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The City of Seattle
Ordinance
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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 ...
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