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AN ORDINANCE directing use of the King County historical preservation and historical programs fund; amending Ordinance 16835, Section 1, and K.C.C. 4.08.199.
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PREAMBLE:
For over forty years, King County has been a leader in its support for cultural resources. Heritage and historic preservation enhance the quality of life of our citizens, preserve our rich regional heritage, and foster civic pride.
King County has a historic preservation program that works to preserve the diverse array of historic and archaeological resources for future generations, such as historic transportation corridors, restoration of historic main streets in rural and suburban areas, and adaptive reuse of the county's historical residential and commercial building stock. The historic preservation program also reviews development proposals to ensure compliance with local, state and federal cultural resource laws.
Beginning with 2003, the county created the cultural development authority (known as 4Culture) to serve as the county's cultural services agency, providing programs, financial support and services in the arts, public art, heritage and historic preservation. 4Culture supports, advocates for and preserves the cultural resources of the region, ensuring that King County citizens and visitors have access to high-quality cultural programs and experiences (K.C.C. 2.49.030).
The King County historic preservation program and 4Culture provide complementary services valued by all county residents interested in preservation and heritage.
In 2005, the state legislature passed House Bill 1386, which became Chapter 442, Laws of Washington 2005. It increased the document recording surcharge under RCW 36.22.170 and specified that one dollar of the surcharge was to be used at the discretion of the county commissioners "to promote historical preservation or historical programs, which may include preservation of historic documents."
In 2009, in Ordinance 16579 the council created the hi...

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