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King County presents proposed parks, recreation, trails and open-space levy; Kenmore to receive pass-through funding
Summary
King County officials presented a proposed parks, recreation, trails and open-space levy scheduled for the Aug. 5 ballot, including a countywide pass-through program that would direct roughly $119 million to cities and a $15 million allocation available for city park development projects.
Warren Jimenez, director of King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, briefed the Kenmore City Council on the county’s proposed parks, recreation, trails and open-space (PROS) levy that will appear on the Aug. 5 ballot. Jimenez said the replacement levy is proposed at a rate of 23.29 cents per $1,000 of assessed value; using the county median home assessed value cited in the presentation ($844,000), the presentation estimated a cost of about $16.38 per month for that median-valued homeowner — roughly $2.50 more per month than the current levy.
The levy referral allocates funding across three broad goals: keep current parks “clean, safe and open;” increase access (including pass-through grants to cities and towns); and grow…
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