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A MOTION relating to development of the South Kirkland Park-and-Ride.
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WHEREAS, King County's Growth Management Policies promote the creation of housing in urban areas to minimize sprawl and encourage urban development, walking, and other benefits of downtown development, and
WHEREAS, redevelopment of the South Kirkland surface park-and-ride into a structured park-and-ride facility with a private unit housing complex and supportive businesses will significantly enhance the Lakeview neighborhood and promote transit ridership, and
WHEREAS, King County will gain significant sales tax and property tax revenues through the redevelopment of the South Kirkland Park-and-Ride property, and
WHEREAS, the cities of Bellevue and Kirkland and King County share mutual objectives in promoting transit ridership along the SR520 corridor, and
WHEREAS, the cities of Bellevue and Kirkland and King County desire a coordinated approach to redevelopment of the South Kirkland Park-and-Ride, and
WHEREAS, the cities of Bellevue and Kirkland and King County have agreed upon a set of objectives and principles to guide the redevelopment of the South Kirkland Park-and-Ride property and documented them in the Mutual Objectives and Principles of Agreement for the South Kirkland Park-and-Ride Transit Oriented Development Project, Attachment A to this motion, and
WHEREAS, the city councils of the cities of Kirkland and Bellevue have adopted the Mutual Objectives and Principles of Agreement for the South Kirkland Park-and-Ride Transit Oriented Development Project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The council adopts the Mutual Objectives and Principles of Agreement for the
South Kirkland Park-and-Ride Transit Oriented Development Project, set forth in Attachment A to this motion.
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