SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120489

• Record No: CB 120489
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 120489
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 1/10/2023
• Ordinance No: Ord 126750
• Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing The City of Seattle, through Seattle Parks and Recreation, to enter into an agreement with the Arboretum Foundation for support of the Seattle Japanese Garden consistent with the Non-Government Agreement in Attachment 1 to this ordinance.
• Sponsors: Andrew Lewis
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Ex 1 - Site Maps of the Japanese Garden, 3. Presentation, 4. Signed Ordinance 126750, 5. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/13/2023	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
1/13/2023	1	Mayor	returned
1/13/2023	1	Mayor	Signed
1/12/2023	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
1/10/2023	1	City Council	passed	Pass
1/4/2023	1	Public Assets and Homelessness Committee	pass	Pass
1/3/2023	1	City Council	referred
12/29/2022	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
12/14/2022	1	City Clerk	sent for review
12/14/2022	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing The City of Seattle, through Seattle Parks and Recreation, to enter into an agreement with the Arboretum Foundation for support of the Seattle Japanese Garden consistent with the Non-Government Agreement in Attachment 1 to this ordinance.
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WHEREAS, Seattle Parks and Recreation ("SPR") desires to develop the Seattle Japanese Garden ("Garden"), located within the Washington Park Arboretum ("Arboretum"), to ensure its long-term sustainability and preserve the cultural connection the Garden provides; and
WHEREAS, in 2014 SPR and the Japanese Garden Society undertook an Optimal Operations Study ("Study") to determine how best to operate and support the Garden, and the Study concluded that operation by a nonprofit entity would best serve the Garden's long-term needs; and
WHEREAS, the Arboretum Foundation ("Foundation"), a Washington nonprofit corporation, was selected in 2016 to support the Garden through programming, marketing, membership support, event delivery, marketing, and fundraising; and
WHEREAS, SPR's Superintendent was authorized to enter into an agreement with the Foundation via Ordinance 124979; and
WHEREAS, the Foundation, in partnership with SPR, has worked since 2016 to provide high quality educational and culturally relevant community programs and events, and significantly fundraise for capital projects, at the Garden in an effort to leverage resources and to expand access and improve the user experience at the Garden; and
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the initial agreement the Foundation was selected by SPR through a Letter of Interest application process to continue fundraising, event, and program support for the Garden and has committed to providing substantial public benefits in the new agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to enter into a new agreement to continue its productive working relationship with the Foundation to enhance t...