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City • ® Allan Ekberg,Mayor o Parks&Recreation Department-Rick Still,Director •o= INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM TO: Arts Commission FROM: Dave Johnson, Parks & Recreation Manager DATE: February 8, 2017 SUBJECT: Access For All ballot initiative via 4Culture/Cultural Access Washington ISSUE Ballot initiative to be placed before the King County voters later this year called Access For All BACKGROUND The cultural community is gearing up for a ballot initiative to be placed before the King County voters later this year called Access For All. This initiative will support direct grants to hundreds of arts, heritage and scientific organizations, free access and education programs for students in K-12 schools and free and low cost access for all residents of King County. The effort is being organized by Cultural Access Washington (CAWA), a consortium of organizations and community leaders who have been working on the initiative at the state and local level for years. The King County Council will decide in the next month whether to proceed with the ballot measure. Because the initiative will impact every arts and cultural organization and school district in King County, CAWA is asking for letters of endorsement from Local Arts Agencies. The legislation is scheduled to go before the council at the end of February. We are providing you and your commission with this information to give them the opportunity to contact their county council representative this month with their support. I have enclosed several templates for a commission endorsement and a one page fact sheet on the Access For All initiative. More information is available at htt ://w culturalaccesswa.or / DISCUSSION Does the Tukwila Arts Commission wish to send an endorsement letter to the King County Council for this initiative? ATTACHMENTS 1. Access For All Summary Page 2. Draft endorsement letter U, 12424 42nd Ave. S. • Tukwila, Washington 98168 • Phone:206-768-2822 • Fax.206-768-0524 3