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AN ORDINANCE relating to regional jail services; authorizing the execution of the interlocal agreement between King County and the contract cities for jail services, which includes the transfer of the Eastside Justice Center site, located in council district eleven, to the city of Bellevue.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings of fact.
A. Cities have historically contracted with King County for jail services. King County anticipates running out of capacity for city misdemeanant inmates by 2013. Cities are proceeding with plans to house many of their inmates outside of the King County system.
B. The attached jail services agreement (JSA) provides for an orderly reduction in the cities' misdemeanant population, protects the county from overcrowding in general and special populations and has a new daily maintenance rate which represents a proportional share of the costs of operating King County's adult facilities.
C. King County owns certain real property, known as the Eastside Justice Center site, which was purchased by the county for the purpose of building an eastside justice center.
D. It is apparent that King County is financially unable to build and operate a third justice center.
E. As part of the JSA between King County and certain contract cities, the subject property would be conveyed to the city of Bellevue on behalf of the contract cities in King County. The conveyance is subject to the execution of an interlocal agreement among Bellevue and other contract cities to provide for the maintenance and disposition of the property. The contract cities may enter into an agreement with other King County cities for the purpose of providing for the disposition of the property.
F. The agreement allows for the sale of the property by the cities and use of the proceeds to contribute to the cost of building secure capacity, or contracting for secure capacity, and, at the sole discretion of the contr...

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