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Clerk 10/22/2025
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AN ORDINANCE renaming the health through housing advisory fund and the health through housing advisory committee in honor of Frank Chopp; and amending Ordinance 19366, Section 2 and K.C.C. 2A.300.200, Ordinance 19180, Section 1, and K.C.C. 4A.200.343, Ordinance 19179, Section 6, and K.C.C. 4A.503.030, Ordinance 19236, Section 3, and K.C.C. 24.30.020, and Ordinance 19236, Section 4, and K.C.C. 24.30.030.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 19366, Section 2, and K.C.C. 2A.300.200 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The Frank Chopp health through housing advisory committee is created to provide advice to the executive and council and report annually to the council and community on the accomplishments and effectiveness of the expenditure of sales and use tax proceeds as authorized by K.C.C. chapter 4A.503 and RCW 82.14.530. Annual reporting to the council and the community shall include information on the allocation by jurisdiction of sales and use tax proceeds as authorized by K.C.C. chapter 4A.503 and RCW 82.14.530. No later than June 15 of each year, beginning with the first report to be filed by June 15, 2023, on behalf of the advisory committee, the executive shall electronically file the annual report and a motion that should acknowledge receipt of the report with the clerk of the council, who shall retain an electronic copy and provide an electronic copy to all councilmembers, the council chief and members and alternates of the regional policy committee, or its successor. The clerk of the council shall retain an electronic copy and provide an electronic copy to all councilmembers, the council chief of staff and the lead staff for the committee of the whole, or its successor.
B. The committee shall be comprised of between twelve and sixteen members to be appointed by the executive, in accordance with this section. Membership shall include:
1. Persons who have experienced homelessness;
2. Persons representative of racial and ethnic communities that are demographically disproportionately represented among persons experiencing chronic homelessness in King County;
3. Residents of cities with populations greater than sixty thousand persons and of unincorporated areas; and
4. Representatives from other county, city and subregional boards, commissions or committees to promote regional coordination and coordination across King County human services investments.
C. Before appointing members to the committee, the executive shall provide notice to the council, setting forth the name, biography and term of each proposed committee member. The executive shall send the notice electronically to the clerk of the council, who shall retain an electronic copy and provide an electronic copy to all councilmembers, the council chief of staff and the lead staff for the committee of the whole, or its successor. Unless the council adopts a motion requesting changes to the proposed appointments within thirty days following receipt of the executive's notice, the executive may proceed with appointments set forth in the notice.
D. The executive shall establish initial terms of appointment, with one-third of positions having an initial term of two years, one-third of positions having an initial term of three years and the remainder of the positions having an initial term of four years. All subsequent terms shall be for four years. A person shall not serve on the committee for more than four consecutive years.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 19180, Section 1, and K.C.C. 4A.200.343 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A. There is hereby created the Frank Chopp health through housing fund.
B. The fund shall be a first tier fund. It is a special revenue fund.
C. The director of the department of community and human services shall be the manager of the fund.
D. The fund shall account for the proceeds of an additional one-tenth of one percent sales tax imposed by the county as authorized in RCW 82.14.530.
E. Proceeds of the sales tax shall be used to fund affordable housing, housing-related services, the operations and maintenance costs of affordable housing and facilities where housing-related programs are provided, behavioral health-related facilities, newly constructed evaluation and treatment centers, and the operation, delivery or evaluation of behavioral health treatment programs and services, in accordance with RCW 82.14.530.
SECTION 3. Ordinance 19179, Section 6, and K.C.C. 4A.503.030 are hereby amended to read as follows:
The proceeds shall be deposited in the Frank Chopp health through housing fund.
SECTION 4. Ordinance 19236, Section 3, and K.C.C. 24.30.020 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A. No later than August 30, 2021, the executive shall transmit for council review a proposed initial health through housing implementation plan. The implementation plan shall describe the goals, strategies, performance measures, reporting requirements and annual expenditure plan to direct use of the proceeds from 2022 through 2028. The executive shall consult with the affordable housing committee and the chief executive officer of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority in the development of the implementation plan.
B. The executive shall electronically file the implementation plan required in subsection A. of this section with the clerk of the council, who shall retain the original and provide an electronic copy to all councilmembers, the council chief of staff, the policy staff director and the lead staff for the committee of the whole and the regional policy committee, or their successors. The implementation plan shall be accompanied by a proposed ordinance that should adopt the implementation plan and form the Frank Chopp health through housing advisory committee.
SECTION 5. Ordinance 19236, Section 4, and K.C.C. 24.30.030 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A.1. Beginning January 1, 2022, if an implementation plan has been adopted by the council in accordance with K.C.C. 24.30.020, then expenditure of proceeds from the Frank Chopp health through housing fund shall be consistent with that adopted implementation plan. The implementation plan shall describe the goals, strategies, performance measures, reporting requirements and annual expenditure plan to direct use of the proceeds. Among the goals and corresponding performance measures of the implementation plan shall be the annual reduction of racial and ethnic demographic disproportionality among persons experiencing chronic homelessness in King County. The implementation plan shall also describe responsibilities of ((a)) the Frank Chopp health through housing advisory committee, which is to provide advice to the executive and council and to report annually to the council and the community on the accomplishments and effectiveness of the expenditure of proceeds and name the persons to the committee. Annual reporting provided to the council and the community shall include information on the allocation of the proceeds by jurisdiction.
2. The executive's selection of persons to serve on the Frank Chopp health through housing advisory committee shall provide for the meaningful inclusion on the committee of persons who have experienced homelessness, meaningful inclusion on the committee of persons representative of racial and ethnic communities that are demographically disproportionately represented among persons experiencing chronic homelessness in King County and meaningful inclusion of residents of cities with populations greater than sixty thousand persons and of unincorporated areas. The committee shall include representatives from other county, city, and subregional boards, commissions or committees to promote regional coordination and coordination across King County human services investments.
3. The paramount goal of the implementation plan shall be the creation and ongoing operation of one thousand six hundred units of affordable housing with housing-related services for eligible households in King County that are experiencing chronic homelessness or that are at risk of experiencing chronic homelessness. Affordable housing units for persons experiencing chronic homelessness created in 2021 using proceeds authorized by K.C.C. chapter 4A.503, may be included in the implementation plan's goals, strategies, satisfaction of performance measures and reporting. Affordable housing units, in some cases, may only require support from the proceeds for operating costs and housing related services. Such affordable housing units may also be included in the implementation plan's goals, strategies, satisfaction of performance measures and reporting.
4. The implementation plan shall describe the processes by which the executive shall work with jurisdictions that have dedicated funding and are investing in the development of housing serving households experiencing chronic homelessness or at risk of experiencing chronic homelessness, to align allocation of proceeds with such efforts.
5. The implementation plan shall also include as a goal the creation and operations of a mobile behavioral health intervention program with access for its clients to housing created, operated, or otherwise funded by proceeds. The purpose of the mobile behavioral health intervention program required by this subsection shall be to provide an alternative to the use of law enforcement to respond to behavioral health crises. The goal required by this subsection A.5. may be satisfied by creating a new program or by supplementing and adapting an existing program.
6. The implementation plan shall describe the process to site affordable housing and behavioral health facilities funded by proceeds. The siting process shall be in accordance with RCW 82.14.530 as now existing, as hereafter amended or as superseded, including the consultation process if a facility is proposed to be located within a city. The implementation plan shall require and describe the consultation process between the county and any city in which the county proposes a facility to be located to jointly identify and mutually agree upon suitable locations for eligible facilities to be purchased or constructed, and the services that will be provided to operate and maintain those facilities, prior to the county entering into any contract or agreement to purchase or construct such facilities. The implementation plan shall describe and require use of an equity and social justice impact review process when siting affordable housing and behavioral health facilities.
7. The implementation plan shall include a communication and partnership plan, including communication protocols that will be used by the county for partnering and working collaboratively with individual cities, as well as through established partnerships such as A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH) and South King Housing and Homelessness Partners (SKHHP), and with future partnerships such as two or more cities partnering together to provide eligible facilities and services. The communication and partnership plan shall also describe the approach for how community input will be incorporated into the review process when siting affordable housing and behavioral health facilities.
8. The implementation plan shall describe how allocation of the proceeds will satisfy the requirements of RCW 82.14.530 as now existing, as hereafter amended or as superseded.
9. Included in the implementation plan shall be an expenditure plan for the first eight years the sales and use tax authorized by K.C.C. chapter 4A.503, and RCW 82.14.530 as now existing, as hereafter amended or as superseded, are collected. For each year, the expenditure plan shall include:
a. the forecast of annual debt service associated with bonds issued as authorized by K.C.C. chapter 4A.503 and allocation of proceeds to fully cover the annual debt service;
b. the forecast of annual expenditures for maintenance and operation at structures or facilities built or acquired with proceeds as authorized by K.C.C. chapter 4A.503;
c. the forecast of annual expenditure for supporting those services as authorized by R.C.W. 82.14.530 (2)(c) as now existing, as hereafter amended or as superseded;
d. an allocation of at least nine percent and no more than thirteen percent of each year's proceeds for the provision, delivery and administration of behavioral health treatment programs and services that are not part of the supportive services provided within affordable housing or behavioral health facilities supported by proceeds; and
e. from the annual remaining proceeds after costs associated with bonding described in subsection B.9.a. of this section and allocations for behavioral health described in subsection B.9.d. of this section, an allocation of no more than five percent for administration, no more than one and one-half percent for evaluation and at least one percent for use in supporting and building the capacity of community-based organizations to deliver eligible uses of proceeds for persons and communities that are disproportionately demographically represented among persons experiencing chronic homelessness in King County.
C. No later than June 30, 2027, and every eight years thereafter, the executive shall transmit for council review and adoption by ordinance a proposed update to the implementation plan, which proposed update shall describe for an additional eight years beyond the term of the then-adopted implementation plan the goals, strategies, performance measures, reporting requirements and expenditure plan to direct use of the proceeds for the respective eight-year period.
SECTION 6. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or its application to
any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.