HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 15-010-CC BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Grant County, Washington
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION RESOLUTION No. 15-��vCC
OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE
1VIOSES LAKE IRRIGATION AND
REHABILITATION DISTRICT
WHEREAS, Chapter 39.34 RCW,the Interlocal Cooperation Act,permits local governmental
entities to rnake the most ef�cient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with other localities
on a basis of mutual advantage, for the purposes of pz•oviding services and facilities in a manner and
pursuant to forms of goveriunental organization that will accord best with geographic, economic,
population and other factors influencing the needs and development of local communities; and
WHEREAS, Grant County,Washington, by and through the Grant County Public Works, and
the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District(hereafter MLIRD) are vested with authority to
enter into an interlocal agreement pursuant to chapter 39.34 RCW; and
WHEREAS, in or about September of 2013,an MI,IRD facility, Moses Lake North Dam State ID
#GT41-129,Federal ID#WA00129,was in imminent danger of failing; and
WHEREAS, MLIRD has concluded it is more cost effective to build a new structure to replace
the dam rather than to attempt to repair the existing dam owing to the condition of the soils below, the
condition of the existing structure, and its obsolete design; and
WHEI2EAS, the County owns and maintains Sand Dunes Road, Road Log #21590, with a
portion of such road previously closed(M.P. 6.61 to M.P. 6.63)due to the condition of Moses Lake North
Dam; and
WHEREAS, Sand Dunes Road provides one of two access points to the County's Off Road
Vehicle Park, various recreational uses in the area, and allows farm machinery travel around the lalce
instead of crossing the lake on Interstate 90; and
WI�EREAS, Sand Dunes Road is the only emergency bypass within reasonable proximity, in the
event Interstate 90 is closed in or about the same area; and
WHEREAS, the County has designated a County Road Project (CRP 14-11) for the purpose of
constructing a new bridge on Sand Dunes Road, a portion which will be situated upon and across the new
structure as contemplated by MI,IRD; and
VVHEREAS, it is the desira of Grant County and the MLIRD to enter into an interlocal
agreement for the purpose of constructing the aforementioned bridge;
NOW,THEI2EFORE,�E IT RESOLVEI),that the attached Interlocal Agreement between i
Grant County and MLIRD be executed by and between Grant County,through its Public Works
Department, and the MLIRD.
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FASSED AND ADOPTED this�day of , 201�� /
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Carolann Swai�tz,Member
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