King County - File #: 2019-0084

• File #: 2019-0084
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/27/2019
• In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
• Final action: 4/17/2019
• Enactment #: 18890
• Title: AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special election to be held in King County on August 6, 2019, of a proposition authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW for a period of six consecutive years, at a total rate of not more than $0.1832 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation in the first year and limiting annual levy increases by the King County inflation plus population index published by the King County office of economic and financial analysis, or the chapter 84.55 RCW limitation, whichever is greater in years two through six for the purpose of maintaining and operating King County's open space system; improving parks, recreation, access and mobility in the King County open space system by acquiring lands and continuing to develop regional trails; improving parks and trails in and acquiring lands by metropolitan parks districts, towns and cities in King County; funding e...
• Sponsors: Claudia Balducci, Pete von Reichbauer, Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Joe McDermott, Rod Dembowski
• Indexes: levy, Natural Resources, Department of, Parks and Recreation
• Related files: 2022-0087, 2024-0222, 2022-0219, 2022-0218
• Staff: Soo Hoo, Wendy

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/17/2019	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Hearing held/closed and passed	Pass
4/15/2019	2	Budget and Fiscal Management Committee	Recommended Do Pass	Pass
3/28/2019	1	Regional Policy Committee	Recommended Do Pass Substitute	Pass
3/13/2019	1	Regional Policy Committee	Deferred
2/27/2019	1	Regional Policy Committee	Deferred
2/27/2019	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Introduced and Referred

Title
AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special election to be held in King County on August 6, 2019, of a proposition authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW for a period of six consecutive years, at a total rate of not more than $0.1832 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation in the first year and limiting annual levy increases by the King County inflation plus population index published by the King County office of economic and financial analysis, or the chapter 84.55 RCW limitation, whichever is greater in years two through six for the purpose of maintaining and operating King County's open space system; improving parks, recreation, access and mobility in the King County open space system by acquiring lands and continuing to develop regional trails; improving parks and trails in and acquiring lands by metropolitan parks districts, towns and cities in King County; funding environmental education, maintenance and conservation programs at the Woodland Park Zoo; funding capital construction at the Seattle Aquarium; and funding for capital improvements at publicly owned pools, for all King County residents.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County owns and operates a system of regional and local parks and trails that consists of twenty-eight thousand acres of parklands and more than one hundred seventy-five miles of regional trails. The county provides regional trails, regional recreational facilities, regional natural areas, regional parks and local parks in unincorporated areas. Examples of regional county parks and trails include Marymoor park, Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland park, the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center and the Sammamish River trail.
2. Parks, natural areas and trails contribute to a high quality of life. A robust system of parks and trails provides physical, social and mental health benefits to individuals; economic ...