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AN ORDINANCE establishing the grant award criteria and process for the King County parks, recreation, trails and open space levy grant programs as well as the proposed composition of advisory committees established in accordance with Ordinance 18890, Section 6, Motion 15378, Section F.1., and Attachments A, B, D and E to Motion 15378.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. On April 17, 2019, the King County council adopted Ordinance 18890, which called for a special election to authorize the King County parks, recreation, trails and open space levy 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; provide for environmental education, maintenance and conservation programs at the Woodland Park Zoo; provide moneys for capital construction at the Seattle Aquarium; and distribution of levy proceeds for capital improvements at publicly owned pools, for all King County residents.
2. On August 6, 2019, King County voters approved the levy, which included moneys for various grant programs to include targeted equity, aquatics facilities, open space - river corridors and urban parks and open spaces.
3. On April 17, 2019, the King County council passed Motion 15378.
4. In accordance with Motion 15378, Section F.1., the department of natural resources and parks to transmited this proposed ordinance to the council on January 30, 2020, to implement one or more advisory committees to review and make recommendations on grant awards for the grant programs described in Attachments A, B, D and E to the motion, which are the parks capital and open space grant program, the targeted equity grant program, the aquatic facilities grant program and the open space and river corridors grant program (colle...
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