Proposition 1 is a one-year maintenance and operations levy that will help maintain the current level of funding and services in the Si View Metropolitan Park District. It is not a tax increase, but would renew the district’s current levy for one year.
Si View Community Center, parks, pool, and over 300 recreation programs will be affected by Prop. 1, expected to raise $359,500 for ongoing program support. The tax rate is estimated at 14 cents per $1,000 of a property’s assessed value for one-year.
In 2011 voters protected a portion of the levy for six years from being automatically re-allocated to other taxing districts in King County. Prop. 1 would renew the remaining portion of the district’s operating levy.
Without renewal of the levy, Si View faces significant reductions in operations for 2016. The levy funds day-to-day operations and ongoing maintenance of the community center, parks, pool, playgrounds and fields; youth and adult recreation and sports programs, summer camps; and community events.
The levy does not include capital projects. Recent Si View Community Center restoration and Si View Park improvement projects were financed by voter approved bonds from 2010 and grant funds from a King County Youth Sports Facilities grant.
Proposition 1 for renewal of Si View’s existing levy requires 60 percent voter approval rate for passage. Find Proposition 1 on the back of your ballot. Mail ballots by Nov. 3. For more information call (425) 831-1900.
