File #: 2020-0302    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 9/29/2020 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 12/8/2020
Enactment date: Enactment #: 15750
Title: A MOTION authorizing the King County executive to accept a conservation easement donation of approximately five acres on a property on Vashon Island, WA, appraised at seventy thousand dollars, for habitat conservation purposes.
Sponsors: Joe McDermott
Indexes: Conservation Easements, Donations, Executive
Attachments: 1. Motion 15750, 2. A. Vashon Judd Creek Real Estate Donation Agreement, 3. Legislative Review Form, 4. 2020-0302 transmittal letter, 5. 2020-0302 Fiscal Note, 6. 2020-0302 for intro, 7. 2020-0302 Map, 8. 2020-0302_SR_HabitatConservation.docx

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Clerk 09/14/2020

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A MOTION authorizing the King County executive to accept a conservation easement donation of approximately five acres on a property on Vashon Island, WA, appraised at seventy thousand dollars, for habitat conservation purposes.

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                     WHEREAS, King County seeks to preserve open space to preserve our regional quality of life, and

                     WHEREAS, under Ordinance 14509, the King County parks and recreation division of the department of natural resources and parks has the authority to accept gifts from individual, foundation and corporate sources, and

                     WHEREAS, under K.C.C. chapter 2.80, gifts, bequests and donations for parks and recreation purposes that exceed fifty thousand dollars require acceptance on behalf of King County by the King County council by motion, and

                     WHEREAS, all gifts to the King County parks and recreation division in the department of natural resources and parks are used only for park purposes, and

                     WHEREAS, the land owner, the Vashon Maury Island Land Trust, would like to make the conservation easement donation to King County so that the land is preserved for generations to come;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the council of King County:

                     The King County department of natural resources and parks is authorized to accept the approximately five-acre conservation easement donation valued at seventy thousand dollars from the Vashon Maury Island Land Trust, consistent with the King County Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement, which is Attachment A to this motion, for King County parks and recreation division purposes.  The open space acquisition unit, within the water and land resources division of the department of natural resources and parks, is responsible for handling the technical real estate transaction and administrative matters associated with the donation, including the closing and recording of the easement,

and is authorized to execute such other documents as are necessary to complete the transaction.