File #: 2005-0056    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Lapsed
File created: 2/14/2005 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 2/6/2006
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the sale of one parcel of surplus county-owned real property located in council district 13.
Sponsors: Julia Patterson, Larry Gossett
Indexes: Kent, City of, Property, Surplus Property
Attachments: 1. 2005-0056 Attachment 4 to 3-2-05 and 3-30-05 Staff Reports.pdf, 2. 2005-0056 Attachment 5 to 3-30-05 Staff Report.pdf, 3. 2005-0056 Attachment 5 to Staff Report 3-02-05, 4. 2005-0056 Attachment 6 to 3-2-05 Staff Report.pdf, 5. 2005-0056 Attachment 6 to 3-30-05 Staff Report.pdf, 6. 2005-0056 Attachment 7 of 3-30-05 Staff Report.pdf, 7. 2005-0056 Attachment 7 to 3-2-05 Staff Report.pdf, 8. 2005-0056 Fiscal Note.doc, 9. 2005-0056 Handout at 3-30-05.pdf, 10. 2005-0056 Parcel Map.pdf, 11. 2005-0056 Staff Report 3-02-05, 12. 2005-0056 Staff Report 3-30-05, 13. 2005-0056 Transmittal Letter.doc, 14. A. Kent James Park and Ride - Legal Description
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Clerk 02/04/2005
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the sale of one parcel of surplus county-owned real property located in council district 13.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings.
A. King County owns one parcel of property that has been declared surplus to the needs of the department of transportation.
B. The property identified in this ordinance is a 7.96 acre portion of the Kent James Street Park & Ride.
C. Notices were sent to county departments and none expressed an interest in the property.
D. The various cities, water, sewer, fire and school districts were notified regarding the county's plan to surplus and sell the property.
E. The facilities management division, real estate services section finds the property surplus to the county's present and foreseeable needs.
F. The property is zoned to include commercial, residential, or retail, but was declared not suitable for affordable housing in 2001 due to lack of pedestrian connections to essential services, high voltage lines, and intense freeway noise.
G. King County currently has received offers reflecting a market value of approximately 3 million dollars to 3.5 million dollars to purchase the site for retail and/or office development.
H. Sale of the subject property will allow the department of transportation to satisfy its $2,040,000 obligation to Sound Transit to fund construction of an additional one hundred ninety-two park-and-ride replacement stalls in the nearby Kent Sounder Garage.
I. The remainder of the proceeds from the sale, minus administrative expenses, shall allow the department of transportation to fund transit improvements that support workforce housing in transit oriented development projects at sites such as downtown Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland and the Northgate area.
J. Under K.C.C. chapter 4.56.100, when no county department or governmental agency has expressed a need for surplus real property and the pro...

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