File #: 2003-0212    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/5/2003 In control: Natural Resources, Parks and Open Space Committee
On agenda: 7/21/2003 Final action: 7/21/2003
Enactment date: 7/30/2003 Enactment #: 14714
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing annual funding allocation procedures for conservation futures funds; creating the conservation futures fund; making technical corrections to first tier fund titles and numbers; and amending Ordinance 13717, Section 1, and K.C.C. 26.12.003, Ordinance 8867, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 26.12.010 and Ordinance 12076, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.08.015, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.36, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4.08 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 26.12.
Sponsors: Carolyn Edmonds
Indexes: Conservation Futures
Code sections: 2.36 - , 26.12 - , 26.12.003 - , 26.12.010 - , 4.08 - , 4.08.015 -
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 14714.PDF, 2. 2003-0212 Attachment 4 Adopted CFL Fin May 2003.xls, 3. 2003-0212 Revised staff report dated June 5, 2003.doc, 4. 2003-0212 Staff Report CFT Allocation Ordinance 6-3-03.doc, 5. 2003-0212 Staff Report CFT Allocation Ordinance.doc, 6. 2003-0212 Transmittal Letter.doc
Drafter
Clerk 07/21/2003
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing annual funding allocation procedures for conservation futures funds; creating the conservation futures fund; making technical corrections to first tier fund titles and numbers; and amending Ordinance 13717, Section 1, and K.C.C. 26.12.003, Ordinance 8867, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 26.12.010 and Ordinance 12076, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.08.015, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.36, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4.08 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 26.12.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
For the purposes of meeting King County's adopted planning policies pursuant to the state of Washington Growth Management Act, the King County council makes the following findings:
A. There continues to exist in King County a need to provide a system of public open spaces necessary for the health, welfare, benefit and safety of the residents of King County and to maintain King county as a desirable place to live, visit and locate businesses.
B. King County's open space resources continue to diminish due to dramatic growth in this region, with an expected gain in new residents of over two hundred thousand people by the year 2020. Unless necessary property interests in such open space resources are acquired, important open space resources are highly likely to be developed and lost forever.
C. For the purposes of meeting the requirements of the state of Washington Growth Management Act, as specified under RCW 36.70A.210, King County has established a countywide framework to develop comprehensive plans under Ordinance 10450, including policies requiring incorporated jurisdictions to work together to identify, protect and acquire King County's diminishing open space resources and establish a regional open space system.
D. Conservation futures tax levy funds, authorized under RCW 84.34.230 are an important means of retaini...

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