Metropolitan King County Council Physical Environment Panel of the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Tuesday, October 11, 2016 – 9:30 A.M. Councilmembers: Rod Dembowski (Chair), Dave Upthegrove (Vice-Chair), Claudia Balducci, Reagan Dunn, Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Kathy Lambert, Pete von Reichbauer Staff: Hiedi Popochock, (477-1842), Panel Lead; Wendy Soo Hoo (477-0890), Budget Manager; Analysts: Mary Bourguignon (477-0873), Paul Carlson (477-0875), Patrick Hamacher (477-0880), Lise Kaye (477-6881), Miranda Leskinen (477-0950), Beth Mountsier (477-0885), Mike Reed (477-0888), Davin Simmons (477-3644), Panel Assistant: Angélica Calderón (477-0874) To show a PDF of the written materials for an agenda item, click on the agenda item below. INDEX Page No. Briefing No. 2016-B0183 Physical Environment Panel of the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee. Hiedi Popochock, Panel Lead Agency Overview and Highlights Cultural Development Authority 5 Mary Bourguignon Natural Resources & Parks Administration 9 Mary Bourguignon Historic Preservation Program 12 Mary Bourguignon Critical Area Mitigation CIP 13 Mary Bourguignon Parks and Recreation Operating 14 Mary Bourguignon Parks, Open Space and Trails Levy 17 Mary Bourguignon Parks CIP 19 Mary Bourguignon Open Space CIP 27 Mary Bourguignon Water and Land Resources CIP 31 Mary Bourguignon REET 1 34 Mary Bourguignon REET 2 37 Mary Bourguignon Page 1 of 3 Physical Environment Panel Packet Materials - Page 1 INDEX Page No. Transfer of Development Credit 39 Mary Bourguignon Youth Sports Facilities Grants 41 Mary Bourguignon Geographic Information Services (GIS) 44 Davin Simmons King County Flood Control District Contract 46 Davin Simmons Inter-County River Improvement 48 Davin Simmons Noxious Weed Control Program 49 Davin Simmons Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network Levy 50 Miranda Liskinen Radio Communication Services (800 MHz) 52 Miranda Liskinen Office of Emergency Management 54 Lise Kaye Enhanced-911 21 56 E-911 Capital Lise Kaye Motor Pool Equipment Rental & Revolving 58 Lise Kaye Wastewater Equipment Rental & Revolving 61 Lise Kaye Equipment Rental & Revolving 62 Lise Kaye Roads 63 Roads CIP Roads Construction Transfer Lise Kaye Airport 71 Airport Construction Transfer Airport CIP Lise Kaye Department of Transportation Director's Office 75 Paul Carlson Transit 76 Transit CIP Transit Debt Service Transit Revenue Vehicle Replacement Paul Carlson Marine Division 89 Pat Hamacher Marine Capital Pat 91 Hamacher Wastewater CIP 93 Wastewater Debt Service Wastewater Treatment Mike Reed Surface Water Management Local Drainage Services 101 Hiedi Popochock Page 2 of 3 Physical Environment Panel Packet Materials - Page 2 INDEX Page No. Water and Land Resources-Shared Services 106 Hiedi Popochock Solid Waste 110 Mike Reed Solid Waste CIP 113 Mike Reed Solid Waste Post-Closure Landfill Maintenance 115 Mike Reed Page 3 of 3 Physical Environment Panel Packet Materials - Page 3 [Blank Page] Physical Environment Panel Packet Materials - Page 4 Analyst: Mary Bourguignon CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BUDGET TABLE % Change 2015-2016 2017-2018 2015-2016 v. Revised* Proposed 2017-2018 Budget Appropriation $57,596,322 $6,396,000 (217.8%) Max FTEs: 0.0 0.0 N/A Max TLTs: 0.0 0.0 N/A Estimated Revenues $57,596,322 $6,396,000 (217.8%) Major Revenue Sources Lodging tax special account (“endowment”) 1% for Art 10% of General Fund building sales * Note: 2015-2016 Revised includes the 2015-2016 Adopted Budget plus adopted supplementals as of transmittal of the Executive’s proposed 2017-2018 budget. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE This appropriation unit transfers funding from the County’s Cultural Development Authority Fund to 4Culture,1 the quasi-governmental Cultural Development Authority that administers King County’s arts, culture and heritage programs.2 When 4Culture was established, it was authorized to use a portion of the County’s lodging (hotel/motel) tax.3 However, between 2013 and 2020, 4Culture has limited access to lodging tax revenues: • From 2013-2015, lodging tax revenues were to be used to retire the Kingdome debt, with any additional revenues if the debt was retired before the end of 2015 to be dedicated to arts and culture.4 Because the Kingdome bonds were retired in March 2015, the remaining revenues through the end of 2015 were included in the Cultural Development Authority Fund’s 2015-2016 budget and used to back the bonds for the Building for Culture program, 5 which provided capital support to arts, cultural and heritage organizations around the county. • From 2016-2020, all lodging tax revenues are to be dedicated to the football stadium and exhibition center.6 1 This proposed appropriation for the Cultural Development Authority Fund (aka Arts and Cultural Development Fund [K.C.C. 4A.200.140]) will be transferred to 4Culture after adoption of the budget. Following that action the 4Culture Board will approve a budget for 4Culture. 2 Ordinance 14482, K.C.C. 2.49 3 RCW 67.28 4 RCW 67.28.180(3)(b) 5 Ordinances 18179, 18180, 18181 6 RCW 67.28.180(3)(c) Physical Environment Panel Packet Materials - Page 5 • After January 1, 2021, lodging tax revenues will be allocated as follows: o 37.5 percent to arts and cultural purposes; o 37.5 percent to affordable workforce housing near transit stations or for services for homeless youth; and o 25 percent for capital or operating programs that promote tourism and attract tourists to the county, including arts, heritage, and cultural events.7 From 2013 through 2020, while 4Culture has limited access to lodging taxes, the agency is funded by a special account8 that was required to create during the early 2000s from its portion of the lodging tax. In addition, 4Culture receives funding from the 1% for Art program (aka public art program), as well as from a portion of General Fund property and building sales. SUMMARY OF PROPOSED BUDGET AND CHANGES The 2017-2018 proposed budget for the Cultural Development Authority Fund is $6.4 million, 218 percent lower than the 2015-2016 budget. This significant decrease was anticipated, as the 2015-2016 budget included both the 2015 post-Kingdome lodging taxes and the bond proceeds for the Building For Culture program. Items of note proposed for the 2017-2018 biennium include: Contingency for Property Sales and 1% for Art. The proposed budget includes $1.965 million as contingency appropriation authority for $400,000 in carryover and $1.565 million in anticipation of upcoming revenues from property sales and 1% for Art projects. • Property Sales. Per County Code, sales of General Fund-owned properties with gross sale proceeds of $250,000 or greater must dedicate 10 percent of sales proceeds to the Cultural Development Authority Fund.9 The 4Culture Board addressed funding received in this manner in a 2012 resolution, noting that, “[t]he county has changed over those 45 years, and the cultural development needs of its communities have changed with it,” and going on to commit that 4Culture, “must continue to adapt our techniques to reach and serve new and growing populations.”10 The operational impact of this resolution has been that the 4Culture Board has, in general, focused funding received from property sales on addressing the needs of previously underserved communities. For the 2017-2018 proposed budget, the contingency includes $600,000 in building sales funds, in anticipation of the potential upcoming sales of the Northshore ($4.1 million) and Renton ($2 million) Public Health clinics.11 7 RCW 67.28.180(3)(d), RCW 67.28.180(3)(h)(ii) 8 Managed by 4Culture and not included in this proposed budget 9 K.C.C. 4.56.130 10 4Culture Resolution 2012-01 11 Northshore (Ordinance 18379), Renton (Not yet transmitted) Physical Environment Panel Packet Materials - Page 6 • 1% for Art. The County has a long-established public art program,12 through which all County-funded capital projects set aside one percent of eligible project costs for public art outreach, artist fees, design, development, installation, and maintenance.13 For the 2017-2018 biennium, the Wastewater Treatment Division will be moving forward with a number of large capital projects that are eligible for 1% for Art but are also subject to mandatory phased appropriation, meaning that the timing of the 1% for Art set-asides for these projects is uncertain. As a result, the remainder of the contingency fund (approximately $965,000) would provide appropriation authority in anticipation of these public art set-asides. Building For Culture. In 2015, the Council approved a $29 million bond issuance to fund the Building For Culture program14 and provide capital support to arts, cultural and heritage organizations. Bond proceeds are anticipated to be largely disbursed prior to the end of 2016, and are therefore not included in the 2017-2018 proposed budget, with two exceptions: • Barn Again. The proposed budget reflects the anticipated transfer of $500,000 out of the Cultural Development Authority Fund to the Historic Preservation Program for the Barn Again program;15 16and • Preservation Action Fund. Building For Culture included a $2 million Preservation Action Fund17 that requires Council approval of an agreement with 4Culture prior to implementation.18 The Council has not yet taken action on this required agreement,19 and thus the $2 million is included as contingency for the proposed 2017-2018 budget in the event the Council does not take action before the end of the year. If the Council takes action during the 2017-2018 biennium, this amount would need to be reappropriated out of contingency. In addition, because the proviso terms are effective only through the end of the 2015-2016 biennium, the Council may wish to repeat the proviso in the 2017-2018 budget ordinance (see Issues section below). ISSUES ISSUE 1 – PROVISO FOR PRESERVATION ACTION FUND The Building For Culture Program included a $2 million Preservation Action Fund, which was described as follows: 12 K.C.C.