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Updated 01/2011

Growth Management and Planning Interlocal Agreements

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Introduction

In Washington State, the Interlocal Cooperation Act (Ch. 39.34 RCW) authorizes public agencies to contract with other public agencies via interlocal agreements that enable cooperation among governments to perform governmental activities and deliver public services.

Planning and growth management agreements between counties and cities take a variety of forms, including agreements to do joint comprehensive plans, agreements to provide or consolidate planning services, those that address annexation and/or development standards in urban growth areas, interlocal agreements regarding annexation that address the transition of service provision from counties to cities and provide for some revenue sharing, and other agreements for cooperation on planning and growth management issues.

Joint Planning and Urban Growth Area Agreements (including zoning and development standards)

Planning Services and Departmental Consolidation Agreements

Annexation and Growth Management Agreements - Revenue Sharing

These agreements address transition of public service provision from counties to cities and generally provide compensation to counties, at least on a transitional basis, for lost revenues. They usually focus on re-allocation of property and sales taxes. Several agreements that address revenue cost sharing and service transition for annexations in general. Other examples address revenue sharing or adjustments related to specific large developments. A few include preliminary agreements that set in motion work toward future agreements to share or adjust revenues.

Annexation and Urban Development Agreements

General Information on Intergovernmental Planning and Agreements 

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