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The City of Seattle
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An ordinance relating to King County Conservation Futures Levy proceeds; authorizing the Mayor or designee to enter into Amendment 6 to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between King County and The City of Seattle for Open Space Acquisition Projects; authorizing the deposit of both the 2025 reallocations and the 2026 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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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.
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.
Each year the City and King County amend the CFL Interlocal to add Projects and to provide additional allocations of CFL proceeds.
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.
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”).
The City Council previously passed ordinances authorizing Amendments 1 through 5 to the Interlocal.
On July 15, 2025, the King County Council passed Ordinance 19956, which authorized reallocation of unspent funds to projects, a total of $280,000.
On November 18, 2025, King County Ordinance 20023 appropriated a total of $6,968,000 in 2026 CFL proceeds to the Delridge Native Forest, Belltown Portal Bellwether Parcel, and Lakeridge Park Addition acquisition projects sponsored by Seattle Parks and Recreation. Therefore,
Be it ordained by the City of Seattle as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor or designee is authorized to execute Amendment 6 to the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between King County and the City of Seattle for Conservation Futures-Funded Open Space Acquisition Projects, substantially in the form of Attachment 1 to this ordinance, to provide for the City’s receipt and use of up to $7,248,000 from the 2025 reallocations and 2026 allocations of King County CFL proceeds. Amendment 6 will be added to the list of approved projects in the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement (Projects), to include the Delridge Native Forest, Belltown Portal Bellwether Parcel, and Lakeridge Park Addition acquisition projects.
Section 2. Funds received pursuant to the execution of Amendment 6 shall be deposited as follows:
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Fund |
Department |
Budget Control Level |
Type |
Amount |
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Park And Recreation Fund (10200) |
Seattle Parks and Recreation |
Building For The Future (10200-BC-PR-20000) |
2025 Reallocation Awards |
$280,000 |
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Park And Recreation Fund (10200) |
Seattle Parks and Recreation |
Building For The Future (10200-BC-PR-20000) |
2026 Allocation Awards |
$6,968,000 |
Section 3. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Amendment to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between King County and the City of Seattle for Open Space Acquisition Projects
This ordinance shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Sections 1.04.020 and 1.04.070.
Passed by the City Council and signed in open session in authentication of its passage on .
President of the City Council
on .
Katie B. Wilson, Mayor
Scheereen Dedman, City Clerk