2018 City Budget

Over $6 Million in New Investments for District 5

On November 21st, the City Council voted to approve the 2018 City budget. Below are a list of investments both in D5 and City wide that Council member Juarez shared in a recent email. In addition, our advocacy to bring the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program to the North Precinct took a huge leap forward. While the funding goal was not quite achieved for LEAD, there is still $750K identified to bring this extremely important program to North Seattle. Thank you to all who helped write letters in support of the Community Center and LEAD expansion.

District 5 – New Investments = $6,274,910

Lake City Community Center Rebuild	$5,000,000
Hubbard Homestead Park neighborhood planning	$35,000
Sound Generation: Expansion of the Lake City and Northgate “Senior Center Without Wall”	$60,000
Aurora Commons: Expansion of outreach and drop-in services	$60,000
Sweetened Beverage Tax - Increase funding for food banks*	$369,910
Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Expansion to SPD North Precinct	$750,000

*Some of this funding will also be used to support food banks in other Council Districts

Citywide/Multi-District – New and Continuing Investments = $11,100,000

Worker Retention and Job Security Initiative	SLI
Chief Seattle Club pre-design funds for future affordable housing project	$100,000
Maintain commitment to North Precinct Police Station	$11,000,000

Collaborations = $1,875,000 (these investments include programs and projects that were sponsored by other Councilmembers and that require investment from other government and/or nonprofit partners)

Community Health Engagement Locations	$1,300,000
Youth Opportunity Center and Housing Project	$500,000
Home and Hope - Housing pre-development (Northgate & Citywide)	$75,000

This budget also includes funding for pedestrian improvements throughout our community through the Move Seattle Vision Zero initiative:

Project	Spend Plan	Projected Design	Projected Construction
Sand Point Way Safety Corridor	$970,000	2018	2019
Aurora Ave N Safety Corridor (in partnership with WSDOT)	$580,000	2017-2019	2018-2019 (multiple phases)
Lake City Way Intersection Improvements	$500,000	2017-2019	2020