File #: 2022-0299    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/26/2022 In control: Local Services and Land Use Committee
On agenda: Final action: 8/23/2022
Enactment date: 9/2/2022 Enactment #: 19487
Title: AN ORDINANCE determining the Enumclaw Park and Recreation Service Area is inactive under state law and it is in the public interest to dissolve the Enumclaw Park and Recreation Service Area.
Sponsors: Reagan Dunn
Indexes: Enumclaw, City of, Park and Recreation Service Districts
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19487, 2. 2022-0299 Amendment 1, 3. 2022-0297_0298_0299_0301_0303_Staff Report with Attachments, 4. 2022-0297, -0298, -0299, -0301 & -0303 INVOICE & AFFIDAVIT
Title
AN ORDINANCE determining the Enumclaw Park and Recreation Service Area is inactive under state law and it is in the public interest to dissolve the Enumclaw Park and Recreation Service Area.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Under RCW 36.96.020, once a county legislative authority has been informed that a special purpose district appears to be inactive, that legislative authority is required to hold public hearings and determine whether or not that special purpose district is "inactive." After a finding of inactivity, the legislative authority may then also determine whether it is in the public interest to dissolve such an inactive special purpose district.
B. In accordance with RCW 36.96.020, the director of the department of elections provided written notice to the King County council on May 31, 2022, of apparent inactive special purpose districts located in the county. According to the department of elections, it has no records showing that since 1991 the Enumclaw Park and Recreation Service Area ("the district") has held any election for commissioners or run any bond measure. Two proposed bond and levy proposals were rejected by voters in 1991. The department of elections concluded that the district appears to be "inactive" under RCW 36.96.010(3).
C. In accordance with state law, the King County treasurer acts as the treasurer for parks and recreation districts created within the county. The treasurer has confirmed that it holds no moneys in the name of the district.
D. In accordance with RCW 36.96.030, a public hearing on whether the district is "inactive" under chapter 36.96 RCW and whether it is in the public interest to dissolve the district was held on August 23, 2022. Notice of the hearing was provided in accordance with RCW 36.96.030. In addition, notice of the hearing was mailed to each active voter household in the district on July 29, 2022.
E. The council finds that the district has...

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