Drafter
Clerk 04/15/2010
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AN ORDINANCE approving King County's sale of a surplus parcel of improved residential property situated in rural King County within council district nine, also known as the Rolph Property.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. King County's department of transportation, roads services division ("RSD") is custodian of a 5.01-acre residential parcel located at 22629 SE 206th Street in the Maple Valley area ("the Rolph Property"). The site was purchased by the RSD as part of the Taylor Creek Restoration Project. It is zoned R-5 and has available electricity but no sewer or public water. The property is heavily encumbered by planting, driveway and gas-line easements as well as fragile slope and wetland setbacks.
B. The RSD declared the Rolph Property surplus to its needs at completion of the Taylor Creek Restoration Project. Pursuant to K.C.C. 4.56.100, notices were circulated to other county departments by the facilities management division ("FMD") regarding RDS's plan to surplus and sell the Rolph Property. No county department expressed interest, and the subject property does not meet criteria for affordable housing. In August 2007, pursuant to K.C.C. 4.56.100, FMD declared the Rolph Property surplus to the county's present and foreseeable needs.
C. Pursuant to K.C.C. 4.56.100, FMD listed the Rolph Property for sale with the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. The property was marketed subject to the requirement for extensive work due to serious vandalism that rendered the improvements uninhabitable. Two proposed sales both failed after the purchasers determined that the costs to bring the property up to code were prohibitive.
D. FMD subsequently re-marketed the Rolph Property in October 2009, specifying that King County would not accept offers contingent on the condition of the now boarded-up improvements. Although the property was appraised at one hundred and seventy th...

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