones at Georgetown Playfield, Pratt Park, Brighton Playfield, and one additional site to be determined by the beneficiary by mid-April. $110,000 Cumulative Reserve Subfund - Unrestricted Subaccount (00164)
1.3 Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) Seattle Housing Authority This donation will support the current Yesler Terrace Neighborhood Park Development project (K730203) and will be used to develop a new neighborhood park in the Yesler Terrace community. $600,000 2008 Parks Levy Fund (33860)
1.4 Human Services Department (HSD) Medicaid Aging and Disability Services has been allocated state funds to start the new Medicaid Transformation Project (1115 Waiver). $1,060,478 Human Services Operating Fund (16200)
1.5 Human Services Department (HSD) Workforce Development Council This award will support low-income youth ages 14-24 with paid work experiences through the Mayor’s Youth Employment Initiative. $80,000 Human Services Operating Fund (16200)
1.6 Executive Russell Family Foundation This grant will be used to foster dialogue and action on race, equity and environmental goals. $25,000 General Subfund (00100)
1.7 Executive Seattle Children’s These funds will support the Fresh Bucks program to increase healthy food access. $5,000 General Subfund (00100)
1.8 Seattle Fire Department (SFD) State of Washington Department of Ecology This grant provides funds to SFD to purchase equipment and materials to increase spill response capacity in Washington State. $104,300 General Subfund (00100)
1.9 Seattle Fire Department (SFD) Washington State Department of Transportation These funds continue to provide construction service assistance by dedicated staff in the Fire Marshall’s Office for the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall Replacement Project. $68,500 General Subfund (00100)
1.10 Seattle Fire Department (SFD) Department of Public Health Seattle King County These funds will allow SFD Cadets to provide training and outreach on 911 education, safety and CPR to Seattle’s vulnerable populations. $31,450 General Subfund (00100)
1.11 Seattle Fire Department (SFD) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) This item will true up SFD’s Port Security Grant 2016 to the final award amount of $2,216,012 $3,000 General Subfund (00100)
1.12 Seattle Police Department (SPD) Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance This grant funds law enforcement programs in Seattle and surrounding jurisdictions. In Seattle, the grant supports crime prevention services. $673,166 General Subfund (00100)
1.13 Seattle Police Department (SPD) Washington State Traffic Safety Commission This grant funds supplemental traffic enforcement with special emphasis on impaired and distracted driving, seat belt and motorcycle safety. $44,200 General Subfund (00100)
1.14 Office of City Auditor United States Department of Justice - National Institute of Justice This award funds the implementation and impact evaluation of the Rainier Beach Campus Safety Continuum, designed to reduce disparity in school discipline and youth contact with the criminal justice system. $2,773,693 General Subfund (00100)
Total $5,786,287



 

  

  Section 2. The Director of Seattle City Light is authorized to accept the following non-City funding from the grantors listed below, and to execute, deliver, and perform, on behalf of The City of Seattle, agreements for the purposes described below.

Item Department Grantor Purpose Amount Fund
2.1 Seattle City Light (SCL) Washington State Department of Commerce Executes a grant agreement with the Washington State Department of Commerce for the Solar Microgrid for Resiliency Project. The budget authority for the grant was approved in the 2016 4th quarter supplemental budget but there was no language that specifically asked for “contractual authority," which is needed to enter into a contract with the State. $1,500,000 City Light Fund (41000)
Total $1,500,000



Section 3. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken prior to its effective date is hereby ratified and confirmed.

Section 4. 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 ________________________, 2017, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of ___________________, 2017.

    ____________________________________

    President __________ of the City Council

  Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2017.

____________________________________

    Edward B. Murray, Mayor

  Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2017.

____________________________________

    Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

(Seal)

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