File #: 2014-0216    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/16/2014 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 8/25/2014
Enactment date: 9/5/2014 Enactment #: 17876
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the operation and maintenance of the Seattle Streetcar on behalf of the city of Seattle; adopting an amended and restated agreement between King County and the city of Seattle.
Sponsors: Rod Dembowski, Pete von Reichbauer
Indexes: Seattle, City of
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17876.pdf, 2. A. Amended and Restated Interlocal Agreement between King County and the City of Seattle Regarding The Seattle Streetcar System dated July 29, 2014, 3. 2014-0216 Legislative review form.pdf, 4. A. Amended and Restated Interlocal Agreement between King County and the City of Seattle Regarding The Seattle Streetcar System dated July 29, 2014, 5. A. Amended and Restated Interlocal Agreement Between King County and the City of Seattle Regarding The Seattle Streetcar System, 6. 2014-0216 transmittal letter.doc, 7. 2014-0216 fiscal note.xls, 8. 2014-0216 Attachment A - Part 1 - Amended and Restated Interlocal Agreement.docx, 9. 2014-0216 Attachment A - Part 2 - Appendix A.DOCX, 10. 2014-0216 Attachment A - Part 3 - Appendix B.DOCX, 11. 2014-0216 Staff Report - Seattle Streetcar (7-29-14).doc, 12. 2014-0216 Seattle Streetcar Staff Report 7-29-14.doc, 13. 2014-0216 Attachment 6 - Seattle Streetcar.doc, 14. 2014-0216 Attachment 1- Striking Amendment (7-29-14).pdf, 15. 2014-0216 Attachment 2 - Attachment A & B Redline(7-29-14).pdf, 16. 2014-0216 Staff Report - Seattle Streetcar(8-19-14).doc, 17. 2014-0216 Attachment 1 - Amendment 1.pdf, 18. REVISED Staff Report Proposed Ordinance 2014-0216 Seattle Streetcar.doc
Staff: Carlson, Paul
Drafter
Clerk 08/21/2014
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the operation and maintenance of the Seattle Streetcar on behalf of the city of Seattle; adopting an amended and restated agreement between King County and the city of Seattle.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle was authorized by public vote in 1972 to perform the metropolitan transportation functions of a metropolitan municipal corporation.
B. In 1994, King County assumed the rights, powers, functions and obligations of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle in accordance with chapter 36.56 RCW; consequently, all the powers and functions of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle have been vested by state law in the legislative authority of King County.
C. In 2007, and as authorized by King County Ordinance 15860, the city and the county entered into an interlocal agreement under which the county agreed to operate and maintain the South Lake Union streetcar line for benefit of the city and the public.
D. Under RCW 35.21.925, the city is authorized to construct supplemental transportation projects within the city's boundaries. Under that and other authority, the city intends to construct and own, and has begun construction on, a 2.5-mile streetcar running from Jackson and Occidental Streets to Broadway and Denny Way , which is the location of the new Link Light Rail Station on Capitol Hill. The First Hill streetcar line will connect the Capitol Hill, First Hill, Yesler Terrace, Chinatown/International District, Little Saigon, a corner of the Central District and Pioneer Square neighborhoods with downtown Seattle and connections to other regional and local transit services and thereby increase transit ridership and reduce single occupancy vehicle trips to and from those neighborhoods. The city contemplates that over time it may construct and own additional streetcar lines.
E. The city has experien...

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