Drafter
Clerk 03/05/2020
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute an amendment to the interlocal agreement with the King County flood control zone district extending the duration of the interlocal agreement up to December 31, 2020; and declaring an emergency.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. King County and the King County flood control zone district entered into the Interlocal Agreement Between King County and the King County Flood Control Zone District Regarding Flood Protection Services, effective January 1, 2016.
B. The county adopted Ordinance 18854 to extend the term of the interlocal agreement with the district from December 31, 2018, to December 31, 2019.
C. The county adopted Ordinance 19046 to authorizing the extension of the term of the interlocal agreement with the district for a period not to extend beyond from December 31, 2020.
D. The county and the district executed and amendment to the interlocal agreement extending its term to March 31, 2020, in order to give the parties time to negotiate a new interlocal agreement.
E. While the parties have made progress on a number of substantive terms to be included the new interlocal agreement, negotiations are ongoing.
F. The county and the district desire to continue to operate under the terms of the interlocal agreement until the terms of the new interlocal agreement are finalized and it is executed by the parties. To that end, and to preserve the status quo, at its March 4, 2020, meeting, the flood district executive committee recommended to the district's supervisors to extend the term of the current 2016 interlocal agreement up to December 31, 2020.
G. The third amendment to the interlocal agreement, Attachment A to this ordinance, amends the interlocal agreement to extend the term of mutually agreeable date certain but not to not exceed December 31, 2020.
H. Extending the current interlocal agreement is necessary for the immediate preservation of the parties' ability to continue, unabated, to provide flood management and protection services, which will preserve the health and safety of the residents of King County and help protect them from the ravages of flooding.
SECTION 2. The council supports and authorizes the executive to execute a third amendment, substantially in the form of Attachment A to this ordinance, to the current interlocal agreement entitled Interlocal Agreement Between King County and the King County Flood Control Zone District Regarding Flood Protection Services. All other provisions of the interlocal agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. The county council finds as a fact and declares that an emergency exists and that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace,
health or safety or for the support of county government and its existing public institutions.