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Clerk 10/04/2017
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A MOTION approving a report by the Department of Transportation on siting and funding of transit passenger facility options along the SR 18 corridor in the vicinity of Southeast 256th Street to serve new and existing transit users as required in the 2017-2018 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 18409, Section 115, Proviso P3.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 18409, Section 115, Proviso P3, withheld $1,000,000 until the executive transmits a report on transit passenger facility options in the Covington vicinity and a motion approving the report is passed by the council, and
WHEREAS, the proviso requires the report to include but not be limited to:
1. A study of the feasibility of siting and funding of various transit passenger facility options along the SR 18 corridor in the vicinity of Southeast 256th Street to serve new and existing transit users. The parking facility of each option shall be sized commensurate with the specific type of transit facility;
2. Cost estimates for options, including: 1) a transit center and parking facility; 2) a transit station and parking facility; and 3) other transit passenger facility options. All options should reflect the Transit Division's most current estimates of projected future transit demand in the vicinity;
3. Identification of potential funding sources and partnerships with other appropriate entities for the various options, including, but not limited to, Sound Transit, the state of Washington and the city of Covington;
4. An evaluation of each option's capacity to reduce demand for parking at Sound Transit facilities in Auburn and Kent through the use of feeder bus connections; and
5. An assessment of each option's suitability for accommodating fixed route transit riders, vanpools, pedestrians, bicyclists and users of alternative services developed and implemented through a partnership of the transit division and community stakeholders;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The report entitled King County Metro Transit SR 18 at SE 256th Street and
Vicinity Transit Passenger Facility Feasibility Study, included as Attachment A to this motion, is hereby approved.