File #: 2022-0198    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/7/2022 In control: Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action: 9/27/2022
Enactment date: 10/12/2022 Enactment #: 19501
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to King County's open space system and adopting the King County Open Space Plan: Parks, Trails, and Natural Areas 2022 Update as a functional plan of the King County Comprehensive Plan and official county policy guiding the future of the county open space system; amending Ordinance 8657, Section 1, and K.C.C. 20.12.380 and repealing the King County open space plan attached to Ordinance 8657, as amended by Addendum 1 and Addendum 2, the King County Park, Recreation, and Open Space Plan attached to Ordinance 12349, Attachment A to Ordinance 14966, Ordinance 16857, Section 1, Attachment A to Ordinance 16857, Ordinance 18309 (part) and Attachment A to Ordinance 18309.
Sponsors: Rod Dembowski
Indexes: Comprehensive Plan, King County, Open Space, Trails and Paths
Code sections: 20.12.380 - .
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19501, 2. A. King County Open Space Plan – Parks, Trails, and Natural Areas 2022 Update, dated September 2022, 3. A. King County Open Space Plan - Parks, Trails, and Natural Areas 2022 Update, 4. 2022-0198 transmittal letter, 5. 2022-0198 Fiscal Note, 6. 2022-0198 Legislative Review Form, 7. 2022-0198_2016 - 2022 Policy Comparison, 8. 2022-0198_2016 - 2022 Values Goals and Objectives Comparison, 9. 2022-0198_King County Extension Approval Letter, 10. 2022-0198_SEPA Environmental Checklist - Open Space Plan Update 2022, 11. 2022-0198_SEPA DNS - Open Space Plan Update 2022, 12. 2022-0198_Open_Space_Plan_TrEE_slides, 13. 2022-0198_SR_Open Space Plan Update, 14. 2022-0198 AMD1_Revised OSP, 15. 2022-0198 AMDT1_Title Amendment, 16. 2022-0198 Matrix of Amendment 1 Changes to Att A_For Illustrative Purposes Only, 17. 2022-0198_SR_Open Space Plan Update_9-15-22 meeting, 18. 2022-0198_Revised SR_Open Space Plan Update_9-15-22 meeting
Staff: Tracy, Jake
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to King County's open space system and adopting the King County Open Space Plan: Parks, Trails, and Natural Areas 2022 Update as a functional plan of the King County Comprehensive Plan and official county policy guiding the future of the county open space system; amending Ordinance 8657, Section 1, and K.C.C. 20.12.380 and repealing the King County open space plan attached to Ordinance 8657, as amended by Addendum 1 and Addendum 2, the King County Park, Recreation, and Open Space Plan attached to Ordinance 12349, Attachment A to Ordinance 14966, Ordinance 16857, Section 1, Attachment A to Ordinance 16857, Ordinance 18309 (part) and Attachment A to Ordinance 18309.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The King County Open Space Plan: Parks, Trails and Natural Areas 2022 Update ("the plan") guides the acquisition, planning, development, stewardship, maintenance and management of King County's complex system of two hundred five parks, one hundred seventy-five miles of regional trails, and thirty-two thousand acres of open space.
2. The plan updates the inventory of open space and clarifies that King County is the direct service provider of parks and recreation services to all unincorporated areas of the county, including rural and urban areas.
3. The plan describes how King County's open space system advances priority county initiatives and plans, including Clean Water Healthy Habitat, the Land Conservation Initiative and the Strategic Climate Action Plan. The plan also supports King County's long-term capital program to expand and enhance the regional trails network.
4. The plan is consistent with countywide planning policies, including the King County Comprehensive Plan.
5. The update aligns the plan with Ordinance 18890, authorizing a property tax levy for the funding of the parks system.
6. The plan renews eligibility for Washington state Recreation and Conservation Office grant funding.
7. Adoption of the plan will allow King County...

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