CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Parks and Recreation; authorizing the acquisition of real property commonly known as 9200 18th Ave SW; authorizing acceptance of a recording of the deed for open space, park, and recreation purposes; amending Ordinance 126725, which adopted the 2023 Budget, including the 2023-2028 Capital Improvement Program; changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; making an appropriation from the Park and Recreation Fund for acquisition and related costs; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
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WHEREAS, Seattle Park and Recreation's (SPR) 2017 Parks and Open Space Plan used race, equity and health, poverty and income, and population density mapping, among other criteria, to help identify priority areas for the Long-Term Acquisition Strategy; and
WHEREAS, the 2017 Parks and Open Space Plan identified West Seattle's Westwood-Highland Park Residential Urban Village (WHPRUV) as having a park walking distance service gap, defined as a lack of parks within a five-minute walking distance, coupled with high levels of poverty, obesity, diabetes, and lack of physical activity, based on socio-economic data correlated with health data; and
WHEREAS, in 2018 the community group called the Friends of the Delridge Triangle were awarded a Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood Matching Fund grant to hire a design team to demonstrate how Seattle Department of Transportation's (SDOT) Delridge Triangle, bounded by Delridge Way SW, SW Barton Street, and 18th Avenue SW, could be adapted to better serve the community's open space needs; and
WHEREAS, the preferred concept in the 2019 design report included both the Delridge Triangle parcel and a portion of the adjoining 18th Avenue SW right-of-way, both areas totaling approximately .64 acres; and
WHEREAS, in 2019...
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