At the July 13 meeting, the Maple Valley City Council unanimously voted to approve an interlocal agreement between the city and the Tahoma School District.

The ILA encompasses all city and district facilities, from sports fields to meeting rooms.

The agreement has been in negotiations between city and district officials since October 2014 when the city approved the sale of about 8 acres of the Summit Park property to the district for additional parking. There was no exchange of money for that property transfer, only an understanding that an ILA would be worked out and the city would be allowed access to the new road off of state Route 169 and the new parking stalls.

The City Council is also discussing the future of the remaining acreage on the city’s land on Summit Park.

If the city builds a new park on the remaining acreage, the district would be granted use of those facilities. In addition, the city will be granted access to use all of the new district facilities it is building along with the new high school.

In the agreement it states the district and city will meet to develop a master schedule of all facilities. Priority of use for facilities will go to the entity that owns the facility.

The agreement has a two-year term on it. Meaning, after two years the terms of the agreement can be renegotiated if desired. In two years, the new high school will be built and potentially Summit Park (pending a bond approval by the residents of Maple Valley).