1950

• Population of King County is 732,992.

• Legislature repeals the 1945 School Recreation Subsidy Bill; county assumes activity programs.

• King County Parks organizes first Junior Olympics.
• "Too Little — Too Late," a report regarding need for park acquisition, including beach/waterfront properties is published.
• $2.5 million parks bond issue fails; first parks budget for land acquisition — $50,000
• Seattle City Council decides to expand the Duwamish River sewage treatment plant and build a primary treatment plant at West Point.

• Juvenile court and detention facility moved to current location (1211 E. Alder).
• Resolution 13978 establishes "permanent" county parks and recreation board.

• Commercial aviation history is made as the Boeing Company's 707 "Dash 80" Prototype makes maiden flight from Renton plant to King County International Airport. (Boeing Field)

• Seattle-King County Civil Defense Fund is established as the local organization responsible for managing fallout shelters, chemical, biological and radiological defenses (including emergency communications and warning systems and preparedness training).

• Seattle and King County approve measure to establish Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (METRO) to clean up the pollution in Lake Washington. The Metro Council is assembled with representatives from major jurisdictions in the region.
• King County opens its first landfill.

• Metro Council adopts the first comprehensive sewer plan for the region, including the construction of regional treatment plants at West Point and Renton; Duwamish River Plant closes.

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