AN ORDINANCE relating to the coordination of regional green business programs; authorizing the Directors of the Office of Economic Development, Seattle Public Utilities, and the Office of Sustainability and Environment, and the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the City Light Department, or their respective designees, to execute a memorandum of agreement between The City of Seattle, King County, by its Department of Natural Resources and Parks, the City of Bellevue, the City of Kirkland, Snohomish County, Puget Sound Energy, and Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington to establish a regional green business program that coordinates and provides information about environmental sustainability services offered by all parties to the memorandum of agreement; authorizing the Director of the Office of Economic Development to accept funds under the memorandum of agreement, and appropriating and authorizing the disbursement of such funds in support of the regional green business program; increasing appropriations in the 2015 Adopted Budget for The City of Sea
The report of the Committee on Housing Affordability, Human Services and Economic Resiliency Agenda Item seven Council Bill 118460 relating to the coordination of regional green business programs. The committee recommends the bill pass. Thank you, Councilmember Okamoto. Thank you. I'm sorry that title was so long, but the basic part of this, this ordinance is to authorize a interlocal agreement where we can accept money for the regional green program and appropriate money for the program and serve as fiscal agents. This program is one that is a regional program in cooperation with many regional governments, regional utilities, as well as our own utilities, to be more customer and client focused, to help businesses meet their environmental goals and to and to make it easier for them to access services. So with that explanation, it was heard twice in my committee. It was acted last week. And I encourage you all to support this this ordinance. Thank. Thank you. Questions or comments? Councilmember O'Brien. Thank you, Councilmember Okamoto, for your work on this. And I want to thank community members who've been working on this for a number of years. Great opportunity to really promote sustainable green business practices, not just in Seattle, but throughout the region. I'm proud that Seattle is going to be taking a leadership role in coordinating that effort for the first four years until it becomes a self-sustaining effort. But I want to thank a bunch of folks, including Charlie Beck there in the audience for ongoing work on this. Thanks. Thank you. Please call the roll on the passage of the bill. Faction by Gordon Harrell. Hi, Lakota. Hi. O'Brien. Hi, Okamoto. Hi. So once I am President Burgess, I ain't in favor and opposed. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. Please read item eight through the first semicolon.