Drafter
Clerk 03/20/2019
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute an interlocal agreement with the cities of Auburn, Burien, Covington, Des Moines, Federal Way, Kent, Normandy Park, Renton and Tukwila, and with additional municipalities authorized under Section 20 of the interlocal agreement, to create and operate the South King Housing and Homelessness Partners.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The parties to this interlocal agreement have a common goal to ensure the availability of housing that meets the needs of all income levels in south King County.
2. The Regional Affordable Housing Task Force Five-Year Action Plan includes the strategy to "support the creation and operation of sub-regional collaborations to increase and preserve affordable housing."
3. The King County 2019-2020 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 18835, Section 101, Expenditure Restriction ER4, restricts $150,000 to support the development of a south King County housing collaboration.
4. Under the Interlocal Cooperation Act, chapter 39.34 RCW, the county and other political subdivisions of the state of Washington are empowered to execute jointly any power or powers, privileges or authority exercised or capable of exercising to the extent that laws of the state or the United States permit the joint exercise or enjoyment.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The executive is authorized to execute an interlocal agreement, substantially in the form of Attachment A to this ordinance, with the cities of Auburn, Burien, Covington, Des Moines, Federal Way, Kent, Normandy Park, Renton and
Tukwila, and with additional municipalities authorized under Section 20 of the interlocal agreement, to create and operate the South King Housing and Homelessness Partners.