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Clerk 01/28/2004
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the surplus, exchange and dedication of two parcels of county-owned property to expand the Eastgate park and ride; and declaring an emergency.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. King County metro transit division is in the process of expanding the Eastgate park and ride from seven hundred stalls to one thousand six hundred forty-six stalls by constructing a five-story parking garage.
B. As part of the design process for the parking garage, a traffic analysis was completed. The results of this analysis showed the necessity of a dedicated right turn lane to the parking facility. This turn lane will be developed by King County on Westbound Southeast Eastgate Way and dedicated to the city of Bellevue.
C. Construction of the turn lane will require the acquisition of four thousand one hundred sixty three square feet of additional right-of-way from the adjacent private landowners, Dr. and Mrs. Milton Walter ("Parcel A"). The additional right-of-way for this project is currently used as parking for an office building owned by Dr. and Mrs. Walter.
D. The acquisition of this property eliminates necessary parking for the office building.
E. King County public health owns the parcel adjacent to the Walters' property to the north and operates a neighborhood clinic at the site. When the clinic was developed, a secondary emergency access was provided to the clinic through the Washington state Department of Transportation park and ride to the west. In return for this access, King County public health entered into a three-way agreement with the Washington state Department of Transportation and the King County metro transit division to dedicate a portion of its property for twenty nine park and ride stalls. This dedication was stipulated by the conditional use permit which allowed the construction of the clinic, via agreement and city of Bellevue zoning ...
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