File #: 2011-0486    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/21/2011 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 12/12/2011
Enactment date: 12/19/2011 Enactment #: 17242
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into amendments to interlocal cooperation agreements with the cities of Normandy Park, Snoqualmie and Seattle for the disbursement of conservation futures tax levy funds appropriated under Ordinances 17073 and 17181.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips
Indexes: Conservation District, Executive, Funds, Interlocal Agreement, levy, Normandy Park, City of, Seattle, City of, Snoqualmie, City of
Attachments: 1. 17242.pdf, 2. 2011-0486 Transmittal Letter.doc, 3. 2011-0486 Fiscal Note.xlsx, 4. A. Amendment to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Between King County and the City of _____ for Open Space Acquisition Projects, 5. B. Conservation Futures (CFT) Project Descriptions, 6. 2011-0486 Staff Report - CFT ILAs.doc, 7. A. Amendment to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Between King County and the City of _____ for Open Space Acquisition Projects, 8. B. Conservation Futures (CFT) Project Descriptions
Staff: Reed, Mike
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Clerk 11/17/2011
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into amendments to interlocal cooperation agreements with the cities of Normandy Park, Snoqualmie and Seattle for the disbursement of conservation futures tax levy funds appropriated under Ordinances 17073 and 17181.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1.  King County conservation futures tax levy funds are collected throughout King County as a dedicated portion of the property tax for the acquisition of open space and resource lands.
2.  Ordinance 14714 established procedures for the annual allocation of conservation futures tax levy funds, which direct the conservation futures citizens' committee to make funding recommendations to the King County executive to consider for inclusion in the annual budget ordinance.
3.  The executive received and considered the conservation futures citizens' committee funding recommendations and included them in his transmittal of the first and second fiscal quarter 2011 annual budget supplemental ordinances, Ordinances 17073 and 17181, by which the King County council appropriated 2011 conservation futures funds or modified project scopes for the city open space projects listed and described in Attachment B to this ordinance.
5.  King County desires to disburse conservation futures funds to the suburban cities and the city of Seattle, and to do so it must sign conservation futures interlocal cooperation agreements or amend existing conservation futures interlocal agreements with these jurisdictions.
6.  The county and the cities are authorized to enter into an interlocal agreement pursuant to chapter 39.34 RCW, the Interlocal Cooperation Act.
      BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
      SECTION 1.  The King County executive is hereby authorized to enter into and execute amendments to interlocal cooperation agreements containing language, substantially similar to that in Attachment A to this ordinance, necessary for the
disbursement of conservation futures tax levy funds appropriated under Ordinances 17073 and 17181, as adopted by the King County council.