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 119910.
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Item |
Department |
Grantor |
Purpose |
Fund |
Amount |
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1.1 |
Human Services Department |
Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Emergency Solutions Grant |
This item accepts $3,000,000 of a $26,000,000 award for the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Emergency Solutions Grant provided as part of the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) emergency response. The remaining $23,000,000 of the award is accepted and appropriated in the 2021 Proposed Budget. |
Human Services Fund (16200) |
$3,000,000 |
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1.2 |
Executive (Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs) |
Washington State Department of Social and Human Services |
This item accepts $670,000 in the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs from the Washington State Department of Social and Human Services (DSHS). This award from DSHS is renewed annually, to support case-management-based naturalization assistance for low-income immigrant applicants. This award covers July 2020 - June 2021. Matching funding is not required, but is already budgeted from the General Fund and matching grant funds from the Seattle Housing Authority. |
General Fund (00100) |
$670,000 |
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1.3 |
Seattle Public Utilities |
King County Flood Control District |
This item authorizes Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) to accept Subregional Opportunity Funds from the King County Flood Control District in the amount of $2,763,262 over the full life of the award to reimburse SPU for construction costs for stormwater control improvements in the Broadview neighborhood where SPU is designing and constructing a supplemental conveyance system to reduce flooding. |
Drainage and Wastewater Fund (44010) |
$2,763,262 |
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1.4 |
Seattle Police Department |
WA State Military Department, Emergency Management Division |
This item accepts Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) funds from the Washington State Military Department and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) for federal fiscal year 2020 provides funding to support Seattle’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM), thereby significantly strengthening the City’s ability to deal with natural disasters and other emergencies. |
General Fund (00100) |
$409,882 |
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1.5 |
Seattle Police Department |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
This funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency supports a structural seismic retrofit of an affordable housing facility (Bremer Apartments). This project is to be completed in partnership with Capitol Hill Housing (CHH), the non-profit managing the building. |
General Fund (00100) |
$3,719,417 |
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1.6 |
Executive (Office of Planning and Community Development) |
FTA |
The Pilot Program for TOD Planning provides funding to local communities to integrate land use and transportation planning in new fixed guideway and core capacity transit project corridors. This is a grant that would primarily pay the Office of Planning and Community Development to do land use planning for the light rail line from Ballard to West Seattle. Some of the money could support Seattle Department of Transportation staff involved with this effort. |
General Fund (00100) |
$1,750,000 |
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1.7 |
Seattle Parks and Recreation |
Washington State Department of Commerce |
The purpose of this grant is to provide funding through the Community Services Block Grant under the CARES Act to support response and recovery efforts for COVID-19. |
Park and Recreation Fund (10200) |
$239,393 |
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1.8 |
Seattle Police Department |
WA State Military Department, Emergency Management Division |
This funding from the WA State Military assists state, local, and tribal emergency management activities supporting the prevention of, preparation for, and response to the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency. |
General Fund (00100) |
$140,390 |
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Total |
$12,692,344 |
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)