SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: Res 32222

• Record No: Res 32222
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution (Res)
• Status: In Committee
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Select Budget Committee
• Title: A resolution adopting new principles to guide the City Light Department and the City Budget Office in preparing and authorizing budget contingencies supported by revenues from the Washington State Clean Fuel Standard.
• Sponsors: Dan Strauss
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A - Fleet Design Condensed Racial Equity Toolkit, 3. Summary Att B - Multi-Family EV Charging Design Concept Condensed Racial Equity Toolkit, 4. Summary Att C - Public Charging EV Racial Equity Toolkit

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/20/2026	1	City Council	referred
10/19/2026	1	City Clerk	sent for review
10/19/2026	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
9/22/2026	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

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The City of Seattle
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A resolution adopting new principles to guide the City Light Department and the City Budget Office in preparing and authorizing budget contingencies supported by revenues from the Washington State Clean Fuel Standard.
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Recitals:
Resolution 30357 established contingent authority in the department currently known as the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections for budget and positions to allow prompt response to unanticipated changes in demand for permitting, plan review, and inspection.
Resolution 31627 established contingent authority in the Seattle Department of Transportation to meet demand for services in excess of the level planned in the biennial budget for the Street Use Division.
Chapter 70A.535 RCW establishes a Clean Fuels Program and RCW 70A.535.080 authorizes electric utilities to generate and sell credits based on electricity supplied for transportation.
Washington Administrative Code 173-424-220 provides a mechanism for a utility to generate revenue from sale of these credits.
Chapter 70A.535 RCW and RCW 70A.535.080 require net proceeds from such credit sales conducted by a utility be used to support transportation electrification activities within its service territory.
RCW?70A.535.080 mandates directing at least 30 percent of expenditures to federally designated nonattainment zones or Department of Health-identified disproportionately impacted communities.
The Transportation Electrification Strategic Investment Plan, adopted by the City Council in Resolution 32160, embeds equity as a guiding principle for spending revenue from Clean Fuel Standard credits.
RCW 35.92.450 and Seattle Municipal Code 21.53.015 authorize the City Light Department as a municipal utility to adopt and implement transportation electrification plans and associated incentives, programs, policies, and other mechanisms that ...