HomeMy WebLinkAbout1847Resolution No. 1847
(Amending or Repealing Resolutions)
CFN = 118 -Parks & Human Services
Passed -11/1/2011
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RESOLUTION NO. IS';/ /1
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A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, relating to Kent's
participation in, and endorsing, the community plan
entitled "A Roof Over Every Bed in King County:
Our Community's Ten-Year Plan to End
Homelessness."
RECITALS
A. It is estimated that there are over 8,000 people who
experience homelessness in King County on any given night; and
B. Thirteen percent of King County's homeless households
reported South King County as their last permanent address; and
C. A "homeless household" is made up of homeless individuals
(related or not) who used to reside at the same permanent address; and
D. The City of Kent has supported community-based responses
to homelessness through ongoing financial support for programs that
prevent homelessness or provide emergency shelter and transitional
housing; and
E.
of King
The community, including local governments, the United Way
County, the faith community, the business community and non-
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profit organizations have worked over the last several years to plan and
implement outlining new efforts to address homelessness; and
F. The City of Kent wants to make public its endorsement of the
plan entitled "A Roof Over Every Bed in King County: Our Community's
Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness;"
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT,
WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
RESOLUTION
SECTION 1. -Endorsement. The City Council endorses the goals of
"A Roof Over Every Bed in King County: Our Community's Ten-Year Plan to
End Homelessness" and concurs with the Plan's "commitment to ensure
that there is an qppropriate, affordable roof over the bed of everyone living
in King County -whether young or old, living alone or with families, sick or
well."
SECTION 2. -Commitment. The City will work with other
governmental officials, the United Way of King County, faith and civic
groups, communities of color, philanthropies, the business community,
non-profit housing and service providers, and others to implement this
work over the duration of this plan.
SECTION 3. -Resources. The City recognizes that additional
resources will be required in order to meet the ambitious goals included in
the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness and that current government
resources are not adequate to achieve these goals. Therefore, the City of
Kent will support efforts to increase funding at the federal, state, and
county levels to pursue the goals of the Ten-Year Plan to End
Homelessness.
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SECTION 4. -Severabilitv. If any section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is declared unconstitutional or
invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
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SECTION 5. -Ratifj!;ation. Any act consistent with the authority
and prior to the effective date of this resolution is hereby ratified and
affirmed.
SECTION 6. -Effective Date. This resolution shall take effect and
be in force immediately upon its passage.
PASSED at a regular open public meeting by the City Council of the
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City of Kent, Washington, this---'~~ day of I ;/(l!J'-1'l•tli·i'· u , 2011.
, CONCURRED in by the Mayor of the City of Kent this _,i_
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day of
ATIEST:
BRENDA JACOBER, CI!\)f CLERK
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
~~J~IA"~ TOBRUBAER; CITY ATIORNEY-
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I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of Resolution No.
!S<i l passed by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, the
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' day of 2011.
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