Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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Ordinance, authorizing a sales and use tax for affordable housing and behavioral health; providing for administration of the tax
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DEPARTMENT: Human Services
ORIGINATOR: Mary Jane Brell Vujovic
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Approved by Lacey Harper 11/30/2021
PURPOSE: To authorize and provide for the administration of a sales and use tax to provide for affordable housing and behavioral health.
BACKGROUND:
* The state legislature through chapter 222, Laws of 2020, authorized counties to impose by councilmanic action a sales and use tax of up to one-tenth of one percent for affordable housing and mental and behavioral health purposes.
* On March 31, 2020, Governor Jay Inslee signed HB 1590 into law, with an effective date of June 11, 2020.
* April 14, 2021, Governor Jay Inslee signed ESHB 1070 into law, with an effective date of April 14, 2021, which clarified the allowable uses of HB 1590 funds.
* There is significant need for the housing and behavioral health facilities, operation and maintenance, and programs and services and these additional funds provided by a sales and use tax will help address the significant need in Snohomish County relating to housing affordability and behavioral health.
* A Business Plan showing potential uses for the first five years in included.
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DEPARTMENT FISCAL IMPACT NOTES: Click or tap here to enter text.
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OTHER DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW/COMMENTS: Reviewed/Approved by Finance; Approved As To Form by Rebecca Wendling on 11/29/2021.