2008/11/26 Council Agenda Packet

t'3 2. Purposes. The purposes of this Agreement are: (a) to reduce the duplication of effort that would attend the building of two separate animal shelters in Snohomish County; (b) to achieve the economies of scale resulting from Everett's and Snohomish County's sharing in the cost of a single animal shelter; (c) to allow Snohomish County to make long-term provision for the housing of Animals attributable to unincorporated Snohomish County; (d) to provide Everett with a fair and equitable contribution from Snohomish County toward the Capital Costs of the Animal Shelter;and (e) to fix and to establish the methods by which Snohomish County will pay its allocable share of the Capital Costs of the Project. 3. Effective Date;Term of Agreement. This Agreement is dated , 2008, and shall be effective on the date on which it has been filed pursuant to Section 28 (Filing of Agreement). Unless terminated pursuant to Section 13 (Termination), the term of this Agreement shall be twenty-five (25) years and shall expire in 2033 upon the anniversary of its effective date. 4. Administration. Each party to this Agreement shall serve as an administrator of this Agreement for the purposes of compliance with RCW 39.34.030. No joint board is being created for purposes of this Agreement. 5. The Animal Shelter. (a) The Animal Shelter shall consist of two buildings, Building#1 and Building#2, and associated improvements at a site located at 333 Smith Island Road between the Snohomish River and Interstate Highway I-5 in Everett,Washington,within Langus Riverfront Park. (b) Building #1 will be a single story building covering an area of about 15,000 square feet. Construction of Building#1 has commenced and is anticipated to conclude by March 31, 2009. ANIMAL SHELTER CAPITAL FACILITIES AGREEMENT Page 4 of 19 rZ1