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UGA Interlocal Agreement (12-09-21) – Page 2 of 14 WHEREAS, the terms of this Agreement have been discussed by the City Council of the City of Ellensburg at a regular City Council meeting on ___________________, 2021; and WHEREAS, the terms of this Agreement have been discussed by the Board of Kittitas County Commissioners at a regular meeting on _____________________, 2021; NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the terms and conditions set forth below, the parties agree as follows: T E R M S 1. LEGAL BASIS AND SCOPE. This Agreement is entered into pursuant to Chapter 36.70A RCW (the Growth Management Act), Chapter 36.115 RCW (the Governmental Services Act), and Chapter 39.34 RCW (the Interlocal Cooperation Act). The City and the County agree that the contents of this Agreement shall apply to growth management planning, project permit processing and development within the City’s UGA, code enforcement, and future annexations. 2. NATURE OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement is consistent with the interlocal agreement referred to in the County’s 2016 Comprehensive Plan discussion of Urban Growth Areas, the City’s 2017 Comprehensive Plan Update Goal LU-6, and the County- Wide Planning Policies under Interlocal Agreements (policies 1.1 – 1.3), Urban Growth Areas (policies 2.1 – 2.19), Reduce Sprawl (policies 3.1 – 3.6), Transportation (policies 4.1 – 4.8) and Public Facilities and Services (policies 13.1 – 13.19). 3. PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT. 3.1. The purpose of this Agreement is to facilitate the orderly transition of urban services from the County to the City throughout the UGA and to coordinate and manage growth and development within the UGA. 3.2. The City and County wish to establish a generalized interlocal agreement to implement uniform and consistent urban development standards (as defined in Section 6.1 below) within the UGA in order to further the transition of the UGA to urban service levels. 3.3. The City and County believe it is in the best interest of the citizens of both jurisdictions to enable reciprocal impact mitigation requirements and regulatory conditions on development in the unincorporated UGA. 4. IDENTIFICATION OF URBAN GROWTH AREA. This Agreement applies to the lands within the Ellensburg Urban Growth Area as adopted and identified in the County Comprehensive Plan and attached hereto as EXHIBIT A, as of the date of execution of this Agreement and as it may be amended in the future.