File #: 2017-0397    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 10/9/2017 In control: Health, Housing and Human Services Committee
On agenda: Final action: 2/5/2018
Enactment date: Enactment #: 15069
Title: A MOTION accepting the first annual report on the best starts for kids initiative, in accordance with Attachment A to Ordinance 18373.
Sponsors: Jeanne Kohl-Welles
Indexes: Best Start for Kids (BSK)
Attachments: 1. Motion 15069.pdf, 2. A. Best Starts for Kids 2017 Annual Report, 3. 2017-0406 legislative review form.pdf, 4. 2017-0397 transmittal review form, 5. 2017-0397 transmittal letter, 6. 2017-0397_SR_Accept_BSK_First_Annual_Report.docx, 7. 2017-0397_SR_dated_01242018_Accept_BSK_First_Annual_Report.docx
Staff: Aldebot-Green, Scarlett

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Clerk 09/22/2017

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A MOTION accepting the first 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, 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, and

                     WHEREAS, the implementation plan requires 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 effective date of Ordinance 18373, and additional yearly reports due in June of each year through 2021, and

                     WHEREAS, the report is submitted by the executive;

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

                     The council accepts the report on the best start for kids initiative, Attachment A to this motion, in accordance with Ordinance 18373.