CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE related to appropriations for the Office of Arts & Culture; amending Ordinance 124927, which adopted the 2016 Budget; and lifting a proviso imposed on the Office of Arts & Culture's Capital Arts Budget Control Level by Seattle City Council Green Sheet 47-1-B-1.
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WHEREAS, the 2016 Adopted City of Seattle Budget included $1,500,000 of capital funding for three nonprofit cultural institutions; and
WHEREAS, this funding was intended to support the construction and renovation of cultural facilities at the Nordic Heritage Museum, the Burke Museum, and Town Hall; and
WHEREAS, the City Council ("Council") adopted a proviso on this funding that no funding could be spent until authorized by future ordinance; and
WHEREAS, Council anticipated that authority would not be granted until the Executive had negotiated and approved the proposed Public Benefit packages related to each project; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Arts & Culture has negotiated and approved Public Benefit agreements with all three institutions to the Executive's satisfaction; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The restrictions imposed by the following budget proviso, which limit spending on the following items, are removed because the conditions set forth in the proviso have been satisfied and they are no longer restrictions for any purpose, including those set forth in Attachment A to Ordinance 124927:
Item
Department
2016 Green Sheet
Proviso
Budget Control Level
1.1
Office of Arts & Culture
47-1-B-1
None of the money appropriated in the 2016 budget for the Office of Arts and Culture's Capital Arts BCL may be spent for the Nordic Heritage Museum, the Burke Museum, or Town Hall projects until authorized by future ordinance. Council anticipates that such authority will not be granted until the Executive provides Council with negotiated contracts detailing the public...
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