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AN ORDINANCE relating to permitting and zoning; amending Ordinance 10870, Section 337, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.08.100 and Ordinance 10870, Section 340, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.12.030 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 21A.06.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority ("Sound Transit") is currently in the design phase to expand Link light rail to downtown Redmond.
B. The Sound Transit 3 Plan, approved by voters in 2016, includes funding to construct the Downtown Redmond Link Extension. Following design, permitting and construction, revenue service is expected to begin by 2024.
C. A portion of the light rail alignment and supporting infrastructure are anticipated to be located on property currently owned by King County, some of which is within the railbanked corridor supporting the East Lake Sammamish Trail.
D. King County and Sound Transit anticipate that a long-sought trail connection between the East Lake Sammamish Trail and the Redmond Central Connector Trail will be constructed as a collaborative effort between these entities.
E. A portion of the light rail alignment is expected to run just within the north property line of King County's Marymoor park. Marymoor park is located within unincorporated King County. A new station is expected to be located just outside of the park boundaries to the east, within the city limits of the city of Redmond.
F. Marymoor park is King County's most popular park, with more than three million people visiting annually to explore six hundred forty acres of recreational activities, amenities, and events.
G. At the north end of Marymoor park, in close proximity to the planned light rail alignment, are baseball fields, soccer fields, cricket fields, a recreation and event area and the velodrome.
H. As part of the implementation of the light rail alignment, Sound Transit is required to obtain permits from the...

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