SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120063

• Record No: CB 120063
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 120063
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 5/10/2021
• Ordinance No: Ord 126334
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to grant funds from the United States Department of Transportation for the construction of the Madison BRT-RapidRide G Line project; authorizing the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation to accept specified grants and execute related agreements for and on behalf of the City; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Sponsors: Alex Pedersen
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Central Staff Memo, 3. Presentation, 4. Signed Ordinance 126334, 5. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/13/2021	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
5/13/2021	1	Mayor	returned
5/13/2021	1	Mayor	Signed
5/13/2021	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
5/10/2021	1	City Council	passed	Pass
5/5/2021	1	Transportation and Utilities Committee	pass	Pass
5/3/2021	1	City Council	referred
4/27/2021	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
4/20/2021	1	City Clerk	sent for review
4/20/2021	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to grant funds from the United States Department of Transportation for the construction of the Madison BRT-RapidRide G Line project; authorizing the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation to accept specified grants and execute related agreements for and on behalf of the City; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the Madison BRT-RapidRide G Line project was first identified in the City of Seattle's Transit Master Plan in 2012, entered project development in 2014, was partially funded through voter approval of the Levy to Move Seattle in November 2015, and completed environmental review in early 2018; and
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) has determined that the Madison BRT-RapidRide G Line project has met Capital Investment Grants, Small Starts grant program ("Small Starts") project readiness requirements (technical capacity, firm and final cost estimate, all funding committed, completed critical 3rd party agreements) and, after a thorough evaluation, granted the project an overall "high" rating; and
WHEREAS, based on this determination of project readiness and the high rating, USDOT's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has allocated $59.9 million in Capital Investments Grants funds to the City of Seattle for the Madison BRT-RapidRide G Line project; and
WHERAS, Puget Sound Regional Council awarded the City $4.760 million in USDOT Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds for the Madison BRT-RapidRide G Line project; and
WHEREAS, the Small Starts grant requires execution of a Small Starts Construction Grant Agreement with USDOT and both grants must be accepted by the City; and
WHEREAS, these funds were previously appropriated in the adopted 2021 Budget (Ordinance 126237) and shown in the 2021-2026 Capital Improvement Program (Project Number MC-TR-C051) spending of these grant fun...