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6.4. Any new utility, road, or any other public easement that has City jurisdiction on both sides of the easement shall become the responsibility of the City for maintenance and ownership. In the event of tax default the City agrees to take ownership of existing undevelopable properties or those that may be created within City jurisdiction. 6.5. The City and County agree to coordinate their annual and periodic land use updates within the UGA. The City and County agree to coordinate their annual and six (6) -year transportation improvement plans, as further described below in section 12.4. 7. TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS (TDR) PROGRAM. In the event the City adopts a TDR program, it will cooperate with the County on developing a separate agreement to coordinate implementation of both TDR programs to allow transfer of development potential from the County's resource lands to its urban properties appropriate for development and consistent with the urban development standards within the UGA and City. 8. ZONING AND LAND USE DESIGNATION CONSISTENCY The County and City agree to coordinate with each other on any proposals to amend the City's or the County's GMA Comprehensive Plans relating to the UGA and on any rezone proposals within the UGA in order to determine consistency with the purposes and requirements of the GMA, this Agreement and with the Preferred Land Use Designation Map attached hereto as EXHIBIT B, as of the date of the execution of this Agreement and as it may be amended in the fixture. The UGA shall be regulated in accord with the County's most recent flood maps 9. STATE ENV'TRONMENTAL POLICY ACT REVIEW. State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review of land development projects, comprehensive plan amendments and legislative area -wide rezones in the UGA shall be performed by the County under County SEPA regulations and processes, provided, however, that the County shall provide the City with notice of all SEPA applications upon receipt by the County, for review and comment by the City. The County, through the SEPA. process, hereby commits to mitigate transportation, park and other growth impacts in accordance with special studies requited by the SEPA responsible official and in accordance with current studies completed by the City with respect to transportation and park impacts. 10. PARK AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. 10.1. The County agrees to utilize the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review process to consider the impacts that new development in the Ellensburg UGA will have on the City's park and recreation system, and agrees to impose necessary park and recreation system mitigation that is based on the City's parks and recreation design and level of service standards. Mitigation, as used in this section, may include compensation by the County for improvement and maintenance of the City's trails and paths identified in the City's Non -Motorized Transportation Plan and/or Park Plan to help offset the impacts caused by development of subdivisions in the UGA. In addition, the County agrees to follow the urban development standards adopted pursuant to Section 6.1 above. UGA Interlocal Agreement Draft (08-14-2020) — Page 4 of 13