Countywide Community Forums

CCF Announces Transition Year for 2012

Kasey Frerichs — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:59:03 +0000

John Spady, Citizen Councilor Coordinator and CCF lead, announced that private funding is not available to support CCF in 2012. As a result, we’re placing the program on hold. The Auditor’s Office plans to use residual funding to conduct an evaluation during the hiatus. Please stay tuned for more announcements and opportunities for great conversations about your community.

You can read the full press release here http://communityforums.org/participate/press-releases/

Mailing address: Countywide Community Forums, King County Auditor’s Office, 516 Third Avenue, Room W1033 Seattle, WA 98104-3272

Auditor’s Website: http://www.kingcounty.gov/operations/auditor/communityforums/topics
Phone: 800-369-2584
Email: CFNetwork@CommunityForums.org
Overview and background about CCF from appointed Councilor Coordinator, John Spady: http://ncdd.org/2401

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King County Budget Round Sets New Record!

Kasey Frerichs — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:37:47 +0000

You spoke! In fact, 1,440 county residents weighed-in on Metro Transit and county budget issues — a new participation record for Countywide Community Forums and double last year’s record of 766 for Round 6 in October 2010!

For Round 8 we added a special survey for unincorporated area residents to provide feedback on the county’s new public engagement model. In August, 541 residents let King County know how best to strengthen communication ties and public engagement. That brings us to a total of 1,981 surveys during eight and a-half weeks of in-person forums and online survey opportunities.

Your opinions and ideas about how best to create a sustainable budget will be compiled and presented to the King County Council in November before the Council members vote on the 2012 budget. We’ll let you know when both the budget report and findings from the unincorporated area survey are available online.

Find out what 1,440 residents had to say about Metro Transit

tgranger — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:00:56 +0000

According to the findings of the King County Budget: Achieving Sustainability Together report, as a community we value public transportation. That is why creating a sustainable budget for Metro Transit is so important. So, we asked, “how do we do that?” And, 1,440 county residents shared what they believe are the best practices to keep Metro Transit and county budget issues on track and sustainable. The Budget Round set a new participation record for Countywide Community Forums and doubled last year’s record of 766 for Round 6 in October 2010!

You can review the Budget Report findings and leave your comments below.
Read the press announcement for King County Budget: Achieving Sustainability Together HERE

Here’s what unincorporated residents said about King County’s new public engagement framework

Kasey Frerichs — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:00:27 +0000

What are the best illustrations that let you know the county is listening? How will the new boundaries for the Community Service Areas be setup? What issues motivate you most to share your opinions with the county? These important questions were a few of the topics covered during the special Unincorporated King County Round: New Framework for Public Engagement. Many thanks to the 341 unincorporated area residents who took the time to share their ideas and opinions about King County’s new public engagement effort.

You can review the full King County Auditor’s Report below.

“These results will be combined with resident input that will be solicited over the next several months to guide the development and implementation of an effective two way public engagement process between unincorporated area residents and the County.”

~ Julia Larson, King County Public Engagement Project Manager

To view comments from forum participants and add your voice, please visit our LET’S TALK page…

To review the enacting legislation for the new public engagement model, go to the King County Council’s LEGISEARCH system