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A MOTION authorizing the King County executive to accept a donation of an approximately two-acre private property east of Woodinville, WA, assessed at seven hundred thousand dollars, for fish and wildlife habitat conservation purposes.

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                     WHEREAS, King County seeks to preserve open space to preserve our regional quality of life, and

                     WHEREAS, under Ordinance 14509, the King County parks and recreation division of the department of natural resources and parks has the authority to accept gifts from individual, foundation and corporate sources, and

                     WHEREAS, under K.C.C. chapter 2.80, gifts, bequests and donations for parks and recreation purposes that exceed fifty thousand dollars require acceptance on behalf of King County by the King County council by motion, and

                     WHEREAS, all gifts to the King County parks and recreation division are used only for park purposes, and

                     WHEREAS, the donor, Juanita W. Verschuyl, is a land owner who would like to make the donation to King County so that the land is preserved for generations to come;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the council of King County:

                     The King County department of natural resources and parks is authorized to accept the approximately two-acre land donation valued at seven hundred thousand dollars from Juanita W. Verschuyl, consistent with the King County Real Estate Donation Agreement, which is Attachment A to this motion, for King County parks and recreation division purposes.  The open space acquisition unit, within the water and land resources division of the department of natural resources and parks, is responsible for handling the technical real estate transactional and administrative matters associated with the donation,

including the closing and recording of the easement, and is authorized to execute such other documents as are necessary to complete the transaction.