CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE________________
COUNCIL BILL_______________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to execute an Interlocal Agreement with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians.
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WHEREAS, the Kalispel Tribe of Indians ("the Tribe") is an independent sovereign tribe whose historic lands and heritage range in and around Pend Oreille County, Washington and are adjacent to and overlap the Boundary Hydroelectric Project; and
WHEREAS, the Tribe operates the Kalispel Career Training Center ("KCTC") whose purpose is to increase the Tribe's Workforce Enhancement Initiative through apprenticeship and pre apprenticeship training, mentoring, and job shadowing to all community members; and
WHEREAS, the Tribe's Workforce Enhancement Initiative exists to develop skills for Tribal and community members, in order to ensure a skilled workforce for the community and to the benefit of the Boundary Hydroelectric Project; and
WHEREAS, The City of Seattle needs and recognizes the importance of a skilled and viable workforce for the Boundary Hydroelectric Project, and supports cultural diversity in the community and its workforce through The City of Seattle's Race and Social Justice Initiative; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the City Light Department, or designee, is authorized to execute for and on behalf of The City of Seattle the Interlocal Agreement substantially in the form of Attachment 1 to this ordinance.
Section 2. 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 _________________________, 2025, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this ________ day of _________________________, 2025.
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