CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Technology Matching Fund Program; making allocations and authorizing implementation of certain Technology Matching Fund projects in 2015; providing that 2015 appropriations for the Technology Matching Fund from the Cable Television Franchise Subfund and from the Information Technology Fund shall automatically carry forward into the 2016 fiscal year; allowing that any unspent funds from an individual project may be applied to another Technology Matching Fund project; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle (City) has determined that it is important to enable digital equity, foster broadband adoption, and provide digital opportunities for all its residents, including sufficient access to electronic information, technology literacy, and the application of technology for civic engagement; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 29673 established a Technology Matching Fund Program for such purposes and identified project selection criteria and a process for selecting projects; and
WHEREAS, the City has appropriated $470,000 in the 2015 Adopted Budget (Ordinance 124648) from the Information Technology Fund for the Community Technology Program to implement Technology Matching Fund projects funded by the Cable Television Franchise Subfund; and
WHEREAS, the Community Technology Advisory Board has recommended projects for funding, and the Chief Technology Officer concurs with those recommendations; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Mayor or the Mayor’s designee is hereby authorized to proceed with implementation of the following 22 projects on behalf of The City of Seattle:
|
Organization |
Project |
Allocation |
|
Barton Place Computer Lab |
Barton Place Computer Lab |
$18,477 |
|
Big-Brained Superheroes Club |
Binary Builds Brains in Yesler and Beyond |
$9,500 |
|
Coalition for Refugees from Burma |
Nexus: Connecting Newcomers with Technology |
$28,777 |
|
Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association |
Youngstown Music Program |
$17,770 |
|
Denny Terrace Computer Lab |
Denny Terrace Computer Lab |
$20,047 |
|
East African Community Services |
East African Community ICT Learning Center |
$19,399 |
|
Full Life Care |
Seattle Housing Authority Resident Technology Capacity Building Project |
$24,269 |
|
Georgetown Community Council |
Hey Duwamish! Open Technology for Community Health |
$27,000 |
|
Jefferson Terrace Computer Lab |
Jefferson Terrace Computer Lab |
$15,242 |
|
Kin On Community Health Care |
Kin On SmartLab |
$20,445 |
|
Lazarus Day Center |
Lazarus Day Center Computer Lab |
$9,952 |
|
Literacy Source |
Increasing Digital Literacy for Low Income Adults |
$25,610 |
|
Millionair Club Charity |
Computer Lab Expansion |
$21,800 |
|
Neighborhood House |
Neighborhood House STEM Studio Program |
$15,365 |
|
Sand Point Arts and Cultural Exchange |
Youth and Neighbors Building On-air Community |
$26,579 |
|
Smilow Rainier Vista Clubhouse & Teen Center of Boys & Girls Clubs of King County |
Smilow Rainier Vista Technology Labs |
$21,535 |
|
Sound Child Care Solutions |
T4T (Tech for Teachers) Project |
$18,200 |
|
SouthEast Effective Development |
Tech & Radio Skills Training Project |
$27,000 |
|
The Seattle Globalist |
Globalist Media Workshops & Youth Apprenticeship |
$22,900 |
|
Voices of Tomorrow |
Using Technology to Enhance Teaching & Learning |
$25,033 |
|
Washington Middle School PTSA |
African American Community Development |
$28,700 |
|
Xbot Robotics |
3D Modeling & 3D Printing for Educators/Students |
$26,400 |
Section 2. The Mayor or the Mayor’s designee is authorized to execute contracts and encumber funds in the amount of these allocations.
Section 3. Any portion of the $470,000 allocated to the Technology Matching Fund Program from the appropriation made from the Cable Television Franchise Subfund for the Cable Fee Support to Information Technology Fund Budget Control Level (D160B) and from the appropriation made from the Information Technology Fund for the Office of Electronic Communications Budget Control Level (D4400) in the 2015 Adopted Budget, not spent or encumbered in 2015, shall not lapse at the end of the 2015 fiscal year but shall automatically carry over into the 2016 fiscal year until fully expended, abandoned or reappropriated to other authorized activities; in addition, any unspent funds from an individual project may be applied to another Technology Matching Fund project; provided, however, that the appropriations shall lapse at the end of the 2016 fiscal year unless carried over further by a future ordinance.
Section 4. Any acts done consistent with and after the passage and prior to the effective date of this ordinance are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 5. 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 ________________________, 2015, and
signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this
_____ day of ___________________, 2015.
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President __________of the City Council
Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2015.
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Edward B. Murray, Mayor
Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2015.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)