Record No: CB 118453    Version: Council Bill No: CB 118453
Type: Ordinance (Ord) Status: Passed
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 8/17/2015
Ordinance No: Ord 124838
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2015 Budget; amending Ordinance 124648, which adopted the 2015 Budget, including the 2015-2020 Capital Improvement Program (CIP); changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; creating new appropriations; adding new projects; revising project allocations for certain projects in the 2015-2020 CIP; creating both exempt and nonexempt positions; abrogating positions, modifying positions, making cash transfers between various City funds; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
Sponsors: Nick Licata
Attachments: 1. Att A - Center City Gateway and South Michigan Street Intelligent Transportation System, 2. Att B - Sound Transit Lynnwood - City Light v2, 3. Att C - Georgetown Steamplant Access Road v2, 4. Att D - Denny Substation Tenant Improvements, 5. Att E - Diablo Dam Spill Gate Trunnion Upgrades, 6. Att F - City Center Connector Streetcar - City Light, 7. Att G - Boundary Swithyard - BPA Reliability Improvements
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A - Detail Table v2, 3. Central Staff Memo (7/29/15), 4. Signed Ord 124838

CITY OF SEATTLE

ORDINANCE __________________

COUNCIL BILL __________________

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AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2015 Budget; amending Ordinance 124648, which adopted the 2015 Budget, including the 2015-2020 Capital Improvement Program (CIP); changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; creating new appropriations; adding new projects; revising project allocations for certain projects in the 2015-2020 CIP; creating both exempt and nonexempt positions; abrogating positions, modifying positions, making cash transfers between various City funds; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The 2015 budget is amended with the creation of a new budget control level added to Attachment A of Ordinance 124648 as follows:

Item

Fund

Department

Budget Control Level

Budget Control Level Purpose

1.1

Wheelchair Accessible Services Fund (12100)

Department of Finance & Administrative Services (FAS)

Wheelchair Accessible Services Program (12100-AW001)

This BCL must be established to increase budget appropriation and disburse monies collected on every taxi, for hire and TNC trip that originates in the City of Seattle. The authority for this program was established by Ordinance 124524.

 

Section 2. The appropriations for the following items in the 2015 budget are reduced from the fund shown, as follows:

Item

Fund

Department

Budget Control Level

Amount

2.1

Health Care Subfund (00627)

Personnel Compensation Trust Subfunds (PCTF)

Health Care (00627-NM000)

 ($41,975)

2.2

General Subfund (00100)

Seattle Department of Human Resources (PER)

Employee Health Services (00100-N2000)

 ($83,174)

Total

($125,149)

 

Section 3. In order to pay for necessary costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred, but for which insufficient appropriations were made due to causes that could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of making the 2015 budget, appropriations for the following items in the 2015 budget are increased from the funds shown, as follows:

Item

Fund

Department

Budget Control Level

Amount

3.1

General Subfund (00100)

Executive

City Budget Office (00100-CZ000)

 $60,000

3.2

General Subfund (00100)

Executive

City Budget Office (00100-CZ000)

 $136,000

3.3

General Subfund (00100)

Department of Neighborhoods (DON)

Community Building (00100-I3300)

 $80,000

3.4

General Subfund (00100)

Department of Neighborhoods (DON)

Community Building (00100-I3300)

 $23,000

3.5

Planning and Development Fund (15700)

Department of Planning and Development (DPD)

Code Compliance (15700-U2400)

 $109,200

3.6

Planning and Development Fund (15700)

Department of Planning and Development (DPD)

Code Compliance (15700-U2400)

 $60,000

3.7

General Subfund (00100)

Ethics and Elections Commission (ETH)

Ethics and Elections (00100-V1T00)

 $32,500

3.8

Wheelchair Accessible Services Fund (12100)

Department of Finance & Administrative Services (FAS)

Wheelchair Accessible Services Program (12100-AW001)

 $1,250,000

3.9

General Subfund (00100)

Finance General (FG)

Support to Operating Funds (00100-2QE00)

 $60,000

3.10

General Subfund (00100)

Finance General (FG)

Support to Operating Funds (00100-2QE00)

 $135,000

3.11

Human Services Operating Fund (16200)

Human Services Department (HSD)

Leadership and Administration (16200-H50LA)

 $135,000

3.12

Municipal Jail Sub fund (00139)

Executive

Municipal Jail Bond Proceeds (00139-MUNIJAIL-BCL)

 $15,000

3.13

Neighborhood Matching Subfund (00165)

Neighborhood Matching Subfund (NMF)

Neighborhood Matching Fund (00165-2IN00)

 $150,000

3.14

Health Care Subfund (00627)

Personnel Compensation Trust Subfunds (PCTF)

Health Care (00627-NM000)

 $31,500

3.15

General Subfund (00100)

Seattle Department of Human Resources (SDHR)

Employment and Training (00100-N1000)

 $56,000

3.16

General Subfund (00100)

Seattle Department of Human Resources (SDHR)

Employee Health Services (00100-N2000)

 $22,600

3.17

City Light Fund (41000)

Seattle City Light (SCL)

Conservation Resources and Environmental Affairs O&M (41000-SCL220)

 $819,000

3.18

Transportation Operating Fund (10310)

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)

General Expense (10310-18002)

 $142,000

3.19

Transportation Operating Fund (10310)

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)

Urban Forestry (10310-17006)

 $141,000

3.20

Transportation Operating Fund (10310)

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)

ROW Management (10310-17004)

 $800,000

3.21

Transportation Operating Fund (10310)

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)

Mobility-Operations (10310-17003)

 $815,600

3.22

Transportation Operating Fund (10310)

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)

ROW Management (10310-17004)

 $500,000

3.23

Transportation Operating Fund (10310)

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)

Mobility-Operations (10310-17003)

 $200,000

3.24

General Subfund (00100)

Seattle Police Department (SPD)

Special Investigations (00100-P7800)

 $110,436

Total

$5,883,836

 

Section 4. The Center City Gateway and South Michigan Street Intelligent Transportation Systems (TC367680) project as described in Attachment A to this ordinance, the Sound Transit Lynnwood - City Light (8471) project as described in Attachment B to this ordinance, the Georgetown Steam Plant Access Road (9233) project as described in Attachment C to this ordinance, the Denny Substation Tenant Improvements (9235) as described in Attachment D to this ordinance, the Diablo Dam Spill Gate Trunnion Upgrades (6610) as described in Attachment E to this ordinance, the City Center Connector Streetcar - City Light (8470) as described in Attachment F to this ordinance, and the Boundary Switchyard - BPA Reliability Improvements (6611) as described in Attachment G to this ordinance are established in the 2015-2020 Adopted Capital Improvement Program.

Section 5.  In order to pay for necessary capital costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred, but for which insufficient appropriations were made due to causes that could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time the 2015 Budget was adopted, the appropriations for the following items in the 2015 Budget are increased from the funds shown, as follows:

Item

Fund

Department

Budget Control Level

 BCL Appropriation Change

CIP Project Name

Allocation (in $000’s)

5.1

City Light Fund (41000)

Seattle City Light (SCL)

Customer Focused - CIP (41000-SCL370)

 $38,000

Sound Transit Lynnwood - City Light (8471)

(($0)) $38

5.2

City Light Fund (41000)

Seattle City Light (SCL))

Power Supply & Environ-mental Affairs - CIP (41000-SCL250)

 $283,000

Georgetown Steam Plant Access Road 99233)

(($0)) $283

5.3

Water Fund (43000)

Seattle Public Utilities (SPU)

Water Resources (43000-C150B)

$8,204,000

Morse Lake Pump Plant project (C1508)

(($18,232)) $26,436

Total

$8,525,000

 

$8,525

 

Section 6.  Contingent upon the execution of the grant or other funding agreement authorized in Section 1 of the ordinance introduced as C.B. ______, and in order to pay for necessary costs and expenses for which insufficient appropriations were made due to causes that could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time the 2015 Budget was adopted, the appropriations for the following items in the 2015 Budget are increased as follows:

Item

Fund

Department

Budget Control Level

Amount

6.1

Planning and Development Fund (15700)

Department of Planning and Development (DPD)

Planning (15700-U2900)

 $45,000

6.2

Planning and Development Fund (15700)

Department of Planning and Development (DPD)

Planning (15700-U2900)

 $110,920

6.3

Park and Recreation Fund (10200)

Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR)

Environmental Learning and Programs (10200-K430A)

 $20,000

6.4

Park and Recreation Fund (10200)

Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR)

Recreation Facilities and Programs (K310D)

 $24,059

6.5

Human Services Operating Fund (16200)

Human Services Department (HSD)

Community Support and Assistance (16200-H30ET)

 $320,000

6.6

Human Services Operating Fund (16200)

Human Services Department (HSD)

Youth and Family Empowerment (16200-H20YF)

 $25,000

6.7

Human Services Operating Fund (16200)

Human Services Department (HSD)

Youth and Family Empowerment (16200-H20YF)

  $545,600

6.8

General Subfund (00100)

Executive

Office of Economic Development (00100-X1D00)

 $70,000

6.9

General Subfund (00100)

Executive

Office of Economic Development (00100-X1D00)

 $85,000

6.10

General Subfund (00100)

Executive

Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (00100-X1N00)

 $50,000

6.11

General Subfund (00100)

Executive

Office of Sustainability and Environment (00100-X1000)

 $39,679

6.12

General Subfund (00100)

Executive

Office of Sustainability and Environment (00100-X1000)

 $75,000

6.13

General Subfund (00100)

Executive

Office of Sustainability and Environment (00100-X1000)

 $15,000

6.14

General Subfund (00100)

Seattle Police Department (SPD)

Chief of Police (00100-P1000)

 $540,000

6.15

General Subfund (00100)

Seattle Police Department (SPD)

Special Operations (00100-P3400)

 $34,341

6.16

General Subfund (00100)

Seattle Police Department (SPD)

Special Operations (00100-P3400)

 $109,865

6.17

General Subfund (00100)

Seattle Police Department (SPD)

Chief of Police (00100-P1000)

 $63,300

6.18

General Subfund (00100)

Seattle Police Department (SPD)

Special Operations (00100-P3400)

 $42,000

Total

 

 

 

$2,214,764

Unspent funds so appropriated shall carry forward to subsequent fiscal years until they are exhausted or abandoned by ordinance.

Section 7. The following new positions, which are exempt from Civil Service and Public Safety Civil Service rules and laws, are created in the Executive Department’s City Budget office, the Seattle Department of Education and Early Learning:

Item

Department

Position Title

Position Status

Positions

7.1

Executive

Fiscal and Policy Analyst

Full-time

1.0

7.2

Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL)

Strategic Advisor 2

Full-time

1.0

7.3

Executive

StratAdvsr2,Exempt

Full-time

1.0

Total

3.0

 

The Mayor or the Mayor’s designee and the Director of Education are authorized to fill these positions subject to applicable personnel rules and laws.

Section 8.  The following new positions are created in the Department of Education and Early Learning, the Department of Planning and Development, the Seattle Department of Human Resources, and the Seattle Police Department:

Item

Department

Position Title

Position Status

Positions

8.1

Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL)

Acctg Tech II-BU

Full-time

1.0

8.2

Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL)

Early Ed Spec, Sr

Full-time

1.0

8.3

Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL)

Early Education Specialist

Full-time

1.0

8.4

Department of Planning and Development (DPD)

Code Compliance Anlyst

Full-time

1.0

8.5

Seattle Department of Human Resources (SDHR)

Personnel Analyst,Sr

Full-time

1.0

8.6

Seattle Department of Human Resources (SDHR)

Admin Spec 2

Part-time

1.0

8.7

Seattle Police Department (SPD)

Pol Ofcr-Patrl

Full-time

1.0

8.8

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)

Civil Engineering Supervisor

Full-time

1.0

Total

8.0

The Mayor or the Mayor’s designee, the Director of Education, the Director of Planning and Development, the Human Resources Director, the Chief of Police, and the Director of Transportation are authorized to fill these positions subject to applicable civil service and personnel rules and laws.

Section 9. Effective July 1, 2015, the following position is increased from part-time status to full-time status in the Department of Neighborhoods:

Item

Department

Position Title

Position #

Position Status

Positions

9.1

Department of Neighborhoods (DON)

Plng&Dev Spec II

10005377

 Full-Time

1.0

Total

 

1.0

 

Section 10. The following position is transferred from the Seattle Police Department to the Human Services Department:

Item

Department

Position Title / #

Position Status

Positions

10.1

Human Services Department (HSD)

Plng&Dev Spec I / 10004846

Full-time

1.0

 

Seattle Police Department (SPD)

Plng&Dev Spec I / 10004846

Full-time

(1.0)

Total

0.0

 

Section 11. Effective July 1, 2015, the following position is abrogated from the Seattle Department of Human Resources:

Item

Department

Position Title / #

Position Status

Positions

11.1

Seattle Department of Human Resources (SDHR)

Personnel Anlyst / 10005530

Part-time

(1.0)

Total

(1.0)

 

Section 12. The appropriations for the following items in the 2015 Budget are modified, as follows: 

Item

Fund

Department

Budget Control Level

Amount

12.1

Information Technology Fund (50410)

Department of Information Technology (DOIT)

Technology Infrastructure (50410-D3300)

 $         190,000

 

General Subfund (00100)

Finance General (FG)

Reserves (00100-2QD00)

 $       (190,000)

12.2

Finance and Administrative Services Fund (50300)

Department of Finance & Administrative Services (FAS)

Business Technology (50300-A4520)

 $         150,000

 

General Subfund (00100)

Finance General (FG)

Reserves (00100-2QD00)

 $       (150,000)

12.3

Human Services Operating Fund (16200)

Human Services Department (HSD)

Public Health Services (16200-H70PH)

 $         400,000

 

General Subfund (00100)

Finance General (FG)

Reserves (00100-2QD00)

 $       (400,000)

Total

$0

                     

                     Section 13.  To support appropriations for items 12.1, 12.2, and 12.3, cash is hereby transferred as shown in the following table:

Item

Fund

Amount

Transferred                (In / Out)

13.1

Information Technology Fund (50410)

$190,000

Transferred In

 

General Subfund (00100)

 ($190,000)

Transferred Out

13.2

Finance and Administrative Services Fund (50300)

$150,000

Transferred In

 

General Subfund (00100)

 ($150,000)

Transferred Out

13.3

Human Services Operating Fund (16200)

$400,000

Transferred In

 

General Subfund (00100)

 ($400,000)

Transferred Out

Total

$0

 

 

Section 14. The appropriations for the following items in the 2015 Budget are modified, as follows:  

Item

Fund

Department

Budget Control Level

Amount

14.1

General Subfund (00100)

Executive

Office of Sustainability and Environment (00100-X1000)

 $          175,000

 

 

Finance General (FG)

Reserves (00100-2QD00)

 $        (175,000)

14.2

Judgment/Claims Subfund (00126)

Judgment/Claims (JC)

Police Action Expenses (00126-JR020)

 $       1,700,000

 

 

 

Litigation Expenses (00126-JR000)

 $     (1,700,000)

14.3

General Subfund (00100)

Seattle Fire Department (SFD)

Grants & Reimbursables (00100-F6000)

 $          307,816

 

 

Seattle Police Department (SPD)

Chief of Police (00100-P1000)

 $        (307,816)

14.4

General Subfund (00100)

Seattle Police Department (SPD)

Compliance and Professional Standards Bureau (00100-P2000)

 $          118,635

 

 

Finance General (FG)

Reserves (00100-2QD00)

 $        (118,635)

14.5

General Subfund (00100)

Seattle Police Department (SPD)

Chief of Police (00100-P1000)

 $            75,000

 

 

Finance General (FG)

Reserves (00100-2QD00)

 $          (75,000)

14.6

General Subfund (00100)

Seattle Police Department (SPD)

Chief of Police (00100-P1000)

 $           140,000

 

 

Finance General (FG)

Reserves (00100-2QD00)

 $         (140,000)

14.7

General Subfund (00100)

Office of City Auditor (AUD)

Office of City Auditor (00100-VG000)

 $           100,000

 

 

Finance General (FG)

Reserves (00100-2QD00)

 $         (100,000)

14.8

City Light Fund (41000)

Seattle City Light (SCL)

Distribution Services (41000-SCL310)

 $       3,100,000

 

 

 

Debt Service (41000-SCL810)

 $     (3,100,000)

14.9

City Light Fund (41000)

Seattle City Light (SCL)

Conservation Resources and Environmental Affairs O&M (41000-SCL220)

 $          352,000

 

 

 

General Expenses (41000-SCL800)

 $        (352,000)

Total

$0

 

Section 15.  Appropriations in the 2015 Adopted Budget and project allocations in the 2015-2020 Adopted Capital Improvement Program as adjusted by subsequent ordinance for the Seattle Department of Transportation, are further modified as follows:

Item

Fund

Budget Control Level

BCL Appropriation Change

CIP Project Name

2015 Project Allocation  (in $000’s)

15.1

Transport-ation Operating fund (10310)

Major Maintenance / Replacement (10310-19001)

$2,017,550

Pavement Microsurfacing (TC367610)

(($2,500))   $4,517

 

 

Street Maintenance (10310-17005)

($2,017,550)

 

 

15.2

Transport-ation Operating fund (10310)

Mobility-Capital (10310-19003)

$0

Center City Gateway and South Michigan Street Intelligent Transportation Systems (TC367680)

(($0))   $5,311

 

 

 

 

Next Generation Intelligent Transportation systems (TC367430)

(($8,821))   $3,510

15.3

Transport-ation Operating fund (10310)

Mobility-Capital (10310-19003)

$0

Cheshiahud Lake Union Trial Project (TC367070) *

(($3,118)) $5,618

 

 

 

 

Burke Gilman Trail Expansion Project (TC364830) *

(($9,011)) $6,511

15.4

Transport-ation Operating fund (10310)

Major Maintenance/Replacement (10310-19001)

$0

Bridge Seismic - Phase III (TC367300)

(($18)) $543

 

 

 

 

Bridge Rehabilitation and Replacement Phase II(TC367450)

(($333)) $660

 

 

 

 

Bridge Rehabilitation and Replacement Program (TC366850)

(($6,557)) $5,705

15.5

Transport-ation Operating fund (10310)

Mobility-Operations (10310-17003)

$419,550

 

 

 

 

Mobility-Capital (10310-19003)

($419,550)

Pedestrian Master Plan-School Safety (TC367170)

(($6,099)) $5,679

15.6

Transport-ation Operating fund (10310)

Mobility-Capital (10310-19003)

$0

Pedestrian Master Plan Implementation (TC367150)

(($7,475)) $8,753

 

 

 

 

Pedestrian Master Plan-New Sidewalks (TC367600)

(($10,319)) $9,041

Net Change

$0

 

$0

*                     Includes 2014 Carry Forward Budget amounts

All allocation modifications in this item shall operate for the purposes of increasing or decreasing the base for the limit imposed by subsection 4(c) of the Ordinance 124648.

Section 16.  Appropriations in the 2015 Adopted Budget and project allocations in the 2015-2020 Adopted Capital Improvement Program as adjusted by subsequent ordinance for Seattle City Light, are further modified as follows:

Item

Fund

Budget Control Level

BCL Appropriation Change

CIP Project Name

Project Allocation  (in $000’s)

16.1

City Light Fund (41000)

Power Supply & Environmental Affairs - CIP (41000-SCL250)

$0

Boundary Powerhouse - Unit 56 Generator Rebuild (6354)

(($3,025))   $5,025

 

 

 

 

Boundary Switchyard - Generator Step-up Transformers (6493)

(($5,165))   $3,165

16.2

City Light Fund (41000)

Power Supply & Environmental Affairs - CIP (41000-SCL250)

$0

Diablo Powerhouse - Rebuild Generator Unit 31 (6422)

(($1))   $11,001

 

 

 

 

Diablo Powerhouse - Rebuild Generator Unit 32 (6423)

(($11,495))   $495

16.3

City Light Fund (41000)

Power Supply & Environmental Affairs - CIP (41000-SCL250)

$0

Boundary U55 Exciter Replacement (6602)

(($199))   $1,399

 

 

 

 

Boundary U56 Exciter Replacement (6603)

(($1,250))   $50

16.4

City Light Fund (41000)

Power Supply & Environmental Affairs - CIP (41000-SCL250)

$5,400,000

Equipment Fleet Replacement (9101)

((4,283))   $8,133

 

 

 

 

North and South Service Center Improvements (9107)

(($459))   $1,409

 

 

 

 

Facilities Infrastructure Improvements (9156)

(($369))   $969

 

 

Conservation Resources and Environmental Affairs O&M (41000-SCL220)

($5,400,000)

Programmatic Conservation (2250)

(($35,040))   $29,640

16.5

City Light Fund (41000)

Power Supply & Environmental Affairs - CIP (41000-SCL250)

$1,500,000

North Service Center Interim Work (9220)

(($327))   $1,827

 

 

Customer Focused - CIP (41000-SCL370)

($1,500,000)

Advanced Metering Infrastructure (8426)

(($14,002))  $12,502

16.6

City Light Fund (41000)

Customer Focused - CIP (41000-SCL370)

$1,000,000

Network Additions and Services: Broad Street Substation (8363)

(($6,359))   $8,359

 

 

 

 

Large Overhead and Underground Services (8365)

(($3,638))   $2,838

 

 

 

 

Small Overhead and Underground Services (8367)

(($6,015))   $5,815

16.7

City Light Fund (41000)

Customer Focused - CIP (41000-SCL370)

$1,250,000

Medium Overhead and Underground Services (8366)

(($10,754))   $13,254

 

 

Transmission and Distribution - CIP (41000-SCL360)

 

Dallas Ave. 26 kV Crossing (8322)

(($1,575))   $325

16.8

City Light Fund (41000)

Power Supply & Environmental Affairs - CIP (41000-SCL250)

$66,000

Georgetown Steam Plant Access Road (9233) *

(($283))   $349

 

 

 

 

Skagit Facility - Minor Improvements Program (6405)

(($3,188))   $3,122

Net Change

$0

 

 

*                     Additional Funding for this CIP project was included as part of new CIP appropriations in section 5, item 5.2.

All allocation modifications in this item shall operate for the purposes of increasing or decreasing the base for the limit imposed by subsection 4(c) of the Ordinance 124648.

Section 17.  In accordance with RCW 35.32A.060, by reason of the facts above stated, some of 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 2015 Budget.

Section 18.  Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken prior to its effective date is hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

 

 

 

Section 19.  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.

 

                                                                                                         _________________________________

                                                                                                         President __________of the City Council

 

                     Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2015.

 

_________________________________

                                                                                                         Edward B. Murray, Mayor

 

                     Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2015.

 

____________________________________

                                                                                                         Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

 

(Seal)

Attachments:

Attachment A - Center City Gateway and South Michigan Street Intelligent Transportation System

Attachment B - Sound Transit Lynnwood - City Light

Attachment C - Georgetown Steam Plant Access Road

Attachment D - Denny Substation Tenant Improvements

Attachment E - Diablo Dam Spill Gate Trunnion Upgrades

Attachment F - City Center Connector Streetcar - City Light

Attachment G - Boundary Switchyard - BPA Reliability Improvements