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Clerk 12/10/2008
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A MOTION ratifying the memorandum of agreement regarding joint planning, interim zoning, preannexation zoning and future annexation of the Summit Pit property, and approving the county executive to commence negotiations with the city of Maple Valley for an interlocal agreement to annex the Summit Pit property.
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WHEREAS, Ron Sims, King County executive, Christy A. Todd, interim city manager of the city of Maple Valley, Laure Iddings, mayor of the city of Maple Valley, and Brian Ross, president of the Summit Place 156 LLC all signed the Memorandum of Agreement Regarding Joint Planning, Interim Zoning, Pre-Annexation Zoning and Future Annexation of the Summit Pit Property ("the MOA") on October 2, 2008, and
WHEREAS, also on October 2, 2008, the Growth Management Planning Council authorized redesignation of the Summit Pit site from rural to urban, and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 2008, the King County council adopted amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan that brought the Summit Pit property within the Urban Growth Area, and
WHEREAS, the MOA, in section eleven, requires the King County executive to transmit a request to ratify the MOA to the King County council, and
WHEREAS, the MOA, in section 8.a, also requires transmittal to the Maple Valley city council and the King County council of an action to commence negotiations of an interlocal agreement for the city to annex the Summit Pit property, and
WHEREAS, the parties have already begun positive discussions on joint planning and if successful will begin the development of an interlocal agreement to annex the Summit Pit property into the city, and
WHEREAS, commencement of negotiations toward an agreed upon annexation interlocal agreement would move the city closer to its goal of annexation of the property, and
WHEREAS, RCW 35A.14.460 authorizes the interlocal agreement annexation procedure for property that is within a city's urban growth area and has at l...

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