CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to King County Conservation Futures Levy proceeds; authorizing the Mayor or designee to enter into Amendment 5 to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between King County and The City of Seattle for Open Space Acquisition Projects; and authorizing the deposit of 2025 allocations from King County Conservation Futures Levy proceeds into The City of Seattle’s Park and Recreation Fund; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, King County Conservation Futures Levy (CFL) funds are collected throughout King County as a dedicated portion of property taxes for the acquisition of open space and natural resource lands; and
WHEREAS, in 1990, City Ordinance 114978 authorized the CFL Interlocal Cooperation Agreement (“CFL Interlocal”) with King County to govern the receipt and use of CFL proceeds, and to define the special projects (“Projects”) approved by King County for acquisition using CFL proceeds; and
WHEREAS, each year the City and King County amended the CFL Interlocal to add Projects and to provide for additional allocations of CFL proceeds; and
WHEREAS, on November 13, 2018, the King County Council passed Ordinance 18827, which authorized the King County Executive to execute a new CFL Interlocal and authorized language changes thereto; and
WHEREAS, on November 22, 2021, the City Council passed Ordinance 126477, which authorized the new Conservation Futures Interlocal Agreement (“Interlocal”), to which was attached the Amendment to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Between King County and the City of Seattle for Open Space Acquisition Projects (“Amendment”); and
WHEREAS, the City Council previously passed ordinances authorizing Amendments 1 through 4 to the Interlocal, most recently through Ordinance 127087 on September 17, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the King County Council is concurrently considering legislation to appropriate a total of $8,750,000 in 2025 CFL proceeds to the Westwood-Highland Park Residential Urban Village and the North Beacon Hill Residential Urban Village/Mt. Baker Hub Urban Village acquisition projects sponsored by Seattle Parks and Recreation; and
WHEREAS, the King County Council is concurrently considering the direct purchase of the North Beacon Hill Residential Urban Village/Mt. Baker Hub Urban Village acquisition through direct escrow of $5,500,000 of the Conservation Futures Levy proceeds; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Mayor or designee is authorized to execute Amendment 5 to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement (“Interlocal”) between King County and The City of Seattle for Conservation Futures-Funded Open Space Acquisition Projects (“Amendment 5”), after King County’s ordinance approval of the 2025 allocations of King County Conservation Future Levy (CFL) proceeds, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this ordinance, to provide for the City’s receipt and use of up to $3,250,000 from the 2025 allocations of CFL proceeds. Amendment 5 will be added to the list of approved projects in the Interlocal, to include the Westwood-Highland Park Residential Urban Village and the North Beacon Hill Residential Urban Village/Mt. Baker Hub Urban Village acquisition projects.
Section 2. Funds received pursuant to the execution of Amendment 5 shall be deposited as follows:
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Department |
Budget Control Level |
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Park And Recreation Fund (10200) |
Seattle Parks and Recreation |
Building For The Future (10200-BC-PR-20000) |
$3,250,000 |
Section 3. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Sections 1.04.020 and 1.04.070.
Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2024, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this ________ day of _________________________, 2024.
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President ____________ of the City Council
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Approved / |
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returned unsigned / |
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vetoed this _____ day of _________________, 2024. |
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Bruce A. Harrell, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2024.
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Scheereen Dedman, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Exhibit A - Amendment to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between King County and The City of Seattle for Open Space Acquisition Projects