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 Amendments 2, 3, and 4 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 2024 allocations from King County Conservation Futures Levy proceeds into The City of Seattle’s Park and Recreation Fund, Water Fund, and Drainage and Wastewater 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 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, on September 26, 2023, the City Council passed Ordinance 126904, which authorized Amendment 1 to the Interlocal; and
WHEREAS, on December 5, 2023, the King County Council passed Ordinance 19712, which authorized reallocations of unspent funds to Projects; and
WHEREAS, on December 5, 2023, the King County Council passed Ordinance 19712, which appropriated a total of $2,522,500 in 2024 Conservation Futures Levy proceeds to the Hitts Hill Park Addition and the Rainier Beach Residential Urban Village acquisition projects sponsored by Seattle Parks and Recreation; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 19712 also appropriated a total of $2,400,000 in 2024 Conservation Futures Levy proceeds to the Helen Sherry Property Acquisition and the Thornton Confluence Natural Area Expansion projects, sponsored by Seattle Public Utilities; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Mayor or designee is authorized to execute Amendment 2 to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement (“Interlocal”) between King County and The City of Seattle for Open Space Acquisition Projects (“Amendment 2”) substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this ordinance, to provide for the City’s receipt and use of up to $900,000 from the reallocations of 2023 King County CFL proceeds.
Section 2. Funds received pursuant to the execution of Amendment 2 shall be deposited as follows:
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Department |
Budget Control Level |
Amount |
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Park And Recreation Fund (10200) |
Seattle Parks and Recreation |
Building For The Future (BC-PR-20000) |
$900,000 |
Section 3. The Mayor or designee is authorized to execute Amendment 3 to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between King County and The City of Seattle for Open Space Acquisition Projects (“Amendment 3”) substantially in the form of Exhibit B to this ordinance, to provide for the City’s approval of amended language in Sections 5.2, 6.1, and 6.4 to the Interlocal.
Section 4. The Mayor or designee is authorized to execute Amendment 4 to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between King County and The City of Seattle for Open Space Acquisition Projects (“Amendment 4”) substantially in the form of Exhibit C to this ordinance, to provide for the City’s receipt and use of up to $4,922,500 from the 2024 allocations of King County CFL proceeds. Amendment 4 will be added to the list of approved projects in the Interlocal (“Projects”), to include the Hitts Hill Park Addition and the Rainier Beach Residential Urban Village acquisition projects.
Section 5. Funds received pursuant to the execution of Amendment 4 shall be deposited as follows:
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Fund |
Department |
Budget Control Level |
Amount |
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Park And Recreation Fund (10200) |
Seattle Parks and Recreation |
Building For The Future (10200-BC-PR-20000) |
$2,522,500 |
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Water Fund (43000) |
Seattle Public Utilities |
Habitat Conservation Program (43000-BC-SU-C160B) |
$1,650,000 |
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Drainage and Wastewater Fund (44010) |
Seattle Public Utilities |
Protection of Beneficial Uses (BC-SU-C333B) |
$750,000 |
Section 6. 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 2 to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between King County and The City of Seattle for Open Space Acquisition Projects
Exhibit B - Amendment 3 to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between King County and The City of Seattle for Open Space Acquisition Projects
Exhibit C - Amendment 4 to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between King County and The City of Seattle for Open Space Acquisition Projects