ORDINANCE _________________

AN ORDINANCE relating to security from terrorism; authorizing the City to partner with the State of Washington and King County to receive financial assistance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office for State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness under the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Grant FFY '04; authorizing an application for allocation of funds under that agreement; increasing appropriations to the Police Department, the Fire Department, the Department of Information Technology, and the Fleets and Facilities Department in the 2004 Budget; all by a threefourths vote of the City Council.

WHEREAS, the projects identified in this legislation are consistent with the objectives of the Seattle-King County Urban Area Strategy, as approved by the federal Department of Homeland Security;

WHEREAS, Ordinance 121283, adopted by the City Council on September 22, 2003, authorized the Police Department to apply for funding under UASI Grant Programs I and II, authorized the Police Department to execute an agreement to partner with the State of Washington, King County, and other local jurisdictions to participate in UASI Grant Program II, and appropriated an initial allocation of funding under both grant programs for immediate needs of conducting vulnerability assessments and providing urgently needed equipment to City departments;

WHEREAS, Ordinance 121418 adopted by the City Council on March 15, 2004 authorized the Police Department to apply for the remaining funding available through UASI Grant Programs I and II; and

WHEREAS, the projects funded by UASI Grant FFY '04 were identified using a thorough process that involved operations staff from seven City departments; including the Fire Department, Police Department, Department of Information Technology, Fleets and Facilities, Seattle Department of Transportation, Seattle City Light, and Seattle Public Utilities;

NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The Chief of Police or his designee is authorized to partner with the State of Washington and King County to receive financial assistance from DHS, and execute all documents he reasonably deems necessary for the application and receipt of UASI Grant FFY '04 funds in the amount of up to Seven Million One Hundred Sixty Seven Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Seven Dollars ($7,167,697) to address the unique equipment, training, and planning needs of the Seattle urban area to prevent, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of terrorism. These funds are hereby accepted and shall be deposited in the funds named in Section 2 to reimburse for appropriations made in Section 2.

Section 2. To carry out the purpose of the agreements authorized in Section 1, and contingent upon the execution of those agreements, the appropriations for the following in the 2004 budget are increased as follows:

Fund Department Budget Control Level Amount

Information DoIT Technology Infrastructure $760,000 Technology D33 Operating Fund (50410)

Fire Facilities Fleets & FFERP Large-Platform $2,653,964 Fund (34440) Facilities Firefighting Marine Department Apparatus Project A1FL401

Fire Facilities Fleets & FFERP Fast Attack Boat $1,709,835 Fund (34440) Facilities Marine Apparatus Project Department A1FL403

General Subfund Fire Operations F3000 $140,995 (00100)

General Subfund Police Chief of Police Program $1,800,083 (00100) P1000

Fleets & Facilities Fleets & Facility Operations A3000 $102,820 Fund (50300) Facilities Department

Total: $7,167,697

Section 3. In accordance with RCW 35.32A.060, by reason of the facts above stated, the foregoing appropriations are made to meet actual necessary expenditures of the City for which insufficient appropriations have been made due to causes which could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of the making of the 2004 Budget. Unspent funds so appropriated shall carry forward to subsequent fiscal years until they are exhausted or abandoned by ordinance.

Section 4. Any act consistent with the authority but prior to the effective date of this ordinance is hereby ratified and confirmed.

Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten (10) days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.

Passed by a three-fourths vote of all the members of the City Council the ____ day of _________, 2004, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of __________, 2004.

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President __________of the City Council

Approved by me this ____ day of _________, 2004.

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Gregory J. Nickels, Mayor

Filed by me this ____ day of _________, 2004.

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City Clerk

(Seal)

Diane Pilon

Ordinance UASI Grant FFY '04

Date: May 28, 2004

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