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 call receiving and dispatching services without having to duplicate staff resources and technology. The cities created a PDA that issued debt and built the facility, similar to the SCORE project. Today, the Valley Communications Center provides services for approximately 674,000 people and has been duplicated by several other communities.