CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION _________________
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A RESOLUTION establishing a 5-year budget review process and approving the proposed budget framework of the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission for its fiscal years 2015 through 2018.
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WHEREAS, on March 30, 1984, The City of Seattle and the Province of British Columbia signed an agreement settling their long-standing dispute over the proposed construction of the High Ross Dam; and
WHEREAS, Appendix D to that agreement provided for the establishment of the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission to administer the Skagit Environmental Endowment Fund established by the City of Seattle and the Province of British Columbia; and
WHEREAS, in 1985, the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission was duly constituted with four members appointed by the Mayor of Seattle and four members appointed by the Premier of British Columbia; and
WHEREAS, Article II of Appendix D establishing the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission provided that the annual budget of the Commission shall be subject to review and approval by the City of Seattle and British Columbia; and
WHEREAS, the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission, to enhance both program delivery and accountability, operates on a 5-year planning and budgeting basis; and
WHEREAS, Article II of Appendix D requires Seattle City Light to supplement the fund by an annual, inflation-adjusted payment, and this is anticipated in the City's 2015 Adopted Budget in the Purchased Power Budget Control Level; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has agreed upon its budget framework for fiscal years 2015 through 2018; and
WHEREAS, the budget framework of the Commission for fiscal years 2015 through 2018 has been duly reviewed by the City Council and the Mayor; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THE MAYOR CONCURRING, THAT:
Section 1. Henceforth, review and approval of the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission (SEEC) budget shall be satisfied through Council resolution on the basis of SEEC's 5-year budget framework. This year, approval is for the four remaining years of the SEEC 2014-2018 5-Year Strategic Plan. In future years, Council approval of the SEEC budget will be based on SEEC's 5-Year Strategic Plan period. SEEC will continue to submit to the Council and Mayor an annual report documenting prior year accomplishments and current year plans.
Section 2. The budget framework for the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission (SEEC) fiscal years 2015-2018 (April 1, 2015-March 31, 2019) as set forth in a document attached to this Resolution, is hereby approved by the City of Seattle. City of Seattle contributions to the SEEC budget for fiscal years 2015-2018 shall be subject to Council approval by ordinance of the City's annual budget.
Section 3. Projected expenditures in any given year's SEEC budget may be carried forward into the following fiscal year. The SEEC budget framework will be resubmitted to the City Council only if the cumulative amounts for projects and administrative expenditures are expected to be exceeded within the SEEC 5-year budget framework. SEEC may amend individual contracts and contingency amounts, provided the cumulative changes do not exceed the total budget identified in the 5-year budget framework. Individual project funds shall be available for authorized reimbursements to contractors until projects are completed and contracts closed out within the times specified in the contracts.
Adopted by the City Council the ____ day of ____________________, 2015, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this________ day
of ______________________, 2015.
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President ___________of the City Council
THE MAYOR CONCURRING:
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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)
Attachment 1: 2014-18 Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission Budget Framework