Drafter
Clerk 09/08/2005
Title
AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special election to be held in King County on November 7, 2006, of a proposition to provide regional health and human services to residents of King County by authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW, at a rate of not more than $0.082 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation, for the purpose of providing funding to enable the provision of health and human services such as housing, mental health counseling, substance abuse prevention and treatment, employment assistance and other essential regional health and human services for residents of King County and establishing a county regional human service board to review and report on expenditures of levy proceeds, contingent on voter approval of the levy.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The metropolitan King County council by Ordinance 13629 in September 1999 adopted a framework of policies for human services and guidelines for implementing those policies. In September 2003, the metropolitan King County council by Motion 11820 adopted the report of the King County general government budget advisory task force, including that body's recommendation to develop long-term funding plans for human services and parks, clearly delineating regional and local roles. In August 2004, the task force on regional human services issued their final report entitled Stand Together: A Blueprint for Transforming Human Services in King County. That report noted that a new stable funding source, via ballot measure, is needed for human services.
B. The task force on regional human services report outlined five community goals that have been adopted by United Way, King County, Seattle, Bellevue and the South King County Human Services Forum. The five goals are:
1. Food to eat and a roof overhead;
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