Resolution 1334RESOLUTION NO. 1334
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, DETERMINING THAT THE EMERGENCY SERVICES
COORDINATING AGENCY (ESCA) SHOULD BE DISSOLVED EFFECTIVE
DECEMBER 31, 2015.
WHEREAS, in 1994, the City of Edmonds joined with several other cities to form the Emergency
Services Coordinating Agency or ESCA; and
WHEREAS, these cities entered into a May 16, 1994 Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for the
Emergency Services Coordinating Agency (hereinafter, "ESCA ILA") that created a separate
governmental entity constituted of the member cities to combine emergency management
coordinating activities; and
WHEREAS, under Section 7 of the ESCA ILA, the ESCA ILA may be terminated at any time by
the agreement of a majority of the parties; and
WHEREAS, after consideration and discussion, on March 26, 2015, the Board of Directors of
ESCA adopted a resolution recommending the dissolution of ESCA and the termination of the
(ILA), effective December 31, 2015, to the city councils of the ESCA members, for formal action by
those city councils and notification to the ESCA Director by June 30, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the city council has been fully advised regarding the rationale behind the
recommendation to dissolve ESCA and believes that it is in the City of Edmonds' best interest to
have ESCA dissolved, now therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, HEREBY
RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. It is the City Council's determination that ESCA should be dissolved by action taken
no later than June 30, 2015, with dissolution becoming effective at the end of the day on December
31, 2015.
Section 2. The City of Edmonds' duly authorized ESCA board representative shall cast a vote
to dissolve ESCA when that question comes again before the ESCA board.
RESOLVED this 19,h day of May, 2015.
OF EDMONDS
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YOR, DAVE EARLING
ATTEST:
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: May 15, 2015
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: May 19, 2015
RESOLUTION NO. 1334