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Clerk 06/02/2021
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A MOTION accepting the fifth annual report on the best starts for kids initiative, in accordance with Attachment A to Ordinance 18373.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 18088, providing for the submission of the best starts for kids levy to the qualified electors of King County, was adopted by the metropolitan King County council on July 20, 2015, and signed by the executive on July 23, 2015, and
WHEREAS, King County voters approved King County Proposition No. 1 on November 3, 2015, authorizing a six-year property tax levy lid lift for the purpose of funding prevention and early intervention strategies to improve the health and well-being of children, youth and their communities, and
WHEREAS, on June 1, 20l6, in accordance with Ordinance 18088, the executive transmitted to the council for review and approval an implementation plan that identified the strategies to be funded and outcomes to be achieved with the use of levy proceeds described in Ordinance 18088, Section 5.C., and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 18373 approved the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan, and
WHEREAS, the implementation plan requires that an annual report describing the programs funded and outcomes for the children, youth, families and young adults served be transmitted to the council, with the first report due by one year after the October 7, 2016, effective date of Ordinance 18373, and that additional yearly reports be transmitted no later than June 1 of each year through 2022, and
WHEREAS, the fifth annual report, entitled 2020 Best Starts for Kids Annual Report, is submitted by the executive;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The council accepts the fifth annual report on the best start for kids initiative,
entitled 2020 Best Starts for Kids Annual Report, Attachment A to this motion, in accordance with Attachment A to Ordinance 18373.