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AN ORDINANCE adopting the community needs list for the Snoqualmie Valley/Northeast King County community service area.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. K.C.C. 2.16.055.C. requires the executive to transmit to the council community needs lists for the six rural community service area and five urban unincorporated potential annexation area geographies concurrent with the executive's biennial budget transmittal.
B. In 2024, a one-year budget transmittal is being prepared instead of a biennial budget. This is being done to move the biennial budget process to odd-numbered years so that they do not coincide with elections for County offices, which now take place in even-numbered years, following a 2022 voter-approved amendment.
C. As part of the 2024 one-year budget transmittal, only the community needs list being transmitted is for the Snoqualmie Valley/Northeast King County community service area, in accordance with prior discussion between the King County council and department of local services.
D. As required by K.C.C. 2.16.055.C.:
1. The community needs list is consistent with and, when relevant, implements the subarea plan and other county plans;
2. The community needs list includes potential services, programs, facilities, and capital improvements that respond to community-identified needs, including those that build on the communities' strengths and assets;
3. The community needs list was developed, reviewed, and prioritized using tools and resources developed by the office of equity and racial and social justice, including community engagement, language access, and equity impact review tools. The county used the "County engages in dialogue" and "County and community work together" levels of community engagement for the Snoqualmie Valley/Northeast King County community service area;
4. The community needs list was developed based on an initial catalog of requests from the community for potential services, programs, and improvements. The initial catalog was refined by the community service area program of the department of local services into a community needs list based on review by departments as to whether and to what extent the requests meet or strengthen the community vision and policies established in the subarea plan and other county plans. County agencies also reviewed the initial catalog for consistency with other county plans, feasibility, budget constraints, timing, resource needs, and other barriers to implementation. The rural community service area community also reviewed the initial catalog through ongoing community engagement to identify, discuss, and prioritize community needs;
5. The community needs list was prioritized by the executive in consultation with the community and the councilmember office that represents the rural community service area. The community needs list identifies which county agencies are responsible for implementation of each item and anticipated timelines for completion;
6. For each request from the initial catalog that is not advanced to the community needs list, information is provided for why the request was not advanced. For items that cannot be accomplished by the county because they are outside of the scope of county operations, information is provided on how noncounty entities may be able to accomplish the item, including consideration of potential partnerships with noncounty entities;
7. The community needs list includes performance metrics to monitor the implementation and the overarching progress towards reaching the twenty-year vision established in the policies of the subarea plan, as informed by the community and the council. The performance metrics will be reviewed and reported on annually and monitored by the community and the council; and
8. The executive coordinated and collaborated with councilmember office that represent the Snoqualmie Valley/Northeast King County community service area, throughout the development of the community needs list.
E. In accordance with K.C.C. 2.16.055.C., the community needs list is the responsibility of the executive to implement. Implementation of the community needs list will require additional resources and funding requests are subject to approval through the county budget process. The feasibility of implementation and timelines for completion identified in the community needs list may change based on future resources and appropriations.
SECTION 2. The Snoqualmie Valley/Northeast King County Community Needs List, dated September 2024, in Attachment A to this ordinance is adopted.