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Clerk 05/19/2003
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A MOTION authorizing the executive to enter into an interlocal cooperation agreement with the city of Burien for the disbursement of funds appropriated and allocated for the Branson nearshore acquisition property.
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WHEREAS, King County Ordinance 13300 appropriated and allocated $125,000 of open space nonbond funds to the Dumas bay eelgrass project in the city of Federal Way, and
WHEREAS, the King County appropriated these funds for this project in support of King County's response to the proposed National Marine Fisheries Service threatened listing of Puget Sound chinook and bull trout, and
WHEREAS, the Dumas bay eelgrass project became infeasible and was not completed, and
WHEREAS, the WRIA 9 steering committee has identified a suitable replacement property known as the Branson nearshore project for the Dumas bay eelgrass project in the city of Burien, and
WHEREAS, the city of Burien is negotiating to purchase the property;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The King County executive is hereby authorized to enter into and execute an interlocal cooperation agreement, substantially in the form of the agreement attached to this motion, with the city of Burien for the distribution of funds to the city to complete the purchase of the Branson property.