HomeMy WebLinkAbout29631 RESOLUTION NO. 2 9 6 3
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
3 WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A
PROPOSED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH FAST CORRIDOR.
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5 WHEREAS, the City of Auburn, its residents and business
8 community are greatly impacted by the rapid growth in railroad
7 activity and the reopening of Stampede Pass; and
8 WHEREAS, the City identified a series of grade separation
9 road projects essential to coping with the traffic impacts
]O resulting from rail movements; and
11 WHEREAS, the City of Auburn was instrumental in raising
12 this issue in regional state and national forums; and
13 WHEREAS, the FAST Corridor was created in an effort to
]4 unite impacted cities, counties, port districts, state
15 agencies and the railroads in a coordinated, strategic effort
18 to develop an effective response and secure sufficient funding
]7 to complete the requisite transportation projects in response
18 to the traffic impacts resulting from the rapid growth in
19 railroad activity; and
20 WHEREAS, the City's participation in the FAST Corridor
2] has already resulted in an allocation of substantial funds to
22 complete grade crossings at 3=d Street South and 277=~ Street
23 in Auburn both of which are designated Phase I, high-priority
24 projects; and
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] WHEREAS, the "M" Street grade crossing is listed as a
2 Phase II FAST Corridor project improvement; and
3 WHEREAS, the purpose of the Proposed Memorandum of
4 Understanding is to communicate generally how the partnership
5 is envisioned by its cooperating member agencies to assist
6 each agency to plan toward meeting its individual share of the
7 program's costs and responsibilities; and
8 WHEREAS, the FAST Corridor Proposed Memorandum of
9 Understanding establishes member agencies' funding
]0 responsibilities for completing designated projects and
11 creates an administrative framework for continuing inter-
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agency cooperation on the Corridor.
13 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
14 WASHINGTON, IN A REGULAR MEETING DULY ASSEMBLED, HEREWITH
15 RESOLVES THAT:
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SECTION 1. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby
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authorized to execute the Proposed FAST Corridor Memorandum of
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Understanding, attached hereto and denominated Exhibit "A" and
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incorporated herein.
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Section 2. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement
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such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry
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out the directires of this legislation.
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1 DATED and SIGNED this 1st day of June, 1998.
CITY OF AUBURN
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7 CHARLES A. BOOTH
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
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13 Danlelle E. Daskam,
City Clerk
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19 City Attorney
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~~~"~~F~ '* Proposed:
Memorandum of
Among the prin~:ipal parties of the
FA S T Corridor
This Memorandum of Understanding is entered into among the signatory parties as an
effort to articulate a set of mutually agreed upon steps to enhance freight mobility along
the Tacoma-to-Everett rail corridor. This memorandum is intended to communicate
how the FAST Corridor partnership is envisioned by its cooperating member agencies,
to assist each agency to plan towards meeting its share of the program's costs and
responsibilities.
In that spirit and context, it is agreed among the parties as follows:
Premises:
1.. The name "FAST Corridor" refers to a series of related but independent projects
which when completed will systematically improve freight movement and mitigate
the impacts of increasingly intensive use of the north-south rail corridor between
Everett and Tacoma.
2. The fast, efficient and reliable movement of freight is vital to the economic health
and well-being of the Puget Sound Region, the state of Washington and the
nation as a whole.
3. International trade in, out and through the Puget Sound ports, as well as general
freight into, out of and within the Puget Sound Region, is experiencing increasing
congestion due to more intensive use of rail corridors, the general growth of
freight, and growth in other vehicular traffic of the region.
Exhibit "A"
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4. Representatives of the ~a. shington State Department of Transportation, the
Puget Sound Regional Council, the ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Everett, King
County, Pierce County and Snohomish Cour~ty, The Burlington Northern and
Santa Fe Railway Company, the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and the cities
of Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, Pacific, Algona, Auburn, Kent, Renton, Tukwila,
Seattle, and Everett, all located along the Everett-Seattle-Tacoma corridor, have
met, discussed, analyzed, reached consensus, and recommended the projects
shown in Attachment A as an "immediate priority" program of projects that
together form the first phase of an integrated freight mobility corridor strategy.
5. This integrated freight mobility corddor strategy is consistent with the Puget
Sound Regional Council's Metropolitan Transportation Plan.
6. Recent processes to assess statewide freight priority needs have identified the
FAST Corridor program as having high priority and statewide impact.
7. Members of the U. S. congressional delegation from Washington State are on
· record in support of federal funding participation in the FAST Corridor program.
8. King and Pierce counties, the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, and local cities have
already invested funds to advance individual project elements of the FAST
Corddor program.
9. Implementation of the FAST Cbrridor will be enhanced if each party can safely
anticipate that the other parties will be committed to a pre-agreed share of the
cost in order to fully fund the immediate pdority program shown in Attachment A.
10. All funding partners will need assurance that their expected participation will be
tied to the total program costs agreed to and shown in Attachment A and will not
be expected to grow as individual project cost estimates are refined during the
project development process.
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Understandings:
1. Attachment A lists those FAST Corridor projects which will improve access to
port areas and resolve modal conflicts at railroad grade crossings and will
complement investment by the railroads, the Regional Transit Authority and the
State to improve the overall capacity and reliability of the mainline rail corridor for
both freight and passenger operations.
2. The projects shown in Attachment A are deemed to be the highest priority of the
FAST Corridor projects, and they are to be considered collectively as a single
"corridor' program.
3. The implementing agencies for the projects shown in Attachment A, the ports of
Seattle and Tacoma, and the two mainline railroads collectively acknowledge
that they, collectively, will be expected to provide 25% of the total program cost
for the projects listed in Attachment A, subject to the following conditions:
a) that federal and state funding commitment is obtained to fund the full
remainder of the FAST Corridor program shown in Attachment A,
b) that total program cost estimates are managed to remain within the total
program cost shown in Attachment A, and
c) that upon full funding all parties enter into a Memorandum of Agreement
formally committing to funding responsibilities, cost controls, and other
conditions of the partnership.
4. The 25% portion of the program cost to be borne by the implementing agencies,
the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, and the two mainline railroads are expected to
be divided as follows:
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a) the ports of Seattl~e and Tacoma, and the two mainline railroads, will be
expected to fund 15% of the aggregate cost for the total program shown
in Attachment A under the conditions ~escribed above, and
b) agencies responsible for implementation of individual projects are
expected to fund 10% of the cost of the individual projects they will
implement, using their own funds or other funding sources, and including
funds previously expended to develop each project in advance of full
program funding.
5. Each individual project shown in Attachment A is the implementing agency's
responsibility to design, permit, and construct as a normal matter of course in
capital project development, and implementation of any individual FAST Corridor
project will be dependent upon funding authorization by the party or parties
responsible for that project.
6. The existing FAST Corddor Agency Staff Team will continue to meet in order to
· monitor and promote both the immediate priority program shown in Attachment A
and other identified FAST Corridor priorities, and to facilitate communications
and agreements needed to implement these understandings.
7. All parties agree to maintain this understanding until September 30, 1999, or
until it is superseded by a subsequent memorandum of understanding or
agreement.
8. This memorandum does not create any legally enforceable fights or obligations on the
part of any of the signatory agencies. Nor is this MOU intended to resolve
implementation issues such as how costs will be monitored and responsibility for
cost overruns and escalation will be assigned, recognizing that these issues will
have to be addressed in detail by a formal Memorandum of Agreement upon
receipt of major funding assurance from the State and/or Federal govemments.
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Signed by:
Washington Department of Transportation
King County
Pierce County
Snohomish County
Port of Seattle
Port of Tacoma
Port of Everett
City of Seattle
City of Tacoma
City of Everett
City of Auburn
City of Kent
City of Tukwila
City of Puyallup
City of Sumner
City of Renton
City of Pacific
City of Algona
The Burlington Northem & Santa Fe Railway
Union Pacific
Endorsed by:
Puget Sound Regional Council
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~. ,ATTACHMENT A:
FAST Corridor Projects for
Immediate Implementation
Project Name Implementing Agency Cost*
California St. Port of Everett $ 10.0 million
E. Marine View Drive City of Everett 6.1
38th St. Extension City of Everett 16.0
Spokane St. City of Seattle 45.0
Royal Brougham (SR 519) WSDOT 100.2
E. Marginal Way City of Seattle 19.0
S. 180th St. City of Tukwila 12.0
S. 277"~ St. City of Auburn 24.0
3rd St. SW / BNSF crossing City of Auburn 22.0
8~h St. / BNSF crossing Pierce County 10.0
· Shaw Rd. Extension City of Puyallup 15.0
Canyon Rd. Extension Pierce County 6.0
'D' St. City of Tacoma 22.5
Port of Tacoma Rd. Port of Tacoma 22.2
SR 167 (RRV only) WSDOT 24.4
TOTAL PROGRAM: $354.4 million
*Cost shown for FAST Corridor portion of each project; in some cases the FAST project
may be a component or stage of a larger project.
DATED and SIGNED this /$'~ <
day of ~ 1998.
CITY OF AUBURN
CHARLES A. BOOTH
MAYOR
ATTEST:
Dan~elle E. Daskam,
City Clerk
PPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Michael J. Reyno s,
City Attorney
Exhibit "A"
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