Drafter
Clerk 02/18/2009
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AN ORDINANCE regarding the King County fair; authorizing the King County executive to execute an interlocal agreement with the city of Enumclaw regarding the King County fair; and amending Ordinance 11955, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.045 and repealing Ordinance 12075, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.32.040 and Ordinance 1128 (part), as amended, and K.C.C. 2.32.050.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. In 2002, the King County parks and recreation division of the department of natural resources and parks faced significant financial challenges. That year, the division faced a major fiscal crisis that required a nine million dollar reduction in the division's 2003 budget, a thirty-five percent cut. To address that crisis, the county convened the metropolitan parks task force to make recommendations on ways to transition the parks and recreation division to a more stable fiscal future.
B. The metropolitan parks task force recommended that the county transfer active recreation facilities to cities and focus primarily on providing regional trails and natural lands. Consistent with the metropolitan parks task force recommendations, all county pools located within cities were transferred to those cities. In addition, the Enumclaw golf course was transferred to the city.
C. The metropolitan parks task force found that: "The fiscal crisis facing the County demands a much stricter approach to selecting what services the County will and will not provide. The County parks system can no longer afford to be all things to all people." As a result, the metropolitan parks task force concluded that the county must "limit its involvement in providing local recreation services, particularly within cities."
D. The metropolitan parks task force further found that: "The provision of active recreation services and programming must be fundamentally changed, moving away from t...
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