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RESOLUTION NO. 3 0 0 8
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON, ADOPTING SITE PLAN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
AUBURN MULTI-MODAL TRANSIT FACILITY (TRANSIT FACIl,ITY) .
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WHEREAS, Regional Transit Authority ("RTA") intends to
begin commuter rail service between Seattle and Tacoma in late
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1999 with service to south King County and north Pierce County,
including the City of Auburn; and
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WHEREAS, consistent with Sound Move, the RTA will develop
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a commuter rail station in Auburn, and RTA has designated
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acquisition of key real property for the Auburn facility as one
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of its "First Moves"; and
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WHEREAS,
King
County's
Six-Year
Plan
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Transit
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Improvements and Sound Move call for partnerships to accomplish
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needed public transportation improvements; and
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WHEREAS, King County has budgeted $1.5 million dollars in
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support of transit facility design and construction in Auburn;
and
WHEREAS, the parties intend that the Project will be
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planned, designed and constructed using a cOTIillination of
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appropriated county, state and federal grant funds, City grant
and local funds, and RTA funds; and
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WHEREAS, King County, the City and RTA will benefit by
2 developing a coordinated multimodal transit facility in Auburn
3 (the "Project") to serve as a commuter rail station and King
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County transit hub; and
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WHEREAS, in anticipation of RTA passage and authorization
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for a multimodal transit facility for bus and rail in Auburn,
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the City and RTA cooperated to produce the Auburn Commuter Rail
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Station Siting Study (Station Siting Study).
This study was
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adopted by Resolution 2481 on December 19, 1994, affirming the
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Station Siting Study and preliminary site plan.
The area
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generally described as from C Street sw to A Street SW, and
between Main Street and 3rd Street has been identified as the
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location of the multimodal transit facility, or "Project Site."
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WHEREAS, a downtown plan study (the "Downtown Plan") was
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17 siting and design of the Project are compatible with existing
18 and proposed land use and circulation systems in the vicinity
20 planning documents prepared pursuant to the Growth Management
19 of the Project, and are consistent with regional and local
21 Act. The preliminary site plan developed in the Station Siting
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Study has been updated and refined as a part of the Downtown
Plan process; and
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WHEREAS,
pursuant to environmental review,
RTA has
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3 facility. The county has also approved the Project: Site; and
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WHEREAS, RTA and City will enter into a Memorandum of
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regarding
such
Agreement
permitting
matters
and
as
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City staff.
The TAC has been formed as a subcommittee of the
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Downtown Plan task force and is meeting with the RTA.
The TAC
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has assisted RTA in selecting a design team, preparing the
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design program, and reviewing and approving the Project design
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as it is developed; and
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reviewed
the
TAC has
several
alternative
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conceptual site plans, and has recommended one alternative to
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be more fully developed by the design team.
The Planning and
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Community Development Committee have reviewed the preferred
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alternative and concur in recommending its approval as the
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basis for final design and development of the Project Site.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON, IN A REGULAR MEETING DULY ASSEMBLED, DO RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1.
The City of Auburn is in support of the site
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1 preference for this plan, attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and
2 incorporated by reference in this Resolution.
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Section 2.
The Mayor is hereby authorized too implement
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such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry
out
the directions of
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ATTEST:
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Dañielle E. Daskam,
City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Michael J. Reynolds,
City Attorney
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this legislation.
NdtUl<aber
day of O~tõL~L, 1998.
CITY OF AUBURN
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CHARLES A. BOOTH
MAYOR