Kenmore was scheduled to weigh accepting $6.6M in county conservation funds to buy six properties

What the records say

In materials published ahead of the May 11, 2026 City Council special meeting, the Kenmore City Council was scheduled to consider authorizing the City Manager to sign Amendment No. 2 to Interlocal Agreement No. 24-C3009 with King County ¹. The amendment would let the city accept a FY 2026 allocation of $6,622,500 from the county's Conservation Futures Levy Fund to acquire six properties ¹. The record lists the item as added to the agenda on May 4, and it does not include the identities, locations, or prices of the six properties ¹.

• The council was scheduled to consider authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 to Interlocal Agreement No. 24-C3009 with King County.
• The amendment would accept a FY 2026 Conservation Futures Levy Fund allocation of $6,622,500 to acquire six properties.
• The item was added to the agenda on May 4.

Why it matters

Accepting this $6,622,500 allocation would fund the city's acquisition of six properties in Kenmore ¹. Because the record does not identify the parcels, residents cannot yet tell from the packet which parts of the city would be affected ¹.

What changed / what's next

• The proposed amendment would add a $6,622,500 FY 2026 King County Conservation Futures Levy Fund allocation for acquiring six properties to the existing interlocal agreement ¹.
• The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome ¹.
• The packet does not identify the six properties, their locations, or their purchase prices, so the practical land-use effect cannot be determined from the supplied record ¹.