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Clerk 02/01/2000
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A MOTION authorizing the county executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the city of Bellevue concerning the distribution and administration of Washington state Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development grant funds under the state Growth Management Act.
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WHEREAS, the Washington State Legislature enacted chapter 36.70A RCW, referred to in this motion as "the Act," which requires King County to adopt countywide planning policies in cooperation with cities within King County, and
WHEREAS, by interlocal agreement, King County and the cities in King County established the Growth Management Planning Council representing King County, the city of Bellevue and other cities within King County to develop and adopt countywide planning policies under RCW 36.70A.210, and
WHEREAS, the state of Washington through the adoption of the Act and its administration by the Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development, will make funds available for expenditure by local jurisdictions to carry out the purposes of the Act, and
WHEREAS, the Act directs the Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development to establish funding levels for planning and technical assistance grants for counties and cities that plan under the Act for the purpose of compliance with the Act, and
WHEREAS, King County and the cities within King County have been designated together as a county region by the Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development for the purpose of receiving department funds, and
WHEREAS, King County was designated as the fiscal agent to receive and distribute growth management grant funds in 1990, and has continued to serve as the fiscal agent for cities within King County for that purpose since that time, and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Planning Council recommends that the Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development grant funds be distributed to the jurisdictions in...

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