Staff Report Cle Elum Corporate Limits SR903

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AGREEMENT CITY OF CLE ELUM --------- COUNTY OF KITTITAS REVISION OF CORPORATE BOUNDARY WHEREAS, RCW 35A.21.210 authorizes code cities and counties to revise any part of a corporate boundary of a city which "coincides with the centerline, edge, or any portion of a public street, road or highway right of way by substituting therefore a right of way line of the same public street, road or highway so as fully to include or fully to exclude that segment of the public street, road or highway from the corporate limits of the city"; and WHEREAS, the City of Cle Elum (City) holds an interest in that portion of the State Route 903 (W. Second Street) right-of-way located within the Northeast Quarter of Section 28 and the Northwest Quarter of Section 27, Township 20 North, Range 15 East, W.M., as more particularly described herein; and WHEREAS, the westerly portion of the State Route 903 right-of-way is located outside the City limits, while adjacent lands and roadway segments are situated within both incorporated City limits and unincorporated Kittitas County; and WHEREAS, the City seeks to adjust its corporate boundary to include the westerly right- of-way line of State Route 903 in coordination with Kittitas County; and WHEREAS, the City of Cle Elum desires to apply City urban design standards to this segment of SR 903; and WHEREAS, the area subject to the proposed corporate boundary adjustment is legally described on Exhibit A and depicted on Exhibit B, both attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (the "Right -of -Way"); and WHEREAS, the Right of Way was not included with previous annexations; and WHEREAS, the City and the County have the authority to enter into this agreement pursuant to RCW 35A.21.210; NOW THEREFORE, City and County agree as follows: City shall pass an Ordinance in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D revising the City's corporate boundary by authority of this agreement to include the real property described on Exhibit A and depicted on Exhibit B. 2. County shall pass a Resolution in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C approving the City's Ordinance revising its corporate limits to include the property listed on Exhibit A and depicted on Exhibit B.