CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to King County Conservation Futures Levy proceeds; authorizing the Mayor to enter into Amendment 1 to the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between the King County and the City of Seattle for Conservation Futures-Funded Open Space Acquisition Projects; and authorizing the deposit of 2021, 2022 and 2023 allocations from King County Conservation Futures Levy proceeds into The City of Seattle's Park and Recreation 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 authorizes the King County Executive to execute a new CFL Interlocal; and
WHEREAS, on November 22, 2021, the City Council passed Ordinance 126477, which authorizes 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 November 23, 2021 the King County Council passed Ordinance 19364, which reallocated $1,000,000 in 2021 Conservation Futures Levy proceeds to the City of Seattle for the Longfellow Creek Addition, Thornton Creek: North Branch, Turner-Koepf House & Garden projects; and
WHEREAS, on November 23, 2021 the K...
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