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King County Council approves placing parks levy renewal on August ballot, outlines $1.44 billion spending plan
Summary
The Metropolitan King County Council voted 7-2 to place a parks levy renewal on the August 5, 2025 special election ballot and adopted a companion spending plan that allocates $1.44 billion across parks operations, trails, equity grants and regional institutions.
The Metropolitan King County Council voted 7-2 on April 15, 2025, to place a parks levy renewal on the August 5, 2025 special election ballot and adopted a companion motion that details how the levy proceeds would be spent.
The levy ordinance (Proposed Substitute Ordinance 2025-0070.4) sets a rate of $0.2329 per $1,000 of assessed value and is projected to generate about $1,440,000,000 over six years. The council-approved allocation plan (Proposed Substitute Motion 2025-0077.3) directs funding to operations and maintenance, a $182 million trails investment, expanded equity and targeted grants, aquatic facility grants, ball fields and sport court investments, conservation and open-space acquisitions and capital support for regional institutions such as Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle Aquarium and the Pacific Science Center.
Why it matters: Councilmembers described the proposal as a generational investment in parks, trails and community centers that they said will preserve and expand public access, support climate…
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