File #: 2002-0112    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/4/2002 In control: Natural Resources, Parks and Open Space Committee
On agenda: Final action: 4/1/2002
Enactment date: 4/12/2002 Enactment #: 14316
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to enter into an interlocal cooperation agreement for open space acquisition projects with the Vashon Park District for the Shinglemill creek acquisition project.
Sponsors: Dow Constantine
Indexes: Interlocal Agreement, Open Space, Vashon
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 14316.pdf, 2. 2002-0112 Staff Report.doc, 3. 2002-0112 Transmittal Letter.doc, 4. A. Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between King County and the Vashon Park District for Open Space Acquisition Projects2.doc
Staff: Reed, Mike
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to enter into an interlocal cooperation agreement for open space acquisition projects with the Vashon Park District for the Shinglemill creek acquisition project.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1.  Conservation futures tax levy funds are collected through King County as a dedicated portion of the property tax and are, by statute, available only for the acquisition of open space and resource lands.
2.  Ordinance 13717 established a process for the annual distribution of conservation futures tax levy funds, which includes an allocation of conservation futures funds by the council through the annual budget adoption process.
3.  On November 19, 2001, the King County council adopted the 2002 budget by Ordinance 14265 and allocated three hundred fifty thousand dollars in conservation futures funds to the Shinglemill creek acquisition project.
4.  The county desires to disburse conservation futures funds to the Vashon Park District and must do so by executing an interlocal cooperation agreement with the park district.
5.  King County is authorized to enter into an interlocal agreement with the city pursuant to chapter 39.34 RCW, the Interlocal Cooperation Act.
      BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
      SECTION 1.  The King County executive is hereby authorized to enter into an interlocal cooperation agreement for open space acquisition projects with the Vashon
 
Park District, in substantially the form attached, for the Shinglemill creek acquisition project authorized under Ordinance 14265.