CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION __________________
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A RESOLUTION approving the proposed budget framework of the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission for Canada fiscal years 2024-2025 through 2028-2029.
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WHEREAS, on March 30, 1984, The City of Seattle and the Province of British Columbia signed an agreement settling their long-standing dispute over the proposed construction of the High Ross Dam; and
WHEREAS, Appendix D to that agreement provided for the establishment of the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission (SEEC) to administer the Skagit Environmental Endowment Fund established by The City of Seattle and the Province of British Columbia; and
WHEREAS, in 1985, SEEC was duly constituted with four members appointed by the Mayor of Seattle and four members appointed by the Premier of British Columbia; and
WHEREAS, Article II of Appendix D established that the annual budget of SEEC shall be subject to review and approval by The City of Seattle and the Province of British Columbia; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 31568 established a five-year budget review and approval process through resolution on the basis of SEEC’s five-year budget framework and strategic plan period; and
WHEREAS, SEEC has agreed upon its budget framework for Canada fiscal years 2024-2025 through 2028-2029; and
WHEREAS, the budget framework of SEEC for Canada fiscal years 2024-2025 through 2028-2029 has been duly reviewed by City Council and the Mayor; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THE MAYOR CONCURRING, THAT:
Section 1. The budget framework for the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission (SEEC) for Canada fiscal years 2024-2025 through 2028-2029 (April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2029), as set forth in Attachment 1 to this resolution, is approved by The City of Seattle.
Section 2. Budgeted expenditures in any given year’s SEEC budget may be carried forward into subsequent fiscal years. The SEEC budget framework may be resubmitted to City Council if the cumulative amounts for projects and administrative expenditures are expected to be exceeded within the SEEC five-year budget framework.
Adopted by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2024, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this ________ day of _________________________, 2024.
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President ____________ of the City Council
The Mayor concurred the ________ day of _________________________, 2024.
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Bruce A. Harrell, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2024.
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Scheereen Dedman, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - SEEC Budget Framework Canada FY2024-2025 to FY2028-2029