Drafter
Clerk 01/29/2010
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A MOTION accepting a report on courthouse electronic signage including multiple language options as required in Ordinance 16717, Section 112, Proviso P1.
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WHEREAS, the King County Courthouse, located in downtown Seattle, is a protected historical landmark and King County's signature building structure, and
WHEREAS, a multitude of activities occur within the King County Courthouse, including court hearings and trials, council hearings, filing of claims, law enforcement investigation and evidence work and internal and public legal services and information, among countless other activities, and
WHEREAS, many visitors to the King County Courthouse have limited proficiency in the English language, and
WHEREAS, the 2010 King County Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 16717, Section 112, providing the appropriation for the facilities management division internal service fund, contains a proviso requiring a report on the feasibility, cost and effectiveness of installing an electronic reader-board and signage in multiple languages to assist citizens in accessing services and court facilities in the King County Courthouse, and restricts expenditure of $200,000 from the appropriation until the council approves the report by motion, and
WHEREAS, the executive has transmitted to the council with this motion a report on the feasibility, cost and effectiveness of electronic signage options in the King County Courthouse, and
WHEREAS, the report includes investigation of installing such signage in multiple languages;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The report on the feasibility, cost and effectiveness of electronic signage options in the King County Courthouse, Attachment A to this motion, is hereby approved.