Drafter
Clerk 05/04/2017
Title
A MOTION accepting a family movie night plan for implementation by the parks and recreation division of the department of natural resources and parks identified in Ordinance 18409, Section 92, Proviso P1.
Body
WHEREAS, from Fremont Outdoor Cinema's humble beginnings in the late 1980s, outdoor movie nights have become extremely popular summertime activities in our region, occurring in all corners of King County, and
WHEREAS, the parks and recreation division of the department of natural resources and parks has hosted a popular weekly summer outdoor cinema series at Marymoor park since 2005, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 18409, Section 92, Proviso P1 states that fifty thousand dollars could not be expended or encumbered until the executive transmits a plan for family movie nights, with guidance that in council districts with unincorporated populations between fifteen thousand and fifty thousand residents, at least one family movie night shall be held in each district each summer and that in council districts with unincorporated populations greater than fifty thousand, at least three family movie nights shall be held in each district each summer, and
WHEREAS, the parks and recreation division has created a work plan for implementation of family movie nights, and
WHEREAS, by providing small sponsorships, the parks and recreation division will establish partnerships with community-based organizations or other jurisdictions to extend existing outdoor movie nights or provide new movie night opportunities in the summers of 2017 and 2018, and
WHEREAS, each free movie night identified in the work plan will be unique depending on the community in which it is located and take place during the summer of each year, shown at dusk;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The family movie night plan, submitted as Attachment A to this motion, is hereby accepted.