AN ORDINANCE related to transportation funding; assuming the rights, powers, immunities, functions, and obligations of the Seattle Transportation Benefit District by The City of Seattle; amending Section 3.120.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and repealing Sections 3.120.030, 3.120.040, 3.120.050, and 3.120.060.
The report of the Sustainability and Transportation Committee Agenda Item 11 Council Bill 118667 related to transportation funding, assuming the rights, powers, immunities, functions and obligations of the Seattle Transportation Benefit District by the City of Seattle, amending sections 3.1 20.0 20 of the Shadow Code and repealing section 3.1 20.2 or 30.0 40.0 58.0 60. The committee recommends the bill pass. Thank you. I believe Councilmember Johnson is pinch hitting for Councilmember O'Brien. Thank you. Council President Harrell. So for my colleagues who don't serve on the transportation committee, when the state legislature authorized the creation of transportation benefit districts, they did not at that point allow for local jurisdictions like ours to take on the roles and responsibilities and required us to wear a different hat, as it were, a couple of years later, i.e. a couple of years ago, the state legislature changed our law to allow for local jurisdictions like the city of Seattle, to wear both those hats concurrently and did not require the separation between the benefit district and the city. So this legislation would consolidate the Seattle Transportation Benefit District into the city of Seattle, which has some real benefits for us. Simplifies administration and governance. Eliminates the need for a separate board as well as a separate budget in separate legislation. This could save us money should we go back to the ballot by not requiring us to pay for different administrative costs out of different places? If the legislation is approved today, the city would continue to account and budget for the transportation benefit district revenues as special revenue. It doesn't change the amount that we collect or we spend. It doesn't change it. And the commitments or obligations of the benefit district just effectively makes it a little bit easier for us to meet and govern as a body. So with that, I'm happy to answer any questions and when asked for my colleagues approval. Thank you, Councilmember Johnson. Any questions or concerns for my colleagues? Sheng Nan, please call the role on the passage of the bill. GONZALEZ Hi, Johnson. Suarez I saw the picture. Burgess By President Harrell. I. Seven in favor and unopposed. Thank you. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. Adoption of other resolutions. Please read the report. For introduction and adoption. Agenda Item 12 Resolution 316 79 Providing an honorary designation of East Lake Avenue from court to place two Denny Way as Bill Hobson Way. Council Member Burgess. Thank you. Bill Hobson's memorial service is this Thursday at 330 here in City Hall downstairs in the birth of Nightline. This room, I think many of us knew Bill well and worked with him over the years. He became the executive director of the Downtown Emergency Services Center in 1988. He actually started working there in 1984. Bill was a real agent of change in our community. He was incredibly compassionate, a man of integrity who worked really hard for the homeless and those living with poverty in our city. What this resolution does is it makes an honorary designation of East Lake Avenue right in front of East 1811, East Lake, which is the award winning Housing First project that's located there. It provides home for up to 75 homeless individuals who have chronic alcohol addiction. I should mention that 1811 East Lake has been studied twice now by researchers from the University of Washington and has proven itself not only in a beneficial way to the residents of 1811 East Lake, but also for the city, the county in the state in saving significant amounts of money, because these individuals, not all of them, but many of them were very high frequent users of other services. The emergency room up at Harborview King County Jail and other services that we have been able to forego because their lives were stabilized and they didn't need to use those services. So it's a it's a great project. And this resolution allows the city to designate East Lake Avenue as Bill Hobson Way. And I really do hope we pass it because the signs have already been prepared and they will be presented on Thursday afternoon to the Hobson family and then installed soon on East Lake Avenue. Thank you, Councilman Burgess. Any further comments or questions? I will move to adopt Resolution three one. Six. Seven, 9/2. Been moved in second that this resolution be adopted. Any further comments? Once again those in favor of adopting the resolution vote i. I those oppose vote no. The motion carries and resolutions adopt and chair will sign it. Is there any further business to come for the council today hearing that we will stand adjourned and we will reconvene very shortly as Parks Board commissioners and I don't have a time for that, but 5 minutes. She hasn't been elected yet. What are we looking at? I think we're.