File #: 2012-0035    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/9/2012 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 2/13/2012
Enactment date: 2/13/2012 Enactment #: 17263
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute an interlocal agreement with the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe for the transfer of King County roads located on the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation; and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips, Bob Ferguson, Jane Hague
Indexes: Executive, Interlocal Agreement, Muckleshoot Tribe, Roads
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17263.pdf, 2. A. Interlocal Agreement Between King County and the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Relating to Transfer of County Roads Located on the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation dated January 31, 2012, 3. 2012-0035 Transmittal Letter.doc, 4. 2012-0035 map.pdf, 5. 2012-0035 hearing notice.doc, 6. 2012-0035 REVISED news release.doc, 7. 2012-0035 Affidavit of Publication.pdf, 8. 02-07-12 Staff Report & attachments, 9. REVISED Staff Report, 10. A. Interlocal Agreement Between King County and the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Relating to Transfer of County Roads Located on the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation dated January 31, 2012
Staff: Resha, John
Drafter
Clerk 02/09/2012
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute an interlocal agreement with the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe for the transfer of King County roads located on the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation; and declaring an emergency.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The Interlocal Cooperation Act, chapter 39.34 RCW, authorizes the county to enter into agreements with other units of government, including Indian tribes, to jointly exercise their existing powers and authority.
B. The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe ("the tribe") is a federally recognized Indian tribe occupying the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation ("the reservation") located in King and Pierce counties.
C. King County owns portions of 164th Avenue Southeast, Southeast 172nd Avenue and 392nd Street Southeast on one side of the centerline of these roads on the reservation in unincorporated King County.
D. The Bureau of Indian Affairs ("the bureau") also owns portions of 164th Avenue Southeast, Southeast 172nd Avenue and 392nd Street Southeast on the other side of the centerline of these roads on the reservation.
E. The portions of 164th Avenue Southeast, Southeast 172nd Avenue and 392nd Street Southeast referenced in subsections C. and D. of this section are currently part of the King County road system and the bureau's Indian Reservation Roads Program.
F. The tribe desires to improve and maintain those portions of 164th Avenue Southeast, Southeast 172nd Avenue and 392nd Street Southeast in order to better service the Muckleshoot Tribal Administrative Complex and Health and Wellness Center.
G. In order to facilitate the tribe's desire to improve and maintain these roads, the King County agrees that it would be advantageous for the ownership of the road segments to be consolidated in the bureau and the tribe.
H. The Intergovernmental Property Transfer Act, chapter 39.33 RCW, allows the county to transfer real property o...

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