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The City of Seattle
Ordinance
Council Bill
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An ordinance relating to the Seattle Parks and Recreation; authorizing the Superintendent to identify, negotiate, and acquire real property and property rights in the Delridge neighborhood of West Seattle for the permanent preservation and expansion of the Delridge Native Forest; authorizing blanket authority for future acquisition of real property in the Delridge Native Forest including property that may have connection with Sound Transit's West Seattle Link Extension, which is expected to require park greenspace conversions; authorizing execution of purchase and sale agreements, escrow instruments, and related documents as funding is appropriated; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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The City of Seattle has a long-standing policy commitment to preserving forested open space for ecological integrity, climate resilience, environmental justice, and public benefit.
Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) has been granted blanket authority to purchase greenspace properties in certain priority areas in Ordinance 125664.
The Delridge Native Forest is an emerging, ecologically significant forested green space in West Seattle that supports tree canopy, wildlife habitat, stormwater attenuation, and protection of the Longfellow Creek watershed.
The Seattle Department of Transportation is administering a reforestation project on City-owned parcels in the Delridge neighborhood, in partnership with SPR, the Green Seattle Partnership, the Delridge Neighborhood Development Association, and the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe.
Privately owned inholdings adjacent to this reforestation area are subject to active development pressure, and if developed they would permanently fragment restored forest lands and eliminate future conservation opportunities.
King County has approved funding through the Conservation Futur...
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