File #: 2010-0373    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/12/2010 In control: Government Accountability and Oversight Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/26/2010
Enactment date: 7/30/2010 Enactment #: 16894
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to enter into an interlocal cooperation agreement with the city of Seattle, Snohomish county, the city of Tacoma, the Eastside Public Safety Communications Agency, the Valley Communications Center and the Port of Seattle, in accordance with chapter 39.34 RCW, the Interlocal Cooperation Act, for the establishment of project governance before the implementation of a next generation voice/data switch and for operational governance of the interconnected emergency radio systems of these agencies.
Sponsors: Kathy Lambert
Attachments: 1. 16894.pdf, 2. A. Interlocal Agreement for Puget Sound Next Generation Voice Data Switch Project, 3. 2010-0373 transmittal letter.doc, 4. 2010-0373 Council-Fiscal Note w_OMB edit.xls, 5. 2010-0373 Radio ILA Giambattista (3)-DM Edits JG, 6. A. Interlocal Agreement for Puget Sound Next Generation Voice Data Switch Project
Staff: Giambattista, Jenny
Drafter
Clerk 07/26/2010
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to enter into an interlocal cooperation agreement with the city of Seattle, Snohomish county, the city of Tacoma, the Eastside Public Safety Communications Agency, the Valley Communications Center and the Port of Seattle, in accordance with chapter 39.34 RCW, the Interlocal Cooperation Act, for the establishment of project governance before the implementation of a next generation voice/data switch and for operational governance of the interconnected emergency radio systems of these agencies.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Ordinance 10454 and K.C.C. chapter 2.58 established an emergency regional radio communications ("the system"). The system has been constructed and is in use by the entities described in K.C.C. chapter 2.58, including the city of Seattle ("Seattle"), the Eastside Public Safety Communications Agency ("EPSCA") and the Valley Communications Center ("ValleyCom").
2. The Snohomish County Emergency Radio System ("SERS"), a legal public entity operating in Snohomish county, has installed a similar radio system, which it owns and operates.
3. The city of Tacoma ("Tacoma") has installed a similar radio system, which it owns and operates.
4. The Port of Seattle ("the Port") has installed and operates a similar radio system.
5. Seattle, acting under the sponsorship of the King County regional communications board, applied for and was awarded a grant to replace the central zone controllers in the radio networks of King County, Snohomish county and Tacoma, and will additionally install a dispatch console in the Port ("the project"). Seattle is the lead agency for the project.
6. The King County, Seattle, SERS, Tacoma, Port, EPSCA and ValleyCom desire to enter into an interlocal agreement to provide governance over the project and the interoperable connections developed as result of the project.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The executive is hereby autho...

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