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RESOLUTION NO.3804
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RENTON,WASHINGTON,
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO ENTER INTO AN
INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CENTRAL PUGET SOUND REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND
THE CITY OF RENTON,FOR THE STRANDER BLVD/SW 27TH STREET
EXTENSION:WEST VALLEY HIGHWAY TO OAKESDALE AVENUE
SW PROJECT,AND THE RAINIERIHARDIE AVENUE ARTERIAL
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
WHEREAS,Sound Transit is a governmental entity vested with all powers necessary to
implement a high capacity transportation system within its boundaries in King,Pierce,and
Snohomish Counties as provided in RCW 81.104 and 81.112;and
WHEREAS,Sound Transit and the City of Renton recognize the need to collaborate on
the design and development of transit improvements to effectively and efficiently provide bus
service to the City and the surrounding area;and
WHEREAS,constructing and operating transit improvements within the region is a
complex task,requiring maximum cooperation and efficient use of resources between the parties,
and the parties recognize the efficiencies and economies inherent in jointly designing and
constructing the transit improvements funded by Sound Transit,contemporaneously with general
purpose improvements funded by the City;and
WHEREAS,the City and Sound Transit agreed to jointly pursue the implementation plan
for certain transit and HOV improvements by letter dated April 19,2005,from Sound Transit
Board Chair John Ladenburg to Mayor Kathy Keolker-Wheeler of Renton and Mayor Steve
Munet of Tukwila;and
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RESOLUTION NO.3804
WHEREAS,the Strander Boulevard/SW 27th Extension:West Valley Highway to
Oakesdale Ave S.W.Project,which includes transit queue jump improvements at the
intersections of SW 27th Street with the Boeing access,Oakesdale Avenue SW and Lind Avenue
SW,wiHhave quantifiable benefits totransit in improving tra,nsit spee(j and reliability,speGifjcally
to the nearby Sound Transit.Sounder Tukwila Station;and
WHEREAS,the RainierlHardie Avenue Arterial Improvements Project will allow Sound
Transit and King County Metro express bus service to bypass the heavily congested Rainier
Avenue and achieve a significant time saving in both the northbound and southbound directions;
and
WHEREAS,pursuant to the April 19,2005,Letter of Intent,Sound Transit is willing to
contribute a fixed amount of $4 million to the City's Strander Boulevard/SW 27th Street
Extension:West Valley Highway to Oakesdale Ave S.W.Project,which amount includes a
proportional share of the cost of the frontage improvements ($2.7 million)and a contribution to
the transit queue jump lanes at Lind,Oakesdale,and the Boeing access road ($1.3 million);and
WHEREAS,pursuant to the April 19,2005,Letter of Intent,Sound Transit is willing to
contribute the fixed amount of$14.9 million for transit improvements on Rainier Avenue and
Hardie Avenue;and
WHEREAS,it is necessary to set forth the terms to provide for the funding of the
preliminary engineering and environmental documentations of the transit improvements to be
constructed by the City ofRenton in connection with the Strander Boulevard/SW 27th Street
Extension:West Valley Highway to Oakesdale Project and the RainierlHardie Avenue Arterial
Improvements Project (the ''Project''or ''Projects'').This Agreement will outline the scope,
schedule and budget for a future interlocal funding agreement to be executed between the parties
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that will provide the remaining Sound Transit funding for the three (3)remaining phases of work
for the completion of the transit elements ofthe Projects by the City;
NOW,THEREFORE,THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON,
WASHINGTON,DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I.
SECTION II.
The above findings are true and correct in all respects.
The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to enter into the
Interlocal Cooperative Agreement between the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
and the City of Renton,for the Strander Blvd/SW 27th Street Extension:West Valley Highway to
Oakesdale Ave.SW Project,and the Rainier/Hardie Avenue Arterial Improvements Project.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 24 t h day of_--.::..:A:...cp-=.r-=.i-=.l ,2006.
Bonnie 1.Walton,City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 24 t h day of __-""A--"--p r i-=-.l ,2006.
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Lawrence J.Warren,City Attorney
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