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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 f...
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