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Home My WebLink About10/01/2013 04A 2014 State Legislative and Administrative Priorities; 2014 Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities 'P.Mµ........_'°! Y BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL YAKIMA, WASHINGTON AGENDA STATEMENT Item No.4 For Meeting of: 10/1/2013 ITEM TITLE: Consideration of proposed 2014 state legislative and administrative priorities and proposed 2014 federal legislative and administrative priorities SUBMITTED BY: Randy Beehler, Communications & Public Affairs Director SUMMARY EXPLANATION: The City of Yakima is finalizing its 2014 strategy regarding state legislative and administrative priorities and federal legislative and administrative priorities. The City Council plays a key role in establishing the priorities that the City will focus on in order to be as efficient and effective as possible in both Olympia and Washington, D.C. Attached are proposed 2014 state legislative and administrative priorities and proposed 2014 federal legislative and administrative priorities, which have been reviewed several times by the Council Partnerships Committee (Coffey, Cawley, Adkison) and were reviewed by the full Council at its September 9th study session. Based on feedback received during the Council's September 9th study session, the state priorities were revised to incorporate "transportation revenue reforms" within a priority that also includes active pursuit of a transportation revenue package. The Council Partnerships Committee is unanimously recommending adoption of both sets of priorities by the full City Council so that efforts can be initiated to actively advance the priorities. Resolution: Ordinance: Other (Specify): Contract: Contract Term: Start Date: End Date: Item Budgeted: NA Amount: Funding Source /Fiscal Impact: Strategic Priority: Partnership Development Insurance Required? No Mail to: Phone: APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL: 6 City Manager RECOMMENDATION: The Council Partnerships Committee unanimously recommends adoption of both the proposed 2014 State Legislative and Administrative Priorities and the 2014 Federal Legislative and Administrative Priorities. ATTACHMENTS: Description Upload Date Type 2014 State Legislative and Administrative 911712013 Cover Memo Priorities - DRAFT 2014 Federal Legislative and Administrative LII 9/17/2013 Cover Memo Priorities - DRAFT of Y City of Yakima 1 . '`' State Le islative /Administrative Priorities 1, ,,., ..∎ :7 2014 Actively Pursue - Work toward passage of a transportation revenue package and accompanying transportation revenue reforms to ensure funding for state and local projects Proactively support a transportation revenue package (potentially funded by a 9 -cents to 12 -cents per gallon gas tax increase) i f i t i a ccompanied by the passage of reforms to the existing methodology applied to genera and allocating state transportation revenues, and if the revenue package includes funding for the 1-82 expansion project between the Highway 12 and Yakima Avenue exits, which incorporates access improvements to the Mill Site Development, and allocates ongoing funding for local transportation projects such as the East -West Corridor ' . ject, Cascade Parkway, and other associated City road improvements - Seek funding for Mill Site infrastructure Identity existing resources and /or encourage t creation • dditional resources to facilitate road, utility, and other essential inf .structure im.. ements to the Mill Site to stimulate economic developme • the sit- - Identify sustainable funding for gang prevention, ention, and suppression programs Provide support of proposed legisl. . d /or testi - if needed concerning the need for sustainable and ongoin• o of state f .ing to be provided to local government in order to combat gang e and ga io - nce - Secure funding for North impro ° -nt project Identity existing res• es an: encou • e the creation of additional resources to assist the City in .ing a ••sed imp ® entation of the North 1S Street improvement project b�-.d .��- xisting de .; criteria - Add "ability to .�m�: r ��. �� ®� � s • ® :�� • a• or union arbitration settlements Provide p .ort of p . . e. ' lation and /or testimony if needed concerning ' ft the ra �� ale behind rev ° �- • ex °.��; g • arbitration criteria to better reflect the econom . -alities faced • cities Support - Increasing bid limits • •ca ernmental entities in Washington State Current bid limits emained unchanged for decades and no longer reflect existing economic c• ditions - Funding new rounds of Local Revitalization Financing projects RCW 39.104.100 limitations have been reached - Eliminating current requirement for cities to pay medical costs for felons Averse 2005 State Attorney General opinion placed burden on cities - Reaffirming local authority to set public defender standards This authority was impacted by June 2012 State Supreme Court ruling - Allowing cities to use Real Estate Excise Tax ( " REET) 2 funds for capital debt service Counties currently have this capability - Strengthening access to public records by curbing abusive requests Misuse of existing public records laws is f burdensome on cities - Clarifying Total Maximum Daily Load requirements resulting from state Department of Ecology study Lack of clarification may equate to additional unfunded mandate costs 'Tr Pl'� i �� City of Yakima � # Federal Legislative /Administrative Priorities 2014 Actively Pursue - Increased funding for Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinqu Prevention ( "OJJDP ") and other federal programs designed to combat youth ga ime and violence - Funding from the Transportation Infrastructure Finan d ation Act ( "TIFIA ") program and other available federal sources for cr'.g . ocal tra portation projects such as development of streets serving the Mill project and the kima East -West Corridor project - Washington State Congressional delegation •ort g! forts to secure Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup, and Redevelopment gra II the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 office ®® - Development of adequate, predictab ) 11ro, . e °� ' abl- ding for airport capital projects and airport economic develo * ®® ® ®� Support ; ® ®� - Ongoing funding asst 4 • • "public safety entities through programs such as Com ' On- • 'olicing Se ices ( "COPS "), Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emer. _ . nse A FER "), and Local Law Enforcement Block Grants ( "LLEB ') - Develop ii : t of pilot pro •, , ms (with accompanying funding) to assist cities in the creation o t vative soli .ns to combat crime and violence - Continued fun• f th! ommunity Development Block Grant ( "CDBG ") program at current or increas° - vels - Efforts to normalize and make consistent regulations and taxing authority applicable to providers of communication services regardless of delivery method (i.e. wireless, satellite, cable, telephony, internet, etc.)