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AN ORDINANCE relating to an agreement between King County and the city of Woodinville, for occupancy of certain facilities and improvements thereto in the city police department to accommodate sheriff's personnel in providing service to the unincorporated area.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The King County sheriff's office provides police services to twelve incorporated cities through an interlocal agreement signed in 2000.
B. In the last decade, unincorporated area officers have adopted an informal practice of dropping in to contract city police departments to prepare paper work, take breaks and communicate with other officers.
C. In November 2010, the King County council approved a reorganization of the sheriff's office that included creating one east precinct out of what had been two separate precincts, precincts 2 and 3.
D. As part of the reorganization, the sheriff's office will consolidate its command staff in a new east precinct command center in leased space in the Sammamish City Hall.
E. The city of Sammamish contracts with the sheriff's office for police services.
F. With the new east precinct command center, the sheriff's office will no longer use the county-owned facilities in the city of Kenmore for precinct 2 and the city of Maple Valley for precinct 3.
G. In lieu of the Kenmore and Maple Valley precincts, unincorporated officers will rely on their ability to drop in to contract city police departments as a normal course of business.
H. Some facility improvements, such as new voice and data lines and creating secure space for evidence storage and interviews, will be required in east side contract cities, including Woodinville, to accommodate the unincorporated area officers.
I. The use of such incorporated city facilities is authorized under Section 6.5 of the police services interlocal agreement, with the county's rent expense credited as an offset against the annual police services cost for each city providing such a facility. The facility improvements will be constructed or caused to be constructed by the city of Woodinville at the expense of the county.
J. In September 2011, the King County council approved an ordinance authorizing the executive to execute five separate facility agreements with the cities of Covington, Kenmore, Maple Valley and Newcastle, as well as the Muckleshoot tribe.
K. The memorandum of agreement with the city of Woodinville is the final action necessary to complete the sheriff's office reorganization into a consolidated east precinct.
SECTION 2. The King County executive or the executive's designee is hereby authorized to execute an agreement with the city of Woodinville, substantially in form of Attachment A to this ordinance, for occupancy and facilities improvements to accommodate unincorporated area officers in the city police department facility.