Parks and Green Spaces Levy
Oversight Committee

Oversight Committee

The new Parks and Green Spaces Levy Oversight Committee will help ensure successful implementation of the projects and programs included in the levy.

Opportunity Fund

Please click here for information, including Oversight Committee meetings, on the Levy Opportunity Fund.

Meetings

The next meeting of the Levy Oversight Committee will be Monday April 22, 2013. The meeting will be a public hearing on the Opportunity Fund. It will be held at the Miller Community Center: 330 19th Ave E, 98112. The public hearing will begin at 6:00 p.m. If you are unable to attend the public hearing, written comments are welcome and receive the same weight for consideration as oral comments. Please send written comments to Susan Golub: susan.golub@seattle.gov; or 100 Dexter Avenue N Seattle 98109.

We encourage the public to attend Committee meetings and invite you to comment on issues during the public comment period at each meeting. Your written comments are also welcome.

Responsibilities

The volunteer Oversight Committee is advisory to the Superintendent, Mayor and City Council on issues related to levy fund expenditures. The Committee meets regularly to:

• Advise on expenditures and allocations for each budget year.


• Establish criteria and an application process, and make recommendations on allocations for the Acquisition and Development Opportunity Fund.


• Review expenditure of levy proceeds and interest earnings.


• Provide annual reports to the Mayor and City Council on progress of expenditures and prepare a mid-point report to Seattle citizens.


• Provide a final report at the end of the six-year levy cycle detailing accomplishments and making recommendations for future funding for parks, recreation, open space, boulevards, trails, athletic fields, forest and stream restoration, shoreline access, community gardens and neighborhood park development.

Committee Members

Bruce Bentley
Dave Boyd
William Brosseau
Dennis Canty
Donna Hartmann-Miller
Stephanie Johnson-Toliver
Shanon Kearney
Jourdan Keith
Sharon Lee
Rossi Maddalena
Michael Maddux
Joyce Pisnanont
Dorsol Plants
Beth Purcell
Pete Spalding, Chair
Alec Stephens

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