HomeMy WebLinkAboutYakima County - Occidental Annexation MOU MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Between the City of Yakima and Yakima County
Regarding a Mutual Agreement to Resolve Economic Concerns Associated With the
Occidental Annexation
Whereas, the City of Yakima initiated the Occidental Annexation to annex an urbanized area
adjacent to the City's southwest boundary; and
Whereas, the City of Yakima believes that the citizens within the approved Occidental Annexation
require the full range of municipal services only the City of Yakima can provide; and
Whereas, Yakima County has expended County Funds to improve portions of S. 96 Ave and
Occidental Road, and the depreciated value of these expenditures is Forty Two Thousand Dollars
($42,000.00) at the time of the Occidental Annexation recently approved by the City of Yakima; and
Whereas, Yakima County has required and collected mitigation fees for street and road
improvement costs for improving Coolidge Road from developers for development proposed or
already underway for properties and subdivisions within the Occidental Annexation area; and
Whereas, the City of Yakima and Yakima County desire to resolve the financial and development
issues that arise as a result of the Occidental Annexation approved by the City in order to achieve an
equitable allocation of costs and benefits attributed to the transfer of jurisdiction from Yakima County
to the City of Yakima with respect to the road and development costs associated thereto; and
Whereas the City of Yakima and Yakima County have reached an equitable agreement that
permitted the Occidental Annexation to proceed, thus making it unnecessary for the Yakima County
Boundary Review Board to review the proposed annexation;
Now, therefore, the parties hereby agree as follows.
The City of Yakima agrees to pay Yakima County the total sum of Forty Two Thousand Dollars
($42,000.00) for the depreciated value of the cost incurred by Yakima County for the completion of
streets within the Occidental Annexation area. The City shall pay this amount to Yakima County in
one lump sum, payable by no later than December 31, 2007.
Yakima County agrees to pay the City of Yakima the sum of Fourteen Thousand Three Hundred
Dollars ($14,300.00) representing the total mitigation fees for street and road development of
Coolidge Road received by the County from the developer of the Plat of Coolidge Heights. Said
transfer of fees to the City of Yakima shall occur no later than December 31, 2007.
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Between the City of Yakima and Yakima County
Regarding a Mutual Agreement to Resolve Economic Concerns Associated With the
Occidental Annexation
Whereas, the City of Yakima initiated the Occidental Annexation to annex an urbanized area
adjacent to the City's southwest boundary; and
Whereas, the City of Yakima believes that the citizens within the approved Occidental Annexation
require the full range of municipal services only the City of Yakima can provide; and
Whereas, Yakima County has expended County Funds to improve portions of S. 96 Ave and
Occidental Road, and the depreciated value of these expenditures is Forty Two Thousand Dollars
($42,000.00) at the time of the Occidental Annexation recently approved by the City of Yakima; and
Whereas, Yakima County has required and collected mitigation fees for street and road
improvement costs for improving Coolidge Road from developers for development proposed or
already underway for properties and subdivisions within the Occidental Annexation area; and
Whereas, the City of Yakima and Yakima County desire to resolve the financial and development
issues that arise as a result of the Occidental Annexation approved by the City in order to achieve an
equitable allocation of costs and benefits attributed to the transfer of jurisdiction from Yakima County
to the City of Yakima with respect to the road and development costs associated thereto; and
Whereas the City of Yakima and Yakima County have reached an equitable agreement that
permitted the Occidental Annexation to proceed, thus making it unnecessary for the Yakima County
Boundary Review Board to review the proposed annexation;
Now, therefore, the parties hereby agree as follows.
The City of Yakima agrees to pay Yakima County the total sum of Forty Two Thousand Dollars
($42,000.00) for the depreciated value of the cost incurred by Yakima County for the completion of
streets within the Occidental Annexation area. The City shall pay this amount to Yakima County in
one lump sum, payable by no later than December 31, 2007.
Yakima County agrees to pay the City of Yakima the sum of Fourteen Thousand Three Hundred
Dollars ($14,300.00) representing the total mitigation fees for street and road development of
Coolidge Road received by the County from the developer of the Plat of Coolidge Heights. Said
transfer of fees to the City of Yakima shall occur no later than December 31, 2007.
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Yakima County agrees to pay the City of Yakima Five Hundred Fifty Dollars ($550.00) per platted lot,
which is anticipated to total Fourteen Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($14,300.00), within 30
calendar days of recording of the final Plat of Coolidge Crest, said amount being equal to the total
amount of mitigation fees for street and road development to Coolidge Road to be received by the
County from the developer as a condition of final plat approval.
Yakima County also agrees to assign the existing Letter of Credit from Apple Tree Resort
Development (Appletree) in the amount of approximately One Hundred Ninety Eight Thousand
Dollars ($198,000.00), which represents their mitigation fees for the development and improvement
of Coolidge Road from S. 80 Ave to S. 88 Ave.
As a further result of the terms of this agreement the parties commit to work together to establish a
mutually beneficial framework of cooperation and future understandings by which further urban
growth, annexations and uniform development standards can occur within the Yakima Urban Growth
Area to serve the best interests of the citizens of the City of Yakima and Yakima County.
This Agreement of Understanding is effective upon signature by the parties hereto.
Dated this l ( day of December, 2007.
BOARD OF YAKIMA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Michael D. Leita, Chainuan
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City of Yakima (Ra d Elliott, Commissioner
Attest: Christina Steiner, Clerk of the Board
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