File #: 2006-0373    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 8/21/2006 In control: Capital Budget Committee
On agenda: Final action: 10/16/2006
Enactment date: 10/27/2006 Enactment #: 15624
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the sale of the county-owned property known as the Schroeder property located on the Redmond Fall City Road southeast of the city of Redmond, consisting of assessor's parcel numbers 062407-9017 and 062407-9032 and located in council district three.
Sponsors: Bob Ferguson
Indexes: Agreement, Property
Attachments: 1. 15624.pdf, 2. 2006-0373 Attachment 4 - Purchase and Sale Agreement - fully executed.pdf, 3. 2006-0373 Attachment 7 to 9-20-06 Staff report.pdf, 4. 2006-0373 Attachment B. Vacant Land Purchase and Sale Agreement--Specific Terms.pdf, 5. 2006-0373 Escrow Pkg July 27, 2006.pdf, 6. 2006-0373 Fiscal Note.xls, 7. 2006-0373 Fully Executed Version Vacant Land Purchase and Sale Agreement July 27, 2006.pdf, 8. 2006-0373 Staff Report 09-20-06.doc, 9. 2006-0373 Staff Report 10-04-06.doc, 10. 2006-0373 Staff Report.doc, 11. 2006-0373 Transmittal Letter.doc, 12. 2006-0373 Vicinity Map and Parcel Map of the Property.pdf, 13. A. Legal Descriptions--APN 062407-9017, 14. A. Legal Descriptions--APN 062407-9017, 15. B. Vacant Land Purchase and Sale Agreement--Specific Terms, 16. B. Vacant Land Purchase and Sale Agreement--Specific Terms
Staff: Wagner, Nick
Drafter
Clerk 10/10/2006
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the sale of the county-owned property known as the Schroeder property located on the Redmond Fall City Road southeast of the city of Redmond, consisting of assessor's parcel numbers 062407-9017 and 062407-9032 and located in council district three.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The King County department of natural resources and parks is the custodian of two contiguous parcels known as the Schroeder property, located at 1650 Southeast Redmond-Fall City Road, east of the city of Redmond. Assessor's parcel number 062407-9017 is 14.88 acres and was formerly a working dairy and residence. Assessor's parcel number 062407-9032 is 0.48 acre and is used for the access driveway. Together these parcels total 15.36 acres and are further described in Attachment A to this ordinance.
B. The department of natural resources and parks acquired the Schroeder property for no cost in August of 2003 through an assignment agreement between King County and the Cascade Land Conservancy. The 15.36 acres was originally intended as secondary access for a 245-acre residential development proposed by developer, Port Blakely. However, due to public pressure to limit the number of units built in this fragile area, King County and the Treemont Conservancy purchased the 245 acres of sensitive natural forest and wildlife habitat by a "Deed of Conservation Easement." The funding for this purchase was approved on July 25, 2003, by Ordinance 14709. Following this purchase, the secondary access provided by the 15.36-acre Schroeder property was no longer needed and was donated by the developer to the Treemont Conservancy.
C. The department of natural resources and parks subsequently determined that the location and nature of the Schroeder property was neither suitable for recreational use nor had preservation value and declared the property surplus to its needs.
D. Purs...

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