CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to King County Conservation Futures Levy proceeds; authorizing the Mayor to amend the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between The City of Seattle and King County authorized by City of Seattle Ordinance 114978 to allow for the acceptance of Conservation Futures Levy funds without City Council approval; and authorizing the use of a new amendment template for future amendments to that Agreement.
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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 amend the CFL Interlocal to add Projects and to provide for additional allocations of CFL proceeds; and
WHEREAS, in the past, after the King County Council appropriated money for City projects through its annual budget, the King County Executive transmitted a proposed ordinance for approval of an amendment to the CFL Interlocal, to contractually recognize the funding already appropriated by attaching a funding allocation to the Interlocal Amendment; and
WHEREAS, after the King County Council authorized the ordinance for approval of the Amendment to the CFL Interlocal, the Mayor transmitted a similar ordinance to the City Council for approval of the amendment to the Interlocal Agreement; and
WHEREAS, to reduce the duplication of King County Council review and the time necessary to reimburse the City for Projects, on November 13, 2018, the King County Council passed Ordinance 18827, which authorizes the County Executive to execute an amendment to the CFL Interlocal (Attachment A to this ordinance) allowing future amendments to the City’s existing CFL Interlocal setting forth the conservation futures allocation, without prior County Council approval; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 18827 also authorizes a new amendment template to be used for future amendments (Attachment B to this ordinance); NOW, THEREFORE;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Mayor or the Mayor’s designee is authorized to execute an amendment to the existing Conservation Futures Interlocal Agreement with King County, substantially in the form of Attachment A to this ordinance, which allows for the execution of future amendments without prior City Council approval.
Section 2. The Mayor or the Mayor’s designee is authorized to execute future amendments, substantially in the form of Attachment B to this ordinance, which allows for the reimbursement of the Conservation Futures Levy Fund for projects already appropriated by the King County Council and subject to Seattle City Council appropriation limits.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2019, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2019.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2019.
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Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2019.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment A - Amendment to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between King County and Seattle for Open Space Acquisition Projects
Attachment B - Amendment Template for Conservation Futures Levy Interlocal Agreement