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Home My WebLink Aboutord2017-040WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. - 2017 - 200 A CLEARANCES Initial Date Date Received in Council Office Agenda Date Assigned to: Originator: Citizens 7/3/2017 7/11/2017 Introduction Division Head: r 7/25/2017 Council Dept. Head: Prosecutor: Purchasing/Bud et: Executive: TITLE OF DOCUMENT. Ord Ordering Election to Determine Formation of Lummi Island Park and Rec Dist ATTACHMENTS: SEPA review required? ( ) Yes ( ) NO Should Clerk schedule a hearing ? ( ) Yes ( X ) NO SEPA review completed? ( ) Yes ( ) NO Requested Date: SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE: (If this item is an ordinance or requires a public hearing, you must provide the language for use in the required public notice. Be specific and cite RCW or WCC as appropriate. Be clear in explaining the intent of the action.) Ordinance ordering an election to determine the formation of the Lummi Island Park and Recreation District COMMITTEE ACTION: COUNCIL ACTION. 7/11/2017: Substitute Introduced 7 -0 7/25/2017: Adopted 6 -0, Ordinance 2017 -040 Mann absent Related County Contract #: Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number: Ord. 2017 -040 Please Note: Once adopted and signed, ordinances and resolutions are available for viewing and printing on the County's website at: www.co.whatcom.wa.uslcouncil. PROPOSED BY: CITIZENS INTRODUCTION DATE: JULY 11, 2017 ORDINANCE NO. 2017 -040 ORDERING AN ELECTION TO DETERMINE FORMATION OF THE LUMMI ISLAND PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT, IF FORMED, TO IMPOSE A SIX -YEAR REGULAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY TO FUND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WHEREAS, on June 5, 2017, a petition proposing the creation of a park and recreation district on Lummi Island was delivered to the County Council Office; and WHEREAS, the petition met the requirements of RCW 36.69.020; and WHEREAS, on June 13, 2017, the County Council approved Resolution 2017 -036, officially receiving the petition into the record and scheduling a public hearing on the proposal; and WHEREAS, the County Council held a public hearing on the petition on July 11, 2017, as required by RCW 36.69; and WHEREAS, the next step in the park and recreation district formation process requires the Council to establish the boundaries of the proposed district, establish its name, and call for an election of the property owners residing within the proposed district boundaries to determine whether the district shall be formed and if a property tax levy of $.60 (sixty cents) per thousand dollars of assessed valuation shall be imposed for a six (6) year period to fund recreational facilities. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that the proposed district shall be known as the Lummi Island Park and Recreation District. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the boundaries of the proposed district, as submitted by the petitioners, shall be as outlined in Exhibit A to this ordinance. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that a ballot proposition authorizing the formation of the Lummi Island Park and Recreation District shall be submitted to the voters of the proposed district in substantially the following form: LUMMI ISLAND PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT FORMATION This proposition would create the Lummi Island Park and Recreation District, to be governed by five elected Park Commissioners. Should this proposition be: APPROVED REJECTED BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that a ballot proposition authorizing the imposition of a six -year property tax levy of $.60 (sixty cents) per thousand dollars of assessed valuation to fund recreational facilities shall be submitted to the voters of the proposed district in substantially the following form: LUMMI ISLAND PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX LEVY This proposition would authorize the Lummi Island Park and Recreation District to impose a property tax levy of $.60 (sixty cents) per thousand dollars of assessed valuation for six (6) years to fund recreational facilities. Should this proposition be: APPROVED REJECTED BE I FINALLY ORDAINED that the Whatcom County Auditor shall cause notice of the above proposed propositions to be published in accordance with the state constitution and general law, and shall place the propositions upon the General Election ballot as appropriate. ADOPT- his 2-5th clay of July ATc ATTEST',; Q COUNTY f Dana grown3D�a+Ci : Clerk of -the (eV�. Sh I N'G . •� 7 A PR ED A , FOR 1: I aren Frakes Civil Deputy Prosecutor , 2017. WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL ATCOM TY, ASHINGTON r uchan n C II Chair ,,Appr () DenW Jack Louws County Exe utive,: EXHIBIT A (ORDINANCE FORWARDING PROPOSED LUMMI ISLAND PARK DISTRICT PROPOSAL TO AUDITOR) PROPOSED DISTRICT BOUNDARIES: The district boundaries generally will include all of Lummi Island located in Whatcom County, being parts of Township 36 North, Range 2 East; Township 37 North, Ranges I and 2 East, and part of Township 38 North, Range I East, W.M., and all tidelands abutting said island.