CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle Public Utilities, or designee, to execute an agreement between Seattle Public Utilities and the King County Flood Control Zone District for the South Park Interim Flood Preparedness and Response Program; amending Ordinance 126955, which adopted the 2024 Budget; changing appropriations to Seattle Public Utilities; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
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WHEREAS, the Duwamish River flooded the South Park neighborhood in December 2022 due to a combination of factors including higher-than-average tides, rain runoff, and melting snow, damaging local homes and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the South Park neighborhood, which is home to low-income, immigrant, refugee, and unsheltered people and is 74 percent people of color, has experienced previous flooding, as well as environmental and health damages due to historical inequities and industrial contamination; and
WHEREAS, the South Park neighborhood provides the bulk of the 6,900 jobs that are part of Seattle’s Duwamish manufacturing/industrial center; and
WHEREAS, the King County Flood Control Zone District is a quasi-municipal corporation of the State of Washington, authorized to provide funding and support for flood risk reduction projects within King County; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle Public Utilities, or designee, is authorized to execute, for and on behalf of The City of Seattle, the agreement between Seattle Public Utilities and King County Flood Control Zone District entitled Interlocal Agreement for the South Park Interim Flood Preparedness and Response Program, attached to this ordinance as Attachment 1.
Section 2. To pay for necessary costs and expenses in 2024, but for which insufficient appropriations were made due to causes that could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of the making of the 2024 Budget, appropriations for the following items in the 2024 Budget are increased from the funds shown, as follows:
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Item |
Fund |
Department |
Budget Summary Level |
Amount |
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2.1 |
Drainage & Wastewater Fund (44010) |
Seattle Public Utilities |
Utility Service and Operations (BO-SU-N200B) |
$1,473,000 |
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Total |
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$1,473,000 |
Section 3. Any act 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 a 3/4 vote of all the members of 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)
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Interlocal Agreement for the South Park Interim Flooding Preparedness Response Program