File #: 2015-0047    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/26/2015 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 6/29/2015
Enactment date: Enactment #: 18075
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into and implement an interlocal agreement, under chapter 39.34 RCW, with the cities of Auburn, Bellevue, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kent, Kirkland, Mercer Island, Redmond, Renton, Seattle and Tukwila, relating to the Puget Sound emergency radio network project; and amending Ordinance 17929, Section 20, and K.C.C. 4A.xx.xxx.
Sponsors: Joe McDermott
Indexes: Auburn, City of, Bellevue, City of, Federal Way, City of, Interlocal Agreement, Issaquah, City of, Kent, City of, Kirkland, City of, Mercer Island, City of, Redmond, City of, Renton, City of, Seattle, City of, Tukwila, City of
Attachments: 1. 18075.pdf, 2. 2015-0047 Legislative Review Form.pdf, 3. A. Memorandum of Agreement Regarding Future Operations of the Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network, 4. A. Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network Implementation Period Interlocal Cooperation Agreement, 5. 2015-0047 fiscal note.xlsx, 6. 2015-0047 transmittal letter.doc, 7. 2015-0047 Staff Report.docx, 8. 2015-0047_SR_Dated_051315_Implementation ILA.docx, 9. 2015-0047_SR_IDated 060315_mplementation ILA.docx, 10. Handout-Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network Implementation Period Interlocal Cooperation Agreement.docx, 11. 2015-0047 and 0045_SR_Dated 062415_PSERN ILAs.docx, 12. 2015-0047 FINAL striker confirm and appoint.docx, 13. 2015-0047 and 0045_REVISED_SR_PSERN ILAs_062415.docx
Staff: Kaye, Lise
Drafter
Clerk 06/24/2015
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into and implement an interlocal agreement, under chapter 39.34 RCW, with the cities of Auburn, Bellevue, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kent, Kirkland, Mercer Island, Redmond, Renton, Seattle and Tukwila, relating to the Puget Sound emergency radio network project; and amending Ordinance 17929, Section 20, and K.C.C. 4A.xx.xxx.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County currently has a countywide emergency public safety radio network that supports over sixteen thousand radios and over one hundred separate police, fire, emergency medical and other governmental agencies.
2. The network was funded by a countywide ballot measure placed on the ballot by the council's adoption of Ordinance 10464, and approved by the voters of King County in September 1992.
3. Portions of the network are separately owned by the Eastside Public Safety Communications Agency, the Valley Communications Center, Seattle, and King County (collectively "the co-owners") with a jointly owned switch controlling the entire network.
4. The network is approaching twenty years old, and is increasingly requiring repairs.
5. The network's vendor has stated that it will stop supplying replacement parts and repairing used parts for the network by December 31, 2018. King County must replace the network or risk performance degradation.
6. The council previously established a capital improvement project to plan for the network's replacement.
7. Executive staff has been working with the network's users and co-owners to plan the network's replacement with a new network to be known as the Puget Sound emergency radio network.
8. Voters approved on April 28, 2015, a funding measure to deploy a new Puget Sound emergency radio network infrastructure and replace the current network's subscriber units and dispatch consoles currently in use.
9. Representatives for the cities of Auburn, Bellevue, Federal Way, Iss...

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