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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN KITTITAS COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT NO. 1 AND KITTITAS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SUPPORTING COUNTYWIDE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH A COUNTYWIDE PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT THIS MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ("MOA") is made and entered into by and between Kittitas County Parks and Recreation District No. 1, hereinafter referred to as ""DISTRICT" and Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners, hereinafter refered to as the "COI-INTY'" and collectively referred to as the "PARTIES." WHEREAS: The DISTRICT was established in 2005 to "provide parks and recreational facilities as a public service"; and WHEREAS: At the time of district formulation, no funding was voted into place to sustain and promote DISTRICT activities; and WHEREAS: In 2014 a levy election that would have provided sustaining funding was voted down by DISTRICT voters; and WHEREAS: The DISTRICT remains absent a sustainable funding source; and WHEREAS: The COLINTY desires pursuing a countywide Parks and Recreation District; and WHEREAS: The DISTRICT desires divesting of its ownership of the Evergreen Sno-Park and then petitioning Superior Court for DISTRICT dissolution; and WHEREAS: The DISTRICT desires to define the terms of their dissolution with the COUNTY. NOW THEREFORE' in consideration of the mutual covenants, promises, and agreements set forth herein, it is agreed by and between DISTRICT and the COLINTY as follows: I. SCOPE DISTRICT and the COLINTY will work together in a cooperative fashion to transfer ownership of the Evergreen Sno-Park and any real assets to the COUNTY, as fuither described in Exhibit A. Additional actions to be taken by the COLINTY are incorporated into this agreement as allowed in Section III. il. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE This Agreement will go into effect on April 30,2024. Actions taken by COTINTY supporting this agreement will commence on April 30, 2024, and continue until December 31,2025. Page I of6