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Authorizing the Approval of a Interlocal Program and Funding Agreement For Mountain Accord Phase II
WHEREAS, Title 11, Chapter 13, Utah Code Ann., 1953, allows public entities to enter into cooperative agreements to provide joint undertakings and services; and
WHEREAS, Cottonwood Heights (“Cottonwood Heights”), Draper City (“Draper”), the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy (“MWDSLS”), Park City Municipal Corporation (“Park City”), Sandy City (“Sandy”), Salt Lake City (“SLC”), Salt Lake County (“Salt Lake County”), Summit County (“Summit County”), the Town of Alta (“Alta”), Utah Department of Transportation (“UDOT”), Utah Transit Authority (“UTA”), and Wasatch County (“Wasatch County”) (collectively referred to as the “Parties”) are all public entities that desire to enter into such a cooperative agreement; and
WHEREAS, UDOT is a Utah state agency with the general responsibility for planning, research, design, construction, maintenance, security, and safety of state transportation systems, and implementing the transportation policies of the state; and
WHEREAS, UTA is a public transit district organized pursuant to Utah law, and provides transit services in and around the Wasatch Front; and
WHEREAS, SLC, Sandy, Cottonwood Heights, Draper City, Alta, and Park City are Utah municipal corporations, and have various responsibilities and legal authorities related to land use, transportation, watershed and water resources, economic, and environmental issues; and
WHEREAS, Salt Lake County, Summit County and Wasatch Counties are Utah counties, and have various responsibilities and legal authorities relating to land use, economic, health, and environmental issues; and
WHEREAS, MWDSLS is a Utah metropolitan water district operating pursuant to the Metropolitan Water District Act, Utah Code Annotated, Title 17B, Chapter 2A, Part 6, and has various responsibilities for providing wholesale water supplies to its member cities and others; and
WHEREAS, the Parties have previously entered into a Program and Funding Agreement for Wasatch Summit Phase I, dated February 3, 2014, which established a Mountain Accord Program Charter dated February 2014 (“Program Charter”); and
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to build upon previous and certain ongoing efforts and conduct a comprehensive regional, long-term review of various land protection, land use, and transportation solutions in the central Wasatch Mountains as set forth in the Program Charter, which recognizes and incorporates the interdependent transportation, land use, recreation, wilderness, watershed and economic issues and opportunities; and
WHEREAS, Salt Lake City has particular interest in the process because of its water resources, wildlife and other natural resource values related to the Central Wasatch Mountains and would benefit from a robust regional planning and decision-making process concerning various potential land preservation, land use, and transportation actions; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into an Interlocal Agreement to provide for a transition from Phase I into Phase II, and to define their respective roles and responsibilities with respect to Phase II; and
WHEREAS, the attached agreement has been prepared to accomplish said purposes;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, as follows:
1. It does hereby approve the execution and delivery of the following:
Interlocal Program and Funding Agreement –
Mountain Accord Phase II.
2. The effective date of the agreement shall be the date it is signed and recorded (where applicable) by all parties to the agreement.
3. Ralph E. Becker, Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, or his designee, is hereby authorized to approve said agreement on behalf of Salt Lake City Corporation, subject to such minor changes which do not materially affect the rights and obligations of the City thereunder and as shall be approved by the Mayor, his execution thereof to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 1st day of September, 2015.