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A MOTION accepting the executive's work plan to transfer the administration and management of the homeless management information system to King County as requested by the Motion 14472.

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                     WHEREAS, the homeless management information system ("HMIS") is a locally administered, electronic data collection system that stores information about people who use homeless services, and

                     WHEREAS, Motion 14472 expressed support for transferring the administration and management of the Seattle-King County HMIS from the city of Seattle to King County in order to provide for more efficient coordination between the management of the HMIS and the development and management of coordinated entry for all populations and to ensure that people experiencing a housing crisis are assisted as quickly and effectively as possible, and

                     WHEREAS, the city of Seattle, All Home and United Way of King County have each consented to the transfer, and

                     WHEREAS, Motion 14472 requested that the executive to develop and transmit to the council a work plan and necessary legislation for transferring the administration and management of the Seattle-King County HMIS from the city of Seattle to King County, and

                     WHEREAS, the executive has developed a work plan that complies with criteria in Motion 14472 and has identified legislation that will be required to implement the work plan;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:

                     The council accepts the executive's work plan to transfer the administration and

management of the homeless management information system to King County, which is Attachment A to this motion.