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AN ORDINANCE approving a new lease for the King County district court to be located at the Auburn Justice Center, King County council district 7.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The King County district court provides essential judicial services to the citizens of King County.
B. In 2006, King County Ordinance 15380 approved the Interlocal Agreement for Provision of District Court Services (court services agreement) between King County and twelve cities.
C. On July 16, 2012, the Auburn city council authorized the court services agreement.
D. King County district court will provide court services at the Auburn Justice Center.
E. The King County executive has negotiated a new lease providing approximately twelve thousand four hundred square feet of space for the district court to be located at the Auburn Justice Center at no cost to the county.
F. The King County executive is authorized to lease real property for use by the county as provided by K.C.C. 4.56.186 and consistent with the provisions of K.C.C. 4.04.040 requiring approval by ordinance of any lease with a cumulative term of two years. The subject lease provides an initial term of four and one-half years.
SECTION 2. The King County executive is hereby authorized to execute the lease in substantially the form as provided in Attachment A to this ordinance contingent upon execution of an Interlocal Agreement for Provision of District Court Services Between King County and the City of Auburn.
SECTION 3. If any one or more of the covenants or agreements provided in this ordinance to be performed on the part of the county is declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such covenant or covenants, agreement or agreements are null and void and shall be deemed separable from the remaining covenants and agreements of this ordinance and in no way affect the validity of the other provisions of this ordinance or of th...
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