King County ensures future for eastside trail

The King County Council unanimously approved Executive Ron Sims' proposal to purchase a priceless corridor in public ownership forever for use as a trail and to preserve its potential for transportation options in the future.

Acquisition of the corridor was first proposed by the Executive in 2006. After significant negotiation and collaboration with community partners, the new three-way interlocal agreement calls for the Port of Seattle to buy the Eastside Rail Corridor from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company ("BNSF") for $107 million and for King County to buy an easement from the Port for a trail along the corridor for $1.903 million. Learn more...

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Background on Connections for Our Future
Council preserves options for rail and trail, Council news release
Rail and trail: staking a claim, Seattle Times
King County OKs deal that could put trails in Eastside rail corridor, Seattle Times
County Council OKs Eastside trail with rail, Seattle Post Intelligencer
King County Approves Eastside Rail/Trail Deal, KPLU

County environmental work continues beyond Earth Day

Earth day may be over, but it's still the perfect time to start living greener.

Hundreds of visitors to King County’s fifth-annual Earth Day Expo learned that simple, everyday actions at home and at work can go a long way to improving our environment and quality of life.

"It’s never been easier to live green," Executive Ron Sims annouced. "From transportation choices, to yard and garden products, and even things for your home—there are easy, Earth-friendly practices and products available. More and more, we are all learning that living green is more affordable than ever, and in fact is likely to save you money." Learn more.

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Executive Sims launches blog

Ron Sims says "It’s time to connect in new ways with people who are interested in county government so I want to try doing it by blog. I’ll post twice a week and may sometimes ask my staff to share their thoughts and experiences with you. I hope we can share ideas and that it’ll give you another way to engage in your government. All I ask is that comments be respectful, even if you don’t agree, keep your comments relevant to the topic and not include profanity. I look forward to connecting with you." Read the blog...

Shelter dogs and cats to get new space and less crowding

New cat cages, dog runs, more staff and continued operational reforms are among immediate upgrades to conditions at King County's aging animal shelters that are part of a joint proposal from the County Executive and County Council that would also create a policy framework for a model animal welfare program. Learn more...

Inmate booking system launched

A new regional integrated system going live this week will improve public safety by helping law enforcement officers make more informed detention decisions and by speeding up and reducing officer paperwork and handoff processes to get them back on the street faster. Learn more...

Land use benchmarks report notes growth in jobs, new homes, centered in urban areas

Talk to most King County residents and you get the sense they enjoy some of the best job and residential options in the region. That anecdotal idea is being borne out by a new benchmarks report that shows roughly half of the nearly 300,000 new jobs and 225,000 new housing units within the Puget Sound region that were created over the past decade occurred in King County – and virtually all of that growth occurred in designated urban growth areas. Learn more...

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	Updated: May 8, 2008