CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority ("Sound Transit"); authorizing execution of a Funding and Cooperative Agreement for Northgate Station Area Access Improvements between Sound Transit and The City of Seattle; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the Northgate Link Light Rail Extension with station stops at University District, Roosevelt, and Northgate is a Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority ("Sound Transit") project approved by regional voters in 2008; and
WHEREAS, the Northgate neighborhood is a designated regional residential and employment center with an existing transit center that currently serves over 6,000 bus passengers a day, and where the light rail station is expected to serve over 15,000 passengers per day, and The City of Seattle ("City") has long envisioned a station area that integrates safe and efficient pedestrian, bicycle, and bus connections amidst transit oriented development to serve a growing residential population along with abundant employment and educational opportunities; and
WHEREAS, in 2012, by its Motion M2012-42, the Sound Transit Board authorized a Northgate access improvement study to identify potential pedestrian and bicycle access improvements to enhance access to the current Northgate Transit Center and the future Northgate Station inter-modal transit facility as part of the Northgate Link Extension; and
WHEREAS, Motion M2012-42 also stated that Sound Transit's funding contribution for proposed Northgate pedestrian and bicycle access improvements would match City funding up to $10 million ($5 million for a proposed pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Interstate 5, and up to $5 million for other proposed pedestrian and bicycle improvements) with full funding partnership agreements in place to complete the improvements by 2021; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle City Council in Res...
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