Drafter
Clerk 09/14/2020
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A MOTION authorizing the King County executive to accept a conservation easement donation of approximately five acres on a property on Vashon Island, WA, appraised at seventy thousand dollars, for habitat 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, gifts, bequests and donations 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 land owner, the Vashon Maury Island Land Trust, would like to make the conservation easement 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 department of natural resources and parks is authorized to accept the approximately five-acre conservation easement donation valued at seventy thousand dollars from the Vashon Maury Island Land Trust, 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.






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