CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Central Waterfront Improvement Program; authorizing the Director of the Office of the Waterfront and Civic Projects to execute an agreement with the Washington State Ferry system for the construction of facilities to support electrification of ferry vessels at the Colman Ferry Terminal; amending Ordinance 125724, which adopted the 2019 Budget, including the 2019-2024 Capital Improvement Program (CIP); changing appropriations to the Seattle Department of Transportation; revising revenue allocations and spending plans for certain projects in the 2019-2024 CIP; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 125724, in November 2018, the Council adopted the City’s 2019 Budget, including the 2019-2024 CIP, including funding for the Seattle Central Waterfront Improvement Program (Waterfront Improvements); and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 125760, in January 2019, the City Council (Council) of The City of Seattle (City) established Local Improvement District 6751 (Waterfront LID) with a total assessment of $160 million, plus the amounts necessary to pay the costs of financing; and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 125761, in January 2019, the Council authorized an agreement between the Friends of Waterfront Seattle (Friends) and the City regarding on-going operations and maintenance as well as the amount of philanthropic funding committed by the Friends for construction of the Waterfront Improvements; and
WHEREAS, these actions have necessitated revisions to the funding and spending plans for the Waterfront Improvements as shown in the 2019-2024 CIP; and
WHEREAS, Seattle City Light (SCL) and the Washington State Ferry (WSF) system have entered into a customer agreement to provide electrical service to the Colman Dock Ferry Terminal allowing for electrification of ferry vessels, including the funding, by WSF, of design and construction of capital facilities to allow for this electrical service; and
WHEREAS, SCL and the Office of the Waterfront and Civic Projects have agreed that constructing these facilities during construction of the Waterfront Improvements would be the most efficient method of providing these facilities; and
WHEREAS, since adoption of the 2019 Budget, including the 2019-2024 CIP, additional funding from the Washington State Convention Center and the Washington State Department of Transportation has been committed for design and construction of the Waterfront Improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Alaskan Way Main Corridor project will begin construction in mid-2019; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Director of the Office of the Waterfront and Civic Projects (OWCP), on behalf of the Director of Transportation, is hereby authorized to accept non-City funding and to execute, for and on behalf of The City of Seattle, a memorandum of agreement with WSF for the design and construction of facilities to provide electrical service to the Colman Dock Ferry Terminal as part of the Waterfront Improvements. The funds, when received, shall be deposited in the Central Waterfront Improvement Fund (35900).
Section 2. The Director of the OWCP, on behalf of the Director of Transportation, is authorized to accept the non-City funding from the Washington State Convention Center for public benefit purposes pursuant to the alley vacation petition approved in Clerk File 314338 to design and construct the Pike/Pine Renaissance improvements. The funds, when received, shall be deposited into the Central Waterfront Improvement Fund (35900) to support the corresponding appropriations set forth in Section 3 of this ordinance.
Section 3. 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 2019 Budget was adopted, the appropriations and project allocations for the following items in the 2019 Budget are increased from the funds shown, as follows:
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Item |
Fund |
Budget Summary Level |
Additional Budget Appropriation |
Project Name |
2019 CIP Allocation (in $000's) |
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3.1 |
Transportation Fund (13000) |
Major Projects (BC-TR-19002) |
$2,000,000 |
CWF Alaskan Way Main Corridor (MC-TR-C072) |
(($31,033)) $33,033 |
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3.2 |
Central Waterfront Improvement Fund (35900) |
Major Projects (BC-TR-19002) |
$500,000 |
CWF Overlook Walk and East-West Connections (MC-TR-C073) |
(($5,995)) $6,495 |
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Net Change |
$2,500,000 |
$2,500,000 |
This modification shall operate for the purposes of decreasing or increasing the basis for the limit imposed by subsection 4(c) of Ordinance 125724.
Section 4. Modifications to the 2019-2024 Adopted Capital Improvement Program for the above items and to reflect the changes to the budget necessitated by the formation of the Waterfront LID and the funding agreement with Friends of Waterfront Seattle are as reflected in Attachments A, B, and C to this ordinance.
Section 5. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken after its passage and prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.
Section 6. 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 a 3/4 vote of all the members of the City Council the ____ day of ________________________, 2019, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of ___________________, 2019.
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President __________of the City Council
Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2019.
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Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor
Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2019.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment A - Alaskan Way Main Corridor CIP
Attachment B - Overlook Walk and East-West Connections CIP
Attachment C - Parks Central Waterfront Piers Rehabilitation CIP