08-126 - King County Parks & Recreation - Special Property Tax Levy

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KING COUNTY CITY OF TUKWILA SPECIAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY AGREEMENT 08 -126 Council Approval N/A This Special Property Tax Levy Agreement (the "Agreement is made and entered into as of R ate DD 2008, by and between KING COUNTY, a political subdivision of the state of Washington (the "County and the City of Tukwila, a State of Washington municipal corporation. "City RECITALS WHEREAS, the County owns and operates a park system with over twenty -five thousand (25,000) acres of regional parks and open spaces and over one hundred seventy -five (175) miles of regional trails. In addition, the County is the provider of local parks in the rural area and is the transitional provider of local parks in the urban incorporated areas; and WHEREAS, since 2003, on recommendation of the Metropolitan Parks Task Force and direction from the County Executive and County Council, the County's Parks and Recreation Division has focused on managing a system of regional parks, open spaces and trails and a limited set of regional active recreation assets; and WHEREAS, consistent with its role as a regional and local rural service provider under Countywide Planning Policies and the State Growth Management Act, the County has divested itself of local parks and facilities in urban unincorporated areas as these areas incorporate or annex to cities; and WHEREAS, in November 2006, the County Executive created the Parks Futures Task Force to recommend a funding plan for the current County park system, and to examine what steps should be taken, if any, regarding future park system acquisitions; and WHEREAS, the Task Force recommended, among other things, that the County place before the voters a recommendation for a new $0.05, six -year, inflation adjusted property tax lid lift to expand park and recreation opportunities, one cent of the five -cent acquisition levy proceeds be distributed to cities for acquisition and development of open space and natural lands and city trail projects that support connections to the regional trail system, defined to include both county regional trails and city trails that are regional in nature, and may specifically include local trails in underserved areas linking to city of county trails that connect to regional trails; and WHEREAS, under state law, the Special Property Tax Levy funds may not supplant certain existing funds, as defined in RCW 84.55.050, used for the same purposes; and 1