Drafter
Clerk 02/29/2024
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the town of Beaux Arts Village to provide landmark designation and protection services.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Historic properties are increasingly threatened in cities throughout the county.
2. P-216 of the county's 2016 Comprehensive Plan states, "King County shall administer a historic preservation program to identify, protect and enhance historic properties throughout the region."
3. P-215 of the county's 2008 Comprehensive Plan states, "King County shall work with cities to protect and enhance historic resources located within city boundaries and annexation areas. The county shall advocate for and actively market its historic preservation services to agencies and cities that could benefit from such services."
4. The town of Beaux Arts Village recognizes that the economic, aesthetic, and cultural well-being of the city cannot be maintained and enhanced by allowing the unnecessary destruction or demolition of historic properties.
5. The town of Beaux Arts Village desires to protect and preserve such properties and wishes to retain the expertise of the county.
6. The county is able and willing to provide landmark designation and protection services to the town, consistent with K.C.C. chapter 20.62, the Comprehensive Plan policies noted in subsection 2 and 3 of this Statement of Facts, and Motion 6174 passed in 1984.
7. Participation in this agreement will benefit the residents of the town of Beaux Arts Village and all of King County.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The executive is authorized to execute an interlocal agreement,
substantially in the form of Attachment A to this ordinance, with the town of Beaux Arts Village, for the purpose of providing landmark designation and protection services.