2017/12/06 Council Agenda Packet

2 City of Everett—2018 Legislative Agenda "Support/Oppose" & "Track/Monitor" Budget and Fiscal Matters • Everett urges the 2018 Legislature to refrain from imposing new unfunded or"under- funded"mandates on local governments, and to protect local revenue authority that is critical to enabling cities to provide core services their citizens depend upon; • Everett will work to assure that any 2018 legislation on B&O tax `apportionment'is revenue- neutral and achievable for cities. Criminal Justice/Public Safety/Fire/Courts e Everett has strong concerns with "Justice Reinvestment Initiative"(JRI) legislation that would put new resource and law enforcement burdens on local communities; • Everett will closely track and monitor legislation growing out of a study of how the state could potentially implement a statewide relicensing program for those who have committed Driving While License Suspended(DWLS) offenses. The City will want to ensure such a program does not cancel out successful relicensing and payment plans- or absolve drivers of insurance requirements -- in individual jurisdictions; • Everett will want to ensure that any 2018 bill on use of police body cameras include Public Records Act provisions to put reasonable limits on who may request"body cam" video data and information; • Everett will join District and Municipal Court Judges in working to protect Operating Budget funding for Court Management System ("JIS') computer upgrades in courts of limited jurisdiction; • Everett will closely track legislation —either emanating from Olympia or in response to Initiative 940— on police "use of force" in criminal cases; • Everett will support legislation that gives law enforcement agencies more ongoing, affordable, and predictable access to the use of naloxone as a last-resort treatment for opioid- addicted offenders on the streets; • Everett will support legislation and/or funding initiatives that better enable Fire and EMS agencies to meet their public safety obligations. Economic Development/Infrastructure • Everett will support legislation initiated by the City of Tacoma to provide non-King-County cities with new tax incentives and tools to enable recruitment of Class A office space into downtown centers; • Everett supports passage of 2017-19 Capital Budget funding that enables re-capitalizing of the Public Works Assistance Account so that the state retains a low-interest loan program for basic infrastructure needs throughout Washington; e Everett will closely track any legislative initiative, growing out of a legislatively-directed study, to examine the merits of establishing a State Infrastructure Bank; • Everett will support Capital Budget funding and grants for stormwater, including initiatives to make the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) account more sustainable and less prone to revenue spikes and reductions due to fuel prices; e Everett will support key Capital and Transportation budget grant programs for cities such as the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP), Youth Athletic Facilities (YAF), Safe Routes to Schools, Bicycle-Pedestrian grants, etc.; 46