File #: 2012-0352    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 8/27/2012 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 12/10/2012
Enactment date: 12/21/2012 Enactment #: 17500
Title: AN ORDINANCE making supplemental appropriations of $65,000 to real estate services, $195,269 to physical environment general fund transfers, $206,000 to the parks and recreation - open space construction fund, $206,000 to the real estate excise tax 1 fund, and $1,449,104 to the open space non-bond capital fund; and amending the 2012 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17232, Sections 28, 115 and 122, as amended, and Attachments B and D, as amended.
Sponsors: Jane Hague, Larry Phillips, Bob Ferguson, Julia Patterson, Reagan Dunn, Pete von Reichbauer
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17500.pdf, 2. See Briefing 2012-B0148 for Staff Reports.docx, 3. 2012-0352 Transmittal Letter.doc, 4. 2012-0352 ERC_PSA_FiscalNote 8 24 12.xls, 5. 2012-0352 ERC_Supplemental_FiscalNote.xls, 6. A. General Government Capital Improvement Program, dated May 2, 2012, 7. B. Surface Water Management Capital Improvement Program, dated May 2, 2012
Drafter
Clerk 12/06/2012
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AN ORDINANCE making supplemental appropriations of $65,000 to real estate services, $195,269 to physical environment general fund transfers, $206,000 to the parks and recreation - open space construction fund, $206,000 to the real estate excise tax 1 fund, and $1,449,104 to the open space non-bond capital fund; and amending the 2012 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17232, Sections 28, 115 and 122, as amended, and Attachments B and D, as amended.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The Eastside Rail Corridor ("the ERC"), formerly referred to as the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe rail line corridor, is a forty-two mile railroad corridor that extends south from the city of Snohomish in Snohomish county to the cities of Renton and Redmond in King County, passing through unincorporated King County and the cities of Woodinville, Kirkland, Bellevue, Renton and Redmond.
B. The ERC is a regional asset that through ongoing public ownership can be managed to support the shared objectives of a vibrant, growing community, including building a world-class regional transportation and trail system that will meet a variety of rail and trail mobility needs and supporting the efficient provision of utility services.
C. In 2008, King County executed an interlocal agreement with the Port of Seattle to acquire a multipurpose easement over the ERC, and in 2009 King County entered into a memorandum of understanding with partners the Port of Seattle, Sound Transit, the city of Redmond, the Cascade Water Alliance and Puget Sound Energy. The interlocal agreement and the memorandum of understanding expressed a policy of dual usage within the ERC.
D. As King County moves forward with the fee purchase of fifteen and six-tenths miles within the southern portion of the ERC and an additional three and six-tenths miles of trail easement in the northern portion, and coordinates its usage with other property owners, incl...

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