File #: 2020-0297    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 9/29/2020 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 12/8/2020
Enactment date: Enactment #: 15749
Title: A MOTION authorizing the King County executive to accept a conservation easement donation of approximately five acres on a private property southwest of Woodinville, WA, appraised at three hundred thousand dollars, for forest conservation purposes.
Sponsors: Kathy Lambert
Indexes: Conservation Easements, Donations, Executive
Attachments: 1. Motion 15749, 2. A. Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement, 3. 2020-0297 transmittal letter, 4. 2020-0297 Fiscal Note, 5. 2020-0297 Map, 6. 2020-0297 Legislative Review Form, 7. 2020-0297_SR_ForestConservation.docx

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Clerk 09/03/2020

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A MOTION authorizing the King County executive to accept a conservation easement donation of approximately five acres on a private property southwest of Woodinville, WA, appraised at three hundred thousand dollars, for forest 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, any and all gifts 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 in the department of natural resources and parks are used only for park purposes, and

                     WHEREAS, the conservation easement donors, Michael and Vicki Elledge, are land owners 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 executive is authorized to accept the approximately five-acre land donation valued at three hundred thousand dollars from Michael and Vicki Elledge, consistent with the King County Real Estate Purchase and Sale 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 transaction 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.