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.

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 to the Mayor and City Council 2013.

The Technical Assistance Workshops for Project Proposal Letters are now past and staff assisted over 100 people throughout the city. If you are interested in submitting a proposal letter and were unable to attend please review the workshop PowerPoint and Agenda.

• 2012/2013 Agenda for Proposal Letters Workshops
• 2012/2013 PowerPoint Presentation from Proposal Letters Workshops
• 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
• March 2012 – Proposal letter templates available
• April/May 2012 – Technical Assistance Workshops for Potential Proposals
  • Dates listed under Events
• June 11, 2012 – Project Proposal Letters Due
• June/July 2012 – Technical Assistance Workshops for Potential Applications
  • Exact Dates to be announced
  • On-line Application Form Available
• September 17, 2012 – Full Project Applications Due
• October/November 2012 – Open House and Project Presentations by Proponents to the Levy Oversight Committee
• January 2013 – Staff recommendations to Levy Oversight Committee
• February-March 2013 – Site tours of top projects
• April 2013 – Public Hearing on Project Funding Recommendations
• May 2013 – Project Funding Recommendations to Mayor and City Council
• June/July 2013 – Legislation prepared
• September 2013 – City Council approval of Project Funding Recommendations

2012/2013 Opportunity Fund
Proposal Letter & Application

• Proposal Letter
• Application (Will be available in early June)

CAUTION

• Please review the letter/application form before you start.
• The on-line application form will not allow you to save your application as you are working.
• It is important for you to have all your documents together prior to beginning.
• You can cut and paste from a word document if necessary.

Proposal Letter Translations Enlarged

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.

• 19th & Madison Neighborhood Park
• Beaver Pond Natural Area at Thornton Creek Restoration
• Bitter Lake Reservoir Park Enhancements
• James Court Woonerf
• 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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