Good afternoon everybody TO
I AM AWARD AND WILL SOON BE
JOINED THE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
>> I WILL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED
TO THE CHAIRS REPORT.
IF WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE
AGENDA FOR TODAY REGARDING THE
KING COUNTY FUTURES LEVY. WE
HOPE TO RUN THIS MEETING
EFFICIENTLY TO ACCOMMODATE THE
SELECT COMMITTEE THAT BEGINS AT
2:30 PM WITH FULL COUNSEL.
THAT WILL HAPPEN THE MINUTE WE
ARE DONE WITH THIS COMMITTEE.
WITH THAT WE MOVE INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT, AND I WILL LET YOU
TAKE IT FROM THERE.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOU
HAVE TWO MINUTES TO WORD DRESS
ITEMS THAT WILL APPEAR ON THE
AGENDA AND MOVE FORWARD WITH
THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, WE HAVE ONE
PERSON SIGNED UP, ALEX ZIMMERMAN
.
>> MY NAME IS ALEX AND I WANT
TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS AGENDA AND
WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, IT'S
VERY INTERESTING TO ME RIGHT
NOW.
SO, THE PROVEN FUTURE LEVY FUND
WITH THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
IT'S VERY INTERESTING WHAT WE
HAVE RIGHT NOW.
WE PAY TAXES BUT, WHO CARES
ABOUT THIS COUNSEL, THEY NEVER
CARED ABOUT THIS.
THEY CARRY ONLY ABOUT
REELECTION.
SO, THEY DON'T NEED APPROVAL
RIGHT NOW THE WHEN THEY DON'T
APPROVE, PEOPLE DON'T SPEAK,
PEOPLE DON'T INVOLVE BUSINESSES
AND FASCISM GETS BIGGER AND
BIGGER SO RIGHT NOW WE GET PAY
TAXES BUT WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT
THE TAXES BECAUSE THE COUNCIL
DECIDES THESE PEOPLE WILL WHO
IN SEATTLE THE 700,000 IDIOTS,
NOBODY CARES ABOUT THIS AND
THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
I LOVE THIS INNOVATION.
WE HAVE FASCISM GROW BIGGER AND
BIGGER EVERY DAY RIGHT NOW.
NO.
THE COUNCIL HEARING.
NO.
THE PUBLIC PRESENTS, FREEDOM OF
SPEECH.
NO MORE AMERICA, FASCISM GOT
BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER.
SO IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
I SPOKE RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY TO
A LISTEN TO ME AND PEOPLE DON'T
COME, BUT ALEX ZIMMERMAN IS
HERE AND I COME EVERY TIME AND
EVERY DAY, 2200 TIMES, IT'S
ENOUGH TO REPRESENT THE 700,000
IDIOTS.
SO I DEMAND STOPPING THIS NEW
FASCISM .
>> YOUR SONS PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
US .
>> THANK YOU. OKAY.
ANYONE ELSE?
>> THAT CONCLUDES IT .
>> THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC
COMMENT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND I
APOLOGIZE FOR NOT WAITING FOR
YOU.
I COULDN'T STOP THE CAMERAS .
>> THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT
YOU, OKAY.
NW WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEMS OF
BUSINESS.
WHY DON'T YOU READ THE FIRST
ITEM INTO THE RECORD AND THEN
WE WILL MOVE TO THE
PRESENTATION .
>> ITEM NUMBER ONE, BILL
119494, AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO THE LEVY PROCEEDS FOR KING
COUNTY, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
TO AMEND LOCAL COOPERATION
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY,
AUTHORIZED BY CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE 1149 78 TO ALLOW FOR
THE ACCEPTANCE OF CONSERVATION
FUTURE LEVY FUNDS WITHOUT CITY
COUNCIL APPROVAL AND
AUTHORIZING THE USE OF A NEW
AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I WILL LET YOU GUYS
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND
WELCOME BACK.
>> WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE
INTRODUCTIONS AND THEN I AM
GUESSING YOU WILL WALK US
THROUGH THIS AND THEN WE WOULD
DO ABOUT.
GO AHEAD .
>> I AM THE INTERIM
SUPERINTENDENT FOR SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION .
>> I AM THE ACQUISITION PLANNER
FOR SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
.
>> SO, MY PART OF THIS IS VERY
BRIEF BECAUSE CHIP IS THE
EXPERT BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT
THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
THIS IS SPEAKING ABOUT THE
CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR OVER
30 YEARS THIS IS PROVIDED
BATTING FUNDS TO ALLOW US TO
ACCESS OPEN PARKS AND SPACE
ACROSS THE CITY.
WE'VE USED IT TO MATCH FUNDS
FROM THE PREVIOUS LEVIES AND
ARE USING IT AS A MAXIMUM OF
THE PARK DISTRICT FUNDS.
WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IS REVISE
THE AGREEMENT THAT CURRENTLY
EXISTS BETWEEN SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY THAT LITTLE HE WILL
STREAMLINE THE PROCESS TO GET
THE MONEY BACK THAT COMES
THROUGH THE CFD IN TERMS OF
MATCHING FUNDS.
I THINK AS CHIP WILL WALK US
THROUGH, WE CAN SAVE UP TO A
YEAR IN TERMS OF THE TIME TO
GET FUNDING BACK.
WITH THAT IT WILL TURN THIS
OVER TO CHIP AND HAVE HIM WALK
US THROUGH THIS.
WE HAVE MAPS. THESE ARE THE
MAPS THAT SHOW YOU WHERE THE
PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN
PURCHASED WITH CFT MATCHING
FUNDS.
IT'S A PRETTY BROAD AND PRETTY
GOOD COVERAGE ACROSS THE CITY.
SO THE REASON YOU SEE THE
BIGGER RED DOT IS SOME OF THESE
PROPERTIES ARE RATHER SMALL BUT
JUST BECAUSE THAT IS THE NATURE
OF TRYING TO BUY PROPERTY IN A
CITY LIKE SEATTLE .
>> THANK YOU, LET ME JUST
CONTINUE ON. FOLLOWING WHAT
JESUS SAID IS CONSERVATION
FUTURE IS A COUNTYWIDE PROPERTY
TAX THAT IS USED TO BY FOREST,
FARMS, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
AND THE CITY HAS ACQUIRED THAT
YOU CAN SEE, ABOUT 150 SEPARATE
PARCELS AT 130 ACRES AND HAS
GOTTEN OVER $60 MILLION IN
MATCHING FUNDS FOR THIS GRANT
SOURCE.
AND IT'S BEEN A MAJOR SOURCE
FOR ALL ACQUISITION PROBLEMS.
THE KING COUNTY OPEN SPACE AND
BONDS PROGRAM IN EARLY 2000 PRO
PARKS LEVY AND THE 2008 PARKS
AND GREEN SPACES LEVY AND THE
PARK DISTRICT FUNDING.
ONE THING TO NOTICE IS THE
CONSERVATION FUTURES IS A
MATCHING FUND THAT WE NEED TO
PUT IN 50% OF THE FUNDS AND
MATCHED EQUAL BACK. HISTORICALLY
WE HAVE 3 MILLION PER YEAR AND
CURRENTLY THE ACQUISITION BUDGET
AND THIS LEAVES 1 MILLION ON
THE TABLE.
WE HOPE THAT THE PARK DISTRICT
FUNDING WE HOPE TO BRING BACK
UP TO $3 MILLION .
>> HERE IS THE MATH YOU HAVE IN
FRONT OF YOU, IT'S HARD TO SEE.
THERE IS OFTEN MULTIPLE,
MULTIPLE SMALL PARCELS REQUIRED
WITH THIS FUNDING SOURCE.
TRADITIONALLY WE USED IT TO BUY
A GREEN SPACES AND THE GOAL IS
TO BUY AN HOLDINGS IN ALL MAJOR
GREEN SPACES, THE AMISH
GREENBELT AND LONGFELLOW CREEK,
THE LAST 10 YEARS WE'VE ALSO
USED IT TO BUY URBAN PARKS IN
OUR DENSEST NEIGHBORHOODS AND
WE JUST CLOSED ON ONE SO THAT
CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY.
>> SO WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS DO
WE ACQUIRE?
THE LAST THREE YEARS OF AWARDS
ARE APPEAR AND THEY REALLY RANGE
FROM GREEN SPACES, LAKE RIDGE,
DELRIDGE, PARK ADDITIONS, IT'S
A PLAYFIELD ADDITION AND IT'S
GOT DUWAMISH ONE WAITE PARK
EDITION AND I HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD
PARKS LIKE BROADWAY BITTER
LAKE, OPEN SPACE AND IT'S A
WIDE VARIETY OF PROJECTS. SO
KIND OF THE CHALLENGE OF
GETTING LEGISLATION THROUGH
BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY
AND HENCE ONE OF THE REASONS WE
ARE ASKING FOR AN EXPEDITED WAY
OF GETTING REIMBURSEMENT.
BEFORE WE GO INTO EXACTLY WHAT
THE CHANGES ARE, IT'S REALLY
THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
COUNTY AND THE CITY REGARDING
THE CONSERVATION FUTURE AWARDS.
THE AWARDS ARE .
>> THIS MEANS THE KING COUNTY
MAYOR AND THE LOCAL EXECUTIVE
WOULD SIGN THE AGREEMENT?
>> YES.
>> WE STREAMLINE AND SHORTEN
THE PROCESS AND SAVE UP ONE-
YEAR REIMBURSEMENTS.
SO TO REDUCE THE DUPLICATIVE
LEGISLATION, BOTH ON THE COUNTY
SIDE AND THE CITY SIDE. SO, THE
CURRENT PROCESS IS IS ABOUT 2
1/2 YEARS SO APPLY FOR PROJECTS
IN MARCH AND THEY WILL END UP
IN THE COUNTY BUDGET IN
NOVEMBER AND THEN SOMETIME IN
SPRING THE COUNTY WILL ENTER
THEY WILL DO LEGISLATION THAT
ALLOWS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO
ENTER INTO A NEW INTERLOCAL
WITH THE CITY AND THEN,
SOMETIME LATER IN THE YEAR THE
CITY WILL DO THE SAME
LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS THE
MAYOR TO ENTER IN WITH THE
COUNTY AND THEN WE GET THE
EXECUTIVES TO SIGN AND THEN I
CAN FINALLY ASKED FOR
REIMBURSEMENT 2 1/2 YEARS AFTER
I HAVE APPLIED FOR THE ORIGINAL
AWARD WE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE
THE MAYOR AND THE EXECUTIVE
SIGN WITH THE NEW AWARD AND THEN
AND I CAN APPLY FOR
REIMBURSEMENT RIGHT AWAY .
>> THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE
LEGISLATION, THE COUNTY THEY
HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE BUDGET TO
BE PASSED AND THEN THEY HAVE
úTHE THREE MONTH PROCESS TO GET
LEGISLATION TO COUNSEL THEN WE
HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE
LEGISLATION BEFORE WE CAN START
THE THREE MONTH PROCESS AND
THEN BY THE TIME ALL OF THAT
HAPPENS IT'S TIME. IT'S JUST
TIME SPENT, THEY SAID THEY
ALREADY GAVE AUTHORITY, THEY
ALREADY HAD THE PROJECTS IN THE
úBUDGET SO THEY PARTY GIVEN
AUTHORITY AND IT WAS
DUPLICATIVE AUTHORITY THEY WERE
GIVING.
, THE CITY COUNCIL LOOKS AT THE
ACQUISITION IN TWO WAYS, YOU
APPROPRIATE THE MONEY FOR THE
ACQUISITION BUDGET AND WE GET
CERTAIN AUTHORITY FOR
ACQUISITION LIKE PARKS SO WE
CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO COUNSEL
. WE DO SEE EVERY ACQUISITION
WE DO EVERY -- AT LEAST ONCE SO
BY ELIMINATING THE CFT
INTERLOCAL, YOU ARE STILL
HAVING THE ABILITY TO SEE ON
THE ACQUISITION .
>> THIS WOULD ALLOW US AS AN
EXAMPLE, THE THREE CFT AWARDS
ARE ABOUT 6 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS
.
>> YOU CAN GET REIMBURSED FOR
THOSE RIGHT AWAY AND EVERY
SUBSEQUENT ONE WE GET REIMBURSED
AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR
.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR
COLLEAGUES?
>> ONE OVERARCHING QUESTION.
I WAS MOSTLY TRACKING THE
DISTINCTION YOU ARE MAKING AT
THE END OF THE REMARKS BUT TO ME
THIS LEGISLATION SEEMS TO LIMIT
AND THE CITY COUNCIL OVERSIGHT
FOR SOME OF THE ACQUISITION AND
I'M HEARING YOU SAY THAT MAYBE
AND CONTINUE TO YOU EXECUTE THE
OVERSIGHT AND EXPLAIN A LITTLE
BETTER ON WHAT COUNSEL'S WILL
IS AN OVERSIGHT BODY WILL BE IF
THIS LEGISLATION IS ADOPTED .
>> SURE .
>> ON THE COUNTY COUNCIL SIDE
THEY APPROVE ALL THE SPECIFIC
PROJECTS BECAUSE OF THEY'VE
ALREADY LOOKED AT ALL OF THE
SPECIFIC CONSERVATION FUTURE
AWARDS AND APPROVED THEM AS
PART OF THE BUDGET.
AND IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND
THERE ARE TWO WAYS YOU CAN HAVE
OVERSIGHT AND ANYTHING OUTSIDE
THE GREEN SPACE WE HAVE TO HAVE
SPECIFIC LEGISLATION FOR
APPROVAL OF THOSE ACQUISITIONS.
ALL GREEN SPACES YOU HAVE
ALREADY GIVEN US APPROVAL TO
BUY WITHIN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT
WE ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE
COUNCIL TO HAVE YOU ACCEPT THE
ACQUISITIONS AFTER WE WE'VE
ACQUIRED THEM.
YOU WILL ALWAYS SEE EVERY
ACQUISITION THAT WE'VE DONE AND
I WILL BACK UP, THE CFT
INTERLOCAL DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL
OF THE ACQUISITIONS, IT'S JUST
THE ACQUISITIONS THAT OF GOT
GRANT FUNDING.
SO YOU DO SEE EVERY ACQUISITION
OUTSIDE THE CFT LOCAL.
>> OKAY.
SO, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD .
>> WE MOVE FORWARD FOR A VOTE.
I MOVE THE COMMITTEE PASS
COUNSEL BILL 119494, THE KING
COUNTY CONSERVATION FUTURES
LEVY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT .
>> SECOND .
>> MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE
>> THE MOTION PASSES.
I WILL RECOMMEND TO FULL
COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
THANK YOU CHIP, THANK YOU JESUS
. THANK YOU FOR THE MEMO IN THE
SCHOOL NEW NOTE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
FOR WE ADJOURN, LET ME MAKE A
FEW COMMENTS. THEN WE WILL
MOVED TO ADJOURN.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE
COMMITTEE WILL BE WEDNESDAY,
MAY 1 AT 2 PM AND WITH THAT WE
STAND ADJOURNED.