CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to grant funds from non-City sources; authorizing the Director of Transportation to accept specified grants and execute related agreements for and on behalf of the City; amending Ordinance 126955, which adopted the 2024 Budget; changing appropriations to the Seattle Department of Transportation and various Budget Control Levels, and from various funds in the Budget; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, on February 28, 2024, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources awarded 2024 Community Forestry Assistance Grant funding to one City of Seattle (“City”) project; and
WHEREAS, on March 28, 2024, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) awarded Multimodal Transportation Account - State Appropriation funding to one City project; and
WHEREAS, these grants require immediate execution of agreements contingent on acceptance of the grants on an expedited schedule in order to deliver on grant obligations by state imposed deadlines for spending the funds or reporting back to the State Legislature; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 35.22.570 and 35A.11.040, the City’s legislative body has the power to accept grants; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation is authorized to accept the following non-City funding from the grantors listed below, and to execute, deliver, and perform agreements for the purposes described. The funding, when received, shall be deposited in the receiving fund identified below to support, or as reimbursement for, the corresponding appropriations set forth in Section 2 of this ordinance.
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Item |
Department |
Fund |
Grantor |
Purpose |
Accept |
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1.1 |
Seattle Department of Transportation |
Transportation Fund (13000) |
Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WA-DNR) |
This grant funds the identification of opportunities, barriers, and public investments needed to support street tree planting in four census tracts apart from those identified under the U.S. Climate & Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) |
$302,278 |
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1.2 |
Seattle Department of Transportation |
Transportation Fund (13000) |
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) |
This grant funds the creation of a digital conflict area awareness management program under the Digital Conflict Area Awareness Management Program (dCAAMP) |
$500,000 |
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$802,278 |
Section 2. Contingent upon the execution of the grant or other funding agreement and receipt of the grant funds authorized in Section 1 of this ordinance, the appropriations for the following items in the 2024 Budget are increased from the funds shown, as follows:
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Item |
Department |
Fund |
Budget Summary Level |
Amount |
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2.1 |
Seattle Department of Transportation |
Transportation Fund (13000) |
Maintenance Operations (BO-TR-17005) |
$302,278 |
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2.2 |
Seattle Department of Transportation |
Transportation Fund (13000) |
Mobility Operations (BO-TR-17003) |
$500,000 |
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Total |
$802,278 |
Unspent funds so appropriated shall carry forward to subsequent fiscal years until they are exhausted or abandoned by ordinance.
Section 3. Any action consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken after its passage and prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Sections 1.04.020 and 1.04.070.
Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2024, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this ________ day of _________________________, 2024.
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President ____________ of the City Council
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Approved / |
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returned unsigned / |
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vetoed this _____ day of _________________, 2024. |
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Bruce A. Harrell, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2024.
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Scheereen Dedman, City Clerk
(Seal)