File #: 2010-0613    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/6/2010 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 12/6/2010
Enactment date: 12/6/2010 Enactment #: 16989
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute a purchase and sale agreement, all necessary conveyance documents, and an amendment to a gravel purchase and extraction agreement to complete the acquisition of the four parcels lots owned by Northwest Aggregates Company located on Maury Island in council district 8; and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors: Joe McDermott, Larry Phillips, Bob Ferguson, Larry Gossett, Jane Hague
Indexes: Maury Island
Attachments: 1. 16989.pdf, 2. 2010-0613 Fiscal Note.xls, 3. 2010-0613 Maury Island Marine Park Map.pdf, 4. 2010-613 Glacier Parcels--Vashon-Maury Island Map.pdf, 5. A. Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated December 4, 2010, 6. B. Amendment #1 to Gravel Purchase and Extraction Agreement, dated December 4, 2010, 7. NWA - King County Maury Island PSA searchable.pdf, 8. 2010-0613 Amendment Package.pdf, 9. 2010-0613-2010-0614 Staff Report glacier sale
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Clerk 12/06/2010
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute a purchase and sale agreement, all necessary conveyance documents, and an amendment to a gravel purchase and extraction agreement to complete the acquisition of the four parcels lots owned by Northwest Aggregates Company located on Maury Island in council district 8; and declaring an emergency.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. In March 2010, the Washington state Legislature appropriated $15,000,000 solely for the Washington state Department of Ecology to assist King County in the acquisition and remediation of property on Vashon and Maury Islands.
B. The Maury Island shoreline initiative project protects critical shoreline along Maury Island in Puget Sound. As part of its Maury Island shoreline initiative project, King County has negotiated the purchase of approximately two hundred fifty acres of land on Maury Island owned by Northwest Aggregates Co., an Oregon corporation ("NWA"). The property ("the NWA property") has been developed as a sand and gravel mine, including a conveyor system and dock for loading gravel onto barges.
C. Various owners have mined the site since the 1940s, with peak production occurring in 1978. A barge-loading facility/dock was built in 1968 which allowed the aggregates to be exported off the island. The mine operators stopped using the barge-loading facility/dock in 1978 and it fell into disrepair. Since 1978, little has been extracted from the mine. Active mining has occurred on approximately 40 acres of the property.
D. Over the course of the last several years, NWA has been pursuing the necessary permits to replace the old dock and install a new one and reactivate the mine. As part of that process, in 2008, it entered into a thirty year lease with the State for use of the bedlands waterward of the shoreline. Pursuant to the terms of that lease, NWA is authorized to construct and...

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