SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: Res 31788

• Record No: Res 31788
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution (Res)
• Status: Adopted
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 12/11/2017
• Title: A RESOLUTION relating to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority ("Sound Transit"); affirming the Mayor's execution of a Partnering Agreement with Sound Transit to implement light rail extensions between Ballard and West Seattle as approved by regional voters under Sound Transit 3.
• Sponsors: Mike O'Brien
• Supporting documents: 1. Proposed Amendment 1 (added; 12/12/17), 2. Summary and Fiscal Note, 3. Presentation, 4. Signed Res 31788, 5. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/15/2017	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
12/15/2017	1	Mayor	returned
12/15/2017	1	Mayor	Signed
12/15/2017	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
12/11/2017	1	City Council	adopted as amended	Pass
12/5/2017	1	Sustainability and Transportation Committee	adopt	Pass
12/4/2017	1	City Council	referred
12/1/2017	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
12/1/2017	1	City Clerk	sent for review
12/1/2017	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION __________________
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A RESOLUTION relating to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority ("Sound Transit"); affirming the Mayor's execution of a Partnering Agreement with Sound Transit to implement light rail extensions between Ballard and West Seattle as approved by regional voters under Sound Transit 3.
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WHEREAS, the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority ("Sound Transit") was created for the Pierce, King, and Snohomish County region by action of their respective county councils pursuant to RCW 81.112.030; and
WHEREAS, in November 1996, the voters of the three-county Sound Transit district approved Sound Move, a ten-year regional transit system plan for high capacity transit in the Central Puget Sound Region and, again, in 2008, approved Sound Transit 2 ("ST2"), a 15-year regional transit system plan; and
WHEREAS, since 1998, with Sound Move and ST2 funding, Sound Transit and The City of Seattle have partnered through an interlocal agreement, originally codified in Ordinance 118927 and subsequently supplemented and amended, to deliver light rail projects through the Central Link, University Link, Northgate Link, East Link, and Lynnwood Link programs; and
WHEREAS, in November 2016, the voters of the three-county Sound Transit district approved Sound Transit 3 ("ST3"), a 25-year high-capacity system expansion plan, which includes expansion of Link Light Rail between SODO, West Seattle, Ballard, and Downtown via a second light rail tunnel; and
WHEREAS, on May 23, 2016, in Resolution 31668, the Council and Mayor resolved upon voter approval to partner with Sound Transit to accelerate delivery of ST3 projects in Seattle; and
WHEREAS, the Sound Transit Board adopted an ST3 System Plan with accelerated delivery of light rail extension projects, including completion of the West Seattle extension by 2030 and Ballard extension by 2035; and
WHEREAS, upon voter approval of the ST3 measure, Sound Transit adopted a System ...