File #: 2005-0033    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/7/2005 In control: Natural Resources and Utilities Committee
On agenda: Final action: 3/14/2005
Enactment date: 3/22/2005 Enactment #: 15139
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to enter into interlocal agreements and amendments to interlocal agreements with the cities of Auburn, Black Diamond, Bothell, Bellevue, Burien, Covington, Enumclaw, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kenmore, Kent, Lake Forest Park, Newcastle, North Bend, Pacific, Redmond, Renton, Seattle, Tukwila and Woodinville for the disbursement of conservation futures tax levy funds allocated under Ordinance 15083.
Sponsors: Carolyn Edmonds, Larry Phillips
Indexes: Auburn, City of, Bellevue, City of, Black Diamond, City of, Bothell, City of, Burien, City of, Conservation Futures, Covington, City of, Enumclaw, City of, Federal Way, City of, Interlocal Agreement, Issaquah, City of, Kenmore, CIty of, Kent, City of, Lake Forest Park, City of, levy, Newcastle, City of, North Bend, City of, Pacific, City of, Redmond, City of, Renton, City of, Seattle, City of, Taxes, Tukwila, City of, Woodinville, City of
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 15139.pdf, 2. 2005-0033 and 0035 REVISED Staff Report Conservation Futures.doc, 3. 2005-0033 Staff Report Conservation Futures.doc, 4. 2005-0033 Transmittal Letter.doc, 5. A. Amendment to the Conservation Futures Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between King County and the City of ____ for Open Space Acquisition Projects, 6. B. Project Descriptions, dated 03/03/05, 7. B. Project Descriptions, 8. C. Conservation futures Interlocal Agreement, dated 03/03/05
Drafter
Clerk 03/08/2005
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to enter into interlocal agreements and amendments to interlocal agreements with the cities of Auburn, Black Diamond, Bothell, Bellevue, Burien, Covington, Enumclaw, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kenmore, Kent, Lake Forest Park, Newcastle, North Bend, Pacific, Redmond, Renton, Seattle, Tukwila and Woodinville for the disbursement of conservation futures tax levy funds allocated under Ordinance 15083.
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      STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1.  Conservation futures tax levy funds are collected throughout 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 14714 established procedures for the annual allocation of conservation futures tax levy funds, which directs the conservation futures citizens committee to make funding recommendations to the King County executive to consider for inclusion in the annual budget ordinance.
3.  The executive has transmitted in the annual budget ordinance and the council has appropriated 2005 conservation futures funds to the open space projects listed and described in Attachment B to this ordinance.
4.  The county desires to disburse conservation futures funds to the city of Seattle and suburban cities and must do so by amending existing or executing new interlocal agreements with these jurisdictions.
5.  The county and the cities are authorized to enter into an interlocal agreement 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 and execute contracts or amendments to interlocal agreements, containing language substantially similar to that attached, necessary for the disbursement of conservation
 
futures tax levy funds appropriated in Ordinance 15083, as adopted by the King County council.