File #: 2010-0321    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed
File created: In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 5/25/2010
Enactment date: Enactment #:
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 August 17, 2010, of a proposition authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW for a consecutive nine year period at a rate in the first year of not more than $0.16 per $1,000.00 of assessed valuation for criminal justice purposes, including up to $15 million dollars annually for capital and financing costs for a facility to replace the Youth Services Center, which additional property tax levy shall be conditioned upon: A. annual reductions in the amount of property taxes that could otherwise be levied for flood control, conservation futures, automated fingerprint identification system, and the 2007 parks expansion levy purposes; B. repeal of the 2011 and 2012 King Conservation District Special Assessment; C. funding of Water Resource Inventory Area programs from flood control zone district funds; an...
Sponsors: Bob Ferguson, Julia Patterson, Larry Gossett, Larry Phillips, Jan Drago
Indexes: Children and Family Justice Center (CFJC), Elections
Attachments: 1. 2010-0321 Amendment Package 5-25-10.pdf
Staff: Hamacher, Patrick
Drafter
Clerk 05/24/2010
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 August 17, 2010, of a proposition authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW for a consecutive nine year period at a rate in the first year of not more than $0.16 per $1,000.00 of assessed valuation for criminal justice purposes, including up to $15 million dollars annually for capital and financing costs for a facility to replace the Youth Services Center, which additional property tax levy shall be conditioned upon: A. annual reductions in the amount of property taxes that could otherwise be levied for flood control, conservation futures, automated fingerprint identification system, and the 2007 parks expansion levy purposes; B. repeal of the 2011 and 2012 King Conservation District Special Assessment; C. funding of Water Resource Inventory Area programs from flood control zone district funds; and D. diversion of road fund revenues for police protection purposes in unincorporated King County, and declaring an emergency.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Public safety is a fundamental purpose of government.
B. A strong criminal justice system is necessary to maintain safe and livable communities.
C. Under Washington state law, counties provide many regional and local criminal justice functions, including police protection, the incarceration of offenders, court services and the prosecution and defense services of defendants.
D. The King County Youth Services Center ("YSC") facility at 12th Avenue and East Alder Street in downtown Seattle serves the justice needs of King County juveniles and families. The superior court has undertaken long range planning efforts for the provision of juvenile and family justice services and has completed both a Targeted Operational Master Plan ("TOMP") and a...

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