Parks and Green Spaces Levy
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2012/2013 Opportunity Fund

The Opportunity Fund provides $15 million in funding for community initiated park development or property acquisition projects. Parks will be allocating approximately $8 million towards projects in the 2012/2013 funding cycle of the Opportunity Fund.

The Oversight Committee developed a draft funding recommendation list. Click here to view the list. A public hearing is the final step before a recommendation package is sent to the Mayor and City Council.

With guidance from Seattle City Council, the Levy Oversight Committee developed criteria for the 2012/2013 Opportunity Fund appropriations. This criteria will be used for evaluating, nominating, and recommending a package of projects.

Staff Recommendations were presented to the Levy Oversight Committee for Opportunity Fund on November 26, 2012. This was the first time Committee had seen the applications. Click here to view the applications (staff recommendations are highlighted).

• Proposal Letters
• 2012/2013 Opportunity Fund Worksheet Use this worksheet as a template before submitting your full application.
• 2012/2013 M&O Checklist
• 2012/2013 Agenda for Proposal Letters Workshops
• 2012/2013 PowerPoint Presentation from Proposal Letters Workshops
• 2012/2013 PowerPoint Presentation from Technical Assistance Workshop #2
• 2008 Parks & Green Spaces Levy Opportunity Fund Ordinance #122749
• 2012/2013 Criteria
• 2012/2013 Criteria Scoring Guide
• 2012/2013 Budget Estimate

Opportunity Fund Timeline

• October 2011/January 2012 – Development of Draft Criteria (Approved at the January meeting)
• February/March 2012 – Staff Development of Scoring Guide & On-line Application
• April/May 2012 – Technical Assistance Workshops for Potential Proposals
  • Dates listed under Events
• June 11, 2012 – Project Proposal Letters Due
• June/July/September 2012 – Technical Assistance Workshops for Potential Applications
• June 28, 2012, Jefferson Community Center
• July 24, 2012, High Point Community Center
• September 5, 2012, Greenwood Library
• September 17, 2012 – Full Project Applications Due
• November 2012 – Staff recommendations to Levy Oversight Committee
• November 26, 2012, Parks Headquarters
• January 2013 – Open House and Project Presentations by Proponents to the Levy Oversight Committee
• January 23, 2013 South Shore School
• January 28, 2013 Northgate Community Center
• February 2013
• February 9, 2013 – Site tour by Levy Oversight Committee of top projects
• February 25, 2013 - Discussion of Revised Staff Recommendations and Initial Prioritization of Projects
• March 18, 2013 – Levy Oversight Committee Draft Funding Recommendations
• Public Hearing on Project Funding Recommendations –
  
  • April 22, 2013 at Miller Community Center
    6 – 9 p.m.
• May 20, 2013 – Levy Oversight Committee Final Project Funding Recommendations to Mayor and City Council
• May/June 2013 – Legislation prepared
• July 2013 – City Council approval of Project Funding Recommendations

2009/2010 Opportunity Fund

The Levy Citizens Oversight Committee finalized their recommendations for the 2009/2010 Opportunity Fund projects in December, 2010. City Council and the Mayor’s office approved the list below in April 2011. Thank you to all the community organizations that brought these projects forward.

• 12th Ave. Square Park (formerly James Court Woonerf)
• 19th & Madison Neighborhood Park
• Beaver Pond Natural Area at Thornton Creek Restoration
• Bitter Lake Reservoir Park Enhancements
• Jimi Hendrix Park Development
• John Muir Elementary PG Improvements
• John Street Enhancement Project
• Lewis Park Reforestation
• Lower Kinnear Park Enhancement Plan
• McGilvra Place Green Infrastructure
• Puget Ridge Edible Park
• Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands
• Santos Rodriguez Memorial Park
• The Troll's Knoll
• University Heights Open Space South Lot

=this project is complete

Highland Park Spraypark, Northacres Spraypark and 14th Avenue NW Park are three additional projects that received funding from other Levy sources.

In April 2011, The Parks and Green Spaces 2009/2010 Opportunity Fund recommendations were approved by City Council and the Mayor.

• 2008 Parks & Green Spaces Levy Opportunity Fund Ordinance #122749
• 2011 Council Bill #117122
• 2009/2010 Criteria
• 2009/2010 Project List

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