Drafter
Clerk 07/18/2002
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A MOTION authorizing the county executive to enter into an interlocal agreement related to transportation concurrency review with the city of Covington.
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WHEREAS, the county and the city of Covington ("city") have each adopted a transportation concurrency program to implement the requirements of the state of Washington's Growth Management Act, chapter 36.70A RCW, and
WHEREAS, the county's transportation concurrency management program applies to developments in unincorporated King County and is described in K.C.C. chapter 14.70, and
WHEREAS, the city's transportation concurrency program applies to developments within the city, and
WHEREAS, development in unincorporated King County may cause an impact on one or more transportation facilities in the city, and
WHEREAS, development in the city may cause an impact on one or more transportation facilities in unincorporated King County, and
WHEREAS, the county's transportation concurrency model program provides for a concurrency test for developments in unincorporated King County, and
WHEREAS, developments that pass the concurrency test are issued a certificate of concurrency in which the certificate is a prerequisite for submitting a development application, and
WHEREAS, an element of the county's concurrency test is an analysis for the existence of critical links, and
WHEREAS, the county has identified a list of roadways that will be monitored for critical link analysis, and
WHEREAS, the county applies its critical link standard only to that portion of a monitored corridor that is located in unincorporated King County, unless the county enters into an agreement with a city to include the portion of the monitored corridor within that city in the county's concurrency test, and
WHEREAS, the county and the city desire that the county include those portions of certain monitored corridors that are located inside the corporate boundary of the city within the coun...
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