CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the NE 130th Street and NE 125th Street Mobility and Safety project; authorizing the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation ("SDOT") to acquire, accept, and record, on behalf of The City of Seattle, a Deed for Street Purposes from Judith Strader Enriquez, situated in Tract 60, Country Home Plat, Division 1; placing the real property rights and interest conveyed by such deed under the jurisdiction of SDOT; laying off the deed as right-of-way; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, in 2016, voters approved the addition of a Sound Transit Link light rail station to the Lynnwood Link Extension at NE 130th Street, currently known as the Pinehurst Station and formerly known as the NE 130th Street Infill Station (the "Station"); and
WHEREAS, Sound Transit is opening the Station in 2026 which will support the growing Haller Lake, Pinehurst, Victory Heights, Olympic Hills, Jackson Park, and Lake City neighborhoods and expects 90 percent of daily commuters to get to the Station by walking, biking, rolling, or taking the bus; and
WHEREAS, the NE 130th Street and NE 125th Street Mobility and Safety project (the "Project") establishes a new east-west multimodal corridor to connect light rail riders to the future Station by implementing transit reliability, safety, access, bus stop amenities, and pedestrian and bicycle improvements; and
WHEREAS, Project design is based on early planning efforts for the Station and the Shoreline South/148th Link Light Rail station, and informed by a series of studies that were done by the Seattle Department of Transportation and the Office of Planning and Community Development that identified safer streets and crossings, walking and biking facilities upgrades, and better connections to neighborhood services as priorities for this Project; and
WHEREAS, the Project area includes NE 130th Str...
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