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A MOTION authorizing the King County executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the city of Auburn regarding the design and construction of intelligent transportation system improvements.
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WHEREAS, the city is developing plans for intelligent transportation system improvements ("the project") throughout the city, and
WHEREAS, the project may be partially in unincorporated King County and will provide benefits to unincorporated King County residents by quickening commutes and reducing delays, and
WHEREAS, the project has regional significance as demonstrated by link analyses studies showing the project will improve traffic flows along South 277th Street and Auburn Way South in unincorporated King County, and
WHEREAS, the county desires to contribute to the design and construction of the city's intelligent transportation system improvements, relative to the benefits that will be realized by residents of unincorporated King County traveling through these corridors, and
WHEREAS, the county has agreed to provide fifty thousand dollars in support of the project in 2003 and four hundred fifty thousand dollars in support of the project in 2004, and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the city and the county to work together to acquire additional funding for the city's intelligent transportation system improvements, and
WHEREAS, the parties are each authorized to enter into this agreement pursuant to chapter 39.34 RCW, the Interlocal Cooperation Act;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The King County executive, on behalf of the citizens of King County, is hereby authorized to execute, substantially in the form attached, an interlocal agreement with the
city of Auburn related to intelligent transportation system improvements to South 277th Street and Auburn Way South.