File #: 2018-0158    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/19/2018 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 4/23/2018
Enactment date: 4/30/2018 Enactment #: 18713
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the county executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the city of Covington to provide landmark designation and protection services.
Sponsors: Reagan Dunn
Indexes: Covington, City of, Executive, Interlocal Agreement
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 18713.pdf, 2. 2018-0158 legislative review form, 3. A. Interlocal Agreement For Landmark Services, 4. 2018-0158 transmittal letter, 5. 2018-0158 Covington Ordinance 14-2017, 6. 2018-0158 Covington Ordinance 16-2017, 7. 2018-0158 Fiscal Note, 8. 2018-0158_SR_Covington_ILA.docx, 9. 2018-0158_ATT1_Proposed_Ordinance.pdf, 10. 2018-0158_ATT2_AMD1_ea Ritzen edits 03-28-2018.docx, 11. 18713 Amendment Package 4-23-17.pdf
Staff: Porter, Samantha

Title

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the county executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the city of Covington to provide landmark designation and protection services.

Body

STATEMENT OF FACTS:

1.  Historic properties are increasingly threatened in cities throughout the county.

2.  King County's Comprehensive Plan P-216 states, "King County shall administer a historic preservation program to identify, protect and enhance historic properties throughout the region."

3.  King County's Comprehensive Plan P-210 states, "King County shall partner with cities to protect and enhance historic resources located within city boundaries and annexation areas."

4.  The city of Covington recognizes that the economic, aesthetic, and cultural well-being of the city cannot be maintained and enhanced by allowing the unnecessary destruction or demolition of historic properties.

5.  The city of Covington desires to protect and preserve such properties and wishes to retain the expertise of the county.

6.  The county is able and willing to provide landmark designation and protection services to the city, consistent with K.C.C. chapter 20.62, the Comprehensive Plan policies noted in subsection 2 and 3 of this Statement of Facts, and Motion 6174 passed in 1984.

7.  Participation in this agreement will benefit the residents of the city of Covington and all of King County.

                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  The county executive is authorized to execute an interlocal

agreement, substantially in the form of Attachment A to this ordinance, with the city of Covington, for the purpose of providing landmark designation and protection services.