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Resolution No. 31 of 2016
Authorizing the Approval of an Interlocal Agreement to Establish the Central Wasatch Commission and Interlocal Assignment, Assumption & Consent Agreement.
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”), Sandy City (“Sandy”), Salt Lake City (“SLC”), and Salt Lake County (“Salt Lake County”) (the “CWC Members”) are the proposed members of a new proposed interlocal entity that will be known as the Central Wasatch Commission (the “CWC) and are all public entities that desire to enter into a cooperative agreement to establish the CWC; and
WHEREAS, the CWC Members, Draper City (“Draper”), the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy (“MWDSLS”), Park City Municipal Corporation (“Park City”), Summit County (“Summit County”), the Town of Alta (“Alta”), Utah Department of Transportation (“UDOT”), Utah Transit Authority (“UTA”), and Wasatch Front Regional Council (“WFRC”) (collectively referred to as the “Parties”) are all public entities that have ongoing funding commitments to fund the Mountain Accord effort and now desire to enter into a cooperative agreement to assign those commitments to the CWC; 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 Wasatch Front Regional Council is an interlocal entity organized as an association of governments with a mission to implement plans for multi-modal transportation systems, livable communities, and a strong and healthy environment; and
WHEREAS, the Parties have previously entered into program and funding agreements to establish the Mountain Accord effort; and
WHEREAS, by creating the CWC and assigning previously approved funding to the CWC, the Parties wish to build upon previous efforts established by the Mountain Accord effort and implement provisions of the Mountain Accord, 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 Establish the Central Wasatch Commission and an Interlocal Assignment, Assumption & Consent Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the attached agreements have 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 Agreement to Establish the Central Wasatch Commission and Interlocal Assignment, Assumption & Consent Agreement
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. Jackie Biskupski, Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, or her designee, is hereby authorized to approve said agreements on behalf of Salt Lake City Corporation, subject to such minor changes that do not materially affect the rights and obligations of the City thereunder and as shall be approved by the Mayor, her execution thereof to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 4th day of October, 2016.