HomeMy WebLinkAbout2186ORDINANCE NO. al,5?'6
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent,
Washington, creating a special fund to be
known as the Kent Endowment for the Arts Fund;
providing for payments into and disbursements
from the fund.
WHEREAS the City of Kent is the owner of certain prop-
erty within the City commonly known as Lower Mill Creek Canyon,
and
WHEREAS Lower Mill Creek Canyon is a passive recreation
area and also an area of the City where storm and surface waters
from the Mill Creek Drainage Basin are received, retained and or
detained before being released into the Mill Creek drainage
system, and
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WHEREAS detention and or retention ponds have been or
j will be built in Lower Mill Creek Canyon to receive, store and
discharge storm and surface waters, and
WHEREAS the City has determined that earthwork sculp-
tures designed and constructed as an integral part of the reten-
tion, detention basins in Lower Mill Creek Canyon would create an
esthetically pleasing outlook to those persons visiting the Lower
Mill Creek Canyon, and
WHEREAS the City has commissioned an internationally
known artist to plan and design the earthworks sculptures, and
WHEREAS the Kent Arts Commission has recommended that
the earthworks sculpture be constructed, and
WHEREAS the cost of the sculpture is such that the City
cannot fund the entire cost, but must rely upon donations if the
sculptures are to be constructed, and
WHEREAS a special fund needs to be established to pro-
vide for such donations, NOW, THEREFORE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DO
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. There is hereby created a special fund in
the City of Kent to be known as the "Kent Endowment for the Arts
Fund", hereinafter called "the Fund".
Section 2. The sole purpose of the Fund is to provide
for donations to be used solely for the construction of earthworks
sculptures in Lower Mill Creek Canyon in the City of Kent.
Section 3. The Fund shall be administered as any other
city fund by the Supervisor of Treasury Accounting. Any interest
earned from investments of the Fund or any portion thereof shall
be the exclusive property of the City of Kent.
Section 4. The Kent Arts Commission shall be the agency
solely responsible for soliciting and receiving donations to the
Fund. All donations shall be clearly designated as for "Kent
Endowment for the Arts Fund" and shall be properly receipted for.
The Kent Arts Commission shall keep a master list of all donations
with sufficient identifying information so that refunds can be
made if appropriate. A current copy of the master list of doners
shall be provided the Supervisor of Treasury Accounting at all
times.
Section 5. In the event that the earthworks sculptures
are for any reason not constructed, all donations shall be refund-
ed, less the actual costs incurred in administering the Fund.
Section 6. In the event that the earthworks sculptures
are constructed and the donations received by the City into the
Fund together with other monies either provided by or made avail-
able to the City, exceed the cost of construction, then, in that
event, refunds may be made to those persons donating to the Fund.
The amount of any such refund shall in no event be greater than
the percentage of the doner's contribution to the total fund ap-
plied to the total amount to be refunded.
Section 7. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force five (5) days from and after its passage, approval and pub-
lication as provided by law. .N Z,
ISABEL HOGAN
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ATTEST:
BETTY GRAY, DEPUTY CITY CLERK
AftxPROVED AS TO FORM:
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DONALD E. MIRK, CITY ATTORNEY
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PASSED the / % day of September, 1979.
APPROVED the day of September, 1979.
PUBLISHED the day of September, 1979.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
No. /,� passed by the City Council of the City of Kent,
Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as here-
on indicated.
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BETTY GRAY, DEPUTY CITY CLERK
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