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OSWALD ARMY RESERVE CENTER PROPERTY DISPOSITION AGREEMENT This Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into by and between the City of Everett ("Everett"), a Washington Municipal Corporation, and Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County ("DVS"), a Washington non-profit organization, pursuant to the Defense Base Closure Act of 1990 and the Base Closure and Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994 (the "Enabling Acts"or the "Acts") to establish the terms and conditions of transfer, redevelopment, and use of the David P. Oswald U.S. Army Reserve Center. WHEREAS, the David P. Oswald Army Reserve Center(the "Property") located at 1110 Rainier Avenue, Everett, Washington, was listed as surplus property by the Department of the Army in the Federal Register of May 8, 2007; and WHEREAS, on April 21, 2008, pursuant to the Enabling Acts, the Office of Economic Adjustment of the Department of Defense designated the City of Everett as the Local Redevelopment Authority (the "LRA") authorized to develop a re-use plan for the Property that balances the expressed needs of the community for economic development, community development, and homeless assistance; and WHEREAS, Everett published a Notice of Availability of Surplus Federal Property in the May 18, 2008, Everett Herald newspaper, notifying interested parties including homeless service providers, of the availability of the Property for uses consistent with the Enabling Acts; and WHEREAS, on August 16, 2008, the City received three Notices of Interest ("NOIs") from the following entities: Domestic Violence Services, Everett Community College, F and the Archdiocesan Housing Authority of Seattle; and WHEREAS, the Archdiocesan Housing Authority of Seattle and Everett Community College subsequently withdrew their NOls; and WHEREAS, Everett reviewed the remaining NOI from DVS and determined that the proposed use of the Property for an emergency homeless shelter for victims of domestic violence, administrative offices, and transitional housing, is consistent with the Enabling Acts and is in the best interests of the community; and WHEREAS, the Enabling Acts provide that a conveyance of surplus property to an organization that will use the property to provide homeless assistance shall be at no cost to the homeless assistance provider; and WHEREAS, the Enabling Acts require that a conveyance of surplus property by the LRA to the selected organization may occur only pursuant to a legally binding agreement ("LBA") between the LRA and selected organization establishing terms and conditions of the transfer, redevelopment, and use of the property consistent with the purposes of the Acts; and Oswald Army Reserve Center Property Disposition Agreement Page 1 of 5