A RESOLUTION relating to the City Light Department; adopting a 2017-2022 Strategic Plan for the City Light Department and endorsing a six-year rate path required to support the Strategic Plan.
So thank you very much for your testimony of be on the ballot next report into the to the agenda please. Report of the full council agenda item three resolution 31678a resolution relating to the City Light Department adopting a 2017 to 2022 strategic plan for the City Lite Department and endorsing a six year rate path required to support the strategic plan we referred to for Council on July 18th, 2016. Okay, I'm going to turn to Councilmember, so I want to sort of tee this one up and I believe there might be a minute or two amendment or two, and we'll get to that when we get to that controversial one. Thank you, brethren. How this resolution adopt Seattle to the Allied Strategic Plan as amended in the Select Committee. For those who do not know yet, said it. Seattle to Your Light produces a six year strategic plan and updated every two years. The plan looks into the expected cost the utility will incur and recommends a rate increase or decrease to to address those costs. In September, City Light will send us a drafted rate ordinance that actually adopts those rates. And during the budget process, we will pass the up pass the ordinance that actually adopts those budget items, theoretically, both in accordance with the general plan discussed here. The strategic plan anticipates an average rate increase of 4.3% a year over the next three six years, with a rate increase of 5.6% in 2017. But again, those rates are not actually put in place until the council votes on the rate ordinance itself in September. I would like to note also that the Council amended the strategic plan to indicate our intent to address the apprenticeship programs to bring people historically excluded from these jobs, particularly women and people of color, into the field. And as you know, in committee, I again brought forward, as I had done in 2014, an amendment to combine the red clauses to relate uses to differentiate business customers from residential customers into a single rate class. One practical implication of that change would be to relieve regular people, working people of the impact of the rate increase. However, again, that amendment was not you know, I didn't bring it forward for a vote because there wasn't support from council members in. But as I argued then in the context of Washington State having the most regressive tax structure in the country, I do not support increasing the utility rates on regular working class people. I will support the revenue requirements in the strategic plan and will vote in favor of it, of course. But in September I intend to vote against any rate increases if nothing is changed regarding which customers are expected to pay for it. Councilmembers Herbold and Suarez have an amendment. Or rather, Councilmember Herbold had an amendment and Councilmember Waters and has an amendment amendment to the amendment, both of which I fully support. So I suggest we do under discussion over them. President Very good. Councilmember Herbold, would you like to introduce your amendment first? Yes, thank you. And I can with Councilmember Suarez's permission, I could read the language that she has offered together with that amendment that work. For her before you start in your amendment. The word economic is inserted in there correctly. That's correct. Okay. And it wasn't in councilmember words, but since this caption, yours were good. Okay. It's the other way around. It's the other way around. Yeah, but. But we've got it in there now. Okay. Very good. On Councilmember words. Is wise counsel. To do so? Absolutely. So it now read section eight. The council requests that City Light include with its next next strategic plan update a report that identifies the impacts on existing customer rate classes of establishing a single rate class while preserving the existing low income discount program for low income customers. The report should clearly identify any legal, technical or practical issues with establishing such a single class structure, especially as it relates to City Lights franchise agreements with neighboring jurisdictions. The report should include an analysis of the economic impacts to Seattle and the region, and the version that I passed out this after this morning asked that the report come with the next the next ordinance after discussion with council central staff, it was decided that it made more sense for that report to come with the next strategic plan update. Very good. So you're you made a formal motion? I am. I did not. But I. But I will. Thank you. I say as such, all you had to do was say yes, but go ahead. I am moving the amendment to the new Section eight to second. Thank you. Thank you. Has been moved in a second to amend resolution 31678, as stated by Councilmember Herbold. Any further comments? All those in favor of Councilmember Herbals amendment say i. I. Polls say no, the ayes have it. We have an amended resolution. Councilmember Suarez. Did you capture hers as well? Okay. Too many papers in front of me. So. So that amendment captured both yours and hers, correct? Mm hmm. Okay. Very good. Any other comments? Now that we have an amended resolution. 31678. CNN. All those in favor of adopting resolution followed by all those opposed Vote No. The most curious or amended resolution is adopted and the chair will sign it. Thank you very much. Just want to say. Report of the Education, Equity and Governance Committee. Please read the report over Sinosteel. Oh, thank you. They're part of the Education, Equity and Governance Committee agenda item for appointment four or five for appointment of Christopher M Gregg Rich as director of the Office of Intergovernmental Relations. The committee recommends the appointment be confirmed.