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CITY <br /> INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN <br /> PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY <br /> AND THE CITY OF EVERETT,GOVERNING THE GRAND AVENUE PARK BRIDGE <br /> PROJECT <br /> THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), is made and entered into by and <br /> between the Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, a Washington State municipal <br /> corporation ("District"), and the City of Everett, a Washington State municipal corporation <br /> ("City"), to coordinate the relocation of utilities for the City's Grand Avenue Park Bridge <br /> (GAPB) Project. The District and the City may be referred to herein individually as "Party" and <br /> collectively as"Parties." <br /> RECITALS <br /> WHEREAS,the City is close to completing the design of the Grand Avenue Park Bridge <br /> Project ("Project"), crossing West Marine View Drive near the extension of 16th Street, Everett, <br /> Washington. The Project includes the erection of a pedestrian/utility bridge spanning both West <br /> Marine View Drive and the BNSF railway between Grand Avenue Park at 16th and Grand <br /> Avenue and the Everett Waterfront. <br /> WHEREAS, as part of the Project, it is necessary that the District relocate their existing <br /> overhead systems to accommodate the bridge and the construction thereof. As part of this work, <br /> the Parties have agreed that the District will replace the existing overhead double-circuit <br /> 12.47kV distribution conductors currently in conflict with the Project with an underground <br /> system. <br /> WHEREAS, to facilitate the conversion of the existing overhead distribution system to <br /> an underground system, the City will, at its cost, install a straight underground conduit system, <br /> and construct joint trenches as designed by the District to accommodate the District, Frontier, <br /> Comcast, Wave Broadband, and Burlington Northern Railroad utility lines and facilities (entities <br /> other than the District shall be referred to as "Other Utilities"). In the joint trenches, the City <br /> will place all required straight conduits to accommodate the District distribution lines and <br /> facilities. All of the work by the City and District relating to the conversion of the existing <br /> overhead distribution system to an underground system is collectively referred to in this <br /> Agreement as the"Underground Conversion Work." <br /> WHEREAS, the District will install, at its cost, the conductors, lines and facilities for its <br /> new underground distribution system and will remove a span of its existing 12.47kV overhead <br /> conductors and its fiber optic communication line adjacent to the Project. <br /> WHEREAS, as part of the Project, it is also necessary that the District move a pole and <br /> raise certain existing high voltage overhead lines prior to the erection of the bridge and de- <br /> energize and/or remove certain power lines during the erection of the bridge. Attached as <br /> Exhibit A is a drawing showing the final configuration of the poles and lines after completion of <br /> the Project and all High Line Work. All of this work is referred to in this Agreement as the <br /> 1 <br />