Drafter
Clerk 05/24/2005
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to enter into an interlocal agreement between King County and the city of Snoqualmie for transfer to the city of a portion of the Three Forks natural area.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County and the city of Snoqualmie ("the city") have agreed to terms for an interlocal agreement for the transfer of a portion of the Three Forks natural area that is within the city limits.
2. The recitals in the agreement set forth relevant facts supporting and explaining the terms of the transfer.
3. The city desires to own, operate, and maintain parks, open space, recreation facilities and programs and other municipal programs, facilities and property inside its boundaries.
4. The county, under the authority of RCW 36.89.050, King County Resolution 34571 and other federal, state and county laws, has acquired and developed a substantial park, recreation and open space system that depends on the continued operation of its many individual properties and facilities in order to fully serve the needs of the residents of King County and the cities within it.
5. The county acquired the five-hundred-twenty-eight-acre Three Forks natural area property with open space bonds and conservation futures funds to preserve and enhance its flood protection, habitat and ecological systems.
6. The county's Three Forks Master Plan identified the portions of Three Forks natural area that lie south of the Snoqualmie river within the city's corporate boundary as a functioning river plain, with significant riparian attributes, which should remain in a natural state and should not be developed for ball fields, hiking trails or other active recreation.
7. The Three Forks natural area contains river and flood protection facilities, including the Railroad and Pratt levees that the county currently maintains.
8. The city and county have a mutual interest in maintaining and enhancing the flood protection, habitat...
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