Record No: CB 119721    Version: 1 Council Bill No: CB 119721
Type: Ordinance (Ord) Status: Passed
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 12/16/2019
Ordinance No: Ord 126023
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing, in 2019, acceptance of funding from non-City sources; authorizing the heads of the Executive Department, Law Department, Seattle Fire Department, Seattle Police Department, Seattle Public Library, Department of Parks and Recreation, and Seattle Public Utilities to accept specified grants, private funding, and subsidized loans and to execute, deliver, and perform corresponding agreements; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Sponsors: Sally Bagshaw
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A – 2019 4Q Grant Acceptance Ordinance Summary Detail Table, 3. Central Staff Memo, 4. Signed Ordinance 126023, 5. Affidavit of Publication

CITY OF SEATTLE

ORDINANCE __________________

COUNCIL BILL __________________

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AN ORDINANCE authorizing, in 2019, acceptance of funding from non-City sources; authorizing the heads of the Executive Department, Law Department, Seattle Fire Department, Seattle Police Department, Seattle Public Library, Department of Parks and Recreation, and Seattle Public Utilities to accept specified grants, private funding, and subsidized loans 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 City Attorney, the Fire Chief, the Chief of Police, the City Librarian, the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation, and the General Manager & Chief Executive Officer of Seattle Public Utilities 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 funds identified below to support future appropriations, or in support of, or as reimbursement for, the corresponding appropriations set forth in the ordinance introduced as Council Bill 119720.

Item

Department

Grantor

Purpose

Fund

Amount

1.1

Law Department

U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

This grant funds 1.0 FTE Assistant City Prosecutor to provide education and resources to regional law enforcement agencies and courts with regard to DUI programs, policies, and enforcement.

General Fund (00100)

 $167,125

1.2

Executive (Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs)

WA Dept of Social and Health Services

The WA legislature appropriated additional funding for citizenship programming for FY2019-20. This represents the amount that DSHS is adding to OIRA’s existing New Citizen Program contract to increase the naturalization target number and support the higher costs of naturalization activities.

General Fund (00100)

 $262,500

1.3

Executive (Office of Planning and Community Development)

Bullitt Foundation

The purpose of this grant is to support a peer city convening related to equitable development and Comprehensive Plan updates in peer West Coast cities. The event will focus on the plans, policies, and projects that each City is working on in relation to their respective City Plans and Comprehensive Plans, which will be informed and shaped by the peer learning.

General Fund (00100)

 $10,000

1.4

Seattle Fire Department

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the Dept of Homeland Security through the Pierce County Office of Emergency Management

The Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) grant program provides support and funding to maintain the readiness of the National Urban Search & Rescue Response System. US&R Task Force Sponsoring Agencies are directed to use the funding to meet the following objectives: provide task force administration and management, training, equipment cache procurement, and maintenance and storage. FEMA provides funding for the Urban Search and Rescue Task Force (US&R Task Force) (a team of individuals specializing in urban search and rescue, disaster recovery, and emergency triage and medicine) to be deployed to emergency and disaster sites as needed.

General Fund (00100)

 $67,357

1.5

Seattle Fire Department

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the Dept of Homeland Security through King County Office of Emergency Management

The CCTA program objective is to build and sustain capabilities of local, state, tribal and territorial jurisdictions to enhance their preparedness for complex coordinated terrorist attacks by (1) identifying capability gaps related to responding, preventing and preparing for a CCTA, (2) developing plans and processes to identify the gaps, (3) training personnel and the whole community to implement the plans and processes, and (4) conducting exercises to validate capabilities and identify opportunities for corrective action.

General Fund (00100)

 $6,519

1.6

Seattle Fire Department

U.S. Department of Transportation

The purpose of the HMEP grant program is to increase State, Territorial, Tribal and Local effectiveness in safely and efficiently handling hazardous materials incidents, enhance implementation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986 and encourage a comprehensive approach to emergency training and planning by incorporating the unique challenges of responses to transportation situations while protecting against the risks to life, property and the environment.

General Fund (00100)

 $42,184

1.7

Seattle Fire Department

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of Dept of Homeland Security

The objective of the FY 2019 Port Security Grant Program is to provide funding to port authorities, facility operators, and state and local agencies for activities associated with implementing Area Maritime Security Plans (AMSPs), facility security plans, and other port-wide risk management efforts.

General Fund (00100)

 $918,755

1.8

Seattle Fire Department

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the Dept of Homeland Security through the King County Office of Emergency Management

The State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) is a core assistance program that provides funds to build capabilities at the State, local, tribal, and territorial levels, to enhance our national resilience to absorb disruptions and rapidly recover from incidents both natural and manmade as well as to implement the goals and objectives included in State homeland security strategies and initiatives in their State Preparedness Report (SPR). Activities implemented under SHSP must support terrorism preparedness by building or enhancing capabilities that relate to the prevention of, protection from, mitigation of, response to, and recovery from terrorism in order to be considered eligible. However, many capabilities which support terrorism preparedness simultaneously support preparedness for other hazards.

General Fund (00100)

 $360,000

1.9

Seattle Fire Department

FEMA of the Department of Homeland Security through the Washington State Military Department -Office of Emergency Management

The Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Program assists high-threat, high-density Urban Areas in efforts to build and sustain the capabilities necessary to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism. The UASI program is intended to provide financial assistance to address the unique multi-discipline planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise needs of high-threat, high-density Urban Areas, and to assist these areas in building and sustaining capabilities to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of terrorism using the Whole Community approach. Activities implemented with UASI funds must support terrorism preparedness by building or enhancing capabilities that relate to the prevention of, protection from, mitigation of, response to or recovery from terrorism in order to be considered eligible. However, many capabilities which support terrorism preparedness simultaneously support preparedness for other hazards.

General Fund (00100)

 $709,829

1.10

Seattle Fire Department

Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission

Reimbursement provided for King County Sheriff, Police, and other First Responders in accordance with the Mental Illness and Drug Dependency (MIDD) Plan Strategy for Crisis Intervention Training.

General Fund (00100)

 $27,000

1.11

Seattle Fire Department

Federal Emergency Management Agency through Pierce County Office of Emergency Management

The Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) grant program provides support and funding to maintain the readiness of the National Urban Search & Rescue Response System. US&R Task Force Sponsoring Agencies are directed to use the funding to meet the following objectives: provide task force administration and management, training, equipment cache procurement, and maintenance and storage.

General Fund (00100)

 $53,651

1.12

Seattle Fire Department

State of Washington Department of Natural Resources

Provides reimbursement for response to wildland fire incident requests by Resource Order from DNR.

General Fund (00100)

 $34,234

1.13

Seattle Police Department

U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

This item provides funding for the protection of ABS and SWAT officers.

General Fund (00100)

 $427,988

1.14

Seattle Police Department

Washington State Legislature

This allocation is supplemental funding to a Federal grant supporting the Internet Crimes Against Children program.

General Fund (00100)

 $429,000

1.15

Seattle Police Department

Washington Traffic Safety Commission

This item provides funding for impaired driving training.

General Fund (00100)

 $70,000

1.16

Seattle Police Department

U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

This annual grant provides funding to maintain the Northwest Regional Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force to address technology-facilitated child exploitation.

General Fund (00100)

 $606,044

1.17

Seattle Police Department

Washington State Traffic Safety Commission

This item provides funding for overtime related to supplemental traffic enforcement with special emphasis on impaired and distracted driving, seat belt, and motorcycle safety.

General Fund (00100)

 $39,000

1.18

Seattle Police Department

U.S. Department of Justice

This grant provides funding for law enforcement programs aimed at preventing and reducing crime.

General Fund (00100)

 $681,367

1.19

Seattle Police Department

U.S. Department of Justice

This grant provides funding for law enforcement programs aimed at preventing and reducing crime.

General Fund (00100)

 $672,410

1.20

Seattle Police Department

Washington State Military Department, Emergency Management Division

This annual grant assists in sustaining core capabilities for our city-wide emergency management program.

General Fund (00100)

 $407,038

1.21

Seattle Police Department

Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Department of Homeland Security

This item provides funding to continue and enhance The City of Seattle’s ability to prevent, protect, respond, and recover from acts of terrorism as well as other emergency events.

General Fund (00100)

 $2,224,707

1.22

Seattle Police Department

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

This annual grant is used to address gaps in services/operations in King County.

General Fund (00100)

 $327,000

1.23

Seattle Public Library

Washington State Library

This project will focus on the digitization of a portion of our Northwest Photograph Collection. This collection includes an assortment of photographs taken from the late 1800s to the 1960s by photographers such as Asahel Curtis, Webster & Stevens and Frank Jacobs. The Northwest Photograph Collection includes roughly 1,400 photographs of Washington State, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska.

Library Fund (10410)

 $8,000

1.24

Seattle Parks and Recreation

United Way of King County (UWKC)

The grant worked to reduce barriers to participation in the Summer Meals Program.

Park and Recreation Fund (10200)

 $25,000

1.25

Seattle Parks and Recreation

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)

This Grant funding will be used towards removing approximately 130 lineal ft. of failing vertical concrete seawall and nourishing the beach to restore a natural profile.

Park and Recreation Fund (10200)

 $500,000

1.26

Seattle Parks and Recreation

King County Flood Control District

Grant will be used towards construction to continue restoration at Lowman Beach Park located on Puget Sound in West Seattle, and to undertake a feasibility study at Scheuerman Creek in Discovery Park.

Park and Recreation Fund (10200)

 $525,000

1.27

Seattle Parks and Recreation

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)

This grant will be used to replace the existing main dock at GLSCC with a larger dock with two floats, joined by a single gangway.

Park and Recreation Fund (10200)

 $520,000

1.28

Seattle Parks and Recreation

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)

Grant funds will be used to construct two all-gender restrooms, and ADA-accessible pathways and picnic area (with 4 tables) in the 5-acre Terrace area, in the SW section of the garden.

Park and Recreation Fund (10200)

 $500,000

1.29

Seattle Parks and Recreation

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)

This grant will be used to update the field to new standards and materials.

Park and Recreation Fund (10200)

 $350,000

1.30

Seattle Public Utilities

King County Flood Control District

This item would authorize SPU to amend an existing agreement with King County Flood Control District that pays for the South Park Drainage Conveyance Improvement Project. The agreement is retroactive to 2016 and would reimburse SPU for up to $13.1 million of costs.

Drainage and Wastewater Fund (44010)

$13,100,000

1.31

Seattle Public Utilities

King County Flood Control District

This item would authorize SPU to develop and enter into an agreement with King County Flood Control District to provide for the Puget Way Culvert Replacement Project. The agreement is for a term of five years beginning in 2019 and ending in 2024 and will reimburse SPU for up to $1.8 million in costs.

Drainage and Wastewater Fund (44010)

$1,800,000

1.32

Seattle Public Utilities

King County Flood Control District

This item authorizes the Seattle Public Utilities to accept Subregional Opportunity Funds from the King County Flood Control District in the amount of $2,359,843 over the full life of the grant to reimburse SPU for design and construction costs for stormwater control improvements in the Broadview neighborhood where SPU is designing and constructing a supplemental conveyance system to reduce flooding.

Drainage and Wastewater Fund (44010)

$2,359,843

1.33

Executive (Department of Neighborhoods)

Washington State Office of Financial Management

This grant is to support local outreach and 2020 Census participation campaigns through community messengers, targeted especially at historically undercounted populations, as part of a statewide initiative for a more complete count of all Washingtonians. This grant does not require a City match but will complement the City’s existing $50,000 budget for 2020 Census outreach to historically underserved populations using ethnic media.

General Fund (00100)

$100,000

Total

$28,331,551

Section 2. The Superintendent of Parks and Recreation is authorized to accept the following non-City funding from the donor 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 funds identified below to support future appropriations, or in support of or as reimbursement for the corresponding appropriations set forth in the ordinance introduced as Council Bill 119720.

Item

Department

Grantor

Purpose

Fund

Amount

2.1

Seattle Parks and Recreation

Seattle Foundation

The donation must be used for Seward Park.

Park and Recreation Fund (10200)

 $90,000

Total

$90,000

Section 3. The General Manager & Chief Executive Officer of Seattle Public Utilities is authorized to accept a subsidized loan from Federal/State agency 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 existing or future appropriations for the purpose described below.

Item

Department

Grantor

Purpose

Fund

Amount

3.1

Seattle Public Utilities

Washington State Department of Commerce

This item accepts a loan from the Washington State Department of Commerce as awarded by the Public Works Board for up to $10,000,000 to fund the construction of the Pearl Street Combined Sewer project. This project will construct a new 250,000-gallon underground sewage storage tank with associated above ground facilities needed for operations in the west Beacon Hill area of Seattle to help bring the City into compliance with State and Federal regulations. This is an existing SPU project and the acceptance of this loan is not associated with adding new positions or appropriation. This funding will be paid to SPU on a reimbursement basis through the construction of the project. This loan will be paid back over 20 years with a 1.58% interest rate starting when construction is complete.

Drainage and Wastewater Fund (44010)

$10,000,000

Total

$10,000,000

Section 4. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken after its passage and prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.

Section 5. 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 _________________________, 2019, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2019.

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President ____________ of the City Council

Approved by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2019.

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Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor

Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2019.

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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

(Seal)