File #: 2022-0293    Version:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 7/19/2022 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 7/26/2022
Enactment date: Enactment #: 16182
Title: A MOTION appointing committees to write a voters' pamphlet statement for the November 8, 2022, general election regarding Ordinance 19458 providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at the general election to be held in King County on November 8, 2022, of a proposition to restore King County's conservation futures property tax levy authorized under RCW 84.34.230 to a rate of $0.0625 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation for collection in 2023 and use the dollar amount of the 2023 levy for the purpose of computing limitations for subsequent levies under chapter 84.55 RCW to provide funding for conservation futures as permitted under chapter 84.34 RCW, including, but not limited to, to pay, finance and refinance costs of the acquisition and preservation, of: urban green spaces, natural areas, wildlife and salmon habitat, trails, river corridors, farmlands and forests; and providing for conservation futures advisory committee recommendations.
Sponsors: Rod Dembowski
Indexes: Elections, Levees, Property Tax, Voters' Pamphlet
Attachments: 1. Motion 16182
Related files: 2022-0199

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A MOTION appointing committees to write a voters' pamphlet statement for the November 8, 2022, general election regarding Ordinance 19458 providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at the general election to be held in King County on November 8, 2022, of a proposition to restore King County's conservation futures property tax levy authorized under RCW 84.34.230 to a rate of $0.0625 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation for collection in 2023 and use the dollar amount of the 2023 levy for the purpose of computing limitations for subsequent levies under chapter 84.55 RCW to provide funding for conservation futures as permitted under chapter 84.34 RCW, including, but not limited to, to pay, finance and refinance costs of the acquisition and preservation, of: urban green spaces, natural areas, wildlife and salmon habitat, trails, river corridors, farmlands and forests; and providing for conservation futures advisory committee recommendations.

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                     WHEREAS, K.C.C. chapter 1.10 provides for the publication and distribution of local voters' pamphlets in conformity with chapter 29A.32 RCW for elections held in King County, and

                     WHEREAS, RCW 29A.32.280 requires that for each measure from a jurisdiction that is included in a local voters' pamphlet, the legislative authority of that jurisdiction formally appoint a committee to prepare arguments advocating voter approval of the measure and a committee to prepare arguments advocating voter rejection of the measure, and

                     WHEREAS, Ordinance 19458 provides for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at the general election to be held in King County on November 8, 2022, of a proposition to restore King County's conservation futures property tax levy authorized under RCW 84.34.230 to a rate of $0.0625 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation for collection in 2023 and to use the dollar amount of the 2023 levy for the purpose of computing limitations for subsequent levies under chapter 84.55 RCW to provide funding for conservation futures as permitted under chapter 84.34 RCW, including, but not limited to, to pay, finance and refinance costs of the acquisition and preservation, of: urban green spaces, natural areas, wildlife and salmon habitat, trails, river corridors, farmlands and forests; and provides for conservation futures advisory committee recommendations;

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

                     The following individuals are appointed to serve on the voters' pamphlet committees to write a statement for and against the proposed ordinance:

FOR                                                                                     AGAINST
1.  Sally Jewel                                                    1.  Michael Fissette

2.  De’Sean Quinn                2.  Chuck Best

3.  Dow Constantine              3.  ____________________