Record No: CB 119819    Version: 1 Council Bill No: CB 119819
Type: Ordinance (Ord) Status: Passed
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 8/10/2020
Ordinance No: Ord 126125
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing, in 2020, acceptance of funding from non-City sources; authorizing the Mayor or Mayor's designee to accept specified grants, private funding, and subsidized loans and to execute, deliver, and perform corresponding agreements; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Sponsors: Teresa Mosqueda
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A - 2Q Grant Acceptance Ordinance Summary Detail Table, 3. Signed Ordinance 126125, 4. Affidavit of Publication

CITY OF SEATTLE

ORDINANCE __________________

COUNCIL BILL __________________

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AN ORDINANCE authorizing, in 2020, acceptance of funding from non-City sources; authorizing the Mayor or Mayor’s designee to accept specified grants, private funding, and subsidized loans and to execute, deliver, and perform corresponding agreements; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The Mayor or the Mayor’s designee is authorized to accept the following non-City funding from the grantors listed below; and to execute, deliver, and perform, on behalf of The City of Seattle, agreements for the purposes described below. The funds, when received, shall be deposited in the receiving funds identified below to support future appropriations, or in support of, or as reimbursement for, the corresponding appropriations set forth in the ordinance introduced as Council Bill 119818.

Item

Department

Grantor

Purpose

Fund

Amount

1.1

Department of Education and Early Learning

Casey Family Programs

The Casey Family Programs grant supports both Black male achievement through the Our Best program and school climate at Seattle Public Schools (SPS) through Whole Child-Whole Day contracted work.

General Fund (00100)

$346,250

1.2

Department of Neighborhoods

State of Washington's Office of Financial Management (OFM)

This grant is an amendment to increase an existing OFM grant to expand the scope of the Census 2020 outreach to include designing and implementing outreach and engagement services, especially for low-response neighborhoods.

General Fund (00100)

$110,000

1.3

Executive (Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs)

Seattle Housing Authority

This grant supports the participation of SHA residents in the New Citizen Program, which provides assistance to income-qualified individuals to apply for naturalization using a case management model.

General Fund (00100)

$47,256

1.4

Executive (Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs)

Washington State Department of Social and Human Services (DSHS)

This increment increases an existing 2019-2020 grant award (for the time period from July 2019 to June 2020) which supports the participation of state benefit recipients in the New Citizen Program, which provides assistance to income-qualified individuals to apply for naturalization using a case management model.

General Fund (00100)

$59,300

1.5

Executive (Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs)

Open Society Foundations

This funding will support a short-term (up to 1 year) contract with an Emergency Coordinator to serve as a clearinghouse and resource reference for information relevant to city response to COVID-19 impacts on immigrant communities nationwide.

General Fund (00100)

$90,000

1.6

Executive (Office of Planning and Community Development)

Washington Department of Commerce

The goal of the housing action plan is to encourage construction of additional affordable and market rate housing in a greater variety of housing types and at prices that are accessible to a greater variety of incomes.

General Fund (00100)

$100,000

1.7

Executive (Office of Sustainability and Environment)

Washington Department of Health

This funding will support the Fresh Bucks incentives for SNAP recipients. This proposal provides funding to support the SNAP Market Match benefit - a benefit that was used by 3,479 SNAP participants to purchase fruits and vegetables in 2019.

General Fund (00100)

$154,250

1.8

Executive (Office of Sustainability and Environment)

Institute of Market Transformation

This funding will support a building retrofit accelerator pilot program, including scoping financing mechanisms. This would aim to help building owners with limited access to funding make energy improvements to their properties.

General Fund (00100)

$45,000

1.9

Seattle Police Department

Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs (WASPC) Traffic Safety Grant

This funding will be used to purchase 3 LIDAR scanners for the Traffic Unit.

General Fund (00100)

$6,996

1.10

Seattle Police Department

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Securing the Cities Grant)

This funding supports the establishment of a multi-jurisdictional radiological and nuclear detection program. The funding will be used for personnel costs as well as supplies and travel.

General Fund (00100)

$1,525,007

1.11

Seattle Police Department

U.S. Department of Justice - Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program

This funding will supplement existing funds for Law Enforcement to respond to, prevent, and recover from the Coronavirus.

General Fund (00100)

$1,336,920

1.12

Department of Finance and Administrative Services

Washington State Department of Ecology

This funding will support the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in City facilities in accordance with the 2019-2024 adopted CIP program. 

Finance and Administrative Services Fund (50300)

 $118,000

1.13

Seattle City Light

National Park Service Save America's Treasures Grant

This grant will be used to rehabilitate the exterior's deteriorating historic concrete. This work will extend the building’s life, protect priceless early era electrical equipment, and allow more public use than currently programmed.

Light Fund (41000)

 $500,000

1.14

Seattle Parks and Recreation

Washington Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)

This grant will be used to expand capacity at Green Lake Small Craft Center. This proposal supports a new two-story 11,600 sf boathouse. The project will occur entirely on City property.

Park And Recreation Fund (10200)

$500,000

1.15

Seattle Parks and Recreation

Associated Recreation Council (ARC)

This donation supports the Major Projects Challenge Fund Master project (MC-PR-21002), and will be used towards renovations intended to expand capacity at the Green Lake Small Crafts Center (GLSCC)

Park And Recreation Fund (10200)

$2,250,000

1.16

Seattle Center

Federal Transit Administration

This funding from the federal CARES Act is intended to help transit operations for the Seattle Center Monorail that have been impacted by COVID-19.

Seattle Center Fund (11410)

$1,605,801

1.17

Seattle Department of Transportation

Federal Transit Administration

This funding from the federal CARES Act is intended to help transit operations for the Seattle Streetcar that have been impacted by COVID-19.

Seattle Streetcar Operations (10800)

$688,201

Total

$9,482,981

Section 2. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken after its passage and prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.

Section 3. 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 _________________________, 2020, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2020.

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President ____________ of the City Council

Approved by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2020.

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Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor

Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2020.

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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

(Seal)