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AN ORDINANCE relating to best starts for kids appropriation; making a supplemental appropriation of $2,798,148 to the best start for kids fund; and amending the 2017-2018 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 18409, Sections 95 and 95, as amended.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. 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
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. On September 19, 2016, the council adopted Ordinance 18373, which approved the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan, and Ordinance 18373 was signed by the executive on September 27, 2016.
5. Ordinance 18409, Section 95, Proviso P1 requires the executive to transmit a proposed supplemental appropriation ordinance for expenditures of Best Starts for Kids levy proceeds allocated to the Innovation Fund with clear, written specifications and an investment process for each Innovation Fund contemplated investment strategy.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The Specifications and Investment Process for the Innovation Fund, Attachment A to this ordinance, includes clear, written specifications and an investment process for the Innovation Fund contemplated investment strategy, and is submitted as required by Ordinance 18409, Section 95, Proviso P1.
SECTION 2. From non-general funds there is hereby appropriated a net total of $2,798,148 to the best start for kids fund.
SECTION 3. Ordinance 18409, Section 95, as amended, is hereby amended as follows:
BEST START FOR KIDS - From the best start for kids fund there is hereby disappropriated from:
Best start for kids ($94,468,282)
SECTION 4. The council directs that section 3 of this ordinance takes effect before section 5 of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. Ordinance 18409, Section 95, as amended, is hereby amended as follows:
BEST START FOR KIDS - From the best start for kids fund there is hereby appropriated to:
Best start for kids $97,266,430
ER1 EXPENDITURE RESTRICTION:
Of this appropriation, $316,000 shall be expended solely for services, eligible for best starts for kids funding, provided by the Si View Metropolitan Parks District in 2016 in accordance with the plan, referenced at pages 107 through 108 of the adopted Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan, but only after a contract for those services has been executed by the county and the Si View Metropolitan Parks District.
ER2 EXPENDITURE RESTRICTION:
Of this appropriation, $100,000 shall be expended solely for services eligible for best starts for kids funding provided by the Si View Metropolitan Park District under a plan or plans submitted by the district and approved by the county, as authorized in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373 and the Best Starts for Kids levy ordinance, Ordinance 18088, but only after a contract for those services has been executed by the county and the Si View Metropolitan Park District.
ER3 EXPENDITURE RESTRICTION:
Of this appropriation, $140,000 shall be expended solely for services eligible for best starts for kids funding provided by the Fall City Metropolitan Park District under a plan or plans, referenced at page 108 of the adopted Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan, submitted by the district and approved by the county, but only after a contract for those services has been executed by the county and the Fall City Metropolitan Park District.
ER4 EXPENDITURE RESTRICTION:
Of this appropriation: (($91,094,282)) $93,892,430 shall be expended solely for contracts or contract amendments for services and investments as described in subsections A. through ((P.)) Q. of this expenditure restriction. For the purposes of this expenditure restriction, the executive may amend existing contracts that currently provide the services and investment as described in subsections A. through ((P.)) Q. of this expenditure restriction to include additional amounts of services and investment. No amendment shall extend the duration of any contract more than three additional years. Each new contract shall be of no more than three years duration. No new contract may be awarded unless the executive has invited all councilmembers to designate council district staff to participate in the workgroups that have been or will be assembled to develop the implementation approach for the strategies outlined in approved the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan, except that invitation to a workgroup is not required for those strategies for which the executive determines no workgroup will be established.
For each new contract that is competitively procured, the executive shall invite all councilmembers to designate council district staff to participate in the procurement process. The participation shall include the opportunity for any designated council district staff to be included as nonvoting members of the selection panel for each contract to be competitively procured. As a nonvoting member of a selection panel, any designated council district staff shall have access to all materials received by proposers or bidders as part of the procurement process or created as part of the selection process, the authority to attend and participate in all selection panel meetings, including those at which proposers or bidders are interviewed and the authority to participate in the selection panel's deliberations regarding award of any competitively procured contract.
For each new contract that is competitively procured, except those contracts procured under the Communities Matter allocation, the executive shall invite the children and youth advisory board, established by Ordinance 18217, to select a member or members to be included on the selection panel for each contract. If the children and youth advisory board selects a member or members to participate, the participation shall be as full members of the selection panel, including voting rights.
No new competitively procured contract may be awarded unless, before notifying the selected contractor of its award, the executive notifies each councilmember by email of the impending award, including the name of the contract and the selected contractor. The email notice to councilmembers must occur no less than one business day before the executive notifies the selected contractor of the award.
Of this (($91,094,282)) $93,892,430:
A. $13,824,811 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments in the programmatic approach of Home-Based Services within the Prenatal to Five Years allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373;
B. $3,553,832 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments in the programmatic approach of Community-Based Parenting Supports and Parent/Peer Supports within the Prenatal to Five Years allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373;
C. $1,125,000 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments in the programmatic approach of Caregiver Support for Healthy Development within the Prenatal to Five Years allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373;
D. $3,535,975 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments in the programmatic approach of Child Care Health Consultation within the Prenatal to Five Years allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373;
E. $1,105,815 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments in the programmatic approach of Workforce Development within the Prenatal to Five Years allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373;
F. $2,671,237 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments related to the Help Me Grow Framework-Caregiver Referral System within the Prenatal to Five Years allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373;
G. $9,417,567 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments in the programmatic approach of Direct Services and System Building to Assure Healthy Development within the Prenatal to Five Years allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373;
H. $615,032 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments for Community Outreach, Technical Assistance, and Capacity Building within the Prenatal to Five Years allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373;
I. $17,290,954 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments in the programmatic approach Build Resiliency of Youth and Reduce Risky Behaviors within the Five to 24 Years allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373;
J. $7,609,051 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments in the programmatic approach of Meet the Health and Behavior Needs of Youth within the Five to 24 Years allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373;
K. $4,541,613 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments in the programmatic approach of Help Youth Stay Connected to Families and Communities within the Five to 24 Years allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373;
L. $7,616,168 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments in the programmatic approach of Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline within the Five to 24 Years allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373;
M. $2,550,469 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments in the programmatic approach of Helping Young Adults Who Have Had Challenges Successfully Transition into Adulthood within the Five to 24 Years allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373;
N. $895,920 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments for Community Outreach, Technical Assistance, and Capacity Building within the Five to 24 Years allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373;
O. $11,674,934 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments in the Communities Matter allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373; ((and))
P. $3,065,904 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments in the Outcomes-Focused and Data-Driven allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373; and
Q. $2,798,148 shall be expended solely for contracts supporting investments in the programmatic approach of an Innovation Fund within the Prenatal to Five Years allocation as described in the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan approved by Ordinance 18373.
P1 PROVIDED THAT:
Of this appropriation, $500,000 shall not be expended or encumbered until the executive transmits a proposed supplemental appropriation ordinance for expenditures of Best Start for Kids levy proceeds allocated to the Innovation Fund and the supplemental appropriation ordinance is adopted by the council. The proposed supplemental appropriation ordinance must include clear, written specifications and an investment process for each Innovation-Fund-contemplated investment strategy to be funded through the supplemental appropriation.
The executive must transmit the proposed supplemental appropriation ordinance by June 30, 2017. If the proposed supplemental appropriation ordinance, including clear, written specifications and an investment process for each Innovation-Fund-contemplated investment strategy to be funded through the supplemental appropriation is not
transmitted by that date, appropriation authority for the $500,000 restricted by this proviso will lapse.