File #: 2013-0036    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/22/2013 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 3/4/2013
Enactment date: 3/13/2013 Enactment #: 17535
Title: AN ORDINANCE enhancing King County council involvement and oversight of community partnerships and grants projects by adopting notice and approval requirements for certain projects; and amending Ordinance 17392, Section 1, and K.C.C. 7.08.110.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips
Indexes: Community Development Block Grant
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17535.pdf, 2. 2013-0036 Fiscal Note.xls, 3. A. Community Partnerships and Grants Program Report, 4. 2013-0036 transmittal letter.doc, 5. 2013-0036 Staff Report - cpg.doc, 6. 2013-0036 Attach 3 - List of CPG Projects.doc, 7. 2013-0036 Attach 4 - S1 Amendment.doc, 8. 2013-0036 Attach 5 - T1 Amending.doc, 9. 2013-0036 Revised Staff Report - cpg.doc, 10. A. Community Partnerships and Grants Program Report
Staff: Bourguignon, Mary
Drafter
Clerk 02/25/2013
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AN ORDINANCE enhancing King County council involvement and oversight of community partnerships and grants projects by adopting notice and approval requirements for certain projects; and amending Ordinance 17392, Section 1, and K.C.C. 7.08.110.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. In 2002, in response to a severe fiscal crisis, the King County council passed Ordinance 14509 that directed the King County parks and recreation division of the department of natural resources and parks to change its way of doing business so that it could continue its operations without general fund support.
2. One of the goals of Ordinance 14509 was to foster partnership to develop parks facilities and amenities while minimizing the tax burden on the residents of King County.
3. In 2003, the council adopted Motion 11680 approving program policies and project selection guidelines for community partnership projects. Since that time, more than forty partnership projects have been completed or are in progress. The total value of new public recreation amenities is estimated at fifty million dollars, with an investment from King County of approximately fourteen million dollars.
4. In July 2012, the council passed Ordinance 17392, which required prior council approval by ordinance of any privately funded improvement in a King County park with a fair market value of more than fifty thousand dollars. The ordinance further directed the parks and recreation division to develop a report setting forth recommendations for modifications to policies, procedures and code that implement the community partnership and grant program, use agreements and permits for effectiveness and transparency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 17392, Section 1, and K.C.C. 7.08.110 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
((No improvement or construction in any county park with a fair market value in excess of fifty thousand dollars shall be made unle...

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