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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a new lease to support the operation of the department of public defense; and declaring an emergency.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
For the lease from Meeker St. Law Building, LLC, located at 420 West Harrison Street, Kent, within council district five, the facilities management division determined that there was not an appropriate county-owned option and successfully negotiated to lease space.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. King County, for its department of public defense, has leased the same space that is the subject of the been occupying the same space in the Meeker Building since at least 2016. That 2016 lease has expired and the county has been in holdover status since then.
B. The landlord, Meeker St. Law Building, LLC, has already executed the proposed lease, which is attachment A to this ordinance. Under the terms of the proposed lease, unless the county executes it by September 30, 2022, the landlord reserves the right to rescind the proposed lease, thereby terminating the county's holdover status under the old lease. The effect will leave the department without a lease and subject to having to surrender the space to the landlord.
SECTION 2. The executive is authorized to execute an agreement to lease space at 420 West Harrison Street in Kent from Meeker St. Law Building, LLC, substantially in the form of Attachment A to this ordinance, contingent upon both parties executing an amendment to the lease agreement substantially in the form of Attachment B to this ordinance. Upon execution of both the agreement and the amendment, the executive is authorized to take all actions necessary to implement the terms of the amended lease agreement.
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 governmen...
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