Drafter
Clerk 07/20/2010
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Burien Transit Center Expansion project; authorizing a funding and cooperation agreement between the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority and King County and approving revisions to the project lease (with option to purchase) and ground lease for the same; and amending Ordinance 16759, Section 2.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The Sound Transit board of directors adopted Sound Transit 2, A Mass Transit Guide, and The Regional Transit System Plan for Central Puget Sound ("ST2") on July 24, 2008.
B. ST2 includes, within the ST Express Bus program, a capital contribution to the expansion of the Burien Transit Center and park-and-ride.
C. The Sound Transit board of directors called an election to approve local taxes to implement ST2, which was approved by the electorate on November 4, 2008.
D. Both King County and Sound Transit operate bus service at the Burien Transit Center, and both Sound Transit and the county have determined that it is in the public interest for the county to construct and operate the expanded park-and-ride facility.
E. The King County Metro transit division completed the construction of a new $8 million transit center and off-street layover facility adjacent to the site of the proposed expanded park-and-ride project in June 2009.
F. The chief executive officer of Sound Transit and the director of transportation signed an agreement in principle on June 12, 2009, providing for Sound Transit to contribute capital funding up to $14.73 million to the county upon substantial completion of a public transit park-and-ride facility that includes a structured parking garage with up to five-hundred-three parking stalls.
G. The Sound Transit board of directors approved Resolution R2009-23 on December 10, 2009, adopting the 2010 annual budget, which included funding for the Burien Transit Center expansion project.
H. The King...
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