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INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN KING COUNTY AND THE CITY OF RENTON
FOR CONSERVATION FUTURES-FUNDED
OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION PROJECTS
THIS INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT is a grant agreement
entered into between the CITY OF RENTON (“City”) and KING COUNTY (“County”).
Article I. Recitals
On February 27, 1989, the King County Council passed Ordinance 8867, which
established a process to allocate the proceeds of the Conservation Futures Fund.
On September 21, 1989, the King County Council passed Ordinance 9128, which
established a Conservation Futures Levy Fund to provide for the receipt and
disbursement of Conservation Futures tax levy proceeds and established conditions for
use of the Fund, including conditions covering allowable cost and expenses.
On July 21, 2003, the King County Council passed Ordinance 14714, authorizing
funding allocation procedures for King County Conservation Futures tax levy collections
and amending Ordinance 8867, Section 2, as amended.
The Conservation Futures Advisory Committee has recommended an allocation
of Conservation Futures proceeds to specific projects from the Conservation Futures
Levy Fund following notification to the cities that proceeds were available, provision of
an opportunity for the cities to respond and receipt by the committee of requests for
funding, all pursuant to Ordinance 8867, as amended by Ordinance 14714.
Starting in 1990 and through 2017, the King County Executive, as authorized by
the King County Council, executed Interlocal Cooperation Agreements with the cities of
CAG-21-090
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Auburn, Bellevue, Black Diamond, Bothell, Burien, Carnation, Covington, Des Moines,
Duvall, Enumclaw, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kenmore, Kent, Kirkland, Lake Forest Park,
Mercer Island, Milton, Newcastle, Normandy Park, North Bend, Pacific, Redmond,
Renton, Sammamish, Seattle, Shoreline, Snoqualmie and Tukwila, and Vashon Park
District. Many of these agreements were amended over time to add new projects.
The existing Interlocal Cooperation Agreements remain in place with an
indefinite term for the projects for which Conservation Futures proceeds were disbursed.
The agreements require the properties to be maintained as open space in perpetuity.
The King County Council, by Ordinance 18978, has approved a new Interlocal
Cooperation Agreement for future projects in order to add terms for the use of bond
proceeds for certain projects, achieve consistency between the agreement and the King
County Code, and make other technical changes.
Pursuant to chapter 39.34 RCW, the parties agree to the following:
Article II. Definitions
1. Open Space
The term “open space” or “open space land” means: (a) any land area so
designated by an official comprehensive land use plan adopted by any city or county and
zoned accordingly; or (b) any land area, the preservation of which in its present use
would (i) conserve and enhance natural or scenic resources, or (ii) protect streams or
water supply, or (iii) promote conservation of soils, wetlands, beaches or tidal marshes,
or (iv) enhance the value to the public of abutting or neighboring parks, forests, wildlife
reserves, natural reservations or sanctuaries or other open space, or (v) enhance
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recreational activities, or (vi) preserve historic sites, or (vii) preserve visual quality along
highway, road, and street corridors or scenic vistas, or (viii) retain in its natural state
tracts of land of not less than one acre situated in an urban area and open to public use on
such conditions as may be reasonably required by the legislative body granting the open
space classification, or (c) any land meeting the definition of farms and agricultural
conservation under subsection (8) of RCW 84.34.020. As a condition of granting open
space classification, the legislative body may not require public access on land classified
under (b) (iii) of this subsection for the purpose of promoting conservation of wetlands.
2. Project
The term “Project” means the specific projects described in Exhibit A or
added by follow-on amendments to disburse proceeds pursuant to Section 8.2 of this
agreement.
3. Conservation Futures
The term “Conservation Futures” means developmental rights which may
be acquired by purchase, gift, grant, bequest, devise, lease or otherwise, except by
eminent domain, and may consist of fee simple or any lesser interest, development right,
easement, covenant, or other contractual right necessary to protect, preserve, maintain,
improve restore, limit future use of, or otherwise conserve open space land, all in
accordance with chapter 84.34 RCW and K.C.C. chapter 26.12.
Article III. Purpose of the Agreement
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The purpose of this agreement is to create a cooperative arrangement between the
City and the County relating to the Project and to define the terms and conditions
governing both parties’ obligations created by this agreement.
Article IV. Term of Agreement
This agreement shall be continued in full force and effect and binding upon the
parties hereto upon execution of the agreement by both parties. The terms of the
agreement shall be indefinite. The agreement will be terminated if the City is unable or
unwilling: 1) to expend the proceeds provided through this agreement; 2) to satisfy the
matching requirements contained in this agreement; and 3) upon reimbursement by the
City to the County of all unexpended proceeds provided by the County pursuant to this
agreement in the manner and amounts described below and payment of all amounts due
pursuant to Section 8.1.
Article V. Conditions of Agreement
Section 5.1 -- Project Descriptions. Proceeds available pursuant to this agreement
may be used only for the Projects listed in Exhibit A, such substituted Projects as may be
approved by the County as set forth below, or Projects added by follow-on amendments
to disburse proceeds pursuant to Section 8.2 of this agreement. All County funded
Projects must meet open space criteria as described in chapter 84.34 RCW and K.C.C.
chapter 26.12.
Section 5.2 -- Use of Proceeds. Proceeds provided to the City pursuant to this
agreement as well as moneys provided by the City as match pursuant to this agreement
may be used only to pay capital costs related to property acquisition. Those costs include
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appraisals, title searches, negotiations, administrative overhead, and the cost of actual
acquisition or purchase options, and all other costs meeting the requirements of K.C.C.
26.12.010. The City shall have the property valued by an appraisal performed by an
independent state-certified real estate appraiser with a current general real estate
appraiser license, and reviewed by an independent state-certified general real estate
appraiser. In requesting reimbursement of proceeds for the Project, the City shall
demonstrate to the County compliance with this Section 5.2. Proceeds utilized pursuant
to this agreement may not be used to purchase land obtained through the exercise of
eminent domain.
Section 5.3 -- Completion/Substitution/Deletion of Projects. The City shall
complete the Project described in Section 5.1 of this Agreement within a two year period
from the effective date of the County ordinance appropriating funding for the Project. If
the City does not meet this two year requirement, unless the City demonstrates to the
Advisory Committee a compelling reason for continuance of CFT funding for the Project
beyond the two-year limit or a reprogramming request is timely approved as provided for
below, the County shall be released from any obligation to fund the Project, and the
County in its sole discretion may reallocate such proceeds for other projects in other
jurisdictions. The City may submit specific requests for project reprogramming to the
County for its approval within the two year period. All projects proposed for
reprogramming must meet open space criteria as described in chapter 84.34 RCW and
K.C.C. chapter 26.12, be submitted for recommendation by the County’s Advisory
Committee or its successor, and be approved by action of the King County Council. All
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reprogramming requests shall be submitted to the County’s Department of Natural
Resources and Parks, Open Space Acquisitions Unit, or its successor.
Section 5.4 -- Eminent Domain. If any Project requires the exercise of eminent
domain to acquire the property, all proceeds provided pursuant to this agreement plus
accrued interest on such proceeds shall be reprogrammed as provided in this agreement
or repaid to the County.
Article VI. Responsibilities of the City
Section 6.1 -- Matching Requirements. Except for acquisitions of property
interests in opportunity areas, as defined by K.C.C. 26.12.003, any Project funded by
Conservation Futures Levy proceeds shall be supported by the City in which the Project
is located with a matching contribution, which is no less than the amount of Conservation
Futures Levy proceeds allocated to the Project. This contribution may be in the form of
cash, land match with a valuation verified by an appraisal by an independent state-
certified real estate appraiser with a current general real estate appraiser license, or the
cash value, excluding King County conservation futures contributions, of other open
spaces acquired within the previous two years from the date of submittal of the
application by the City. The appraisal, to be reviewed, shall have been performed within
two years of the application deadline set for the annual allocation of conservation futures
tax levy proceeds under which the Property received funding. Properties considered as
land match or cash value of other open space acquisitions should be directly linked to the
property under application. Any City match, other than cash, shall require County
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approval. County approval and County acceptance of the City’s match will be
transmitted in writing to the City by the County’s Designated Representative.
Section 6.2 -- Reporting. All proceeds received pursuant to this agreement and
accrued interest therefrom will be accounted for separately from all other City moneys,
accounts and moneys. Until the property described in the Project is acquired and all
proceeds provided pursuant to this agreement have been expended, the City shall provide
the reports required by K.C.C. 26.12.035.
Section 6.3 -- Disposition of Remaining Proceeds. If the City does not expend all
proceeds obligated to be provided through this agreement and no substitute project is
requested or approved as to the excess proceeds, such proceeds, if held by the City, shall
be refunded to the County. For purposes of this section, "proceeds" shall include all
moneys obligated to be provided by the County plus interest accrued by the City on such
moneys. Any proceeds in excess of those required to be provided by the County for the
actual costs of the Project shall remain with the County for use in its sole discretion.
Section 6.4 -- Maintenance in Perpetuity. Except as provided in this Section 6.4,
the City, and any successor in interest, agree to maintain properties acquired with
proceeds provided pursuant to this agreement as open space in perpetuity and, as required
by the County, to include in the real property records notice of this restriction. Projects
carried out by the City in whole or in part with funds provided for under the terms of this
agreement shall not be transferred or conveyed except by agreement with an agency or
nonprofit organization as defined in K.C.C. 26.12.003, which shall provide that the land
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or interest in land shall be continued to be used for the purposes of K.C.C. chapter 26.12,
and in strict conformance with the uses authorized under chapter 84.34 RCW.
The City shall not change the status or use of properties acquired with proceeds
provided pursuant to this agreement unless the City provides equivalent lands or cash in
exchange for the land to be changed to a different use. The land shall be valued in its
changed status or use, and not based upon its value as open space, and the replacement
land or payment amount must be approved by the County. If requested by the County, at
its own cost the City will provide the County an appraisal performed within the previous
year by an independent state-certified real estate appraiser with a current general real
estate appraiser license. The value established by the appraisal will not be binding on the
County. If the County approves replacement land, the City shall complete the
replacement within one year of approval. If the County approves cash reimbursement,
the City shall pay the County within 90 days of approval.
Section 6.5 – Tax Covenants. The City acknowledges that proceeds provided by
the County for a Project may be proceeds of tax-exempt bonds (the “Bonds”) subject to
certain requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Tax
Code”), including any implementing regulations and any administrative or judicial
interpretations. The City will comply with Tax Code requirements, including those set
forth in Exhibit B, which is incorporated herein, applicable to Bond-financed Projects
identified in Exhibit A, which is incorporated herein, as well as Bond-financed Projects
identified in subsequent amendments to this agreement.
Article VII. Responsibilities of the County
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Subject to the terms of this agreement, the County will provide Conservation
Futures Tax Levy proceeds in the amounts and for the Projects identified in Exhibit A as
well as in those amounts and for those Projects identified in subsequent amendments to
this agreement. The City may request additional proceeds; however, the County has no
obligation to provide proceeds to the City in excess of the amount shown in Exhibit A.
The County assumes no obligation for future support of the Project described herein
except as expressly set forth in this agreement.
Article VIII. Other Provisions
Section 8.1 -- Hold Harmless and Indemnification.
A. The County assumes no responsibility for the payment of any
compensation, fees, wages, benefits or taxes to or on behalf of the City, its employees,
contractors or others by reason of this agreement. The City shall protect, indemnify and
save harmless the County, its officers, agents and employees from any and all claims,
cost and whatsoever occurring or resulting from: 1) the City's failure to pay any
compensation, fees, wages, benefits or taxes; and 2) the supplying to the City of work,
services, materials or supplies by City employees or agents or other contractors or
suppliers in connection with or in support of performance of this agreement.
B. The City further agrees that it is financially responsible for and will repay
the County all indicated amounts following an audit exception, which occurs due to the
negligent or intentional acts of this agreement by the City, its officer, employees, agent or
representatives arising out of the performance of the terms of this agreement.
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C. The City shall protect, indemnify and save harmless the County from any
and all costs, claims, judgments, or awards of damages, arising out of or in any way
resulting from the negligent acts or omissions of the City, its officers, employees or
agents in the performance of its obligations under the terms of this agreement. For the
purposes of this agreement only, the City agrees to waive the immunity granted it for
industrial insurance claims pursuant to Title 51 RCW to the extent necessary to extend its
obligations under this paragraph to any claim, demand, or cause of action brought by or
on behalf of any employee, including judgments, awards and costs arising therefrom
including attorney's fees.
D. To the extent permitted by law, and except to the extent caused by the sole
negligence of the County, the City agrees, at its expense, to pay, and to indemnify and
hold the County, its officers, employees or agents harmless of, from and against, any and
all claims, damages, demands, losses, liens, liabilities, penalties, fines, taxes, lawsuits and
other proceedings and costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) of every
conceivable kind, character or nature whatsoever, arising directly or indirectly from or
out of, or in any way connected with any examination or audit of any Bond issued to
finance or refinance costs of any Bond-financed Project identified in Exhibit A as well as
Bond-financed Projects identified in subsequent amendments to this agreement by the
Internal Revenue Service, or any determination by the Internal Revenue Service or a
court of competent jurisdiction that the interest on any such Bond is or should be subject
to federal income taxation; provided, however, that the City shall not be liable for any
payment made by the County with respect to any settlement of any such examination or
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audit, or of any other proceeding related thereto, entered into without the consent of the
City.
Section 8.2 -- Amendment. The parties reserve the right to amend or modify this
agreement. Amendments or modifications to disburse proceeds approved by the County
Council must be by written instrument signed by the parties substantially in the form of
Exhibit C. Other amendments also must be approved by the respective City and County
Councils.
Section 8.3 -- Contract Waiver. No waiver by either party of any term or
condition of this agreement shall be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any other term
or condition, nor shall a waiver of any breach be deemed to constitute a waiver of any
subsequent breach whether of the same or different provision of this agreement. No
waiver shall be effective unless made in writing.
Section 8.4 -- Entirety. This agreement is the complete expression of the terms
hereto and any oral representations or understandings not incorporated are excluded.
This agreement merges and supersedes all prior negotiations, representations and
agreements between the parties relating to the Project and constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties. The parties recognize that time is of the essence in the
performance of the provisions of this agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, authorized representatives of the parties hereto have signed
their names in the spaces set forth below:
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KINGCOUNTY CITYOFRENTON
Dow Constantine ArmondoPavone
King County Executive Mayor
Date: _________________ Date: _________________
Acting under the authority of Actingunder the authority of
Ordinance 18978 Resolution ______
Approved as to form: Approved as to form:
Dan Satterberg ShaneMoloney
King County Prosecuting Attorney City Attorney
clb 2-25-21 1468
approved via email from Cheryl Beyer)
4429
April 12, 2021
Attest:
Jason A. Seth, MMC, City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
2021 CONSERVATION FUTURES LEVY
CITY OF RENTON ALLOCATION
Jurisdiction Project Allocation
Renton May Creek Fawcett ROFR $305,181
TOTAL $305,181
Project Description:
Project #1138988: Renton – May Creek Fawcett ROFR
The City of Renton is working to further expand the May Creek Greenway on its
westernmost extent, between I-405 and Lake Washington Boulevard. Renton, in
partnership with King County and Newcastle, have been assembling properties along
May Creek for over 30 years to create a continuous soft-surface trail and natural area
corridor from Lake Washington to Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park. The
proposed acquisition of the 0.32-acre parcel may offer new local trail connections; May
Creek Greenway trails are planned that would cross under I-405 and Lake Washington
Boulevard in the future. Project funding was authorized in King County Ordinance
19210.
Is this a Bond-financed Project? Yes
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EXHIBIT B
Tax Covenants
The City acknowledges that proceeds provided by the County for the Project may be
proceeds of Bonds subject to certain requirements of the Tax Code. The City will take all
actions with respect to the Project, and proceeds received for the Project, necessary to
assure the exclusion of interest on the Bonds from the gross income of the owners of the
Bonds, including but not limited to the following:
a) Expenditure of Proceeds. The City will expend proceeds of the Bonds
received from the County for capital expenditures for federal income tax purposes within
the meaning of Section 1.150-1(b) of the Tax Code. Bond proceeds may be expended to
pay, or reimburse the City for, Project capital expenditures or to repay interim indebtedness
incurred for capital expenditures of the Project.
b) Notice. The City will provide notice of action taken or planned to issue any
tax-exempt indebtedness, including bonds, bank loans, or other tax-exempt indebtedness,
to finance Project costs.
c) Treatment as Grant.
1) The City is a governmental entity possessing substantial taxing,
eminent domain and police powers and constituting a political
subdivision of the State.
2) The City is not acting as an agent of the County.
3) The grant of proceeds for the Project does not impose any obligation
or condition to directly or indirectly repay any amount to the County
excluding obligations or conditions intended solely to assure
expenditure of the transferred moneys in accordance with the
governmental purpose of the transfer).
4) The grant is required to be used for open space as required under
Article II but does not impose any conditions relating to the use of the
Project or other property of the City by the County or any of its
agencies or authorities.
5) This agreement is a grant agreement.
d) Limitations on Disposition of Project. The City will not sell or otherwise
dispose of any components of the Project without prior approval by the County and
compliance with timeframes for completion of land replacement or cash reimbursement as
provided in Section 6.4.
e) Record Retention. The City will retain its records of all accounting and
monitoring it carries out with respect to the Bond proceeds received and with respect to the
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Project for at least three years after the Bonds mature or are redeemed as provided in the
amendment granting such Bond proceeds to the City.
f) Cooperation. The City will provide tax certificates when and as requested by
the County or County’s bond counsel in order to establish or maintain the tax-exempt status
of the Bonds. The City will cooperate in any audit of the Bonds by the Internal Revenue
Service, including disclosure of any record, contracts and other materials relating to the
Bond proceeds received by the City and the Project.
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EXHIBIT C
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSERVATION FUTURES
INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN KING COUNTY AND THE CITY OF ________
FOR OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION PROJECTS
Preamble
The King County Council, through Ordinance 9128, has established a Conservation
Futures Levy Fund and appropriated proceeds to King County and certain cities. This
amendment is entered into to provide for the allocation of additional proceeds made
available for open space acquisition.
THIS AMENDMENT is entered into between the CITY OF and
KING COUNTY, and amends and attaches to and is part thereof of the existing Interlocal
Cooperation Agreement entered into between the parties on the _____ day of (Month),
Year), as previously amended.
The parties agree to the following amendment:
The Interlocal Cooperation Agreement is hereby amended by adding Exhibit 1, attached
hereto.
In all other respects, the terms, conditions, duties and obligations of both parties shall
remain the same as agreed to in the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement as previously
amended.
Once fully executed, this Amendment shall be incorporated into the existing Interlocal
Cooperation Agreement as if fully set forth, and shall become Amendment __.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, authorized representatives of the parties hereto have signed
their names in the spaces set forth below:
KING COUNTY CITYOF ________
Dow Constantine
King County Executive Mayor
Date: _________________ Date: _________________
Approved as to form: Approved as to form:
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Dan Satterberg
King County Prosecuting Attorney City Attorney
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EXHIBIT 1
YEAR] CONSERVATION FUTURES LEVY PROCEEDS
CITY OF ________ ALLOCATION
Jurisdiction Project Name (Project Number) Allocation
City Name] [Project Name] ([Project
Number])
TOTAL $
Project Description:
Project Number] [City Name] – [Project Name]
Project Description used in legislation approving proceeds]
Is this a Bond-financed Project?
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