12-142 - Valley Cities - MOU Joint Funding for Alive and Free Program

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12 -142 Council Approval 712112 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITIES OF AUBURN, KENT, RENTON, TUKWILA, ALGONA, PACIFIC, FIFE, PUYALLUP AND SUMNER FOR PLANNING, FUNDING, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A JOINT FUNDING PROGRAM. THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ( "MOU ") is entered into pursuant to Chapter 39.34 RCW by the Cities of Auburn, Kent, Renton, Tukwila, Algona, Pacific, Fife, Puyallup and Sumner, Washington hereinafter referred to as "Cities ", to provide for planning, funding, and implementation of a joint funding program. WHEREAS, the Cities engage in activities which support service providers in King County; and WHEREAS, the parties wish to make the most efficient use of their resources by cooperating to provide funding to support service providers in south King County; and WHEREAS, through the Interlocal Cooperation Act, the parties have the authority to engage in cooperative efforts which result in more efficient use of Government resources. NOW THEREFORE, and in consideration of the terms, conditions and performances made herein, it is agreed as follows: 1. Purpose of MOU: The purpose of the MOU is to formalize a cooperative arrangement between the Cities and a coalition of the mayors of the Cities colloquially known as the "Valley Cities Association" for the purpose of addressing shared community issues, including, but not limited to gang prevention and intervention. 2. Joint Participation. a) Lead City. One of the party Cities will serve as Lead City and will be designated by the Cities for contracting, with the Lead City determined as shown in Exhibit A, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, to act as the fiscal and administrative agent for the Cities. The responsibilities of the Lead City are described in Section 4. b) Participating City. A Participating City is a city participating in the cooperative funding, who is not the Lead City. Participating Cities are identified in Exhibit A. A Participating City shall review quarterly reports from the contracted agencies to provide services related to the shared community issues, such as gang prevention and intervention. If a Participating City becomes concerned with the Agency's services, it will promptly notify the Lead City. If a Participating City determines that the Agency is not performing satisfactorily for their city, the Participating City reserves the right to request the Lead City to withhold payments to the Agency for their share of