CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to King County Conservation Futures Levy proceeds; authorizing the Mayor to enter into a new Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between The City of Seattle and King County to allow for the acceptance of Conservation Futures Levy funds; authorizing the deposit of 2020 and 2021 allocations from King County Conservation Futures Levy proceeds into The City of Seattle's Parks Fund.
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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 specific 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, in order to add language for the use of bond proceeds, make consistent with King County Code, and other technical details, on November 13, 2018, the King County Council passed Ordinance 18827, which authorizes the County Executive to execute a new CFL Interlocal (Attachment A to this ordinance); and
WHEREAS, on November 20, 2019, the King County Council passed Ordinance 19021, which appropriated a total of $3,225,000 in 2020 Conservation Futures Levy proceeds to The City of Seattle for the Bitter Lake Urban Village Park, Duwamish River Shoreline Acquisition: Unity Electric award, Duwamish River Shoreline Acquisition: Silver Bay award, Terry Pettus Park Addition, Thornton Creek: North Branch, and Thornton Creek: South Branch projects; and
WHEREAS, on November 20, 2019, the King County Council passed Ordinance 19021, which reallocated $558,076 t...
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