CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing, in 2016, acceptance of funding from non-City sources; authorizing the heads of the Executive Department, Seattle Department of Transportation, Seattle Fire Department, and Seattle Police Department to accept specified grants and private funding and to execute, deliver, and perform corresponding agreements; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Mayor or the Mayor’s designee, the director of the Seattle Department of Transportation, the Fire Chief, and the Chief of Police, are authorized to accept the following non-City funding from the grantors listed below, and to execute, deliver, and perform, on behalf of The City of Seattle, agreements for the purposes described below. The funds, when received, shall be deposited in the receiving fund identified below to support, or as reimbursement for, the corresponding appropriations set forth in the ordinance introduced as Council Bill 118843.
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Item |
Department |
Grantor |
Purpose |
Amount |
Fund |
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1.1 |
Executive |
The New Venture Fund |
The grant will support the Healthy Babies Bright Futures: Beacon Cities Project (HBBF) and the City's ability to develop and adopt policy and program changes to reduce our residents’ exposures to brain drain chemicals. |
$10,000 |
General Subfund (00100) |
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1.2 |
Seattle Department of Transport-ation (SDOT) |
Regional Mobility Grant program via King County |
The purpose of the grant is to manage demand at over-crowded park-and-ride lots by improving connectivity and mobility. |
$500,000 |
Transport-ation Operating Fund (10310) |
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1.3 |
Seattle Department of Transport-ation (SDOT) |
Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) |
Raise awareness around safety practices, especially for pedestrians, at three local middle schools near principal arterial streets. |
$85,000 |
Transport-ation Operating Fund (10310) |
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1.4 |
Seattle Department of Transport-ation (SDOT) |
State of Washington |
The project was awarded a $7 million state grant from the Connecting Washington Transportation Package. SDOT received authority to accept this grant in Ordinance 125006. |
$3,800,000 |
Transport-ation Operating Fund (10310) |
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1.5 |
Seattle Fire Department (SFD) |
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) |
The funds will provide reimbursement for overtime and backfill costs for participation in the research project and travel costs to attend an annual meeting with FEMA. |
$26,104 |
General Subfund (00100) |
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1.6 |
Seattle Fire Department (SFD) |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) |
The grant will add funding to the current BioWatch program to provide laboratory services for sample testing for the BioWatch program. This program provides air quality testing and monitoring at 16 collector sites and special event locations in the Seattle area and strengthens the response network in Seattle to counter biological terrorism. |
$522,608 |
General Subfund (00100) |
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1.7 |
Seattle Fire Department (SFD) |
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) |
The grant will fund the following: 1) Puget Sound regional preventive Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) training, drills and exercises and equipment purchases, 2) Puget Sound Marine communication training and equipment purchases, and 3) Puget Sound regional marine firefighting and damage control training. |
$2,213,012 |
General Subfund (00100) |
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1.8 |
Seattle Fire Department (SFD) |
State of Washington (State Patrol) |
This grant is provided to support the training of firefighters to minimum safety requirements. |
$11,592 |
General Subfund (00100) |
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1.9 |
Seattle Fire Department (SFD) |
State of Washington Department of Health |
The Prehospital Participation Grant from the Trauma Care Fund provides reimbursement for medical supplies purchased by the SFD Medic One program. |
$1,290 |
General Subfund (00100) |
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1.10 |
Seattle Fire Department (SFD) |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) of Battelle Memorial Institute Northwest |
This reimbursement provides funds for a SFD Firefighter to participate in a Focus and Assessment Group with PNNL for the Emergency Responders Project on handheld Infrared Detectors for Chemical Detection. |
$2,286 |
General Subfund (00100) |
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1.11 |
Seattle Police Department (SPD) |
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission |
This grant funds increased instructor support for boater education to promote water safety. |
$5,000 |
General Subfund (00100) |
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1.12 |
Seattle Police Department (SPD) |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
This grant increase funds the purchase of special operations equipment. |
$29,960 |
General Subfund (00100) |
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Total |
$7,206,852 |
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Section 2. The Director of Seattle Department of Transportation is authorized to accept the following non-City funding from the grantors listed below, and to execute, deliver, and perform, on behalf of The City of Seattle, agreements for the purposes described below.
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Item |
Department |
Grantor |
Purpose |
Amount |
Fund |
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2.1 |
Seattle Department of Transport-ation (SDOT) |
Washington State Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board & Federal Highway Administration |
Design and construction of the South Lander Street Grade Separation project. |
$17,500,000 |
Transport-ation Operating Fund (10310) |
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2.2 |
Seattle Department of Transport-ation (SDOT) |
Federal Highway Administration |
The design and construction of high capacity transit and multimodal improvements in the Madison corridor. |
$4,900,000 |
Transport-ation Operating Fund (10310) |
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Total |
$22,400,000 |
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Section 3. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken prior to its effective date is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by the City Council the ____ day of ________________________, 2016,
and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of ___________________, 2016.
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President __________ of the City Council
Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2016.
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Edward B. Murray, Mayor
Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2016.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)