Record No: CB 120419    Version: 1 Council Bill No: CB 120419
Type: Ordinance (Ord) Status: Passed
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 9/27/2022
Ordinance No: Ord 126686
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the State Route 520 Bridge Replacement and High Occupancy Vehicle Program; authorizing execution of an amendment to General Maintenance Agreement GMB 1094 between The City of Seattle and the State of Washington, to add the Portage Bay Bridge and Roanoke Lid Project.
Sponsors: Alex Pedersen
Attachments: 1. Att 1 – Amendment No. 1, General Maintenance Agreement
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A - General Maintenance Agreement (GMB 1094), 3. Summary Att B - Draft Design Build Procedures, 4. Central Staff Memo 9/20/22, 5. Presentation, 6. Signed Ordinance 126686, 7. Affidavit of Publication
CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the State Route 520 Bridge Replacement and High Occupancy Vehicle Program; authorizing execution of an amendment to General Maintenance Agreement GMB 1094 between The City of Seattle and the State of Washington, to add the Portage Bay Bridge and Roanoke Lid Project.
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WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is reconstructing segments of State Route 520 ("SR 520") through its SR 520 Bridge Replacement and High Occupancy Vehicle Program ("Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Program will construct, reconstruct, and install infrastructure and landscaping within, crossing over, adjacent to and near SR 520 ("Improvements") within the incorporated limits of Seattle; and
WHEREAS, WSDOT is planning design, construction, and operation of the SR 520: Portage Bay Bridge and Roanoke Lid Project ("Project"), extending from approximately Mile Post 0.12 to Mile Post 1.12; and
WHEREAS, the Project went through an extensive public engagement process in 2019 to solicit community feedback on conceptual designs, and was also reviewed and endorsed by the Seattle Design Commission; and
WHEREAS, the State of Washington ("State") and the City entered into Freeway Agreement GM 359 ("GM 359") on July 20, 1965, to document their respective maintenance responsibilities for infrastructure along the Interstate 5 ("I-5") corridor, between South Ryan Street and Northeast 145th Street; and
WHEREAS, the State and the City determined that GM 359 did not provide sufficient guidance relative to their respective obligations for maintenance and operation of the Improvements due to the unique features constructed as part of the Improvements; and
WHEREAS, the State and the City agreed to enter into a separate agreement to provide for the unique features not previously addressed in GM 359; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 125754, passed in January 2019, authorized execution of General M...

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