For questions about the Parks and Recreation Division, please contact Kathy Nygard, Assistant to the Director.

For questions about the Web site, contact Eli Brownell.

Parks and Recreation Div.
201 S. Jackson St., # 700
Seattle, WA 98104
206-296-8687
TTY: 711

QUARTERLY REPORTS

The Omnibus Parks Ordinance (Ordinance 14509), which was adopted in 2002, requires King County Parks to submit quarterly reports about our business revenues to King County Council.

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Helpful links

Parks Business Transition Plan, Phase II Report - full report (Aug 2002) (pdf)

Visit the original Metropolitan Parks Task Force website (not updated since 2003)

“A task force convened several years ago by County Executive Ron Sims offered smart, practical long-range strategies, including the notion that parks at least partly pay for themselve’s. The 25,000-acre park system is one of the largest in the country. Injecting a measure of efficiency and self-reliance into the system was no small challenge. But it is happening.

The county shifted costs for some pools and parks to suburban cities in which the facilities were located. Fees are charged for parking and entrepreneurial opportunities, such as Cirque du Soleil, are plentiful.”

-Seattle Times editorial, June 16, 2006

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