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Clerk 03/06/2008
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AN ORDINANCE relating to comprehensive planning; adopting the 2006-2007 King County space plan; and amending Ordinance 10810, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.12.100.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings.
A. County code currently requires county council approval of a county space plan every two years. Council has previously approved the 2002 and 2004 space plans.
B. Transmittal of the 2006 - 2007 Space Plan to council by the executive was delayed due to the other significant facility planning efforts that were underway and the need to establish final direction regarding Chinook Building tenancy, designation of a new elections site and assessment of options for a new county data center.
C. There are currently many major on-going facilities planning efforts underway, including major criminal justice facilities master plans and the evaluation of the proposal to redevelop the King County Administration Building site. Given the status of those efforts and the significant impact they may have on county space planning, development of a wholly new space plan should await the outcome of those efforts. The attached 2006 -2007 Space Plan with the updated Executive Summary should therefore serve as the 2008 Space Plan.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 10810, Section 1, and K.C.C. 20.12.100 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The ((2005)) 2008 county space plan((, dated July 13, 2005)), consisting of ((planning policies, location of county agencies and implementation plan, and incorporating the King County Department of Executive Services Space Plan 2004 transmitted by the executive on July 23, 2004)) space standards, current and future space needs, county facility development policy framework for office space and implementation plan as contained in Attachment A to this ordinance, is adopted as a subelement of the public facilities element of the ((e))Comprehensive ((p))Plan ((and t...

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