File #: 2007-0225    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/2/2007 In control: Operating Budget, Fiscal Management and Mental Health Committee
On agenda: Final action: 5/7/2007
Enactment date: 5/17/2007 Enactment #: 15760
Title: AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special election to be held in King County on August 21, 2007, of a proposition authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW, for a period of six consecutive years, at a total rate of not more than $0.05 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation in the first year with annual increases in the levy amount by the percentage change in the consumer price index in years two through six, for the purpose of providing funds to King County, Seattle and suburban cities for trail and open space acquisitions and capital programs, with recognition of the health benefits associated with the accessibility of quality community parks, trails and open space, and for the purpose of providing funds to the Woodland Park Zoo for environmental education, conservation programs, green space acquisitions and capital improvement projects, excluding parking facilities, at ...
Sponsors: Larry Phillips, Bob Ferguson
Indexes: Elections, levy, Parks and Recreation
Attachments: 1. 15760.pdf, 2. 2007-0224.2 and 2007-0225.2 REVISED Staff Report for 05-01-07 OBFMMHC.doc, 3. 2007-0224.2 and 2007-0225.2 Staff Report for 05-01-07 OBFMMHC.doc, 4. 2007-0225 Attachment 7 - CPG Program Budget.xls, 5. 2007-0225 Attachment 8 - Parks Expansion Levy Estimates Based on Varied Levels of REET Replacement.doc, 6. 2007-0225 Revised Staff Report - Parks Levy.doc, 7. 2007-0225 Staff Report - Parks Levy4-17-07.doc, 8. 2007-0225.2 Staff Report for 04-25-07 OBFMMHC.doc
Drafter
Clerk 5/8/2007
Title
AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special election to be held in King County on August 21, 2007, of a proposition authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW, for a period of six consecutive years, at a total rate of not more than $0.05 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation in the first year with annual increases in the levy amount by the percentage change in the consumer price index in years two through six, for the purpose of providing funds to King County, Seattle and suburban cities for trail and open space acquisitions and capital programs, with recognition of the health benefits associated with the accessibility of quality community parks, trails and open space, and for the purpose of providing funds to the Woodland Park Zoo for environmental education, conservation programs, green space acquisitions and capital improvement projects, excluding parking facilities, at the Woodland Park Zoo; and providing for other related matters.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Finding.
A. King County owns and operates a park system with over twenty-five thousand acres of regional parks and open spaces and over one hundred seventy-five miles of regional trails. In addition, the county is the provider of local parks in the rural area and is the transitional provider of local parks in the urban unincorporated areas. County parks and open spaces include Marymoor park, Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland park, the King County Aquatic Center and portions of the Burke-Gilman trail.
B. Public parks, open space and recreation contribute to a high quality of life. Through this levy, the residents of King County will continue to reap the physical, social and mental health benefits associated with having access to these public resources.
C. Since 2003, on recommendation of the Metropolitan Par...

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