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Clerk 02/17/2010
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute an amendment to a purchase and sale agreement regarding the sale of the county-owned property known as the Summit Pit regional roads maintenance facility, located in council district 9, to Summit Place 156 LLC; and declaring an emergency.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings.
A. King County owns a 156.5 acre undeveloped parcel of land commonly known as the Summit Pit regional roads maintenance facility ("Summit"), located in unincorporated King County, surrounded by the city of Maple Valley, approximately thirty-one miles southeast of downtown Seattle.
B. The King County council passed Ordinance 16359 approving execution of a purchase and sale agreement for the transfer of the property to Summit Place 156, LLC ("Summit Place").
C. The purchase and sale agreement with Summit Place has been executed by both parties and is dated February 20, 2009.
D. Prior to the King County council's approval of the purchase and sale agreement with Summit Place, Ron Sims, former King County executive, Christy A. Todd, interim city manager of the city of Maple Valley, and Brian Ross, president of Summit Place 156 LLC, all signed a Memorandum of Agreement Regarding Joint Planning, Interim Zoning, Pre-Annexation Zoning and Future Annexation of the Summit Pit Property (“the MOA”).
E. On December 15, 2008, the King County council passed Motion 12899 ratifying the MOA and approving the county executive commencing negotiations with the city of Maple Valley for an interlocal agreement to annex the Summit Pit property.
F. The MOA, in Section 5, provides for representatives of the King County executive, the city of Maple Valley, and Summit Place 156 LLC (the “parties”) to meet for the purposes of joint planning, with a goal to adopt an interlocal agreement for joint planning by June 30, 2009.
G. The parties met faithfully after the execution of th...

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