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Clerk 08/14/2006
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing King County's sale of 2.63 acres of undeveloped land located at 4500 Talbot road south in Renton, Washington.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The Seattle-King County department of public health is the custodian of an undeveloped parcel of 2.63 acres at 4500 Talbot Road South in Renton, assessor's parcel number 312305-9067. This parcel is zoned commercial office public zone, sits on the easterly side of the road south of South 45th Place.
B. The department of executive services, facilities management division on behalf of the Seattle-King County department of public health is seeking council approval to sell this parcel.
C. King County acquired the property for four hundred thousand dollars by statutory warranty deed in 1989 as a site suitable for a health clinic facility.
D. The Seattle-King County department of public health planned to build a medical clinic at this location, but construction never materialized for the following reasons: 1. Plans of partnering services with Valley Medical Center did not materialize; 2. Traffic congestion, lack of parking and rising costs of development were substantial; and 3. Demographics in the locale have dramatically changed, with the need for public health services shifting farther south in King County.
E. The Seattle-King County department of public health has concluded that the property is no longer proximate to high risk populations needing services, as it now lies within an economically stable section of the city of Renton, and the property is too small to develop an economically feasible public health facility due to the costs associated with establishing and/or maintaining small, satellite public health facilities.
F. The Seattle-King County department of public health has declared the property at 4500 Talbot Road in Renton surplus to its needs.
G. In July 2005, in anticipation o...

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