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<br />IN TERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND
<br />THE LOCAL AGENECIES OF ARLINGTON, BRIER, BOTHELL,
<br />DARRINGTON, EDMONDS, EVERETT, GOLD BAR, GRANITE FALLS,
<br />INDEX, LAKE STEVENS, LYNNWOOD, MARYSVILLE, MILL CREEK,
<br />MONROE, MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, MUKILTEO, SNOHOMISH,
<br />STANWOOD, SULTAN, AND WOODWAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
<br />CREATING AN AWARD PROCESS FOR TAX REVENUES FROM
<br />CHAPTERS 4.122 AND 4.126 SNOHOMISH COUNTY CODE
<br />This Affordable Housing and Behavioral Health Capital Facilities Interlocal Agreement
<br />(Agreement) is made and entered into by the Snohomish County, a political subdivision of the
<br />State of Washington (County), and the Local Agencies of Arlington, Brier, Bothell, Darrington,
<br />Edmonds, Everett, Gold Bar, Granite Falls, Index, Lake Stevens, Lynnwood, Marysville, Mill
<br />Creek, Monroe, Mountlake Terrace, Mukilteo, Snohomish, Stanwood, Sultan, and Woodway
<br />(collectively the Parties and, individually, a Party).
<br />RECITALS
<br />WHEREAS, chapter 39.34 RCW, the Interlocal Cooperation Act, authorizes public agencies
<br />to enter into cooperative agreements with one another to make the most efficient use of their
<br />respective resources; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Washington State Legislature passed Substitute House Bill (SHB) 1406,
<br />which was signed into law as Chapter 338, Laws of 2019, and codified at RCW 82.14.540; and
<br />WHEREAS, RCW 82.14.540 authorizes counties to impose a sales tax for acquisition,
<br />rehabilitation or construction of affordable housing or new units of affordable housing within an
<br />existing structure or facility providing supportive housing services; operating and maintenance
<br />costs for new affordable or supportive housing, rental assistance for tenants, and administration;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, the Snohomish County Council passed Ordinance 19-0621 imposing a sales and
<br />use tax to provide for affordable housing and supportive housing, creating the affordable and
<br />supportive housing sales tax credit fund, and adding new chapter 4.122 to Snohomish County
<br />Code; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Washington State Legislature in 2020 passed HB 2019, signed into law as
<br />Chapter 222 Laws of 2020, and codified at RCW 82.14.530; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Washington State Legislature in 2021 amended RCW 82.14.530; and
<br />WHEREAS, RCW 82.14.530 authorizes counties to impose a sales tax for acquisition and
<br />construction of affordable housing, which may include emergency, transitional and supportive
<br />housing, and new units of affordable housing within an existing structure, or acquiring and
<br />constructing behavioral health-related facilities or land acquisition for these purpose or funding
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