King County - File #: 2006-0373

• File #: 2006-0373
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/21/2006
• In control: Capital Budget Committee
• Final action: 10/16/2006
• Enactment date: 10/27/2006
• Enactment #: 15624
• Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the sale of the county-owned property known as the Schroeder property located on the Redmond Fall City Road southeast of the city of Redmond, consisting of assessor's parcel numbers 062407-9017 and 062407-9032 and located in council district three.
• Sponsors: Bob Ferguson
• Indexes: Agreement, Property
• Staff: Wagner, Nick

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/16/2006	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Hearing Held
10/16/2006	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Passed	Pass
10/4/2006	1	Capital Budget Committee	Amended	Pass
10/4/2006	2	Capital Budget Committee	Recommended Do Pass Substitute	Pass
9/20/2006	1	Capital Budget Committee
9/6/2006	1	Capital Budget Committee	Deferred
8/21/2006	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Introduced and Referred

Drafter
Clerk 10/10/2006
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the sale of the county-owned property known as the Schroeder property located on the Redmond Fall City Road southeast of the city of Redmond, consisting of assessor's parcel numbers 062407-9017 and 062407-9032 and located in council district three.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The King County department of natural resources and parks is the custodian of two contiguous parcels known as the Schroeder property, located at 1650 Southeast Redmond-Fall City Road, east of the city of Redmond. Assessor's parcel number 062407-9017 is 14.88 acres and was formerly a working dairy and residence. Assessor's parcel number 062407-9032 is 0.48 acre and is used for the access driveway. Together these parcels total 15.36 acres and are further described in Attachment A to this ordinance.
B. The department of natural resources and parks acquired the Schroeder property for no cost in August of 2003 through an assignment agreement between King County and the Cascade Land Conservancy. The 15.36 acres was originally intended as secondary access for a 245-acre residential development proposed by developer, Port Blakely. However, due to public pressure to limit the number of units built in this fragile area, King County and the Treemont Conservancy purchased the 245 acres of sensitive natural forest and wildlife habitat by a "Deed of Conservation Easement." The funding for this purchase was approved on July 25, 2003, by Ordinance 14709. Following this purchase, the secondary access provided by the 15.36-acre Schroeder property was no longer needed and was donated by the developer to the Treemont Conservancy.
C. The department of natural resources and parks subsequently determined that the location and nature of the Schroeder property was neither suitable for recreational use nor had preservation value and declared the property surplus to its needs.
D. Purs...