Shoreline’s 2026 Proposition 1:
The Metropolitan Park District

Resources

Downloads

Links

The City's Plans

• The "packet" written for the 2026 City Council Strategic Planning session on March 6 & 7, 2026, has a good section on the reasoning behind why Proposition 1 is structured as a Metropolitan Park District, why now, what the City thinks costs will be, why the City is abandoning attempts to share pool expenses among neighboring cities, etc.

Media Coverage & Letters to the Editor

• A Charlie Harger opinion piece on KIRO News Radio.
• A letter by Jeff Hays on Shoreline Area News.

On the Structure of Metropolitan Park Districts

• The Municipal Research and Services Center (MRSC), a nonprofit organization that helps local governments in Washington State, provides a good explainer describing how Metropolitan Park Districts work.

The Ballot Measure

• King County Elections page on Shoreline Proposition 1.
• The full City resolution placing the measure on the ballot.
• RCW 35.61 is the State law that governs how Metropolitan Park Districts work.