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City staff outline $2.1 million King County grant to preserve Seuss Creek Botanical Gardens
Summary
Auburn staff told council a King County Conservation Futures grant of about $2.1 million would let the city purchase and protect the 23-acre Seuss Creek Botanical Gardens, with deed restrictions to preserve open space and a foundation to manage operations; the city would own specified buildings while the foundation would operate them.
Daniel Galk presented a proposal to use King County Conservation Futures funding to acquire and preserve Seuss Creek Botanical Gardens. He told the council the city applied in the spring and that King County staff recommended the project; the county’s recent budget included the grant recommendation to purchase the property.
The presentation said the roughly 23-acre site contains unique, often rare plant species, a heritage center of local history, rental parcels that currently…
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