File #: 2005-0397    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/3/2005 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 10/17/2005
Enactment date: 10/21/2005 Enactment #: 15304
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing approval of the executed twenty-five-year lease agreement between King County and the Washington state Department of Natural Resources, for open space and passive recreation use of the Maury Island South Trust Land Transfer property.
Sponsors: Dow Constantine, Carolyn Edmonds, David W. Irons
Indexes: Agreement, Lease, Natural Resources, Department of, Property, Washington, State of
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 15304.pdf, 2. 2005-0397 Staff Report for 10-17-05 COW.doc, 3. 2005-0397 Transmittal Letter.doc, 4. 2005-0397 Transmittal Letter.doc, 5. A. State of Washington Department of Natural Resources--Doug Sutherland, Commissioner of Public Lands--Olympia, Washington 98504--Maury Island South Trust Land Transfer Lease, 6. A. State of Washington Department of Natural Resources--Doug Sutherland, Commissioner of Public Lands--Olympia, Washington 98504--Maury Island South Trust Land Transfer Lease
Staff: Reed, Mike
Drafter
Clerk 09/22/2005
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing approval of the executed twenty-five-year lease agreement between King County and the Washington state Department of Natural Resources, for open space and passive recreation use of the Maury Island South Trust Land Transfer property.
Body
      STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1.  King County's population grew by over half a million people between 1980 and 2005, more than a forty percent increase in twenty-five years.  In conjunction with this rapid growth, King County has provided innovative open space land conservation solutions to protect environmental quality, natural resources, groundwater recharge and passive-use recreation opportunities.
2.  At no cost of acquisition to King County, the Washington state Department of Natural Resources ("state DNR") has issued twenty-five-year lease to King County for open space and passive recreation use ("lease"), effective June 29, 2005, and expiring June 25, 2030, which allows King County to use a 40-acre property called the Maury Island South Trust Land Transfer Property owned by the state DNR on Maury Island, located at Southwest 248th Street and 75th Avenue Southwest.
3.  The lease requires that the King County council must approve the lease by December 31, 2005, or the lease will terminate at that time and will not extend beyond 2005.
4.  It is the intent of King County to lease the premises for open space and passive recreation, including, but not limited to, recreational trails, picnic facilities and parking lot, and the preservation of wildlife habitat, per the terms of the lease attached as Attachment A to this ordinance.
      BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
      SECTION 1.  The King County council hereby approves the executed twenty-five-year lease agreement between King County and the Washington state Department of Natural Resources for open space and passive recreation use of the Maury Island South
 
Trust Land Transfer property, attached as Attachment A to this ordinance, as is necessary for the extension of the lease term beyond December 31, 2005.