Form revised August 4, 2003

2005 BUDGET LEGISLATION FISCAL NOTE

Department:	Contact Person/Phone:	DOF Analyst/Phone:
Finance	Glen Lee	684-8079

AN ORDINANCE authorizing, in 2005, acceptance of funding from non-General-Subfund sources; authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Human Services Department, the Office of Housing, the Office of Sustainability and Environment, Seattle City Light, the Seattle Department of Transportation, the Seattle Fire Department, the Seattle Municipal Court, the Seattle Police Department, and the Department of Information Technology to accept specified grants and private funding.

· Summary of the Legislation:

This Council Bill proposes the acceptance of grants and private funds from various agencies and organizations.

· Background:

During the course of a year, City departments receive grant awards or opportunities for other funding resources that are not anticipated in the Adopted Budget. In January, 2004, the Department of Finance began compiling into a single ordinance each quarter, departmental grants and similar agreements that arose during each quarter of the year. The attached ordinance contains grant-related requests received during the first quarter of 2005. Corresponding appropriations for items in this Bill are included in the Department of Finance’s First Quarter Supplemental.

· Please check one of the following:

____ This legislation does not have any financial implications.

_X_ This legislation has financial implications.

Please see the Attachment to this Fiscal Note for a description of the financial implications of this ordinance.

· What are the possible alternatives to the legislation that could achieve the same or similar objectives? The same objective could not be achieved without this legislation.

· Is the legislation subject to public hearing requirements? NO

Department of Finance

2005 First Quarter Grant Acceptance Summary

Section 1
Grantor	Receiving Fund	Amount
1.1 King Conservation District	Shoreline Park Improvement Fund (33110)	$70,000
This grant for $70,000 from the King Conservation District will be used on the Luna Park - Seawall Replacement project to remove bulkhead fill and place habitat mix for near-shore fish habitat.
1.2 Parks Foundation	2000 Parks Levy (33850)	$25,000
This grant for $25,000 from private donors and King County (via the Parks Foundation) will be used on the York Substation Development project to enhance the development of the York Substation.
1.3 NFL Grassroots Program	Cumulative Reserve Subfund - Unrestricted Subaccount (00164)	$25,000
This grant for $25,000 from the National Football League (NFL) Grassroots Program will provide ballfield improvements at the Rainier Playfield. It will be used in conjunction with CRF funding for the DPR Minor Ballfield Improvements project.
1.4 State Historic Society	Shoreline Park Improvement Fund (33110)	$150,000
This grant for $150,000 from the State Historic Society will help pay for electrical service enhancements to the South Lake Union wharf.
1.5 King County Youth Sports Facility Grant	Cumulative Reserve Subfund - Unrestricted Subaccount (00164)	$50,000
This $50,000 grant from the King County Youth Sports Facility Grant (YSFG) program will help to renovate the Fort Lawton baseball field. It will be used in conjunction with CRF funding for the DPR Minor Ballfield Improvements project.
1.6 Immunex	Shoreline Park Improvement Fund (33110)	$27,706
This grant from Immunex will support the development of a youth ballfield at the Smith Cove park.
1.7 Department of Social and Health Services	Human Services Operating Fund (16200)	$40,124
Hopelink, the contractor with the State’s Department of Social and Health Services, has determined that the City’s Help for Working Families Initiative is eligible to receive Basic Food Education and Outreach funding. Help for Working Families, which helps low income individuals access public support, has included Basic Food as a program from its inception. HSD has been authorized to request reimbursement of departmental expenses up to a maximum of $40,124, based on the number of people we screen for Basic Food, as well as the number of applications we initiate and submit.

1.8 Seattle Public Utilities	Human Services Operating Fund (16200)	$49,350
Seattle’s Everyone Can Conserve program is designed to provide water conservation benefits to single family low-to-moderate income homeowners through 2010, as determined by Ordinance 120532. This will accept funds in the amount of $49,350 through a reimbursable agreement with Seattle Public Utilities to support the first Phase II project of the Homeowner Water Conservation Project. Phase II builds on the success of Pilot #1 which focused on utility assistance and SPU water consumption database screening to determine eligibility, and which was completed in 2004. In the Phase II project, Seattle Public Utilities will provide low-flow toilets to low-income single family households identified by the Utility Assistance Program in the Human Services Department. HSD will also develop an outreach plan and coordinate with community-based organizations to identify potentially eligible households and provide program information. There are no new positions associated with this request.
1.9 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	Housing Operating Fund (16600)	$112,024
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has previously granted the Office of Housing an annual amount of operating support to partially cover staffing and supply costs associated with the administration of the Sound Families Initiative. An additional grant has been offered in the amount of $112,024 to cover additional costs including a time-limited internship, database consulting, and pass-through funds to support training for Sound Families grantees, and the Office of Housing is seeking additional appropriation authority in order to utilize this grant.
1.10 King County Conservation District	General Subfund (00100)	$50,000
This item would accept $50,000 from the King Conservation District (KCD) for the Office of Sustainability and Environment to assist in a private/public collaboration to design, construct, and monitor several green roofs in Seattle. This grant will enable the City to better evaluate the potential costs and benefits of green roofs, to assist in developing possible City incentives for green roofs, and to develop educational materials for the public on green roofs. The funds have been allocated, but KCD requested that the City return to the Board once a site partner had been found so that the official granting of the funds could take place. No matching funds are required for this grant.

1.11 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation	City Light Fund (41000)	$200,000
This item accepts a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ("NFWF") for salmonid habitat acquisition projects in the Skagit River Watershed. This reimbursable grant will increase budget authority for habitat projects in Seattle City Light’s (SCL’s) Capital Improvement Program. These projects are in continuance of the City’s Early Action Program (EAP), approved by Resolution 29905, which the City developed and implemented in partial response to the listings of Puget Sound Chinook and Puget Sound Bull Trout as threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act. Elements of the EAP focus on habitat preservation and restoration projects, and SCL continues to actively pursue habitat projects in the Skagit and Tolt watersheds as authorized by Ordinance 120618 and Ordinance 121114. There is a 200% match requirement of $400,000 that will be met from City Light’s current 2005 budget.

1.12 Salmon Recovery Funding Board	City Light Fund (41000)	$155,000
This item accepts a grant from the Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) for salmonid habitat restoration projects in the Skagit River Watershed. This reimbursable grant will increase budget authority for habitat projects in Seattle City Light’s (SCL’s) Capital Improvement Program. These projects are in continuance of the City’s Early Action Program (EAP), approved by Resolution 29905, which the City developed and implemented in partial response to the listings of Puget Sound Chinook and Puget Sound Bull Trout as threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act. Elements of the EAP focus on habitat preservation and restoration projects, and SCL continues to actively pursue habitat projects in the Skagit and Tolt watersheds as authorized by Ordinance 120618 and Ordinance 121114. The Washington State SRFB administers grant funds for the purpose of salmon recovery.
1.13 King Conservation District	Transportation Operating Fund (10310)	$19,688
This item accepts a reimbursable grant from the King Conservation District for habitat enhancement along the banks of the Duwamish River for the 1st Avenue South Boat Ramp project (TC366190). The King Conservation District is a special purpose district that supports certain conservation activities authorized and described in RCW 89.08.220. In 2005, the City of Seattle was awarded an amended $19,688 grant to perform habitat improvements as part of an existing project. The work will remove existing rubble and contaminated sediment and place gravel to provide a more natural shoreline habitat. The grant will reimburse expenses related to this additional work that was performed as part of an existing construction contract for repairs of the First Ave S Boat Ramp. There is no local match requirement.
1.14 State of Washington	General Subfund (00100)	$1,290
The State of Washington provides limited direct support to local EMS programs. This grant will be used for medical supplies used in the Medic One program.

1.15 King County	General Subfund (00100)	$362
This funding from King County is to pay for an SFD trainer to provide instruction for use of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) to collect, record, and report incident management data. NIMS is the system used by the Seattle Fire Department that is now being required for all Homeland Security-funded Departments.
1.16 Medic One Foundation	General Subfund (00100)	$22,877
Over the course of the last several years, the Medic One Foundation has supported a position to review emergency call management including adherence to, and improvement of, protocols for call taking, analysis, and dispatch. This position has primary responsibility for Quality Assurance and reports directly to the Deputy Chief of the Fire Alarm Center (FAC). This position is included in the Fire Department’s 2005 budget and this grant will provide for roughly half of those costs.
1.17 Downtown Seattle Association	General Subfund (00100)	$45,000
This item accepts a grant from the Downtown Seattle Association (DSA) in the amount of Forty-five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) to support the Seattle Municipal Court’s Community Court program. Resources from the grant will support two positions in the Court’s Community Court program.   The first is a Strategic Advisor 2 position that coordinates the Community Court program among City departments and the downtown community participating in this pilot. The second is a Probation Counselor II position that will coordinate the caseload of the community court when it is in operation. In the adopted budget these positions have been funded for only the first quarter of 2005, with future support contingent upon securing outside resources. The DSA grant will fund these positions for the second quarter of 2005. The grant funds, when received, shall be deposited into the General Subfund as part of an agreement with DSA for financial assistance to, and as reimbursement for, Court Administration of this program. DSA's funding of the Community Court for the second quarter of 2005 is contingent on the City funding the 3rd and 4th quarters of 2005.
1.18 U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security/Office of Domestic Preparedness	General Subfund (00100)	$246,114
This reimbursable grant funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Domestic Preparedness, under the pass-through State Homeland Security Program, will provide the Department with greatly enhanced video capabilities to support deterrence and/or response to a terrorist incident. The $246,114 grant will support the cost of equipment purchase and does not require a local match. The video equipment to be purchased will allow on-site monitoring of rescue and recovery efforts and will also support forensic assessment of video documentation in support of follow-up investigations. There are no sustainability issues with this grant.

1.19 U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security/Office of Domestic Preparedness	General Subfund (00100)	$89,359
This reimbursable grant funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Domestic Preparedness, under the pass-through State Homeland Security Program, will enable the City’s Emergency Operations Center to develop a high-speed regional communications network made up of volunteer operators communicating over amateur radio channels. This network will significantly expand communications capability in times of high message volume, while providing critical backup in the event other communications channels are compromised. The $89,359 grant will support the cost of equipment purchase and does not require a local match. There are no sustainability issues with this grant.
1.20 Refugee Women’s Alliance	General Subfund (00100)	$1,000
This $1,000 grant will supplement the $4,000 video grant accepted in item 1.14 of Ordinance 121681 and appropriated in item 3.14 of the companion Ordinance 121680 (the Fourth Quarter 2004 Budget Supplemental). The video in question, part of the Unspoken Truth series, is designed to educate and deter sexual assault among Mandarin-speaking women. There is no matching requirement nor are there any sustainability issues with this grant supplement.
1.21 Washington State Emergency Management Division	General Subfund (00100)	$2,000
This $2,000 grant will supplement the $94,000 Public Audible Warning System (PAWS) grant accepted in item 1.17 of Ordinance 121681 and appropriated in item 3.17 of the companion Ordinance 121680 (the Fourth Quarter 2004 Budget Supplemental). The PAWS is designed to provide emergency managers with the capability to make public announcements to citizens who happen to be outside in public spaces during the aftermath of a natural disaster or other emergent event. There is no matching requirement nor are there any sustainability issues with this grant supplement.
1.22 King County	General Subfund (00100)	$1,198,560
This reimbursable grant to the Police Department will pay for five new police officers. These positions will provide traffic control services to mitigate the impacts of closure of the Metro Tunnel beginning in September 2005, as that facility is retrofitted to accommodate Sound Transit Light Rail. The grant resources are from King County and will pay the personnel, equipment, and ongoing support costs for 1.0 FTE Police Sergeant-Motorcycle and 4.0 FTE Police Officer-Motorcycle positions for a period of 25 months. The grant will also provide funding for approximately 2,900 hours of police overtime that will allow the Department to address peak workload requirements related to the Tunnel closure. The FTE positions will sunset when the funding expires.
1.23 U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security/Office of Domestic Preparedness	Information Technology Fund (50410))	$657,000
This reimbursable grant funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Domestic Preparedness, under the pass-through State Homeland Security Program, will enable the City of Seattle to perform with King County a one-time test of the processes and procedures to restore hardware, mission-critical applications, and infrastructure for both agencies. $300,000 of the $657,000 grant will be used to ensure a restoration process is completed in the event of a disaster that eliminates the use of the City of Seattle and King County Data Centers. The City of Seattle has a direct connection to the Intergovernmental Network (IGN) and could compromise the security of the system. $357,000 of the $657,000 grant will be used to provide the City with a first phase of key network management incident response tools to defend critical technology infrastructure against cyber attacks.