Drafter
Clerk 08/15/2024
Title
A MOTION accepting the King County Equitable Development Initiative Implementation Plan Phase 2 in compliance with Motion 16062 and the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, as amended by Ordinance 19712, Section 77, Proviso P1.
Body
WHEREAS, the metropolitan King County council passed Motion 16062 on March 15, 2022, which requested the executive to establish an equitable development initiative and prepare an implementation plan, and
WHEREAS, the executive transmitted phase 1 of the equitable development initiative implementation plan on January 5, 2023, and
WHEREAS, the equitable development initiative phase two plan, as requested by Motion 16062:
A. Includes objectives and strategies for reducing economic and racial disparities, by preventing residential, economic, and cultural displacement, and creating and preserving community stability;
B. Incorporates data of current and predicted future displacement risk and related metrics that should be used to determine programs and policies;
C. Includes metrics for monitoring and evaluating equitable outcomes;
D. Describes potential partnerships with community-based organizations, regional partners, and other jurisdictions to establish the initiative program funding and policies countywide;
E. Identifies potential funding options for the initiative;
F. Proposes strategies to coordinate across county agencies and programs to advance initiative objectives;
G. Identifies a process for community outreach and collaboration with community-based organizations and other jurisdictions, with a particular focus on communities experiencing or at risk of displacement;
H. Describes how the process will use the "community directs action" level of engagement as outlined in the office of equity and social justice's community engagement guide;
I. Proposes next steps, including a timeline, that would be needed to implement the initiative, including legislation; and
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