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Clerk 11/13/2008
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A MOTION supporting the county executive negotiating with the city of Maple Valley for an interlocal agreement to annex the Summit Pit property following successful completion of the joint planning process.
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WHEREAS, on October 2, 2008, King County executive Ron Sims was a signatory, along with the city of Maple Valley ("the city") and Yarrow Bay Group Principal, Brian Ross, to a memorandum of agreement ("MOA"), and
WHEREAS, also on October 2, 2008, the Growth Management Planning Council authoirized the Simmit Pit site to redesignated from rural to urban, and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 2008, the King County council adopted amendments to the King County Comprehensive Plan that brought the Summit Pit property within the Urban Growth Area, and
WHEREAS, on October 31, 2008, the King County executive transmitted a motion to the King County council asking for ratificaiton of the MOA, signed by the above parties, and
WHEREAS, the parties have already begun positive discussions on joint planning and if successful will begin the development of an interlocal agreement to annex the Summit Pit property into the city, and
WHEREAS, the MOA, in Section 8.A., also requires transmittal to the Maple Valley city council and the King County council of a motion to commence negotiations for an interlocal agreement for the city to annex the Summit Pit property, and
WHEREAS, RCW 35A.14.460 authorizes the interlocal agreement annexation procedure for property that is within a city's urban growth area and has at least sixty percent of its boundaries contiguous to the annexing city, and
WHEREAS, the Summit Pit property meets both of those requirements, and
WHEREAS, commencement of negotiations toward an agreed upon annexation interlocal would move the city closer to its goal of annexation of the property;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the King County Council:
The King County executive or the executive's appropriate designee, is...

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