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UGA Interlocal Agreement (12-09-21) – Page 1 of 14 Interlocal Agreement Between The City of Ellensburg and Kittitas County Concerning Annexation and Development Within the Ellensburg Urban Growth Area THIS AGREEMENT (hereinafter “Agreement”) has been entered into on this __ day of _________________, 2021, by and between the County of Kittitas (hereinafter referred to as the “County”), a political subdivision of the State of Washington, and the City of Ellensburg (hereinafter referred to as the “City”), a Washington Municipal Corporation, pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, RCW 39.34. RECITALS WHEREAS, the Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan designates an area of the unincorporated County adjacent to the boundaries of the City of Ellensburg (as shown in the map attached hereto and incorporated herein as EXHIBIT A) as being included in the City’s Urban Growth Area (hereinafter “UGA”) and requires that, in order to ensure both consistency and coordination, the planning in the UGA should be done in concert with the City through the execution of an interlocal agreement to provide the necessary administrative guidance and services to the Ellensburg UGA; and WHEREAS, the City of Ellensburg Comprehensive Plan contains goals and policies directing coordination with Kittitas County in the joint planning for the UGA; and WHEREAS, the County-Wide Planning Policies (CWPP), adopted by the City of Ellensburg and Kittitas County pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 36.70A RCW, the Growth Management Act (GMA), include specific policy direction that: the development and subdivisions in the UGA shall be orderly and coordinated between city and county governments; requires the City of Ellensburg and Kittitas County to execute interlocal agreements to coordinate and manage growth in the UGA; and requires the City of Ellensburg and Kittitas County to jointly develop and implement development, subdivision and building permit procedures, and innovative financing techniques including the possibility of development impact or other fees for the review and permitting of any new development within the UGA; and, WHEREAS, review of development within the City of Ellensburg’s UGA should anticipate future annexation into the City; and WHEREAS, annexations proposed by the City of Ellensburg are pursued in accordance with Chapter 35A.14 RCW; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the citizens of both jurisdictions to coordinate plans and manage growth in the UGA prior to annexation; and