2005/01/26 Council Agenda Packet

4 AGREEMENT FOR OPERATION OF THE CLEARVIEW PUMP STATION BETWEEN THE ALDERWOOD WATER AND WASTEWATER DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF EVERETT This Agreement is made and entered into this day of , 2005, by and between the Alderwood Water and Wastewater District, a Washington special purpose municipal corporation (the "District") and the City of Everett, a Washington municipal corporation (the "City"). • WHEREAS, the District and the City provide water service to residents in Southwest Snohomish County; and • WHEREAS, the District, the Silver Lake Water District and the Cross Valley Water District formed an interlocal organization known as the Clearview Group to construct facilities to convey water from the City's water system to the Clearview Reservoir for the purpose of providing water in Southwest Snohomish County, including construction of a pump station located at the 8200 block of 64th Street SE (the "Clearview Pump Station"); and • WHEREAS, after the new facilities were constructed, the District, the Silver Lake Water District and the Cross Valley Water District formed a new administrative interlocal organization known as the Clearview Water Supply Agency (the "Agency") to govern the operation and maintenance of the new facilities, including the Clearview Pump Station; and • WHEREAS, the Clearview Pump Station and the pipeline that connects the City's #5 Water Transmission Line to the Clearview Reservoir is defined as the Clearview Pump Station (the "CPS"); and • WHEREAS, the District is the lead administrator and contracting agency for the Clearview Water Supply Agency; and • WHEREAS, the District has the technical staff to operate the CPS, and the Agency and the City have concluded that a Pump Station Operation Agreement between the District and the City is in the public interest; and • WHEREAS, the District and the City are authorized to enter into service agreements by the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Chapter 39.34 RCW; 28 1