File #: 2025-0070    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: In Committee
File created: 2/18/2025 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
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 5, 2025, 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 $0.2443 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation in the first year and limiting annual levy increases by the King County inflation plus population index published by the King County office of economic and financial analysis, or the chapter 84.55 RCW limitation, whichever is greater in years two through six for the purpose of maintaining and operating King County's open space system; improving parks, recreation, access and mobility in the King County open space system by acquiring lands and continuing to develop regional trails; improving parks and trails in and acquiring lands by metropolitan parks districts, towns and cities in King County; funding e...
Sponsors: Rod Dembowski, Girmay Zahilay
Indexes: King County, levy
Attachments: 1. A. General Requirements for King County Parks Levy Grant Programs Open Space, Natural Lands, and Urban Green Space Acquisition Guidelines, 2. B. Open Space, Natural Lands, and Urban Green Space Acquisition Guidelines, 3. 2025-0070_SR_2025 Parks Levy, 4. Parks Levy Proposed Allocation Plan, 5. King_County_Parks_Anticipated_CIP_Investments_List, 6. King_County_Parks_Inflation_Analysis, 7. 2025-0070 transmittal letter, 8. 2025-0070 Fiscal Note, 9. Park Levy Sub-Fund Financial Plan, 10. Parks Capital Program, 11. Parks Levy Operations Financial Plan, 12. King_County_Parks_Map_of_Project_Highlights, 13. Deadlines_for_Adoption_of_Ballot_Measures_in_2025, 14. 2025-0070 Legislative Review Form
Staff: Sherrie Hsu
Drafter
Clerk 02/11/2025
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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 5, 2025, 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 $0.2443 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation in the first year and limiting annual levy increases by the King County inflation plus population index published by the King County office of economic and financial analysis, or the chapter 84.55 RCW limitation, whichever is greater in years two through six for the purpose of maintaining and operating King County's open space system; improving parks, recreation, access and mobility in the King County open space system by acquiring lands and continuing to develop regional trails; improving parks and trails in and acquiring lands by metropolitan parks districts, towns and cities in King County; funding environmental education, maintenance and conservation programs at the Woodland Park Zoo; funding environmental education, maintenance and conservation programs at the Seattle Aquarium; funding development, maintenance, and programming for Seattle Waterfront park; and funding for capital improvements at publicly owned pools, for all King County residents.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County owns and operates a system of regional and local parks and trails that consists of thirty-two thousand acres of parklands and more than one hundred eighty-five miles of regional trails. The county provides regional trails, regional recreational facilities, regional natural areas, regional parks, and local parks in unincorporated areas. Examples of regional and local county parks and trails include Marymoor park, Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland park, Steve Cox Memorial park, Dick Thurnau Memorial park, the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, and the Sa...

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