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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2162 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. a n C:, A RESOLUTION declaring the commitment of the Pasco City Council to meet with the Board of Franklin County Commissioners with the assistance of an independent Mediator to seek resolution of disputes concerning the Public Safety Building lease and a successor Jail Agreement WHEREAS, the Pasco City Council believes that disputes between the City and the Franklin County Board of Commissioners should be resolved by the process of discussion and appropriate compromise, rather than through litigation or worse, simply left unresolved to serve as a divisive wedge between the County and City policy makers, and WHEREAS, pending disputes over the lease agreement between the City and County for space at the Public Safety Building and a successor Jail Agreement between the City and the County are strapping the limited resources of both the City and the County and spoiling City/County relations to a degree that demands the immediate concern and attention of both City and County officials, and WHEREAS, the Pasco City Council is willing to commit itself to an alternative dispute resolution process, towards the resolution and settlement of these issues, now, therefore, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: 1. That the Pasco City Council is committed to seeking a resolution of disputes concerning the Public Safety Building, the City's lease thereof, and a successor Jail Agreement that is satisfactory to both the City Council and the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, and 2. That a meeting of Pasco City Council representatives and the Franklin County Board of Commissioners before an independent professional Mediator should occur at the earliest possible date, and 3. That the Pasco City Council declares its commitment to a resolution of those outstanding issues concerning the Public Safety Building and a successor Jail Agreement and, in demonstration of its good faith commitment to an alternative dispute resolution process, offers to pay the fees and expenses of a jointly selected professional independent Mediator to assist ubstello rney Greg City the City Council and the Franklin County Board of Commissioners in a speedy and satisfactory resolution of these disputes Dated this 5th day of December, 1994 City of Pasco: Attest: Approved As To Form: Resolution No. cZt6c) Page 2 of 2