Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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CF24-04 CONSERVATION FUTURE FUNDS GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND TULALIP FOUNDATION CONCERNING ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT UPPER AND MIDDLE PILCHUCK RIVER
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DEPARTMENT: CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
ORIGINATOR: PEJ MORGAN
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Approved
PURPOSE: The Property is to be acquired for the purpose of conserving open spaces and areas as authorized by RCW 84.34.200 et seq., and for conservation and for passive public recreation.
BACKGROUND: The County manages a Conservation Futures funding program pursuant to RCW 84.34.200 et seq. and chapter 4.14 Snohomish County Code. Cities and towns located in Snohomish County, nonprofit historic preservation corporations, and nonprofit nature conservancy corporations or associations as such are described in RCW 84.34.210 are eligible to apply to the County for resources to fund acquisition of interests or rights in real property located within Snohomish County that meet the conservation criteria described in RCW 84.34.210 et seq. The Foundation applied for resources from the Snohomish County Conservation Futures Property Tax Fund (the “Fund”) to acquire approximately 85 acres of fee simple interest (the “Middle Pilchuck” and “Upper Pilchuck”) located in unincorporated Snohomish County, referred to as the “Pilchuck River Cooperative Acquisition. On September 4, 2024, the Conservation Futures Program Advisory Board (the “Board”) at its regularly scheduled meeting listened to the Foundation’s presentation, reviewed the project proposal, and voted to recommend project funding through the Fund in the amount of One Million Forty-One Thousand Dollars ($1,041,000.00) to assist with purchase of the Property in exchange for granting the County a conservation easement over the Property. On December 18, 2024, the Snohomish County Council, by Motion No. 24-507, allocated funding in the amount of One Million Forty-One Thousand Dollars ($1,041,000.00) to the Foundation from the Fund for that purpose. The Foundation is partnering with The Tulalip Tribes, a federally recognized Indian tribe (the “Tribes”), and the Foundation intends to transfer fee ownership in the Property to the Tribes as its successor in interest and steward of the Property. In Exhibit B The Conservation Easement include blank spaces for the Legal Description and Assessor Tax Parcel IDs due the acquisition of 2 separate Conservation Easements (CE); i. Middle Pilchuck River; ii. CE Upper Pilchuck will have separate Easements recorded.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
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EXPEND: FUND, AGY, ORG, ACTY, OBJ, AU |
CURRENT YR |
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1ST 6 YRS |
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DAC 185-5091916101 |
$1,041,000.00 |
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$1,041,000.00 |
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CONTRACT INFORMATION:
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ORIGINAL |
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CONTRACT# |
CF24-04 Grant Agreement |
AMOUNT |
$1,041,000.00 |
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AMENDMENT |
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Contract Period
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ORIGINAL |
START |
October 6, 2025 |
END |
October 5, 2027 |
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AMENDMENT |
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OTHER DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW/COMMENTS: Click or tap here to enter text.