Contributions from "Building Industry" to fund Sultan's Comprehensive Plan Revisions to bring that Plan into compliance as mandated by the Growth Management Hearings Board/CTED (Audio is in File G-2, Ord. 936-06 Budget Amendment)

Gordon Hey: And then the planning outdate – update -- in-kind we're asking for [unintelligible word] of $20,000 this year and the general fund will contribute another $20,000 next year. But I need to mention to you that we have received $30,000 in contributions, which I've asked Laura to put in the Treasurer's Trust Fund so that we will have money next year available for Shockey. [This refers to Reid Shockey, the consultant hired by the City to perform the GMHB-mandated update of Sultan's recently-completed 2004 Comprehensive Plan, in order to bring that Plan into legal compliance with the GMA "Fallgatter V FDO" on our Growth Management Hearings Board appeals page for specifics.]

Mayor Tolson: Okay.  All right.  We need questions from council on this?

Gordon Hey: You have any questions on [unintelligible]?

C/M Blair: The $20,000?

Gordon Hey: Pardon me?

C/M Blair: Could you explain the $20,000 you just mentioned that you want to have available for Shockey?  It's donated?  Is that what I heard you say?

Gordon Hey:  Well, yeah.  The contract, I think, is for 40 -- $20,000 or $40,000.  And it will probably run from 2006, end of 2007. We'd pay the first half, $20,000 this year, from utility funds.  We'll pay the $20,000 next year under the funds that we've got in the Treasurer's Trust for that purpose.

C/M Blair: [unintelligible]  donate [interrupted] –

[simultaneous comments]

Gordon Hey:  These contributions were just made within the last couple of weeks.

C/M Boyd: Well if they exist to the Treasurer, why not just pay it?

Gordon Hey: Ah.  Couple reasons.  [pause]  I'd have to redo this budget, which is fine.  There's no problem.

Mayor Tolson:         Hm!

[short, barking laugh from someone]

Gordon Hey:  But you know -- well, no, it's a bureaucratic problem.  But right now it's easy.  It's quick, it's easy.  And we'll know that if we run over, if we have any cost overrun on the Reid Shockey thing in 2007, we've got our money available to pay for it.  And it will be in your 2007 budget.  It'll be earmarked as such.

C/M Blair:  The only confusion I still have is first you used the word "donation," and now you've used the word "contribution."  Where's the money coming from, then?

Gordon Hey: Well, they're really the same.

C/M Blair:  Okay.  Sure, but where are these donations and contributions coming from?

Gordon Hey: They're coming from, uh, the building industry.

C/M Blair: Oh.  Okay.  Thank you.

C/M Seehuus: So it's revenue?

Gordon Hey: Pardon me?

C/M Seehuus: It's revenue, not contributions or … --

Gordon Hey:  Well –

C/M Seehuus: When you say "contribution" [or] "donation" I conjure up somebody writing a check to us saying, "Here's a donation –

Gordon Hey: They did.

C/M Seehuus:  -- to help you out --

Gordon Hey: They did.

C/M Seehuus : -- you know?

Gordon Hey: They did.

C/M Blair: Great.

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