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Clerk 09/16/2019
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into a five-year use agreement between King County and Redmond North Little League for the construction, operation, maintenance, and use of an indoor batting cage facility at Redmond Ridge park, Redmond, Washington.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County, a home rule charter county and political subdivision of the state of Washington, is the owner of the property, located at 22915 NE Alder Crest Drive, Redmond, Washington, 98053 commonly known as Redmond Ridge park.
2. Redmond North Little League is a nonprofit Washington corporation that is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is a community-based, open-membership public club organized to provide public youth baseball programs for children between five and thirteen years old.
3. King County has determined that indoor batting cages at Redmond Ridge Park will have significant recreational value for the public field users at Redmond Ridge park.
4. King County Ordinance 14509 authorized the department of natural resources and parks to create new public recreation opportunities by empowering user groups, sports associations, and community organizations, like Redmond North Little League, to operate, maintain, and implement mutually agreed-upon capital improvements for public recreation facilities on King County land, and thereby address regional or rural recreation needs.
5. Use agreements are authorized under K.C.C. 4.56.150.E.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The King County executive is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement between the King County parks and recreation division and Redmond North Little League, substantially in the form of Attachment A to this ordinance, for Redmond
North Little League to construct, operate, maintain, and use an indoor batting cage facility at Redmond Ridge park, Redmond, Washington.