Drafter
Clerk 09/17/2014
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the conveyance of the surplus property located at 22801 SE 272nd Street, Maple Valley, Washington, in council district nine.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The department of transportation has declared approximately 156 acres of the property located at 22801 SE 272nd Street, Maple Valley, Washington, consisting of parcel no. 3422069114, which is approximately 35 acres, and parcel 3422069006, which is approximately 121 acres, located within council district nine, surplus to its needs.
2. The facilities management division offered the property to other county agencies and received no interest.
3. The facilities management division subsequently declared the property surplus to the current and future foreseeable needs of the county.
4. The facilities management division previously found the property suitable for affordable housing development and issued requests for proposals for redevelopment of the property, including providing affordable housing opportunities in which this parcel is located. Neither request for proposals was successful.
5. King County received an offer from the Tahoma school district utilizing its own funds and a contribution from the state of Washington and accepted a purchase price of nine million dollars.
6. In accordance with K.C.C. 4.56.140.A., the county may dispose of real property to another governmental agency by negotiation, upon such terms as may be agreed upon and for such consideration as may be deemed by the county to be adequate.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The King County council, having determined that the terms and consideration for sale of the subject property are adequate, hereby authorizes the executive to execute an intergovernmental land transfer agreement in substantially similar form as provided in Attachment A to this ordinance and to execute any other documents necessary to convey and deliver the subject property...
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