Drafter
Clerk 12/08/2009
Title
A MOTION accepting the superior court targeted facility master plan.
Body
WHEREAS, the superior court of King County provides juvenile, family law and supporting therapeutic courts services to the 1.86 million citizens in King County, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 15083, adopting the 2005 King County Budget, authorized funding for a targeted operational master plan and called for a work plan to review the operations, services and potential facilities needs for the juvenile, family law and supporting therapeutic courts, and
WHEREAS, the work plan was approved by the King County council by motion in August 2005, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 15601 approved the superior court targeted operational master plan in September 2006, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 15652, adopting the 2007 King County Budget, authorized funding for a superior court facility master plan and called for a work plan that included plans to integrate the work plan with other criminal justice planning efforts and show how stakeholders shall be coordinated with the planning work and included in oversight of the planning effort, and
WHEREAS, the superior court facility master plan work plan was approved by the King County council by motion in May 2007, and
WHEREAS, over the last two years, elected judges and staff of the superior court, the King County prosecutor, deputy prosecutors, and staff, the King County sheriff and staff, and staff of the office of management and budget, the facilities management division of the department of executive services, the department of adult and juvenile detention, the office of public defense, the king county law library, the state of Washington Department of Social and Health Services, the state of Washington Attorney General's Office and public and private stakeholders, attorneys, social service providers and others, participated in the development of the superior court facility master plan, and
WHEREAS, the superior court facility master pla...

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