Parks and City Light Committee meeting summary
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The committee recommended City Council adopt Seattle City Light’s 2026 Integrated Resource Plan, advance ordinances for ferry terminal electrification and park land acquisitions, confirmed four parks board appointments, and discussed City Light’s 2027–2032 strategic plan and a proposed retail rate ordinance.
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Committee members recommended approval of City Light’s short-term energy plan, which guides how the utility will meet electricity needs over the next two years. They supported a five‑year agreement to electrify Pier 48 and Colman Dock (a project with Washington State Ferries) and approved moving King County Conservation Futures levy proceeds into the City’s parks fund to support open space projects. The committee also recommended confirmation of four new Parks and Recreation Commissioners and authorized steps to acquire and preserve land for the Delridge Native Forest. City Light’s longer-term strategic plan and proposed retail rate changes were discussed but not decided at this meeting.
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- Recommend adoption of Res 32206 approving Seattle City Light’s 2026 Integrated Resource Plan for the biennium September 2026 through August 2028.
- Recommend passage of CB 121228 authorizing a five-year agreement with Washington State Ferries for Pier 48 and Seattle Terminal (Colman Dock, Pier 52) electrification and related operations agreement.
- Recommend confirmation of appointments to the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners: H. Bradley Kahn; Phillip Meng; Rebecca J. Rasch; James Williams (three-year terms from Council confirmation).
- Recommend passage of CB 121229 authorizing Amendment 6 to the Conservation Futures interlocal agreement and depositing 2025 reallocations and 2026 allocations from the King County Conservation Futures Levy into the City’s Park and Recreation Fund.
- Recommend passage of CB 121230 authorizing Seattle Parks and Recreation to identify, negotiate, and acquire real property and property rights to permanently preserve and expand the Delridge Native Forest.
- Res 32210 (City Light 2027–2032 Strategic Plan and associated rate path) was discussed (no committee vote recorded).
- CB 121231 (proposed City Light retail rate schedules and related Seattle Municipal Code changes) was discussed (no committee vote recorded).
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