File #: 2008-0520    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/6/2008 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 12/8/2008
Enactment date: 12/23/2008 Enactment #: 16321
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the county executive to enter into a twenty year lease with the city of Kent for space in the Aukeen district court facility.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips, Julia Patterson, Pete von Reichbauer
Indexes: Agreement, District Court, Kent, City of, Lease
Attachments: 1. 16321.pdf, 2. 2008-0520 Fiscal Impact--Aukeen Lease Renewal.xls, 3. 2008-0520 Fiscal Note--3951.xls, 4. 2008-0520 Staff report w attachments.pdf, 5. 2008-0520 Transmittal Letter.doc, 6. A. Lease Agreement between King County "Landlord" and The City of Kent "Tenant", Building: Aukeen District Court, 1210 C. Central Avenue, Kent, WA 98032, 7. A. Lease Agreement Between King County "Landlord" and the City of Kent "Tenant", Building: Aukeen District Court, 1210 C. Central Avenue, Kent, WA 98032--dated 12-08-08, 8. A. Lease Agreement Between King County "Landlord" and the City of Kent "Tenant", Building: Aukeen District Court, 1210 C. Central Avenue, Kent, WA 98032--Final Draft
Staff: Wagner, Nick
Drafter
Clerk 12/10/2008
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the county executive to enter into a twenty year lease with the city of Kent for space in the Aukeen district court facility.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The county's Aukeen district court facility ("the facility") located in the city of Kent ("the city") has four courtrooms.
2. Two of these four courtrooms, together with associated space for municipal court staff and the municipal court judge, have been rented for several years to the city, and the most recent lease for such space expired June 30, 2008.
3. The city is currently leasing space in the facility on a month to month holdover arrangement.
4. The District Court Facilities Master Plan ("FMP"), approved by the King County council in 2007, identified an immediate need for two additional court rooms in the south division of the district court.
5. The county has no current funding plan to accomplish the construction of these additional district court rooms in the near term.
6. The city has identified a need for at least one additional municipal courtroom.
7. The city has proposed to fund an expansion of the facility as a city public work, which project would include construction of three additional courtrooms, three additional judicial chambers, expanded staff space for both the city and county, expanded public space and expanded parking (the "court project").
8. The city and county have negotiated terms of a lease agreement and construction work letter to accomplish the court project at the city's expense and risk as a city public work, under which agreement the county will retain ownership to the building at all times.
9. The lease agreement provides that after the court project is completed, four courtrooms will be available for the use of the district court as called for by the FMP, and three courtrooms will be available to the city municipal court.
10. The lease term is for a term of twenty years and may be terminated fo...

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