File #: 2013-0124    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/11/2013 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: 5/20/2013 Final action: 5/20/2013
Enactment date: 5/31/2013 Enactment #: 17586
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the parks and recreation division of the department of natural resources and parks to administer permit programs for the Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center; establishing and setting use fees for the Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center; providing authority to the department director to set and modify use fees for the Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center; amending Ordinance 11955, Section 9, as amended and K.C.C. 2.16.045, Ordinance 12045, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.56.150, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 7.02 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 28.84.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips
Indexes: Brightwater, Fees, Natural Resources, Department of
Code sections: 2.16.045 - , 4.56.150 - , 7.01.010 - ., 7.02 -
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17586.pdf, 2. A. Initial Use Fees for Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center, 3. 2013-0124 fiscal note.xlsx, 4. 2013-0124 tranmittal letter.docx, 5. 2013-0124 Staff Report - Brightwater EECC (5-7-13).doc, 6. Attachment 2 - Striking Amendment 1 (5-3-13) BAR edits 05-06-13.doc, 7. Attachment 3 - Title Amendment 1 BAR edits 05-06-13.doc, 8. 2013-0124 Brightwater Hearing Notice.doc, 9. 2013-0124 Revised SR Brightwater EECC.doc, 10. A. Initial Use Fees for Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center, 11. CouncilWebFrameTop.html, 12. 2013-0124 Affidavit of Pub - Seattle Times.pdf
Staff: Mountsier, Beth
Drafter
Clerk 05/09/2013
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the parks and recreation division of the department of natural resources and parks to administer permit programs for the Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center; establishing and setting use fees for the Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center; providing authority to the department director to set and modify use fees for the Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center; amending Ordinance 11955, Section 9, as amended and K.C.C. 2.16.045, Ordinance 12045, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.56.150, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 7.02 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 28.84.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The department of natural resources and parks opened the Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center to the public on September 24, 2011.
2. The Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center is managed by the wastewater treatment division of the department of natural resources and parks.
3. The Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center provides indoor learning opportunities through its partnership with IslandWood, a local organization that offers programs to help students understand the pivotal role people play in our region's water cycle.
4. The Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center also provides outdoor learning opportunities with seventy acres of publicly accessible open space, three miles of trails and forty acres of restored fish and wildlife habitat.
5. The Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center also has meeting rooms that provide space for community groups, conferences, business meetings, weddings and other special events and can accommodate up to two hundred fifty people.
6. The Brightwater development agreement and settlement agreement dated December 20, 2005, between Snohomish county and King County requires that King County provide the Brightwater Enviro...

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