AN ORDINANCE relating to wastewater and drainage services of Seattle Public Utilities; adjusting wastewater and drainage rates; amending Sections 21.28.040 and 21.33.030 of the Seattle Municipal Code to reflect the adjusted rates; and amending Section 21.76.040 of the Seattle Municipal Code to adjust credits to low-income wastewater and drainage customers.
Agenda item five Constable 1190 75 relating to wastewater drainage services and public utilities, adjusting wastewater drainage raised amending sections 21.20 8.0 40 and 21.30 3.3 30. Spectra to reflect the adjusted rates and in many section 21.70 6.0 40 of the Senate, Mr. Code suggests credits to low income wastewater and drainage drainage customers. Can we recommend the bill pass? Customer Herbold. Thank you. This council bill relates specifically to wastewater and drainage services. I mentioned earlier that the strategic business plan covers various lines of business. This particular bill relates specifically to wastewater and drainage and it address address the wastewater and drainage rates in such a way that we allow ratepayers to not experience any unusually large increases over any of the six years. Specifically, the the technique that we're using is to maintain stable and predictable bills using a rates smoothing approach, increasing rates early in the cycle and decreasing them in out years in order to balance the trajectory of increases in the context of this update, rate, smoothing would require changing changing drainage and wastewater rates one year earlier than scheduled, and that makes sure that the very high rate increases can be reduced by 1.6 percentage points in 2020 and 2.3 percentage points I'm sorry, 1.6 percentage points in 2019 and 2.3 additional percentage points in 2020. So very good. So quite. So any questions on this council, Bill? Councilmember Johnson Not a question as much as a comment again. Councilmember Herbold, I really appreciate your work with me on this ordinance that allowed for additional expenditures to the Green Stormwater Infrastructure Fund. The city does a really good job with green stormwater infrastructure and is recognized as one of the national leaders on that project. But we only spent in the neighborhood of about $30 million over the life of the six years GAAP. The amendments that we adopted in committee associated with this bill, double the amount of available resources for GSI and I think are really going to be critical for us as a city as we really think about those triple bottom line investments that both create, the green pathways that we've all long supported on this dias through many council resolutions, but also create safer walking paths for people, create better jobs because of the maintenance associated with them, but also really do a lot to reduce the city's heat factor and increase the city's green factor. So it was a set of investments that I was proud to work with you on, and I'm grateful to you for your inclusion. Thank you. There. Okay. We're ready to vote. Please call the roll on the passage of the bill. Purple. Hi. Johnson by Suarez. O'Brien. Hi. So I know Big John. Hi. Harris tally I. Gonzalez I. President Harrell all right eight in favor one opposed. Bill passed and Cheryl sign it please read agenda item number six. For agenda item number six I'm sorry. Agenda item six cancel 1190 50. Relating to rates and charges for water services of Seattle Public Utilities authorizing withdraws from the Water Fund, Revenue Stabilization Fund, revising water rates and charges and credits to low income customers and amending certain sections.