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To: Planning & Community Development Committee
Mayor Lewis
From: Pablo Para
CC: Dennis Dowdy
Dennis Selle
Ingrid Gaub
Date: July 30, 2010
Re: 124th Ave SE Corridor Planning & Coordination
Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to update the Planning & Community Development
Committee on the planning, coordination and current development of the 124t" Ave SE
Corridor.
Background 124t" Ave SE and 132nd Ave SE Corridors in the vicinity of Green River Community
College (GRCC) experience significant peak hour congestion due to the lack of capacity
to handle the dense GRCC student arrivals coinciding with normal peak hour traffic.
During the 2009 major Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP} update staff analyzed
this issue and recommended projects that were ultimately incorporated into the CTP
and 6-Year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP}. The new projects include
intersection improvements at 124t" Ave SE & SE 320t" St, 124t" Ave SE & SE 312t" St
and capacity improvements on 124t" Ave Se and SE 320t" St.
Current Development
As part of a current on campus improvement GRCC was appropriated funds to
complete street frontage improvements. GRCC elected to use these funds to complete
improvements on the west side of 124t" Ave SE between SE 320t" Stand SE 316t" St.
Staff coordinated with GRCC and processed the improvement plans ensuring that they
were consistent with the City's corridor plan.
Additionally Valley Regional Fire Authority (VRFA} in planning to construct a new Fire
Station at the northeast corner of 124t" Ave SE and SE 314t" St. Staff coordinated with
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VRFA as well to ensure that their development was consistent with the City's corridor
plan.
Upon completion of these two projects this summerlfall significant portions of the 124t"
Ave SE Improvements listed in the City's CFP and TIP will have been completed.
Future Planning & Coordination
Staff has also been coordinating with GRCC regarding redevelopment of the northwest
corner of 124t" Ave SE and SE 320t" ST for a new Trades Facility. This development will
complete additional corridor improvements consistent with the City's planning efforts.
GRCC has indicated that construction of the new Trades complex is planned for 2013.
Staffwill continue to seek grant funding to complete the remaining portions of the
corridor improvements.
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