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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an interagency agreement between King County, a political subdivision of the state of Washington, and the city of Tukwila, a municipal corporation in the state of Washington, regarding design, construction, ownership, operation, and maintenance of the portion of Segment A of the Lake to Sound trail that is within the city.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County and the city of Tukwila are working collaboratively to construct what is known as Segment A of the Lake to Sound trail, a segment of trail that traverses the Black River Riparian Forest, crossing Monster Road and connecting to the Green River trail in Tukwila's Fort Dent park.
2. Segment A will be a critical segment of the larger sixteen-mile regional Lake to Sound trail, extending from the southern end of Lake Washington to Puget Sound as part of a recreation and transportation corridor, and will provide health benefits to residents of cities and King County.
3. Under RCW 36.89.050, King County is authorized to construct a park or recreational facility and transfer to a city the county's ownership interest in, and the operation and maintenance obligations for, the facility, provided the city continues to use the facility for the same purposes or conveys other equivalent facilities to King County in exchange thereof.
4. King County received one million two hundred ninety thousand dollars in Federal Highway Administration grant funds, five hundred thousand dollars in state Recreation and Conservation Office grant funds, and is also using county levy moneys, in accordance with King County Ordinance 17941, for the design and construction of Segment A.
5. After construction, King County intends to convey ownership of Segment A of the trail to the city of Tukwila. The city is ready, willing and able to assume ownership of this facility.
6. The parks and recreation division of the department of natural resources and parks will operat...
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