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  • What does SCORE mean?
    SCORE stands for South Correctional Entity. SCORE is a group of seven cities that are working together to solve our collective jail crisis. The cities are Auburn, Burien, Des Moines, Federal ...
  • What is a Public Development Authority?
    A Public Development Authority (PDA) is authorized by state law. A PDA is created for specialized purposes. The SCORE PDA was created for two purposes, 1) to issue the obligations to ...
  • Is there a mayor or some other elected official in charge?
    SCORE is managed by an Administrative Board. Each of the seven cities have a representative on the Board, either the City Mayor or City Manager. There will be a Facility Director ...
  • Do all the cities have equal ownership?
    The cities all have an equal vote on the Administrative Board. There are certain decisions that require a supermajority vote. All of the cities have committed to guarantee the debt associated ...
  • What experience do the cities have working on a project like this?
    Three of the seven cities (Auburn, Renton and Tukwila) were original owner agencies in the Valley Communications Center. Valley Com was created in 1976 by the cities to provide quality emergency ...