Drafter
Clerk 07/20/2017
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, 2017, a proposition authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the levy limitations contained in chapter 84.55 RCW for a consecutive six-year period at a rate of not more than ten cents per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation in the first year, and limiting annual levy increases to three and one-half percent in the five succeeding years, all for the purpose of supporting veterans and military servicemembers and their respective families; seniors and their caregivers; and vulnerable populations in King County by funding capital facilities and regional health and human services to promote housing stability, healthy living, financial stability, social engagement and health and human services system improvements and system access; providing for limited mitigation of prorationing of metropolitan park districts and fire districts levies to the extent the prorationing was caused by this levy; directing proposal of a transition plan and an implementation plan for the veterans, seniors and human services levy; and directing proposal of an ordinance to create an oversight board or boards, contingent upon voter approval of the levy.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. In 2005, the metropolitan King County council passed Ordinance 15279, placing a six-year veterans and human services levy on the ballot for a special election. King County residents voted for the veterans and human services levy with a nearly fifty-eight percent approval to fund services for veterans and their families, military personnel and their families and other individuals and families in need across King County. In 2011, the metropolitan King County council passed Ordinance 17072, placing a renewal of the veterans and human services levy on the ballot for a special election. King County residents voted for the renewal wi...

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