Record No: Res 32136    Version: 1 Council Bill No:
Type: Resolution (Res) Status: Adopted
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 9/3/2024
Ordinance No:
Title: A RESOLUTION relating to Seattle Public Utilities; adopting a 2025-2030 Strategic Business Plan for Seattle Public Utilities; and endorsing a three-year (2025-2027) rate path and a subsequent, three-year (2028-2030) rate forecast to support the Strategic Business Plan Update.
Sponsors: Joy Hollingsworth
Attachments: 1. Att 1 – SPU 2025-2030 Strategic Business Plan Update, 2. Att 1 Appendix A - 2025-2030 Highlighted Initiatives and Investments Detail, 3. Att 1 Appendix B – Community Research and Outreach Summary, 4. Att 1 Appendix C – Financial Forecast, 5. Att 1 Appendix D - Affordability and Accountability Overview, 6. Att 1 Appendix E - Customer Review Panel Comment Letter
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Ex A – SPU Financial Summary Report, 3. Summary Ex B - Executive Summary, 4. Presentation (Updated; 6/27/24), 5. Central Staff Memo (7/8/24), 6. Presentation (CRP, 7/10/24), 7. Presentation (Central Staff, 7/10/24), 8. Signed Resolution 32136, 9. Affidavit of Publication
CITY OF SEATTLE
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A RESOLUTION relating to Seattle Public Utilities; adopting a 2025-2030 Strategic Business Plan for Seattle Public Utilities; and endorsing a three-year (2025-2027) rate path and a subsequent, three-year (2028-2030) rate forecast to support the Strategic Business Plan Update.
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WHEREAS, Resolution 31534, approved by the City Council on August 11, 2014, adopted the Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) 2015-2020 Strategic Business Plan; and
WHEREAS, SPU's Strategic Business Plan establishes the utility's vision, mission, and strategic framework, and highlights utility initiatives and investments, and essential service delivery levels; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 31534 also directed SPU to review and update the Strategic Business Plan every three years, adding three years to the Strategic Business Plan and re-evaluating the three-year rate path and subsequent three-year rate forecast; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 31760, approved by the City Council on November 13, 2017, adopted SPU's 2018-2023 Strategic Business Plan Update; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 32000, approved by the City Council on May 10, 2021, adopted SPU's 2021-2026 Strategic Business Plan Update; and
WHEREAS, SPU completed a process to thoroughly review and revise its Strategic Business Plan covering the years 2025 through 2030; and
WHEREAS, that strategic planning update process included extensive collaboration with SPU's Customer Review Panel, employee engagement, and community outreach and research, including stakeholder meetings, business community interviews, non-English-speaking outreach, online surveys, and social media; and
WHEREAS, the resulting proposed 2025-2030 Strategic Business Plan contains an updated, three-year rate path and three-year rate forecast for water, drainage, wastewater, and solid waste rates developed by identifying, evaluating, and recommending reductions and priority additions to current utility expenditures, resulting in average rate ...

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