Parks Comm PKT 10-03-2013City of Federal Way
PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
October 3, 2013
6:30 p.m.
MEETING AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER
City Hall
Conference Room
2. PUBLIC COMMENT (3 minutes)
Please limit comments to 3 minutes. The Chair may ask citizen to briefly summarize comments that
continue too long.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — September 5, 2013; Regular Meeting Minutes.
4. COMMISSION BUSINESS
Topic Title/ Description Presenter
A. French Lake Park Pond Ailinger
B. Way Finding Signs Ailinger
5. STAFF REPORTS
Topic Title/ Description
Presenter
A. Panther Lake Park
Ikerd
B. King County Park Levy
Ikerd
C. Funland Update
Ikerd
D. Progress on marking uneven trails
Ikerd
6. OTHER BUSINESS
7. FUTURE MEETINGS /AGENDA ITEMS: The next PRHSPSC Committee meeting will be held October 8, 2013 in the
Hylebos Conference Room.
8. AGENDA SETTING
9. ADJOURNMENT
THE NEXT MEETING IS
November 7, 2013
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CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Thursday, September 5, 2013 Hylebos Conference Room
6:30 p.m. City Hall
MEETING MINUTES
Chair Ailinger called the meeting to order at 6:31pm.
Present: Chair Brian Ailinger, Jack Sharlock, Mike Hoefel, Laura Belvin and David Berger. Dwight Otto,
Randall Smith and George Pfeiffer were excused. Martin Moore arrived late.
Staff: Parks and Facilities Manager Steve Ikerd and Parks and Parks & Public Works Administrative
Assistants Shawna Upton and Jessica Oldenkamp.
Minutes from the August Parks and Recreation Commission regular meeting were approved. Motion by
Hoefel to approve the minutes as written, Second by Koppang. Motion passes.
PUBLIC FORUM
Mike Andrews brought up a dangerous area along West Campus Trail due to tree roots. Sharlock and Hoefel
commented they'd also like to see action taken on marking or repairing trails. Mr. Andrews also mentioned the
litter on soccer fields after games and asked that field users be held more accountable for their own cleanup.
NONE
COMMISSION BUSINESS
STAFF REPORTS
FUNLAND UPDATE
Rotary Club received approval to have a $9k matching grant for the Ability Whirl element. There will be more
fundraising as multiple organizations have yet to be approached. Ikerd has another presentation on September
10th to share information about the playground. It was also learned that some of the specialized panels could be
made locally. October is the earliest the project could go to bid, with April/May being the anticipated finish
date. Discussion held on bidding plans /processes.
ALTERNATE WATER DOG PARK
Ikerd visited multiple parks and found none that would have suitable water access for dogs. Community
Development would need to be consulted on codes for animals and bodies of water for possibility of shared
use. Brief discussion on available state /county parks that may be looked into.
FRENCH LAKE POND
Ikerd didn't have much for updates, since Roe has been out. Adding this to October agenda will give Ikerd
time to research more and talk to Roe and Lakehaven. Park Pals is also conducting a park survey and will
provide Ikerd with the results.
Lakota has a new type of grass, and depending on how it handled the past year, it may also be planted in
French Lake Park. There is a new kiosk next to the dog fountain, and "French Lake Dog Park" sign is planned.
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OTHER BUSINESS
Sharlock suggested more way- finding signs.
Hoefel inquired about more frequent clean-ups of tree vegetation on trails. He also suggested second session
of crowded classes at FWCC.
Belvin inquired as to potential updates for Adelaide Park, Ikerd said that it would have to be included in the
2015/2016 budget planning.
NEXT MEETING /AGENDA ITEMS
Items for the October 3, 2013 meeting are:
French Lake Park
Panther Lake
Directional Signs
Funland Update
Progress on trail markings
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Ailinger adjourned the meeting at 7:43 p.m.
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Parks and Facilities Division
Date:
September 25, 2012
To:
FW Parks & Recreation Commissioners
Cc:
Cary Roe, P.E. Parks & Public Works & Emergency Manager
Jason Gerwen, Parks & Facilities Supervisor
From:
Stephen Ikerd, Parks & Facilities Manager
Subject:
King County Levy
On August 6th 2013, King County voters approved Proposition 1, the 2014 -2019 King
County Parks, Trails, and Open Space Replacement Levy. This levy is a six -year, CPI -
indexed property tax levy lid lift of 18.77 cents per $1,000 of assessed value for 2014
through 2019. It includes a continuation of the funding distributed to cities in King
County and the Woodland Park Zoo at approximately the same level as the current levy.
Please note that 2014 numbers are subject to change and will be updated in early 2014
to reflect any changes based on city population and the assessed value of parcels within
the city. Ordinance 17568, approving the levy, establishes the formula for each city's
levy allocation and eligible uses — (see attached ordinance). Prior Levy funds allocated
to Federal Way averaged between; $150,000 — $160,000 per year. These are the funds
being used for the current Panther Lake Master Plan.
The past Levy was limited to trail related projects, but cities may use the new levy funds
for park capital purposes (see definition of "park system" in the attached ordinance).
Allowable uses include open space acquisition, trail development, repair, replacement
and improvement of local parks. In order for cities within King County to receive these
funds, a new agreement with King County relating to the disbursement and reporting of
levy funds will need to be executed.
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April 30, 2013
Ordinance 17568
Proposed No. 2013-0112.3 Sponsors Phillips and McDermott
AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the
qualified electors of King County at a special election to be
held in King County on August 6, 2013, of a proposition
authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the levy
limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW for a period of
six consecutive years, at a total rate of not more than
$0.1877 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation in
the first year with annual increases by the percentage
increase in the consumer price index or the limitation in
84.55 RCW, whichever is greater in years two through six,
for the purpose of maintaining and operating King County's
parks system; improving parks, recreation and mobility by
acquiring open space and continuing to develop regional
trails; repairing, replacing, and improving local parks and
trails in King County's cities.- funding environmental
education, maintenance, conservation and capital programs
at the Woodland Park Zoo.
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
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19 1. King County owns and operates a system of regional and local parks
20 and trails that consists of twenty six thousand acres of parklands and more
21 than one hundred seventy five miles of regional trails. The county
22 provides regional trails, regional recreational facilities, regional natural
23 area parks., and local rural parks, and is the transitional provider of local
24 parks in the urban unincorporated areas. Examples of regional county
25 parks and trails include Marymoor Park, Cougar Mountain Regional
26 Wildland Park, the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center and the
27 Sammamish River "Trail.
28 2. Public parks, natural areas, and trails contribute to a high quality of life.
29 A robust system of parks and trails provides: physical, social and mental
30 health benefits to individuals: economic opportunity through recreation
31 and tourism; economic growth for private businesses that must attract and
32 retain skilled workers; and environmental benefits and cultural resource
33 protection through open space conservation. King County's parks system
34 provides all these benefits to King County residents and businesses.
35 3. The 2002 Parks Business Transition Plan, which was adopted by the
36 King County council, became the blueprint for establishing the regional
37 parks system we have today. The parks and recreation division of the
38 department of natural resources and parks has successfully focused its
39 lines of business on regional parks and trails, backcountry, trails, natural
40 lands, and local parks in unincorporated King County and has been
41 implementing business practices that generate revenue from park system
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42 assets by implementing or increasmi), user fees and establishing corporate
43 and community partnerships that enhance park amenities and leverage
44 public and private dollars to improve parks and increase access to parks.
45 4. Consistent with the recommendations of past parks-related task forces,
46 the county has sought voter-approved levies on two prior occasions: in
47 2003, to provide maintenance and operating funding for the parks and
48 recreation division for the period of 2004-2007; and in 2007, to provide
49 funding for maintenance and operating, as well as funding for open space
50 acquisition and asset maintenance and improvement, for the period of
51 2008-2013. Voters approved the levies on both occasions that they were
52 on the ballot. The voter-approved levies have helped keep the parks
53 system open, clean and safe.
54 5, Approximately seventy percent of the operating budget of the parks
55 and recreation division is provided by the 2008-2013 voter-approved
56 operations and maintenance levy, with approximately seventeen percent
57 generated through business activities and entrepreneurial efforts. King
58 County general fund support to the parks and recreation division was
59 eliminated as of 2011.
60 6. In 2013, the 2008-2013 voter-approved Open Space and Trails Levy
61 will fund approximately seventy-seven percent of the parks and recreation
62 division's asset management budget. Historically, the real estate excise
63 tax funded nearly all of the parks and recreation division's asset
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64 management program; however, the real estate excise tax has declined 83
65 percent from 2006 to 2012.
66 T The effective rate of the combined levies in 2013 is $0.1331 per one
67 thousand dollars of assessed value. A comparable effective levy rate
68 beginning in 2014 would need to be $0.1478 per one thousand dollars of
69 assessed value. Due to the loss of general funds and real estate excise tax,
70 a higher levy rate is necessary in the future to achieve the
71 recommendations of all the past parks task forces and the council-
72 approved parks business transition plan.
73 8. Parks levy citizen oversight committees were established to monitor the
74 expenditures of the proceeds from the 2004-2007 and 2008-2013 levies.
75 In every year of its review, the committee has concluded that the county
76 has complied with all levy requirements.
77 9. As specified under Motion 12809, the King County executive
78 developed and implemented an annual process to review and recommend
79 for council approval open space projects funded by the Open Space and
80 Trails Levy through coordination with the conservation futures tax
81 program.
82 10. The King County executive convened the King County parks levy
83 task force in June 2012 to recommend a funding plan for the current park
84 system and how to address the parks and recreation needs of King County
85 residents in the future. The task force, which met from June to October,
86 was comprised of twenty-two individuals representing all geographic areas
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87 of the county, as well as business, recreation, community, and
88 environmental interests.
89 11. The task force issued a report in October 2012, recommending that
90 the county replace the expiring levies and put a ballot measure before the
91 voters in 20 1 ') that requests a six-year inflation-adjusted property tax levy
92 lid lift at a total rate of $0.1901 per one thousand dollars of assessed value.
93 The task force recommended continuing to fund maintenance and
94 operations of King County's parks system, as well as funding critical
95 infrastructure repair and replacement, acquisition and stewardship of open
96 space, as such lands can provide for passive or active recreation
97 opportunities and/or protection of habitat and water quality, and the
98 continued development of regional trail corridors, including strategic
99 connections between trails and transportation hubs to improve mobility.
100 The task force also recommended providing support to King County's
101 cities for local parks and recreation capital purposes and to the Woodland
102 Park Zoological Society for education and conservation programs,
103 horticulture and maintenance, and capital improvements.
104 12, The King County executive supports the findings and
105 recommendations of the task force and has put forth a funding proposal
106 that is consistent with the goals and priorities of the task force, decreasing
107 the rate recommended by the task force by utilizing updated forecasts for
108 real estate excise tax, which enabled adjustments to be made to the overall
109 funding assumptions.
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111 SECTION 1. Definitions. The defiobinusio this section apply throughout this
112 ordinance unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
113 A. "Conservation futures tax program" means the program defined iu}{.C.C.
114 chapter 26.12.
115 B. "Levy" means the levy of regular property taxes, for the specific purpose and
116 term provided in this ordinance and authorized by the electorate in accordance with state
117 law.
118 C. "Levy means the principal amount uf funds raised 6v the levy, any
118 interest earnings on the funds and the proceeds o[ any interim fi following
120 authorization of the levy.
121 D. "Limit factor" means the ratio of the most recent June Consumer Price Index
122 to the immediately previous June Consumer Price Index, which ia the final published
123 CPI-W Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, as calculated by the United States Bureau of Labor
124 Statistics, or its successor, expressed as a multiple of one hundred percent tn achieve the
125 result ofone hundred percent plus inflation, or the |iooiicdioo contained in chapter 04.55
126 RCW, whichever iugreater,
127 E. "Parks system" zocuoo any building or other structure, ourk, open space,
128 natural ozc4, resource orecological land, trail, or other property owned or otherwise
129 under the jurisdiction of the parks and recreation division of the department of natural
130 resources and parks.
131 P. "Recreation grant program" mcuou the community partnerships and grants
132 program through which King County provides funds to recreation-oriented groups. sports
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133 associations and community-based organizations k` undertake any combination oF
134 developing. operating or maintaining uoublic park o« recreation facility ` orprograo) in
135 King County for public benefit.
136 SECTION 2. Levy submittal to voters. To provide necessary funds for the
137 purposes identified in section 4 of this ordinance, the King County council shall submit to
138 the qualified electors of the county a proposition authorizing a regular property tax levy
139 iu excess ofthe levy limitation contained in chapter 04.55 lICW for six consecutive
140 years, with collection commencing in 2014, atarate not to exceed $0.1077 per one
141 thousand dollars of assessed value io the first year of the levy period. lu accordance with
142 RCW 04.55.050. this levy shall be regular property tux levy subject Uothe limit factor.
143 SECTION 3. Deposit of levy proceeds. The levy proceeds shall hedeposited
144 into a dedicated subfund of the parks and recreation fund, or its successor.
145 SECTION 4. Eligible expenditures. {[ approved 6v the qualified electors ofthe
146 county, levy proceeds obuil be used for the following purposes:
147 A. Forty-seven percent for maintenance and operations of King County's parks
140 yymtonn,ofvvbicbonnonre1buooneooddoectenthoperccutofiotn)lnvyprmceeduiufbr
149 the recreation grant program;
150 B. Thirty-nine percent for:
15I ). Acquisition, conservation and stewardship of additional open space buuda
152 natural areas, resource csecological lands,
153 2. Acquisition and deve nf rights ny ways for regional trails.-
154 3. Major maintenance repair, replacement and improvement nf parks system
155 infrastructure; and
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156 4. Development of traiNead facilities to increase access N parks and trai)m�
157 C. If the county council, in its sole discretion, finds that annual revenues from the
158 real estate excise tax I and real estate excise tax 2 from the real estate excise taxes
159 imposed under K.C.C. 4A.5 1. 100 and 4A.510.120 have increased sufficiently that the
160 levy amount needed for the purposes identified iu subsection 0.of this section should be
161 reduced, d may reduce the annual dollar amount levied for the parks levy based oothis
162 finding and the entire dollar amount of the reduction in the levy proceeds for that year
163 shall hc allocated solely to the distribution of levy proceeds for the purposes set forth in
164 subsection B.of this section, Such annual reduction shall not limit the authority of the
165 council to levy in any future year without such reduction or to modify the dimb'ibo1iwo of
166 levy proceeds levied iu any future year;
167 D. Seven percent for distribution to cities in King County for their local parks
168 system projects, nf which aoaouo1fiftypercrzxsbaU be distributed based oocity
169 population and fifty percent shall be distributed based on the assessed value of parcels
170 within acity;
171 E. 8cvco percent for distribution tothe Woodland Park Zoological Society for:
172 environmental education with emphasis ou accessibility to traditionally uuderscrvcd
173 populations throughout the county; horticulture and maintenance of buildings and
174 conservation and animal care for rare, threatened or endangered 9udfic
176 Northwest ics� and board-approved c itad projects/campaigns io existence usof
176 December 3|,20lZ;and
177 F. Of the proceeds designated for distribution to King County cities and the
178 Woodland Park Zoological Society, o portion shall be retained by the county Wbe used
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179 for expenditures related ho administration o[ the distribution oflevy proceeds. Eligible
180 administrative expenditures shall include all costs and charges to the parks and recreation
181 division or the county associated with or attributable to the purposes listed in subsections
182 D. and E. of this section of this ordinance. Consistent with RCW 84.55.050, as it may be
183 amended, levy proceeds may not supplant existing funding.
184 SECTION 5. Call for special election. In accordance with BCVV2AA.O4.32l,
185 the King County council hereby calls for o special election 0ubc held Lo conjunction wd[h
186 the primary election on August 6, 2013, to consider a proposition authorizing a regular
187 property tax levy for the purposes described io this ordinance. The King County director
188 of elections shall cause notice tn6e given of this ordinance iu accordance with the state
189 constitution and general law and to submit to the qualified electors of the county, at the
190 said special county election, the proposition hereinafter set forth. The clerk of the council
191 shall certify that proposition to the King County director of elections in substantially the
192 fh|lovvbug form:
193 The King County council has passed Ordinance concerning funding for
194 parks, trails, recreational facilities and open space. This proposition would replace two
195 expiring levies and fund maintenance and operations of the King County parks system;
196 trails and open space for recreation, habitat and water quality, city parks; and zoo
107 programs, all subject to citizen oversight. This proposition authorizes ouadditional
198 property tax of SO. 1877 per S 1,000 of assessed value for collection in 2014 and
lBQ authorizes increases by the annual percentage change iu the CPI n, the limitation in04.55
ZOO BLCW, whichever ix greater. for five succeeding years. Should this proposition be:
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202 Rejected?
203 SECTION 6. Distributions. Each distribution of levy proceeds to a King County
204 city or to the Woodland Park Zoological Society, or its successor, for the eligible
205 purposes identified in section 4 of this ordinance shall be subject to the execution of a
206 contract between the county and each entity for the same project. Distribution of levy
207 proceeds to King County for open space acquisition purposes shall be in accordance with
208 the annual conservation futures tax process for the development, review and
209 recommendation to the King County council as set forth in the open space and natural
210 lands acquisition process, which is included as Attachment A to this ordinance.
211 SECTION 7. Parks levy citizen oversight board established.
212 A. If the proposition in section 5 of this ordinance is approved by the qualified
213 electors of King County, a parks levy citizen oversight board shall be appointed by the
214 executive. The board shall consist of nine members. Each councilmember shall
215 nominate a candidate for the board from the councilmember's district no later than ninety
216 days from the start of the first year of collections. If the executive does not appoint
217 within sixty days of the nominations a person who has been nominated by a
218 councilmember, the executive must request that the councilmember should within thirty
219 days of the request nominate another candidate for appointment. Members shall be
220 confirmed by the council. Members shall be residents of King County and may not be
221 elected or appointed officials of any unit of government, except that citizens serving in a
222 civic capacity on a local board or commission would be eligible to serve on the parks
223 levy citizen oversight board.
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224 B. The board shall review the allocation oflevy proceeds and progress on
225 achieving the purposes of this proposition. The report shall include information outhe
226 status of addressing maintenance needs and controlling noxious weeds in King County's
227 parks system. (}ooz before December 3|`]0l5, the board shall review and report tothe
228 King County executive, the King County council and the regional policy committee ou
229 the expenditure of levy proceeds for 2Ol4. Thereafter, the board shall review and report
Z]O to the King County executive, the King County council and the regional policy
231 committee annually. Any report tothe King County council under this section shall he
232 made in the form of a paper original and an electronic copy with the clerk of the council,
233 who shall retain the original and provide uoelectronic copy to all cnuocUrumooberm. The
234 parks and recreation division shall provide the board with all reports *n division activities
236 that the division transmits to the King County council in accordance with K.C.C.
236 7.08.090. The board expires December 31, 2020.
237 SECTION 8. Ratification. Certification ofthe proposition hv the clerk of the
238 King County council to the director of elections in accordance with law before the
239 election on August 6, 20 13, and any other acts consistent with the authority and before
240 the effective date of this ordinance are hereby ratified and confirmed.
241 SECTION 9. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance is held invalid, the
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242 remainder of the ordinance or the application of the provision to other persons or
243 circumstances is not affected.
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Ordinance 17568 was introduced on 2/25/2013 and passed as amended by the
Metropolitan King County Council on 4/29/2013, by the following vote:
Yes: 7 - Mr. Phillips, Mr. von Reichbauer, Mr. Gossett, Ms. Hague,
Ms. Patterson, Mr. McDermott and Mr. Dernbowski
No: 2 - Ms. Lambert and Mr. Dunn
Excused: 0
ATTEST:
Anne Noris, Clerk of the Council
KING COUNTY COUNCIL
KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON
APPROVED this — \--- day of _ 41 -- --- 2013.
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OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL LANDS ACQUISITION
ATTACHMENT A
The overall approach for funding allocation and coordination with the Conservation
Futures Tax (CFT) program for the acquisition of open space and natural lands through
the countywide parks levy is proposed as follows:
1. Early each calendar year, the Department of Natural Resources and Parks
(DNRP) will set a proposed allocation for open space from levy funds for the
following fiscal year.
2. Staff will generate proposals for the use of these funds, taking into account
opportunities to leverage resources with funding from Conservation Futures, as
well as from other local, state, and federal funding sources.
3. An overall proposal allocating the open space funds to specific projects will be
developed and discussed with the Citizens Oversight Committee (COC) that is
responsible for developing CFT funding recommendations. These discussions
are expected to occur in the spring, during the same time frame during which the
COC annually reviews CFT project proposals. This will create an opportunity for
the COC to provide an advisory recommendation regarding allocation of these
parks levy funds.
4. Taking the COC's recommendations into account, DNRP will develop a proposed
budget for these parks levy funds.
5. The DNRP proposed budget for parks levy funding will be reviewed by the
County Executive, and ultimately County Council, as part of the overall budget
process for the following year.